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<p>NeilJam: /* Errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|issue #35 of the Marvel US comic|the episode of the Generation 1 cartoon|Child's Play (episode)}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #35<br /> |prev=Man of Iron!<br /> |next=Spacehikers!<br /> |title=Child's Play<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #141–142<br /> |prev2=Used Autobots<br /> |next2=Brothers in Armor!!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-35.jpg<br /> |caption=When a problem comes along, you must whip it!<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=<br /> |coverdate=December, 1987<br /> |script=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |pencils=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inks=[[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |lettering=[[Jack Morelli]]<br /> |editor=[[Don Daley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''A group of children stumble into the middle of a Transformers battle.'''<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> A group of four small children are playing in a rail yard, but their play is interrupted when one of them sees a police car: the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] Streetwise. The Protectobots are transporting Blaster to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to be tried and executed for treason. The grim task is likewise interrupted when Blades discovers that the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] are nearby. Groove transports Blaster to a safe hiding place while the other Protectobots investigate.<br /> <br /> While the Protectobots and Combaticons battle, one of the children discovers Blaster. As the nearby battle threatens the children, Blaster convinces one of them to remove a mode lock that prevents him from transforming out of his tape deck mode, so that he may be able to protect them.<br /> <br /> When Bruticus stuns Defensor, Blaster steps in to confront Bruticus himself, telling the giant robot that he no longer has allegiance to the Protectobots, who are holding him prisoner. Bruticus forces Blaster to prove his loyalty by killing one of the human children. Blaster points his rifle, and pulls the trigger. The child immediately cries out in pain, and collapses.<br /> <br /> As Bruticus examines the child's fallen form, Blaster knocks him out with a massive electrical shock from a downed powerline. The child then gets up, having only played dead, knowing that Blaster would not really have hurt him, but understanding Blaster's need to convince Bruticus that Blaster had no loyalty to the humans.<br /> <br /> Hot Spot chooses not to arrest Blaster, realizing that to do so would be to go against his own principles. The mode lock is instead attached to the Combaticon Blast Off, enabling Blaster to treat the children to a ride in space. No sooner do they achieve orbit than Blaster and the children find themselves fired upon. The ''Ark'' is spaceworthy once again, and Grimlock is using it to make sure Blaster is brought to justice!<br /> <br /> ===Major characters===<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (5)<br /> * [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (6)<br /> * [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (7)<br /> * [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (8)<br /> * [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (9)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (10)<br /> * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (11)<br /> * [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (12)<br /> * [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (19)<br /> * [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (20)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (13)<br /> * [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (14)<br /> * [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (15)<br /> * [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (16)<br /> * [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (17)<br /> * [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (18)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Jed Lindley|Jed]] (1)<br /> * [[Samuel Wainwright|Sammy]] (2)<br /> * [[Allan Silver|Allan]] (3)<br /> * [[Robin Lindley|Robin]] (4)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Though set in the 1980s, the story depicts a rail yard with steam locomotives and wooden boxcars—both items that disappeared from common use decades earlier.<br /> * The third panel on page 4 has an asterisk with no corresponding footnote. Presumably this would have been to remind readers about events in issue #32.<br /> * On page fourteen, Defensor taunts himself about the ineffectiveness of his fireball cannon. Obviously, this dialogue box should have pointed to Bruticus instead.<br /> * The checklist for Marvel comics released has the description for this issue as &quot;Hey, look! British Transformers!&quot; This would have described the previous 2 issues.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Blaster was arrested in &quot;[[Used Autobots]]&quot;.<br /> * The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour.<br /> * In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]] for issue #142, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the [[Headmasters (comic)|Headmasters backup stories]] and that those accursed mistake-prone stubbies also infected the producers of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> {{picsneeded|UK cover}}<br /> * '''U.S. issue 35 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train by [[Frank Springer]]<br /> * '''UK issue 141 cover:''' Brawl by [[Lee Sullivan]]<br /> * '''UK issue 142 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train by [[Dan Reed]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Cure!&diff=339285 2009-07-29T03:43:51Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations covers}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #30<br /> |prev=Crater Critters<br /> |next=Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom<br /> |title=&quot;The Cure!&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #126–127<br /> |prev2=Ancient Relics!<br /> |next2=Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom<br /> |image=MarvelUS-30.jpg<br /> |caption=[[The New Order|Show me, show me, show me]] how you do that trick, the one that makes me scream,&quot; she said.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=March 1987<br /> |coverdate=July 1987<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |breakdowns=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |finishes=[[Ian Akin]] &amp; [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Don Daley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Ratbat sends a team of Autobot prisoners to kill all Transformers infected with the Scraplets. If they don't comply, the Earth will be destroyed.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> [[Image:Goldbugthecure.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Gold Metal Syndrome.]]<br /> Ratbat captures the [[Throttlebot]]s during a fuel raid on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Rather than have them executed, he sends them to [[Earth]] on a mission to destroy all [[Transformer|Transformers]] infected with [[Scraplet]]s. They are given 10 hours to complete this mission, after which Ratbat threatens to destroy the Earth. Meanwhile, Charlie Fong discovers the cure for Scraplets: [[water]]. <br /> <br /> Goldbug arranges for G.B. Blackrock to have water transported to the crater to cure all the infected Transformers, but when Goldbug prepares to cure Blaster and the Triple Changers, Blaster tells Goldbug to kill him rather than save the Decepticons. During Goldbug's hesitation, the Scraplets merge into a conglomerate monster to fight back. The Scraplet monster proves more than a match for the weaponless Throttlebots, and Goldbug decides to cure Blaster and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] to provide enough firepower to fight against the monster. The gambit proves effective, and Blaster finishes the Scraplets off with the acid that Throttlebots brought with them. Goldbug uses the last of the water Blackrock brought to the crater to remove the Scraplets that had infected the Throttlebots during the fight. <br /> <br /> Astrotrain learns enough about Blackrock to believe him to be of use to the Decepticons, and attaches a small microchip to Blackrock's forehead. The chip flashes a light pattern in front of Blackrock's eyes, then falls away unseen by anyone else. The Decepticons then escape, carrying the cargo from the freighter which brought the Scraplets to Earth.<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (1)<br /> * [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] (2)<br /> * [[Wide Load]] (3)<br /> * [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]] (4)<br /> * [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] (5)<br /> * [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (9)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] (12)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (6)<br /> * [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (7)<br /> * [[Octane]] (8)<br /> * [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (10)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (14)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Charley Fong]] (11)<br /> * [[Jim and Ernie]] (13)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * While water may be rare on Cybertron, Transformers have shown as far back as issue #1 that they are familiar with the chemical dihydrogen oxide, yet in this issue they seem to be unaware of its existence.<br /> * Despite Ratbat's threat to destroy the Earth, no effort is made by the Autobots to contact him after the Scraplets threat is averted. Apparently, the Earth does not get destroyed.<br /> * The color schemes for the three sports car Throttlebots are constantly confused in this issue. Searchlight, Chase, and Freeway all switch color schemes on the opening splash page. They're drawn and colored correctly after that, but later Chase is shown with Searchlight's head and colors. Someone must have referenced this issue for the later GI Joe/''[[Generation 2]]'' crossover, because the same error repeats there.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * On page 13, Goldbug refers to Blackrock's company as &quot;Blackrock Enterprises&quot;.<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' The freighter was sent by Ratbat on a secret mission in issue [[Crater Critters|#29]] before becoming infected by Scraplets. The nature of its secret cargo will be revealed in issue [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#31]].<br /> * This issue was reprinted by [[IDW Publishing]] as ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' #11. It featured a new cover by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-30.jpg|'''US issue #30''' - Yay, Throttlebots, so... ineffective.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-126.jpg|'''UK issue #126''' - Well, that's what they told Goldbug afterwards...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-127.jpg|'''UK issue #127''' - Throttlebots - easy on the eye AND the stomach!<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Rollbar punching through the Scraplet monster, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #126 cover:''' the Throttlebots attack Goldbug, by [[Lee Sullivan]].<br /> * '''UK issue #127 cover:''' the Scraplet monster attacks the Throttlebots, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Cure!}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Broken_Glass!&diff=339282 2009-07-29T03:22:09Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Comicstory|<br /> |seriesissue=[[Headmasters (comic)|''Headmasters'']] #2<br /> |prev=Ring of Hate!<br /> |next=Love and Steel!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK) #134–137]]<br /> |prev2=Headhunt<br /> |next2=Grudge Match!<br /> |title=&quot;Broken Glass&quot;<br /> |image=MarvelHeadmasters-2.jpg<br /> |caption=When you gotta go, you gotta go!<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=May 1987<br /> |coverdate=September 1987<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Frank Springer]]<br /> |inker=[[Ian Akin]] &amp; [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Pat Brosseau]]<br /> |editor=[[Don Daley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''While the Autobots seek to prove their peaceful intentions to the Nebulans, Zarak summons the Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> The presence of giant f*cking robots threatens the 10,000-year peace of the planet [[Nebulos]], as the citizens gather in protest demonstrations. Galan, a member of the ruling &quot;[[Council of Peers]]&quot; on Nebulos, looks for a solution to the escalating tensions; he tries to break up a fight among the protesters, only to get slugged for his troubles. Lord Zarak, a rival member of the council, seeks to use the situation to further his own political position; he's paid for quite a few of the protestors. Debate in the council is somewhat mollified when Gort appears and explains that his injuries were an accident.<br /> <br /> While Galan consults with the disconnected head of Fortress Maximus about recent events, an unconvinced Zarak and his staff pay a visit to the other Autobots, who are setting up an encampment. Though an ostensibly peaceful gesture, their true purpose is to obtain the the frequencies required to communicate with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Using a facility owned by [[Grax]], Zarak calls for help in ridding Nebulos of the [[Autobot|Autobots]].<br /> <br /> On Cybertron, Scorponok's band has invaded the deserted Autobot base, where they receive Zarak's message. Scorponok orders his troops to prepare for interplanetary transport and world conquest. <br /> <br /> The Decepticons arrive and, over Zarak's protests, lay siege to the capital city of [[Koraja]] in hopes of getting the citizens of Nebulos to surrender the five captive Autobots to them. The Nebulans fight back from within the city's fortified walls, but Duros and Galan can see that they can't hold out forever against the Decepticons. They need the power of the Autobots. Galan can't simply restore Fortress Maximus and his group, however; it would violate the terms of the peace agreement between them. Fortress Maximus tells him that there is a way for the Nebulans to control the Autobots themselves.<br /> <br /> Soon, a group of Nebulan volunteers [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] with the Autobots who had sacrificed their heads earlier. Despite Llyra's pleas, Galan is the fifth volunteer, stating that he must lead his people by example. The five Nebulans are bio-engineered to actually become the heads of the captive Autobots, creating the first [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. While the Nebulans control the Autobots' bodies, the original Autobots maintain contact with the Nebulans they now carry, and the result is a group of highly effective warriors, which quickly dispatch the attacking Decepticons. Scorponok orders a retreat to allow time to study this new development. <br /> <br /> The Autobots march through their damaged city, and the citizens gape in awe and fear at them, till they disconnect their heads and return to Nebulan form, whereupon they are greeted as heroes. But Lyra cannot find joy; her betroved Galan has become a machine of war, a man she can no longer recognize.<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (8)<br /> * [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (10)<br /> * [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (11)<br /> * [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (12)<br /> * [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (21)<br /> * [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (22)<br /> * [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (23)<br /> * [[Brainstorm]] (24)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (13)<br /> * [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (14)<br /> * [[Mindwipe]] (15)<br /> * [[Snapdragon]] (16)<br /> * [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]/''[[Krunix]]'' (17)<br /> * [[Skullcruncher]] (18)<br /> |h3=[[Nebulos|Nebulans]]|c3=<br /> * [[Spasma]] (1)<br /> * [[Galen]] (2)<br /> * [[Duros]] (3)<br /> * [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Lord Zarak]] (4)<br /> * [[Krunk]] (5)<br /> * [[Grax]] (6)<br /> * [[Vorath]] (7)<br /> * [[Gort]] (9)<br /> * [[Arcana]] (19)<br /> * [[Stylor]] (20)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Even as the narration describes the Nebulans transforming to &quot;look like the heads of&quot; their new Autobot partners, Fortress Maximus' new head (i.e., Galen transformed) is actually the animation model for [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]' head. Fort Max randomly changes to his own head design as the Autobots engage the Decepticons... then suddenly changes back to Cerebros' head as the Headmasters prepare to transform back to humanoid form at the battle's end. The Cerebros head would show up a couple more times in future issues.<br /> * On page 10, a giant sized version of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s future [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] is referred to as Cyclonus, even though he looks nothing like him. In an attempt to repair this error when the story was published in the UK comic, the character name was changed to [[Krunix]].<br /> * On the same page, Mindwipe is drawn as a Nebulan Headmaster partner.<br /> * When the Decepticons prepare to attack the city, a miscolored Misfire identifies himself as Mindwipe, while Slugslinger is drawn as a giant Caliburst. <br /> * The Autobot Headmasters' relative proportions are all out of whack when the Nebulans connect to them for the first time. Fortress Maximus is the same size as the other four, when he should be a couple of heads taller. Hardhead is the smallest, while Brainstorm is swollen up like a weightlifter.<br /> * When Galen first transforms into a head for Fort Max, he looks like Cerebros' head. This error is corrected 2 pages later when Fort Max is drawn with the correct head, but when he removes his head on the last page it again looks like Cerebros.<br /> * While not a direct error as such, the Nebulans' decision to binary-bond with the Autobots rather than fully restoring them seems very much based on the letter, rather than the spirit, of the conditions under which the Autobots remained.<br /> * It seems pretty incredible that Koraja's defenses, which are basically some cannons mounted on a stone wall, could hold off the Decepticons long enough for the Nebulans to perform five radical surgical procedures. The narration states that the surgeries take &quot;hours&quot;. Getting past the walls of Koraja looks like it would take ''seconds''. <br /> * Several Decepticons who show up in this issue are never seen again, including [[Flywheels]] and [[Sixshot]].<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * Cameos: [[Battletrap]], Flywheels, Sixshot, [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Fasttrack]]<br /> * Advertised as part 2 in a 4-issue limited series.<br /> * Although it is explained that the Nebulans turn into heads that only ''resemble'' the original heads of the Headmaster Autobots, and that the original heads maintain radio contact with their Nebulan partners, the original miniseries never mentions what becomes of the original heads. However, &quot;[[The Final Conflict]]&quot; in the [[Transformers Annual 1988|1988 UK annual]] showed that Fortress Maximus, at least, stored his original head in a chest compartment.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (5)===<br /> * '''Headmasters #2 cover:''' Scorponok, with Zarak captive, fires on the Nebulans, by [[Frank Springer]].<br /> * '''UK issue #134 cover:''' Cyclonus and Scourge, by [[Lee Sullivan]].<br /> * '''UK issue #135 cover:''' [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] vs [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], by [[Jeff Anderson]].<br /> * '''UK issue #136 cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] about to crush Divebomb, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''UK issue #137 cover:''' [[Susan Hoffman]] discovers [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], by [[Lee Sullivan]].<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelHeadmasters-2.jpg|'''Headmasters #2'''<br /> Image:MarvelUK-134.jpg|'''UK issue #134'''<br /> Image:TFUK135_COVER.JPG|'''UK issue #135'''<br /> Image:MarvelUK-136.jpg|'''UK issue #136'''<br /> Image:MarvelUK-137.jpg|'''UK issue #137'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Transformers:_Headmasters&diff=339275 2009-07-29T03:07:53Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg|right|175px|thumb|No Fort Max, head on! HEAD ON!]]<br /> '''''The Transformers: Headmasters''''' is a four-part mini-series published in 1987 by Marvel Comics, and set in [[Marvel Comics continuity|the same continuity]] as the regular [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel U.S.|US Marvel comic]]. It tells the story of two groups of Transformers led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], and their adventures on the planet [[Nebulos]]; in the process, it introduces the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster]] [[Gimmick|gimmicks]] to the storyline. In the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' series it was run as a [[back-up strip]] alongside the regular stories.<br /> <br /> The ''Headmasters'' plot merged with the ongoing Marvel storyline in [[Trial by Fire!|Transformers issue #38]]. <br /> <br /> <br /> {|style=&quot;margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto&quot; align=center id=toc<br /> !align=center bgcolor=#6699CC|'''&lt;font color=&quot;white&quot;&gt;''Headmasters'' issues:&lt;/font&gt;'''<br /> |- align=&quot;center&quot; <br /> || [[Ring of Hate!|#1]] | [[Broken Glass!|#2]] | [[Love and Steel!|#3]] | [[Brothers in Armor!!|#4]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> A group of Autobots, led by Fortress Maximus, leaves [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the planet [[Nebulos]] hoping to forge a new, peaceful existence for themselves. But their arch foes, under the command of Scorponok, follow them, forcing the Autobots to join forces with the natives of that world in the most literal of ways. Soon Nebulos is being devastated by the Transformers' war, the Decepticons have found their own team of native allies, and the Autobots must leave the planet to keep from destroying it completely.<br /> <br /> The mini-series was used [[To sell toys|to introduce the bulk of the 1987 toyline]] to the comics continuity. Many of those toys did not have Earthen [[Alternate mode|altmodes]], and thus required a different origin than the predominantly Earth-centric forms of the previous three years. The series also introduced the year's primary toy gimmicks of Headmasters and Targetmasters, whose heads and weapons transformed to armored humanoids.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Series artist [[Frank Springer]] had the unenviable task of drawing 62 new characters in this series. With 74 character models between them. Factoring in transformations that's 132 pieces of reference art to juggle. There were &lt;strike&gt;occasional&lt;/strike&gt;; frequent times when a character was accidentally illustrated looking like someone else. Perfectly understandable! Slightly ''less'' understandable was why [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the starring character, would change head designs ''between panels on the same page.'' The recreational use of [[wikipedia:Benadryl|Benadryl]] has not been ruled out.<br /> * Series colorist [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]] experienced &lt;strike&gt;a similar&lt;/strike&gt; an identical problem. The two problems combined can make Headmasters a ''mildly'' confusing read ... but it's really not that bad.