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Talk:Wanted: Galvatron â€” Dead or Alive!

2019-08-13T15:55:00Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Death's Head (2019) */

Shouldn't the title end in an exclimation mark? The TOC pages on both issues use one. The only reason the title on the mane pages don't use one is they use a WANTED poster. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

== Death's Head (2019) ==

There's a new Death's Head series out from Marvel as I write this and on the first page of the first issue there's a bit of code, which seems to be DH's internal program rebooting. Among other things there's a line that says "U.1.13.05.16.198.7.K"

Decoding that you get:
UK - Marvel UK. 113 - Issue #113 of the UK comic, and DH's first(ish) appearance. 05.16.1987 - The release date of #113, in the US date format.

Is all that worth adding to this page? [[User:Thekelvingreen|Thekelvingreen]] ([[User talk:Thekelvingreen|talk]]) 11:51, 13 August 2019 (EDT)

Talk:113 (disambiguation)

2019-08-13T15:54:21Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Death's Head (2019) */ new section

== Death's Head (2019) ==

The number 113 also appears in Marvel's new Death's Head series, as part of DH's internal programming. Is that worth mentioning? [[User:Thekelvingreen|Thekelvingreen]] ([[User talk:Thekelvingreen|talk]]) 11:54, 13 August 2019 (EDT)

Talk:Wanted: Galvatron â€” Dead or Alive!

2019-08-13T15:51:10Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Death's Head (2019) */ new section

Shouldn't the title end in an exclimation mark? The TOC pages on both issues use one. The only reason the title on the mane pages don't use one is they use a WANTED poster. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

== Death's Head (2019) ==

There's a new Death's Head series out from Marvel as I write this and on the first page of the first issue there's a bit of code, which seems to be DH's internal program rebooting. Among other things there's a line that says "U.1.13.05.16.198.7.K"

Decoding that you get:
UK - Marvel UK
113 - Issue #113 of the UK comic, and DH's first(ish) appearance.
05.16.1987 - The release date of #113, in the US date format.

Is all that worth adding to this page? [[User:Thekelvingreen|Thekelvingreen]] ([[User talk:Thekelvingreen|talk]]) 11:51, 13 August 2019 (EDT)

Animals

2017-08-05T18:38:42Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Transformers references */ added a reference to the Marvel UK comic

{{Comicstory
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|prev=Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots
|next=The Lopsided Triangle
|image=MTMTE46_regcvr.jpg
|title="Animals"
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[November 4]], [[2015]]
|coverdate=October 2015
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|pencils by=[[Alex Milne]]
|inks by=[[Brian Shearer]], [[John Livesay]], [[John Wycough]], and Alex Milne
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]] and [[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2015)]]
}}
'''The Scavengers face down Fortress Maximus to save Grimlock, and learn a little something about helping others in the process.'''

==Synopsis==
Aboard his ship the ''[[Concordat]]'', on approach to [[Tebris VII]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]] is listening to the paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] ramble on over the comm about a hidden message he thinks he's found in ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he spots the crashed ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet's surface. Red identifies the craft and looks up its owners, unaware that he's reading the [[Autopedia]] articles the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] themselves have vandalized with hyperbolic backstories for themselves, and Max heads down to the planet's surface to confront his original target, [[Demus]].

A short time later, Demus lies dead on the floor of his office, and Maximus places the Scavengers under arrest. [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] succeeds in distracting the Autobot long enough for [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] to blast him, and the Scavengers scatter into the scrapyard outside, hiding amongst the junk. When [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] starts anxiously clicking his "clicker" once again, Misfire finally loses his temper and snatches the device from Krok's hand, revealing it to be not a communicator, but a severed finger. Krok explains that the finger belonged to a member of his old squad named [[Radar]], who was killed alongside the rest of his teammates by the [[Wrecker]]s. Radar turned into a telecommunications array, and while Krok admits that he ''does'' click his finger when nervous, he also does it to use the finger's still-functioning mechanism to scan for Decepticons in the area. He almost always detects none... but today, as he snatches the finger back from Misfire, Krok can see it has detected hundreds of Decepticons all around them. Stalking the Scavengers through the yard, Fortress Maximus calls out to them with an explanation: Demus is actually a slave trader, and his "[[Roboid]]" toys are not toys at all, but lobotomized Cybertronians trapped in a beast-mode and sold as "torture dolls" to organic races to take their frustrations out on.

To get Maximus off their backs, Crankcase radios Misfire to express concern for [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]], deliberately allowing Max to hear him in hopes that Grimlock will be considered a more important target. Red Alert confirms Grimlock's presence, and Max heads off to investigate, leaving the Scavengers to pull themselves together. [[Fulcrum]] is annoyed that Krok has never told them about the fate of his old squad before, but Krok retorts that they took neither his depression, nor the self-delusion that his squad was still alive that he once labored under, seriously. ''That'', Krok tells them, is why he wanted Demus's money: he planned to use it to build a treatment center for those Cybertronians like himself, who are suffering from various mental disorders as a result of the war. Fulcrum calls him out on his hypocrisy—the fact that he was willing to ''sell'' the mentally-disabled Grimlock—and the suitably shamed Krok admits he was letting the ends justify the means. Knowing that Grimlock, as a former [[Garrus-9]] inmate, will be re-arrested by Maximus, Misfire insists they go to his aid, and a repentant Krok agrees. Unable to fly thanks to Demus's inhibitor chips, the Scavengers saddle up some [[Equinoid]] Roboids, and ride out to their ship.

