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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[The Greatest Gift of All!|«]]'''
</td><td align="center">[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #251
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> [[MarvelUK-251.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/0/0d/MarvelUK-251.jpg/230px-MarvelUK-251.jpg" width="230" height="304" border="0" />]]<br />"This reminds me of the time-"<br /> "Was that before or after history changed?"
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "The Void!"
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> [[December 31|31st December]] 1989
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> [[January 6|6th January]] 1990
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<td>'''Writer''' </td><td> [[Simon Furman|Simon Furman]]
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<td>'''Art''' </td><td> [[Staz|Staz]]
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<td>'''Letterer''' </td><td> [[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics continuity]]
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'''Rodimus Prime leads the Autobots to Earth - but there's a traitor on board...'''
'''Rodimus Prime leads the Autobots to Earth - but there's a traitor on board...'''


==Synopsis==
New Year's Day, 2010. Following the [[Aspects of Evil!|timeline reset]] that left Galvatron in charge of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rodimus leads the [[Autobot|Autobots]] in a retreat to [[Earth|Earth]]. As the Autobots enter hyperspace - or the Void, as it's nicknamed - Rodimus is feeling the widespread unspoken resentment at the idea of running away.


{{comicnav | Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK | 251 | seriesname=Generation 1 (Marvel UK) | prev=The Greatest Gift of All! | next=Yesterday's Heroes!}}
Doubleheader and Pincher discover the ship's guidance systems have been destroyed, leading Kup to realise there's a saboteur onboard and they're flying blind. Soon afterwards, Rodimus Prime goes missing. Kup begins to crosscheck lifesigns against crew listings in the hope of identifying the unknown enemy - who two guards run into and recognise as an Autobot before being gunned down. As the ship emerges from hyperspace too close to Earth and with emergency retros dead, Kup discovers there are no extra lifesigns - "the saboteur is ''one of us''!".




=Marvel UK issues #251=
<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">'''Note:''' ''This story is continued in [[Edge of Impact|Edge of Impact]].''</div>
==Featured characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''


'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[Staz]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Glib]]<br>


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&lt;th style="background:#FFEEEE"&gt; [[Autobots|Autobots]]&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="background:#EEEEFE"&gt; [[Decepticons|Decepticons]]
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* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (1)
* [[Kup|Kup]] (2)
* [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (5)
* [[Big Shot|Big Shot]] (6)
* [[Sidetrack|Sidetrack]] (7)
* [[Flak|Flak]] (8)
* [[Doubleheader|Doubleheader]] (9)
* [[Pincher|Pincher]] (10)


*''Major characters:'' [[Rodimus Prime]], [[Kup]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Doubleheader]], [[Pincher]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
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*''Originally published:'' 31st December 1989
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] ''(flashback)'' (4)


==Synopsis==


New Year's Day, 2009. [[Aspects of Evil!|Following the timeline reset that left Galvatron in charge of Cybertron]], Rodimus leads the Autobots in a retreat to Earth. As the Autobots enter hyperspace - or the Void, as it's nicknamed - Rodimus is feeling the widespread unspoken resentment at the idea of running away.


Doubleheader and Pincher discover the ship's guidance systems have been destroyed, meaning Kup to realise there's a saboteur onboard and they're flying blind. Soon afterwards, Rodimus Prime goes missing. Kup begins to crosscheck lifesigns against crew listings in the hope of identifying the unknown enemy - who Doubleheader runs into and recognises as an Autobot before he's gunned down. As the Autobot ship emerges from hyperspace too close to Earth and with emergency retros dead, Kup discovers there are no extra lifesigns - "the saboteur is ''one of us''!".


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==Errors==
* The opening narration gives the date as New Years Day, 2009, instead of 2010. The previous two years, the UK comic's "future" storylines had started on the New Years Day 20 years from the publication date. January 1988's "[[The Legacy of Unicron!|The Legacy of Unicron!]] was set at the start of 2008, while January 1989's "[[Time Wars|Time Wars]]" began in 2009. [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] confirmed that the 2009 date was an error, with 2010 being the correct date in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] in issue 258.


==Items of note==
==Items of note==
* The story follows directly from [[Aspects of Evil!]].  
* The future Autobots last appeared in the Galvatron segment of "[[Aspects of Evil!|Aspects of Evil!]]", which directly precedes this story.  Their story continues into "[[Edge of Impact|Edge of Impact]]" and the two following issues.  Multi-part stories with a different title for each part would be the norm from this point on.  


* The story continues into [[Edge of Impact]] and then into the next two issues; multi-part stories with a different title for each part would be the norm from this point on.  
* ''Whoever'' the saboteur is, they kill three [[Generic|generic]] Autobot [[Pretender|Pretenders]].  


* This 4-part story is the last appearance of the post-movie cast and era.
* This 4-part story is the last appearance of the post-movie cast and era.


* This issue continues a theme begun by several of the UK comic's previous major "future" storylines, in that it takes place on New Year's Day ("[[The Legacy of Unicron!]] was set at the start of 2008, while 2009 marked the start of "[[Time Wars]]"). The problem, however, is that the narration claims that this story ''also'' happens on New Year's Day 2009, meaning that either Rodimus and co. arrived in the revised timeline earlier than they left, or the unlikely possibility that their return, the "Galvatron" chapter of "Aspects of Evil!" and this story all occurred on the same day. Given that the two previous stories were published in January 1988 and 1989 respectively (twenty years before their in-story date), it's pretty safe to assume that this story, printed one day before New Year's Day 1990, was supposed to take place in 20''10''.


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Revision as of 07:56, 19 March 2009

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

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<tr style="font-size:14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink">« </td><td align="center">The Transformers (UK) #251 </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/0/0d/MarvelUK-251.jpg/230px-MarvelUK-251.jpg" width="230" height="304" border="0" /><br />"This reminds me of the time-"<br /> "Was that before or after history changed?" </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "The Void!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Publisher </td><td> Marvel Comics </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date published </td><td> 31st December 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> 6th January 1990 </td></tr>










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



</table> Rodimus Prime leads the Autobots to Earth - but there's a traitor on board...

Synopsis

New Year's Day, 2010. Following the timeline reset that left Galvatron in charge of Cybertron, Rodimus leads the Autobots in a retreat to Earth. As the Autobots enter hyperspace - or the Void, as it's nicknamed - Rodimus is feeling the widespread unspoken resentment at the idea of running away.

Doubleheader and Pincher discover the ship's guidance systems have been destroyed, leading Kup to realise there's a saboteur onboard and they're flying blind. Soon afterwards, Rodimus Prime goes missing. Kup begins to crosscheck lifesigns against crew listings in the hope of identifying the unknown enemy - who two guards run into and recognise as an Autobot before being gunned down. As the ship emerges from hyperspace too close to Earth and with emergency retros dead, Kup discovers there are no extra lifesigns - "the saboteur is one of us!".


<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: This story is continued in Edge of Impact.</div>

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)


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Errors

  • The opening narration gives the date as New Years Day, 2009, instead of 2010. The previous two years, the UK comic's "future" storylines had started on the New Years Day 20 years from the publication date. January 1988's "The Legacy of Unicron! was set at the start of 2008, while January 1989's "Time Wars" began in 2009. Dreadwind confirmed that the 2009 date was an error, with 2010 being the correct date in the letters page in issue 258.

Items of note

  • The future Autobots last appeared in the Galvatron segment of "Aspects of Evil!", which directly precedes this story. Their story continues into "Edge of Impact" and the two following issues. Multi-part stories with a different title for each part would be the norm from this point on.
  • This 4-part story is the last appearance of the post-movie cast and era.
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