<br /> * This shows [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] becoming Targetmasters, even though by [[Rhythms of Darkness!|some accounts]] they don't exist until [[The Transformers: The Movie|2005]]. The [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] series would explain this away, but not the US series.<br /> * This limited series was published bi-monthly.<br /> <br /> ==Creative Team==<br /> [[Bob Budiansky]], writer for the main Transformers book, also penned ''Headmasters.'' [[Frank Springer]], the artist of the 4-issue miniseries that began ''Transformers'', did pencils.<br /> <br /> ==Collections==<br /> * [[Titan Books|Titan Books's Trial by Fire]] (2004)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate!&diff=339274 2009-07-29T03:05:54Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory<br /> |seriesissue=[[Headmasters (comic)|''The Transformers: Headmasters'']] #1<br /> |prev=<br /> |next=Broken Glass!<br /> |title=Ring of Hate!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)#Marvel_UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #130–133<br /> |prev2=Worlds Apart!<br /> |next2=Kup's Story!<br /> |image=MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;All-powerful&quot;? But we haven't gotten to the [[Godmaster]]s yet.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=March 1987<br /> |coverdate=July 1987<br /> |script=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |pencils=[[Frank Springer]]<br /> |inks=[[Ian Akin]] &amp; [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |lettering=[[Diana Albers]]<br /> |editor=[[Don Daley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''A group of Autobots, tired of fighting an endless war, seek to escape by traveling to a world known for its peaceful ways. But can they prove their peaceable intentions?'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Somewhere on war-torn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a band of [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] under the command of the cruel Scorponok leads captive [[Autobot|Autobots]] to their death at the smelting pools. En route, however, a squadron of Autobots led by Fortress Maximus attacks, driving off the Decepticons and freeing the prisoners. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreat, and the Autobots return to their hidden base.<br /> <br /> The Autobot troops are jubilant in the wake of their victory, but Fortress Maximus silences them angrily — even when they win, the planet suffers, and lives are lost. Maximus has had enough, and intends to leave Cybertron and the endless cycle of war altogether; he has set his sights on the world of [[Nebulos]], a peaceful planet he has watched for many [[Vorn|vorns]]. His stunned troops have little option but to go along.<br /> <br /> The Autobots construct a starcraft dubbed the ''[[Steelhaven]]'', and Autobots from all over come to join the mission for peace. After a short warp across the void, the ship arrives on orbit around Nebulos.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bonk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Transformers' greatest battle on Nebulos.]]<br /> The Autobots land in the planet's wilds; Fortress Maximus dispatches Highbrow to make contact with the planet's inhabitants. Highbrow comes across Gort and his lover engaged in [[Kiss|&quot;a primitive form of communication.&quot;]] Gort panics at the sight of Highbrow, and in his haste to fight off the monster for his lover, trips and is injured. An apologetic Highbrow passes a small holo-projector to the woman, containing a message from Fortress Maximus, and leaves. In [[Koraja]] the next day, the [[Council of Peers]] meets to discuss the Autobots' message. Lord Zarak eagerly attempts to stir the Nebulans up into war. Galen disagrees, arguing that Nebulos has been peaceful for years and must make peace the first choice. Blurr arrives in the capital city the next day, and began to speak of his desire to live in peace. However, Krunk, one of Lord Zarak's henchmen, uses a weapon to magnetize Blurr's arm, causing him to dislodge a nearby sculpture and send it crashing into a crowd of panicked Nebulans. Under fire from the city's guards, Blurr retreats, his message of peace lost. <br /> <br /> Soon, the Nebulans resurrect their long-buried machines of war and attack the Autobot encampment, wounding many of the Autobots. Under explicit orders from Fortress Maximus, the Autobots do not fight back and retreat further into the wilderness. <br /> <br /> The next day, Fortress Maximus and ten other Autobots march to the capital city and throw their weapons down, begging for peace one last time. Zarak urges Galen to fire, but Galen refuses. Fortress Maximus, Highbrow, Hardhead, Brainstorm, and Chromedome all pull their heads from their body and place them on the ground, rendering their bodies useless. Galen accepts the offering, stating that &quot;there will be no war<br /> today.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (5)<br /> * [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (6)<br /> * [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (7)<br /> * [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (8)<br /> * [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (9)<br /> * [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (10)<br /> * [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (11)<br /> * [[Brainstorm]] (12)<br /> * [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]<br /> * [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]<br /> * [[Pointblank]]<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (1)<br /> * [[Triggerhappy]] (2)<br /> * [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (3)<br /> * [[Skullcruncher]] (4)<br /> |h3=[[Nebulos|Nebulans]]|c3=<br /> * [[Gort]] (13)<br /> * [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Lord Zarak]] (14)<br /> * [[Galen]] (15)<br /> * [[Krunk]] (16)<br /> * [[Duros]] (17)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> This mini-series in general is rife with mis-colorings, mis-namings and misused character models. From the top:<br /> <br /> * Cover — Fortress Maximus is mostly grey and brown, while Brainstorm is brown and dark green. Scorponok is the wrong shade of green, and is missing half of his claw.<br /> *Page 1 — Gort is in the line of prisoners. Brainstorm is also in the line of prisoners, even though he shows up among Fortress Maximus's troops at the start of the attack.<br /> *Page 2/3 — Third panel: When Blurr transforms, his robot mode is drawn as Crosshairs. Fifth panel: Is that [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Fasttrack]]? If so, he should be gray. Scattershot shows up with Fortress Maximus's forces, even though he supposedly doesn't join until later. Snapdragon appears twice in the two-page battle spread, once in jet mode, once as a robot.<br /> *Page 4 — Sixth panel: Fasttrack again, but his colors are reversed.<br /> *Page 5 — First panel: [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] is colored like Hardhead. Hardhead is colored like Cog. Hardhead's response sounds like he should have been Fortress Maximus. Third panel: [[Cog (G1)|Gasket and Grommet]]'s vehicle modes are colored as Chromedome and Hardhead. And is that the destroyed form of Apeface in the foreground? Guess he got better.<br /> *Page 7 — Sixth panel: Why is [[Arcana]] there?<br /> *Page 16 — Second panel has a green and yellow [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]/Galen.<br /> *Page 18 — Second panel: [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] being here is kind of iffy.<br /> *Page 19 — First panel: More Cerebros and Spike/Galen.<br /> *Grotusque's name is (understandably) misspelled as &quot;Grotesque&quot;.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * Cameos: [[Snapdragon]], [[Misfire]], [[Apeface]] (seen with Scorponok's troops); [[Cog (G1)|Cog / Gasket / Grommet]], [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Fasttrack]] (seen in the battle as crowd fillers); [[Scattershot]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]], [[Grotusque]], [[Doublecross]] (all boarding the ''[[Steelhaven]]''.)<br /> * Advertised as part 1 in a 4-issue limited series.<br /> * This series was published bi-monthly instead of every month.<br /> * The story concepts introduced in ''Headmasters'' — two large crews of [[Transformer|Transformers]] traveling to a new world — was used to introduce many characters from the 1987 and 1988 toy assortments. When a new batch of characters had to be brought into the comic per Hasbro's mandate (such as the [[Powermaster|Powermasters]] and [[Pretender|Pretenders]]), they were simply introduced as part of the ships' crews who hadn't been shown before. This worked well as many of the new toys had alternate modes clearly not based on Earth vehicles.<br /> * On the flip side, the premise of the Autobots leaving in search of peace results in some exceedingly strange choices among the ''Steelhaven'''s crew. Rabblerousers like [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]], [[Scattershot]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]] are all seen to have left Cybertron to seek a peaceful existence, somewhat at odds with their characterization.<br /> * The introductory narrative describes Cybertron as suffering physical pain during the course of the battle, as though it were a living being — long before the idea of Cybertron being the embodiment of the Transformers' living god, [[Primus]] had entered the American version of the mythos.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (5)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg|'''Headmasters #1''' - Way to stick your neck out<br /> Image:MarvelUK-130.jpg|'''UK issue #130''' - Such polite chaps.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-131.jpg|'''UK issue #131'''<br /> Image:TFUK132 COVER.JPG|'''UK issue #132'''<br /> Image:MarvelUK-133.jpg|'''UK issue #133''' - Uh, NO! No, you didn't!<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> * '''Headmasters #1 cover:''' Fortress Maximus removes his head for the Nebulans, by [[Bob Budiansky]].<br /> * '''UK issue #130 cover:''' The Autobot Headmasters introduce themselves, by [[Geoff Senior]].<br /> * '''UK issue #131 cover:''' Scorponok crushing Highbrow, by [[Lee Sullivan]].<br /> * '''UK issue #132 cover:''' A giant hand squeezes Hot Rod, by [[Dan Reed]].<br /> * '''UK issue #133 cover:''' Death's Head about to strike down Rodimus Prime, by [[Dave Gibbons]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Aerialbots_over_America!&diff=337584 2009-07-25T03:21:50Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #21<br /> |prev=Showdown!<br /> |next=Heavy Traffic!<br /> |title=Aerialbots over America!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #89–90<br /> |prev2=Target: 2006<br /> |next2=Heavy Traffic!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-21.jpg<br /> |caption=Insert your own tasteless 9/11 joke here.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=June 1986<br /> |coverdate=October 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inkers=[[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Bombshell controls a human with a cerebro shell and is challenged by the Aerialbots.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Recent arrival Bombshell uses a [[cerebro-shell]] to force hydroelectric engineer Ricky Vasquez to bring Megatron into the plant at [[Hoover Dam]], as part of a plan to steal the plant's energy and transport it to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Meanwhile, Skids returns to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] with Donny Finkleberg to inform them that seven [[Autobot|Autobots]] were accidentally transported to [[Earth]]. Optimus Prime sends Jetfire and Finkleberg to investigate. The Autobots then receive word of the invasion of the hydroelectric plant, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], recently created by Wheeljack using the stolen [[combiner]] technology, are dispatched to deal with the situation.<br /> <br /> Only the Aerialbot leader, Silverbolt, has been given a complete personality, and the other Aerialbots are not yet programmed to defend human life. When the Aerialbots combine into Superion, Silverbolt must fight to influence the combined form from within in order to keep Superion from killing Vasquez. Forced to disassemble rather than kill Vasquez, the mission seems doomed to failure.<br /> <br /> But Vasquez, seeing his daughter break through the police line to call out to her daddy, breaks through the cerebro-shell's programming, and fires Megatron into the [[space bridge]], causing it to return to Cybertron. As the Aerialbots fly away, Bombshell hitches a ride on Silverbolt's wing.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, at an airstrip in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]], the newly arrived Autobots from Cybertron have been found by [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], led by Circuit Breaker!<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (8)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (10)<br /> * [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (12)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (13)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (15)<br /> * [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (16)<br /> * [[Slingshot]] (17)<br /> * [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (18)<br /> * [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (19)<br /> * [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (20)<br /> * [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (24)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (1)<br /> * [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (5)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (6)<br /> * [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)<br /> * [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (21)<br /> * [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (22)<br /> * [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (23)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[Donny Finkleberg]] (11)<br /> * [[Circuit Breaker]] (25)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Maria Vasquez]] (2)<br /> * [[Ricky Vasquez]] (3)<br /> * [[Carmen Vasquez]] (4)<br /> * [[Billy (G1)|Billy]] (14)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;I'm pleased you are still functional, Skids. We thought you were dead.'''&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''', showing very little concern. <br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Pull my trigger, fleshling! '''Pull my trigger!'''&quot;<br /> :—'''Megatron''' says terrible things to a mind-controlled Ricky Vasquez<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The cover date is printed as October 1987.<br /> * On page 12, Jetfire refers to [[Basketrek|a game]] they played on Cybertron. Yet, having been given life on Earth (immediately preceding issue [[Rock and Roll-Out!|#14]]), Jetfire has never been to Cybertron.<br /> * Dirge's wings and cockpit are ''pink'' on pages 10 and 15.<br /> * Ramjet is colored just red and black in 2 panels at the bottom of page 16.<br /> * Blaster's head is blue on the last page.<br /> * Megatron seems to need the fleshling to pull his trigger to be able to fire, yet in previous issues Megatron would fire in gun mode without anyone pulling the trigger.<br /> * The Coneheads' conversation after initially driving off the Aerialbots is several flavors of screwed up:<br /> ::'''Thrust:''' &quot;We showed them who's boss of the skies, right, Thrust?&quot;<br /> ::'''Dirge:''' &quot;Right, Ramjet!&quot;<br /> ::'''Ramjet:''' &quot;...&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * The [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] and [[Conehead|second year Decepticon jets]] first arrive on Earth in this issue.<br /> * ''References to past issues:'' <br /> ** Prime is seen nursing an injury he received saving Skids' life in issue [[Command Performances!|#19]]. This injury would play a big part in the next couple of issues.<br /> ** The cliffhanger features Circuit Breaker mounting the heads of the [[Cybertron Seven]] on the wall of her RAAT base. This also happened in issue #19.<br /> <br /> <br /> ===UK printing===<br /> *Issue #89 featured the debut of a new feature called &quot;The Transformers A–Z&quot;. This was merely reprinting (sometimes slightly truncated) profiles from the ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]]'' limited series. #89 featured nearly unreadable (due to the background they were printed on) profiles on Air Raid and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]].<br /> * The injury Prime is nursing in this issue is actually the source of a subtle continuity change between the US and UK comics. The cause of the injury is different depending on which version of the comic you're reading.<br /> *In the US version, Prime was wounded fighting to save Skids during &quot;[[Command Performances!]]&quot;, 2 issues previously. In the UK version, there was a 17-issue gap between this story and &quot;Command Performances&quot;, so the hole in his side was repaired, and he was later re-injured in ''exactly the same spot''.<br /> *The exact origin of Prime's new injury remained a mystery until issue [[Distant Thunder!|#100]]. All we knew at this point was that Prime was somehow damaged while he was displaced in limbo during &quot;[[Target: 2006]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> *In a similar vein, it is a little odd, in the UK print, to hear Optimus refer to the arrival of the [[Cybertron Seven]] over the [[Space Bridge]] as the most significant turn of events since the Transformers landed on Earth, when his Autobots have spent the last nine issues or so in the company of Ultra Magnus, an Autobot sent over the Space Bridge from Cybertron, and fighting Galvatron, a Decepticon from the future. Unless his troops just didn't ''tell'' Optimus about Magnus.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-21.jpg|'''US issue #21''' - Wait, wrong way!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-089.jpg|'''UK issue #89''' - Actually, [[Slaves of the Insecticons]] is a different book altogether.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-090.jpg|'''UK issue #90''' - UK Silverbolt seems to be a robo-racist.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Aerialbots vs. Coneheads, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #89 cover:''' Insecticons control Ricky Vasquez, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''UK issue #90 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover with new coloring by [[Robin Bouttell]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Prisoner_of_War!&diff=337140 2009-07-24T00:32:06Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #3<br /> |prev=Power Play!<br /> |next=The Last Stand<br /> |title=Prisoner of War!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #5–6<br /> |prev2=Power Play!<br /> |next2=The Last Stand<br /> |image=MarvelUS-03.jpg<br /> |caption=Is he strong? Listen, [[bud]], he made Megatron go thud.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=[[October 2]], 1984<br /> |coverdate=January 1985<br /> |writer=[[Jim Salicrup]]<br /> |penciler=[[Frank Springer]]<br /> |inker=[[Kim DeMulder]], [[Jim Esposito]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |letterers=[[Janice Chiang]] &amp; Others<br /> |editor=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> '''When Sparkplug is kidnapped, it's up to Gears and Spider-Man to save him.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> The [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] bring Sparkplug Witwicky to their [[Fortress Sinister|fortress]] and Megatron deliberates internally on Starscream's loyalty. The Decepticons demand that Sparkplug create a method to convert gas into 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. <br /> <br /> Back at the Witwicky garage, Buster and his friends are wondering what to do next. Optimus 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|Autobots]]' HQ.<br /> <br /> Soundwave, 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 use his alter ego Spider-Man in order to get some better shots of the action. He runs into Gears, and after a short tussle Gears proves that he's a good guy when he saves a crowd of humans 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 'Cons and the 'Bots.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Gears and Spider-Man are making their way into the fortress. After a short scrap with 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. <br /> <br /> 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!<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)<br /> * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (13)<br /> * [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (14)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (17)<br /> * [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (18)<br /> * [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)<br /> * [[Gears]] (22)<br /> * [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (23)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (24)<br /> * [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (29)<br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (30)<br /> * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (31)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (1)<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (3)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (6)<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (7)<br /> * [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (8)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (10)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (11)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (4)<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (15)<br /> * [[Jesse]] (19)<br /> * [[&quot;O&quot;]] (20)<br /> * [[Dum Dum|Dum Dum Dugan]] (25)<br /> * [[Nicholas|Nick Fury]] (26)<br /> * [[Joe Robertson]] (27)<br /> * [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] (28)<br /> }}<br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Many coloring errors throughout.<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] is among the Decepticons in 2 panels.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' Startled onlookers, traffic cop, security guard, trucker, the [[President of the United States]] and his adviser (voices only), Russian adviser (voice only), reporters, [[United States Military]].<br /> * Advertised as part 3 in a 4-issue limited series.<br /> * As one of the issues written during the period when the series was considered to be part of the mainstream [[wikipedia:Marvel_Universe|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.<br /> * A much shorter guest appearance by [[U.S. 1]] can be seen in the background as the Autobots drive down the highway.<br /> * The art was changed in this issue to make many characters more like their cartoon counterparts (e.g. Bumblebee, Ratchet, etc.)<br /> * In &quot;[[Man and Machine, Part Four]]&quot;, when Spider-Man web-swings off Megatron, the scene is said to be directly inspired by the cover for this issue.<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> * 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).<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-03.jpg|'''US issue #3''' - A moralistic tale for the ages.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-5.jpg|'''UK issue #5''' - I'm glad my pants are already brown!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-6.jpg|'''UK issue #6''' - The UK needs more RED.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US issue #3 cover:''' Spider-Man webbing Megatron, by [[Michael Golden]].<br /> * '''UK issue #5 cover:''' Thundercracker and Sparkplug, by [[John Ridgway]].<br /> * '''UK issue #6 cover:''' reuse of art from U.S. issue<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Repeat_Performance!&diff=337138 2009-07-24T00:20:57Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #8<br /> |prev=Warrior School!