Fallen Angel

2012-08-25T16:46:36Z

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{{disambig2|the comic story|the trade paperback named after it|Transformers: Fallen Angel}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #101–102
|prev=Distant Thunder!
|next=Resurrection!
|title="Fallen Angel"
|image=Marvel UK 102.JPG
|caption=Galvatron auditions for the role of [[The Fallen]].
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=
|coverdate=[[February 21|21st]]–[[February 28|28th February]] [[1987]]
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Geoff Senior]] (101), [[Jeff Anderson]] (102)
|colour=[[Steve White]]
|letters=[[Annie Halfacree]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''Galvatron returns!'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Autobot]]s recently freed by [[Circuit Breaker]] head toward the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], led by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who is the only one among them with knowledge of [[Earth]]. Suddenly, Skids cries out and [[Mass substitution|vanishes]]. Meanwhile, [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] investigates something that crashed to the ground, only to be assaulted and blown apart by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Galvatron recollects how he met defeat at the hands of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] during the battle with [[Unicron]]. Hurtling through space, he activated his [[time-jump trigger device]] again and returned to present-day Earth.

While [[Cybertron Seven|Blaster, Perceptor, and the others]] try to figure out what happened to Skids, they spot Galvatron approaching and a battle ensues. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who currently commands the [[Decepticon]]s, hears the explosions from the battle and believes it may be [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Galvatron is making quick work of the Autobots until the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] arrive, determined to get revenge for the fallen Centurion.

Galvatron clashes with the Dinobots and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], having incapacitated the rest of the Autobots. Shockwave and the Decepticons watch the battle from nearby, and Soundwave tells Shockwave what he knows of Galvatron. Shockwave admits that, as Galvatron is a bigger threat, the Decepticons may need to aid the Dinobots.

Galvatron blasts [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and, nearly unconscious, Swoop hears [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]] asking to occupy Swoop's body again. Swoop consents, and Morris distracts Galvatron long enough for the Decepticons to attack. Galvatron retreats, not wanting to fight the Decepticons he hopes to soon command. Shockwave concludes it would be illogical to attack the Dinobots at this point, and the parties go their separate ways.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (1)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (2)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (3)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (4)
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (5)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (6)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (7)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (8)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (17)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (18)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (19)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (20)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (21)

|c2=
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (11)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (15)
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (16)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (24)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (25)
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (26)

|c3=
* [[Peter Anthony Morris]] (10)
* [[Circuit Breaker]] (22)
* [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] (23)

|c4=
* [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] (9)
* [[Unicron]] (13)
}}

==Notes==
* This episode directly follows the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The movie, but not the animated television series, is considered to be part of the UK comic continuity.
* Issue #101 featured ''[[Transformers AtoZ]]'' profiles for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]].

===Errors===
[[Image:MarvelUK 101 error pg04.JPG|150px|thumb|Did you get the Pastelformers variants?]]
* Pages four and five of part one had the colours printed in reverse in the original printing. This was corrected for reprints.
* Blaster's head is drawn closer to his cartoon model's head instead of the visored head he usually has in these comics. He even lacks this visor in the flashback to when he was captured by RAAT, which he definitely had back then.

===Back-up stories===
'''Issue #101:'''
* [[G.I. Joe (team)|Action Force]]- "Improvisation on a Theme" Part 3
* [[Robo-Capers]]

'''Issue #102:'''
* Action Force - "Improvisation on a Theme" Part 4
* Robo-Capers

===Covers (5)===
<gallery>
Image:Marvel UK 101.JPG|'''Issue #101'''
Image:Marvel UK 102.JPG|'''Issue #102'''
Image:Tf commag 09.JPG|'''Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #9:''' The coming of Safety Megatron.
Image:Transformers annual 1991.jpg|'''1991 Annual'''
Image:TitanFA.jpg|'''''Fallen Angel'' TPB'''
</gallery>
*'''UK issue #101 cover:''' Galvatron makes his mental condition as clear as possible, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #102 cover:''' Galvatron is on fire, by [[Geoff Senior]].
* '''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #9]] cover:''' A random assortment of miscolored Transformers that bears no resemblance to the contents of the comic. As usual.
*'''1991 Annual cover:''' Jazz, Ironhide & Wheeljack blast the reader, by Geoff Senior
*'''''Fallen Angel'' TPB cover:''' [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], by Geoff Senior and [[Oliver Harud]].

===Reprints===
*[[1990]] — [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' #9]]
*[[1991]] — ''[[Transformers Annual 1991]]''
*[[2003]] — ''[[Transformers: Fallen Angel]]''.
*[[2012]] — ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 3]]''

[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

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