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'''Grimlock discovers what the date means...''' | '''Grimlock discovers what the date means...''' | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
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[[April 1|1st April]] [[1990]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] is in the middle of a snowstorm, some three hundred and fifty miles to the east of the [[Earthforce]] shuttle. He has travelled all this way for a one-on-one fight with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] who has challenged him. Grimlock is frustrated with the location and starts calling out for Shockwave to come and face him. | [[April 1|1st April]] [[1990]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] is in the middle of a snowstorm, some three hundred and fifty miles to the east of the [[Earthforce]] shuttle. He has travelled all this way for a one-on-one fight with [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] who has challenged him. Grimlock is frustrated with the location and starts calling out for Shockwave to come and face him. | ||
[[File:April fool marvel uk 267.jpg|thumb|left]] | |||
Nearby, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] are patrolling. Shockwave has sent them to try and find the [[Autobot]] [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] but, personally, they feel, if the Autobots have landed in the wilderness, they are welcome to it. | Nearby, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] are patrolling. Shockwave has sent them to try and find the [[Autobot]] [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] but, personally, they feel, if the Autobots have landed in the wilderness, they are welcome to it. | ||
Meanwhile at the Autobot shuttle, the other four [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s still can't believe Grimlock fell for it. [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] created a computer simulation of Shockwave for the challenge to Grimlock, who the others felt needed to lighten up a bit after taking his role as Earthforce commander too seriously. | Meanwhile, at the Autobot shuttle, the other four [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s still can't believe Grimlock fell for it. [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] created a computer simulation of Shockwave for the challenge to Grimlock, who the others felt needed to lighten up a bit after taking his role as Earthforce commander too seriously. | ||
In the wilderness, Grimlock's mood gets even worse when he discovers a snowman of Shockwave and a sign saying "April Fool" signed by the other Dinobots. Razorclaw and Rampage see this and start laughing that Grimlock fell for it. Grimlock's mood finds new depths to sink to and he attacks them. | In the wilderness, Grimlock's mood gets even worse when he discovers a snowman of Shockwave and a sign saying "April Fool" signed by the other Dinobots. Razorclaw and Rampage see this and start laughing that Grimlock fell for it. Grimlock's mood finds new depths to sink to and he attacks them. | ||
Later, the Dinobots are patrolling outside the shuttle, awaiting Grimlock's return, and start wondering if Grimlock has taken it the right way. But they console themselves that Grimlock has a great sense of humour... whilst Grimlock lifts up the largest snowball of all time... | Later, the Dinobots are patrolling outside the shuttle, awaiting Grimlock's return, and start wondering if Grimlock has taken it the right way. But they console themselves that Grimlock has a great sense of humour... whilst Grimlock lifts up the largest snowball of all time... | ||
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==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
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*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (1) | *[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (1) | ||
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (4) | *[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (4) | ||
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (5) | *[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (5) | ||
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (6) | *[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (6) | ||
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (7) | *[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (7) | ||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (2) | *[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (2) | ||
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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"'''Aaahh!''' I hate this '''stuff!'''" | |||
:—'''Grimlock''' tries to punch some snow. | |||
"C'mon - we'd better '''check out''' that sound. We miss 'em, he'll have our '''hides!'''"<br> | |||
"[''Sigh''] Get real, '''Razorclaw!''' I mean...'''what Autobot''' would be '''dumb enough''' to come out '''here?'''" | |||
:—'''Razorclaw''' and '''Rampage''' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Artwork and technical errors=== | ===Artwork and technical errors=== | ||
* | *TBD | ||
===Continuity errors=== | ===Continuity errors=== | ||
*TBD | |||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
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===Real-life references=== | ===Real-life references=== | ||
