Sucker Punch

[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Peek-a-boo!]] <table style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 220, 220); padding: 0.5em 1em 0.4em; background: rgb(249, 249, 255) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_2_%28Marvel_Comics%29" title="Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)">G.I. Joe Starring Snake-Eyes and Transformers: Generation 2</a> > Issue #141 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Goin%27_South" title="Goin' South">Previous Issue</a> </td><td style="text-align: right; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Final_Transformations" title="Final Transformations">Next Issue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td><td style="text-align: right; padding-left: 1em;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> Megatron wants Doctor Biggles-Jones... at least, the head part of her.

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<tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 0pt 1em; text-align: right;"><div class="tti_messageboxdiv" style="border: 1px solid rgb(159, 159, 255); margin: auto; padding: 0.5em; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 255); text-align: center;">[[Image:|left|80px|They're actually both looking for characterization.]] <span style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: 900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr> This article is in need of images.

</div><small>Specifics: a shot of Megs with his protoplasm stripper.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </center> In the brainwashed town of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Milleville&action=edit" class="new" title="Milleville">Milleville</a>, Megatron is beginning to find Cobra Commander bothersome, and transforms back to robot mode. He calmly informs Cobra Commander that he's got a bit of a security problem in his sewers, then calls down the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_%28G1%29" title="Ark (G1)">Ark</a>. (It was apparently just hovering somewhere near town. Inconspicuously hovering, no doubt.) As Cobra Commander berates him, Megatron reveals the true nature of their deal. It's not just Cybertronian technology in exchange for a new body and some <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra" title="Cobra">Cobra</a> tech; Megatron also gets to keep <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Biggles-Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Biggles-Jones">Doctor Biggles-Jones</a>, the inventor of his new hypervelocity railgun.

As Megatron gets some equipment from the Ark, he mentions that he intends to pack the doctor in liquid hydrogen for the trip back to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a>. Zarana asks him to explain further, and he reveals that he doesn't bother freezing the entire organism, just the brain and central nervous system. He's got a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Protoplasm_stripper&action=edit" class="new" title="Protoplasm stripper">protoplasm stripper</a> prepared for just such a purpose.

During all this, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe" title="G.I. Joe">G.I. Joe</a> is invading Milleville in force, with some success, but eventually is forced to pull back.

Doctor Biggles-Jones is sharing revelations with the hospitalized Scarlett when Megatron reaches through the window and snatches the doctor up. He attempts to stuff her into the protoplasm stripper. Scarlett leaves her hospital bed, and confronts Megatron with a sword, telling him to put her down. "Right now!"

<a name="Credits"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Sucker_Punch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Credits">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Credits</span></h2> Script: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Larry_Hama" title="Larry Hama">Larry Hama</a> <br> Pencils: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Steven_Leiber&action=edit" class="new" title="Steven Leiber">Steven Leiber</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=William_Rosado&action=edit" class="new" title="William Rosado">William Rosado</a><br> Inks: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Scott_Moulter&action=edit" class="new" title="Scott Moulter">Scott Moulter</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Chip_Wallace&action=edit" class="new" title="Chip Wallace">Chip Wallace</a><br> Colors: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Bob_Sharen&action=edit" class="new" title="Bob Sharen">Bob Sharen</a><br> Letters: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rick_Parker" title="Rick Parker">Rick Parker</a><br> Editor: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Mike_Lackey&action=edit" class="new" title="Mike Lackey">Mike Lackey</a><br>

• Originally published: October, 1993

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<table style="border: medium none rgb(128, 0, 0);" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> </th><th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticons</a> </th><th style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> Others </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"> </td><td style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top">

• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28G1%29" title="Megatron (G1)">Megatron</a> (1)

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• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra_Commander" title="Cobra Commander">Cobra Commander</a> (2)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Zarana" title="Zarana">Zarana</a> (3)
• some Ninja Master (4)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dr._Mindbender" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Mindbender">Dr. Mindbender</a> (5)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Slice&action=edit" class="new" title="Slice">Slice</a> (6)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Dice_%28G.I._Joe%29&action=edit" class="new" title="Dice (G.I. Joe)">Dice</a> (7)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Tunnel_Rat&action=edit" class="new" title="Tunnel Rat">Tunnel Rat</a> (8)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Airtight&action=edit" class="new" title="Airtight">Airtight</a> (9)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadblock_%28G.I._Joe%29" title="Roadblock (G.I. Joe)">Roadblock</a> (10)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Rock_%27n%27_Roll&action=edit" class="new" title="Rock 'n' Roll">Rock 'n' Roll</a> (11)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snake-Eyes" title="Snake-Eyes">Snake-Eyes</a> (12)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Storm_Shadow" title="Storm Shadow">Storm Shadow</a> (13)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Dojo&action=edit" class="new" title="Dojo">Dojo</a> (14)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=T%27jbang&action=edit" class="new" title="T'jbang">T'jbang</a> (15)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hawk_%28G.I._Joe%29" title="Hawk (G.I. Joe)">Hawk</a> (16)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scarlett" title="Scarlett">Scarlett</a> (17)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Spirit&action=edit" class="new" title="Spirit">Spirit</a> (18)
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Biggles-Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Biggles-Jones">Doctor Biggles-Jones</a> (19)

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• On p.1, Tunnel Rat is observing Megatron through binoculars.

Since Megs has changed every part of his body but his head, Tunnel Rat doesn't recognize him, and says, "I see [...] a large Decepticon — one I've never seen before!" The problem is that, last issue, Tunnel Rat observed Megatron, passed a message to Hawk, who passed it to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mainframe_%28G.I._Joe%29" title="Mainframe (G.I. Joe)">Mainframe</a>, who sent it to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_%28G1%29" title="Bumblebee (G1)">Bumblebee</a>, who explicitly told <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29" title="Optimus Prime (G1)">Optimus Prime</a> that Megatron is on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. So, either A) Tunnel Rat described Megatron's head in enough detail that one of the other people in the communications chain was able to ID him, or B) this is a continuity error.

• When Zarana wonders what Megatron meant by the "liquid hydrogen" crack, Megatron hears and responds to her from inside the Ark, which is clearly hundreds of yards away (given its size). With his upgraded sensors, yah, he could probably hear her, but he'd have to really yell to respond, and there's no indication he's talking loudly.
• The cover says that this issue is, "Continuing the greatest Joes action saga of all time!" Not by a very long shot, bub.

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• The cover title of the series for this issue is G.I. Joe Starring Snake-Eyes and Transformers Generation 2. However, the title in the indicia (and hence the legal title) is G.I. Joe A Real American Hero.

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• Cover A: Ninjas by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=William_Rosado&action=edit" class="new" title="William Rosado">William Rosado</a>

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