<br /> |next=DIS-Integrated Circuits!<br /> |title=Repeat Performance!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #27–28<br /> |prev2=Warrior School!<br /> |next2=Decepticon Dam-Busters!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-08.jpg<br /> |caption=Jurassic Spark<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=May 1985<br /> |coverdate=September 1985<br /> |script=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |pencils=[[William Johnson]]<br /> |inks=[[Kyle Baker]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Rick Parker]]<br /> |editor=[[Christopher J. Priest|Jim Owsley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Ratchet recovers the Dinobots, and together they fight Megatron.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Ratchet journeys by [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to locate the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who fought Shockwave there shortly after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crash-landed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. He uses his [[M.A.R.B.]] to locate Cybertronian life deep in a tarpit. After a lot of digging, he locates Slag, and uses a memory probe to view the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, and their subsequent entombment. Slag awakens and, after recognizing Ratchet as an [[Autobot]], readily agrees to help finish the job they'd started: destroying Shockwave.<br /> <br /> Shockwave checks in on Megatron, who has been left to guard the Ark alone. Megatron has prepared the head of Optimus Prime for transport to the aerospace plant recently captured by the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]; Shockwave is pleased and comments that he may have to raise his odds-of-having-to-destroy-Megatron calculations.<br /> <br /> Shockwave returns to the plant with Optimus Prime's head, effortlessly defeating an Army force that has surrounded the plant. Within, he prepares to begin the construction of a new generation of Decepticons, using the Matrix program within Prime. <br /> <br /> Ratchet contacts Megatron, and shows him video footage of the Dinobots defeating Shockwave. With his end of the bargain fulfilled, he arranges for Megatron to meet him on a nearby mountain. When Ratchet arrives, Megatron promptly threatens to kill him. This breaks the bargain... and the hidden Dinobots burst forth from the snow. Turns out Ratchet knew Megatron wouldn't hold up his end of the [[Rite of Oneness]], and the video was from the Dinobots' tussle with Shockwave ''four million years ago''.<br /> <br /> But despite the Dinobots' power, Megatron beats them all, leaving Ratchet to face him alone once more. Determined to fight like a warrior, even to the death, Ratchet tries to carry them both over a cliff edge. Though Megatron doesn't budge, the impact weakens the cliff beneath him, and Megatron is sent tumbling away. He transforms into his gun mode in a desperate effort to survive, but disappears into the snow and is not seen again. With Megatron thus defeated, the Ark and the Autobots are free. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Josie Beller, a series of printed circuit strips laced onto her arm, fires an energy bolt that destroys her hospital room's television. She speculates that she's about ready to check out...<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)<br /> * [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (5)<br /> * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (6)<br /> * [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (7)<br /> * [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)<br /> * [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (9)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (2)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (10)<br /> * [[Circuit Breaker|Josie Beller]] (12)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Eliot]] (13)<br /> * [[Casey]] (14)<br /> * [[Sue]] and friend (15)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Megatron still has his off-center [[insignia]]. This is so consistent it has to be intentional, but it's unclear why.<br /> <br /> * Shockwave is colored as Megatron for 2 panels in his battle with the Dinobots.<br /> * When Shockwave arrives at the plant, Soundwave is alone. In the next panel, an oddly colored [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] is on his shoulder and appears to speak for Soundwave (whose mouthplate is miscolored also).<br /> * Josie uses her right hand to operate her computer, but a moment later, that arm is paralyzed.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Gears]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (deactivated), reporters, [[United States military|United States Military]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]].<br /> * Although this is advertised as the introduction of the Dinobots, they had actually been introduced in [[The Last Stand|issue #4]]. This issue features their recovery from the Savage Land in the present day.<br /> * The cover features only Grimlock, Slag and Sludge - without Snarl and Swoop. These same three Dinobots were initially introduced in the animated series [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] before their remaining two companions, and the same three only were seen in the [[commercial]] animation for the Dinobot toys. ''Coincidence?''<br /> * Optimus Prime transferred the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] in &quot;[[The Worse of Two Evils!]],&quot; why is Shockwave still able to use it to create new life? Letter columns confirmed that some residual energy remained in Prime's head. This energy was used on the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], but tapped out before [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] could be completed.<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> * Footnote on page 1 indicates this story takes place before Avengers #257.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-08.jpg|'''US issue #8''' - What IS Grimlock doing to Slag?<br /> Image:MarvelUK-27.jpg|'''UK issue #27''' - ... that shaked when he laughed like a bowl full of purple jelly.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-028.jpg|'''UK issue #28''' - &quot;We'll defeat Shockwave with the Dinobots. And a free poster. And an elephant.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Sludge, Grimlock and Slag, by [[M.D. Bright]].<br /> * '''UK issue #27 cover:''' Shockwave transforming, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''UK issue #28 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

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<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW reprint cover}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #18<br /> |prev=The Smelting Pool!<br /> |next=Command Performances!<br /> |title=&quot;The Bridge to Nowhere!&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #68–69<br /> |prev2=The Smelting Pool!<br /> |next2=Command Performances!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-18.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;May I '''axe''' you a question?&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=March 1986<br /> |coverdate=July 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inkers=[[Keith Williams]] &amp; [[Vince Colletta]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''While the Cybertronian Decepticons build a device that will allow travel between Cybertron and Earth, the Autobots make a desperate attempt to stop them.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> A young couple is out for a drive through the mountainous countryside, when they discover a huge bridge. They further find that the bridge only goes half-way across, and has strange giant [[Transformer|metal creatures]] that appear and promptly explode. They flee just as the bridge itself vanishes into thin air.<br /> <br /> On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Straxus is furious: the [[space bridge]] is returning from [[Earth]], unprompted. He's somewhat less concerned about the fact that one of his own troopers just blew up. Before too many more troops can be sacrificed, Shrapnel contacts Spanner, a kidnapped neutral scientist who designed the bridge, and identifies the fatal flaw. A watching Blaster, sent to hunt for Spanner, notes the info with interest. The space bridge is shut down pending repairs.<br /> <br /> On Earth, Donny Finkleberg is still making broadcasts in his &quot;Robot-Master&quot; role, trying to convince [[human]]s that the Autobots are hostile. He complains about his working conditions, as all [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] brings him for food is a snack machine full of candy. Megatron is barely tolerant of this. Shockwave arrives just then; he and Megatron argue about who leads the Decepticons until they receive a message from Straxus, declaring that he is about to open the space bridge. Given this development, the two leaders agree to a truce. Finkleberg decides he needs to find a way to warn the Autobots.<br /> <br /> Unable to spare further time hunting for Spanner, Perceptor's [[Autobot|Autobots]] mount a full-scale assault on [[Darkmount]] as a diversion. With the Decepticons occupied, Blaster attempts to sabotage the bridge, but hesitates to detonate the explosives when he discovers that Spanner has actually been reconfigured into the space bridge itself, even as Spanner pleads with him to destroy his mutilated form. The Decepticons discover Blaster and attack, preventing him from carrying out the mission. <br /> <br /> Straxus orders the bridge to be activated, and the two sides battle between Earth and Cybertron. Blaster uses his earlier knowledge of the bridge's systems to destabilize it, and boots Straxus over the edge, destroying him. Blaster and his Autobot teammates flee to the other side of the space bridge to arrive on Earth, but the unstable bridge disappears behind them, and they are trapped on a strange new world.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (7)<br /> * [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (8)<br /> * [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (9)<br /> * [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (10)<br /> * [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (11)<br /> * [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (12)<br /> * [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (13)<br /> * [[Corkscrew]] (19)<br /> * [[Borebit]] (20)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]] (2)<br /> * [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (3)<br /> * [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (4)<br /> * [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (5)<br /> * [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (14)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (16)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (18)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[Donny Finkleberg]] (15)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Charley and Rita]] (1)<br /> |c4=<br /> * [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] (21)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Straxus's colors change extensively in comparison to the previous issue.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * When Shockwave appears with Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to confront Megatron, Megatron comments that he had sent the two condors to retrieve the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], not Shockwave. This is new information, most likely an attempt to explain an earlier continuity hiccup: Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (along with Soundwave and Ravage) had rescued Megatron from his immobility in issue [[I, Robot-Master!|#15]] of the US series, but in [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#16]] (written by a [[Len Kaminski|different author]]), the two bird-cassettes were working for Shockwave. This issue's revelation that they had been sent out on a mission provides an explanation: They had succeeded in finding the Seekers, but since the Seekers were serving under Shockwave at the time, the condors simply fell into his band. Notably, the UK comic inserted an [[Robot Buster!|additional]] [[Devastation Derby!|seven]] [[Second Generation!|issues]] between US #16 &amp;amp; [[The Smelting Pool!|#17]], wherein Soundwave and the cassettes served under Shockwave but manipulated events to bring him together with Megatron to resolve the Decepticon leadership issue.<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Donny Finkleberg was captured by the Decepticons in [[I, Robot-Master!]].<br /> * The full title of the previous issue was given as &quot;Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!&quot;. Ostensibly, this would make &quot;The Bridge To Nowhere!&quot;, &quot;Return to Cybertron Part 2&quot;, although it is not explicitly named as such. <br /> * This issue introduces the concept of the [[space bridge]], and it is radically different to how it appears in the cartoon.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #6 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * The Letters to the Editors section of the Marvel US publication of this issue includes the first mention of [[Shingo]].<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-18.jpg|'''US issue #18''' - &quot;Maybe we should start seeing other people?&quot;<br /> Image:MarvelUK-068.jpg|'''UK issue #68''' - A really bad space soap opera.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-069.jpg|'''UK issue #69''' - The US cover on acid.<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Blaster vs. Straxus, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #68 cover:''' A half Earth/half Cybertron with the respective leaders of each, by [[Phil Gascoine]].<br /> * '''UK issue #69 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover with a new background.<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Bonkers candy Robot-Watch offer - between pages 4 &amp; 5<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Bridge to Nowhere!}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

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<p>NeilJam: /* Errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations cover}}<br /> {{disambig2|issue #17 of the Marvel US comic|the Decepticon torture and recycling device|Smelting pool}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #17<br /> |prev=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |next=The Bridge to Nowhere!<br /> |title=&quot;The Smelting Pool!&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #66–67<br /> |prev2=Second Generation!<br /> |next2=The Bridge to Nowhere!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-17.jpg<br /> |caption=Apparently it melted Blaster's paint right off!<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=February 1986<br /> |coverdate=June 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inker=[[Keith Williams]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''On Cybertron, an Autobot spy discovers a message sent to the Decepticons from Earth.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> The [[Transformer]]s' homeworld, the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], is a war-torn, resource-strapped wasteland. Struggling survivors hide from ruthless [[Decepticon]] overlords, who hunt them down for sport and scrap metal. The [[Autobot]] Blaster, waiting to meet up with his partner Scrounge, encounters one such hunter, and trashes him but good.<br /> <br /> Scrounge, meanwhile, has infiltrated the Decepticon headquarters fortress [[Darkmount]], using the wire-guided sensors in his Very Special Arm. He records an interstellar transmission received by Shrapnel and some other Decepticons, who claim it is of world-shaking importance. While retracting his Very Special Arm sensors, Scourge trips an alarm; he retreats, but Shrapnel captures him outside the fortress.<br /> <br /> Blaster returns to [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]], but only to try and convince his fellow Autobots to search for Scrounge. Citing Scrounge's past unreliability, base commander Perceptor is reluctant to do so, but yields when he's outvoted by his troops.<br /> <br /> Shrapnel takes Scrounge to the court of Decepticon commander Straxus. Straxus crushes Scrounge's Very Special Arm during a brief interrogation, and orders him tossed into the [[smelting pool]], a pit that serves the dual function of execution chamber and raw materials processing for the Decepticon war effort. <br /> <br /> Perceptor's Autobots question the fuel-starved [[Empties]] about Scrounge's disappearance, and learn of his capture. The others give up hope, but Blaster continues the hunt alone. Infiltrating Darkmount, he is briefly captured and brought before Straxus, but the tyrant isn't interested and orders him tossed into the pool. <br /> <br /> Blaster soon finds Scrounge... what's left of him, at least; the pool has melted away much of his body. The other Autobots arrive to save Blaster. Scrounge is already too badly damaged to be saved, but he passes on a recording of the Decepticon message to Blaster, who is pulled out of the pool by Powerglide. As the Autobots fight their way out of Darkmount, Blaster uses the molten metal pumped from the smelting pool as a weapon to drive off the attacking Decepticons.<br /> <br /> Back at Autobase, the Autobots play the recording and discover that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] lives on among the Autobots on [[Earth]]. This gives the team new hope, and Scrounge is remembered for his sacrifice.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (5)<br /> * [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] (6)<br /> * [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (9)<br /> * [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (10)<br /> * [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (11)<br /> * [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (12)<br /> * [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (13)<br /> * [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (14)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Ferak]] (4)<br /> * [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)<br /> * [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (15)<br /> * [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (16)<br /> * [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (17)<br /> * [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (18)<br /> * [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (19)<br /> * [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (20)<br /> |h4=[[Empties]]|c4=<br /> * [[Telus]] (1)<br /> * [[Rotorbolt (G1)|Rotorbolt]] (2)<br /> * [[Telus and Rotorbolt's buddy|Unnamed Empty]] (3)<br /> * [[Wheezel]] (8)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Outside Darkmount, Scrounge wonders &quot;why the Decpticons would suddenly be interested in a neutralist who's specialty is interdimensional engineering.&quot; The letterer should have used whose (possessive), not who's (contraction of who is).<br /> * The transmission received on Cybertron states that the Decepticons on Earth were led by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and that the Autobots were led by Optimus Prime. However when Soundwave sent the message (in US issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]]), [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was leader of the Decepticons, with Megatron lost and presumed dead. At the time Optimus Prime was also a severed head, and captive of Shockwave.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Soundwave sent the message in issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]].<br /> * The title on the issue's first page is given as &quot;Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!.&quot; Ostensibly, this would make &quot;[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]],&quot; &quot;Return to Cybertron Part 2&quot;, although it is not explicitly named as such. <br /> * This issue features the Cybertronian [[Alternate mode|alt modes]] of the second year [[Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles]].<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #5 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * The picture of Blaster on the cover uses his cartoon and Marvel UK face (without his visor).<br /> <br /> ===Covers (5)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations covers.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-17.jpg|'''US issue #17''' - Cybertron could only afford red.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-066.jpg|'''UK issue #66''' - Delicious Transformer soup.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-067.jpg|'''UK issue #67''' - I can write my name in the snow too.<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Blaster falling into the smelting pool, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #66 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''UK issue #67 cover:''' Blaster attacking Decepticons, by [[John Higgins]].<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Ashley Wood]].<br /> * '''Generations cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Smelting Pool!}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