[[File:Equinoids.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Somewhere there's a MLP joke waiting to happen.]]
The Scavengers arrive to witness Grimlock and Maximus grappling with one another, and manage to talk Max down by explaining that they ''found'' Grimlock in his current condition. Maximus proposes taking him to Luna 1 for help, and Misfire reluctantly agrees, knowing that it is what's best for Grimlock—but [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] objects, suggesting they ask Grimlock himself what he wants. To everyone's surprise, Grimlock is able to stammer out Misfire's name—not that it matters to Maximus, since he's intending to take them ''all'' in anyway. Krok has other ideas: he tells Maximus that he has planted a bomb in Demus's office that will destroy all the Roboids, and, pretending that Radar's finger is a control device, "primes" the non-existent explosive with a single click. The bomb's existence is "verified" by Red Alert, who reads off Fulcrum's falsified Autopedia entry claiming him to be an explosives expert. Krok then tosses the finger to Crankcase, who threatens to click it again and detonate the bomb... and thanks to a sudden bout of facial paralysis brought on by his head injuries, he is able to stare Max down without blinking! Unable to take the risk, Max heads back to Demus's office, while the Scavengers quickly depart the planet. Krok, realizing that he is much better off now than he was years ago thanks to the stability and support offered by his friends, has a new plan and purpose for the group: to help other Decepticons the way they have helped each other. Krok plugs Radar's finger into the ship's computer, allowing it to detect nearby Decepticons, and the Scavengers are about to head off until Misfire pulls a gun on Krok...

...and one last game of [[Cybertronian games#Shoot Shoot Bang Bang|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]. Later, Misfire escorts Grimlock back to his wrecked quarters, promising there won't be locks on the door when they rebuild it. Misfire is agog when Grimlock eloquently replies "Thanks. I appreciate it", but when the Dinobot says nothing more, the Decepticon is left with another reminder that there ''is'' something going on inside Grimlock that he can't see. What he also fails to see is what Grimlock has drawn on the wall of his room: a familiar gear-shaped symbol and the message "PREPARE - CONFRONT - REPEL"...

[[File:FortMaxCuddles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Aww, the widdle maniac enforcer just wanted cuddles.]]
Aboard the ''Concordant'', Maximus contacts [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] to tell him about the day's events. Rung advises him to rethink his approach to peace-keeping: times have changed, and the Scavengers are now the rule, rather than the exception, when it comes to Decepticons. Maximus cannot deny it, especially since Spinister left him instructions on how to reverse the brain-damage to the Roboids, who now surround him on his ship.

Two hours later, at Demus's now-abandoned junkyard, a Decepticon [[Worldsweeper]] arrives, piloted by Demus's mystery co-conspirators. The two robots open a hatchway to a hidden chamber beneath Demus's office, containing rows of strange pods inside which ''something'' is growing. One suggests moving the operation, but the other refuses, warning that to do so threatens their ability to meet their deadline, and will incur the wrath of the "[[Grand Architect]]". As the robot advocates aborting and starting again, they both turn, revealing the gear-like hieroglyph on their chests...

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]] (1)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (2)
*''[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]'' (9)
*''[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'' (11)
*''[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]'' (12)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] (14)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (3)
*[[Fulcrum]] (4)
*[[Demus]]'s corpse (5)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (6)
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (7)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (8)
*''[[Radar]]'' (10)
*''[[Gatoraider]]'' (13)
|c4=
*Mystery 'bots (16-17)
}}

==Quotes==

"'''Misfire of Pretendia''' is a debonair sharp shooter who once fired a bullet through a bullet-shaped hole in a slightly larger bullet. Whilst riding a bullet train. Feared and respected by his colleagues, he is credited with introducing Megatron to the world of '''interpretive dance.'''"
:—'''Red Alert''' reads from Misfire's vandalized Autopedia page

"This shouldn't take long." 
"For something that shouldn't take long, you're carrying an awful lot of firepower." 
"The two are connected."
:—'''Fortress Maximus''' and '''Red Alert'''

"Hate to do you out of a '''job''', but our '''"high tech"''' isn't that '''high''' anymore. It's just... tech. About four million years go we stopped '''reaching for the stars''' 'cos we needed both hands to '''beat the crap out of each other.'''"
:—'''Misfire'''

'''Fulcrum:''' "Hey, Krok, what you said just now—about Radar, about your squad. You should've told me earlier." 
'''Krok:''' "For a while I couldn't talk about it at all. In fact for a while I convinced myself that the rest of my squad were still '''out there'''—that they were '''safe.'''" 
'''Misfire:''' "Yeah, Crankcase used to say you were '''nuts.'''" 
'''Krok:''' "See? And people wonder why it's so hard to talk about mental health." 
'''Misfire:''' "Hey, I'm a paragon of sensitivity." 
'''Krok:''' "It's not just the '''labeling'''—it's the '''distancing'''. It's this idea that experiencing mental illness marks you out as '''bad''' different. Show me someone who '''hasn't''' been affected by all the fighting. Show me someone who's "normal" and I'll show you someone who knows how to hide things. We are our brains. Subject this ball of circuitry to four million years of '''war''' and '''hate''' and '''pain''' and '''death''' and '''loss''' and '''grief''' and don't be surprised if it has to find new ways to cope with the stress. People should be more understanding. That's what I was going to do with my half a billion—build a '''treatment center''' for '''vulnerable Decepticons.''' Because there are a lot of people out there who are only just about holding it together."

