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Recipe for Hate

2012-05-04T13:58:04Z

95.148.10.240: /* Quotes */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Micromasters]]'' #3
|prev=The Gray Race
|next=Victims of the Revolution
|image=DW MM 3a.jpg
|caption=Pull my finger.
|title="Recipe for Hate"
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[September 15]], [[2004]]
|coverdate=September, 2004
|writer=[[James McDonough]], [[Adam Patyk]]
|pencils=[[Rob Ruffolo]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|additional inks=
|colors=[[Sigmund Torre|Sig Torre]], [[Eric Burns]], [[Josh Burcham]]
|editor=[[Roger Lee]] (VP Editor-in-chief)
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Micromasters]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}

'''Skystalker and Skyhopper begin their plans for conquest, while Big Daddy and the Hot Rod Patrol seek help from the Autobots they abandoned. Meanwhile, Countdown reveals a secret of cosmic proportions.'''

==Synopsis==
The returning [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] and [[Skyhopper]] meet with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Skystalker's viciousness is evident, as he details destroying an entire planet simply to generate energy for a radio transmission. Shockwave reveals that he intentionally let the [[Race Track Patrol]] go, in hopes that [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] would attempt to contact them and lead Shockwave to [[Rocket Base|his base]]. While that attempt failed, it did lead him to the Hot Rod Patrol, and we learn that Shockwave is now following the Hot Rod Patrol in hopes of catching up to Countdown.

Meanwhile, back in [[Little Iacon]], [[Road Hugger (G1)|Road Hugger]] attempts to confront [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]], only to be captured by [[Chop Shop]]. The combined [[Micromaster]] force attempts to repel the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], but the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] leave, convinced that the Race Track Patrol led the [[Decepticon]]s to their location. Conversely, the Race Track Patrol decide that it's time to look out for themselves, and leave their fellow Micromasters to their fate.

Back at Countdown's base, Countdown is interrupted from his thoughts by [[Groundshaker]], who wants to intervene in the battle at Little Iacon. Countdown orders him to stand down, which infuriates the impetuous Groundshaker. Groundshaker accuses Countdown of not being an equal partner in their efforts, and reveals that he is aware of Countdown's attempts to have him transferred off the mission. Countdown apologizes, and reveals that he has a reason for not interfering yet; he recovered a [[Golden Disk (Paradron)|Golden Disk]] during their mission to [[Paradron]]. The Golden Disk is full of bizarre information about Cybertron, explaining such mysteries as why Cybertronians have passenger compartments designed for smaller beings, and that the ultimate role of Cybertronians is to establish peace in the universe. Such knowledge could be deadly if it passed into the wrong hands, and Countdown has appointed himself guardian of the disk for that reason. Groundshaker then suggests that choosing when to fight and who to help goes against the entire point of the disk's teachings.

Meanwhile, [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] and the other Insecticons are looking for the Hot Rod Patrol. Venom attempts to turn the Decepticon Micromasters against their brethren. [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] accepts on behalf of the entire Race Track Patrol, a move which upsets [[Motorhead (Decepticon)|Motorhead]]. [[Blaze Master]] is shot unconscious by [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] when he tells Venom where to stick it, and left to be tended to by [[Free Wheeler]] and [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]].

Back at Decepticon Headquarters, Skystalker and Skyhopper plot against Shockwave, who they feel is just as blind and ignorant as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] before him. They unload a crate full of explosives, suggesting they have a sinister plot in mind.

While all this is going on, the Hot Rod Patrol rush back to [[Autobase]], hoping to warn Autobot command of the goings-on in Little Iacon. Unfortunately, the [[Battle Patrol]] are on watch duty, and send the Hot Rod Patrol packing, humiliating them in the process. However, [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] manages to slip them a cache of weapons, and mentions that the Battle Patrol destroyed the Hot Rod Patrol's reputation with command. Big Daddy then decides to go find the only other Autobot that might be able to fix the situation in Little Iacon.

The Insecticons continue their search for the Hot Rod Patrol, with a group of Decepticon Micromasters in tow. Barricade reveals to Motorhead that he has no intention of sticking with the Decepticons for long, but for now it is the only way to stay under the radar and out of harm's way.

Meanwhile, Shockwave is running diagnostics on [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and reveals that his form is mutating, growing extra parts, almost as if he were evolving. Shockwave then orders Blitzwing to guard him while he recharges. The process is disturbed, however, by Skyhopper and Skystalker, who quickly best the larger Decepticons due to their extreme lack of fuel.

The Race Track Patrol return to Decepticon HQ to find the entire Decepticon army preparing for war. They are summoned to Shockwave's chambers for a private conference, where it is revealed that Skystalker has overthrown Shockwave, and has assumed leadership of the Decepticons!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Greaser]] (5)
* [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]] (6)
* [[Trip-Up]] (7)
* [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]] (10)
* [[Ironworks]] (11)
* [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] (16)
* [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] (17)
* [[Hubs]] (21)
* [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] (24)
* [[Groundshaker]] (25)
* [[Free Wheeler]] (30)
* [[Sidetrack]] (32)
* [[Sunrunner]] (33)
* [[Big Shot]] (34)
* [[Flak (G1)|Flak]] (35)
* [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] (36)
* [[Powertrain]] (37)

|c2=
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (1)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (2)
* [[Skyhopper]] (3)
* [[Road Hugger (G1)|Road Hugger]] (4)
* [[Chop Shop]] (8)
* [[Detour (G1)|Detour]] (9)
* [[Dropshot (G1)|Dropshot]] (12)
* [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] (13)
* [[Growl (G1)|Growl]] (14)
* [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]] (15)
* ? (18)
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (19)
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] (20)
* [[Ground Hog]] (22)
* [[Motorhead (Decepticon)|Motorhead]] (23)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (26)
* ? (27)
* ? (28)
* [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] (29)
* [[Blaze Master]] (31)
* [[Bombshock (G1)|Bombshock]] (38)
* [[Roller Force]] (39)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (40)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (41)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (42)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (43)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (44)
* [[Octane]] (45)
}}

