Robo-Capers - Revision history

NerdeeBoi: /* Coo, free gift! */ spelling/grammar

2026-03-02T16:54:42Z

Coo, free gift!: spelling/grammar

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	==Strips by category==		==Strips by category==
	===~~Coo~~, free gift!===		===Cool, free gift!===
	As was fairly common with British kids comics at the time, free gifts would often be touted as the best thing since bread came sliced by the editorial sections within the comic, even extending to any in house strips. This was the case three times over in ''Robo-Capers'', beginning with [[Robo-Capers issue 53\|issue 53]], which showed us that even the newsagents on planet Zip carried ''Transformers''. This was the first explicit acknowledgement of ''Transformers'' in ''Robo-Capers'', in an instalment couched in the strip's usual trappings of despotic leaders and domestic androids.		As was fairly common with British kids' comics at the time, free gifts would often be touted as the best thing since bread came sliced by the editorial sections within the comic, even extending to any in-house strips. This was the case three times over in ''Robo-Capers'', beginning with [[Robo-Capers issue 53\|issue 53]], which showed us that even the newsagents on planet Zip carried ''Transformers''. This was the first explicit acknowledgement of ''Transformers'' in ''Robo-Capers'', in an instalment couched in the strip's usual trappings of despotic leaders and domestic androids.

	This was not the case for the second strip advertising a free gift, which was set on Earth and lacked robots entirely, to the extent that it was titled "[[Not Robo Capers]]" on the contents page! A [[Robo-Capers issue 99\|strip in the subsequent issue]] was also set in the "real world" where ''Transformers'' is published fiction (give or take a guest appearance by a particular droid), giving us a look behind the curtain at how the [[stubbie]]s at Marvel UK put the free gifts in each individual issue.		This was not the case for the second strip advertising a free gift, which was set on Earth and lacked robots entirely, to the extent that it was titled "[[Not Robo Capers]]" on the contents page! A [[Robo-Capers issue 99\|strip in the subsequent issue]] was also set in the "real world" where ''Transformers'' is published fiction (give or take a guest appearance by a particular droid), giving us a look behind the curtain at how the [[stubbie]]s at Marvel UK put the free gifts in each individual issue.

TheLastGherkin at 21:06, 1 June 2024

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	With [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]]'s takeover, and the subsequent facelift the entire comic received in [[In the National Interest\|issue 75]], ''Robo-Capers'' became a half-page strip. The misadventures of the King and the Robot Inventor came to a head in [[Distant Thunder!\|issue 100]], when the Inventor inadvertently destroyed the entire planet Zip. After a series of silly old gag strips, the duo returned in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]], beginning a serialised story in which they finally made it to Earth, were exiled into deep space by {{w\|Margaret Thatcher\|Mrs Thatcher}}, and wound up on Robotworld, a planet of entirely pacifist robots.		With [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]]'s takeover, and the subsequent facelift the entire comic received in [[In the National Interest\|issue 75]], ''Robo-Capers'' became a half-page strip. The misadventures of the King and the Robot Inventor came to a head in [[Distant Thunder!\|issue 100]], when the Inventor inadvertently destroyed the entire planet Zip. After a series of silly old gag strips, the duo returned in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]], beginning a serialised story in which they finally made it to Earth, were exiled into deep space by {{w\|Margaret Thatcher\|Mrs Thatcher}}, and wound up on Robotworld, a planet of entirely pacifist robots.

