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|title="The Wind of Change!"
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|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|published in=[[Space Pirates!|''The Transformers'' (UK) #183]]
|date=[[September 10|10th September]] [[1988]]
|coverdate=[[September 17|17th September]] 1988
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Lew Stringer]]
|colour=[[Sage]]
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'''Grimlock leaves as his replacement arrives - but is the new Transformer suited for the task?'''
'''Grimlock leaves as his replacement arrives - but is the new Transformer suited for the task?'''


=Marvel UK issue #183=
==Synopsis==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
At the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] offices, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] emerges from the mail room to announce he's answered his last letter and is off on holiday. He tells a reluctant [[Stubbie]] to carry all his cases. Outside, Grimlock is anxious to get to the shuttle before his replacement arrives, but the Stubbie is having difficulties with the cases. Suddenly, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] lands and wants to pick a fight with Grimlock, rather than taking his advice to start answering the letters. Grimlock hasn't time for a fight so flicks his tail, causing the Stubbie to fall and the huge pile of cases falls on Dreadwind. Grimlock wonders why a hard case like Dreadwind "can't see that you'll always lose to my hard cases!" Grimlock tells the Stubbie to just bring the ones with fuel in them and leave the rest to Dreadwind, who wonders if he's really '''suit'''ed to this!
'''Art:''' [[Lew Stringer]]<br>
'''Colour:''' [[Sage]]


 
==Featured characters==
*''Originally published:'' 10th September 1988. Cover date ("off sale") 17th September 1988.
 
===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (1)
 
|c2=
|c2=
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (3)
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (3)
 
|c3=
|c3=
* [[Stubbie]] (2)
*[[Stubbie]] (2)
}}


}}
==Notes==
==Synopsis==
*This one-page special strip was included in issue [[Space Pirates!|#183]] to explain the changeover in [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page answerer]]. It was billed as "A ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' Special!"
At the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] offices, Grimlock emerges from the mail room to announce he's answered his last letter and is off on holiday. He tells a reluctant Stubbie to carry all his cases. Outside Grimlock is anxious to get to the shuttle before his replacement arrives, but the Stubbie is having difficulties with the cases. Suddenly Dreadwind lands and wants to pick a fight with Grimlock, rather than taking his advice to start answering the letters. Grimlock hasn't time for a fight so flicks his tail, causing the Stubbie to fall and the huge pile of cases falls on Dreadwind. Grimlock wonders why a hard case like Dreadwind "can't see that you'll always lose to my hard cases!" Grimlock tells the Stubbie to just bring the ones with fuel in them and leave the rest to Dreadwind, who wonders if he's really '''suit'''ed to this!
*A similar special, [[Robo-Capers issue 74|without a title]], had appeared in issue [[In the National Interest|#74]].
*Dreadwind's [[Nebulan]] companion [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] is not shown, though he would answer letters alongside Dreadwind.
*The story is named after the 1960 ''{{w|Wind of Change (speech)|Wind of Change}}'' speech by [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]] {{w|Harold Macmillan}}.
*The contents of the suitcases were revealed on the inside back cover.


==Items of note==
===Reprints===
* This one-page special strip was written to explain the changeover in [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page answerer]]. It was billed as "A ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' Special!"
*'''''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]''''': [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] have a little problem with [[Quintesson]]s, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
* A similar special, [[Robo-Capers issue 74|without a title]], had appeared in [[In the National Interest|issue #74]].
*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Rarities]]''''': [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] "cassette" by [[James Biggie]].
* Dreadwind's [[Nebulos|Nebulan]] companion [[Hi-Test]] is not shown, though he would answer letters alongside Dreadwind.
* The story is named after the 1960 [[wikipedia:Wind_of_Change_(speech)|''Wind of Change'']] speech by UK Prime Minister [[wikipedia:Harold_Macmillan|Harold Macmillan]].
* The contents of the suitcases were revealed on the inside back cover.


==Reprints==
<gallery>
* The strip was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback "Space Pirates", albeit at reduced size within the "''Transformers'' UK" introduction.
File:TitanSP.jpg|'''''Transformers: Space Pirates'''''<br>(Titan Books, 2003)
File:TF RaritiesCover.jpg|'''''Best of the Rarities'''''<br>(IDW Publishing, 2022)
</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 17:45, 7 June 2023

Robo-Capers
"The Wind of Change!"
Publisher Marvel Comics
Published in The Transformers (UK) #183
First published 10th September 1988
Cover date 17th September 1988
Script Simon Furman
Art Lew Stringer
Colour Sage
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

Grimlock leaves as his replacement arrives - but is the new Transformer suited for the task?

Synopsis

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At the Marvel UK offices, Grimlock emerges from the mail room to announce he's answered his last letter and is off on holiday. He tells a reluctant Stubbie to carry all his cases. Outside, Grimlock is anxious to get to the shuttle before his replacement arrives, but the Stubbie is having difficulties with the cases. Suddenly, Dreadwind lands and wants to pick a fight with Grimlock, rather than taking his advice to start answering the letters. Grimlock hasn't time for a fight so flicks his tail, causing the Stubbie to fall and the huge pile of cases falls on Dreadwind. Grimlock wonders why a hard case like Dreadwind "can't see that you'll always lose to my hard cases!" Grimlock tells the Stubbie to just bring the ones with fuel in them and leave the rest to Dreadwind, who wonders if he's really suited to this!

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Notes

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Reprints

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