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Loose Ends, Part 2

2012-08-01T21:42:33Z

85.117.21.64: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' #82
|prev=Loose Ends, Part 1
|next=Loose Ends, Part 3
|title="Loose Ends" Part 2
|image=RG1 82 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 1]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=August 2012
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[Jean-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Wreckers face Megatron on Earth, while Grimlock has troubles on Nebulos.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fires upon their ship, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined [[Earth]] in the middle of the [[Mojave desert]]. They quickly depart their landing site, but with [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] injured and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of [[Decepticon]]s. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual [[zombie]]s, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!

Across the galaxy, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] arrives in the vicinity of [[Nebulos]] on his quest to find a cure for the effects of [[Nucleon]]. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", an attempt by [[Nebulan]] senior scientist [[Borx]] to reconnect the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]' original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the [[Unicron]] war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Given that he has broken so many rules already, Grimlock is unconcerned with the fact that planet has been declared out of bounds by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], but upon setting down in [[Koraja]], he finds the city deserted. When he is attacked by mesmerized Nebulans in jet fighters, he cannot bring himself to cross that final line and fire back on the organics, and so he is defeated and knocked out.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] informs [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he ''wants'' to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.

Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in [[Goldstone]], intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], Kup is felled when [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some ''attention''! He ''wants'' the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that Optimus Prime will finally come and face him!

Back in the relative safety of the desert, where [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of humans passes by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (13)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (14)
*[[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (15)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (16)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (17)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (18)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] (19)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (20)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (21)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (22)
*[[Brainstorm]] (24)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (25)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (26)
|c2=
*[[Hun-Grrr]] (1)
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]] (2)
*[[Octane]] (3)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (4)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (6)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (7)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (8)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (11)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] (27)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s
|c4=
*[[Borx]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Notes==
*Megatron's zombified troops are casualties of the [[Underbase Saga]], all save Ratbat having been felled by Starscream while he was high on Underbase power. Apparently, we are to assume from this that the Decepticons never bothered to gather the bodies of their fallen, and that they have lain on Earth all this time until Megatron got his grubby fingers on them. Ratbat, though, was killed while aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], so presumably his body was kept there by the Autobots and removed from the wreck by Megatron.
*When last seen at the close of the original Marvel series, Megatron and Ratchet were mentally linked in a way that required both to live, or neither would. This, then, is why Megatron is keeping Ratchet alive.
*The fate of the Autobot Headmasters' original heads was one of the great dangling plot threads of the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' mini-series, with it being repeatedly stated that unlike other depictions of the Headmaster process, the heads were kept intact and alive and in remote contact with their bodies. Resolution at last!
*The [[Grax Communications Facility]] on the [[Plains of Thok]] puts in a brief appearance.
*Grimlock specifically singles out [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] as an especially badly-afflicted victim of Nucleon. Back during the writing of the original series, it was Furman's intention that Slag would be driven insane by the Nucleon, and it sounds like we're still heading in that direction.
*Grimlock refers back to the period when Transformers were not welcome on Nebulos, seen in "[[People Power!]]"

===Errors===
*TBD

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Grimlock being attacked by Nebulans, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
* '''Cover B:''' Grimlock in dinosaur mode, by [[Guido Guidi]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Dinosaur-mode Grimlock crushing robot-mode Grimlock, by [[Geoff Senior]]
<gallery>
Image:RG1 82 cvrA.jpg|Cover A
Image:RG1 82 cvrB.jpg|Cover B
Image:RG1 82 cvrRI.jpg|Cover RI
</gallery>

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==References==
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[[Category:Regeneration One issues]]

Loose Ends, Part 2

2012-08-01T21:41:54Z

85.117.21.64: /* Notes */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' #82
|prev=Loose Ends, Part 1
|next=Loose Ends, Part 3
|title="Loose Ends" Part 2
|image=RG1 82 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 1]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=August 2012
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[Jean-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Wreckers face Megatron on Earth, while Grimlock has troubles on Nebulos.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fires upon their ship, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined [[Earth]] in the middle of the [[Mojave desert]]. They quickly depart their landing site, but with [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] injured and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of [[Decepticon]]s. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual [[zombie]]s, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!

Across the galaxy, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] arrives in the vicinity of [[Nebulos]] on his quest to find a cure for the effects of [[Nucleon]]. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", an attempt by [[Nebulan]] senior scientist [[Borx]] to reconnect the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]' original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the [[Unicron]] war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Given that he has broken so many rules already, Grimlock is unconcerned with the fact that planet has been declared out of bounds by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], but upon setting down in [[Koraja]], he finds the city deserted. When he is attacked by mesmerized Nebulans in jet fighters, he cannot bring himself to cross that final line and fire back on the organics, and so he is defeated and knocked out.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] informs [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he ''wants'' to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.

Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in [[Goldstone]], intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], Kup is felled when [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some ''attention''! He ''wants'' the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that Optimus Prime will finally come and face him!