	The strip came to an abrupt end in [[Enemy Action!\|issue 152]], when the ''[[Action Force (comic)\|Action Force]]'' comic folded into ''Transformers'' – taking the place of its regular [[Back-up strips\|back-up strip]] – bringing with it the much more regarded ''[[Combat Colin]]'', also by Stringer. The ''Robo-Capers'' name would resurface twice more: first in a special full-pager in [[The Wind of Change!\|issue 183]] which saw [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] taking over as letters host from Grimlock, and the second in the blow-out [[Time Wars\|issue 200]], which crossed over the two Stringer cartoons and depicted the King being defeated by Col (by accident!) and deciding to give up attempting to conquer Earth forever. This was the last ''Robo-Capers'' story to grace the pages of ''Transformers''~~...~~ and ~~probably the last~~ ''~~ever'' as, unlike with~~ ''Combat Colin''~~, Lew Stringer did not retain the rights~~.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Robo Capers is still owned by Marvel I'm afraid, so you'd have to write to Panini UK to see if they'd reprint them.\|link=https://twitter.com/lewstringer/status/939298846194184192\|name=Lew Stringer\|site=Twitter\|year=2017\|month=12\|day=9}}</ref>		The strip came to an abrupt end in [[Enemy Action!\|issue 152]], when the ''[[Action Force (comic)\|Action Force]]'' comic folded into ''Transformers'' – taking the place of its regular [[Back-up strips\|back-up strip]] – bringing with it the much more regarded ''[[Combat Colin]]'', also by Stringer. The ''Robo-Capers'' name would resurface twice more: first in a special full-pager in [[The Wind of Change!\|issue 183]] which saw [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] taking over as letters host from Grimlock, and the second in the blow-out [[Time Wars\|issue 200]], which crossed over the two Stringer cartoons and depicted the King being defeated by Col (by accident!) and deciding to give up attempting to conquer Earth forever. This was the last ''Robo-Capers'' story to grace the pages of ''The Transformers'', with the rights to the name and characters remaining Marvel's property rather than Lew Stringer's (who still owns ''Combat Colin'').<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Robo Capers is still owned by Marvel I'm afraid, so you'd have to write to Panini UK to see if they'd reprint them.\|link=https://twitter.com/lewstringer/status/939298846194184192\|name=Lew Stringer\|site=Twitter\|year=2017\|month=12\|day=9}}</ref> One final ''Robo-Capers'' strip appeared, unofficially and unsanctioned, in the ''Transformers'' fan convention novella [[Alignment]], but that instalment is [[Pseudocanon\|pseudocanonical]] at best.

	==Strips in publication order==		==Strips in publication order==

TheLastGherkin: /* Letter host strips */

2023-12-27T21:59:26Z

Letter host strips

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	===Letter host strips===		===Letter host strips===
	The [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|letters page]] in ''Transformers'' UK was definitely its own phenomenon, establishing a vocabulary, in-jokes, and rapport with the readers, with it being a general part of the kayfabe that the letters page host – a Transformer themself – was a real being working in the Marvel offices alongside the credited staff. This would spread beyond the letters page, with the host being referred to or quoted by other sections of the comic. In ''Robo-Capers'', this was first exhibited in [[Robo-Capers issue 59\|issue 59]], which saw letter ~~answer~~ [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]] get in-person revenge against a Marvel staffer for a misprint in an earlier issue.		The [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|letters page]] in ''Transformers'' UK was definitely its own phenomenon, establishing a vocabulary, in-jokes, and rapport with the readers, with it being a general part of the kayfabe that the letters page host – a Transformer themself – was a real being working in the Marvel offices alongside the credited staff. This would spread beyond the letters page, with the host being referred to or quoted by other sections of the comic. In ''Robo-Capers'', this was first exhibited in [[Robo-Capers issue 59\|issue 59]], which saw letter answerer [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]] get in-person revenge against a Marvel staffer for a misprint in an earlier issue.

	The letters page was largely (if not wholly) written by [[Simon Furman]], who would collaborate with Lew Stringer on two special ''Robo-Capers'' full-pagers that depicted the passing of the torch between letters page hosts. The first of these was in [[Robo-Capers issue 74\|issue 74]], which saw [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] attempt to seize the page from Soundwave. In [[Heavy Traffic!\|an issue]] that was heavily promotional of the upcoming ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Grimlock not only penned his own review of the film but also appeared in ''Robo-Capers'', in [[Robo-Capers issue 91\|a strip]] that showed the fame of being a movie star going to his head.		The letters page was largely (if not wholly) written by [[Simon Furman]], who would collaborate with Lew Stringer on two special ''Robo-Capers'' full-pagers that depicted the passing of the torch between letters page hosts. The first of these was in [[Robo-Capers issue 74\|issue 74]], which saw [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] attempt to seize the page from Soundwave. In [[Heavy Traffic!\|an issue]] that was heavily promotional of the upcoming ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Grimlock not only penned his own review of the film but also appeared in ''Robo-Capers'', in [[Robo-Capers issue 91\|a strip]] that showed the fame of being a movie star going to his head.

