Editing The Last Stand

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'''The Autobots make a desperate gamble to defeat the Decepticons.'''

=Marvel US issue #4=
''(Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #7-8)''

'''Writer:''' [[Jim Salicrup]] <br>
'''Pencils:''' [[Frank Springer]]<br>
'''Inks:''' [[Ian Akin]], [[Brian Garvey]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[John Workman]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Nelson Yomtov]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Bob Budiansky]]<br>

*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Buster Witwicky]], [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], others TBA 
*''Originally published:'' March, 1985

==Synopsis==

Some of the Autobots accuse Sparkplug of betraying them by giving the Decepticons the fuel conversion they needed. Panicked, Sparkplug and his son attempt to escape, but Sparkplug suffers a heart attack. He is rushed to the hospital by the Autobot Ratchet, and the remaining Autobots are forced to make a desperate gamble to fight the Decepticons one last time. All the Autobots sacrifice their remaining fuel resources to Optimus Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage. These five fight the Decepticons within the volcano the Ark has crashed into, as the Decepticons arrive to destroy the Autobots once and for all. Although the Decepticons begin to win the battle by virtue of their greater numbers, at the moment of apparent victory, the Decepticons all begin to fall. Sparkplug has corrupted the fuel he provided to the Decepticons, and they are now poisoned. As Optimus Prime proclaims the debt that they and the entire world owes to Sparkplug Witwicky, a blast from above knocks out the Autobot troops. The Decepticon Shockwave stands supreme! "NOT the end..."

==Errors==
*TBA

==Items of note==
*Advertised as part 4 in a 4-issue limited series, but ending and letter column both make clear that issue 5 of what is now an ongoing is forthcoming.
*An alternate ending[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg] was scripted and drawn, in case the series was unsuccessful; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. This ending was seen in some overseas printings of the issue.
*A second alternate ending was published in the ''Federal Comics Super Special edition''.  It expands the second panel of the penultimate page (or, the second panel from the link within the previous note) into a final splash page, eliminating the other panels entirely.  Additionally, any page that mentioned the Shockwave subplot was dropped.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/#1f "Is it true there was an alternate version of #4?" at Tfarchive.com]]


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