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Club Con!

2020-09-04T22:53:15Z

Schurke8112: /* Continuity notes */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #47
|prev=Ca$h and Car-nage!
|next=The Flames of Boltax!
|title="Club Con!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #194–195
|prev2=Ca$h and Car-nage!
|next2=The Flames of Boltax!
|image=MarvelUS-47.jpg
|caption=Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=August [[1988]]
|coverdate=December 1988
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[José Delbo]]
|inker=[[Dave Hunt]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Bill Oakley]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''"Hi, I'm Starscream. Fly me!"'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Clubconresort.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Do you really want a [[Battlecharger]] handling your luggage?]]
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his advisers are puzzled over the [[Decepticon]]s' latest scheme: [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and his soldiers have converted their desert island headquarters into a tourist resort for [[human]]s called [[Club Con]], even advertising it on [[television]]. It seems clear that this is partially to have an endless supply of human shields and/or hostages to deter [[Autobot]] attacks, but Prime suspects there is more to it. He summons [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for a mission to investigate the island.

Later in [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] and [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] are discussing how worried they are about his missing son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]], when Blaster drops in on them in an [[egg transport]]. He has a plan to sneak onto Club Con, but needs a human "owner" to carry him in. Sparkplug is more than willing to jump at the chance to help find and free Buster, but Jesse gently reminds him that he's too old and ugly to fit in at a resort. She offers to take his place on the surveillance mission, and Blaster accepts.

In the mechanical tower that sits just beneath the surface of Club Con, Ratbat is extraordinarily anxious about the success of their latest "operation", as it has been issued from High Command back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

As Jesse and the disguised Blaster arrive on Club Con, they are greeted by the club's manager, [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. At the beach, Jesse leaves Blaster to his surveillance work and goes for a swim. Out past the safety buoys, though, she runs into a school of [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] patrolling the waters, and sees them enter the mechanical construction underneath the island. Returning to the beach, she gathers up a recalcitrant Blaster in a waterproof baggie and takes him back down to the airlock she saw the Seacons enter earlier.

[[File:ClubCon-ptoo.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|They must lose their flavor quickly.]]
Sneaking around, Jesse spots a human-sized door, and enters it to find Buster held prisoner inside. Blaster questions him about the Decepticons' plans, and Buster relates what he has overheard. Several hundred years ago, the Autobots of Cybertron sent specially-encoded information to [[Earth]] on a pair of [[Mini-Cassette]]s. The message craft was damaged on arrival, though, and the cassettes wound up in a pirate's treasure chest, only for that pirate ship to be sunk in the middle of the ocean. The Decepticons of Cybertron recently learned of this long-lost mission and, suspecting the value of the information, commanded Ratbat and the Decepticons of Earth to find that sunken treasure chest and the cassettes inside. Club Con is a blind to cover their salvage operation.

Unable to break Buster free without revealing himself, Blaster promises to return when he can. On their way out, however, Jesse and Blaster spot the Seacons returning from the deep, having successfully uncovered the treasure chest. Against Blaster's recriminations, Jesse sneaks over and retrieves the cassettes right from under the Decepticons' olfactory sensors while Snaptrap is praising his team's efficiency to Ratbat. When they notice the missing tapes, though, Ratbat immediately recognizes Jesse's water-dripping footprints as belonging to a fleshling, and sends the Seacons to fetch.

Back on dry land, Jesse is ready to catch the first plane out with Blaster, but the Seacons pop up onto the beach and begin ransacking through the crowd in order to find the cassettes. Blaster feels compelled to transform and protect the humans, but is quickly overwhelmed by the six Seacons. Out of necessity, he spits the cassettes back out into the water, and transforms back into his smaller form in the confusion. Armed with the information but not the cassettes themselves, Blaster leaves with Jesse and vows to return as soon as he can.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (8)
*[[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (10)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (11)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (12) ([[#Artwork and technical errors|see below]])
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (13)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (15)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (16)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (17)
*''[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'' (31) ([[#Continuity errors|see below]])
*''[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]'' (32)
*''[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'' (33)
*''[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'' (34) ([[#Continuity errors|see below]])
*[[Raindance]] (35)
*[[Grand Slam (G1)|Grandslam]] (36)
}}
|c2=
{{collist|2|
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (2)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (3)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (4) ([[#Continuity errors|see below]])
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (5)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (20)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (21)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (22)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (23)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (24)
*[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] (25)
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] (26)
*[[Skalor]] (27)
*[[Nautilator]] (28)
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] (29)
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]] (30)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (37)
}}
|c3=
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (9)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (18)
*[[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ah -- I see '''Ramjet''' arrives with a fresh litter of loathsome fleshlings for me to greet. Sometimes my job can be '''so''' distasteful."
:— '''Starscream'''