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<p>NeilJam: /* Errors */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations cover}}<br /> {{disambig2|issue #17 of the Marvel US comic|the Decepticon torture and recycling device|Smelting pool}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #17<br /> |prev=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |next=The Bridge to Nowhere!<br /> |title=&quot;The Smelting Pool!&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #66–67<br /> |prev2=Second Generation!<br /> |next2=The Bridge to Nowhere!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-17.jpg<br /> |caption=Apparently it melted Blaster's paint right off!<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=February 1986<br /> |coverdate=June 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inker=[[Keith Williams]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''On Cybertron, an Autobot spy discovers a message sent to the Decepticons from Earth.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> The [[Transformer]]s' homeworld, the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], is a war-torn, resource-strapped wasteland. Struggling survivors hide from ruthless [[Decepticon]] overlords, who hunt them down for sport and scrap metal. The [[Autobot]] Blaster, waiting to meet up with his partner Scrounge, encounters one such hunter, and trashes him but good.<br /> <br /> Scrounge, meanwhile, has infiltrated the Decepticon headquarters fortress [[Darkmount]], using the wire-guided sensors in his Very Special Arm. He records an interstellar transmission received by Shrapnel and some other Decepticons, who claim it is of world-shaking importance. While retracting his Very Special Arm sensors, Scourge trips an alarm; he retreats, but Shrapnel captures him outside the fortress.<br /> <br /> Blaster returns to [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]], but only to try and convince his fellow Autobots to search for Scrounge. Citing Scrounge's past unreliability, base commander Perceptor is reluctant to do so, but yields when he's outvoted by his troops.<br /> <br /> Shrapnel takes Scrounge to the court of Decepticon commander Straxus. Straxus crushes Scrounge's Very Special Arm during a brief interrogation, and orders him tossed into the [[smelting pool]], a pit that serves the dual function of execution chamber and raw materials processing for the Decepticon war effort. <br /> <br /> Perceptor's Autobots question the fuel-starved [[Empties]] about Scrounge's disappearance, and learn of his capture. The others give up hope, but Blaster continues the hunt alone. Infiltrating Darkmount, he is briefly captured and brought before Straxus, but the tyrant isn't interested and orders him tossed into the pool. <br /> <br /> Blaster soon finds Scrounge... what's left of him, at least; the pool has melted away much of his body. The other Autobots arrive to save Blaster. Scrounge is already too badly damaged to be saved, but he passes on a recording of the Decepticon message to Blaster, who is pulled out of the pool by Powerglide. As the Autobots fight their way out of Darkmount, Blaster uses the molten metal pumped from the smelting pool as a weapon to drive off the attacking Decepticons.<br /> <br /> Back at Autobase, the Autobots play the recording and discover that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] lives on among the Autobots on [[Earth]]. This gives the team new hope, and Scrounge is remembered for his sacrifice.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (5)<br /> * [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] (6)<br /> * [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (9)<br /> * [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (10)<br /> * [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (11)<br /> * [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (12)<br /> * [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (13)<br /> * [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (14)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Ferak]] (4)<br /> * [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)<br /> * [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (15)<br /> * [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (16)<br /> * [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (17)<br /> * [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (18)<br /> * [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (19)<br /> * [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (20)<br /> |h4=[[Empties]]|c4=<br /> * [[Telus]] (1)<br /> * [[Rotorbolt (G1)|Rotorbolt]] (2)<br /> * [[Telus and Rotorbolt's buddy|Unnamed Empty]] (3)<br /> * [[Wheezel]] (8)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Outside Darkmount, Scrounge wonders &quot;why the Decpticons would suddenly be interested in a Neutralist who's specialty is interdimensional engineering.&quot; The letterer should have used whose (possessive), not who's (contraction of who is).<br /> * The transmission received on Cybertron states that the Decepticons on Earth were led by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and that the Autobots were led by Optimus Prime. However when Soundwave sent the message (in US issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]]), [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was leader of the Decepticons, with Megatron lost and presumed dead. At the time Optimus Prime was also a severed head, and captive of Shockwave.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Soundwave sent the message in issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]].<br /> * The title on the issue's first page is given as &quot;Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!.&quot; Ostensibly, this would make &quot;[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]],&quot; &quot;Return to Cybertron Part 2&quot;, although it is not explicitly named as such. <br /> * This issue features the Cybertronian [[Alternate mode|alt modes]] of the second year [[Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles]].<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #5 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * The picture of Blaster on the cover uses his cartoon and Marvel UK face (without his visor).<br /> <br /> ===Covers (5)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations covers.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-17.jpg|'''US issue #17''' - Cybertron could only afford red.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-066.jpg|'''UK issue #66''' - Delicious Transformer soup.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-067.jpg|'''UK issue #67''' - I can write my name in the snow too.<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Blaster falling into the smelting pool, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #66 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''UK issue #67 cover:''' Blaster attacking Decepticons, by [[John Higgins]].<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Ashley Wood]].<br /> * '''Generations cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Smelting Pool!}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

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<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations #4 covers}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #16<br /> |prev=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |next=The Smelting Pool!<br /> |title=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #57–58<br /> |prev2=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |next2=Robot Buster!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-16.jpg<br /> |caption=The most evil of Decepticons, Buzzsaw, aims for the crotch.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=January 1986<br /> |coverdate=May 1986<br /> |story=[[Len Kaminski]]<br /> |pencils=[[Graham Nolan]]<br /> |inks=[[Tom Morgan]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Bill Oakley]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin|Mike Carlin]]<br /> |specialthanksto=[[Eliot Brown]], for splash page design and art<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Bumblebee is isolated and pursued by a group of Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Shockwave intends to capture the [[Autobot]] Bumblebee and install [[Electro-calcinator module|a device]] that will make Bumblebee his slave, allowing him to conquer the Autobots.<br /> <br /> At the Ark, Bumblebee is feeling useless after their last battle. He decides to abandon the Autobots, feeling that they would be better off without him. <br /> <br /> Driving through the city, Laserbeak soon locates Bumblebee; a whole squad of [[Decepticon]]s attacks him out of the blue. Damaged, Bumblebee evades them by hiding out in an impound lot and shutting down his systems. The ruse works, and the Decepticons withdraw, waiting for him to reactivate. Meanwhile, the Autobots have observed news footage of the attack, and mobilize to search for their missing comrade.<br /> <br /> Later that night, a couple of joyride-seeking teens decide that a Volkswagen Beetle will make a nice inconspicuous choice of vehicles to steal. Bumblebee goes along with the theft, actually enjoying the ability to show off his better-than-average driving abilities when the pair is challenged by a hot rod driver. When his damages cause him to sputter out, one of the teens makes some repairs, restoring him to full power, but this soon alerts the Decepticons, who attack again, to the humans' shock. <br /> <br /> Bumblebee prepares to make a last stand to defend himself and his new friends. The timely arrival of Jetfire buys him some time, but Jetfire is quickly shot down; Bumblebee cannot help him, as he must save the humans from a collapsing overpass. Surrounded, Bumblebee is saved at the last moment by the arrival of Optimus Prime and a convoy of Autobots, and realizes his true place is with the Autobot team.<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Cheese, Waldo -- I never seen a VW that could do 200 before.&quot;<br /> :—'''Ernie''' is impressed by Bumblebee's speed.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh, no! Oh, man! Oh, momma!&quot;<br /> :—'''Waldo''' is impressed by Bumblebee's driving.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Lessee, the doohickey is connected to the framistat, which is plugged into the thingamabob... which goes to the whatchamacallit!&quot;<br /> :—'''Waldo''' works some repair magic.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (9)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (10)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (3)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (4)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (5)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (11)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (12)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Waldo and Ernest]] (13)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * On the first page, the schematics of Bumblebee that Shockwave examines are based on his toy, not his comic book design.<br /> * &quot;[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]&quot; is consistently misspelled as &quot;Lazerbeak&quot;.<br /> * &quot;[[wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]&quot; is repeatedly misspelled as &quot;Volkswagon&quot;.<br /> * As Bumblebee leaves the Autobots, he passes a sign on which [[Mount St. Hilary]] is misspelled &quot;Hillary&quot;.<br /> * The cover bears the blurb, &quot;Bumblebee's last stand!&quot; Actually, he had lots more stands after this one.<br /> * It's nearly impossible to tell whether the non-Starscream jet is [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] or [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He is never named, and both their Marvel Color models were solid dark blue, though the lack of red stripes on his wings tips the odds towards Skywarp.<br /> *Shockwave refers to Jetfire just as Bumblebee's flying friend, despite Jetfire having been named by Shockwave many issues before.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * This is the first issue not written by [[Bob Budiansky]] since Budiansky started writing the US Marvel series with issue [[The New Order|#5]].<br /> * Comic book writer [[Peter David]] stated in an interview that he originally turned in a draft for this fill-in-story featuring Bumblebee, but the script was somehow lost, so Marvel commissioned this issue to take its place instead.<br /> * [[Eliot Brown]], credited for the splash page design and art of the exploded-view of Bumblebee, performed similar duties for most of the technical drawings in the ''Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe''.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #4 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's presence in this issue raises interesting questions, explored further in the notes for &quot;[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]&quot;.<br /> * The exact nature of Shockwave's plan is never revealed, beyond &quot;control Bumblebee&quot;.<br /> * The issue's title is a pun on the famous piece of music, ''[[wikipedia:Flight_of_the_Bumblebee|Flight of the Bumblebee]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (4)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations cover.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-16.jpg|'''US issue #16''' - Woe, woe is me<br /> Image:MarvelUK-57.jpg|'''UK issue #57''' - Shockwave sets his sights high...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-58.jpg|'''UK issue #58''' - Don't shoot the kid-friendly character!<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Bumblebee attacked by the Decepticons, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #57 cover:''' Shockwave examining Bumblebee's schematics, by [[John Stokes]].<br /> * '''UK issue #58 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover with some judicious editing.<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Olympic Sales Club offering &quot;100 Super Prizes&quot; including a Voltron Robot Watch (Sell 10 Items), Voltron Calculator Robot (Sell 16 Items), and Tyco Transformers Race Set (Sell 35 Items) - between pages 4 &amp; 5<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Plight_of_the_Bumblebee!&diff=337031 2009-07-23T21:50:38Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations #4 covers}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #16<br /> |prev=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |next=The Smelting Pool!<br /> |title=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #57–58<br /> |prev2=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |next2=Robot Buster!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-16.jpg<br /> |caption=The most evil of Decepticons, Buzzsaw, aims for the crotch.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=January 1986<br /> |coverdate=May 1986<br /> |story=[[Len Kaminski]]<br /> |pencils=[[Graham Nolan]]<br /> |inks=[[Tom Morgan]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Bill Oakley]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin|Mike Carlin]]<br /> |specialthanksto=[[Eliot Brown]], for splash page design and art<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Bumblebee is isolated and pursued by a group of Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Shockwave intends to capture the [[Autobot]] Bumblebee and install [[Electro-calcinator module|a device]] that will make Bumblebee his slave, allowing him to conquer the Autobots.<br /> <br /> At the Ark, Bumblebee is feeling useless after their last battle. He decides to abandon the Autobots, feeling that they would be better off without him. <br /> <br /> Driving through the city, Laserbeak soon locates Bumblebee; a whole squad of [[Decepticon]]s attacks him out of the blue. Damaged, Bumblebee evades them by hiding out in an impound lot and shutting down his systems. The ruse works, and the Decepticons withdraw, waiting for him to reactivate. Meanwhile, the Autobots have observed news footage of the attack, and mobilize to search for their missing comrade.<br /> <br /> Later that night, a couple of joyride-seeking teens decide that a Volkswagen Beetle will make a nice inconspicuous choice of vehicles to steal. Bumblebee goes along with the theft, actually enjoying the ability to show off his better-than-average driving abilities when the pair is challenged by a hot rod driver. When his damages cause him to sputter out, one of the teens makes some repairs, restoring him to full power, but this soon alerts the Decepticons, who attack again, to the humans' shock. <br /> <br /> Bumblebee prepares to make a last stand to defend himself and his new friends. The timely arrival of Jetfire buys him some time, but Jetfire is quickly shot down; Bumblebee cannot help him, as he must save the humans from a collapsing overpass. Surrounded, Bumblebee is saved at the last moment by the arrival of Optimus Prime and a convoy of Autobots, and realizes his true place is with the Autobot team.<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Cheese, Waldo -- I never seen a VW that could do 200 before.&quot;<br /> :—'''Ernie''' is impressed by Bumblebee's speed.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh, no! Oh, man! Oh, momma!&quot;<br /> :—'''Waldo''' is impressed by Bumblebee's driving.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Lessee, the doohickey is connected to the framistat, which is plugged into the thingamabob... which goes to the whatchamacallit!&quot;<br /> :—'''Waldo''' works some repair magic.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (9)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (10)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (3)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (4)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (5)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (11)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (12)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Waldo and Ernest]] (13)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * On the first page, the schematics of Bumblebee that Shockwave examines are based on his toy, not his comic book design.<br /> * &quot;[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]&quot; is consistently misspelled as &quot;Lazerbeak&quot;.<br /> * &quot;[[wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]&quot; is repeatedly misspelled as &quot;Volkswagon&quot;.<br /> * As Bumblebee leaves the Autobots, he passes a sign on which [[Mount St. Hilary]] is misspelled &quot;Hillary&quot;.<br /> * The cover bears the blurb, &quot;Bumblebee's last stand!&quot; Actually, he had lots more stands after this one.<br /> * It's nearly impossible to tell whether the non-Starscream jet is [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] or [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He is never named, and both their Marvel Color models were solid dark blue, though the lack of red stripes on his wings tips the odds towards Skywarp.<br /> *Shockwave refers to Jetfire just as Bumblebee's flying friend, despite Jetfire having been named by Shockwave many issues before.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * This is the first issue not written by [[Bob Budiansky]] since Budiansky started writing the US Marvel series with issue [[The New Order|#5]].<br /> * Comic book writer [[Peter David]] stated in an interview that he originally turned in a draft for this fill-in-story featuring Bumblebee, but the script was somehow lost, so Marvel commissioned this issue to take its place instead.<br /> * [[Eliot Brown]], credited for the splash page design and art of the exploded-view of Bumblebee, performed similar duties for most of the technical drawings in the ''Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe''.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #4 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's presence in this issue raises interesting questions, explored further in the notes for &quot;[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]&quot;.<br /> * The exact nature of Shockwave's plan is never revealed, beyond &quot;control Bumblebee&quot;.<br /> * The issue's title is a pun on the famous piece of music, ''[[wikipedia:Flight_of_the_Bumblebee|Flight of the Bumblebee]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (4)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations cover.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-16.jpg|'''US issue #16''' - Woe, woe is me<br /> Image:MarvelUK-57.jpg|'''UK issue #57''' - Shockwave sets his sights high...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-58.jpg|'''UK issue #58''' - Don't shoot the kid-friendly character!<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Bumblebee attacked by the Decepticons, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #57 cover:''' Shockwave examining Bumblebee's schematics, by [[John Stokes]].<br /> * '''UK issue #58 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover with some judicious editing.<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Olympic Sales Club offering 100 Super Prizes including a Voltron Robot Watch (Sell 10 Items), Voltron Calculator Robot (Sell 16 Items), and Tyco Transformers Race Set (Sell 35 Items) - between pages 4 &amp; 5<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

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<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations #4 covers}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #16<br /> |prev=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |next=The Smelting Pool!<br /> |title=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #57–58<br /> |prev2=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |next2=Robot Buster!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-16.jpg<br /> |caption=The most evil of Decepticons, Buzzsaw, aims for the crotch.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=January 1986<br /> |coverdate=May 1986<br /> |story=[[Len Kaminski]]<br /> |pencils=[[Graham Nolan]]<br /> |inks=[[Tom Morgan]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Bill Oakley]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin|Mike Carlin]]<br /> |specialthanksto=[[Eliot Brown]], for splash page design and art<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Bumblebee is isolated and pursued by a group of Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Shockwave intends to capture the [[Autobot]] Bumblebee and install [[Electro-calcinator module|a device]] that will make Bumblebee his slave, allowing him to conquer the Autobots.<br /> <br /> At the Ark, Bumblebee is feeling useless after their last battle. He decides to abandon the Autobots, feeling that they would be better off without him. <br /> <br /> Driving through the city, Laserbeak soon locates Bumblebee; a whole squad of [[Decepticon]]s attacks him out of the blue. Damaged, Bumblebee evades them by hiding out in an impound lot and shutting down his systems. The ruse works, and the Decepticons withdraw, waiting for him to reactivate. Meanwhile, the Autobots have observed news footage of the attack, and mobilize to search for their missing comrade.<br /> <br /> Later that night, a couple of joyride-seeking teens decide that a Volkswagen Beetle will make a nice inconspicuous choice of vehicles to steal. Bumblebee goes along with the theft, actually enjoying the ability to show off his better-than-average driving abilities when the pair is challenged by a hot rod driver. When his damages cause him to sputter out, one of the teens makes some repairs, restoring him to full power, but this soon alerts the Decepticons, who attack again, to the humans' shock. <br /> <br /> Bumblebee prepares to make a last stand to defend himself and his new friends. The timely arrival of Jetfire buys him some time, but Jetfire is quickly shot down; Bumblebee cannot help him, as he must save the humans from a collapsing overpass. Surrounded, Bumblebee is saved at the last moment by the arrival of Optimus Prime and a convoy of Autobots, and realizes his true place is with the Autobot team.<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Cheese, Waldo -- I never seen a VW that could do 200 before.&quot;<br /> :—'''Ernie''' is impressed by Bumblebee's speed.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh, no! Oh, man! Oh, momma!&quot;<br /> :—'''Waldo''' is impressed by Bumblebee's driving.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Lessee, the doohickey is connected to the framistat, which is plugged into the thingamabob... which goes to the whatchamacallit!&quot;<br /> :—'''Waldo''' works some repair magic.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (9)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (10)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (3)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (4)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (5)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (11)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (12)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Waldo and Ernest]] (13)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * On the first page, the schematics of Bumblebee that Shockwave examines are based on his toy, not his comic book design.<br /> * &quot;[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]&quot; is consistently misspelled as &quot;Lazerbeak&quot;.<br /> * &quot;[[wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]&quot; is repeatedly misspelled as &quot;Volkswagon&quot;.<br /> * As Bumblebee leaves the Autobots, he passes a sign on which [[Mount St. Hilary]] is misspelled &quot;Hillary&quot;.<br /> * The cover bears the blurb, &quot;Bumblebee's last stand!&quot; Actually, he had lots more stands after this one.<br /> * It's nearly impossible to tell whether the non-Starscream jet is [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] or [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He is never named, and both their Marvel Color models were solid dark blue, though the lack of red stripes on his wings tips the odds towards Skywarp.<br /> *Shockwave refers to Jetfire just as Bumblebee's flying friend, despite Jetfire having been named by Shockwave many issues before.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * This is the first issue not written by [[Bob Budiansky]] since Budiansky started writing the US Marvel series with issue [[The New Order|#5]].<br /> * Comic book writer [[Peter David]] stated in an interview that he originally turned in a draft for this fill-in-story featuring Bumblebee, but the script was somehow lost, so Marvel commissioned this issue to take its place instead.