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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[Sixshot]] is stationed on a [[Decepticon]] orbital outpost waiting for his next assignment. He's restless, itching to get back to doing what he does best—wide-scale destruction. He daydreams about the last stellar-span when he destroyed the entire world of [[Ys'devian]].
[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] is stationed on a [[Decepticon]] orbital outpost waiting for his next assignment, reflecting on destroying the planet [[Ys'devian]]. With no more carnage to distract him, time crawls.


Most of the other Decepticons stationed with him are uncomfortable around him and avoid him out of fear. The only exception to this is a unit that call themselves the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who look up to Sixshot as a kind of role model. However, Sixshot hasn't seen them around in a while and misses their company, so he asks [[Squawkbox]] about their whereabouts. Squawkbox informs him that they went missing on the planet [[Mumu-Obscura]], a planet of strategic importance that has fallen to the [[Reaper]]s. Sixshot immediately leaves to investigate, traveling there in spaceship mode.
The other Decepticons stationed on Sixshot's outpost are scared of him, and Sixshot misses the camaraderie of battle. The exceptions are the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who look up to Sixshot as a kind of role model. Sixshot hasn't seen them around in a while and misses their company, so he interrogates [[Squawkbox]] about their whereabouts, rationalizing that this is a way of easing his boredom. Squawkbox, terrified, informs him that they went missing on the planet [[Mumu-Obscura]], which has fallen to the [[Reaper|Reapers]]. Sixshot immediately leaves to investigate.


Upon arrival at Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot easily fights his way through the Reapers' automated perimeter defenses. He surveys the landscape to find it completely devastated. He is met by the Reapers and the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] welcomes him to their planet. Sixshot wastes no time in asking for the Terrorcons, but the deathbringer tells Sixshot that he will have to go through the Reapers to get to them. Sixshot then attacks without hesitation.
Upon arrival at Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot easily fights his way through the Reapers' automated perimeter defenses, finding that Mumu-Obscura is completely devastated. He is met by the Reapers and the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] welcomes him to their planet and reveals that they've been watching him, but Sixshot is only interested in recovering the Terrorcons. The Deathbringer claims Sixshot will have to fight his way through them.


He fights the Reapers one by one, believe that he's holding his own, but when the Reapers kick the fight up a notch, he has to retreat to regroup. It is then that Sixshot guesses that the Reapers were testing him and returns to find them all waiting for him. The Reapers teleport in the Terrorcons, and the Deathbringer tells Sixshot about the mission of the Reapers: The Reapers seek to end war by totally obliterating any location that has strategic importance, which will destroy anything worth fighting over. The Deathbringer offers to let Sixshot join them if he will first destroy the Terrorcons, demonstrating that he has left his old life behind.
Sixshot calmly fights the Reapers one by one, believing that he's holding his own, but when the Reapers kick the fight up a notch, he guesses that the Reapers were testing him. The Reapers, unharmed, teleport in the Terrorcons, and the Deathbringer tells Sixshot about the mission of the Reapers: they seek to end war by totally obliterating any location that has strategic importance, so that there will be nothing worth fighting over. The Deathbringer offers to let Sixshot join them if he will first destroy the Terrorcons, demonstrating that he has left his old life behind.


Sixshot considers the offer long enough for the Terrorcons to get nervous and plead with him out of friendship. Sixshot then takes off into the air, shooting the ground around the Terrorcons but sparing their lives. The Deathbringer allows them to leave, but vows that they will find Sixshot again.  
Sixshot considers the offer long enough for the Terrorcons to get nervous and plead with him out of friendship. Sixshot then takes off into the air, shooting the ground around the Terrorcons but sparing their lives. The Deathbringer allows them to leave, but vows that they will find Sixshot again. Sixshot watches them leave mournfully, but recognizes that he has some of his old flame back: there's enough left for him in the Decepticons to make his life worth it.


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
{{featuredcharacters
|c2=
|c2=
*[[Sixshot]] (1)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (1)
*[[Spectro]] (2)
*[[Spectro]] (2)
*[[Spyglass]] (3)
*[[Spyglass]] (3)
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*Hooded Reaper (13)
*Hooded Reaper (13)
}}
}}
==Quotes==
"Where I consider myself something of an apt pupil when it comes to the gospel of apocalypse...clearly the Reapers wrote the original covenant."
:—'''Sixshot'''
"I remind myself that these six beings laid waste to an entire planet. So nothing fancy, just get the job done."
:—'''Sixshot'''