==Quotes==
"Damn straight. Those're Little Iacon rules: you step to '''one''' of us, you step to '''all''' of us. Whatever you're after, you ain't gettin' it".
:'''—Growl'''

"But this '''isn't''' about that. There's trouble--'''big''' trouble--in Little Iacon."
:'''—Big Daddy'''

"Hey, Chop Shop you didn't happen to see my sonic rifle around, did you? I put it down after blasting that upstart, and now I can't find it." 
"What rifle? '''Oh''', your '''gun'''... Yeah... Nah, I haven't seen anything." 
"You '''sure'''?" 
"Uh, yep. Positive. I haven't seen slag." 
"You sure you're sure?" 
"Yes, I'm sure. No need to get so uptight."
:'''-Chop Shop''' lies to '''Barrage'''

==Notes==
* This issue takes its title from the seventh album by [[wikipedia:Bad Religion|Bad Religion]].
* It is patently obvious that Rob Ruffolo was drawing the Micromasters from model sheets that did not include their backs, as the back detail on most characters is generic, at best. This is especially obvious in the sequence where Skyhopper is unloading the crate of explosives.
* The password to get into Iacon is "V-Sigma-19-84." Very clever.
* Countdown claims the Golden Disk gives a solid explanation as to why the Micromasters have modes that appear so similar to [[Earth]] vehicle designs. Presumably this also relates to Blitzwing's mutating into having an Earth mode.
* The letters page is filled by a press release about how Dreamwave collaborated with Hooligan Skateboards to produce one of the [[The Gray Race|previous issue's]] covers.
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" page has poetry from the desk of [[Erik Sander]].
* Big Daddy's line, "There's trouble—big trouble—in Little Iacon", is a reference the title of the John Carpenter film, ''Big Trouble In Little China''.

===Errors===
* Chop Shop's color changes from red to brown.
* On page 5, Trip-Up refers to Greaser as Hubs.

===Covers (2)===
[[Image:DW MM 3b.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What the hell's going on in this cover?]]
* '''Cover A:''' Skystalker shaking hands with Shockwave by [[Don Figueroa]]
* '''Cover B:''' Micromasters doing... something, art by [[Pat Lee]]

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Revelation (The Dark Ages)

2012-05-03T18:51:41Z

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{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' #4
|title="Revelation"
|prev=Devastation
|next=Confrontation (issue)
|image=DW WW2 4.jpg
|caption=Grimlock thinks Jetfire needs a shave... a '''close''' shave!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[January 21]], 2004
|coverdate=January 2004
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|additional inks=[[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Alan Wang]], [[Rob Ruffolo|Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|The Dark Ages]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Trypticon decimates the Autobots, but Grimlock has more important concerns.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team of [[Autobot]]s scramble, overwhelmed by attacks from the talkative [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Prowl orders the Autobots to split up, but Trypticon is able to hunt his prey with his impressive arsenal. Prowl sends a desperate radio message for help to anyone who might hear it. But when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] receives the message, he can only bring a few Autobot reinforcements.

The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] receive this message and debate with their leader, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], over whether they should respond to it or not. Grimlock maintains that it's more important to investigate the affairs of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

The two aforementioned brains meet together, and pool their available data. But before they can use it to find out the truth, the two come under attack from the [[Chaos Trinity]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] uses [[dark science]] to disable Shockwave, and Jetfire's mind is locked into a trance by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. The three start to take their bounty home, but as soon as they wonder where Grimlock is, the angry Dynobot gets the drop on them. Grimlock quickly disables the three. Jetfire thanks Grimlock for the rescue, but Grimlock attacks Jetfire too.

The rest of the Dynobots assist Prowl's Autobots against Trypticon. Eventually, all their skid plates are saved when the behemoth is summoned away.

Grimlock attacks Jetfire, who only dodges. Grimlock ignores any reasoning Jetfire spouts. Grimlock explains that it was he who summoned Trypticon away so he might save the Autobots. But before Grimlock can finish executing Jetfire, [[The Fallen]] arrives.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (1)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (3)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (5)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (6)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (7)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (10)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (13)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (18)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (19)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (4)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (15)
* [[Bugly]] (16)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (17)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[The Fallen]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Let's face it. If I can snare a mind as analytical as Jetfire's... 
Yours should only be '''protoform-play''' to contr-" 
'''''THWAMM!''''' 
"Why everybody '''underestimate''' me?"
:'''—Mindwipe''' gets his ass whipped by '''Grimlock'''

"What '''was''' that thing me have to do?" 
"...Grimlock?" 
"Oh, yes. '''Execute''' you for treason!" 
'''"NO!"''' 
:'''-Grimlock''' attacks '''Jetfire''' while '''The Fallen''' from within Cybertron realises he has to step in

