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|seriesissue=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Titan Transformers Comic'']] #4 | |||
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 3 | |||
|next=Transformers Comic issue 5 | |||
|image=Tf mag 04 2007.JPG | |||
|caption=Don't let them [[Afterdeath!|play a video game]]! | |||
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]] | |||
|date=[[October 11|11 October]] [[2007]] | |||
|coverdate=November [[2007]] | |||
|editor=[[Steve White]] | |||
|designer=[[Martin Stiff]] | |||
|deputy editor=[[Den Patrick]] | |||
|contributing editors= | |||
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Curtis]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Devastator blows stuff up.''' | '''Devastator blows stuff up.''' | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
===Lost In Space 2: Devastator=== | ===Lost In Space 2: Devastator=== | ||
{{Comicstory| | |||
|seriesissue=Titan Movie comic | |||
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 3#Lost in Space 1: Ratchet | |||
|next=Transformers Comic issue 5#Lost In Space 3: Ironhide | |||
|title=Lost In Space 2: Devastator | |||
|image= | |||
|caption= | |||
|script=[[Simon Furman]] | |||
|art=[[Don Figueroa]] | |||
|inks= | |||
|colours=[[Robin Smith]] | |||
|lettering=[[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]] | |||
|continuity=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Prequels and sequels|Main ''Transformers'' prequel]] | |||
}} | |||
Due to [[Transformers Comic issue 2|the foldspace detonation]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] has been transported to an uninhabited alien world covered with cities. With no one around to fight or terrorise, Devastator is bored out of his mind and has been randomly destroying stuff. He's being mentally affected by an unknown source but doesn't care, but he eventually gets himself to realise he needs to get off-world before he runs out of fuel and so locks onto an energy source. | Due to [[Transformers Comic issue 2|the foldspace detonation]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] has been transported to an uninhabited alien world covered with cities. With no one around to fight or terrorise, Devastator is bored out of his mind and has been randomly destroying stuff. He's being mentally affected by an unknown source but doesn't care, but he eventually gets himself to realise he needs to get off-world before he runs out of fuel and so locks onto an energy source. | ||
A holographic message, left behind by the world's extinct inhabitants, tells him that the energy | A holographic message, left behind by the world's extinct inhabitants, tells him that the energy source—"[[Flame (Movie)|the Flame]]"—unleashed the inhabitants' worst instincts and caused them to kill each other. Devastator, uninterested, drives on halfway through the message. Other Decepticons—[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]—appear before him, taunting him about his stupidity and attempting to kill him so he can't reach the Flame. | ||
The nature of these | The nature of these apparitions is left unexplained (it is most likely caused by the Flame getting inside Devastator's head) but he shows no interest in them and isn't bothered by their taunts, simply blasting them aside. He reaches the Flame, ignores all the questions it raises about what he's faced and his aggression, and simply takes the power he needs and heads back into space. | ||
"See, me, I go by one guiding | "See, me, I go by one guiding principle—keep it ''stupid''... simple!" | ||
{{-}} | |||
===Articles & | ====Featured characters==== | ||
{{featuredcharacters | |||
|c2= | |||
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] (1) | |||
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (illusion) (3) | |||
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (illusion) (4) | |||
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] (illusion) (5) | |||
|c3= | |||
*Dead Alien Hologram (2) | |||
}} | |||
===Articles & features=== | |||
* Character Profile: [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] | * Character Profile: [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] | ||
* Cybertron Smackdown: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] v. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] — Write-ups of the skills and weaknesses of the two 'bots in question, leaving the reader to decide who would win in a head-to-head. Written by Simon Furman. | * Cybertron Smackdown: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] v. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] — Write-ups of the skills and weaknesses of the two 'bots in question, leaving the reader to decide who would win in a head-to-head. Written by Simon Furman. | ||
* How To Draw Optimus Prime. | * How To Draw Optimus Prime. | ||
* Top Gear — Win "Optimash Prime", Barricade & Ratchet toys, and [[ | * Top Gear — Win "Optimash Prime", Barricade & Ratchet toys, and [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]. | ||
* Movie poster. | * Movie poster. | ||
* Mech Mail - Letters and art from readers | * Mech Mail - Letters and art from readers | ||
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===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
''Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.'' | ''Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.'' | ||
* [[Movie Prequel issue 2|Transformers: Movie Prequel, part 2a]] (7 pages) | |||
* [[ | * [[The Gathering issue 2|Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 2a]] (7 pages) | ||
* [[The Gathering | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"No one to fight, no one to terrorise. Three solar cycles in... and I'm going ''nuts!"'' | "No one to fight, no one to terrorise. Three solar cycles in... and I'm going ''nuts!"'' | ||
:—'''Devastator''' | |||
"The Flame will ''consume'' you, utterly, as it did us. We were a peaceful race, un-versed in the ways of war, until the Flame..."<br> | "The Flame will ''consume'' you, utterly, as it did us. We were a peaceful race, un-versed in the ways of war, until the Flame..."<br> | ||
"Whatever." | "Whatever." | ||