"I've spent years comparing myself with Decepticons who've done well for themselves—people like '''Agonizer''' and '''Skullcruncher'''. Today I realized that y'know what? '''I've''' done well. For a while I was a '''mess'''. My squad had died. I was directionless, I was '''delusional'''... I got better thanks to you guys. Even when I've made bad decisions, you've given me '''stability''' and '''support''' and—and '''companionship'''... and maybe it's time we gave those things to other Decepticons." 
"What you're descirbing sounds suspiciously like '''helping people.'''" 
"I know. Because guess what? I think we'd be pretty good at it."
:—'''Krok''' and '''Crankcase'''

"Y'know, Grimsy, sometimes you remind me of Spinister. Every now and then you'll say something that makes me think there's a lot more going on in there than we realize. More than '''you''' realize, too. Guess all I can do is be patient, pay attention... and see what you do next."
:—'''Misfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Like Fortress Maximus, Red Alert was last seen in [[The Sound of Breaking Glass|issue #21]], in which he elected to stay on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] with Maximus.
*Red Alert mentions that the Scavengers supplied [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] with spare parts, indicating he is the Autobot "contact" that Misfire mentioned last issue. This is likely also intended to indicate that Misfire was Brainstorm's Decepticon "handler," spoken of in [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|issue #40]], whom he supplied with information in exchange for parts for his time machine.
*The Scavengers were previously established to get their kicks by vandalizing Autopedia last issue. Clearly the admins of Autopedia aren't particularly speedy when it comes to reverting edits...
*Crankcase makes reference to [[Killmaster]], a super-powerful Decepticon mentioned occasionally throughout ''More than Meets the Eye''.
*Fortress Maximus's pose and placement on page 3 hearken back to page 3 of [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|issue #5]], where he had similarly brutalized a 'con (or two) following a long absence and a dramatic return in the [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|preceding]] [[Life After the Big Bang|issue.]]
*Fortress Maximus's involvement in the [[Simanzi Massacre]] is mentioned, something we heard about before in [[Interiors|issue #6]].
*Krok describes Radar's death at the hands of the Wreckers—specifically, Roadbuster, who tore out his spine and "made him eat it"—as "a terrible affair." The use of the term "affair" isn't random; Roberts [https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/656957570490474497 noted on Twitter] before this issue's release that it would feature "a specific link [to] [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]] - a *tiny* loose end that's taken nearly six years to tie up." This indicates that the incident was the mysterious "[[Roadbuster affair]]" mentioned in that issue.
**This is also our first look at Roadbuster's extreme brutality, which we soon see more of in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Sins of the Wreckers]]''. This is possibly a subtle setup!
*In the same flashback sequence, Krok is seen wielding [[Gatoraider]], who was alluded to by [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] as Krok's "dead pet" in the previous issue.
*Fortress Maximus says that Grimlock is "a 'Con again". We don't know the full story behind this, but way back in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|issue #3]], a flashback montage featured an image of Grimlock staring down at his hands, an Autobot insignia in one, a Decepticon insignia in the other, indicating that there had been a moment in his past when he had been forced to choose between the two factions. In [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|issue #8]] Tarn confirmed Grimlock has a spot on [[The List]], presumably for changing sides.
*Also in issue #8, Spinister was revealed to be an exceptional surgeon despite his eccentricities. It seems his talents also extend to ''neuro''surgery, having figured out how to reverse the Roboids' lobotomies with just a quick look.
* That worryingly familiar gear-hieroglyph that appears on both the wall of Grimlock's room and the chests of the mystery robots is the icon seen on the surface of [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|issue #21]] and on [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]'s map to [[Cyberutopia]] in [[The Sensuous Frame|issue #41]].
*The mystery 'bots, meanwhile, are obviously the owners of the Worldsweeper on which the Scavengers found Grimlock back in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]]. The horrific bio-mechanical sights the Scavengers saw on that ship seem connected to... ''whatever'' is brewing in the pods beneath Demus's office; what little we see shows us an arm that ''looks'' human, but which has some kind of circular, mechanical component embedded in its palm. Their fear that moving the pods will risk "contamination" feels like a reference to the Worldsweeper we saw in that earlier issue, which crashed when organic blood contaminated its fuel supply.
*One of the enigmatic pair notes they have another facility like the one beneath Demus's office in [[Fortuna]]. The ''Lost Light'' visited Fortuna, capital city of [[Scarvix]], in [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|issue #40]].

===Transformers references===
*The ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' is described as an exploration vessel that formerly belonged to the Autobots, a reference to the fact it's based on the animation model of the [[Ark (G1)|original Ark]], which certainly fits that description. It's a "model 84", referring, of course, to [[1984]].
*Roadbuster killed Radar while in the throes of the drug [[Syk]], which originally appeared in the Marvel UK story, "[[Secrets (G1)|Secrets]]". James Roberts featured the narcotic in his own works previously in "[[Chaos Theory Part 2]]".
*The idea that Grimlock was formerly a Decepticon seems to owe something to [[Dreamwave Productions]]' various ''[[War Within (franchise)|War Within]]'' comics, which indicated (but did not explore the story behind the fact) that Grimlock had once been on the 'Con side.
*Red Alert mentions [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], the 'bot who is typically Fortress Maximus's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partner in most Generation 1 stories. His role on Luna 1 would be explained in [[Ten to Midnight|issue #56]].
*Among the Roboids is a Generation 1 version of [[Nook]] from ''Transformers Animated'', and a [http://adelightfultedium.tumblr.com/post/130214882372/cavisetticon-djw-transformersanimated-cassette Cavisetticon] created by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].
*Red Alert says he has read all 332 editions, plus specials, of ''Wreckers Declassified''. [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)#Marvel_UK|The Marvel UK ''Transformers'']] comic also ran for 332 issues, plus specials.

===Real-life references===
*The "Next:" box at the bottom of the last page reads "stop all the clocks"; these are the first words of the {{w|W. H. Auden}} poem "{{w|Funeral Blues}}", which prominently featured in the [[1994]] film ''{{w|Four Weddings and a Funeral}}''.

===Other trivia===
*This issue arrives just a teeny bit late, shipping in the first week of November, rather than the last week of October.

===Errors===
*Misfire mutters about taking back his remark about Spinister having trouble with double negatives... but it's actually Crankcase who makes the remark earlier.