"I know you humans generally have a few wires loose, soft-skin, but '''yours''' must be '''completely''' disconnected!" 
"Stop complaining! We got the Autobots, didn't we?" 
"We're gonna get a lot more than that!"
:— '''Blaster''' has learned not to mess with the Seacons; '''Jesse''' has not.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*The cover has the Seacons in various incorrect colors.
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] is erroneously depicted among the Autobots training with Blaster. Not only should he not be with the Autobots, but he was just shown in a television ad (with the Cons) on the previous page.
*Page 4: Grapple is drawn with a smooth, round, "bald" head; it should be angular with several crest pieces.
*Tentakil and Skalor's names are switched on the fifteenth page. However, Seawing says "This way, Skalor." with Skalor right behind him so only Tentakil's line seems out of place. In [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''Transformers Classics'' reprint, two changes were applied to the dialogue to fix these errors: Tentakil now says "C'mon, Skalor" instead of "C'mon, Tentakil", and Seawing says "This way, Seacons" instead of "This way, Skalor".
*Sparkplug says he's working on the car's transmission. Shouldn't he be under the car instead of up top by the carburetor?
*Page 7, panel 1: Club 'Con is drawn as a totally barren island. In the next panel, it's shown with two hills, when the previous panel shows it as a single smooth mound.
*Snapdragon and Apeface's robot modes are missing from their profiles. None of the Nebulan partners are shown, either, a common omission for the back-of-the-book profiles.
*Page 15, panel 5: Blaster's word balloons look like they are coming from Jessie.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Clubconsubmerged.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Those are either huge-ass palm trees or it's a small-ass resort.]]
*Runamuck is depicted among Club Con's staff, a development later ignored by [[Simon Furman]] in the issue "[[Surrender!]]".
*Blaster makes the observation that Starscream has been one of the most murderous beings in the galaxy "over the last few million years" - which is odd since Starscream was actually deactivated on Earth for the past 4 million years!
*It's not clear what exactly Blaster would've done if Jessie HADN'T snuck into the Decepticon base with him. Was he just going to sit there and eavesdrop, or what?
*Jesse seems to have a magic snorkel that lets her go dozens of feet underwater for extended periods.
*The mini-cassette backstory is several layers of continuity nightmare. First, it depicts [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and a normal-sized [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] on Cybertron when they shouldn't be. Next, it assumes the Autobots of Cybertron knew the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew was on Earth several hundred years before the latter group awoke on Earth, which is nonsense because we saw [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] learn the fate of the Earthbound Autobots for the first time in [[The Smelting Pool!|issue #17]], shortly before being transported to Earth themselves in [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|issue #18]]. Then, as we'll see in later issues, the information they send to Earth only becomes relevant in the present... several hundred years after it was first sent. Finally, Blaster was a member of Perceptor's [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on Cybertron and has been continuously serving alongside him and Beachcomber since then. If they sent the message, couldn't he just ask them what it said?
*Club Con uses the same telephone number as the [[Z Foundation]], but [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] and Ratbat weren't working together yet.
*The Decepticons' artificial island has grown exponentially larger since we first saw it back in issue #39. Back then it was just big enough for a few palm trees; here it's a whole resort!

===Continuity notes===
*This is technically the first appearance of the Autobots of Earth since US issue [[Totaled!|#41]]. This issue establishes that Optimus Prime has now officially returned as overall Autobot leader, and Blaster, Grimlock, and Fortress Maximus all seem comfortable being under his command.
*This issue features [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]'s second and final appearance in the US comic (after a one panel cameo in issue #41), seen here training with Blaster aboard the Ark. He will not be seen again. Given the presence of a Battlecharger (see Errors above) in the same scene, plus the fact that he's never named, introduced or explained, his appearance here may possibly be another mistake.
*Some have speculated that Outbacks appearance could be explained as him being part of the Steelhaven crew, and just keeping a low profile during their entire time on Nebulos. This not only explains his random appearances after the crew of the Steelhaven met the Ark Autobots, but it also isn't contradicted by his Marvel UK appearances either, since the Steelhaven left for Nebulos long after the stories featuring him. In fact his near death in UK continuity could even arguably be what caused him to join Fortress Maximus in search of peace.
*Starscream is now fully repaired and back working with the Decepticons as Ratbat's lieutenant commander, after being recovered from the Ark in issue #41.
*Ratbat got his orders for the Club Con operation directly from [[Decepticon Imperial Headquarters]]. This is the first and last time they would be mentioned.
*Blaster mentions something called the Prime Matrix.
*Both Blaster and the two Autobot cassettes travel in [[egg transport|tiny egg-shaped capsules]].
*Jesse's fashion sense has gotten a lot more 80s-tastic since the last time we saw her.
*Missing a chance to hype up his toy's cassette compatibility, Blaster literally ''spits'' the Autobot cassettes out! ''Ptoo!''

===Real-life references===
*Starscream's opening line, "Hi, I'm Starscream. Fly me!" is a literal take on a somewhat suggestive 1971 National Airlines ad campaign.
*The Decepticons have claimed their island/spaceship as a sovereign nation and declared Buster as its monarch to prevent interference by humans due to international law. This legal reasoning is not dissimilar to the real world case of the {{w|Principality of Sealand}}.
*Blaster makes a short visit to Sparkplug in [[Portland]]; Jesse recalls snorkeling at [[Key West]].