"I don't mean to get personal, but who '''exactly''' designed '''you'''? I mean... what are you even supposed to '''be'''?" 
"Uh-huh-uh. Pretty '''dumb''' looking!" 
:'''-Sludge''' and '''Snarl''' don't appreciate '''Trypticon's''' dinosaur-like robot mode

"Talk too much!" 
'''"Hoff!"''' 
"Already took care of battle base. Transmit message to Decepticon command HQ, using '''stolen''' code. Tell them Shockwave in danger, send battle-base. As for '''rest''' of nonsense... ...that all in your soon-to-be-'''severed''' head!" 
"No." 
"No?" 
'''"NO."''' 
:'''-Grimlock''' interrupts '''Jetfire's''' speech with a headbutt and reveals his master plan but is stopped by '''The Fallen''' from killing him

==Notes==
* The "Declarations of War" page has various pieces of fan-submitted artwork of characters in Cybertronian forms. The winner was Ansun Yan with a design for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].

===Errors===
* When Jetfire asks Grimlock, "How did you -- ?", Grimlock responds, "Trade secret," but Jetfire is drawn answering instead of Grimlock.
* When Bludgeon tells Jetfire, "But then, it's not him we're after... ...it's you!", the speech bubble comes from Jetfire instead who is currently hypnotised.
* When Snarl talks to Sludge after mocking Trypticon, he calls Sludge "Snarl".

===Cover===
* Grimlock battles Jetfire while The Fallen looks on; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Saiko]].

===Advertisements===
* [[Black Sunshine|''Generation One'' #1]]: (interior front cover)
* ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' season 1, part 1 DVD
* Video game, ''Viewtiful Joe'' (who is not a G.I.)
* ''[[War and Peace]]'' Trade Paperback
* "[[The Iron Fist]]": ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' #6 (which isn't Viewtiful)
* ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'': The Director's Cut
* [[What Lies Beneath|''Energon'' #20]] (back cover)

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Revelation (The Dark Ages)

2012-05-03T18:49:09Z

95.148.10.240: /* Quotes */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' #4
|title="Revelation"
|prev=Devastation
|next=Confrontation (issue)
|image=DW WW2 4.jpg
|caption=Grimlock thinks Jetfire needs a shave... a '''close''' shave!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[January 21]], 2004
|coverdate=January 2004
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|additional inks=[[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Alan Wang]], [[Rob Ruffolo|Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|The Dark Ages]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Trypticon decimates the Autobots, but Grimlock has more important concerns.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team of [[Autobot]]s scramble, overwhelmed by attacks from the talkative [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Prowl orders the Autobots to split up, but Trypticon is able to hunt his prey with his impressive arsenal. Prowl sends a desperate radio message for help to anyone who might hear it. But when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] receives the message, he can only bring a few Autobot reinforcements.

The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] receive this message and debate with their leader, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], over whether they should respond to it or not. Grimlock maintains that it's more important to investigate the affairs of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

The two aforementioned brains meet together, and pool their available data. But before they can use it to find out the truth, the two come under attack from the [[Chaos Trinity]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] uses [[dark science]] to disable Shockwave, and Jetfire's mind is locked into a trance by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. The three start to take their bounty home, but as soon as they wonder where Grimlock is, the angry Dynobot gets the drop on them. Grimlock quickly disables the three. Jetfire thanks Grimlock for the rescue, but Grimlock attacks Jetfire too.

The rest of the Dynobots assist Prowl's Autobots against Trypticon. Eventually, all their skid plates are saved when the behemoth is summoned away.

Grimlock attacks Jetfire, who only dodges. Grimlock ignores any reasoning Jetfire spouts. Grimlock explains that it was he who summoned Trypticon away so he might save the Autobots. But before Grimlock can finish executing Jetfire, [[The Fallen]] arrives.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (1)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (3)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (5)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (6)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (7)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (10)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (13)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (18)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (19)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (4)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (15)
* [[Bugly]] (16)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (17)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[The Fallen]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Let's face it. If I can snare a mind as analytical as Jetfire's... 
Yours should only be '''protoform-play''' to contr-" 
'''''THWAMM!''''' 
"Why everybody '''underestimate''' me?"
:'''—Mindwipe''' gets his ass whipped by '''Grimlock'''

"What '''was''' that thing me have to do?" 
"...Grimlock?" 
"Oh, yes. '''Execute''' you for treason!" 
'''"NO!"''' 
:'''-Grimlock''' attacks '''Jetfire''' while '''The Fallen''' from within Cybertron realises he has to step in

"I don't mean to get personal, but who '''exactly''' designed '''you'''? I mean... what are you even supposed to '''be'''?" 
"Uh-huh-uh. Pretty '''dumb''' looking!" 
:'''-Sludge''' and '''Snarl''' don't appreciate '''Trypticon's''' dinosaur-like robot mode

"Talk too much!" 
'''"Hoff!"''' 
"Already took care of battle base. Transmit message to Decepticon command HQ, using '''stolen''' code. Tell them Shockwave in danger, send battle-base. As for '''rest''' of nonsense... ...that all in your soon-to-be-'''severed''' head!" 
"No." 
"No?" 
'''"NO."''' 
:'''-Grimlock''' interrupts '''Jetfire's''' speech with a headbutt and reveals his master plan but is stopped by '''The Fallen''' from killing him

==Notes==
* The "Declarations of War" page has various pieces of fan-submitted artwork of characters in Cybertronian forms. The winner was Ansun Yan with a design for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].