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgl-Zy7PCg It's Not Funny Anymore]" by {{w|Babybird}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSuqV9-atWc Living With the Human Machines]" by {{w|Strangelove (band)|Strangelove}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmiRWwAXexY Bowl of Oranges]" by {{w|Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes}}

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Grimlock tears it up, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Blank cover for sketches, including blue-line art board borders and a small thumbnail sketch of Grimlock by Milne, from inside the issue, in the corner
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Fortress Maximus by [[Nick Roche]]; part of October's series of black-and-white "Artist's Edition" incentive covers.

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Decepticon Dam-Busters!

2017-02-25T20:49:44Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Artwork and technical errors */

{{comicstory|
|prev=Repeat Performance!
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #29–30
|next=The Wrath of Guardian!
|image=MarvelUK-029.jpg
|caption=You know, this would look quite good on [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|television]].
|title="Decepticon Dam-Busters!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|coverdate=[[October 5|5th October]]–[[October 12|12th October]] [[1985]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[John Stokes]]
|colours=[[Steve Whitaker]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Ratchet tells the Dinobots about a Transformer battle involving a dam.'''

==Synopsis==
Following their defeat of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are making their way back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] decides to ask a passing [[human]] for directions and is surprised when the man runs away in fear. Ratchet explains that humans can’t distinguish between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Grimlock is baffled and so Ratchet relates a story of a Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]]. The Decepticons attacked the dam while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] went under the water to create a tidal wave, increasing the power output which the Decepticons planned to harness.

[[File:Boulderdamfight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
The Autobots arrive to the rescue and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron duel atop the dam. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] meanwhile attempts to stop Rumble by diving down and fighting him. Rumble gained the upper hand and Hound is thrown clear of the water. This distracts Prime who is thrown from the dam by Megatron as a result.

As the Autobots rescue Optimus Prime from the water Megatron blasts the dam and makes his escape. The water pouring through the shattered dam rushes down the valley and threatens to sweep away a nearby village.

The Autobots scramble to save the village, first by trying to block the water with a rock fall and when that fails by blasting channels in the ground for the water to drain away into. This eventually works and the Autobots are pleased that they have saved the village.

Their celebrations are cut short by the angry villagers who, unable to distinguish the Autobots from the Decepticons, blame them for the destruction in the first place. The Autobots sadly depart the scene.

As Ratchet finishes his tale, another angry human, [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], lies in a hospital bed and becomes Circuit Breaker. Ratchet and the Dinobots arrive back at the Ark where [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] is attacked by a [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] battle droid.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (5)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (18)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (20)
*[[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] (23)
}}
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Charlie (bartender)|Charlie]] (4)
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] (21)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
“I don’t think much of this specimen of carbon-based life.”
:—'''Grimlock'''

“That means taking out Megatron!” 
“Doesn’t it always?”
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*On page three of part two of the story, there is a [[Block coloring|block-coloured]] Autobot shown from behind who looks very similar to [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. This could be an error or an elaboration of Ratchet's storytelling, but equally it could indicate that Inferno was one of the original Autobots who spent the early years almost always off-panel, similar to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] who is seen in "[[The Enemy Within!]]". Inferno also appears in the story "[[Missing in Action]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1986|very first annual]], though that story's place in continuity is unclear. When Inferno does eventually appear in the present day in issue #188's "[[Firebug!]]" he is working with the [[Wrecker]]s but is not a member himself.
**If this is Inferno, he has his forearm cannon in place of his left hand. In fiction he ordinarily has the cannon on his right hand, though his toy can have the cannon in either hand or neither hand.
*In one panel Megatron is stood on the dam waving his arms and [[Fusion cannon]] in the air, goading Prime. By the time Prime reaches the top of the dam, a few panels later, Megatron is in the same position but has lost the cannon.
*On page five of part two, when in the water, Bumblebee has a green head, green eyes and a bright pink face; this miscolouring does not occur in the original release, but does appear in the ''Collected Comics'' reprint. He also uses the cartoon character model despite looking more like the toy just a panel before. He then has a slightly different head design page six. Mirage is also miscolored on page five, looking like Rumble.

===Continuity errors===
*The dam is given the name "Sherman Dam" in part 1 but "Boulder Dam" in part 2. This was corrected to "Sherman Dam" for the reprints.

===Continuity notes===
*Like many early UK stories, it’s not clear exactly when the dam portion of this story is set. It is presumed to be somewhere during "[[Prisoner of War!]]" and "[[The Last Stand]]".
**The "[[Robot War]]" features run in issues #22, #36 & #63 of the comic place the dam portion after "[[Power Play!]]" and "[[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]" and before "[[Prisoner of War!]]".
*The battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s from [[Repeat Performance!|last issue]] was caught on tape by the vacationing [[Brad Newbury]]. His footage was [[television|broadcast]] on the news.

===Real-life references===
*The title is derived from the film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/ The Dam Busters]''.

===Other trivia===
*This story is basically a retelling of the Sherman Dam incident from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More than Meets the Eye]]". This was an act of synergy by [[Ian Rimmer]], trying to make the comic more accessible by making it look like it and the cartoon were in the same franchise. It was quickly decided to not adapt the show again as the continuity-lite episodes would soon clash with the US comic's direction.<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1]], page 147</ref>
*This was the first original UK story to utilize regular rounded speech balloons for the Transformers characters, although the tail indicating the speaker was usually given a zig-zag pattern to indicate "electrical" speech. This style was previously utilized in issues [[The New Order|5]] through [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|9]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US series]]. [[Man of Iron (issue)|Previous]] [[The Enemy Within!|UK]] [[Raiders of the Last Ark|stories]] used jagged balloons for the Transformers.

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #29:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 3, ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''October calendar:''' artwork of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] by [[Richard Fisher]] that would be recycled for the [[:File:MarvelUK-305.jpg|cover]] of issue [[The Human Factor!|#305]] more than five years later.
'''Issue #30:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 4, and ''Robo-Capers''; ''Matt and the Cat'' "takes a rest this issue".

