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{{disambig3|about=the Marvel issue|Underworld}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #245
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|title="Underworld!"
|title="Underworld!"
|image=MarvelUK-245.jpg
|image=MarvelUK-245.jpg
|caption=Tentacles?! But I'm not a [[Kiss Player]]!
|caption=
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[November 18|18th November]] [[1989]]
|date=[[November 18|18th November]] [[1989]]
|coverdate=[[November 25|25th November]] 1989
|coverdate=[[November 25|25th November]] 1989
|writer=[[Simon Furman|Simon Furman]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson|Jeff Anderson]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]]
|letterer=[[Helen Stone|Helen Stone]]
|letterer=[[Helen Stone]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline|Unclear, possibly in far past]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
}}
}}
'''Initiation rituals turn out to be more than meets the eye...'''
'''Initiation rituals turn out to be more than meets the eye...'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
In caverns deep underground on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] three [[Autobot Military Academy]] cadets—Subsea, Tailgate and Flattop—hide as a group of [[Mutant (G1)|mutant]] [[Transformer]]s hunt for them. Once the mutants have passed them the three Autobots move off, though Flattop is frozen with fear.
[[File:Pipes outback underworld.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|Pipes was more into angry looming when he was a cadet.]]
In caverns deep underground on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], three [[Autobot Military Academy]] cadets—[[Subsea]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Flattop (Marvel)|Flattop]]—hide as a group of [[Mutant (G1)|mutant]] [[Transformer]]s hunt for them. Once the mutants have passed them, the three Autobots move off, though Flattop is frozen with fear.


Up on the surface Pipes and Outback comment that initiations in the Underworld went out with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] but Flattop was headstrong and talked the others going in. Outback and Pipes agree to go in to rescue their fellows.
Up on the surface, [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] comment that initiations in the [[Underworld]] went out with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] but Flattop was headstrong and talked the others going in. Outback and Pipes agree to go in to rescue their fellows.


Down below the mutants find the Autobots and kill first Subsea then Flattop. Before they can kill Tailgate he blasts Smeltdown's furnace, triggering an explosion which kills all the mutants bar Rotgut. Tailgate throws the survivor into the pyre as Outback and Pipes arrive to find their help is not needed.
Down below, the mutants find the Autobots and kill first Subsea then Flattop. Before they can kill Tailgate, he blasts [[Smeltdown]]'s furnace, triggering an explosion which kills all the mutants bar [[Rotgut]]. Tailgate throws the survivor into the pyre as Outback and Pipes arrive to find their help is not needed.


But the explosion has released something else, something that has not fed in countless years...
But the explosion has released something else, something that has not fed in countless years...
 
{{--}}
{{note|This story is continued in "[[Demons!]]".}}


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c1=
* [[Subsea]] (1)
*[[Subsea]] (1)
* [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (2)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (2)
* [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]] (3)
*[[Flattop (Marvel)|Flattop]] (3)
* [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (9)
*[[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (9)
* [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (10)
*[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (10)
|h4=[[Mutant (G1)|Mutants]]|c4=
|h4=[[Mutant (G1)|Mutants]]|c4=
* [[Rotgut]] (4)
*[[Rotgut]] (4)
* [[Warhead]] (5)
*[[Warhead]] (5)
* [[Slayride]] (6)
*[[Slayride]] (6)
* [[Smeltdown]] (7)
*[[Smeltdown]] (7)
* [[Jackhammer (Mutant)|Jackhammer]] (8)
*[[Jackhammer (G1)|Jackhammer]] (8)
|h5=Others|c5=
|h5=Others|c5=
* [[Demon]]s (11)
*[[Demon]]s (11)
}}
}}


==Errors==
==Quotes==
==Items of note==
 
* This is the first appearance of Tailgate (bar a one panel cameo in "[[Resurrection!]]") and Pipes.
==Notes==
* It's not at all clear when the story is set. All three [[Mini Vehicle|Mini-Autobots]] are cadets at the academy, but in his previous appearances Outback was a regular soldier. It's possible this story is set some years in the past but there is nothing for definite.
===Artwork and technical errors===
* Issue #245 also contained a four page ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' mini-comic detailing how the European ''[[Action Force (team)|Action Force]]'' and its American counterpart ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' have merged to form ''G.I. Joe the Action Force'', a name change that would be carried over to the back-up comic strips from issue #248 and the cover from issue #249, as well as the toyline. The mini-comic was also given away free in some toy shops.
*In the penultimate frame Tailgate's name is rendered "Tail Gate" when Outback speaks to him.
 
===Continuity errors===
*TBD
 
===Continuity notes===
*This is the first appearance of Tailgate (bar a one panel cameo in "[[Resurrection!]]") and Pipes.
*It's not at all clear when the story is set. All three [[Mini-Vehicle|Mini-Autobots]] are cadets at the academy, but in his previous appearances Outback was a regular soldier.
*[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has a long-disused sewer system.
 
===Real-life references===
*TBD
 
===Other trivia===
*Flattop inadvertently used the same name as a [[Flattop (G1)|toyline Decepticon]]; when questioned by a reader in #255's Dread Tidings [[Letters page]], Dreadwind claimed that the Flattop featured in "Underworld!" was an unsuccessful clone of the Decepticon.
 