===Errors===
* When Jetfire asks Grimlock, "How did you -- ?", Grimlock responds, "Trade secret," but Jetfire is drawn answering instead of Grimlock.
* When Bludgeon tells Jetfire, "But then, it's not him we're after... ...it's you!", the speech bubble comes from Jetfire instead who is currently hypnotised.

===Cover===
* Grimlock battles Jetfire while The Fallen looks on; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Saiko]].

===Advertisements===
* [[Black Sunshine|''Generation One'' #1]]: (interior front cover)
* ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' season 1, part 1 DVD
* Video game, ''Viewtiful Joe'' (who is not a G.I.)
* ''[[War and Peace]]'' Trade Paperback
* "[[The Iron Fist]]": ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' #6 (which isn't Viewtiful)
* ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'': The Director's Cut
* [[What Lies Beneath|''Energon'' #20]] (back cover)

===Reprints===
{{issuestub}}

[[Category:War Within issues]]

Revelation (The Dark Ages)

2012-05-03T18:48:36Z

95.148.10.240: /* Quotes */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' #4
|title="Revelation"
|prev=Devastation
|next=Confrontation (issue)
|image=DW WW2 4.jpg
|caption=Grimlock thinks Jetfire needs a shave... a '''close''' shave!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[January 21]], 2004
|coverdate=January 2004
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|additional inks=[[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Alan Wang]], [[Rob Ruffolo|Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|The Dark Ages]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Trypticon decimates the Autobots, but Grimlock has more important concerns.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team of [[Autobot]]s scramble, overwhelmed by attacks from the talkative [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Prowl orders the Autobots to split up, but Trypticon is able to hunt his prey with his impressive arsenal. Prowl sends a desperate radio message for help to anyone who might hear it. But when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] receives the message, he can only bring a few Autobot reinforcements.

The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] receive this message and debate with their leader, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], over whether they should respond to it or not. Grimlock maintains that it's more important to investigate the affairs of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

The two aforementioned brains meet together, and pool their available data. But before they can use it to find out the truth, the two come under attack from the [[Chaos Trinity]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] uses [[dark science]] to disable Shockwave, and Jetfire's mind is locked into a trance by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. The three start to take their bounty home, but as soon as they wonder where Grimlock is, the angry Dynobot gets the drop on them. Grimlock quickly disables the three. Jetfire thanks Grimlock for the rescue, but Grimlock attacks Jetfire too.

The rest of the Dynobots assist Prowl's Autobots against Trypticon. Eventually, all their skid plates are saved when the behemoth is summoned away.

Grimlock attacks Jetfire, who only dodges. Grimlock ignores any reasoning Jetfire spouts. Grimlock explains that it was he who summoned Trypticon away so he might save the Autobots. But before Grimlock can finish executing Jetfire, [[The Fallen]] arrives.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (1)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (3)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (5)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (6)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (7)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (10)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (13)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (18)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (19)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (4)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (15)
* [[Bugly]] (16)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (17)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[The Fallen]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Let's face it. If I can snare a mind as analytical as Jetfire's... 
Yours should only be '''protoform-play''' to contr-" 
'''''THWAMM!''''' 
"Why everybody '''underestimate''' me?"
:'''—Mindwipe''' gets his ass whipped by '''Grimlock'''

"What '''was''' that thing me have to do?" 
"...Grimlock?" 
"Oh, yes. '''Execute''' you for treason!" 
'''"NO!"''' 
:'''-Grimlock''' attacks '''Jetfire''' while '''The Fallen''' from within Cybertron realises he has to step in.

"I don't mean to get personal, but who '''exactly''' designed '''you'''? I mean... what are you even supposed to '''be'''?" 
"Uh-huh-uh. Pretty '''dumb''' looking!" 
:'''-Sludge''' and '''Snarl''' don't appreciate '''Trypticon's''' dinosaur-like robot mode

"Talk too much!" 
'''"Hoff!"''' 
"Already took care of battle base. Transmit message to Decepticon command HQ, using '''stolen''' code. Tell them Shockwave in danger, send battle-base. As for '''rest''' of nonsense... ...that all in your soon-to-be-'''severed''' head!" 
"No." 
"No?" 
'''"NO."''' 
:'''-Grimlock''' interrupts '''Jetfire's''' speech with a headbutt and reveals his master plan but is stopped by '''The Fallen''' from killing him

==Notes==
* The "Declarations of War" page has various pieces of fan-submitted artwork of characters in Cybertronian forms. The winner was Ansun Yan with a design for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].

===Errors===
* When Jetfire asks Grimlock, "How did you -- ?", Grimlock responds, "Trade secret," but Jetfire is drawn answering instead of Grimlock.
* When Bludgeon tells Jetfire, "But then, it's not him we're after... ...it's you!", the speech bubble comes from Jetfire instead who is currently hypnotised.

===Cover===
* Grimlock battles Jetfire while The Fallen looks on; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Saiko]].