===Covers (5)===
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-029.jpg|'''Issue #29'''
File:MarvelUK-030.jpg|'''Issue #30'''
File:Tfcolcom05.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #5'''
File:Tfcolcom24.jpg|'''''Winter Special 1993'''''
File:Classicuk1.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1'''
</gallery>
*'''Issue #29 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight on Sherman Dam, art by [[John Ridgway]].
*'''Issue #30 cover:''' Ratchet and Prowl rescue Optimus Prime while Megatron destroys Sherman Dam, by [[Mike Collins]]?
*'''''Collected Comics'' #5 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight using energy weapons, by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''''Winter Special 1993'' cover:''' Megatron, with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-Megatron in shadows behind him, by [[Andrew Wildman]] originally used for the cover of issue [[Mind Games|#243]].
*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1 cover:''' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Ark, [[Aunty|Auntie]], Optimus Prime, Megatron, the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]], [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] and the [[Ultimate Autobot]]s, by Andrew Wildman.

===Reprints===
*[[1987]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #5
*[[1993]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics|Transformers Winter Special 1993]]''
*[[2011]] — [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episode adaptations]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Decepticon Dam-Busters!

2017-02-23T16:11:40Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Artwork and technical errors */ Bumblebee is coloured correctly in the issue I have.

{{comicstory|
|prev=Repeat Performance!
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #29–30
|next=The Wrath of Guardian!
|image=MarvelUK-029.jpg
|caption=You know, this would look quite good on [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|television]].
|title="Decepticon Dam-Busters!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|coverdate=[[October 5|5th October]]–[[October 12|12th October]] [[1985]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[John Stokes]]
|colours=[[Steve Whitaker]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Ratchet tells the Dinobots about a Transformer battle involving a dam.'''

==Synopsis==
Following their defeat of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are making their way back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] decides to ask a passing [[human]] for directions and is surprised when the man runs away in fear. Ratchet explains that humans can’t distinguish between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Grimlock is baffled and so Ratchet relates a story of a Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]]. The Decepticons attacked the dam while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] went under the water to create a tidal wave, increasing the power output which the Decepticons planned to harness.

[[File:Boulderdamfight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
The Autobots arrive to the rescue and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron duel atop the dam. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] meanwhile attempts to stop Rumble by diving down and fighting him. Rumble gained the upper hand and Hound is thrown clear of the water. This distracts Prime who is thrown from the dam by Megatron as a result.

As the Autobots rescue Optimus Prime from the water Megatron blasts the dam and makes his escape. The water pouring through the shattered dam rushes down the valley and threatens to sweep away a nearby village.

The Autobots scramble to save the village, first by trying to block the water with a rock fall and when that fails by blasting channels in the ground for the water to drain away into. This eventually works and the Autobots are pleased that they have saved the village.

Their celebrations are cut short by the angry villagers who, unable to distinguish the Autobots from the Decepticons, blame them for the destruction in the first place. The Autobots sadly depart the scene.

As Ratchet finishes his tale, another angry human, [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], lies in a hospital bed and becomes Circuit Breaker. Ratchet and the Dinobots arrive back at the Ark where [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] is attacked by a [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] battle droid.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (5)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (18)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (20)
*[[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] (23)
}}
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Charlie (bartender)|Charlie]] (4)
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] (21)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
“I don’t think much of this specimen of carbon-based life.”
:—'''Grimlock'''

“That means taking out Megatron!” 
“Doesn’t it always?”
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*On page three of part two of the story, there is a [[Block coloring|block-coloured]] Autobot shown from behind who looks very similar to [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. This could be an error or an elaboration of Ratchet's storytelling, but equally it could indicate that Inferno was one of the original Autobots who spent the early years almost always off-panel, similar to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] who is seen in "[[The Enemy Within!]]". Inferno also appears in the story "[[Missing in Action]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1986|very first annual]], though that story's place in continuity is unclear. When Inferno does eventually appear in the present day in issue #188's "[[Firebug!]]" he is working with the [[Wrecker]]s but is not a member himself.
**If this is Inferno, he has his forearm cannon in place of his left hand. In fiction he ordinarily has the cannon on his right hand, though his toy can have the cannon in either hand or neither hand.
*In one panel Megatron is stood on the dam waving his arms and [[Fusion cannon]] in the air, goading Prime. By the time Prime reaches the top of the dam, a few panels later, Megatron is in the same position but has lost the cannon.
*On page five of part two, when in the water, Bumblebee has a green head, green eyes and a bright pink face; this miscolouring does not occur in every copy of the comic. He also uses the cartoon character model despite looking more like the toy just a panel before. He then has a slightly different head design page six. Mirage is also miscolored on page five, looking like Rumble.

===Continuity errors===
*The dam is given the name "Sherman Dam" in part 1 but "Boulder Dam" in part 2. This was corrected to "Sherman Dam" for the reprints.

===Continuity notes===
*Like many early UK stories, it’s not clear exactly when the dam portion of this story is set. It is presumed to be somewhere during "[[Prisoner of War!]]" and "[[The Last Stand]]".
**The "[[Robot War]]" features run in issues #22, #36 & #63 of the comic place the dam portion after "[[Power Play!]]" and "[[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]" and before "[[Prisoner of War!]]".
*The battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s from [[Repeat Performance!|last issue]] was caught on tape by the vacationing [[Brad Newbury]]. His footage was [[television|broadcast]] on the news.

===Real-life references===
*The title is derived from the film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/ The Dam Busters]''.

