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|title=The Wind of Change! | |title="The Wind of Change!" | ||
|image=TFUK183 Wind of Change.jpg | |image=TFUK183 Wind of Change.jpg | ||
|caption= | |caption= | ||
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | ||
|date=[[September 10|10th September]] 1988 | |published in=[[Space Pirates!|''The Transformers'' (UK) #183]] | ||
|date=[[September 10|10th September]] [[1988]] | |||
|coverdate=[[September 17|17th September]] 1988 | |coverdate=[[September 17|17th September]] 1988 | ||
|script=[[Simon Furman]] | |script=[[Simon Furman]] | ||
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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
At the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] offices, [[Grimlock (G1)|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! | 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! | ||
==Featured characters== | ==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== | ==Notes== | ||
* This one-page special strip was | *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!" | ||
* A similar special, [[Robo-Capers issue 74|without a title]], had appeared in [[In the National Interest| | *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]] is not shown, though he would answer letters alongside Dreadwind. | *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 | *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. | *The contents of the suitcases were revealed on the inside back cover. | ||
===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
* | *'''''[[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]]. | ||
*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Rarities]]''''': [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] "cassette" by [[James Biggie]]. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:TitanSP.jpg|'''''Transformers: Space Pirates'''''<br>(Titan Books, 2003) | |||
File:TF RaritiesCover.jpg|'''''Best of the Rarities'''''<br>(IDW Publishing, 2022) | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wind of Change!}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Wind of Change!}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Robo-Capers issues]] | ||
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| "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
[edit]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!
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Notes
[edit]- This one-page special strip was included in issue #183 to explain the changeover in letters page answerer. It was billed as "A Robo-Capers Special!"
- A similar special, without a title, had appeared in issue #74.
- Dreadwind's Nebulan companion Hi-Test is not shown, though he would answer letters alongside Dreadwind.
- The story is named after the 1960 Wind of Change speech by UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
- The contents of the suitcases were revealed on the inside back cover.
Reprints
[edit]- Transformers: Space Pirates: Rodimus Prime, Arcee and Wreck-Gar have a little problem with Quintessons, by Geoff Senior and Oliver Harud.
- Transformers: Best of the Rarities: Soundwave and Ravage "cassette" by James Biggie.
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Transformers: Space Pirates
(Titan Books, 2003) -
Best of the Rarities
(IDW Publishing, 2022)