===Other trivia===
*Instead of publishing a new ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' limited series, Marvel began shortening the main stories and including profiles for the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]-era and beyond characters in the back.

===Bot Roster===
*Autobots: 75 active, as the ''Steelhaven'''s crew joins the Ark; 5 bodyless Throttlebots. (80 total)
*Ratbat's Decepticons: 46 active as the Seacons join the crew and some - presumably all - of the formerly captive Decepticons are restored; 4 offline/missing. (50 total)
*Scorponok's Decepticons: 25 active.

===Character profiles===
{{collist|4|
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Apeface]]
}}

===UK printing===
'''Issue #194'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' - "Unmaskings"
*This is the last time a cover featuring a US artist would appear on a UK Transformers comic. It was a heavily edited (and mirrored) version of the US cover for this story, with the addition of a thought balloon for Jesse and a banner proclaiming the return of the Seacons. The recoloring of the cover was also striking — the Seacons now are more accurate to their usual color models and Jesse's bikini was changed to green to match the interior story.
*While in the US, this story was the Seacons' first first appearance, in the UK, the Seacons had their debut in issue [[Enemy Action!|#152]].
*In the UK continuity Starscream was revived quite some time earlier, way back in issue [[Target: 2006|#81]], though he was locked in a pod in issue #88 and did not come out of it until [[Stargazing|#145]]. But this is still his first appearance back with the Decepticons for UK readers as well. Starscream's conversation with Ratbat had minor changes so his excuse for not using Ratbat's title is now attributed to having spent such a long time in a life support pod rather than having recently been brought back on line.
*Outback appears to have dropped on to Earth for just this issue. In his [[...The Harder They Die!|other]] [[Underworld!|appearances]] in the UK comics, he was always on Cybertron.
*The splash page for this issue was edited, removing reference to the Underbase Saga as a 4-part epic. In the UK, it was printed over 9 issues, and was interrupted halfway through for the epic "[[Time Wars]]".
*In ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Dread Tidings]]'', [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] reveals that [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] left the [[variable voltage harness]] behind for use on any mistake-prone [[Stubbie]]s. He also foreshadows the appearance of [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] in "Time Wars".

'''Issue #195'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Jungle Moves", ''[[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]]'', and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].
*The ''Death's Head'' "backup strip" this issue is actually a one-page comic strip meant as an advertisement for Death's Head's own regular series. The UK comics often blurred the line between backup strips and advertisements.
*In ''Dread Tidings'', Dreadwind confirms that he is 4 million, 60 thousand, 3 hundred and forty two years old, and still reads comics.

====IDW ''Transformers Classics'' edits====
[[File:Club Con Marvel UK US IDW reprint.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.0|Ma E.T. want to go to shrinking island!]]
IDW's reprint of this issue was created using a scan of a physical copy. As a result of the poor quality paper used by Marvel US (especially when compared to the Marvel UK printing, which had access to the original artwork masters and used better quality paper, resulting in much cleaner lineart overall), combined with possible printing defects, a lot of the lineart is either washed out, or actually had to be retouched to "restore" any semblance of lineart ''at all'', occasionally leading to outright ''atrocious'' results.
*Page 2 is just a mess overall. In the first panel alone, the family's mother sitting inside Starsream's cockpit became the victim of such severe misinterpretion that IDW's reprint gave her a tiny blotch for a head on top of what only barely resembles a body, while the dog sitting between her and her son was completely eliminated from the artwork. The opposing side of Starscream's cockpit hull was misinterpreted as part of the canopy, thus losing the linart separating them, the color of the water (which was originally a green-ish blue in the Marvel US printing and veered more towards blue in the UK version) became outright ''green'', and the island in the upper right corner of the panel became a distorted mess that rivals the infamous defaced painting ''{{W|Ecce Homo (Martínez and Giménez, Borja)|Ecce Homo}}'' in terms of how poorly it was retouched, with the waves surrounding it just becoming vague white shapes with barely any traces of lineart left at all.
{{--}}

===Covers (3)===
*'''US issue #47 cover:''' Overbite attacking Jessie, by [[Bob Budiansky]] and [[Kevin Nowlan]].
*'''UK issue #194 cover:''' Reuse of US cover with a word balloon.
*'''UK issue #195 cover:''' Snaptrap blasts Blaster, by [[Stephen Baskerville]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-47.jpg|'''US issue #47''' - All the better to eat you with my dear.
File:MarvelUK-194.jpg|'''UK issue #194''' - I... don't get it. CHEW?
File:MarvelUK-195.jpg|'''UK issue #195''' - This is what happens when you don't put anti-blaster cream on before going out in the sun.
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
====US====
*''Buck Rogers'' and ''Dragonlance'' board games from TSR (Inside cover)
*Engine-powered model ''Airwolf'' helicopter by Cox Hobbies - between pages 4 & 5
*''Gun Smoke'' game for the NES by CAPCOM - between pages 5 & 6
*Nintendo Game & Watch micro (hand-held digital) games - between pages 9 & 10
*Bubble Yum "Show us your bubble!" photo contest - between pages 12 & 13
*Marvel Super Mart - between pages 12 & 13
*Nickelodeon-themed merchandise mail-in promo - between pages 15 & 16
*Bullpen Bulletins and checklist - between pages 19 & 20
*Marvel Comics' "Inferno" comic arc (''Uncanny X-Men'', ''New Mutants'', ''X Factor'') - after main story
*Marvel comics subscription information
*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' video game from Ultra Games (Inside rear cover)
*Candilicious candies (Rear cover)

