Clamp Champ, a modern 2m hero, with 33 point as strong as the irresistible Jitsu, Fisto and Beast man vs. good old Trapjaw, who is 20cm shorter, only 27 points strong. Both are equally slow, 6 points for speed. It is the brains that the evil warrior struggles with.
Nonetheless is Trapjaw one of the most experienced and most feared henchman of Skeletor. We can only guess why these two meet in the ring today. It might as well be a demonstration. The rusty oldschool Trapjaw fights the glossy new shootingstar hero. A clash of generations.
So let good and evil fight! Trapjaw, the blue half-man half-robot is an appearance, blue and pink, with rattling, squeaking black armor. He’s very active in the beginning, walking up and down. Thinking strategy, or is he? Watching the Champ, who seems a bit nervous, he tries to hide it, he tries to look like he’s in charge, but you can feel he’s not. Trapjaw hunts him, intimidates him with his nervous, noisy behavior. Who makes the first move? Clamp Champ does. He does what you expect him to do. He tries to clamp Trapjaw’s weapon arm, the firm grip disabling the black gun. But the gun is not the most dangerous weapon on the old fighter. While Clamp Champ tries to pull Trapjaw down to the ground, one firm bite with his mechanical jaws destroys the whole heavy clamp! The grip opens just enough to free the arm. But whatever you expected next did not happen, Trapjaw lands a simple front kick in Clamp Champs stomach. He stumbles back, but manages not to fall. Without the Clamp, the hero needs another tactic. He decides to grab Trapjaws head, to be safe from the jaws, and it seems he tries to bend the weapon arm towards Trapjaws own head! What a smart idea! Where did we see that happen before?!
He does it, he’s strong enough to slowly bend the gun towards Trapjaws head, keeping his own head out of reach of course. He’s even got the dangerous jaws under control, but then a shot! Not sure if the evil warrior meant to shoot, or if he lost control over his arm. But it’s not the blue body that loses tension, it’s the glossy hero behind him. Trapjaws helmet withstood the bullet, and directed it towards Clamp Champs head. The hero is down, after he first lost his giant weapon, and managed to come up with a plan b. The old rusty Trapjaw wins with a good portion of luck, and a proper helmet.
Drawing Clamp Champs arms from that angle was a fight I lost the second I had the idea to draw it…