===Advertisements===
* [[Black Sunshine|''Generation One'' #1]]: (interior front cover)
* ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' season 1, part 1 DVD
* Video game, ''Viewtiful Joe'' (who is not a G.I.)
* ''[[War and Peace]]'' Trade Paperback
* "[[The Iron Fist]]": ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' #6 (which isn't Viewtiful)
* ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'': The Director's Cut
* [[What Lies Beneath|''Energon'' #20]] (back cover)

===Reprints===
{{issuestub}}

[[Category:War Within issues]]

Revelation (The Dark Ages)

2012-05-03T18:27:41Z

95.148.10.240: /* Errors */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' #4
|title="Revelation"
|prev=Devastation
|next=Confrontation (issue)
|image=DW WW2 4.jpg
|caption=Grimlock thinks Jetfire needs a shave... a '''close''' shave!
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[January 21]], 2004
|coverdate=January 2004
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|additional inks=[[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Alan Wang]], [[Rob Ruffolo|Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|The Dark Ages]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Trypticon decimates the Autobots, but Grimlock has more important concerns.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team of [[Autobot]]s scramble, overwhelmed by attacks from the talkative [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Prowl orders the Autobots to split up, but Trypticon is able to hunt his prey with his impressive arsenal. Prowl sends a desperate radio message for help to anyone who might hear it. But when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] receives the message, he can only bring a few Autobot reinforcements.

The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] receive this message and debate with their leader, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], over whether they should respond to it or not. Grimlock maintains that it's more important to investigate the affairs of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

The two aforementioned brains meet together, and pool their available data. But before they can use it to find out the truth, the two come under attack from the [[Chaos Trinity]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] uses [[dark science]] to disable Shockwave, and Jetfire's mind is locked into a trance by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. The three start to take their bounty home, but as soon as they wonder where Grimlock is, the angry Dynobot gets the drop on them. Grimlock quickly disables the three. Jetfire thanks Grimlock for the rescue, but Grimlock attacks Jetfire too.

The rest of the Dynobots assist Prowl's Autobots against Trypticon. Eventually, all their skid plates are saved when the behemoth is summoned away.

Grimlock attacks Jetfire, who only dodges. Grimlock ignores any reasoning Jetfire spouts. Grimlock explains that it was he who summoned Trypticon away so he might save the Autobots. But before Grimlock can finish executing Jetfire, [[The Fallen]] arrives.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (1)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (3)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (5)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (6)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (7)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (10)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (11)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (13)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (18)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (19)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (4)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (15)
* [[Bugly]] (16)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (17)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[The Fallen]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Let's face it. If I can snare a mind as analytical as Jetfire's... 
Yours should only be '''protoform-play''' to contr-" 
'''''THWAMM!''''' 
"Why everybody '''underestimate''' me?"
:'''—Mindwipe''' gets his ass whipped by '''Grimlock'''

==Notes==
* The "Declarations of War" page has various pieces of fan-submitted artwork of characters in Cybertronian forms. The winner was Ansun Yan with a design for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].

===Errors===
* When Jetfire asks Grimlock, "How did you -- ?", Grimlock responds, "Trade secret," but Jetfire is drawn answering instead of Grimlock.
* When Bludgeon tells Jetfire, "But then, it's not him we're after... ...it's you!", the speech bubble comes from Jetfire instead who is currently hypnotised.

===Cover===
* Grimlock battles Jetfire while The Fallen looks on; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Saiko]].

===Advertisements===
* [[Black Sunshine|''Generation One'' #1]]: (interior front cover)
* ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' season 1, part 1 DVD
* Video game, ''Viewtiful Joe'' (who is not a G.I.)
* ''[[War and Peace]]'' Trade Paperback
* "[[The Iron Fist]]": ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' #6 (which isn't Viewtiful)
* ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'': The Director's Cut
* [[What Lies Beneath|''Energon'' #20]] (back cover)

===Reprints===
{{issuestub}}

[[Category:War Within issues]]

Talk:Flashback!

2012-04-28T10:09:31Z

95.148.10.240:

How is Megatron going back in time to save the Seacons any different to Wreck-Gar going back in time and saving Bumblebee? Or the future Autobots going back in time during Time Wars and helping to save everyone. Perhaps the timeline where Galvatron succeeded was supposed to the correct one and defeating him changed the timeline completely (but then Time Wars is the biggest mess of errors and confusion that Transformers has produced in its 25 years).

Megatron saving the Seacons doesn't seem that big of a deal that Prowl makes out to be really.

[[Special:Contributions/95.148.9.100|95.148.9.100]] 07:36, 31 December 2009 (EST)

:Time travel rules are not consistent in the TF world, or for that matter in a lot of Marvel comics. That said for most of the previous Marvel UK stories there has been an implicit consistency that time travel into the past automatically creates an alternate timeline and a time traveller's actions have no bearer upon their own timeline. (This is the basic rule operated in much of the Marvel Universe, albeit with some exceptions.) Time Wars broadly follows this but Aspects of Evil shows the future timeline changed - perhaps the damage to the rift meant the Autobots arrived home in a different timeline.
:Flashback! is the first time I can think of where the timetravel is into the ''past'' of regular events so maybe the change would have had a noticeable effect. Alternatively we've only really Prowl's word and Megatron's assumption that the past can be changed - maybe both are operating on a misunderstanding and there was never any danger in the first place? [[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] 17:06, 31 December 2009 (EST)
:: Kup, Hot Rod and Blurr travelled back in time to save the past from a time-traveller. Wreck-Gar travelled back and saved Bumblebee from a time-traveller. The Seacons were not destroyed by a time-traveller and so that action was supposed to happen in that timeline. The other examples were not supposed to happen. Skywarp got destroyed and Bumblebee became Goldbug happened anyway but differently (see the U.S. comics). [[Special:Contributions/95.148.10.240|95.148.10.240]] 06:09, 28 April 2012 (EDT)

Raise

2012-04-26T11:35:09Z

95.148.10.240:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Raise is a [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Raise-2002packageart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Uh, look, boss, I've been with the company for a while now, and I think I deserve me a...]]