====UK====
'''Issue 194'''
*Action Force Official Collector Card album - page 9
*Death's Head - page 14
*Gold Distribution Transformers, Action Force and Doctor Who videos - page 16
*Weeto's circus games promotion - back cover

'''Issue 195'''
*Action Force Official Collector Card album - page 9
*Death's Head - page 14
*Classifieds - page 22
*Weetabix ET stickers promotion - back cover

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Dark Star]]'' TPB:''' Starscream, [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], Overbite, [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]], and half a [[Mecannibal]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''Dark Star'' hardcover:''' Starscream victorious by [[Seth Fisher]] and [[Chris Blythe]].
*'''''[[Classic Transformers]]'' [[Classic Transformers Volume 4|Volume 4]]:''' Panels from US issues [[Skin Deep|#59]] and [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]], pencils by José Delbo, inks by [[Dave Hunt]] and colours by Nel Yomtov.
*'''''[[The Transformers Classics]]'', [[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 4|Vol. 4]]:''' Starscream by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 13: City of Fear:''''' [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] / [[Zombie]] killing [[Chuffer]] by [[Don Figueroa]] / [[Dan Reed]]
<gallery>
File:Titan-DarkStarSC.jpg|'''''Dark Star'' TPB'''
File:Titan-DarkStarHC.jpg|'''''Dark Star'' hardback'''
File:Classic Transformers Vol4.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 4'''
File:TFClassicsVol4.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics'', Vol. 4'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v13.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 13: City of Fear'''''
</gallery>

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[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Firebug!

2020-07-16T23:06:06Z

Schurke8112: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3|Firebug}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #188
|prev=Space Pirates!
|next=Dry Run!
|title="Firebug!"
|image=MarvelUK-188.jpg
|caption=...Oh no he's not!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[October 15|15th October]] [[1988]]
|coverdate=[[October 22|22nd October]] 1988
|plot=[[Simon Furman]]
|script=[[Dan Abnett]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]]
|colour=[[Euan Peters]]
|letters=[[Tom Frame]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Inferno meets his match...'''

==Synopsis==
A meteorite hits the base of [[Mount St. Hilary]], containing a strange creature aboard it. The next day, an [[Autobot]] [[Ark shuttlecraft#"Dome"-type|shuttlecraft]] carrying the [[Advance Surveillance Unit]] lands on the other side and its passengers disembark, activating its [[scan cloak]]. [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] reminds [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] that [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] wants a permanent reconnaissance base on [[Earth]] to increase their knowledge of the terrain. Inferno guesses that this is to prevent a repeat of the disaster when the [[Wrecker]]s attacked [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Broadside is angry because the Wreckers didn't know where they'd arrive, but Sandstorm prevents a fight. He then notices a fire in the distance and transforms into his new buggy mode to check it out.

[[File:A Firebug.jpg|thumb|left]]
Sandstorm discovers an entire town ablaze. Changing to his helicopter mode he notices something in the shadows but it disappears before he can reach it. Broadside orders Sandstorm to return to base, but the latter argues that they must help the humans. Broadside reiterates that they must maintain non-intervention, but Inferno agrees with Sandstorm that they have a duty to protect all lifeforms. Broadside agrees to go but tells the others that if asked they are investigating a sighting of Galvatron.

Soon after arriving, Inferno and Broadside have the fire under control. But Broadside can't extinguish one section. Inferno soon recognises the creature at its centre—a [[Firebug (G1)|Firebug]]! The creature escapes as Inferno explains that it is from the planet [[Furnacia]], feeds on high temperatures and combusts matter. Most perished when their planet burnt itself out and the survivors landed on the ice world of [[Thessin]].

The three Autobots pursue the Firebug through the town and eventually corner it. Whilst the [[Triple Changer]]s block its escape with lasers, Inferno douses it with water. Broadside wants to kill the creature but Inferno reminds him they're not murderers. After checking the ship's files on the [[Solar System]], Inferno comes up with an idea. The Firebug is placed in a message pod and dispatched to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], where the creature can live happily in temperatures of over 400 degrees centigrade.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (2)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (4)
|c4=
*[[Firebug (G1)|Unnamed Firebug]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''Scan cloak''' operational. Someone remember where we parked, eh?"
:—'''Sandstorm'''

"[''Thinking''] Wait just a minute! Looks like a big fire over yonder. Just the sort of thing I should be...er, observing."
:—'''Sandstorm'''

"Let's see how he fares against my '''silica gun!''' It'll erode anything it hits...including the '''wrong''' thing!"
:—'''Sandstorm''' accidentally melts some poor shlub's car.