TheLastGherkin at 11:16, 3 September 2023

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	[[File:Robo-capers.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|The ''Robo-Capers'' logo through the ages:<br>Top left: issues [[The Enemy Within!\|15]] to [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|21]]; top right: issues [[The New Order\|22]] to [[Showdown!\|73]];<br>middle: issues [[In the National Interest\|74]] to [[The Cure!\|126]]; bottom: issues [[The Cure!\|127]] to [[Enemy Action!\|152]].<br>Not pictured: a million colour variations.]]		[[File:Robo-capers.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|The ''Robo-Capers'' logo through the ages:<br>Top left: issues [[The Enemy Within!\|15]] to [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|21]]; top right: issues [[The New Order\|22]] to [[Showdown!\|73]];<br>middle: issues [[In the National Interest\|74]] to [[The Cure!\|126]]; bottom: issues [[The Cure!\|127]] to [[Enemy Action!\|152]].<br>Not pictured: a million colour variations.]]
	'''''Robo-Capers''''' was a comic strip written and drawn by [[Lew Stringer]] and published in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel UK Transformers comic]], beginning with [[The Enemy Within!\|issue 15]].		'''''Robo-Capers''''' was a comic strip written and drawn by [[Lew Stringer]] and published in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic]], beginning with [[The Enemy Within!\|issue 15]].

	Initially, the strip was a three-panel affair, focussing on the despotic ruler of planet Zip, King Nonose<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]]</ref> (also spelled No-Nose,<ref>''Combat Colin'' in [[Time Wars\|issue 200]]</ref> and once referred to as King Kruel<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[Crisis of Command!\|issue 42]]</ref>) and his robot inventor, the Robot Inventor, in their attempts to conquer [[Earth]] using a series of frequently ridiculous robots.		Initially, the strip was a three-panel affair, focussing on the despotic ruler of planet Zip, King Nonose<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]]</ref> (also spelled No-Nose,<ref>''Combat Colin'' in [[Time Wars\|issue 200]]</ref> and once referred to as King Kruel<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[Crisis of Command!\|issue 42]]</ref>) and his robot inventor, the Robot Inventor, in their attempts to conquer [[Earth]] using a series of frequently ridiculous robots.

TheLastGherkin at 08:47, 22 June 2023

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	'''''Robo-Capers''''' was a comic strip written and drawn by [[Lew Stringer]] and published in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel UK Transformers comic]], beginning with [[The Enemy Within!\|issue 15]].		'''''Robo-Capers''''' was a comic strip written and drawn by [[Lew Stringer]] and published in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel UK Transformers comic]], beginning with [[The Enemy Within!\|issue 15]].

	Initially, the strip was a three-panel affair, focussing on the despotic ruler of planet Zip, King Nonose<ref>''Robo-Capers'' issue 127</ref> (also spelled No-Nose,<ref>''Combat Colin'' issue 200</ref> and once referred to as King Kruel<ref>''Robo-Capers'' issue 42</ref>) and his robot inventor, the Robot Inventor, in their attempts to conquer [[Earth]] using a series of frequently ridiculous robots.		Initially, the strip was a three-panel affair, focussing on the despotic ruler of planet Zip, King Nonose<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]]</ref> (also spelled No-Nose,<ref>''Combat Colin'' in [[Time Wars\|issue 200]]</ref> and once referred to as King Kruel<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[Crisis of Command!\|issue 42]]</ref>) and his robot inventor, the Robot Inventor, in their attempts to conquer [[Earth]] using a series of frequently ridiculous robots.

	As time went on, the strip also began to feature standalone gags about the world of consumer robotics, usually with machines designed to do simple tasks failing in inevitable ways. Originally set on Zip, joke strips like these eventually came to be set on Earth instead, commonly without any Zipponian involvement whatsoever.		As time went on, the strip also began to feature standalone gags about the world of consumer robotics, usually with machines designed to do simple tasks failing in inevitable ways. Originally set on Zip, joke strips like these eventually came to be set on Earth instead, commonly without any Zipponian involvement whatsoever.
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	With [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]]'s takeover, and the subsequent facelift the entire comic received in [[In the National Interest\|issue 75]], ''Robo-Capers'' became a half-page strip. The misadventures of the King and the Robot Inventor came to a head in [[Distant Thunder!\|issue 100]], when the Inventor inadvertently destroyed the entire planet Zip. After a series of silly old gag strips, the duo returned in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]], beginning a serialised story in which they finally made it to Earth, were exiled into deep space by {{w\|Margaret Thatcher\|Mrs Thatcher}}, and wound up on Robotworld, a planet of entirely pacifist robots.		With [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]]'s takeover, and the subsequent facelift the entire comic received in [[In the National Interest\|issue 75]], ''Robo-Capers'' became a half-page strip. The misadventures of the King and the Robot Inventor came to a head in [[Distant Thunder!\|issue 100]], when the Inventor inadvertently destroyed the entire planet Zip. After a series of silly old gag strips, the duo returned in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]], beginning a serialised story in which they finally made it to Earth, were exiled into deep space by {{w\|Margaret Thatcher\|Mrs Thatcher}}, and wound up on Robotworld, a planet of entirely pacifist robots.