<br /> * [[Eliot Brown]], credited for the splash page design and art of the exploded-view of Bumblebee, performed similar duties for most of the technical drawings in the ''Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe''.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #4 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's presence in this issue raises interesting questions, explored further in the notes for &quot;[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]&quot;.<br /> * The exact nature of Shockwave's plan is never revealed, beyond &quot;control Bumblebee&quot;.<br /> * The issue's title is a pun on the famous piece of music, ''[[wikipedia:Flight_of_the_Bumblebee|Flight of the Bumblebee]]''.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (4)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations cover.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-16.jpg|'''US issue #16''' - Woe, woe is me<br /> Image:MarvelUK-57.jpg|'''UK issue #57''' - Shockwave sets his sights high...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-58.jpg|'''UK issue #58''' - Don't shoot the kid-friendly character!<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Bumblebee attacked by the Decepticons, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #57 cover:''' Shockwave examining Bumblebee's schematics, by [[John Stokes]].<br /> * '''UK issue #58 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover with some judicious editing.<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Olympic Sales Club offering ''100 Super Prizes'' including a Voltron Robot Watch (Sell 10 Items), Voltron Calculator Robot (Sell 16 Items), and Tyco Transformers Race Set (Sell 35 Items) - between pages 4 &amp; 5<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=I,_Robot-Master!&diff=337025 2009-07-23T21:42:08Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #15<br /> |prev=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |next=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |title=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #55–56<br /> |prev2=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |next2=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-15.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;I'll control the Transformers when I feel like it! GOSH!&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=December 1985<br /> |coverdate=April 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inker=[[Keith Williams]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Introducing the dorkiest terrorist the world has ever known.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Megatron hungers! The displaced [[Decepticon]], wandering across the landscape in a desperate search for fuel, is rendered immobile in a coal mine when he finally runs out of energy.<br /> <br /> The [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] scrambles for a way to explain the presence of giant robots to the public that will calm panic, despite the efforts of G.B. Blackrock to convince I.I.I. that the [[Autobot|Autobots]] can be Earth's allies. The agency's staff is sent home to come up with a viable cover story and told not to return to work without a proposal. <br /> <br /> I.I.I. agent Walter Barnett is inspired by his son's comic book, ''[[Robot-Master (comic)|Robot Master]]''. I.I.I. prepares to spin their story. ''Robot Master'''s writer, Donny Finkleberg, has just lost his job with [[Marvel Comics]]. He readily accepts a lunch proposition from Barnett to discuss the idea... and even more readily accepts an offer to actually play the role.<br /> <br /> The next day, broadcast television across the continent is interrupted by a ranting costumed supervillain, '''Robot Master!''' He claims that ''all'' the [[Transformer|Transformers]] are under his control. Reactions are varied; the Autobots are baffled, and turn to Blackrock for answers.<br /> <br /> The next day, a second broadcast takes advantage of the inert Megatron, whose presence bolsters the government's claims. This broadcast gains the attention of both the Autobots and the Decepticon Soundwave, who undertakes a mission to free Megatron. The Autobots, knowing the presence of Megatron to be a threat, also roll out to collect him.<br /> <br /> The Autobots drive to the coal mine, but are met with resistance from the [[human]] [[United States military|military]], which does not recognize the Autobots as anything other than a threat. Soundwave, Laserbeak and Ravage arrive at the coal mine with fuel for Megatron, who becomes mobile again. The four Decepticons go on a rampage against the human military; the damaged Autobots are in no condition to help the humans, and are forced to retreat. <br /> <br /> Ravage finds Finkleberg; although Megatron wishes to kill &quot;Robot Master&quot; for claiming to control him, Finkleberg is able to convince the Decepticons that, by continuing to convince the humans that the Autobots are as much a threat to them as the Decepticons, the Autobots' efforts might continue to be thwarted. Finkleberg is spared, for now...<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;I bet the Communists are behind this!&quot;&lt;br/&gt;<br /> &quot;I bet the P.L.O. is behind this!&quot;&lt;br/&gt;<br /> &quot;''I bet the GOVERNMENT is behind this!!''&lt;br/&gt;<br /> :—two '''average Joes''' and '''G.B. Blackrock''' register their reactions to &quot;Robot Master&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Are his circuits disconnected? Who ''is'' this mad human?&quot;<br /> :—'''Bumblebee''' reacts to &quot;Robot Master&quot;'s first broadcast<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Transform...and roll out.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' leading the Autobots out of the Ark (first time used in the comic).<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;...Mull this over—how long do you think the Decepticons are going to tolerate this clown claiming to be their leader? I mean, cigarette smoking isn't going to be the only hazard to this guy's health! I hope he's made out his will!&quot;<br /> :—'''G.B. Blackrock''' tells Triple-I how it is.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Do not judge humans too harshly, Autobots. They are only capable of acting upon what they understand... and apparently they do not yet understand ''us''.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' leads his battered troops away from the attacking humans.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (5)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (8)<br /> * [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (9)<br /> * [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (10)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (11)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (4)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (13)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (14)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (15)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (6)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Walter Barnett]] (2)<br /> * [[Forrest Forsythe]] (3)<br /> * [[Donny Finkleberg]] (7)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The reader is required to assume that the media never notices that Finkleberg's assumed persona is identical to a comic book, that the creator of that comic book is missing, and that he bears a strong resemblance to this &quot;real&quot; Robot-Master. Apparently, the comic is absurdly unpopular.<br /> * On page 8, Wheeljack has Hoist's color scheme.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> *''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' I.I.I. has been looking for a way to deal with the issue of the Transformers since [[Rock and Roll-Out!|last issue]].<br /> * The title is presumably an homage to the classic SF collection ''[[wikipedia:I,_Robot|I, Robot]]'' by Isaac Asimov.<br /> * The title of Finkleberg's proposed ''Potato Salad Man'' graphic novel, &quot;This Man, This Mayonnaise,&quot; is a reference to the famous ''Fantastic Four'' story, &quot;This Man, This Monster.&quot; It could also (theoretically) be taken as a reference to [[Hasbro]]'s Mr. Potato Head.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-15.jpg|'''US issue #15''' - Donny: International Hero.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-55.jpg|'''UK issue #55''' - They changed the corner box, how sweet.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-56.jpg|'''UK issue #56''' - Make sure you don't let YOUR Megatron swallow netting.<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Robot-Master comic, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #55 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover, with the top left hand corner box for ''Robot Master'' changed to fit the Marvel UK style and price.<br /> * '''UK issue #56 cover:''' Megatron blasting coal mine equipment, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Sales Leadership Club offering prizes such as the Autoceptor Robot Watch, Diatarn-3 Changeable Robot (Sell Only 12 items for each) and Transformers Race Set (Sell Only 33 items) - between pages 4 &amp; 5<br /> * G.I. Joe Yearbook #2 - between pages 17 &amp; 18<br /> * MASK toys - back cover<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Brainstorm!&diff=337020 2009-07-23T21:35:01Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the comic issue|the Headmaster character|Brainstorm}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #11<br /> |prev=The Next Best Thing to Being There!<br /> |next=Prime Time!<br /> |title=Brainstorm!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #37–38<br /> |prev2=The Next Best Thing to Being There!<br /> |next2=Prime Time!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-11.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;Run! He wants revenge for the way we drew him so hideously off-model!&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=August 1985<br /> |coverdate=December 1985<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]<br /> |inker=[[Tom Palmer]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Diana Albers]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Buster Witwicky is in danger because of his special &quot;gift&quot; from Optimus Prime.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Buster is still confused by his new powers, but conceals the secret of them from his father. Jessie comes around looking to patch things up, and the two go for a bike ride.<br /> <br /> At the Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant, Optimus Prime has not yet given life to Shockwave's latest soldier, Jetfire. Shockwave suspects that Optimus Prime no longer possesses the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], and sets about discovering what has happened to it by probing the memories of Frenzy. This leads him straight to Buster. <br /> <br /> The [[Autobot]]s are listening in on this discovery, and send Bumblebee and Bluestreak to protect Buster. The Autobots first visit Sparkplug at his garage, and explain the danger. Sparkplug wants nothing more to do with the Autobots, and refuses to help; but when he goes to find Buster himself, Bluestreak and Bumblebee tail him back to Buster and Jessie.<br /> <br /> This unfortunately leads the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] right to their location as well. Bluestreak easily defeats the spying Laserbeak, but Shockwave dispatches the pre-programmed Jetfire to retrieve Buster. While Jetfire makes short work of the Autobots, Bumblebee realizes that Jetfire is not alive, and that Buster can control the Decepticon jet. Revealing his secret, Buster disassembles Jetfire with a thought. Bumblebee and Buster make plans to use Jetfire to aid in the rescue of Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> Shockwave announces his intention to terminate Optimus Prime. An Autobot convoy is already on the way; they can only hope they are not too late.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)<br /> * [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (10)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (11)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (3)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (4)<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (1)<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (2)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Ferdy and Gabe]] (12)<br /> * [[Colonel Hawthorn]] (13)<br /> * [[Jessie]] (14)<br /> * [[Murray]] (15)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The cover seems to have Bluestreak and Bumblebee miscolored as [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Gears]], respectively.<br /> * It seems impossible to believe that [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s sight is of such low resolution as to be ''incapable'' of discerning a [[human]].<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> [[Image:Coneheadsblackrockaerospace.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Blackrock Industries loves making fake jets.]]<br /> * Although this issue features Jetfire as its centerpiece, he is still not a sentient being, but rather just a lifeless construct.<br /> <br /> * In UK issue #37's letter page, Soundwave revealed that Transformers use various types of droids, including [[Mechodrones]] for menial tasks and [[Combat Droid|Combat Droids]] for guard duty. [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] was one such combat droid. He also suggested that makers of [[knockoff]] Shockwave toys might be in for an unpleasant visit by the then Decepticon leader. (But was it simple jealousy, or retool-induced trigger envy?)<br /> <br /> * On page 4, some of the jets being built resemble [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-11.jpg|'''US issue #11''' - Who what where?<br /> Image:MarvelUK-37.jpg|'''UK issue #37''' - Excitement! Danger! Personal stereos!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-38.jpg|'''UK issue #38''' - Nope, still no better...<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Jetfire attacking the miscolored Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #37 cover:''' Buster and various story events, by [[John Ridgway]].<br /> * '''UK issue #38 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * MASK toys - inside front cover<br /> * Morphodroids toys (transforming toys with wired remote control) - back cover<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Rock_and_Roll-Out!&diff=337019 2009-07-23T21:32:29Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #14<br /> |prev=Shooting Star!<br /> |next=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |title=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #53–54<br /> |prev2=Shooting Star!<br /> |next2=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-14.jpg<br /> |caption=Special Olympians are the real heroes. I'm gonna give 'em everything I've got.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=November 1985<br /> |coverdate=March 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inker=[[Al Gordon]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''A new group of Autobots are born in the USA, and must thwart the Decepticons' attempts to steal sound energy from a rock concert.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Jetfire has been brought to life by Optimus Prime, and with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] is made a full member of the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Optimus gives him a tour of his new home. In the medical bay, Ratchet is struggling to repair a large group of warriors recently damaged in battle. Elsewhere, Wheeljack has constructed five new Transformer bodies. He installs within them the minds of five Autobot warriors, which were encoded in crystals before the Autobots left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Prime welcomes the new arrivals, all of whom now &quot;live for a second time.&quot;<br /> <br /> While holding Grapple back for a special project, Prime sends the other four out on the street with Bumblebee to acclimate them to their home town. Wheeljack has equipped the Autobots with a brilliant disguise — they now have [[Facsimile Construct|facsimile]] circuitry which covers up their Autobot symbols and provides them with mannequin dummy drivers. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Shockwave has finally returned, arriving at the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]' oil platform base just in time to squelch the mewlings of Starscream. He demonstrates the energy converter he's just built, turning some of the oil into [[Energon cube|energon cubes]]. The Decepticons leave, taking the converter and a stash of cubes with them. To evade a human naval fleet that has been surrounding them, Shockwave detonates a cube in mid-air, and the humans are temporarily blinded by the light.<br /> <br /> The humans, however, had rigged the oil platform's supports with bugs and overheard the Decepticons' plans to steal &quot;a large release of sonic energy.&quot; G.B. Blackrock is also on the fleet and relays the information to the Autobots. <br /> <br /> While fueling up at a Blackrock gas station, Skids learns about an upcoming [[Brick Springhorn|rock concert]]. The 'bots put two and two together and go to reconnoiter the concert, while Prime heads that way with reinforcements. <br /> <br /> Before Prime can arrive, the Autobots observe a sonic disruption of the show. The Autobots are under orders from Prime not to take any action until he arrives, but it's hard to be a saint in the city, and so they disrupt the device that's causing the problem. The sound goes back to normal — and Decepticon jets burst out of the ground. <br /> <br /> The Autobots have little choice but to make a stand; Bumblebee gives the order to fire. The newcomers fend off the jets, while Bumblebee discovers Shockwave's ruined energy converter. Out of arbitrary vengeance, Shockwave decides to incinerate the audience of humans. To stop him from creating a city of ruins full of humans screaming &quot;I'm on fire&quot;, Bumblebee tosses an energon cube into his barrel just as he fires. The cube detonates with a huge thundercrack, sending him flying helplessly away. The audience is awestruck by the resulting fireworks hailing over them, while the battered Decepticon jets flee like spirits in the night. The battle won, the Autobots quickly go back to hiding on the back streets.<br /> <br /> Heading home, Bumblebee's team has a meeting across the river with Prime's reinforcements. Bumblebee is prepared to accept a reprimand, but Prime is impressed with his team's performance and trusts that Bumblebee did what he felt was best. Bumblebee affirms that he did, having learned that &quot;the show must go on!&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (3)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)<br /> * [[Grapple]] (5)<br /> * [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (6)<br /> * [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (7)<br /> * [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (8)<br /> * [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (9)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (10)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (13)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (14)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (15)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (16)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (11)<br /> '''Special guest stars'''<br /> * [[Walter Barnett]] (12)<br /> * [[Forrest Forsythe]] (17)<br /> * [[Brick Springhorn]] (18)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * If Ratchet is having so much trouble fixing the existing warriors, how come Wheeljack can build new bodies from scratch for the new Autobots so easily?<br /> * The lead singer is alternatively called &quot;Brick Springhorn&quot; and &quot;Brick Springstern.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Although Jetfire has been featured since US issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], this is the first time in the US comic he is seen as an Autobot with sentience. (In the UK comics, he was previously shown with sentience in the UK-exclusive story [[Dinobot Hunt!]])<br /> * The Autobots in the repair bay include [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Gears]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. In the US storyline, their injuries were sustained during the events of &quot;[[Prime Time!]]&quot;. The UK storyline is less clear; some of those shown were injured during the &quot;[[Dinobot Hunt!]]&quot; storyline (Cliffjumper, Gears, Huffer, Jazz and Sideswipe), but others were not (Hound and Prowl). Most appear in subsequent UK stories, long after they'd disappeared from the US stories.<br /> * So... does this mean the original Tracks, Skids, etc. could still be running around on Cybertron or somewhere?<br /> * Although this issue introduces most of the second wave of Autobot cars, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] are conspicuously missing from it.<br /> * This is the first appearance of energon cubes in the comics—an example of convergence between the comic and cartoon.<br /> * The special project Optimus commissions Grapple to work on is none other than [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobot defense platform. He is introduced (in front of a full audience, no less) in US issue [[Command Performances!|#19]].<br /> * Songs by Mr. &quot;Springstern&quot; include:<br /> **[[wikipedia:Dancing_in_the_Dark_(Springsteen_song)|Dancing in the Night]]<br /> **[[wikipedia:Born_to_Run_(song)|Born to Ride]]<br /> **[[wikipedia:Born_in_the_U.S.A._(song)|Born in America]]<br /> **[[wikipedia:Rosalita_(Come_Out_Tonight)|Margarita (Jump a Little Lighter)]]<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (5)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations covers.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-14.jpg|'''US issue #14''' - C'mon Hoist, the music isn't ''that'' bad...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-53.jpg|'''UK issue #53''' - And you thought that shooting into their faces kills people.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-054.jpg|'''UK issue #54''' - If you believe in Hoist, just cla- oh<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Hoist repairing Brick's scaffolding, by [[Bob Budiansky]].<br /> * '''UK issue #53 cover:''' the new Autobots receiving life, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''UK issue #54 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Hoist and Brick Springhorn, by [[Ashley Wood]].<br /> * '''Generations cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Nestle Quik Challenge of the GoBots contest - between pages 4 &amp; 5<br /> * G.I. Joe Yearbook #2 - bottom right corner of Transmissions letter page<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Shooting_Star!&diff=337017 2009-07-23T21:30:20Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|IDW Generations #2 covers}}<br /> {{disambig2|the Marvel comic issue|the Autobot satellite|Shooting Star}}<br /> {{comicstory|<br /> |prev=Prime Time!<br /> |seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #13<br /> |next=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |prev2=Dinobot Hunt!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel_UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #51–52<br /> |next2=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-13.jpg<br /> |caption=I '''''am''''' the NRA.<br /> |title=&quot;Shooting Star!&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=October 1985<br /> |coverdate=February 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inker=[[Al Gordon]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> '''A small-time crook's life changes when he finds a special gun.