Rage!

The name or term "Rage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Rage (disambiguation).

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<tr style="font-size:14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink">« </td><td align="center">The Transformers (UK) #241 </td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">» </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"> </td><td align="center"> </td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink"> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> <img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/3/31/MarvelUK-241.jpg/230px-MarvelUK-241.jpg" width="230" height="308" border="0" /> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "Rage!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Publisher </td><td> Marvel Comics </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date published </td><td> 21st October 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> 28th October 1989 </td></tr>

<tr> <td>Writer </td><td> Simon Furman </td></tr>

<tr> <td>Art </td><td> Andy Wildman </td></tr>

<tr> <td>Letterer </td><td> Annie Halfacree </td></tr>

<tr> <td>Cover </td><td> Geoff Senior </td></tr>

<tr> <td>Continuity </td><td> Marvel Comics continuity </td></tr>

</table> Thunderwing's back, and he's not happy.

Synopsis

<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: This story follows on from The Big Shutdown!</div> Thunderwing has finally surfaced from the waters, after being nearly cooked alive inside his own Pretender shell by the Autobot Headmasters. Blinded by fury, he begins striking out at everything around him looking for the Autobots who humiliated him, and even attacks a Decepticon shuttle coming to meet him. Ruckus and the other Decepticons approach him as representatives of the Decepticon High Council, informing Thunderwing that his bid for leadership is still under review, and he is asked to return to Cybertron for further deliberation. Instead, Thunderwing forcibly commandeers Ruckus and his crew for an assault on the Ark to gain revenge on those who dared harm him.

<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: This story continues in Assault on the Ark!</div>

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

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• Thunderwing (1)
• Ruckus (2)
• Crankcase (3)
• Flamefeather (4)
• Windsweeper (5)
• Quake (6)

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Items of note

• Thunderwing totally kills those humans.

• Chronologically, this story predates issues #232-233 and #240, which all show or reference Thunderwing having already achieved Decepticon leadership.