John Kelly


 * ''John Kelly is a human in the Dreamwave portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

''He appears exclusively in the Keepers Trilogy.

John Kelly is an officer in the Decepticons' New Vegas Police Department. A fair-minded tough guy, he likes to swing a punch when duty requires it, and is willing to take one if he has it coming to him. (Though he likes that one less.) He's in his mid-30's.

Officer Kelly, like many police officers in New Vegas, has been augmented with Decepticon technology, allowing him to stun anyone he's touching with an electrical jolt delivered through his hands.

Dreamwave Comics continuity
John Kelly encounters the followers Paul Charteris and Melody Harcourt when they appeared in Las Vegas. Hoping for some inside information, Paul introduced himself as a fellow cop. Officer Kelly responded by tazering him into unconsciousness and bringing him back to the station until they could check his ID. Standard operating procedure in the Decepticon New Vegas, it discourages reporters and other undesirable snoops.

John Kelly is later among the officers Chief Carl Lomax chooses to escort Paul to Starscream's base at the MGM Grand for interrogation.

Paul decks Kelly- payback for the tazering earlier. Officer Kelly lets it go just this once- he did have it coming.

''Officer Kelly's preemptive tazering seems drastic, but when you think about it... how often have you seen a reporter on TV and thought to yourself- "Man, I wish someone would tazer that S.O.B.!" John Kelly: living the dream.