:—'''Ominous Exposition''' meets its match in '''Devastator''' | |||
"See, me, I go by one guiding principle — keep it ''stupid''... simple!" | "See, me, I go by one guiding principle — keep it ''stupid''... simple!" | ||
:—'''Devastator''' reveals his mantra as he blows up apparitions of Barricade and Bonecrusher. And who can argue with that? | |||
:—'''Devastator''' reveals his mantra as he blows up apparitions of | |||
==Items of note== | ==Items of note== | ||
* The story hints that Devastator is mocked and disliked by his fellow Decepticons. | * A plot device that's driving Transformers into mad violence has come up several times under Furman's pen, in "[[Distant Thunder!]]" and "[[Primal Fear!]]". Here, the plot breaks down as Devastator is such a violent, uncaring thug that he ''always'' feels violent anyway and he can just carry on. | ||
* The story hints that Devastator is either mocked and disliked by his fellow Decepticons, or deep down he ''believes'' he is. If the latter, his declaration that "their words" can't hurt him is protesting too much. | |||
* Between this and his suicidal actions in #2, Devastator is shown to care about nothing beyond doing his job (i.e. smashing things) and has no interest in anything beyond that. | * Between this and his suicidal actions in #2, Devastator is shown to care about nothing beyond doing his job (i.e. smashing things) and has no interest in anything beyond that. | ||
* In the recap for the reprints, Razorbeast is one of "the Autobot Maximals": not quite right but a way to quickly explain to kids that the Maximals are a) The goodies b) Came from Autobots | |||
* | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic issue 04}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic issue 04}} | ||
[[Category:Transformers Magazine issues]] | [[Category:Transformers Magazine issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:01, 19 May 2021
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 Don't let them play a video game! | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Titan Magazines | ||||||||||||
| First published | 11 October 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | November 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Steve White | ||||||||||||
| Deputy editor | Den Patrick | ||||||||||||
| Designer | Martin Stiff | ||||||||||||
| Publishing manager | Darryl Curtis | ||||||||||||
Devastator blows stuff up.
Contents
[edit]Lost In Space 2: Devastator
[edit]
| |||||||||||||
| Lost In Space 2: Devastator | |||||||||||||
| Script | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art | Don Figueroa | ||||||||||||
| Colours | Robin Smith | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Main Transformers prequel | ||||||||||||
Due to the foldspace detonation, Devastator has been transported to an uninhabited alien world covered with cities. With no one around to fight or terrorise, Devastator is bored out of his mind and has been randomly destroying stuff. He's being mentally affected by an unknown source but doesn't care, but he eventually gets himself to realise he needs to get off-world before he runs out of fuel and so locks onto an energy source.
A holographic message, left behind by the world's extinct inhabitants, tells him that the energy source—"the Flame"—unleashed the inhabitants' worst instincts and caused them to kill each other. Devastator, uninterested, drives on halfway through the message. Other Decepticons—Starscream, Barricade and Bonecrusher—appear before him, taunting him about his stupidity and attempting to kill him so he can't reach the Flame.
The nature of these apparitions is left unexplained (it is most likely caused by the Flame getting inside Devastator's head) but he shows no interest in them and isn't bothered by their taunts, simply blasting them aside. He reaches the Flame, ignores all the questions it raises about what he's faced and his aggression, and simply takes the power he needs and heads back into space.
"See, me, I go by one guiding principle—keep it stupid... simple!"
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|
|
|
Articles & features
[edit]- Character Profile: Blackout
- Cybertron Smackdown: Optimus Prime v. Megatron — Write-ups of the skills and weaknesses of the two 'bots in question, leaving the reader to decide who would win in a head-to-head. Written by Simon Furman.
- How To Draw Optimus Prime.
- Top Gear — Win "Optimash Prime", Barricade & Ratchet toys, and Transformers: The Ultimate Guide.
- Movie poster.
- Mech Mail - Letters and art from readers
Free Gift
[edit]- "4 Pin Badges!" - one with the Autobot symbol, one with the Decepticon symbol, one with Optimus' head and one with Megatron's.
Reprints
[edit]Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.
- Transformers: Movie Prequel, part 2a (7 pages)
- Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 2a (7 pages)
Quotes
[edit]"No one to fight, no one to terrorise. Three solar cycles in... and I'm going nuts!"
- —Devastator
"The Flame will consume you, utterly, as it did us. We were a peaceful race, un-versed in the ways of war, until the Flame..."
"Whatever."
- —Ominous Exposition meets its match in Devastator
"See, me, I go by one guiding principle — keep it stupid... simple!"
- —Devastator reveals his mantra as he blows up apparitions of Barricade and Bonecrusher. And who can argue with that?
Items of note
[edit]- A plot device that's driving Transformers into mad violence has come up several times under Furman's pen, in "Distant Thunder!" and "Primal Fear!". Here, the plot breaks down as Devastator is such a violent, uncaring thug that he always feels violent anyway and he can just carry on.
- The story hints that Devastator is either mocked and disliked by his fellow Decepticons, or deep down he believes he is. If the latter, his declaration that "their words" can't hurt him is protesting too much.
- Between this and his suicidal actions in #2, Devastator is shown to care about nothing beyond doing his job (i.e. smashing things) and has no interest in anything beyond that.
- In the recap for the reprints, Razorbeast is one of "the Autobot Maximals": not quite right but a way to quickly explain to kids that the Maximals are a) The goodies b) Came from Autobots
