Man of Iron (issue)

2008-05-19T00:17:43Z

72.71.109.68: /* Covers (6) */

[[Image:MarvelUK-010.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Mirage... the Autobots' peeping Tom.]]
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'''The Autobots travel to England to track down the source of a coded Cybertronian signal... but the Decepticons aren't far behind.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Decepticon]] jets attack the [[England|English]] castle at Stansham and plant an underground probe before leaving. Not far away, Sammy Harker, the son of the castle's curator is playing in the woods when he comes face-to-face with Jazz. Terrified, he runs home, only to be followed by Jazz in his car mode.

Arriving home in shock, Sammy tells his tale, which makes his father think of the old legend of the Man of Iron. In the 11th Century, the Man of Iron, a giant metal man was seen in the vicinity of Stansham castle on three occasions. He did battle with an attacking force using a "javelin of flame" before disappearing again. Sammy's father then shows him a 900-year-old picture showing the Man of Iron, which Sammy thinks looks like the robot he saw.

That night, Sammy is troubled by strange dreams of robots and jet fighters. Unknown to him, his dreams echo reality as Mirage visits his house and steals the picture of the Man of Iron.

The following day, Sammy is intrigued to see a white Porsche parked outside his house. The Man of Iron picture is on the back seat. The door opens and Sammy gets inside, but as Sammy's mother comes out the door closes and Jazz drives off with Sammy.

Jazz manages to calm Sammy and convince him that he will come to no harm. He is taking him to Optimus Prime. Along the way, Mirage, Trailbreaker and Bluestreak join them. Then they are attacked by Thundercracker, who badly injures Trailbreaker, before being shot down himself by Bluestreak.

They eventually reach the shuttle ship where Prime is waiting. He explains to Sammy that they have been tracking a signal from an ancient [[Autobot]] ship. He believes that the Autobots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] sent a rescue ship for them after they crashed on [[Earth]] only for the ship to crash itself. The Man of Iron is an Autobot who occasionally reactivates in an attempt to complete its mission. The Decepticons want to destroy the ship and its occupants and the Autobots are trying to stop them.

The army investigate the Decepticon attack on the castle and dig at the point where their probe landed. Suddenly the ground shakes and the Man of Iron appears from a hidden door in the ground. Then the Decepticons attack and the Man of Iron is destroyed.

Jazz and the Autobots arrive and drive the Decepticons away, returning Sammy to his family as well. Prime decides that given the Decepticon menace, they can't possibly consider returning to Cybertron and abandoning the Earth. He is equally unwilling to leave the rescue ship intact and orders Jazz to destroy it.

Deep within the ship, [[Navigator]] lays unconscious waiting for the time when his attendant, the Man of Iron, will awaken him to complete his mission. That time will never arrive as above Jazz {{m-}} not knowing Navigator is in there {{m-}} fires a missile that completely vaporises the ship and its occupant.

Sammy would never again see Jazz {{m-}} but the Man of Iron would haunt his dreams...
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==Credits==
'''Writer:''' [[Steve Parkhouse]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[John Ridgway]] (1 & 2) & [[Mike Collins]] (3 & 4)<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Gina Hart]] (1 & 2) & [[Josie Fermin]] (3 & 4)<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Richard Starkings]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Sheila Cranna]]<br>
*''Originally published:'' 12 January {{n-}} 23 February 1985 (UK); October{{n-}}November 1987 (U.S.)

===Major characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (5)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (6)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (7)
* [[Bluestreak]] (8)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
* [[Man of Iron (character)|Man of Iron]] (10)
* [[Navigator]] (11)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (12)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |'''Regulars'''
'''Guests'''
* [[Sammy Harker]] (4)
|}

==Errors==
* The cover to the U.S. reprint in issue #33 featured a mis-colored [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (complete with Decepticon [[Faction symbols|faction symbol]]) being attacked by medieval knights. Megatron does not feature in the story and the 'Man of Iron' only bears a passing resemblance to him.