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> A small-time loser named Joey Slick flees through the woods, attempting to escape from thugs trying to kill him. He stumbles across a gun in a stream, but it doesn't work... until the two laughing thugs ''tell'' it to blast them, which it does. <br /> <br /> Retreating to an empty warehouse, Joey soon discovers that his gun is a [[Transformer]] called Megatron. Megatron is unable to think for himself, due to damage from his fall during his battle with [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and can only respond to what he is told or asked. <br /> <br /> Crime lord Jake Lomax, the gangster who sent the thugs after Slick because of an unpaid debt, is incensed that they failed. He orders Slick to be killed immediately.<br /> <br /> Returning to his run-down apartment in an immigrant neighborhood, Joey is again attacked by thugs. He uses Megatron to delay them long enough to escape, then flees. Needing money, he holds up a convenience store... then uses Megatron's firepower to stop pursuing police cars. Realizing the possibilities, he soon uses Megatron to strike a one-man crime wave.<br /> <br /> Redolent in riches, Joey finds himself surrounded by hangers-on and wannabes. Trying to reconnect with the things that matter, he returns to his old neighborhood, only to find himself feared and worshipped for his &quot;super gun&quot;. He realizes he has to face up to his problems.<br /> <br /> Joey blasts his way into Lomax's compound and confronts the gangster one on one. Despite his earlier bluster, Lomax pleads for his life. No longer afraid of Lomax, Joey tosses the gun away, and punches him out. Joey throws the owed money at his unconscious form. Joey turns to find Megatron looming over him—the impact reconnected his higher brain functions. Megatron is furious at Joey for attempting to command him, and attempts to kill the impudent fleshling. But when Joey shows absolutely no fear before him, Megatron is impressed and spares him. Megatron leaves to rejoin the Decepticons, and Joey is willingly arrested by the civil authorities.<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> [''Joey Slick has just trashed Lomax's estate and holds him at gunpoint'']&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Jake Lomax:''' &quot;Y-you're not gonna kill me?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> [''Slick punches him out]&lt;br /&gt;''<br /> '''Joey Slick: ''' &quot;Heck no! I'm just gonna pay you back what I owe<br /> you—six hundred dollars plus interest. Now we're even, slimeball! Spend<br /> some of it to fix up your house, okay?&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters|c2=<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Joey Slick]] (1)<br /> * [[Marko]] (2)<br /> * [[Jake Lomax]] (4)<br /> * [[Charlene (pool girl)|Charlene]] (5)<br /> * [[Mr. Kim]] (6)<br /> * [[Clyde]] (7)<br /> * [[Mrs. Perez]] (8)<br /> }}<br /> ==Errors==<br /> *None identified.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Megatron was defeated by Ratchet in US issue [[Repeat Performance!|#8]]. A front page headline on a newspaper reads, &quot;ROBOTS LEAVE PLANE PLANT,&quot; a reference to the Decepticons' defeat in [[Prime Time!|#12]].<br /> * This is one of the few issues of the series in which no [[Autobot|Autobots]] appear, other than Ratchet in flashback.<br /> * Although this story is often criticized by fans, it is one of few stories in any continuity to make full use of the fact that Megatron's alternate form is a realistic-looking handgun.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #2 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] series.<br /> * Joey robs a &quot;6-11&quot; convenience store, a parody of 7-Eleven.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (5)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations covers.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-13.jpg|'''US issue #13''' - Look, it's STILL a gun...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-51.jpg|'''UK issue #51''' - A purple Megatron? That is just [[Megatron (BW)|crazy!]]<br /> Image:MarvelUK-052.jpg|'''UK issue #52''' - The UK gets free sticker albums. What do ''you'' get?<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> * '''US cover:''' Gun mode Megatron Prime, by [[Don Perlin]].<br /> * '''UK issue #51 cover:''' Megatron and Joey Slick, by [[Geoff Senior]].<br /> * '''UK issue #52 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Joey Slick poses with gun-mode Megatron while robot-mode Megatron watches from the shadows, by [[Ashley Wood]].<br /> * '''Generations cover:''' Joey Slick points Megatron at the reader, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> [[Image:ShootingStarQuikGoBotsAd.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm sure this is cheating somehow.]]<br /> * The original US printing of this issue features not one, but ''two'' advertisements related to the [[Tonka GoBots]]! One is for a Nestle Quik-sponsored contest to win a &quot;complete set of ''GoBots'' toys&quot; between pages 4 &amp; 5, while another is for the syndicated Hanna-Barbera ''Challenge of the GoBots'' television series between pages 7 &amp; 8. One must assume that Marvel didn't run advertising approvals by [[Hasbro]]...<br /> * G.I. Joe and Transformers on videocassette from Family Home Entertainment, 5 new adventures for each title now $14.95 each - upper half of page between pages 16 &amp; 17<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Prime_Time!&diff=337013 2009-07-23T21:22:28Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the Marvel Comics issue|2007 sliding storybook|Transformers Prime Time}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #12<br /> |prev=Brainstorm!<br /> |next=Shooting Star!<br /> |title=Prime Time!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #39–40<br /> |prev2=Brainstorm!<br /> |next2=Christmas Breaker!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-12.jpg<br /> |caption=Say hello to my little friend!<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=September 1985<br /> |coverdate=January 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]<br /> |inker=[[Al Gordon]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''The Autobots attempt to rescue Optimus Prime from the Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Buster commands Jetfire to take him to the [[Decepticon]]s, in hopes of rescuing Optimus Prime. Unfortunately, Buster is knocked unconscious during an encounter with [[United States military|human aircraft]], and he becomes the Decepticons' prisoner as Jetfire reverts to his original mission of capturing him. Shockwave hooks Buster up to his machines with the intention of using the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] inside the [[human]] to create his new army. <br /> <br /> An oncoming [[Autobot]] convoy speeds its way to Shockwave's base of operations, also known as Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One. They are bringing with them Optimus Prime's body with the intention of rescuing his head from the Decepticons. Jetfire appears above and drops what seems to be the head of Optimus Prime into the swamp near them. Once the head is reattached to the body, Prowl extends his hand to his leader, and Prime responds by shooting Prowl right in the chest. He then blasts through the rest of the assembled Autobots. Soundwave and the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettes]] arrive on scene and reveal that Prime is working with them now. The head was a fake!<br /> <br /> At the plant, Buster is able to use the Creation Matrix to control Jetfire once more, who quickly overpowers Shockwave and returns to the swamp with the real head of Optimus Prime. When in range, Optimus yanks the fake head off his shoulders and reattaches his real head. The tables are quickly turned back in the Autobots' favor as Prime smashes apart Soundwave and his minions. <br /> <br /> Recovered and seeing that Prime's real head is gone, Shockwave transforms and seeks out Prime in order to finish him off personally. They fight and Optimus throws Shockwave into the swamp where he sinks, helpless. The Autobots plead with Optimus to blast the Decepticon and finish him once and for all, but Prime, fearing for Buster's safety, rushes back to the plant. <br /> <br /> Once there, he finds that Buster has been released by the human workers and the other Decepticons have fled. He takes back the Creation Matrix from Buster and mulls over the fact that innocent human lives are in danger because of their war.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)<br /> * [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)<br /> * [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (8)<br /> * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (9)<br /> * [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (10)<br /> * [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (11)<br /> * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (12)<br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (13)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (3)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (4)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (2)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * None yet identified<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * Optimus Prime's head (both the real one and the impostor head) is apparently able to control his body before the head is actually attached. This may or may not be the case for the Autobots who would become Headmasters in the [[Headmasters (comic)|Headmasters]] limited series.<br /> * With the climactic battle of this issue, most of the 1984 Autobots are taken out of the picture for the next three years; only [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Bluestreak]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and Prime remained active in the story's immediate aftermath. The UK storyline, however, treated the damage from the battle as minor, and shows all the 1984 Autobots as active long afterwards.<br /> * Bullpen Bulletins for this month included an explanation on the different styles of boxes (M shape vs square boxes with Comic Code seal) used on Marvel comics that show the price, date, and issue number.<br /> <br /> ===Cameos===<br /> * Autobots: [[Gears]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]<br /> * Decepticons: [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-12.jpg|'''US issue #12''' - His gun will turn you red, white and blue!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-39.jpg|'''UK issue #39''' - Ah, if only...<br /> Image:MarvelUK-40.jpg|'''UK issue #40''' - Every time Prime punches you, your head swells up.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Prime attacks the Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #39 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''UK issue #40 cover:''' Prime vs Shockwave, by [[Jeff Anderson]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * MASK toys by Kenner - inside front cover<br /> * Nestle Quik Challenge of the GoBots contest - back cover<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Last_Stand&diff=337005 2009-07-23T21:13:25Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the comic issue in the Marvel US Comics|the [[Titan Books]] collection|Last Stand}}<br /> <br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #4<br /> |prev=Prisoner of War!<br /> |next=The New Order<br /> |title=&quot;The Last Stand&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #7–8<br /> |prev2=Prisoner of War!<br /> |next2=Man of Iron!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-04.jpg<br /> |caption=Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's... oh. It actually ''is'' a [[Seeker (body-type)|plane]].<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=[[December 4]], 1984<br /> |coverdate=March 1985<br /> |writer=[[Jim Salicrup]]<br /> |pencils=[[Frank Springer]]<br /> |inks=[[Ian Akin]], [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[John Workman]]<br /> |editor=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> '''The Autobots make a desperate gamble to defeat the Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Some of the [[Autobot|Autobots]] accuse Sparkplug of betraying them by giving the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] the fuel conversion they needed. Panicked, Sparkplug and his son attempt to escape, but when Jazz blocks their path with a wall of flame, Sparkplug suffers a heart attack. He is rushed to the hospital by Ratchet.<br /> <br /> Huffer tells Optimus about a discovery he made in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s memory banks: Just after the ship crashed, its barely functional computers detected the Decepticon Shockwave arriving on [[Earth]] in pursuit. With the last of its power, the Ark modified five Autobot warriors to combat him, thus creating the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. They traveled in a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to confront Shockwave, at which point contact was lost. Huffer has Ratchet dispatch a probe to search for the lost Dinobots.<br /> <br /> At the hospital, Sparkplug undergoes emergency treatment and dreams of his Army service in Korea, where he was forced to repair North Korean vehicles. He further recalls sabotaging those vehicles...<br /> <br /> With no new fuel sources forthcoming, the remaining Autobots are forced to make a desperate gamble to fight the Decepticons one last time. All the Autobots sacrifice their remaining fuel resources to Optimus Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage. These five prepare to fight the Decepticons within the [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] that the Ark has crashed into, as the Decepticons arrive to destroy the Autobots once and for all. <br /> <br /> In the Savage Land, Huffer's probe has found something and starts to dig it out—until a giant purple hand crushes it...<br /> <br /> Although the Decepticons begin to win the battle by virtue of their greater numbers, at the moment of apparent victory, the Decepticons all fall, writhing in internal agony. As he reveals to Buster at the hospital, Sparkplug had corrupted the fuel he provided to the Decepticons, and they are now poisoned. Optimus Prime proclaims the debt that they, and the entire world, owe to Sparkplug Witwicky.<br /> <br /> But suddenly, a gigantic blast from above knocks out all the Autobot troops... and Shockwave stands supreme! <br /> <br /> &quot;NOT the end...&quot;<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)<br /> * [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (2)<br /> * [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (3)<br /> * [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (6)<br /> * [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (7)<br /> * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (8)<br /> * [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (9)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)<br /> * [[Gears]] (11)<br /> * [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (12)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (13)<br /> * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)<br /> * [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (30)<br /> * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (31)<br /> * [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (32)<br /> * [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (33)<br /> * [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (34)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (35)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (18)<br /> * [[Decepticon medic (Marvel Comics)|Decepticon medic]](19)<br /> * [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (20–22)<br /> **[[Spyglass]] (20)<br /> **[[Spectro]] (21)<br /> **[[Viewfinder]] (22)<br /> * [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (23)<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (24)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (25)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (26)<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (27)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (29)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (36)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (37)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (38)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (4)<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (5)<br /> * [[&quot;O&quot;]] (15)<br /> * [[Mister &quot;O&quot;]] (16)<br /> * [[Jesse]] (17)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The final battle mentions only Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage were kept operational for the battle with the Decepticons, but throughout the battle, Sunstreaker is present alongside those four, and is seen standing by Prime after the Decepticons' defeat. He's so good he doesn't even need fuel to fight, it seems.<br /> * Mirage's arm is bitten off by Ravage, but it is reattached later.<br /> * Many coloring errors throughout the issue. In particular, several Autobots are colored as Gears.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' [[Ted Koppel]] (voice only), the [[Roland|Rolands]], ballet girls, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Sparkplug's Army buddy, North Koreans, hospital crew, [[United States military]].<br /> * Advertised as part 4 in a 4-issue limited series, but the ending and letter column both make clear that issue [[The New Order|#5]] of what was now an ongoing was forthcoming.<br /> * According to a text box in the letter column, ''Transformers'' #5 was originally going to be drawn by the team of &quot;[[wikipedia:Vincent_Giarrano|Vince Giarrano]], penciling superstar-in-the-making&quot; and &quot;[[Brad Joyce]], inker extraordinare&quot;. This did not come to pass, and while Joyce did eventually ink issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], Giarrano would never work on the series.<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s original character model (based on the Macross Valkyrie) appears in the first panel of the second page, but he is miscolored and partially obscured by Huffer's arm.<br /> * An [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg alternate ending] was scripted and drawn for a UK reprint of issue #4 in Transformers: The Complete Works, Volume 2; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. Some have theorised that this ending was created by the US comics in case the series failed to progress past issue #4. However, the art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different to Springer's so it seems much more likely that this version was simply drawn for the UK printing by one of their own artists.<br /> * A second alternate ending was published in the ''Federal Comics Super Special edition''. It expands the second panel of the penultimate page (or, the second panel from the link within the previous note) into a final splash page, eliminating the other panels entirely. Additionally, any page that mentioned the Shockwave subplot was dropped.<br /> <br /> ===Covers===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-04.jpg|'''US issue #4''' - Rare Brown Megatron appears!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-7.jpg|'''UK issue #7''' - Megatron isn't even allowed on the UK cover<br /> Image:MarvelUK-8.jpg|'''UK issue #8''' - Megatron took first in the Prime Press contest<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US issue #4 cover:''' the final battle, by [[Mark Texeira]].<br /> * '''UK issue #7 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''UK issue #8 cover:''' Megatron holds the defeated Optimus Prime overhead, by [[Barry Kitson]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * GoBots motorized model kits - inside front cover.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/#1f &quot;Is it true there was an alternate version of #4?&quot; at Tfarchive.com]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Stand}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Warrior_School!&diff=337004 2009-07-23T21:12:28Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #7<br /> |prev=The Worse of Two Evils!<br /> |next=Repeat Performance!<br /> |title=Warrior School!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #26<br /> |prev2=The Worse of Two Evils!<br /> |next2=Repeat Performance!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-07.jpg<br /> |caption=Ratchet's such a drama queen.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=April 1985<br /> |coverdate=August 1985<br /> |script=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |pencils=[[William Johnson]]<br /> |inks=[[Kyle Baker]]<br /> |color=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Rick Parker]]<br /> |editor=[[Christopher J. Priest|Jim Owsley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Ratchet discovers the fate of the other Autobots, and must fight Megatron on his own.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Walking through the woods in search of a road to drive Buster home, Ratchet and Buster meet up with a group of campers. As Ratchet demonstrates [[Laser scalpel|a new way to cook]] [[Hot dog|hot dogs]], Buster experiences a severe head pain as an after-effect of his experience with Optimus Prime. Buster is taken home by the campers, leaving Ratchet free to deal with bigger problems.<br /> <br /> Soundwave and Laserbeak use their innocuous alternate forms to infiltrate and take over another [[Blackrock Industries|Blackrock]] installation, this time an aerospace plant that builds jet fighters. Blackrock breaks the news to a hospitalized Josie Beller, who apparently designed this aerospace plant as well. Blackrock swears that the giant robots will be stopped, but Josie is already making plans of her own. <br /> <br /> Ratchet returns to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] alone to verify Buster's findings, and soon finds the inert [[Autobot|Autobots]]. He despairs upon finding the head of Optimus Prime, but Prime counsels him to fight as a warrior to defeat Megatron. Uncertain of what this might mean, Ratchet agrees. <br /> <br /> Jessie and &quot;O&quot; attempt to cheer up Buster, who is wondering how to handle his father's flagging car repair business while he's recovering in the hospital. Buster explodes at the pair when they suggest that he can learn to repair cars just as easily as his hard-working father. After they leave, Buster is gripped by another head-splitting pain—and recovers to realize that several metal objects nearby were apparently floating in the air.<br /> <br /> Ratchet soon finds Megatron, who easily overpowers him. But he manages to strike a deal, sealed with the sacred [[Rite of Oneness]]: Ratchet will destroy Shockwave, in exchange for the return of the Ark and the [[Autobot|Autobots]] inside. If he fails, Megatron will destroy him; if he succeeds, Megatron resumes his leadership of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] and wins regardless.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (2)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (10)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (6)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (7)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (13)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (3)<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (8)<br /> * [[Circuit Breaker|Josie Beller]] (9)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Melanie]] and friends (1)<br /> * [[Ferdy and Gabe]] (4)<br /> * [[Jesse|Jessie]] (11)<br /> * [[&quot;O&quot;]] (12)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * For some reason, Megatron's Decepticon [[insignia]] is consistently off-center to the left whenever it appears.<br /> * Buster's flashback shows him being hit by an energy wave from Optimus Prime's head. However, in the last issue, he received an energy surge by connecting two cables from Prime's head to his own.<br /> * On page 20, Ratchet says he will help Megatron &quot;Defend Shockwave&quot; when he clearly means &quot;defeat Shockwave&quot;.<br /> * On page 22, the bubble that points to Ratchet stating &quot;This much I knew or Shockwave told me&quot; should probably be pointing to Megatron (Ratchet hasn't yet met Shockwave on [[Earth]]), but why couldn't they have just done the whole thing in one bubble?