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*In the box in the top left hand of the cover [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] now appears, having pushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] out over the last two issues. His permanent cover pose and [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] appear from the next issue. | *In the box in the top left hand of the cover [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] now appears, having pushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] out over the last two issues. His permanent cover pose and [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] appear from the next issue. | ||
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*'''Issue #284 cover:''' Starscream is stalked by a Predator, by [[Kirk Etienne]]. | |||
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File:MarvelUK-284.jpg|'''Issue #284''' - "Want some candy?" | File:MarvelUK-284.jpg|'''Issue #284''' - "Want some candy?" | ||
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===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
*[[2005]] | *'''''[[Transformers: Fallen Star]]'' TPB''' <small>([[November 16]], [[2005]]) ISBN 1845760603</small> | ||
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' <small>([[January 10]], [[2018]])</small> | |||
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File:Titan B&W Compilation-Fallen Star.jpg|'''''Fallen Star'''''; cover art by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]] | |||
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and [[Andrew Wildman]] | |||
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 18th August 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 25th August 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Jeff Anderson | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Michael Eve | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Stuart Bartlett | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity/Earthforce | ||||||||||||
While Starscream faces off against some freelance peacekeeping agents bounty hunters, the Autobots make a terrible discovery...
Synopsis
In the Louisiana bayous, an alien assassin unsuccessfully fires on Starscream and is shot down for his troubles. A second alien, looking like a knight on horseback, charges the Decepticon but is easily thrown aside. Then a third creature, composed of two lumps of organic matter linked cybernetically, tries to electrocute Starscream but is unsuccessful. Starscream cuts it in two and demands answers as to why they are trying to kill him.
In a control room elsewhere, two shadowy figures observe the situation and note that all Starscream will learn is that someone put a bounty on his head, as they wish him to find out. On the screen Starscream comes to the conclusion that Soundwave is behind all this. The shadowy figures change frequency and tell Bludgeon that there is a job for him.
Meanwhile at the Earthforce base, Wheeljack explains to Grimlock that Snarl is suffering from Corrodia Gravis and that he needs a systems boost from a compatible Transformer. But the only compatible one is Starscream!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Others |
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Quotes
"One chance, my friend - [Blasts his would-be assassin] - is all you get!"
- —Starscream is badass. Wait, what?
"It's gonna be a bad day..!"
- —Starscream after he's attacked by the second assassin in under a minute.
"Ftyuh? Ni? Yamma!"
"Whatever you say, Jack - [Tosses the Knight bounty hunter into a tree] - Always ready to lend a hand!"
- —Knight bounty hunter and Starscream
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- TBD
Continuity errors
- TBD
Continuity notes
- The cover shows Starscream being stalked by a strangely familiar bounty hunter who does not appear in the story itself. Dreadwind helpfully confirmed this predatory individual's identity in the letters page of issue #293[1].
- The identity of the shadowy figures is rather easily given away by the way they are drawn.
- Snarl was shown to be suffering from Corrodia Gravis in the Transformers Annual 1990 story "Destiny of the Dinobots!", which was set in 1992, long after these events.
Real-life references
- TBD
Other trivia
- TBD
Back-up material
- Additional Transformers story: "Kings of the Wild Frontier."
- Other strips: G.I. Joe the Action Force - "Into the Breach" and Combat Colin
- AtoZ: Topspin and Tracks
- In the box in the top left hand of the cover Dreadwind now appears, having pushed Optimus Prime out over the last two issues. His permanent cover pose and Hi-Test appear from the next issue.
Cover
- Issue #284 cover: Starscream is stalked by a Predator, by Kirk Etienne.
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Issue #284 - "Want some candy?"
Reprints
- Transformers: Fallen Star TPB (November 16, 2005) ISBN 1845760603
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road: (January 10, 2018)
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Fallen Star; cover art by Stewart Johnson -
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20; cover art by ??? and Andrew Wildman