===Other trivia===
*This story is basically a retelling of the Sherman Dam incident from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More than Meets the Eye]]". This was an act of synergy by [[Ian Rimmer]], trying to make the comic more accessible by making it look like it and the cartoon were in the same franchise. It was quickly decided to not adapt the show again as the continuity-lite episodes would soon clash with the US comic's direction.<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1]], page 147</ref>
*This was the first original UK story to utilize regular rounded speech balloons for the Transformers characters, although the tail indicating the speaker was usually given a zig-zag pattern to indicate "electrical" speech. This style was previously utilized in issues [[The New Order|5]] through [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|9]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US series]]. [[Man of Iron (issue)|Previous]] [[The Enemy Within!|UK]] [[Raiders of the Last Ark|stories]] used jagged balloons for the Transformers.

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #29:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 3, ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''October calendar:''' artwork of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] by [[Richard Fisher]] that would be recycled for the [[:File:MarvelUK-305.jpg|cover]] of issue [[The Human Factor!|#305]] more than five years later.
'''Issue #30:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 4, and ''Robo-Capers''; ''Matt and the Cat'' "takes a rest this issue".

===Covers (5)===
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-029.jpg|'''Issue #29'''
File:MarvelUK-030.jpg|'''Issue #30'''
File:Tfcolcom05.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #5'''
File:Tfcolcom24.jpg|'''''Winter Special 1993'''''
File:Classicuk1.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1'''
</gallery>
*'''Issue #29 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight on Sherman Dam, art by [[John Ridgway]].
*'''Issue #30 cover:''' Ratchet and Prowl rescue Optimus Prime while Megatron destroys Sherman Dam, by [[Mike Collins]]?
*'''''Collected Comics'' #5 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight using energy weapons, by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''''Winter Special 1993'' cover:''' Megatron, with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-Megatron in shadows behind him, by [[Andrew Wildman]] originally used for the cover of issue [[Mind Games|#243]].
*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1 cover:''' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Ark, [[Aunty|Auntie]], Optimus Prime, Megatron, the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]], [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] and the [[Ultimate Autobot]]s, by Andrew Wildman.

===Reprints===
*[[1987]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #5
*[[1993]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics|Transformers Winter Special 1993]]''
*[[2011]] — [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episode adaptations]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Decepticon Dam-Busters!

2017-02-23T16:09:01Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Covers (5) */ the cover is signed by "Mike", probably Mike Collins

{{comicstory|
|prev=Repeat Performance!
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #29–30
|next=The Wrath of Guardian!
|image=MarvelUK-029.jpg
|caption=You know, this would look quite good on [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|television]].
|title="Decepticon Dam-Busters!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|coverdate=[[October 5|5th October]]–[[October 12|12th October]] [[1985]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[John Stokes]]
|colours=[[Steve Whitaker]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Ratchet tells the Dinobots about a Transformer battle involving a dam.'''

==Synopsis==
Following their defeat of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are making their way back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] decides to ask a passing [[human]] for directions and is surprised when the man runs away in fear. Ratchet explains that humans can’t distinguish between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Grimlock is baffled and so Ratchet relates a story of a Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]]. The Decepticons attacked the dam while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] went under the water to create a tidal wave, increasing the power output which the Decepticons planned to harness.

[[File:Boulderdamfight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
The Autobots arrive to the rescue and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron duel atop the dam. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] meanwhile attempts to stop Rumble by diving down and fighting him. Rumble gained the upper hand and Hound is thrown clear of the water. This distracts Prime who is thrown from the dam by Megatron as a result.

As the Autobots rescue Optimus Prime from the water Megatron blasts the dam and makes his escape. The water pouring through the shattered dam rushes down the valley and threatens to sweep away a nearby village.

The Autobots scramble to save the village, first by trying to block the water with a rock fall and when that fails by blasting channels in the ground for the water to drain away into. This eventually works and the Autobots are pleased that they have saved the village.

Their celebrations are cut short by the angry villagers who, unable to distinguish the Autobots from the Decepticons, blame them for the destruction in the first place. The Autobots sadly depart the scene.

As Ratchet finishes his tale, another angry human, [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], lies in a hospital bed and becomes Circuit Breaker. Ratchet and the Dinobots arrive back at the Ark where [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] is attacked by a [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] battle droid.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (5)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (18)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (20)
*[[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] (23)
}}
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Charlie (bartender)|Charlie]] (4)
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] (21)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
“I don’t think much of this specimen of carbon-based life.”
:—'''Grimlock'''

“That means taking out Megatron!” 
“Doesn’t it always?”
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*On page three of part two of the story, there is a [[Block coloring|block-coloured]] Autobot shown from behind who looks very similar to [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. This could be an error or an elaboration of Ratchet's storytelling, but equally it could indicate that Inferno was one of the original Autobots who spent the early years almost always off-panel, similar to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] who is seen in "[[The Enemy Within!]]". Inferno also appears in the story "[[Missing in Action]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1986|very first annual]], though that story's place in continuity is unclear. When Inferno does eventually appear in the present day in issue #188's "[[Firebug!]]" he is working with the [[Wrecker]]s but is not a member himself.
**If this is Inferno, he has his forearm cannon in place of his left hand. In fiction he ordinarily has the cannon on his right hand, though his toy can have the cannon in either hand or neither hand.
*In one panel Megatron is stood on the dam waving his arms and [[Fusion cannon]] in the air, goading Prime. By the time Prime reaches the top of the dam, a few panels later, Megatron is in the same position but has lost the cannon.
*On page five of part two, when in the water, Bumblebee has a green head, green eyes and a bright pink face. He also uses the cartoon character model despite looking more like the toy just a panel before. He then has a slightly different head design page six. Mirage is also miscolored on page five, looking like Rumble.

===Continuity errors===
*The dam is given the name "Sherman Dam" in part 1 but "Boulder Dam" in part 2. This was corrected to "Sherman Dam" for the reprints.