<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' [[United States military]], aerospace plant employees, TV reporter; [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (or [[Bluestreak]]), [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (all deactivated); [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]?, a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]], and also two other Seekers in flight mode—assumably these are [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (in flashbacks).<br /> * The UK issue #26 printed the entire comic, though several pages were without color.<br /> * This issue was reprinted as issue #1 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.<br /> * Blackrock has his own hospital: the Blackrock Chronic Care Institute.<br /> * Ratchet states he is &quot;a doctor, not a warrior,&quot; a ''Star Trek'' reference.<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> * Ferdy and Gabe talk about the Decepticons' theft of Blackrock's oil rig (&quot;[[The Worse of Two Evils!]]&quot;), just before taking Soundwave in so he can do the same to the plant at which they work.<br /> * Megatron recaps why Shockwave stayed behind during the attack on the Ark (new info about events from issue [[The Transformers (issue)|#1]]) and his subsequent battle with the Dinobots (&quot;[[The Last Stand]]&quot;).<br /> <br /> ===Covers (4)===<br /> {{picsneeded|Generations covers.}}<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-07.jpg|'''US issue #7''' - Megatron decides to insult Earth even more by going all blackface<br /> Image:MarvelUK-026.jpg|'''UK issue #26''' - Ratchet isn't allowed to speak in the UK!<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Ratchet faces down Megatron, by [[Mark Bright]].<br /> * '''UK cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Megatron menaces Buster, by [[Ashley Wood]].<br /> * '''Generations cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Secret Wars II issue #3 (Circuit Breaker appears in this issue) - inside back cover<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Brainstorm!&diff=337002 2009-07-23T21:09:05Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the comic issue|the Headmaster character|Brainstorm}}<br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #11<br /> |prev=The Next Best Thing to Being There!<br /> |next=Prime Time!<br /> |title=Brainstorm!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #37–38<br /> |prev2=The Next Best Thing to Being There!<br /> |next2=Prime Time!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-11.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;Run! He wants revenge for the way we drew him so hideously off-model!&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=August 1985<br /> |coverdate=December 1985<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]<br /> |inker=[[Tom Palmer]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Diana Albers]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Buster Witwicky is in danger because of his special &quot;gift&quot; from Optimus Prime.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Buster is still confused by his new powers, but conceals the secret of them from his father. Jessie comes around looking to patch things up, and the two go for a bike ride.<br /> <br /> At the Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant, Optimus Prime has not yet given life to Shockwave's latest soldier, Jetfire. Shockwave suspects that Optimus Prime no longer possesses the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], and sets about discovering what has happened to it by probing the memories of Frenzy. This leads him straight to Buster. <br /> <br /> The [[Autobot]]s are listening in on this discovery, and send Bumblebee and Bluestreak to protect Buster. The Autobots first visit Sparkplug at his garage, and explain the danger. Sparkplug wants nothing more to do with the Autobots, and refuses to help; but when he goes to find Buster himself, Bluestreak and Bumblebee tail him back to Buster and Jessie.<br /> <br /> This unfortunately leads the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] right to their location as well. Bluestreak easily defeats the spying Laserbeak, but Shockwave dispatches the pre-programmed Jetfire to retrieve Buster. While Jetfire makes short work of the Autobots, Bumblebee realizes that Jetfire is not alive, and that Buster can control the Decepticon jet. Revealing his secret, Buster disassembles Jetfire with a thought. Bumblebee and Buster make plans to use Jetfire to aid in the rescue of Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> Shockwave announces his intention to terminate Optimus Prime. An Autobot convoy is already on the way; they can only hope they are not too late.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)<br /> * [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (10)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (11)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (3)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (4)<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (1)<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (2)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Ferdy and Gabe]] (12)<br /> * [[Colonel Hawthorn]] (13)<br /> * [[Jessie]] (14)<br /> * [[Murray]] (15)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The cover seems to have Bluestreak and Bumblebee miscolored as [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Gears]], respectively.<br /> * It seems impossible to believe that [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s sight is of such low resolution as to be ''incapable'' of discerning a [[human]].<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> [[Image:Coneheadsblackrockaerospace.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Blackrock Industries loves making fake jets.]]<br /> * Although this issue features Jetfire as its centerpiece, he is still not a sentient being, but rather just a lifeless construct.<br /> <br /> * In UK issue #37's letter page, Soundwave revealed that Transformers use various types of droids, including [[Mechodrones]] for menial tasks and [[Combat Droid|Combat Droids]] for guard duty. [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] was one such combat droid. He also suggested that makers of [[knockoff]] Shockwave toys might be in for an unpleasant visit by the then Decepticon leader. (But was it simple jealousy, or retool-induced trigger envy?)<br /> <br /> * On page 4, some of the jets being built resemble [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-11.jpg|'''US issue #11''' - Who what where?<br /> Image:MarvelUK-37.jpg|'''UK issue #37''' - Excitement! Danger! Personal stereos!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-38.jpg|'''UK issue #38''' - Nope, still no better...<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Jetfire attacking the miscolored Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #37 cover:''' Buster and various story events, by [[John Ridgway]].<br /> * '''UK issue #38 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * MASK toys by Kenner - inside front cover<br /> * Morphodroids toys (transforming toys with wired remote control) - back cover<br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Last_Stand&diff=336999 2009-07-23T21:02:13Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the comic issue in the Marvel US Comics|the [[Titan Books]] collection|Last Stand}}<br /> <br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #4<br /> |prev=Prisoner of War!<br /> |next=The New Order<br /> |title=&quot;The Last Stand&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #7–8<br /> |prev2=Prisoner of War!<br /> |next2=Man of Iron!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-04.jpg<br /> |caption=Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's... oh. It actually ''is'' a [[Seeker (body-type)|plane]].<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=[[December 4]], 1984<br /> |coverdate=March 1985<br /> |writer=[[Jim Salicrup]]<br /> |pencils=[[Frank Springer]]<br /> |inks=[[Ian Akin]], [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[John Workman]]<br /> |editor=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> '''The Autobots make a desperate gamble to defeat the Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Some of the [[Autobot|Autobots]] accuse Sparkplug of betraying them by giving the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] the fuel conversion they needed. Panicked, Sparkplug and his son attempt to escape, but when Jazz blocks their path with a wall of flame, Sparkplug suffers a heart attack. He is rushed to the hospital by Ratchet.<br /> <br /> Huffer tells Optimus about a discovery he made in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s memory banks: Just after the ship crashed, its barely functional computers detected the Decepticon Shockwave arriving on [[Earth]] in pursuit. With the last of its power, the Ark modified five Autobot warriors to combat him, thus creating the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. They traveled in a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to confront Shockwave, at which point contact was lost. Huffer has Ratchet dispatch a probe to search for the lost Dinobots.<br /> <br /> At the hospital, Sparkplug undergoes emergency treatment and dreams of his Army service in Korea, where he was forced to repair North Korean vehicles. He further recalls sabotaging those vehicles...<br /> <br /> With no new fuel sources forthcoming, the remaining Autobots are forced to make a desperate gamble to fight the Decepticons one last time. All the Autobots sacrifice their remaining fuel resources to Optimus Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage. These five prepare to fight the Decepticons within the [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] that the Ark has crashed into, as the Decepticons arrive to destroy the Autobots once and for all. <br /> <br /> In the Savage Land, Huffer's probe has found something and starts to dig it out—until a giant purple hand crushes it...<br /> <br /> Although the Decepticons begin to win the battle by virtue of their greater numbers, at the moment of apparent victory, the Decepticons all fall, writhing in internal agony. As he reveals to Buster at the hospital, Sparkplug had corrupted the fuel he provided to the Decepticons, and they are now poisoned. Optimus Prime proclaims the debt that they, and the entire world, owe to Sparkplug Witwicky.<br /> <br /> But suddenly, a gigantic blast from above knocks out all the Autobot troops... and Shockwave stands supreme! <br /> <br /> &quot;NOT the end...&quot;<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)<br /> * [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (2)<br /> * [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (3)<br /> * [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (6)<br /> * [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (7)<br /> * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (8)<br /> * [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (9)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)<br /> * [[Gears]] (11)<br /> * [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (12)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (13)<br /> * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)<br /> * [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (30)<br /> * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (31)<br /> * [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (32)<br /> * [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (33)<br /> * [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (34)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (35)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (18)<br /> * [[Decepticon medic (Marvel Comics)|Decepticon medic]](19)<br /> * [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (20–22)<br /> **[[Spyglass]] (20)<br /> **[[Spectro]] (21)<br /> **[[Viewfinder]] (22)<br /> * [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (23)<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (24)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (25)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (26)<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (27)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (29)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (36)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (37)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (38)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (4)<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (5)<br /> * [[&quot;O&quot;]] (15)<br /> * [[Mister &quot;O&quot;]] (16)<br /> * [[Jesse]] (17)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The final battle mentions only Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage were kept operational for the battle with the Decepticons, but throughout the battle, Sunstreaker is present alongside those four, and is seen standing by Prime after the Decepticons' defeat. He's so good he doesn't even need fuel to fight, it seems.<br /> * Mirage's arm is bitten off by Ravage, but it is reattached later.<br /> * Many coloring errors throughout the issue. In particular, several Autobots are colored as Gears.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' [[Ted Koppel]] (voice only), the [[Roland|Rolands]], ballet girls, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Sparkplug's Army buddy, North Koreans, hospital crew, [[United States military]].<br /> * Advertised as part 4 in a 4-issue limited series, but the ending and letter column both make clear that issue [[The New Order|#5]] of what was now an ongoing was forthcoming.<br /> * According to a text box in the letter column, ''Transformers'' #5 was originally going to be drawn by the team of &quot;[[wikipedia:Vincent_Giarrano|Vince Giarrano]], penciling superstar-in-the-making&quot; and &quot;[[Brad Joyce]], inker extraordinare&quot;. This did not come to pass, and while Joyce did eventually ink issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], Giarrano would never work on the series.<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s original character model (based on the Macross Valkyrie) appears in the first panel of the second page, but he is miscolored and partially obscured by Huffer's arm.<br /> * An [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg alternate ending] was scripted and drawn for a UK reprint of issue #4 in Transformers: The Complete Works, Volume 2; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. Some have theorised that this ending was created by the US comics in case the series failed to progress past issue #4. However, the art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different to Springer's so it seems much more likely that this version was simply drawn for the UK printing by one of their own artists.<br /> * A second alternate ending was published in the ''Federal Comics Super Special edition''. It expands the second panel of the penultimate page (or, the second panel from the link within the previous note) into a final splash page, eliminating the other panels entirely. Additionally, any page that mentioned the Shockwave subplot was dropped.<br /> <br /> ===Covers===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-04.jpg|'''US issue #4''' - Rare Brown Megatron appears!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-7.jpg|'''UK issue #7''' - Megatron isn't even allowed on the UK cover<br /> Image:MarvelUK-8.jpg|'''UK issue #8''' - Megatron took first in the Prime Press contest<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US issue #4 cover:''' the final battle, by [[Mark Texeira]].<br /> * '''UK issue #7 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''UK issue #8 cover:''' Megatron holds the defeated Optimus Prime overhead, by [[Barry Kitson]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * GoBots motorized model kits - inside front cover (US comic).<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/#1f &quot;Is it true there was an alternate version of #4?&quot; at Tfarchive.com]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Stand}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_Last_Stand&diff=336997 2009-07-23T20:59:55Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Advertisements */</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the comic issue in the Marvel US Comics|the [[Titan Books]] collection|Last Stand}}<br /> <br /> {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #4<br /> |prev=Prisoner of War!<br /> |next=The New Order<br /> |title=&quot;The Last Stand&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #7–8<br /> |prev2=Prisoner of War!<br /> |next2=Man of Iron!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-04.jpg<br /> |caption=Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's... oh. It actually ''is'' a [[Seeker (body-type)|plane]].<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=[[December 4]], 1984<br /> |coverdate=March 1985<br /> |writer=[[Jim Salicrup]]<br /> |pencils=[[Frank Springer]]<br /> |inks=[[Ian Akin]], [[Brian Garvey]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[John Workman]]<br /> |editor=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> '''The Autobots make a desperate gamble to defeat the Decepticons.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Some of the [[Autobot|Autobots]] accuse Sparkplug of betraying them by giving the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] the fuel conversion they needed. Panicked, Sparkplug and his son attempt to escape, but when Jazz blocks their path with a wall of flame, Sparkplug suffers a heart attack. He is rushed to the hospital by Ratchet.<br /> <br /> Huffer tells Optimus about a discovery he made in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s memory banks: Just after the ship crashed, its barely functional computers detected the Decepticon Shockwave arriving on [[Earth]] in pursuit. With the last of its power, the Ark modified five Autobot warriors to combat him, thus creating the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. They traveled in a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to confront Shockwave, at which point contact was lost. Huffer has Ratchet dispatch a probe to search for the lost Dinobots.<br /> <br /> At the hospital, Sparkplug undergoes emergency treatment and dreams of his Army service in Korea, where he was forced to repair North Korean vehicles. He further recalls sabotaging those vehicles...<br /> <br /> With no new fuel sources forthcoming, the remaining Autobots are forced to make a desperate gamble to fight the Decepticons one last time. All the Autobots sacrifice their remaining fuel resources to Optimus Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage. These five prepare to fight the Decepticons within the [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] that the Ark has crashed into, as the Decepticons arrive to destroy the Autobots once and for all. <br /> <br /> In the Savage Land, Huffer's probe has found something and starts to dig it out—until a giant purple hand crushes it...<br /> <br /> Although the Decepticons begin to win the battle by virtue of their greater numbers, at the moment of apparent victory, the Decepticons all fall, writhing in internal agony. As he reveals to Buster at the hospital, Sparkplug had corrupted the fuel he provided to the Decepticons, and they are now poisoned. Optimus Prime proclaims the debt that they, and the entire world, owe to Sparkplug Witwicky.<br /> <br /> But suddenly, a gigantic blast from above knocks out all the Autobot troops... and Shockwave stands supreme! <br /> <br /> &quot;NOT the end...&quot;<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)<br /> * [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (2)<br /> * [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (3)<br /> * [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (6)<br /> * [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (7)<br /> * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (8)<br /> * [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (9)<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)<br /> * [[Gears]] (11)<br /> * [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (12)<br /> * [[Bluestreak]] (13)<br /> * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)<br /> * [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (30)<br /> * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (31)<br /> * [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (32)<br /> * [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (33)<br /> * [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (34)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (35)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (18)<br /> * [[Decepticon medic (Marvel Comics)|Decepticon medic]](19)<br /> * [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (20–22)<br /> **[[Spyglass]] (20)<br /> **[[Spectro]] (21)<br /> **[[Viewfinder]] (22)<br /> * [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (23)<br /> * [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (24)<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (25)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (26)<br /> * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (27)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (29)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (36)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (37)<br /> * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (38)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (4)<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (5)<br /> * [[&quot;O&quot;]] (15)<br /> * [[Mister &quot;O&quot;]] (16)<br /> * [[Jesse]] (17)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The final battle mentions only Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage were kept operational for the battle with the Decepticons, but throughout the battle, Sunstreaker is present alongside those four, and is seen standing by Prime after the Decepticons' defeat. He's so good he doesn't even need fuel to fight, it seems.<br /> * Mirage's arm is bitten off by Ravage, but it is reattached later.<br /> * Many coloring errors throughout the issue. In particular, several Autobots are colored as Gears.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' [[Ted Koppel]] (voice only), the [[Roland|Rolands]], ballet girls, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Sparkplug's Army buddy, North Koreans, hospital crew, [[United States military]].<br /> * Advertised as part 4 in a 4-issue limited series, but the ending and letter column both make clear that issue [[The New Order|#5]] of what was now an ongoing was forthcoming.<br /> * According to a text box in the letter column, ''Transformers'' #5 was originally going to be drawn by the team of &quot;[[wikipedia:Vincent_Giarrano|Vince Giarrano]], penciling superstar-in-the-making&quot; and &quot;[[Brad Joyce]], inker extraordinare&quot;. This did not come to pass, and while Joyce did eventually ink issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], Giarrano would never work on the series.<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s original character model (based on the Macross Valkyrie) appears in the first panel of the second page, but he is miscolored and partially obscured by Huffer's arm.<br /> * An [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg alternate ending] was scripted and drawn for a UK reprint of issue #4 in Transformers: The Complete Works, Volume 2; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. Some have theorised that this ending was created by the US comics in case the series failed to progress past issue #4. However, the art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different to Springer's so it seems much more likely that this version was simply drawn for the UK printing by one of their own artists.