Prometheus Black



Prometheus Black also known as Meltdown was the business rival of Isaac Sundac that experimented on biological technology and a villain in the Transformers Animated series.

History
Black was a scientist who experimented on biotechnology while his rival Sundac experimented in robotics. His experiments became a success in Detroit because the citizens feared that robots would take their. He organized a wrestling match between Bumblebee and a mutated human and hoped that Captain Fanzone would sign his contracts. The wrestling match however went out of contral which mad Fanzone reject all of Prometheus' contract, ruining him financially.

He later discovers a fragment of Bumblebee's armor covered in hydraulatic fluid after the fight. Black takes it to his labratory and plans on creating an acid that could melt Autobot's armor. Black presents his findings and plans to the bank representative Porter Powell. Powell refuse to fund his experiments or provide any test subjects which infuriated Black.

In his anger, he throw the steroids all over his lab and mutated by inhaling the fumes. Prometheus now calls himself Meltdown and wears a protective suit that controls his powers. Meltdown seeks revenge on his rival Sundac first by sabotaging his rival's experiments. Later, he tries to kill Sundac by melting him with his powers. The Autobots managed to foil his plot and was trapped in a force field

After his first confrontation with Autobots, he discovers Dinobot Island and coerced the Dinobots through his acidic powers. Black kidnaps Isaac's daughter Sari and tries to experiment on her like he did with two other people, one of them was Black's lawyer.