==Notes==

===Artwork and technical errors===
*TBD
===Continuity errors===
*Sandstorm claims that Xaaron had Earthen forms prepared for them despite having the same helicopter mode he used in "[[Target: 2006]]".

===Continuity notes===
*This is the first appearance of Inferno in the present-day timeline, discounting a possible cameo in the flashback in "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]" and an appearance in the annual story "[[Missing in Action]]", which is hard to place in continuity. His [[2008]] counterpart had previously appeared in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]".
*Inferno's previous possible cameo has led to fan speculation that he has been an unseen character on Earth for the past few years and has been assigned as a liaison with the Wreckers. There is nothing in this story itself this that contradicts this theory.
*If we wanted to be really pedantic, it could be argued that Inferno being among the Arks crew and having knowledge of any form of alien life is a bit of a contradiction, because the crew of the Ark were shocked by organic life when they got to Earth, whereas presumably a space-faring race would come across organic life quite often. Even if the Firebug does appear to be mechanical in nature, the chances of Cybertronians getting into space and only finding robotic life seems to be rather slim. The fact that later characters show a complete lack of shock at the sight of organic life indicates that Cybertronians only really got into space travel in the four million year period when the Ark was stuck on Earth. But really this is all down to interpretation.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===Back-up material===
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Visionaries]]'' - "Wings" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''

===Cover===
*'''Issue #188 cover:''' Sandstorm, Inferno, Broadside and the Firebug, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-188.jpg|'''Issue #188'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''[[Transformers Annual 1991]]''''': [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''''[[Transformers: City of Fear]]''''': Broadside, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] take on a horde of [[zombie]]s, by Geoff Senior.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars]]'' #2 cover A:''' The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] run amok, by [[Dan Khanna]] and [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #2 cover RI:''' reuse of a panel from UK issue [[Time Wars|#199]], by [[Andrew Wildman]], [[Stephen Baskerville]] and [[Euan Peters]].
<gallery>
File:Transformers annual 1991.jpg|'''''Transformers Annual 1991'''''
File:TitanCoF.jpg|'''''City of Fear'''''
File:IDWBofUKTW2A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #2 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKTW2RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #2 cover RI'''
</gallery>
*'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' TPB''': reuse of ''Best of UK: Time Wars'' issue #1 cover A.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK]]'' Omnibus''': crop of ''Best of UK: Time Wars'' issue #4 cover A.
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 14: Space Pirates''''': Hot Rod and a scene of the Blaster and Wheeljack strung up
*'''''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Volume 6]] cover:''' General [[Ghyrik]], a [[Quintesson]] Judge, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Snarler]]. Art and colors by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<gallery>
File:IDWBofUKTW.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKOmnibus.jpg|'''''Best of UK'' Omnibus'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v14.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 14'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Dougie Braithwaite]] and [[Dave Harwood]]
File:ClassicsUK6.jpg|'''''Classics UK'' Volume 6 TPB'''
</gallery>

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

King of the Hill!

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #27
|prev=Funeral for a Friend!
|next=Mechanical Difficulties!
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #111–112
|prev2=Funeral for a Friend!
|next2=Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!
|title="King of the Hill!"
|image=MarvelUS-27.jpg
|caption=He's come to Earth to steal all our propane and propane accessories!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=December 1986
|coverdate=April 1987
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler= [[Don Perlin]]
|inker= [[Ian Akin]] & [[Brian Garvey]]
|colorist= [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer= [[Janice Chiang]]
|editor= [[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''As the Autobots attempt to choose a new leader, the Decepticons send the giant Trypticon to capture the Ark.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Democracykingofthehill.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"That bot ain't right, I'll tell ya hwat."]]
[[Rachel Becker]], a student at [[Pacific Northwest University]], is deep in the [[Oregon]] woods on a search for fossils, and finds a strange footprint. [[Robert Paaswell|Her professor]] quickly dismisses the footprint as a hoax, since the edges are clearly mechanically carved. However, none of them can deny the shadowy Pterodactyl-like figure that flies past. They decide to set up camp.

The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] have learned of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime's]] death, and prepare to return to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] intends to forcibly seize leadership of the [[Autobot]]s.

The various commanders among the Autobots gather to select a new leader. Grimlock arrives and demands the position be given to him; the Autobots argue that they need a leader who demonstrates wisdom, compassion, and courage, in addition to being a strong warrior. But Grimlock doesn't care. He departs, and the Dinobots prepare to attack their fellow Autobots.

Meanwhile, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], now leader of the [[Decepticon]]s, persuades [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] fuel auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to use the [[space bridge]] to send the Decepticons' deadliest soldier, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], to launch a surprise attack on the Ark, in hopes of seizing control of its vast resources. Ratbat agrees, but warns that the use of the space bridge is too costly to allow such uses in the future.

When Trypticon arrives in the middle of the night, Rachel is awakened and goes out to investigate. She manages to avoid being seen, but loses her flashlight while running from the enormous Decepticon, and is unable to find her way back to camp.