*TBD | |||
===Other trivia=== | ===Other trivia=== | ||
*The issue came out three weeks after [[April Fools' Day]]. | *The issue came out three weeks after [[April Fools' Day]]. | ||
*The scene of Grimlock fighting the Predacons has a bar across it saying "Censored". | |||
===Back-up | ===Back-up material=== | ||
*'''Additional Transformers | *'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Blood on the Tracks]]" | ||
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]] - "Shuttle Complex" | *'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Shuttle Complex" and ''<s>[[Combat Colin]]</s> Combat Kate'' | ||
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] | *'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] | ||
=== | ===Cover=== | ||
*'''Issue #267 cover:''' Grimlock charges at some hunters, by John Marshall. | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:MarvelUK-267.jpg|'''Issue #267''' | File:MarvelUK-267.jpg|'''Issue #267''' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
*[[ | *'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] thumps a table — crop of the cover to UK issue [[Break-Away!|#263]], by [[Stephen Baskerville]]. | ||
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' Bludgeon (art reused from [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profiles) above an interior scene of Grimlock punching through Fangry (from [[End of the Road! (US)|US issue #80]]), by [[Andrew Wildman]]. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Earthforce.jpg|'''''Transformers: Earthforce'''''<br>(Titan Books, 2005) | |||
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road'''''<br>(Hachette Partworks, 2018) | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]] | [[Category:Marvel UK issues]] | ||
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| "Snow Fun!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 21st April 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 28th April 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art | Jeff Anderson | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Stuart Bartlett | ||||||||||||
| Cover | John Marshall | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity/Earthforce | ||||||||||||
Grimlock discovers what the date means...
Synopsis
[edit]These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.
1st April 1990. Grimlock is in the middle of a snowstorm, some three hundred and fifty miles to the east of the Earthforce shuttle. He has travelled all this way for a one-on-one fight with Shockwave who has challenged him. Grimlock is frustrated with the location and starts calling out for Shockwave to come and face him.
Nearby, the Predacons Razorclaw and Rampage are patrolling. Shockwave has sent them to try and find the Autobot shuttle but, personally, they feel, if the Autobots have landed in the wilderness, they are welcome to it.
Meanwhile, at the Autobot shuttle, the other four Dinobots still can't believe Grimlock fell for it. Slag created a computer simulation of Shockwave for the challenge to Grimlock, who the others felt needed to lighten up a bit after taking his role as Earthforce commander too seriously.
In the wilderness, Grimlock's mood gets even worse when he discovers a snowman of Shockwave and a sign saying "April Fool" signed by the other Dinobots. Razorclaw and Rampage see this and start laughing that Grimlock fell for it. Grimlock's mood finds new depths to sink to and he attacks them.
Later, the Dinobots are patrolling outside the shuttle, awaiting Grimlock's return, and start wondering if Grimlock has taken it the right way. But they console themselves that Grimlock has a great sense of humour... whilst Grimlock lifts up the largest snowball of all time...
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
[edit]"Aaahh! I hate this stuff!"
- —Grimlock tries to punch some snow.
"C'mon - we'd better check out that sound. We miss 'em, he'll have our hides!"
"[Sigh] Get real, Razorclaw! I mean...what Autobot would be dumb enough to come out here?"
- —Razorclaw and Rampage
Notes
[edit]Artwork and technical errors
[edit]- TBD
Continuity errors
[edit]- TBD
Continuity notes
[edit]- The year is given as 1990, another clue to help or hinder attempts to work out where the Earthforce stories fit into continuity.
Real-life references
[edit]- TBD
Other trivia
[edit]- The issue came out three weeks after April Fools' Day.
- The scene of Grimlock fighting the Predacons has a bar across it saying "Censored".
Back-up material
[edit]- Additional Transformers story: "Blood on the Tracks"
- Other strips: G.I. Joe the Action Force - "Shuttle Complex" and
Combat ColinCombat Kate - AtoZ: Shrapnel and Sideswipe
Cover
[edit]- Issue #267 cover: Grimlock charges at some hunters, by John Marshall.
-
Issue #267
Reprints
[edit]- Transformers: Earthforce cover: Grimlock thumps a table — crop of the cover to UK issue #263, by Stephen Baskerville.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road: Bludgeon (art reused from Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye profiles) above an interior scene of Grimlock punching through Fangry (from US issue #80), by Andrew Wildman.
-
Transformers: Earthforce
(Titan Books, 2005) -
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road
(Hachette Partworks, 2018)
