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'''Virgin''' is a large [[United Kingdom|British]] company run by [[Richard Branson]]. Their activities involve clean-up operations. | '''Virgin''' is a large [[United Kingdom|British]] company run by [[Richard Branson]]. Their activities involve clean-up operations and retailing. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel | ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=== | ||
Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the [[Thames]], Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Salvage!}} | {{noteukexclusive|Virgin}} | ||
Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the [[Thames]], Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Salvage!}} | |||
== | ===2005 IDW continuity=== | ||
A Virgin store was located in [[Times Square]]. {{Storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} | |||
==Notes== | |||
*When reprints of "Salvage!" replaced Richard Branson with "[[Mister Johnson]]", Virgin would have its serial numbers filed off in a similar manner to become "[[Visions]]". | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.virgin.com Virgin website] | |||
*{{w|Virgin Group}} on Wikipedia | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 businesses]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 businesses]] | |||
[[Category:IDW (2005) businesses]] | |||
[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:54, 4 September 2024
Virgin is a large British company run by Richard Branson. Their activities involve clean-up operations and retailing.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]Virgin appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.
Following the discovery of Transformer bodies in the Thames, Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from London's main waterway, come rain or shine. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of Centurion and Megatron[1] above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to Shockwave. Salvage!
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]A Virgin store was located in Times Square. All Hail Megatron #1
Notes
[edit]- When reprints of "Salvage!" replaced Richard Branson with "Mister Johnson", Virgin would have its serial numbers filed off in a similar manner to become "Visions".
External links
[edit]- Virgin website
- Virgin Group on Wikipedia
