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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
===Artwork and technical errors===
 
*TBD
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity errors===
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===Continuity notes===
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===Real-life references===
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===Other trivia===
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*This issue also featured a competition where readers could win one of 30 [[Rocket Base|Micro-master pocket bases]]{{sic}} by identifying which six Transformers had been mixed up in the matter transmitter — they were [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Optimus Prime, [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]].
*This issue also featured a competition where readers could win one of 30 [[Rocket Base|Micro-master pocket bases]]{{sic}} by identifying which six Transformers had been mixed up in the matter transmitter — they were [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Optimus Prime, [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]].


===Covers (3)===
===Cover===
*'''Issue #250 cover:''' the Transformers' Christmas party, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|'''Issue #250'''
File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|'''Issue #250'''
File:MarvelUK-332.jpg|'''Issue #332'''
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Way of the Warrior.jpg|'''''Way of the Warrior'''''
</gallery>
</gallery>
*'''Issue #250 cover:''' the Transformers' Christmas party, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''Issue #332 cover:''' [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] about to dismember [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], by Andrew Wildman.
*'''''Way of the Warrior'' cover:''' [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] stand victorious over a [[Limbo]] nightmare creature, by [[Simon Coleby]].


===Advertisements===
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===Reprints===
===Reprints===
*[[1992]] — ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|The Transformers]]'' #332
*'''Issue #332 cover:''' [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] about to dismember [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]
*[[2005]] — ''[[Transformers: Way of the Warrior]]''
*'''''[[Transformers: Way of the Warrior]]'' TPB''' <small>([[July 22]], [[2005]]) ISBN 184576059X</small>
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Vol 19: Perchance to Dream''''' <small>([[August 23]], [[2017]])</small>
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-332.jpg|'''Issue #332'''; cover art by [[Andrew Wildman]]
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Way of the Warrior.jpg|'''''Way of the Warrior'''''; cover art by [[Simon Coleby]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v19.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection'' Vol. 19'''; cover art by [[Guido Guidi]] and Stephen Baskerville
</gallery>




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Revision as of 02:05, 16 October 2018

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"Incidentally... a happy Christmas to all of you at home!"
"The Greatest Gift of All!"
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published 23rd December 1989
Cover date 30th December 1989
Writer Simon Furman
Art Staz
Letterer Helen Stone
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

Optimus Prime grants a gift to the Earth.

Synopsis

It's Christmas Day, 1989. Longtooth's piece of the Creation Matrix has reached Optimus Prime. Now he can grant life to one of the many deactivated Autobots. He considers First Aid as they need a medic, Prowl for his leadership, one of the Dinobots for their strength... Optimus is suddenly revolted at the idea of playing god, and briefly decides to choose a random person to revive—settling on Seaspray—but cannot go through with such an arbitrary way of deciding who lives.

His dilemma is interrupted by a report: Stakeout and the Rescue Patrol have cornered Whisper, who has an open-ended contract on all of Autobot High Command, and are closing in. As Optimus Prime monitors the battle—ordering no harm comes to human or animal life—he briefly considers reviving Silverbolt, only to wonder if he'd resent being chosen when others weren't. His musing is interrupted when the Rescue Patrol comes under attack by Whisper's Air Strike Patrol buddies. The resulting battle trashes a forest, and, in monitoring it, Optimus gets a computer report on the environmental knock-on damage being caused.

Optimus Prime suddenly realises how much damage their war has done to Earth without him realising. He calls the Rescue Patrol back to base and sends the Matrix fragment into Earth's atmosphere, causing rain that repairs the damage the battle has done to the environment. "He has a gift, the greatest gift of all... he gladly gives it to the Earth!"

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons

Quotes

Notes

Artwork and technical errors

  • TBD

Continuity errors

  • TBD

Continuity notes

  • This is the last UK strip that ties into the US strip—after this comes a four-part (and last) post-movie strip, and then Earthforce.
  • It's also the last Marvel UK Christmas story in strip form! *sob* British fans would have to put up with "Dreadwind's Xmas!" the following year and then wait until 2010 for another one.
  • Seaspray has been taken offline at some point since we saw him in issue #212.
  • The Air Strike Patrol appear to have gone AWOL from the Decepticons after "Skin Deep" - they're targeting Autobot leaders for money, not under orders.
  • The Matrix can heal organic life if used properly.
  • The scores of Autobot wounded are primarily from "Dark Star", when the Underbase-powered Starscream decimated their ranks.
  • This takes place after Ratchet was presumed dead ("Skin Deep"), which is why Optimus needs a medic.
  • The Rescue Patrol arrived on Earth in "Primal Scream".

Real-life references

  • TBD

Other trivia

  • On the cover, Bumblebee is playing with a toy of himself. This would not be the last time a Bumblebee would do such a thing.

Back-up material

Cover

  • Issue #250 cover: the Transformers' Christmas party, by Andrew Wildman.
  • Issue #250
    Issue #250

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