===Continuity notes===
*Like many early UK stories, it’s not clear exactly when the dam portion of this story is set. It is presumed to be somewhere during "[[Prisoner of War!]]" and "[[The Last Stand]]".
**The "[[Robot War]]" features run in issues #22, #36 & #63 of the comic place the dam portion after "[[Power Play!]]" and "[[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]" and before "[[Prisoner of War!]]".
*The battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s from [[Repeat Performance!|last issue]] was caught on tape by the vacationing [[Brad Newbury]]. His footage was [[television|broadcast]] on the news.

===Real-life references===
*The title is derived from the film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/ The Dam Busters]''.

===Other trivia===
*This story is basically a retelling of the Sherman Dam incident from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More than Meets the Eye]]". This was an act of synergy by [[Ian Rimmer]], trying to make the comic more accessible by making it look like it and the cartoon were in the same franchise. It was quickly decided to not adapt the show again as the continuity-lite episodes would soon clash with the US comic's direction.<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1]], page 147</ref>
*This was the first original UK story to utilize regular rounded speech balloons for the Transformers characters, although the tail indicating the speaker was usually given a zig-zag pattern to indicate "electrical" speech. This style was previously utilized in issues [[The New Order|5]] through [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|9]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US series]]. [[Man of Iron (issue)|Previous]] [[The Enemy Within!|UK]] [[Raiders of the Last Ark|stories]] used jagged balloons for the Transformers.

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #29:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 3, ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''October calendar:''' artwork of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] by [[Richard Fisher]] that would be recycled for the [[:File:MarvelUK-305.jpg|cover]] of issue [[The Human Factor!|#305]] more than five years later.
'''Issue #30:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 4, and ''Robo-Capers''; ''Matt and the Cat'' "takes a rest this issue".

===Covers (5)===
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-029.jpg|'''Issue #29'''
File:MarvelUK-030.jpg|'''Issue #30'''
File:Tfcolcom05.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #5'''
File:Tfcolcom24.jpg|'''''Winter Special 1993'''''
File:Classicuk1.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1'''
</gallery>
*'''Issue #29 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight on Sherman Dam, art by [[John Ridgway]].
*'''Issue #30 cover:''' Ratchet and Prowl rescue Optimus Prime while Megatron destroys Sherman Dam, by [[Mike Collins]]?
*'''''Collected Comics'' #5 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight using energy weapons, by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''''Winter Special 1993'' cover:''' Megatron, with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-Megatron in shadows behind him, by [[Andrew Wildman]] originally used for the cover of issue [[Mind Games|#243]].
*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1 cover:''' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Ark, [[Aunty|Auntie]], Optimus Prime, Megatron, the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]], [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] and the [[Ultimate Autobot]]s, by Andrew Wildman.

===Reprints===
*[[1987]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #5
*[[1993]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics|Transformers Winter Special 1993]]''
*[[2011]] — [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episode adaptations]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Decepticon Dam-Busters!

2017-02-23T16:07:55Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Back-up material */ no Matt and the Cat in this issue

{{comicstory|
|prev=Repeat Performance!
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #29–30
|next=The Wrath of Guardian!
|image=MarvelUK-029.jpg
|caption=You know, this would look quite good on [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|television]].
|title="Decepticon Dam-Busters!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|coverdate=[[October 5|5th October]]–[[October 12|12th October]] [[1985]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[John Stokes]]
|colours=[[Steve Whitaker]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Ratchet tells the Dinobots about a Transformer battle involving a dam.'''

==Synopsis==
Following their defeat of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are making their way back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] decides to ask a passing [[human]] for directions and is surprised when the man runs away in fear. Ratchet explains that humans can’t distinguish between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Grimlock is baffled and so Ratchet relates a story of a Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]]. The Decepticons attacked the dam while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] went under the water to create a tidal wave, increasing the power output which the Decepticons planned to harness.

[[File:Boulderdamfight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
The Autobots arrive to the rescue and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron duel atop the dam. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] meanwhile attempts to stop Rumble by diving down and fighting him. Rumble gained the upper hand and Hound is thrown clear of the water. This distracts Prime who is thrown from the dam by Megatron as a result.

As the Autobots rescue Optimus Prime from the water Megatron blasts the dam and makes his escape. The water pouring through the shattered dam rushes down the valley and threatens to sweep away a nearby village.

The Autobots scramble to save the village, first by trying to block the water with a rock fall and when that fails by blasting channels in the ground for the water to drain away into. This eventually works and the Autobots are pleased that they have saved the village.

Their celebrations are cut short by the angry villagers who, unable to distinguish the Autobots from the Decepticons, blame them for the destruction in the first place. The Autobots sadly depart the scene.

As Ratchet finishes his tale, another angry human, [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], lies in a hospital bed and becomes Circuit Breaker. Ratchet and the Dinobots arrive back at the Ark where [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] is attacked by a [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] battle droid.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (5)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (13)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (16)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (17)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (18)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (20)
*[[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] (23)
}}
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Charlie (bartender)|Charlie]] (4)
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] (21)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
“I don’t think much of this specimen of carbon-based life.”
:—'''Grimlock'''

“That means taking out Megatron!” 
“Doesn’t it always?”
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*On page three of part two of the story, there is a [[Block coloring|block-coloured]] Autobot shown from behind who looks very similar to [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. This could be an error or an elaboration of Ratchet's storytelling, but equally it could indicate that Inferno was one of the original Autobots who spent the early years almost always off-panel, similar to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] who is seen in "[[The Enemy Within!]]". Inferno also appears in the story "[[Missing in Action]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1986|very first annual]], though that story's place in continuity is unclear. When Inferno does eventually appear in the present day in issue #188's "[[Firebug!]]" he is working with the [[Wrecker]]s but is not a member himself.
**If this is Inferno, he has his forearm cannon in place of his left hand. In fiction he ordinarily has the cannon on his right hand, though his toy can have the cannon in either hand or neither hand.
*In one panel Megatron is stood on the dam waving his arms and [[Fusion cannon]] in the air, goading Prime. By the time Prime reaches the top of the dam, a few panels later, Megatron is in the same position but has lost the cannon.
*On page five of part two, when in the water, Bumblebee has a green head, green eyes and a bright pink face. He also uses the cartoon character model despite looking more like the toy just a panel before. He then has a slightly different head design page six. Mirage is also miscolored on page five, looking like Rumble.

