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<div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #59–60<br />
|prev=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br />
|next=Devastation Derby!<br />
|title=Robot Buster!<br />
|image=MarvelUK-059.jpg<br />
|caption=Buster takes Frenzy from behind.<br />
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br />
|coverdate=[[May 3|3rd May]] - [[May 10|10th May]] 1986<br />
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]<br />
|art=[[Barry Kitson]]<br />
|colours=[[Josie Firmin]] (59), [[T.M. Cooks]] (60)<br />
|lettering=[[Annie Halfacree]]<br />
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]<br />
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Wheeljack builds an exo-suit for Buster who uses it to confront Shockwave.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Wheeljack and Ratchet ask Optimus Prime to visit their lab to see their newest creation-- a large mechanical suit for Buster Witwicky that will allow him to fight alongside the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Optimus Prime is outraged at the notion of endangering Buster's life in battle and orders the suit dismantled. Buster commandeers the suit that night, convinced that Optimus will change his mind if he can defeat a [[Decepticon]] on his own. Approaching the Decepticons' mountain base, he finds Frenzy alone and manages to defeat him, although the fight alerts current [[Decepticon leader|Decepticon commander]] Shockwave to Buster's presence.<br />
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After spending most of the night running from Shockwave and making futile attempts to combat him, Buster escapes momentarily by throwing sand in Shockwave's [[Sensors|optic sensor]]. Shockwave recalls his recent burial at the hands of the Dinobots, augmenting his fury toward Buster. Buster reconfigures his suit to channel all of its energy into one blast against Shockwave, but the effort proves futile as Shockwave recovers and prepares to kill Buster. The Autobots arrive in time to save Buster and he agrees to resign from fighting the Decepticons. Shockwave, retreating in humiliation, concludes that the Autobots' concern for [[Human|humans]] is a weakness he can exploit at a later date.<br />
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==Featured Characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|c1=<br />
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)<br />
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (2)<br />
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (3)<br />
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (7)<br />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (8)<br />
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)<br />
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (10)<br />
|c2=<br />
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (5)<br />
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (6)<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (4)<br />
}}<br />
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==Errors==<br />
* At the end of part one Shockwave declares Buster will die at his "hands". He's only got one. <br />
Of course, he may have been speaking figuratively.<br />
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==Items of note==<br />
* The story idea for "Robot Buster" is attributed to artist Barry Kitson.<br />
* Part two has a flat colouring that is very different from that used in other UK originated issues in the comic's first two years but which became the norm from issue [[The Gift|#93]] onwards.<br />
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==Back-Up Stories==<br />
'''Issue #59:'''<br />
* [[Rocket Racoon]] - "Masque of the Red Breath" Part 2<br />
* [[Matt and the Cat]]<br />
* [[Robo-Capers|Robo-Capers ]]<br />
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'''Issue #60:'''<br />
* Rocket Racoon - "Masque of the Red Breath" Part 3<br />
* Robo-Capers<br />
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==Reprints==<br />
* This issue was reprinted in [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] #9 in 1988.<br />
* It was also reprinted as part of [[Titan Books]] trade paperback "Second Generation" in 2005.<br />
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==Covers (4)==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:MarvelUK-059.jpg|'''Issue #59''' - Who ya gonna call? Not Buster!<br />
Image:MarvelUK-060.JPG|'''Issue #60''' - I spy with my little eye...<br />
Image:Tfcolcom09.jpg|'''Collected Comics #9''' - Busted!<br />
Image:TitanSG.jpg|'''Transformers: Second Generation''' - I use the power of PERSPECTIVE to make my fist bigger!<br />
</gallery><br />
*'''Issue #59 cover:''' Robot Buster takes down Frenzy, by [[Geoff Senior]].<br />
*'''Issue #60 cover:''' Shockwave has Buster in his sinister hand, by [[Barry Kitson]].<br />
*'''Collected Comics #9 cover:''' Shockwave stalks Robot Buster and a vanquished Frenzy, by [[Bryan Hitch]].<br />
*'''Transformers: Second Generation cover:''' [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] vs [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], by [[Lee Sullivan]].<br />
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