	The strip came to an abrupt end in [[Enemy Action!\|issue 152]], when the ''[[Action Force (comic)\|Action Force]]'' comic folded into ''Transformers'' – taking the place of its regular [[Back-up strips\|back-up strip]] – bringing with it the much more regarded ''[[Combat Colin]]'', also by Stringer. The ''Robo-Capers'' name would resurface twice more: first in a special full-pager in [[The Wind of Change!\|issue 183]] which saw [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] taking over as letters host from Grimlock, and the second in the blow-out [[Time Wars\|issue 200]], which crossed over the two Stringer cartoons and depicted the King being defeated by Col (by accident!) and deciding to give up attempting to conquer Earth forever. This was the ~~very~~ last ''Robo-Capers'' story.		The strip came to an abrupt end in [[Enemy Action!\|issue 152]], when the ''[[Action Force (comic)\|Action Force]]'' comic folded into ''Transformers'' – taking the place of its regular [[Back-up strips\|back-up strip]] – bringing with it the much more regarded ''[[Combat Colin]]'', also by Stringer. The ''Robo-Capers'' name would resurface twice more: first in a special full-pager in [[The Wind of Change!\|issue 183]] which saw [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] taking over as letters host from Grimlock, and the second in the blow-out [[Time Wars\|issue 200]], which crossed over the two Stringer cartoons and depicted the King being defeated by Col (by accident!) and deciding to give up attempting to conquer Earth forever. This was the last ''Robo-Capers'' story to grace the pages of ''Transformers''... and probably the last ''ever'' as, unlike with ''Combat Colin'', Lew Stringer did not retain the rights.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Robo Capers is still owned by Marvel I'm afraid, so you'd have to write to Panini UK to see if they'd reprint them.\|link=https://twitter.com/lewstringer/status/939298846194184192\|name=Lew Stringer\|site=Twitter\|year=2017\|month=12\|day=9}}</ref>

	==Strips in publication order==		==Strips in publication order==

TheLastGherkin: /* Letter host strips */

2023-06-18T08:39:09Z

Letter host strips

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	The letters page was largely (if not wholly) written by [[Simon Furman]], who would collaborate with Lew Stringer on two special ''Robo-Capers'' full-pagers that depicted the passing of the torch between letters page hosts. The first of these was in [[Robo-Capers issue 74\|issue 74]], which saw [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] attempt to seize the page from Soundwave. In [[Heavy Traffic!\|an issue]] that was heavily promotional of the upcoming ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Grimlock not only penned his own review of the film but also appeared in ''Robo-Capers'', in [[Robo-Capers issue 91\|a strip]] that showed the fame of being a movie star going to his head.		The letters page was largely (if not wholly) written by [[Simon Furman]], who would collaborate with Lew Stringer on two special ''Robo-Capers'' full-pagers that depicted the passing of the torch between letters page hosts. The first of these was in [[Robo-Capers issue 74\|issue 74]], which saw [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] attempt to seize the page from Soundwave. In [[Heavy Traffic!\|an issue]] that was heavily promotional of the upcoming ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Grimlock not only penned his own review of the film but also appeared in ''Robo-Capers'', in [[Robo-Capers issue 91\|a strip]] that showed the fame of being a movie star going to his head.

	At the end of Grimlock's tenure, Furman and Stringer would produce "[[The Wind of Change!]]", showing [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] taking the reins, in the first and only ''Robo-Capers'' strip since its replacement by ''Combat Colin'' about thirty issues prior. The ''Robo-Capers'' brand was not revived for [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]]'s tenure as host, as he did not get a strip on his takeover – though he did appear in [[Combat Colin 300\|the ''Combat Colin'' strip]] of his column's [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|debut issue]].		At the end of Grimlock's tenure, Furman and Stringer would produce "[[The Wind of Change!]]", showing [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] taking the reins, in the first and only ''Robo-Capers'' strip since its replacement by ''Combat Colin'' about thirty issues prior. The ''Robo-Capers'' brand was not revived for [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]]'s tenure as host, as he did not get a strip on his takeover – though he did appear in [[Combat Colin issue 300\|the ''Combat Colin'' strip]] of his column's [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|debut issue]].