'''Raise''' (レイズ ''Reizu'') doesn't say a lot, but when he does, people listen. This mysterious Micromaster has the power of precognition, and he's proven to be eerily accurate. His abilities have saved his teammates' collective bacon many a time.

His favorite thing to do is be up bright and early in the morning, sit and watch the sun rise over the ocean horizon.

==Fiction==
===''Micromaster''===
Raise and the other [[Sixtrain]] Train Team members used their combined "Red Mode" to drive the [[Decepticon]] [[Sixwing]] from an excavation site at the base of a [[Mount St. Hilary|dormant volcano]]. When the Micromasters began their own excavation there, Raise's precognition pointed them in the right direction to unearth two pieces of Cybertronian metal... and put a timely end to [[Gran Arm]]'s complaining. The Train Team was forced to re-form Sixtrain when Sixwing returned, intent on stealing the prizes. {{storylink|The Transformers: Micromaster#Part 5: Sixtrain! Activate Red Mode!!|Sixtrain! Activate Red Mode!!}}

===Operation Combination===
Years later, Raise and the rest of the Six-team Micromasters joined [[Guard City]] and the [[Road Corps]] in defending Earth from the forces of the Decepticon Führer [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]]. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination}}

{{note|None of the combiner team individuals ever actually show up as individuals, only as components of the combined robot modes.}}

==Toys==
===Operation Combination===
*'''Sixtrain''' (Micromaster Sixteam, 1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TF-05'''

: Available only in a Sixtrain gift set, ''Operation Combination'' Raise is an extensive [[retool]]ing of the [[Sixliner]] component [[Leaf]], keeping the same inner robot parts and arms, but replacing the entire rest of his train mode, making him an "Asagiri" Special Express bullet train engine. He has a "peg" connector tab in the back of his train mode allows him to pull any fellow Micromaster train or footplate-weapon with a "socket" connector. He can form either arm to any Six-team Micromaster combined robot, but his nominal placement is as the left arm of Sixtrain. His connector peg is approximately [[5mm post|5mm wide]], making him compatible with [[Powerlinx]] ports. The original Six-Teams are considered among the more difficult Japanese Generation 1 pieces to find.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Cybertron/Raise/raise.htm More information on Raise at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/806/Generation+1/Raise.html Raise toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]''

{{-}}
[[Image:MC-toy Sixtrain-Raise.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

===Micromaster===
*'''Raise''' (Micromaster, 2003)
**''Micromaster ID number'': '''3'''
**''Accessories'': Sixtrain left foot

: In 2003, the entire Sixtrain team was re-released as the fifth ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster]]'' assortment, in individual boxes with a number visible to show which mold was inside each box. For this release, each character was extensively [[redeco]]ed, plus the decals from the original version were replaced with [[Paint operation|paint applications]].

: This toy was sold without changes in the [[Hasbro]] 2003 ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line as [[Rapid Run (Universe)|Rapid Run]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/Raise/raise.htm More information on Raise at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|RedMode}}
[[Image:MCtoy-HateRaise.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Raise Red Mode''' (Micromaster, 2003)
**''Micromaster ID number'': '''3'''
**''Accessories'': Sixtrain left foot

: In every case of twelve Train Team Micromasters, two of them were solid-red-plastic "Red Mode" variations. All six Micromasters (and their combiner [[kibble]]) were available in this manner.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/HRaise/raise.htm More information on Raise Red Mode at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1210/Collectors+Edition+Japanese/Rage+Raise.html Raise Red Mode toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]''

{{--}}
==Notes==
* Raise, like all of the six-team Micromasters, had no individual [[bio]] information whatsoever until his ''Micromaster'' release a decade after his original ''Operation Combination'' release.

* Another possible [[Romanization]] of Raise's name is "Rays". While this gels with his "watching the sunrise" bit, the bio is something of a [[retcon]], making it hard to tell just what the original intent of his name was.

==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/4548343d1af197f5?dmode=source&output=gplain Translation of Raise's bio by Doug Dlin]

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Micromaster Autobots]]
[[Category:Operation Combination Autobots]]

Prisoner of War!

2012-04-25T22:53:17Z

95.148.10.240: /* Featured characters */ added Ironhide and Trailbreaker

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #3
|prev=Power Play!
|next=The Last Stand
|title="Prisoner of War!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #5–6
|prev2=Power Play!
|next2=The Last Stand
|image=MarvelUS-03.jpg
|caption=Is he strong? Listen, [[bud]], he made Megatron go thud.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[October 2]], 1984
|coverdate=January 1985
|writer=[[Jim Salicrup]]
|penciler=[[Frank Springer]]
|inker=[[Kim DeMulder]], [[Mike Esposito]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov]]
|letterers=[[Janice Chiang]] & Others
|editor=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''When Sparkplug is kidnapped, it's up to Gears and Spider-Man to save him.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Decepticon]]s bring [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] to their [[Fortress Sinister|fortress]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] deliberates internally on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s loyalty. The Decepticons demand that Sparkplug create a method to convert gas into [[Transformer fuel|fuel compatible with their forms]]. A [[Korean War]] vet, Sparkplug equates his capture to his time spent as a POW in [[Korea]] and refuses, until he's forcefully persuaded.

