Heavy Metal (aka Rampage, not to be confused with 2003's Rampage) File Name: Sherman R. Guderian of Brooklyn, New York. Grade: Army E-4 (1985) SN: 632-45-6200 Notes: Brooklyn, on the western end of Long Island, is New York City's largest borough. Also from Brooklyn are Nunchuk and Tunnel Rat. The M4 Sherman tank was the main Allied tank in WWII and was named for Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was General of the German Army during that war and is quoted as saying, "Where tanks are, the front is." Heavy Metal was also the English name of an Autobot combiner released in 2004. chronological: Lamprey << Heavy Metal >> Keel-Haul alphabetical: Heavy Duty << Heavy Metal >> Heavy Water

Animated Appearances

Sunbow's Heavy Metal wore his 1985 outfit, with a brown jacket. He had blue-tinted lenses on his goggles, and his knee detail was given a white outline. He was never seen actually operating the Mauler in any of his appearances.

Classic Marvel Comic Appearances

By my count, Heavy Metal was discernible in 43 panels in 12 issues from Feb. 1986 to May 1991: #44, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, Order of Battle 1, SM 24, 108, 109, 110, and 112. He was killed in #109.

Figure Releases

Version 1: spring 1985 boxed Mauler M.B.T. Tank vehicle
Mauler MBT Tank Driver	MOS 1: Armor [88M] MOS 2: Finance [44C]
	head: Heavy Metal (85, 89) arms: Heavy Metal (85, 89), Rumbler (87) torso: Heavy Metal (85, 89), Rumbler (87) waist: Heavy Metal (85, 89) legs: Heavy Metal (85, 89)
	Accessories: black Star Z70 submachine gun with sling (new), thin brown microphone with bulge in middle (new).
	There are sections of Brooklyn that are less accessible to outsiders than the mountains of Transylvania. In Heavy Metal's old neighborhood, a trip to Manhattan (just across the East River) was considered a major expedition. Aspiring to become middle class was daydreaming, pure and simple. Heavy Metal enlisted to go to Finance School, his ultimate goal to become a CPA. But one day at Fort Belvoir, he watched a column of tanks roll by and was never the same again. He put in for a transfer to Armor that same day. Qualified expert: M-16, M-1911A1, M-2 50 cal. MG and M-60 MG. "Many people find comfort in order and discipline. Mathematics reduces the complexities of the world to manageable sums. Heavy Metal likes tanks. They are immutable statements in iron."
Toy Notes: Item #6015. Because it was so easily lost, Heavy Metal's mic is considered a hard-to-find, high-demand item, worth significantly more than the Mauler itself; but beware of reproductions.

Version 2: spring 1989 special mail-order exclusive
Mauler MBT Tank Driver	MOS 1: Armor [88M] MOS 2: Finance [44C]
	head: Heavy Metal (85, 89) arms: Heavy Metal (85, 89), Rumbler (87) torso: Heavy Metal (85, 89), Rumbler (87) waist: Heavy Metal (85, 89) legs: Heavy Metal (85, 89)
	Accessories: black submachine gun (85 Heavy Metal's).
	There are sections of Brooklyn that are less accessible to outsiders than the mountains of Transylvania. In Heavy Metal's old neighborhood, a trip to Manhattan (just across the East River) was considered a major expedition. Aspiring to become middle class was daydreaming, pure and simple. Heavy Metal enlisted to go to Finance School, his ultimate goal to become a CPA. But one day at Fort Belvoir, he watched a column of tanks roll by and was never the same again. He put in for a transfer to Armor that same day. Qualified expert: M-16, M-1911A1, M-2 50 cal. MG and M-60 MG. "Many people find comfort in order and discipline. Mathematics reduces the complexities of the world to manageable sums. Heavy Metal likes tanks. They are immutable statements in iron."
Toy Notes: Originally available via the Operation Deep Six mail offer, when copies of Steeler ran out. An explanatory letter accompanied the figure. Distinguished from the original release by a clean face.
Reissues: Also available in the summer 1991 mail offer Escape from Doom.