	===''Transformers'' parodies===		===''Transformers'' parodies===

TheLastGherkin at 21:24, 9 June 2023

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	It's relevant to us because, after a printer error rendered the ''Robo-Capers'' strip in [[Shooting Star!\|issue 51]] completely unintelligible, [[Robo-Capers issue 59\|the strip in issue 59]] featured [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]] in his role as face of the editorial team seeking revenge against the responsible parties. This broke the glass ceiling on ''Transformers'' characters appearing in ''Robo-Capers'', with some appearances being in continuity with the main comic – or at least in continuity with [[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Outside-inside continuity\|the real life events the comic dramatises]].		It's relevant to us because, after a printer error rendered the ''Robo-Capers'' strip in [[Shooting Star!\|issue 51]] completely unintelligible, [[Robo-Capers issue 59\|the strip in issue 59]] featured [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]] in his role as face of the editorial team seeking revenge against the responsible parties. This broke the glass ceiling on ''Transformers'' characters appearing in ''Robo-Capers'', with some appearances being in continuity with the main comic – or at least in continuity with [[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Outside-inside continuity\|the real life events the comic dramatises]].

			[[File:Robo Capers issue 20.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|A typical ''Robo-Capers'' strip, from [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|issue 20]].]]
	Sundry other strips would parody the characters of the comic, promote its issue's free gift, or present a handful of comical Transformers characters that "didn't make the grade", such as a [[Chiller\|fridge]] or a [[John (Decepticon)\|toilet]]. It also became something of a tradition for the transition of the post of letters page host to be depicted in a special full-page ''Robo-Capers'' strip.		Sundry other strips would parody the characters of the comic, promote its issue's free gift, or present a handful of comical Transformers characters that "didn't make the grade", such as a [[Chiller\|fridge]] or a [[John (Decepticon)\|toilet]]. It also became something of a tradition for the transition of the post of letters page host to be depicted in a special full-page ''Robo-Capers'' strip.

TheLastGherkin at 21:17, 9 June 2023

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 The strip came to an abrupt end in [[Enemy Action!|issue 152]], when the ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' comic folded into ''Transformers'' – taking the place of its regular [[Back-up strips|back-up strip]] – bringing with it the much more regarded ''[[Combat Colin]]'', also by Stringer. The ''Robo-Capers'' name would resurface twice more: first in a special full-pager in [[The Wind of Change!|issue 183]] which saw [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] taking over as letters host from Grimlock, and the second in the blow-out [[Time Wars|issue 200]], which crossed over the two Stringer cartoons and depicted the King being defeated by Col (by accident!) and deciding to give up attempting to conquer Earth forever. This was the very last ''Robo-Capers'' story.
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-==Notes==
+==Strips by category==
-*Presumably because it didn't feature any robots (except for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on a badge that came free with the comic), [[...The Harder They Die!|issue #98]]'s strip was listed on the ''Transformation'' contents page as ''Not Robo Capers''.
+===Coo, free gift!===
 ==External links==
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 {{reflist}}
 [[Category:Back-up strips]]
 [[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

TheLastGherkin at 21:27, 8 June 2023

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	*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]
	*[[Not Robo Capers\|#99]]		*[[Not Robo Capers\|#98]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 99\|#99]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 99\|#99]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]

TheLastGherkin at 21:25, 8 June 2023

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			*[[Robo-Capers issue 53\|#53]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 59\|#59]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 59\|#59]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 63\|#63]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 63\|#63]]
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	*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]
			*[[Not Robo Capers\|#99]]
			*[[Robo-Capers issue 99\|#99]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]
	*[[The Wind of Change!\|#183]]		*[[The Wind of Change!\|#183]]