[[File:Grimlockkingofthehill.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|"You called in a fake propane emergency? That's a $50 fine after I report it."]]
The Dinobots arrive back at the Ark to find that the Autobots are already under attack. As Trypticon is easily defeating the Autobots, most of the Dinobots think that the Decepticon is doing their job for them, but Grimlock has misgivings. As he steps back to consider his options, he is confronted by Rachel, and is impressed when the human fails to flee from him in terror. He leaves her in peace.

Unfortunately for Rachel, she is soon discovered by Trypticon's foot soldier [[Wipe-Out]], who takes her captive and brings her to Trypticon. Grimlock, recognizing the human who had previously impressed him, single-handedly attacks Trypticon. The other Dinobots soon join in, and Trypticon is distracted from his attack upon the Ark. Eventually, Ratbat determines that Trypticon has exceeded his energy budget, and recalls Trypticon back to Cybertron. The Dinobots return to the Ark, leaving Rachel Becker as the sole witness to what has just transpired.

The Autobots, believing that Grimlock has displayed all the qualities one would desire in an Autobot leader by Grimlock's selfless actions against Trypticon, proclaim him their leader.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (4)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (5)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (6)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (8)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (14)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (15)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (16)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (17)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (18)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (19)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (22)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (23)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (24)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (25)
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (26)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (28)
}}
|c2=
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (9)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (10)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (11)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (12)
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (20)
*[[Wipe-Out]] (21)
|c3=
*[[Robert Paaswell]] (1)
*[[Rachel Becker]] (2)
*[[Marty Cooper]] (3)
|c4=
*[[Bunny rabbit]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"Forget the humans! They are weak! They are cowardly! They are '''nothing!'''"
:—'''Grimlock''', misanthrope.

"The '''Autobots''' are our concern! Swoop has been spying on them -- he says their leader, '''Optimus Prime''', is '''dead!''' That is '''good.'''"
:—Tell us how you really feel, '''Grimlock'''


"There it is -- '''the Ark''', headquarters of the wretched '''Autobots!''' ...A '''temporary''' situation, at best."
:—'''Trypticon''' prepares for battle

"Yes, Trypticon. Anything you say, Commander. As you wish, exalted--" 
"'''Just shut up and go!'''"
:—'''Wipe-Out''' and '''Trypticon'''

"Trypticon, your immenseness, sir -- I found this native life form skulking about." 
"Very appetizing, Wipe-Out!...I've never destroyed an '''organic''' lifeform! This should be a most '''enlightening''' experience!"
:—'''Wipe-Out''' and the highly eloquent '''Trypticon'''

"When it comes to fighting, we '''always''' share!" 
"Then you will all share in the '''dying''', fools!"
:—'''Sludge''' and '''Trypticon'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:KingoftheHill-Grimlockhead.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|My forehead grew a few more angles.]]
*Swoop's creature mode is consistently colored with a red head, face and beak; it should be silver (or gold).
*Snarl's dino head is colored blue; it too should be gold.
*Grimlock is drawn by [[Don Perlin]] in this issue with his [[:Image:Grimhead.JPG|later, more complicated head design]] which was used in most of the original cartoon. It's harder to tell in subsequent appearances whether this trend continues (until [[José Delbo]] picked up art duties) because he was seen exclusively wearing his crown, which covers most of the distinguishing detail.
*Page 7: Hot Spot's name is spelled as one word.
*Page 12, Wipe-Out calls his master "T'''yr'''pticon".
*Page 17: Trypticon's whole upper head is colored gold, rather than just the flip-plate that covers his head-mounted laser.

===Continuity errors===
*Grimlock speaks normally, as opposed to his cartoon incarnation's simpler style of speech - consistent with his debut in [[Repeat Performance!|#8]], but contradicting both issue [[Command Performances!|#19]] and pretty much every issue going forward.
*In issue [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#25]], Shockwave's plan was to move the Decepticon base to an actual existing island already on the map. In this issue, the new base is shown to be a Decepticon-created artificial island.
*What happened to all those crazy guns Omega Supreme installed around the Ark just last issue?

===Continuity notes===
*Bob chose Grimlock as leader "for contrast [with Prime], as much as anything else... I thought his different approach would shake up the direction of the book in an exciting way and confound readers’ expectations, which it did". Based on the letters the comic got, some of the readers found Grimlock's rise to power distressing! <ref>http://www.metalmachine.net/blog/2009/11/21/todds-take-with-bob-budiansky-the-architect-of-the-transformers/</ref>
*The debut of Trypticon in this issue can sometimes overshadow that it is also the debut of a much more important character: Ratbat. As with Grimlock, Bob made him a leader to mess with reader expectations.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20140617061800/http://oneshallstand.com/articles/bob_budiansky.html</ref> The idea of a high-ranking cassette [[Ratbat (G1)#Notes|has proven too controversial for later publishers]].
*It also marks the debut of the Decepticon island/underwater base/spaceship/vacation resort later known as [[Club Con]]; Shockwave reveals it was transported to Earth via space bridge from Cybertron.
*Prowl is not among the gathered Autobots, despite being reactivated last issue; evidently it wasn't a full repair job.
*Sludge makes reference to watching a sport involving Turboworms wrestle in grease pits on Rigel 6. While this isn't a huge revelation by todays standards, the early Marvel Comic depicted the Transformers as being unaware of organic life, and as such likely not as space-faring as they were later depicted. Given that Sludge spent four million years dormant on Earth, this is early confirmation that he had been off-world before or during the war on Cybertron, a point that was quite rare in the comic at the time.