Back at the Witwicky garage, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] and his friends are wondering what to do next. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] orders everyone back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] for fuel and repairs, inviting Buster along the ride. When they arrive, he marvels at the size of the [[Autobot]]s' headquarters.

[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Starscream are out stealing components for Sparkplug's fuel conversion process, and their crime spree attracts attention from the press and world governments. As camera crews and the military surround the Decepticon fortress, photojournalist Peter Parker decides to switch to his alter ego [[Spider-Man]] in order to get some better shots of the action. He runs into [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], and after a short tussle Gears proves that he's a good guy when he saves a crowd of [[human]]s from getting squashed flat by a tank. The Autobots team up with Spider-Man to break through the line of reporters and soldiers, and an all-out battle breaks out between the Decepticons and the Autobots.

Meanwhile, Gears and Spider-Man are making their way into the fortress. After a short scrap with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Gears and Spider-Man break in and steal Sparkplug from under Megatron's nose. The Decepticon leader shoots out the floor beneath them, and while Spider-Man saves Sparkplug, Gears' weight breaks the web Spider-Man tried to save him with and he plummets to the earth below.

On their return to the Ark, Buster and Sparkplug are reunited and the Autobots say goodbye to Spider-Man. Ratchet brings Gears back to a functional level and he informs the Autobots that the Decepticons got what they wanted out of Sparkplug. Dad, say it ain't so!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (13)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (14)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (17)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (18)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (22)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (23)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (24)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (25)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (26)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (34)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (35)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (36)
|c2=
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (1)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (3)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (6)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (7)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (8)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (10)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (11)
|c3=
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (4)
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (15)
* [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] (20)
* [["O"]] (21)
* [[President of the United States]] (27, voice)
* [[Dum Dum]] (28)
* [[Nicholas Fury|Nicholas]] (29)
* [[Joe Robertson]] (30)
* [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] (31)
* [[McBregg]] (32, voice)
* [[Blue Leader]] (33)
}}

==Notes==
* Advertised as part 3 in a [[The Transformers Four-Issue Limited Series|four-issue limited series]].
* The [[narrator]] points out that when Megatron, Soundwave, and his cassettes transform, they [[size changing|enlarge by hundreds of times]], but he doesn't elaborate.
* As one of the issues written during the period when the series was explicitly in the mainstream [[Earth-91274|Marvel Universe]], this installment features a guest appearance by Spider-Man in his [[Venom (Crossovers)|black symbiote costume]], complete with a footnote that dates the story as occurring before the issue of his own title in which he disposed of the suit.
* A much shorter guest appearance by [[U.S. 1]] can be seen in the background as the Autobots drive down the highway.
* Many characters (Ratchet and Bumblebee being among the more prominent examples) are suddenly drawn to match their animation models after two issues of being drawn with toy-based designs.
* Ratchet's [[Onebox component|repair sled]] speaks! Ratchet himself speaks immediately afterwards, making it seem less likely that this was merely a misattributed speech balloon.
* Amongst the military vehicles seen in this issue, the MOBAT and the [[Wolverine (G.I. Joe)|Wolverine]] from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' series appear repeatedly.
* Although he doesn't appear in the cover art proper despite his prominent role in the story, Gears does get the cover corner box, the only time in the US series that a character not designated as Autobot or Decepticon leader at the time of the comic gets in the cover box.
* In 2007's "[[Man and Machine, Part Four]]", Spider-Man web-swings around Megatron in a visual homage to the cover of this issue.
* When [[IDW Publishing]] released the original ''Transformers'' comics onto the Digital Comics Service, this comic was missing from the listings. Hhhhmm, I wonder why that could be? Maybe Peter Parker can tell me?

===Errors===
* Page 2: Rumble's name is not called out by the narrator when listing who is transforming in the panel.
* Page 5: Ironhide is colored like... uh... uh... well, he's got blue arms, blue and gray legs, and a white windshield frame. Windcharger is colored white and blue instead of red and gray. ([[Tailgate (G1)|Coincidence!]]) The silhouettes behind Optimus don't match anyone from the Autobot ranks.
* Page 8: Ratchet is colored with a red crest, shoulders, and legs. They should all be white. For the rest of Ratchet's appearances in this issue, he's colored with a blue windshield frame and red shoulders; it happens consistently enough to suggest that it was an earlier color scheme rather than a flat-out error.
* Page 9: [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is shown hanging out with the Decepticons. Next issue will reveal that he's still buried in rock at this point.
* Page 11: Skywarp's jet mode is colored as if his cockpit canopy extended all the way back to his tail fins. When he lands on the Air Force jet, his wings are missing.
* Page 15: As the Autobots transform, Sunstreaker is colored red instead of yellow. In the next panel, Cliffjumper's head is colored yellow instead of red.
* Page 16: A blue-colored Gears is drawn behind Brawn, even though Gears is off somewhere else with Spider-Man. It should probably be Frenzy, who shows up in the next panel.
* Page 17: Gears' legs can't seem to decide what color they are.
* Page 18: Panel 1: Megatron is drawn instead of Soundwave. Amusingly, the thought bubbles ''almost'' work for Megatron.
* Page 19: Soundwave is drawn with a strange, enormous cannon attached to his arm, rather than his usual weapon.
* Page 21: Brawn and Cliffjumper are both white and blue instead of their normal color schemes. Sunstreaker is blue, white and red, and has the wrong head, AND is missing most of his left arm.
* Page 22:
** Panel 3: Optimus is drawn with strange huge conjoined goggles instead of his usual separate eyes.
** Panel 4: Cliffjumper is still white and blue, while Hound is colored red and white instead of green. Ratchet's repair bay is colored red instead of white.
** Panel 5: Optimus's head is ''tiny''!