===Back-up material===
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[The Resurrection Gambit!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' - "Evasion" and ''[[G.I. Joe (comic)|GI Joe]] the Action Force'' - "Divided We Fall!"
**"Divided We Fall!" was a mini-comic detailing how the European ''[[Action Force (team)|Action Force]]'' and its American counterpart ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' have merged to form ''G.I. Joe the Action Force'', a name change that would be carried over to the back-up comic strips from issue [[Fallen Star!|#248]] and the cover from issue [[Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?|#249]], as well as the toyline. The mini-comic was also printed in ''The Incredible Hulk Presents'' #8, which was published the same week, as well as being given away free in some toy shops.
 
===Foreign Localization===
'''Swedish'''
:* ''Title:'' "'''Den Undre Världen'''" ("The World Below")
 
===Cover===
*'''Issue #245 cover:''' Tailgate hides from a Mutant, by [[Andrew Wildman|Andy Wildman]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-245.jpg|'''Issue #245'''
</gallery>


==Reprints==
===Advertisements===
*This story was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Aspects of Evil]]''.
*Knorr ''Mysteries of the Deep'' soup
*Kellogg's Rice Krispies
*Free Apollo Atomic stickers at Halford's


===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Aspects of Evil]]:''''' Rodimus Prime and Unicron fight, by [[Stephen Baskerville]]. Cropped version of [[White Fire|issue #254's]] cover.
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Vol 19: Perchance to Dream:''''' [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (from early IDW promo art), by [[Guido Guidi]] above a retro scene of the [[Battlecharger]]s (from [[Worlds Apart!|Marvel UK #255]] cover), by Stephen Baskerville.
<gallery>
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Aspects of Evil.jpg|'''''Aspects of Evil'' TPB'''<br>(Titan Books, 2005)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v19.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection'' Vol. 19'''<br>(IDW Publishing, 2017)
</gallery>


[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Latest revision as of 21:55, 27 March 2025

This article is about the Marvel issue. For other uses of "Underworld", see Underworld (disambiguation)
« The Transformers (UK) #245 »
"Underworld!"
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published 18th November 1989
Cover date 25th November 1989
Writer Simon Furman
Art Jeff Anderson
Letterer Helen Stone
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity (Marvel UK)
Chronology Unclear, possibly in far past

Initiation rituals turn out to be more than meets the eye...

Synopsis

[edit]
Pipes was more into angry looming when he was a cadet.

In caverns deep underground on Cybertron, three Autobot Military Academy cadets—Subsea, Tailgate, and Flattop—hide as a group of mutant Transformers hunt for them. Once the mutants have passed them, the three Autobots move off, though Flattop is frozen with fear.

Up on the surface, Pipes and Outback comment that initiations in the Underworld went out with the Ark but Flattop was headstrong and talked the others going in. Outback and Pipes agree to go in to rescue their fellows.

Down below, the mutants find the Autobots and kill first Subsea then Flattop. Before they can kill Tailgate, he blasts Smeltdown's furnace, triggering an explosion which kills all the mutants bar Rotgut. Tailgate throws the survivor into the pyre as Outback and Pipes arrive to find their help is not needed.

But the explosion has released something else, something that has not fed in countless years...

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Mutants Others

Quotes

[edit]

Notes

[edit]

Artwork and technical errors

[edit]
  • In the penultimate frame Tailgate's name is rendered "Tail Gate" when Outback speaks to him.

Continuity errors

[edit]
  • TBD

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • This is the first appearance of Tailgate (bar a one panel cameo in "Resurrection!") and Pipes.
  • It's not at all clear when the story is set. All three Mini-Autobots are cadets at the academy, but in his previous appearances Outback was a regular soldier.
  • Cybertron has a long-disused sewer system.

Real-life references

[edit]
  • TBD

Other trivia

[edit]
  • Flattop inadvertently used the same name as a toyline Decepticon; when questioned by a reader in #255's Dread Tidings Letters page, Dreadwind claimed that the Flattop featured in "Underworld!" was an unsuccessful clone of the Decepticon.

Back-up material

[edit]
  • Additional Transformers story: "The Resurrection Gambit!"
  • Other strips: Action Force - "Evasion" and GI Joe the Action Force - "Divided We Fall!"
    • "Divided We Fall!" was a mini-comic detailing how the European Action Force and its American counterpart G.I. Joe have merged to form G.I. Joe the Action Force, a name change that would be carried over to the back-up comic strips from issue #248 and the cover from issue #249, as well as the toyline. The mini-comic was also printed in The Incredible Hulk Presents #8, which was published the same week, as well as being given away free in some toy shops.

Foreign Localization

[edit]

Swedish

  • Title: "Den Undre Världen" ("The World Below")

Cover

[edit]
  • Issue #245 cover: Tailgate hides from a Mutant, by Andy Wildman.
  • Issue #245
    Issue #245

Advertisements

[edit]
  • Knorr Mysteries of the Deep soup
  • Kellogg's Rice Krispies
  • Free Apollo Atomic stickers at Halford's

Reprints

[edit]
  • Aspects of Evil TPB (Titan Books, 2005)
    Aspects of Evil TPB
    (Titan Books, 2005)
  • The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 19 (IDW Publishing, 2017)
    The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 19
    (IDW Publishing, 2017)
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