===Real-life references===
*Settings include the [[Cascades]] in rural [[Oregon]], and the [[Florida Keys]].

===UK printing===
'''Issue #111'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Inhumanoids|The Inhumanoids]]'' - "The Battle Down Below!" and ''[[Robo-Capers]]''
*The issue featured a Grimlock cover by [[Lee Sullivan]]. On it Grimlock shouts "Vote for me!". In the real world the issue was on sale during the campaign for the {{w|United Kingdom local elections, 1987|1987 local council elections}} and came only a month before the {{w|United Kingdom general election, 1987|general election}}.
*In ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Grim Grams|Grim Grams]]'', Grimlock advises a US reader where to buy the UK comic.
*The [[cliffhanger]] for issue #111 is one of the most effective in the UK reprints of US stories — it ends with the sequence of Trypticon emerging from the [[space bridge]], finishing with a massive splash page of the evil Decepticon.

'''Issue #112'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Inhumanoids|The Inhumanoids]]'' - "The Battle Down Below!" and ''[[Robo-Capers]]''
*The issue used an extensively recolored version of US issue #27's cover, with a new word caption. The cover was cropped to deemphasize the human element, and emphasize the dinosaur-battle going on. Unfortunately this also served to remove a lot of the menace from the cover.
*While this is the US début of Ratbat, in the UK comics he first appeared back during the "[[Prey!]]" story arc.

===Other trivia===
*This is the last Marvel US issue to be sold for 75 cents.

===Bot Roster===
*Autobots: 32 active as the Dinobots finally come in from the cold; 14 in repair bay. (46 total)
*Decepticons: 31 active; 9 offline. (40 total)

===Covers (3)===
*'''US cover:''' Trypticon vs the Dinobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].
*'''UK issue #111 cover:''' Grimlock, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #112 cover:''' extensively recolored version of US cover.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-27.jpg|'''US issue #27''' - What's better than a giant robot dinosaur? Nothing!
File:MarvelUK-111.jpg|'''UK issue #111''' - Ironically Grimlock's policies were more sound than Margaret Thatcher's.
File:MarvelUK-112.jpg|'''UK issue #112''' - The UK wants MORE DINOSAURS!
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
====US====
*None yet identified.

====UK: #111====
*Action Force (toy range)
*The incredible [[Special Teams|New Teams]]

====UK: #112====
*Autobot Heroes (Rodimus Prime and Wreck-Gar)

===Reprints===
* '''''[[Transformers: Breakdown]]'' TPB:''' [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Ratchet and half of Ratbat, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''Transformers: Breakdown'' HC:''' Grimlock fighting Trypticon, by [[Kev Walker]], [[Simon Coleby]] and [[Chris Blythe]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' #9 cover A:''' Trypticon fighting the Dinobots, art by Nick Roche and colors by Josh Burcham.
*'''''The Transformers: Generations'' #9 cover B:''' line-art version of cover A.
*'''''The Transformers: Generations'' #9 incentive cover:''' reuse of a panel from this issue.
<gallery>
File:Titan-BreakdownSC.jpg|'''''Breakdown'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2004)
File:Titan-BreakdownHC.jpg|'''''Breakdown'' hardback''' (Titan Books, 2004)
File:IDW Generations 9 Cover A.jpg|'''''Generations'' #9 cover A''' (IDW Publishing, 2006)
File:IDW Generations 9 Cover B.jpg|'''''Generations'' #9 cover B''' (IDW Publishing, 2006)
File:IDW Generations 9 Cover RI.jpg|'''''Generations'' #9 incentive cover''' (IDW Publishing, 2006)
</gallery>
*'''''The Transformers: Generations'' TPB:''' Megatron vs Ratchet, by Nick Roche. Reuse of cover A to ''Generations'' #1.
*'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 2|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 2]]:''' panels from US issues [[Showdown!|#20]] and [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#25]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of Grimlock]]'':''' Grimlock, by [[Klaus Scherwinski]].
*'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 3]]:''' [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 8: Wanted: Galvatron – Dead or Alive '''''
<gallery>
File:Generations_TPB.jpg|'''The Transformers: Generations''' (IDW Publishing, 2007)
File:Classic_Transformers_Vol2.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 2''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
File:BestofGrimlock.jpg|'''''Best of Grimlock''''' (IDW Publishing, 2010)
File:TFClassicsVol3.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 3''' (IDW Publishing, 2012)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v8.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 8''''' (Hachette Partworks Ltd, 2017)
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

Fallen Angel

2018-11-16T11:16:49Z

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

==Synopsis==
[[File:FallenAngel-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
The [[Autobot]]s recently freed by [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] head toward the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], led by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who is the only one among them with knowledge of [[Earth]]. Suddenly, Skids cries out and [[Mass substitution|vanishes]]. Meanwhile, [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] investigates something that crashed to the ground, only to be assaulted and blown apart by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Galvatron recollects how he met defeat at the hands of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] during the battle with [[Unicron]]. Hurtling through space, he activated his [[time-jump trigger device]] again and returned to present-day Earth.