===Continuity errors===
*The dam is given the name "Sherman Dam" in part 1 but "Boulder Dam" in part 2. This was corrected to "Sherman Dam" for the reprints.

===Continuity notes===
*Like many early UK stories, it’s not clear exactly when the dam portion of this story is set. It is presumed to be somewhere during "[[Prisoner of War!]]" and "[[The Last Stand]]".
**The "[[Robot War]]" features run in issues #22, #36 & #63 of the comic place the dam portion after "[[Power Play!]]" and "[[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]" and before "[[Prisoner of War!]]".
*The battle between [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s from [[Repeat Performance!|last issue]] was caught on tape by the vacationing [[Brad Newbury]]. His footage was [[television|broadcast]] on the news.

===Real-life references===
*The title is derived from the film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/ The Dam Busters]''.

===Other trivia===
*This story is basically a retelling of the Sherman Dam incident from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|More than Meets the Eye]]". This was an act of synergy by [[Ian Rimmer]], trying to make the comic more accessible by making it look like it and the cartoon were in the same franchise. It was quickly decided to not adapt the show again as the continuity-lite episodes would soon clash with the US comic's direction.<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1]], page 147</ref>
*This was the first original UK story to utilize regular rounded speech balloons for the Transformers characters, although the tail indicating the speaker was usually given a zig-zag pattern to indicate "electrical" speech. This style was previously utilized in issues [[The New Order|5]] through [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|9]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US series]]. [[Man of Iron (issue)|Previous]] [[The Enemy Within!|UK]] [[Raiders of the Last Ark|stories]] used jagged balloons for the Transformers.

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #29:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 3, ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''October calendar:''' artwork of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] by [[Richard Fisher]] that would be recycled for the [[:File:MarvelUK-305.jpg|cover]] of issue [[The Human Factor!|#305]] more than five years later.
'''Issue #30:'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' - "He Lives Again" Part 4, and ''Robo-Capers''; ''Matt and the Cat'' "takes a rest this issue".

===Covers (5)===
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-029.jpg|'''Issue #29'''
File:MarvelUK-030.jpg|'''Issue #30'''
File:Tfcolcom05.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #5'''
File:Tfcolcom24.jpg|'''''Winter Special 1993'''''
File:Classicuk1.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1'''
</gallery>
*'''Issue #29 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight on Sherman Dam, art by [[John Ridgway]].
*'''Issue #30 cover:''' Ratchet and Prowl rescue Optimus Prime while Megatron destroys Sherman Dam, by [[Jeff Anderson]]?
*'''''Collected Comics'' #5 cover:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron fight using energy weapons, by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''''Winter Special 1993'' cover:''' Megatron, with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-Megatron in shadows behind him, by [[Andrew Wildman]] originally used for the cover of issue [[Mind Games|#243]].
*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1 cover:''' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Ark, [[Aunty|Auntie]], Optimus Prime, Megatron, the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]], [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] and the [[Ultimate Autobot]]s, by Andrew Wildman.

===Reprints===
*[[1987]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #5
*[[1993]] — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics|Transformers Winter Special 1993]]''
*[[2011]] — [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 1]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 episode adaptations]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Talk:Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely

2016-04-18T20:48:25Z

Thekelvingreen: /* Target 2006? */ new section

During the first battle scene Dai Atlus seems surprised that Cyclonus is able to form a deep connection with the Great sword, referring to him as a Novice. Granted Cyc isn't a member of the Circle of light, but should Atlus have been surprised? He and Cyclonus were (according to the RID annual) once contemporaries working with Nova Prime where they work together to rediscover Cybertron, which is hardly an overnight endeavor. Shouldn't Atlus be more familiar with his old colleague? The scene as written seems as if Atlus hasn't met Cyclonus before. I'm not sure if we should list this as a potential error or if i'm just misreading it. [[User:Howling Fist|Howling Fist]] 14:09, 29 August 2013 (EDT)
:We'll wait to see if this was intentional on Roberts' part. Next issue might shed some illumination on that. --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] 19:31, 29 August 2013 (EDT)
:Sounds like a plan to me. [[User:Howling Fist|Howling Fist]] 10:48, 30 August 2013 (EDT)
::Should it say "leaving Whirl incredulous with his belief that Dai Atlus and Cyclonus are friends"? It doesn't sound very sensical for Whirl to be surprised that he believes he and Cyclonus are friends.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 11:08, 30 August 2013 (EDT)
:::No, that's right. Dai Atlas thinks Cyclonus and Whirl are friends and Whirl is flummoxed by the notion. He doesn't think of Cyclonus as his friend. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 11:16, 30 August 2013 (EDT)
::::Oh! In that case, can we reword it to "leaving Whirl incredulous at Dai's belief that he and Cyclonus are friends"?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 14:03, 30 August 2013 (EDT)
Doesn't Cyclonus just want to kill Whirl for breaking his horn or something? [[User:Top Shots|talk]]

== Target 2006? ==

I may be reaching a bit, but the three panels of Getaway's flashback -- beginning with "he's stark raving mad" -- look a lot like the bit in ''TFUK'' #84 where a captured Jazz goads Galvatron. Is it a reference, or am I looking for parallels that aren't there? The "stark raving mad" bit sounds like a Furmanism too. [[User:Thekelvingreen|Thekelvingreen]] ([[User talk:Thekelvingreen|talk]]) 16:48, 18 April 2016 (EDT)