Back in the relative safety of the desert, where [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of human pass by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (13)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (14)
*[[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (15)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (16)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (17)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (18)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] (19)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (20)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (21)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (22)
*[[Brainstorm]] (24)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (25)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (26)
|c2=
*[[Hun-Grrr]] (1)
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]] (2)
*[[Octane]] (3)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (4)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (6)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (7)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (8)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (11)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] (27)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s
|c4=
*[[Borx]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Notes==
*Megatron's zombified troops are casualties of the [[Underbase Saga]], all save Ratbat having been felled by Starscream while he was high on Underbase power. Apparently, we are to assume from this that the Decepticons never bothered to gather the bodies of their fallen, and that they have lain on Earth all this time until Megatron got his grubby fingers on them. Ratbat, though, was killed while aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], so presumably his body was kept there by the Autobots and removed from the wreck by Megatron.
*When last seen at the close of the original Marvel series, Megatron and Ratchet were mentally linked in a way that required both to live, or neither would. This, then, is why Megatron is keeping Ratchet alive.
*The fate of the Autobot Headmasters' original heads was one of the great dangling plot threads of the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' mini-series, with it being repeatedly stated that unlike other depictions of the Headmaster process, the heads were kept intact and alive and in remote contact with their bodies. Resolution at last!
*The [[Grax Communications Facility]] on the [[Plains of Thok]] puts in a brief appearance.
*Grimlock specifically singles out [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] as an especially badly-afflicted victim of Nucleon. Back during the writing of the original series, it was Furman's intention that Slag would be driven insane by the Nucleon, and it sounds like we're still heading in that direction.
*Grimlock refers back to the period when Transformers were not welcome on Nebulos, seen in "[[People Power!]]"

===Errors===
*TBD

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Grimlock being attacked by Nebulans, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
* '''Cover B:''' Grimlock in dinosaur mode, by [[Guido Guidi]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Dinosaur-mode Grimlock crushing robot-mode Grimlock, by [[Geoff Senior]]
<gallery>
Image:RG1 82 cvrA.jpg|Cover A
Image:RG1 82 cvrB.jpg|Cover B
Image:RG1 82 cvrRI.jpg|Cover RI
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #8
*''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' #8
*''[[Doctor|Doctor Who]]'' Annual
*''Popeye''
*''More than Meets the Eye'' Annual
*''Rocketeer: Cargo of the Doom'' (back cover)

==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-regeneration-one-82-preview/25508/ Preview]

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Regeneration One issues]]

Attack of the Decepticons

2012-08-01T19:18:56Z

85.117.21.64: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=[[Kid Stuff|Kid Stuff storybook]]
|prev=Slaves of the Insecticons
|title=Attack of the Decepticons
|image=Attack of the Decepticons LP Cover.PNG
|caption=Looks more like attack ''on'' the Decepticons.
|publisher=[[Kid Stuff]]
|date=1985
|writer=[[John Braden]]
}}

==Synopsis==
Over the Arabian peninsula, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] leads a squadron of [[Decepticon Planes]] in a sortie to destroy an oil storage depot. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] monitor the events from the [[Decepticon submersible storage vat]] off the coast of [[Madagascar]]. They are pleased that the [[Autobot]]s are distracted by the attack and are seemingly unaware of the true plan.

Over the last month, five supertankers have been raided and sunk by the [[Decepticon]]s; and now the sixth, the ''Orion'' is in their sights. The crew of the doomed ship radio for help, but their transmissions are blocked by Soundwave. As the oil is violently removed, the great ship lists and finally breaks in two; taking its crew to their doom. Megatron commands his vessel to return to [[Refinery Sector 19]], hidden in the North Atlantic trench.

Back at Autobot headquarters, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] monitor the Decepticon leadership. The loss of the six tankers has not gone unnoticed. Prowl suggests tainting the oil in a tanker with corrosive acid that would ravage the Decepticons should they try to use it. Optimus Prime is intrigued by the idea, but unsure of how the acidified oil could be safely stored.

Soon, the Decepticons learn of the launch of a new supertanker. The ''Colossus'' will be the largest such vessel ever, her holds capable of containing five million barrels of crude. The newly discovered fracture proof alloy used in her construction renders her unsinkable. Megatron plans to attack her on her maiden voyage from the Gulf of Oman.

As the ship sets sail, the crew complain that the oil has a strange smell but their job must be done. The Decepticons quickly and silently attach to the vessel, sucking out many gallons of oil. Optimus Prime and Prowl dispatch the first of two waves of Autobots from Base Epsilon.

After draining half of the 'Colossus' contents, the Decepticon ship begins to malfunction. A sudden Autobot assault worsens their situation. Hovering over the ocean, the Autobots levitate the ship free of the Decepticon's clutches. The Decepticon's force field fails as the second wave of Autobots arrives. Megatron and Soundwave escape as the submersible storage vat is destroyed by the Autobot's thermal missiles.

The victorious Autobots fly the tanker to [[New York City]]. The radar operators at JFK airport and a lone fisherman at Staten Island watch the arrival. Optimus Prime tells Prowl to ensure that the witnesses' memories of the events are erased.

In the Mexican desert, an oil exploration crew draws their bit out of the ground. Half of the bit has been sheared off by the lasers of the underground [[Decepticon Fortress Gamma]]....

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)
* Various unnamed Autobots (9)

|c2=
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (1)
* Other Decepticon Planes (2)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (3)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)

|c3=
* Radio operator (5)
* Crew of Colossus (8)
* Radar operator (10)
* Fisherman (11)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
* While the Kid Stuff story books generally only have lines for Megatron, Soundwave, Optimus Prime and Prowl; this adventure begins with a report from Thundercracker.
* This adventure was available on vinyl record or cassette tape, neither came with a storybook.
* Optimus Prime studies morality by examining the works of Sophocles, Thomas Jefferson and Gandhi.
* Both the war in general and Optimus Prime in particular are said to be older than life on Earth.

==External links==
* [http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/ More information on Attack of the Decepticons] at Steve-o's Transformers Site.

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[[Category:Episodes]]