===References===
* Although it is later established that Transformers existed outside the regular Marvel universe, there is a footnote indicating this story takes place before Spider-Man #258 (when he learns the black costume is a living symbiote).
* "O" calls the Autobots "rejects from a [[George Lucas]] [[Star Wars (film)|film]]".
* "O" compares the Autobot's [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to Noah's ark.
* Spider-Man calls Megatron "Bazooka Joe".

====Transformers references====
*Rumble calls Sparkplug a [[scraplet]].

===Covers (4)===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-03.jpg|'''US issue #3''' - A moralistic tale for the ages.
Image:MarvelUK-5.jpg|'''UK issue #5''' - I'm glad my pants are already brown!
Image:MarvelUK-6.jpg|'''UK issue #6''' - The UK needs more RED.
Image:Tfcolcom02.jpg|'''Collected Comics #2'''
</gallery>
* '''US issue #3 cover:''' Spider-Man webbing Megatron, by [[Michael Golden]].
* '''UK issue #5 cover:''' Thundercracker and Sparkplug, by [[John Ridgway]].
* '''UK issue #6 cover:''' reuse of art from U.S. issue
* '''Collected Comics #2 cover:''' Reuse of US issue #4's cover.

===Advertisements===
*Monogram plastic model kits (inside front cover)
*Fig Newtons and Apple Newtons (pg 5)
*Bonkers fruit candy (pg 7)
*Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars action figures and accessories (pg 10)
*Block of various Sketchy Things (pg 12)
*Block of various Sketchy Things (pg 21)
*NFL SuperPro Club (pg 23)
*Win a job at Marvel Comics (pg 26)
*Bullpen Bulletins (pg 28)
*Marvel Comic subscriptions (pg 32)
*Decathlon by Activision video game (rear inside cover)
*Montezuma's Revenge by Parker Brothers video game (rear cover)

===Advertisements (Second Printing)===
*Monogram [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]] motorized model kits (inside front cover)
*Fig Newtons and Apple Newtons (pg 5)
*Star Comics (pg 7)
*Mile High Comics (pg 10)
*Mile High Comics (pg 12)
*Power Pack and The Amazing [[Spider-Man]] with tips on ways to prevent sexual abuse (pg 21)
*Calender of upcoming events & Marvel Mart (pg 23)
*Block of various Sketchy Things (pg 26)
*Bullpen Bulletins (pg 28)
*Comic subscriptions (pg 32)
*Indiana Jones RPG by TSR (rear inside cover)
*Risk (rear cover)

===Reprints===
*1985 — [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|''Transformers Special'']]
*1986 — [[Die Transformer issue 2|''Die Transformer'' #2]]
*1986 — [[Die Transformer issue 3|''Die Transformer'' #3]]
*1987 — [[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 2|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #2]]
*1987 — ''[[The Transformers: The Complete Works]]'' Part 2
*2003 — [[Transformers: Beginnings (G1)|''Transformers: Beginnings'']]
*2011 — ''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Skydive (Predator)

2012-04-24T10:47:46Z

95.148.10.240: /* IDW comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Skydive}}
{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Skydive is a [[Decepticon]] [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Predator Skydive cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pink as a pistol.]]
'''Skydive''' is the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]]' resident scientific advisor, and loves studying the science of warfare. He's cold, calculating, and so vindictive that even his fellow Predators don't fully trust him.

==Fiction==
===Predator Air Attack!===
[[Image:G1Predator Skydive cataloguecomic.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Battle TRANS-formation!]]
As the [[Turbomaster]] [[Flash (G1)|Flash]] raced back to his base to warn of an impending Decepticon attack, Skydive and the other aerial Predators followed behind, allowing the unwitting Autobot to show them the way to their target. {{storylink|Predator Air Attack!}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
{{spoiler|Devisive|May 24, 2012}}
Skydive served under the command of [[Turmoil]] when their second-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] abandoned his post. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}} Until this moment, he and Drift were considered friends.

Many years later, after the war was seemingly over, Skydive was murdered on Cybertron under mysterious circumstances during a shift of his new "waste reclamation" job. [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] found his body, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] began an investigation into Skydive's death, but Dirge's mind had been sabotaged by a [[cerebro shell]] from revealing the culprit. Prowl mistook him for the [[Skydive (G1)|Aerialbot]] of the same name. Twice. {{storylink|Devisive}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
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*'''Skydive''' (Predator, 1992)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 3 missiles

: Skydive transforms in to a Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II fighter jet, and is equipped with a standard Predator missile launcher, usable in both modes; mounted on his underside in jet mode, or as a hand-held blaster in robot mode. Each wing has a peg to mount his remaining missiles.

: As a Predator, he features a [[Megavisor]] [[gimmick]] that lets him attach to [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] and [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]], showing an image through those toys' viewfinders. Skydive's slide shows an image of all four smaller [[Turbomaster|Turbomasters]] in car mode: [[Boss (G1)|Boss]], [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], [[Hurricane]] and [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]].

: This toy was also available in Japan as the character [[Dark Jet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Decepticon/Skydive/skydive.htm More information on Skydive at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Skydive's packaging art was recolored to serve as the art for ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]].

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Hyena'''
*''Italian:'' '''Pyton'''

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