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

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

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

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (1)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (2)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (3)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (4)
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (5)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (6)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (7)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (8)
*''[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'' (12)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (17)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (18)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (19)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (20)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (21)
}}
|c2=
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (11)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (14)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (15)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (16)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (24)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (25)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (26)
|c3=
*[[Peter Anthony Morris]] (10)
*''[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]'' (22)
*''[[Walter Barnett]]'' (23)
|c4=
*[[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] (9)
*''[[Unicron]]'' (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"You have dared to attack '''Galvatron''' and failed! Now pay the ultimate price...'''Die, Rodimus Prime...DIE!"'''
:-'''Galvatron''' really needs his optical sensors checked.

"I suppose things are '''bound''' to calm down soon! I mean I used to think life on our home planet '''Cybertron''' was hectic, but compared to Earth it was a peaceful picnic!"
:-'''Blaster'''

"No subtlety! No finesse! Just mindless brute force...brute force which I can '''match'''...'''and better!'''"
:-'''Galvatron''' is not impressed by the Dinobots.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:MarvelUK 101 error pg04.JPG|upright=0.85|thumb|Did you get the Pastelformers variants?]]
*Pages four and five of part one had the colours printed in reverse in the original printing. This was corrected for reprints.
*Blaster's head is drawn closer to his cartoon model's head instead of the visored head he usually has in these comics. He even lacks this visor in the flashback to when he was captured by [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which he definitely had back then.

===Continuity errors===
*Logically, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] should be travelling with Skids and the Cybertron 7, as they were captured by RAAT in "[[Heavy Traffic!]]" and were being studied with the others in "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]". Not only are they absent, but [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] was seen as part of the rescue squad in "[[Prey!]]".

*When did Blaster and his team find the time and resources to get Earth alt modes? They made an unplanned trip to Earth in The Bridge To Nowhere and were captured almost instantly by RAAT. The only time it seems they could have gained Earth alt modes was when Circuit Breaker had them rebuilt after Decepticon Graffiti but even then, it seems highly unlikely that Circuit Breaker would rebuild the Autobots in such a manner that would allow them to blend in on Earth.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode directly follows the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The movie, but not the animated television series, is considered to be part of the UK comic continuity.
*According to Galvatron's flashback, the battle between him and Rodimus Prime that occurs at the end of the movie took place in Unicron's left leg. The movie actually supports this notion, as shortly after Rodimus unleashes the Matrix, Unicron ''pulls his left leg off'', presumably to try and remove the source of what's destroying him.
*It's interesting that Galvatron states that Rodimus was "too strong, even for [him]", as pretty much all of their future interactions have Galvatron being much more powerful than Rodimus.

===Real-life references===

===Other trivia===
*[[Gone but Not Forgotten!|Like]] [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|some]] [[Burning Sky!|other]] [[Worlds Apart!|issues]], a free version of issue #101 (with an altered corner box) was given out at the chain of British steakhouses Berni Inn.

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #101:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|Action Force]]'' - "Improvisation on a Theme" Part 3 and ''[[Robo-Capers]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
'''Issue #102:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Improvisation on a Theme" Part 4 and ''Robo-Capers''

===Covers (2)===
*'''UK issue #101 cover:''' Galvatron makes his mental condition as clear as possible, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #102 cover:''' Galvatron is on fire, by [[Geoff Senior]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-101.jpg|'''Issue #101'''
File:MarvelUK-102.jpg|'''Issue #102'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
* '''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' #9]] cover:''' a random assortment of miscolored Transformers that bears no resemblance to the contents of the comic. As usual.
*'''''[[Transformers Annual 1991]]'' cover:''' [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] & [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] blast the reader, by Geoff Senior.
*'''''[[Transformers: Fallen Angel|Fallen Angel]]'' TPB cover:''' [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], by Geoff Senior and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 3|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 3]] cover:''' [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] vs [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]], [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s head, [[Xaaron]], Galvatron riding [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 7: The Harder They Die''''' [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] and a scene of the [[Wrecker]]s; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Geoff Senior]].
<gallery>
File:Tf commag 09.JPG|'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' issue #9:''' The coming of Safety Megatron. (Condor Verlag, 1990)
File:Transformers annual 1991.jpg|'''1991 Annual''' (Marvel Comics, 1991)
File:TitanFA.jpg|'''''Fallen Angel'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:Classicuk3.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 3''' (IDW Publishing, 2012)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v7.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 7:''''' (Hachette Partworks, Ltd. 2017)
</gallery>

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