==Notes==
==Notes==
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*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' (first 5 issues)
*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' (first 5 issues)
*Transformers posters
*Transformers posters
*IDW trade paperbacks of ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', ''[[Prime Directive]]'', ''[[War and Peace]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Generations|Generations]]''
*IDW trade paperbacks of ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', ''[[Prime Directive]]'', ''[[War and Peace]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' series
*''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' series
*Manga editions of ''Stormbringer'' and ''The Gathering''
*Manga editions of ''Stormbringer'' and ''The Gathering''

Revision as of 17:03, 4 April 2020

« The Transformers: Spotlight #4 »

Sixshot and his playmates
"The Transformers: Spotlight: Sixshot"
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published December 20, 2006
Cover date December 2006
Written by Simon Furman
Art by Rob Ruffolo
Colors by Rob Ruffolo
Letters by Robbie Robbins
Edits by Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor
Continuity 2005 IDW continuity
Chronology Various

Sixshot, an engine of destruction, meets a group just like him.

Synopsis

Sixshot is stationed on a Decepticon orbital outpost waiting for his next assignment, reflecting on destroying the planet Ys'devian. With no more carnage to distract him, time crawls.

The other Decepticons stationed on Sixshot's outpost are scared of him, and Sixshot misses the camaraderie of battle. The exceptions are the Terrorcons, who look up to Sixshot as a kind of role model. Sixshot hasn't seen them around in a while and misses their company, so he interrogates Squawkbox about their whereabouts, rationalizing that this is a way of easing his boredom. Squawkbox, terrified, informs him that they went missing on the planet Mumu-Obscura, which has fallen to the Reapers. Sixshot immediately leaves to investigate.

Upon arrival at Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot easily fights his way through the Reapers' automated perimeter defenses, finding that Mumu-Obscura is completely devastated. He is met by the Reapers and the Deathbringer welcomes him to their planet and reveals that they've been watching him, but Sixshot is only interested in recovering the Terrorcons. The Deathbringer claims Sixshot will have to fight his way through them.

Sixshot calmly fights the Reapers one by one, believing that he's holding his own, but when the Reapers kick the fight up a notch, he guesses that the Reapers were testing him. The Reapers, unharmed, teleport in the Terrorcons, and the Deathbringer tells Sixshot about the mission of the Reapers: they seek to end war by totally obliterating any location that has strategic importance, so that there will be nothing worth fighting over. The Deathbringer offers to let Sixshot join them if he will first destroy the Terrorcons, demonstrating that he has left his old life behind.

Sixshot considers the offer long enough for the Terrorcons to get nervous and plead with him out of friendship. Sixshot then takes off into the air, shooting the ground around the Terrorcons but sparing their lives. The Deathbringer allows them to leave, but vows that they will find Sixshot again. Sixshot watches them leave mournfully, but recognizes that he has some of his old flame back: there's enough left for him in the Decepticons to make his life worth it.

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Decepticons Reapers
  • Deathbringer (8)
  • Invertebrate Reaper (9)
  • Ravenous Reaper (10)
  • Designer weapon of mass destruction Reaper (11)
  • Klaxa (12)
  • Hooded Reaper (13)

Quotes

"Where I consider myself something of an apt pupil when it comes to the gospel of apocalypse...clearly the Reapers wrote the original covenant."

—Sixshot


"I remind myself that these six beings laid waste to an entire planet. So nothing fancy, just get the job done."

—Sixshot

Notes

Continuity notes

  • Spectro and Spyglass appear in toy-based character models. In Spotlight: Wheelie, they have adopted character models based on the Generation 1 cartoon.
  • First appearances: Sixshot, the Terrorcons, and the rest of the Decepticon cast; the Reapers

Transformers references

  • On the first page, Sixshot's guns make a ZARAAAK sound, possibly an in-joke reference to Scorponok's Nebulan partner Mo Zarak, who appears in the following Spotlight comic.

Errors

  • When he first meets the Reapers and transforms, Sixshot is drawn without most of his altmode kibble.

Other trivia

  • Sixshot changes form 18 times this issue, which is almost certainly a record of some sort. He never uses his "armored car" mode, but it does appear on Rob Ruffolo's cover.
  • This marks the first time that Simon Furman has used the Sixshot character in his fiction.

Covers (4)

  • Cover A: Sixshot with Terrorcons; art by James Raiz.
  • Cover B: Sixshot, multiple modes, with the robot mode pose being an homage to the original toy's package art; art by Rob Ruffolo.
  • Cover RI-A: cover A, uncolored
  • Cover RI-B: cover B, uncolored
  • Terrorcons, terrorize!
    Terrorcons, terrorize!
  • 6 toys in one!
    6 toys in one!
  • Cover RI-A
    Cover RI-A
  • Cover RI-B
    Cover RI-B

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