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<a name="Marvel_UK_issue_.23268"></a><h1><span class="editsection">[<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Flashback%21&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Marvel UK issue #268">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Marvel UK issue #268</span></h1> | <a name="Marvel_UK_issue_.23268"></a><h1><span class="editsection">[<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Flashback%21&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Marvel UK issue #268">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Marvel UK issue #268</span></h1> | ||
'''Writer:''' [[ | '''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br /> | ||
'''Pencils:''' [[ | '''Pencils:''' [[John Marshall]]<br /> | ||
'''Inks:''' [[ | '''Inks:''' [[Stephen Baskerville]]<br /> | ||
'''Lettering:''' [[ | '''Lettering:''' [[Glib]]<br /> | ||
*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snap Trap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]], [[ | *''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snap Trap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]], [[Skalor]], [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], [[Nautilator (G1)|Nautilator]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. | ||
*''Originally published:'' 28th April 1990. Cover date ("off sale") 5th May 1990. | *''Originally published:'' 28th April 1990. Cover date ("off sale") 5th May 1990. | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The Autobots have discovered Megatron is using a [[ | The Autobots have discovered Megatron is using a [[Flashback Doorway]] to project his mind into a being in the past. Prowl steps through to follow him and arrives inside his own past body during the battle with the [[Underbase]] powered Starscream. {{storylink|Dark Star!|Dark Star!}} | ||
Megatron is after extra troops and has possessed the body of Snap Trap with the intention of altering history to ensure the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] survive. Because of the consequences this could have to the timeline, Prowl seeks to stop him. Confronting them in the river, Prowl calls out Megatron's name and the latter, realising he has been followed, transforms into Snap Trap's robot mode. As the two time travellers battle, Megatron tries to work out who his foe is, guessing first at [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Prowl reveals himself and knocks out Megatron, whose consciousness returns to the present. Prowl hangs around long enough to see Starscream destroy first the Seacons and then himself. His consciousness returns to the present where Jazz tells him Megatron has fled. | Megatron is after extra troops and has possessed the body of Snap Trap with the intention of altering history to ensure the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] survive. Because of the consequences this could have to the timeline, Prowl seeks to stop him. Confronting them in the river, Prowl calls out Megatron's name and the latter, realising he has been followed, transforms into Snap Trap's robot mode. As the two time travellers battle, Megatron tries to work out who his foe is, guessing first at [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Prowl reveals himself and knocks out Megatron, whose consciousness returns to the present. Prowl hangs around long enough to see Starscream destroy first the Seacons and then himself. His consciousness returns to the present where Jazz tells him Megatron has fled. | ||
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==Items of note== | ==Items of note== | ||
* The title of the story has the last four letters printed in mirror image. | * The title of the story has the last four letters printed in mirror image. | ||
* The events in the past take place during those of "[[ | * The events in the past take place during those of "[[Dark Star!]]". However in that story only the death of the Seacons is seen on panel. | ||
==Reprints== | ==Reprints== | ||
*This story was reprinted in the [[ | *This story was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback "Fallen Star". | ||
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]] | [[Category:Marvel UK issues]] | ||
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<a name="Marvel_UK_issue_.23268"></a><h1><span class="editsection">[<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Flashback%21&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Marvel UK issue #268">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Marvel UK issue #268</span></h1> Writer: Simon Furman <br /> Pencils: John Marshall<br /> Inks: Stephen Baskerville<br /> Lettering: Glib<br />
- Major characters (in order of appearance): Prowl, Starscream, Megatron, Snap Trap, Jawbreaker, Skalor, Tentakil, Nautilator, Seawing and Jazz.
- Originally published: 28th April 1990. Cover date ("off sale") 5th May 1990.
Synopsis
The Autobots have discovered Megatron is using a Flashback Doorway to project his mind into a being in the past. Prowl steps through to follow him and arrives inside his own past body during the battle with the Underbase powered Starscream. Dark Star!
Megatron is after extra troops and has possessed the body of Snap Trap with the intention of altering history to ensure the Seacons survive. Because of the consequences this could have to the timeline, Prowl seeks to stop him. Confronting them in the river, Prowl calls out Megatron's name and the latter, realising he has been followed, transforms into Snap Trap's robot mode. As the two time travellers battle, Megatron tries to work out who his foe is, guessing first at Optimus Prime. Prowl reveals himself and knocks out Megatron, whose consciousness returns to the present. Prowl hangs around long enough to see Starscream destroy first the Seacons and then himself. His consciousness returns to the present where Jazz tells him Megatron has fled.
Errors
Items of note
- The title of the story has the last four letters printed in mirror image.
- The events in the past take place during those of "Dark Star!". However in that story only the death of the Seacons is seen on panel.
Reprints
- This story was reprinted in the Titan Books trade paperback "Fallen Star".