==Items of note==
* This is the first UK-originated story. The "Man of Iron" along with "[[The Enemy Within!]]" and "[[Raiders of the Last Ark]]" were used to fill the gap while waiting for new US material after the initial 4-issue miniseries.
* The story implies that all the [[Transformer]]s' names are code-names and that their real names would be unpronounceable
* When reprinted in ''[[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]]'' #3, each issue/chapter was given its own subtitle. These were:
#"First Encounter"
#"Kidnapped!"
#"You've Got Friends?"
#"Battlefield Castle Stansham"
* The 'Man of Iron's design seems to be based on a combination of Jazz and Megatron's body designs.
* Part 2 depicts a very surreal dream sequence with Sammy Harker dreaming about the Transformers.
* At the end of part 2 when Sammy is 'kidnapped' by Jazz in his car mode, a public service message was printed at the bottom of the page warning about the dangers of accepting lifts from strangers.
*The identity of the [[Seeker]] responsible for the death of the Man of Iron is a bit confusing. The original art is black-and-white, but the color cover to the issue presents it to be Skywarp, which is supported by the in-story dialog ("There's another one! It just seemed to appear from nowhere!"), suggesting use of his teleporting ability. When the story was reprinted in ''Collected Comics'' however, the killer was colored as Thundercracker, which resulted in a quiz question in a later UK annual that named him as the do'er of the deed (although the previous issue's cover showed that Thundercracker was the jet shot down by Bluestreak in the third installment). And as if things weren't confused enough already, when the U.S. reprint of the story was recolored, the killer was colored as Starscream!
* The timeframe of this story is open to question. It was originally published after "[[The Last Stand]]" and before "[[The New Order]]" when all the Autobots and Decepticons were deactivated. It is assumed to take place at some point during either "[[Prisoner of War!]]" or "The Last Stand".
* This story was originally published in a mix of black & white and colour, and was subsequently fully colourised for the Collected Comics printing. An alternative colourisation took place for the US printing.

===US printing===
* US issue #33 reprints UK issues #9{{n-}}10.
** The box at the top left of issue #33 also features a Union Flag behind the image of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].
** "Man of Iron" was reprinted in U.S. issues #33 & 34 as an emergency filler.
** The cover to the U.S. reprint in issue #33 contains the following melodramatic statement {{m-}} '''You won't believe it! Your eyes will bug out!! An explosive saga from the house of ideas!!!'''
* US Issue #34 reprints UK issues #11{{n-}}12.

===Covers (6)===
{{picsneeded|UK cover}}
[[Image:MarvelUS-33.jpg|thumb|left|Perhaps Nel Yomtov's worst miscoloration yet!]]
[[Image:MarvelUS-34.jpg|thumb|right|Humans in the UK are no better about attacking their would-be saviors than humans in the US.]]
** '''U.S. issue 33 cover:''' Badly miscolored Megatron vs Medieval knights by [[Charles Vess]]
** '''U.S. issue 34 cover:''' An English jet attacks Optimus Prime by [[Tom Morgan]]
** '''UK issue 9 cover:''' Jazz and Sammy by [[John Ridgway]]
** '''UK issue 10 cover:''' Mirage by John Ridgway
** '''UK issue 11 cover:''' Thundercracker by [[Mike Collins]]
** '''UK issue 12 cover:''' Jazz attacks a Seeker by Mike Collins

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King Poseidon

2008-05-18T23:50:32Z

72.71.109.68: /* Toys */

{{disambig2|the Japanese Seacon combiner|the American Seacon combiner|Piranacon (G1)}}

:''King Poseidon is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''

[[Image:KingPoseidon1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|King of the Deep Blue Sea]]

'''King Poseidon''' is composed of the following [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], though only their leader, Turtler, is sentient:

*[[Turtler|Turtler (Leader)]]
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]
*[[Kraken|Kraken]]
*[[Lobclaw|Lobclaw]]
*[[Gulf]]
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]

:''English/Malay dub name:'' '''Piranacon'''

==Fiction==

===Masterforce cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)

====Masterforce manga====

When [[Overlord]] got mad about the Decepticons' inability to get rid of [[Ginrai]], but didn't feel like getting rid of him himself, he sent in King Poseidon to kill him. In their first fight, Ginrai was no match for the combiner, but then combined with his trailer, he became [[Ginrai|Super Ginrai]] and gave the "King" a royal ass kicking. The Seacon drones were destroyed in the fight, but Turtler survived, and King Poseidon would make later appearances, and get thrashed by Super Ginrai.

====Zone OVA and manga====

[[Image:KingPoseidonZone1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|...''of course'' he needs a [[cape]]! He's a ''"King"''!]]

When [[Violen Jygar]] siezed command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit nine Demon-Generals from Decepticon history. King Poseidon was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank of Aquatic General as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before. King Poseidon was sent to [[Earth]] along with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Trypticon]] and [[Predaking]] to steal the [[Zodiac]]. King Poseidon managed to get his hands on the Zodiac, and nearly made it away with the precious thingy, until it was taken away by [[Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]]. King Poseidon then met his end when the Zodiac was opened in front of him, unleashing its powerful energies. {{storylink|Enter the new Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

==Toys==
[[Image:G1_Piranacon_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|An example of [[neon]] not existing in G1 toy colourations.]]
* '''King Poseidon''' (1988)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-318'''
: King Posedion was available separately or in a giftset with all six Seacons. The toys are identical to the Hasbro Seacons.

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