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	[[File:Robo-capers.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|The ''Robo-Capers'' logo through the ages:<br>Top left: issues [[The Enemy Within!\|15]] to [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|21]]; top right: issues [[The New Order\|22]] to [[Showdown!\|73]];<br>middle: issues [[In the National Interest\|74]] to [[The Cure!\|126]]; bottom: issues [[The Cure!\|127]] to [[Enemy Action!\|152]].<br>Not pictured: a million colour variations.]]		[[File:Robo-capers.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|The ''Robo-Capers'' logo through the ages:<br>Top left: issues [[The Enemy Within!\|15]] to [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|21]]; top right: issues [[The New Order\|22]] to [[Showdown!\|73]];<br>middle: issues [[In the National Interest\|74]] to [[The Cure!\|126]]; bottom: issues [[The Cure!\|127]] to [[Enemy Action!\|152]].<br>Not pictured: a million colour variations.]]
	'''''Robo-Capers''''' was a comic strip written and drawn by [[Lew Stringer]] and published in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel UK Transformers comic]], beginning with [[The Enemy Within!\|issue 15]].		'''''Robo-Capers''''' was a comic strip written and drawn by [[Lew Stringer]] and published in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic]], beginning with [[The Enemy Within!\|issue 15]].

	Initially, the strip was a three-panel affair, focussing on the despotic ruler of planet Zip, King Nonose<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]]</ref> (also spelled No-Nose,<ref>''Combat Colin'' in [[Time Wars\|issue 200]]</ref> and once referred to as King Kruel<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[Crisis of Command!\|issue 42]]</ref>) and his robot inventor, the Robot Inventor, in their attempts to conquer [[Earth]] using a series of frequently ridiculous robots.		Initially, the strip was a three-panel affair, focussing on the despotic ruler of planet Zip, King Nonose<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[The Cure!\|issue 127]]</ref> (also spelled No-Nose,<ref>''Combat Colin'' in [[Time Wars\|issue 200]]</ref> and once referred to as King Kruel<ref>''Robo-Capers'' in [[Crisis of Command!\|issue 42]]</ref>) and his robot inventor, the Robot Inventor, in their attempts to conquer [[Earth]] using a series of frequently ridiculous robots.

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	It's relevant to us because, after a printer error rendered the ''Robo-Capers'' strip in [[Shooting Star!\|issue 51]] completely unintelligible, [[Robo-Capers issue 59\|the strip in issue 59]] featured [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]] in his role as face of the editorial team seeking revenge against the responsible parties. This broke the glass ceiling on ''Transformers'' characters appearing in ''Robo-Capers'', with some appearances being in continuity with the main comic – or at least in continuity with [[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Outside-inside continuity\|the real life events the comic dramatises]].		It's relevant to us because, after a printer error rendered the ''Robo-Capers'' strip in [[Shooting Star!\|issue 51]] completely unintelligible, [[Robo-Capers issue 59\|the strip in issue 59]] featured [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Soundwave]] in his role as face of the editorial team seeking revenge against the responsible parties. This broke the glass ceiling on ''Transformers'' characters appearing in ''Robo-Capers'', with some appearances being in continuity with the main comic – or at least in continuity with [[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Outside-inside continuity\|the real life events the comic dramatises]].

			[[File:Robo Capers issue 20.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|A typical ''Robo-Capers'' strip, from [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|issue 20]].]]
	Sundry other strips would parody the characters of the comic, promote its issue's free gift, or present a handful of comical Transformers characters that "didn't make the grade", such as a [[Chiller\|fridge]] or a [[John (Decepticon)\|toilet]]. It also became something of a tradition for the transition of the post of letters page host to be depicted in a special full-page ''Robo-Capers'' strip.		Sundry other strips would parody the characters of the comic, promote its issue's free gift, or present a handful of comical Transformers characters that "didn't make the grade", such as a [[Chiller\|fridge]] or a [[John (Decepticon)\|toilet]]. It also became something of a tradition for the transition of the post of letters page host to be depicted in a special full-page ''Robo-Capers'' strip.

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	*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]
	*[[Not Robo Capers\|#99]]		*[[Not Robo Capers\|#98]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 99\|#99]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 99\|#99]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]

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	\|title=''Robo-Capers'' strips about the Transformers appeared in the following Marvel UK issues: \|content=		\|title=''Robo-Capers'' strips about the Transformers appeared in the following Marvel UK issues: \|content=
			*[[Robo-Capers issue 53\|#53]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 59\|#59]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 59\|#59]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 63\|#63]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 63\|#63]]
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	*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 93\|#93]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 97\|#97]]
			*[[Not Robo Capers\|#99]]
			*[[Robo-Capers issue 99\|#99]]
	*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]		*[[Robo-Capers issue 114\|#114]]
	*[[The Wind of Change!\|#183]]		*[[The Wind of Change!\|#183]]