<br /> * A second alternate ending was published in the ''Federal Comics Super Special edition''. It expands the second panel of the penultimate page (or, the second panel from the link within the previous note) into a final splash page, eliminating the other panels entirely. Additionally, any page that mentioned the Shockwave subplot was dropped.<br /> <br /> ===Covers===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-04.jpg|'''US issue #4''' - Rare Brown Megatron appears!<br /> Image:MarvelUK-7.jpg|'''UK issue #7''' - Megatron isn't even allowed on the UK cover<br /> Image:MarvelUK-8.jpg|'''UK issue #8''' - Megatron took first in the Prime Press contest<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US issue #4 cover:''' the final battle, by [[Mark Texeira]].<br /> * '''UK issue #7 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> * '''UK issue #8 cover:''' Megatron holds the defeated Optimus Prime overhead, by [[Barry Kitson]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * Advertisement for GoBots motorized model kits inside front cover (US comic).<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/#1f &quot;Is it true there was an alternate version of #4?&quot; at Tfarchive.com]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Stand}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=The_New_Order&diff=336987 2009-07-23T20:40:57Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #5<br /> |prev=The Last Stand<br /> |next=The Worse of Two Evils!<br /> |title=&quot;The New Order&quot;<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #22–23<br /> |prev2=Raiders of the Last Ark<br /> |next2=The Worse of Two Evils!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-05.jpg<br /> |caption=Every time [[The Cure!|I see you falling]], I get down on my knees and pray.<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=February, 1985<br /> |coverdate=June 1985<br /> |script=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |art=[[Alan Kupperberg]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Rick Parker]]<br /> |editor=[[Christopher J. Priest|Jim Owsley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Shockwave has destroyed the Autobots, and begins his plans for the conquest of Earth.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Within the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Shockwave observes a number of [[human]] [[television]] programs, and judges [[Earth]]'s natives as quite primitive. As he walks past the deactivated [[Autobot|Autobots]], now strung from the ceiling for use as spare parts, he concludes that conquest of the planet &quot;will be a simple task indeed.&quot;<br /> <br /> Elsewhere in the vessel, the poisoned [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] are being revived. Shockwave explains to Megatron that, in light of this humiliating defeat, his leadership was clearly faulty, and it is only logical for Shockwave to take command. The weakened Megatron is in no condition to disagree... yet. Shockwave flies off to undertake his first conquest.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, as Sparkplug recovers from his heart attack, he makes Buster promise not to have anything more to do with the Transformers. Ratchet takes Buster back to the Ark to say his good-byes, only to discover that the Decepticons have taken over. Buster convinces Ratchet to stay outside while he sneaks in to investigate. Buster discovers the deactivated Autobots and despairs. When he realizes that Optimus Prime is not among them, he holds out hope, only to have that hope destroyed when he discovers Prime's detached head located in another room. Prime, still functional, informs Buster that he is the Autobots' last hope.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (1)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (5)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)<br /> |c3=<br /> * [[Charlene Welles]] (2)<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (3)<br /> * [[Circuit Breaker|Josie Beller]] (4)<br /> * [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (6)<br /> * [[Mel]] (8)<br /> * [[Gus (The New Order)|Gus]] (9)<br /> * [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (10)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * In a flashback, one of the Decepticons flying to their fortress appears to be Shockwave, who had not yet rejoined the Decepticons.<br /> * Numerous errors occur in the slabs-of-beef scene of the Autobots hanging from the ceiling:<br /> ** Several Autobots are randomly colored like [[Gears]], including Trailbreaker, Ironhide and Bumblebee. Cliffjumper is colored like Bumblebee, and Windcharger has Brawn's colors.<br /> ** Ironhide, meanwhile, has inexplicably gone from being pretty much okay at the end of last issue, to being a legless, one-armed torso stuck on the end of a pole.<br /> ** Trailbreaker's car-mode hood is shown cracked and shattered as if it were a windshield.<br /> ** Jazz has a totally made-up head.<br /> ** Wheeljack is missing his &quot;ears&quot;.<br /> * Sunstreaker is colored blue and red when Shockwave blasts him, and colored like Sideswipe when he's later seen lying on the floor.<br /> * The severe damage inflicted on Mirage last issue is nowhere to be seen -- he's got both his arms and his chest/head are intact. To be fair, this same damage disappeared before the previous issue even concluded.<br /> * Frenzy and Rumble are [[FIRRIB|both blue]]. A moment later, one of them is purple and pink.<br /> * Ratchet has a blue chest when he transforms, even though the same prominent area is white when he's an ambulance in the previous panel.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' on television: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows (these 3 not in UK reprint, see below), Mrs. Shummway, Monty Hall, soap opera stars, sports announcer (voice only); dead Autobots: [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Gears]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Bluestreak]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]; healing Decepticons: [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]; flashback: [[Big Red]]; [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], hospital employees, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]].<br /> * According to a text box in US issue [[The Last Stand|#4]], this story was originally going to be drawn by the team of &quot;[[wikipedia:Vincent_Giarrano|Vince Giarrano]], penciling superstar-in-the-making&quot; and &quot;[[Brad Joyce]], inker extraordinaire&quot;. This did not come to pass, and while Joyce did eventually ink issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], Giarrano would never work on the series.<br /> * In a panel on page 9 of US issue #5, Shockwave blasts the body of an unnamed Autobot. It is [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s [[character model]], but the blue and red colors are completely wrong for Sunstreaker. However, given Sunstreaker's absence in the scene on page 4 of US issue [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#9]], which is meant to include all the Autobots, and the appearance of his damaged body in [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], the repair of which is noted to be unlikely, plus Yomtov's penchant for completely messing up the colors, it seems reasonable that Sunstreaker is the Autobot.<br /> * In the US version of the story, the first page illustrates a scene from the classic [[Television|TV]] series ''[[The Honeymooners]]''. However, in the UK reprint, a publicity still from the contemporary (at the time) series ''[[V]]'' was used instead.<br /> * The entire issue is devoid of any standard comic sound effects such as &quot;BUTHROOM&quot; or &quot;KA-BLAM&quot;<br /> * Starting with page 15 of the US comic, the speech balloons for Transformers characters changed style abruptly from rectangular boxes to rounded balloons that sometimes had zig zags in the part indicating which character was speaking. This type of speech balloon would continue to be used through issue #9.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-05.jpg|'''US issue #5''' - Shockwave really needs to invest in a pen.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-22.jpg|'''UK issue #22''' - Nice little corner logo.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-23.jpg|'''UK issue #23''' - Yes, where is he? Inside, you dolt!<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US issue #5 cover:''' Iconic cover of Shockwave who burned (The Transformers) &quot;Are All Dead&quot; into the wall by [[Mark Bright]]. The cover is possibly the most well-known of all Transformers comics and has been homaged (or reproduced) in official media at least three times: once in a UK comic mini-poster (which was much later used as an issue cover), once in a panel of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within]]'' series, and again as a cover of [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|''The Reign of Starscream'' #1]].<br /> * '''UK issue #22 cover:''' reuse of US cover art.<br /> * '''UK issue #23 cover:''' Buster amongst the dead Autobots, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:New Order}}<br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=I,_Robot-Master!&diff=336983 2009-07-23T20:26:17Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Quotes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #15<br /> |prev=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |next=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |title=I, Robot-Master!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #55–56<br /> |prev2=Rock and Roll-Out!<br /> |next2=Plight of the Bumblebee!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-15.jpg<br /> |caption=&quot;I'll control the Transformers when I feel like it! GOSH!&quot;<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=December 1985<br /> |coverdate=April 1986<br /> |writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |penciler=[[Don Perlin]]<br /> |inker=[[Keith Williams]]<br /> |colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]<br /> |editor=[[Michael Carlin]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Introducing the dorkiest terrorist the world has ever known.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Megatron hungers! The displaced [[Decepticon]], wandering across the landscape in a desperate search for fuel, is rendered immobile in a coal mine when he finally runs out of energy.<br /> <br /> The [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] scrambles for a way to explain the presence of giant robots to the public that will calm panic, despite the efforts of G.B. Blackrock to convince I.I.I. that the [[Autobot|Autobots]] can be Earth's allies. The agency's staff is sent home to come up with a viable cover story and told not to return to work without a proposal. <br /> <br /> I.I.I. agent Walter Barnett is inspired by his son's comic book, ''[[Robot-Master (comic)|Robot Master]]''. I.I.I. prepares to spin their story. ''Robot Master'''s writer, Donny Finkelberg, has just lost his job with [[Marvel Comics]]. He readily accepts a lunch proposition from Barnett to discuss the idea... and even more readily accepts an offer to actually play the role.<br /> <br /> The next day, broadcast television across the continent is interrupted by a ranting costumed supervillain, '''Robot Master!''' He claims that ''all'' the [[Transformer|Transformers]] are under his control. Reactions are varied; the Autobots are baffled, and turn to Blackrock for answers.<br /> <br /> The next day, a second broadcast takes advantage of the inert Megatron, whose presence bolsters the government's claims. This broadcast gains the attention of both the Autobots and the Decepticon Soundwave, who undertakes a mission to free Megatron. The Autobots, knowing the presence of Megatron to be a threat, also roll out to collect him.<br /> <br /> The Autobots drive to the coal mine, but are met with resistance from the [[human]] [[United States military|military]], which does not recognize the Autobots as anything other than a threat. Soundwave, Laserbeak and Ravage arrive at the coal mine with fuel for Megatron, who becomes mobile again. The four Decepticons go on a rampage against the human military; the damaged Autobots are in no condition to help the humans, and are forced to retreat. <br /> <br /> Ravage finds Finkelberg; although Megatron wishes to kill &quot;Robot Master&quot; for claiming to control him, Finkleberg is able to convince the Decepticons that, by continuing to convince the humans that the Autobots are as much a threat to them as the Decepticons, the Autobots' efforts might continue to be thwarted. Finkleberg is spared, for now...<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;I bet the Communists are behind this!&quot;&lt;br/&gt;<br /> &quot;I bet the P.L.O. is behind this!&quot;&lt;br/&gt;<br /> &quot;''I bet the GOVERNMENT is behind this!!''&lt;br/&gt;<br /> :— two '''average Joes''' and '''G.B. Blackrock''' register their reactions to &quot;Robot Master&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Are his circuits disconnected? Who ''is'' this mad human?&quot;<br /> :— '''Bumblebee''' reacts to &quot;Robot Master&quot;'s first broadcast<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Transform...and roll out.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' leading the Autobots out of the Ark (first time used in the comic).<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;...Mull this over -- how long do you think the Decepticons are going to<br /> tolerate this clown claiming to be their leader? I mean, cigarette<br /> smoking isn't going to be the only hazard to this guy's health! I hope<br /> he's made out his will!&quot;<br /> :— '''G.B. Blackrock''' tells Triple-I how it is.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Do not judge humans too harshly, Autobots. They are only capable of<br /> acting upon what they understand... and apparently they do not yet<br /> understand ''us''.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' leads his battered troops away from the attacking humans.<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (5)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (8)<br /> * [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (9)<br /> * [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (10)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (11)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (4)<br /> * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (13)<br /> * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (14)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (15)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (6)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Walter Barnett]] (2)<br /> * [[Forrest Forsythe]] (3)<br /> * [[Donny Finkleberg]] (7)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * The reader is required to assume that the media never notices that Finkleberg's assumed persona is identical to a comic book, that the creator of that comic book is missing, and that he bears a strong resemblance to this &quot;real&quot; Robot-Master. Apparently, the comic is absurdly unpopular.<br /> * On page 8, Wheeljack has Hoist's color scheme.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> *''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' I.I.I. has been looking for a way to deal with the issue of the Transformers since [[Rock and Roll-Out!|last issue]].<br /> * The title is presumably an homage to the classic SF collection ''[[wikipedia:I,_Robot|I, Robot]]'' by Isaac Asimov.<br /> * The title of Finkleberg's proposed ''Potato Salad Man'' graphic novel, &quot;This Man, This Mayonnaise,&quot; is a reference to the famous ''Fantastic Four'' story, &quot;This Man, This Monster.&quot; It could also (theoretically) be taken as a reference to [[Hasbro]]'s Mr. Potato Head.<br /> * This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection &quot;[[Cybertron Redux]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-15.jpg|'''US issue #15''' - Donny: International Hero.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-55.jpg|'''UK issue #55''' - They changed the corner box, how sweet.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-56.jpg|'''UK issue #56''' - Make sure you don't let YOUR Megatron swallow netting.<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''<br /> Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Robot-Master comic, by [[Herb Trimpe]].<br /> * '''UK issue #55 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover, with the top left hand corner box for ''Robot Master'' changed to fit the Marvel UK style and price.<br /> * '''UK issue #56 cover:''' Megatron blasting coal mine equipment, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].<br /> * '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[Smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] &amp; [[Chris Blythe]].<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

NeilJam https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Repeat_Performance!&diff=336979 2009-07-23T20:15:05Z

<p>NeilJam: /* Items of note */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #8<br /> |prev=Warrior School!<br /> |next=DIS-Integrated Circuits!<br /> |title=Repeat Performance!<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #27–28<br /> |prev2=Warrior School!<br /> |next2=Decepticon Dam-Busters!<br /> |image=MarvelUS-08.jpg<br /> |caption=Jurassic Spark<br /> |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]<br /> |date=May 1985<br /> |coverdate=September 1985<br /> |script=[[Bob Budiansky]]<br /> |pencils=[[William Johnson]]<br /> |inks=[[Kyle Baker]]<br /> |colors=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]<br /> |letters=[[Rick Parker]]<br /> |editor=[[Christopher J. Priest|Jim Owsley]]<br /> |continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Ratchet recovers the Dinobots, and together they fight Megatron.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> Ratchet journeys by [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to locate the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who fought Shockwave there shortly after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crash-landed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. He uses his [[M.A.R.B.]] to locate Cybertronian life deep in a tarpit. After a lot of digging, he locates Slag, and uses a memory probe to view the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, and their subsequent entombment. Slag awakens and, after recognizing Ratchet as an [[Autobot]], readily agrees to help finish the job they'd started: destroying Shockwave.<br /> <br /> Shockwave checks in on Megatron, who has been left to guard the Ark alone. Megatron has prepared the head of Optimus Prime for transport to the aerospace plant recently captured by the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]; Shockwave is pleased and comments that he may have to raise his odds-of-having-to-destroy-Megatron calculations.<br /> <br /> Shockwave returns to the plant with Optimus Prime's head, effortlessly defeating an Army force that has surrounded the plant. Within, he prepares to begin the construction of a new generation of Decepticons, using the Matrix program within Prime. <br /> <br /> Ratchet contacts Megatron, and shows him video footage of the Dinobots defeating Shockwave. With his end of the bargain fulfilled, he arranges for Megatron to meet him on a nearby mountain. When Ratchet arrives, Megatron promptly threatens to kill him. This breaks the bargain... and the hidden Dinobots burst forth from the snow. Turns out Ratchet knew Megatron wouldn't hold up his end of the [[Rite of Oneness]], and the video was from the Dinobots' tussle with Shockwave ''four million years ago''.<br /> <br /> But despite the Dinobots' power, Megatron beats them all, leaving Ratchet to face him alone once more. Determined to fight like a warrior, even to the death, Ratchet tries to carry them both over a cliff edge. Though Megatron doesn't budge, the impact weakens the cliff beneath him, and Megatron is sent tumbling away. He transforms into his gun mode in a desperate effort to survive, but disappears into the snow and is not seen again. With Megatron thus defeated, the Ark and the Autobots are free. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Josie Beller, a series of printed circuit strips laced onto her arm, fires an energy bolt that destroys her hospital room's television. She speculates that she's about ready to check out...<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (1)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)<br /> * [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (5)<br /> * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (6)<br /> * [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (7)<br /> * [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (8)<br /> * [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (9)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (2)<br /> * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)<br /> * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)<br /> |c3=<br /> '''Regulars'''<br /> * [[G.B. Blackrock]] (10)<br /> * [[Circuit Breaker|Josie Beller]] (12)<br /> '''Guests'''<br /> * [[Eliot]] (13)<br /> * [[Casey]] (14)<br /> * [[Sue]] and friend (15)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Errors==<br /> * Megatron still has his off-center [[insignia]]. This is so consistent it has to be intentional, but it's unclear why.<br /> <br /> * Shockwave is colored as Megatron for 2 panels in his battle with the Dinobots.<br /> * When Shockwave arrives at the plant, Soundwave is alone. In the next panel, an oddly colored [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] is on his shoulder and appears to speak for Soundwave (whose mouthplate is miscolored also).<br /> * Josie uses her right hand to operate her computer, but a moment later, that arm is paralyzed.<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> * '''Cameos:''' [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Gears]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (deactivated), reporters, [[United States military|United States Military]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]].<br /> * Although this is advertised as the introduction of the Dinobots, they had actually been introduced in [[The Last Stand|issue #4]]. This issue features their recovery from the Savage Land in the present day.<br /> * The cover features only Grimlock, Slag and Sludge - without Snarl and Swoop. These same three Dinobots were initially introduced in the animated series [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] before their remaining two companions, and the same three only were seen in the [[commercial]] animation for the Dinobot toys. ''Coincidence?''<br /> * Optimus Prime transferred the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] in &quot;[[The Worse of Two Evils!]],&quot; why is Shockwave still able to use it to create new life? Letter columns confirmed that some residual energy remained in Prime's head. This energy was used on the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], but tapped out before [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] could be completed.<br /> * Footnote on page 1 indicates this story takes place before Avengers #257.<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:MarvelUS-08.jpg|'''US issue #8''' - What IS Grimlock doing to Slag?<br /> Image:MarvelUK-27.jpg|'''UK issue #27''' - ... that shaked when he laughed like a bowl full of purple jelly.<br /> Image:MarvelUK-028.jpg|'''UK issue #28''' - &quot;We'll defeat Shockwave with the Dinobots. And a free poster. And an elephant.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> * '''US cover:''' Sludge, Grimlock and Slag, by [[M.D. Bright]].<br /> * '''UK issue #27 cover:''' Shockwave transforming, by [[Robin Smith]].<br /> * '''UK issue #28 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * None yet identified<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Marvel US issues]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]</div>

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