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</td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmasters_%28comic%29" title="Headmasters (comic)">''The Transformers: Headmasters''</a> #1 | |||
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</td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Marvel_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)">''The Transformers'' (UK)</a> #130–133 | |||
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="Ring%20of%20Hate%21_files/230px-MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg" width="230" border="0" height="352"></a><br>"All-powerful"? But we haven't gotten to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godmaster" title="Godmaster">Godmasters</a> yet. | |||
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(231, 212, 146); color: black; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> "Ring of Hate!" | |||
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> | |||
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> March 1987 | |||
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> July 1987 | |||
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==Errors== | |||
This mini-series in general is rife with mis-colorings, mis-namings and misused character models. | |||
* Cover — Fortress Maximus is mostly grey and brown, while Brainstorm is brown and dark green. | |||
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<td>'''Script''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky" title="Bob Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</a> | |||
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<td>'''Pencils''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frank_Springer" title="Frank Springer">Frank Springer</a> | |||
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<td>'''Inks''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ian_Akin" title="Ian Akin">Ian Akin</a> & <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brian_Garvey" title="Brian Garvey">Brian Garvey</a> | |||
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<td>'''Lettering''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Diana_Albers&action=edit" class="new" title="Diana Albers">Diana Albers</a> | |||
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<td>'''Editor''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Don_Daley" title="Don Daley">Don Daley</a> | |||
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics_continuity" title="Marvel Comics continuity">Marvel Comics continuity</a> | |||
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<b>A group of Autobots, tired of fighting an endless war, seek to | |||
escape by traveling to a world known for its peaceful ways. But can | |||
they prove their peaceable intentions?</b> | |||
<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2> | |||
Somewhere on war-torn <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a>, a band of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticons</a> under the command of the cruel Scorponok leads captive <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> | |||
to their death at the smelting pools. En route, however, a squadron of | |||
Autobots led by Fortress Maximus attacks, driving off the Decepticons | |||
and freeing the prisoners. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreat, and | |||
the Autobots return to their hidden base. | |||
The Autobot troops are jubilant in the wake of their victory, | |||
but Fortress Maximus silences them angrily — even when they win, the | |||
planet suffers, and lives are lost. Maximus has had enough, and intends | |||
to leave Cybertron and the endless cycle of war altogether; he has set | |||
his sights on the world of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulos" title="Nebulos">Nebulos</a>, a peaceful planet he has watched for many <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Vorn">vorns</a>. His stunned troops have little option but to go along. | |||
The Autobots construct a starcraft dubbed the ''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Steelhaven" title="Steelhaven">Steelhaven</a>'', | |||
and Autobots from all over come to join the mission for peace. After a | |||
short warp across the void, the ship arrives on orbit around Nebulos. | |||
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|The Transformers' greatest battle on Nebulos.]] | |||
The Autobots land in the planet's wilds; Fortress Maximus dispatches | |||
Highbrow to make contact with the planet's inhabitants. Highbrow comes | |||
across Gort and his lover engaged in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss" title="Kiss">"a primitive form of communication."</a> | |||
Gort panics at the sight of Highbrow, and in his haste to fight off the | |||
monster for his lover, trips and is injured. An apologetic Highbrow | |||
passes a small holo-projector to the woman, containing a message from | |||
Fortress Maximus, and leaves. | |||
In <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Koraja" title="Koraja">Koraja</a> the next day, the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Council_of_Peers" title="Council of Peers">Council of Peers</a> | |||
meets to discuss the Autobots' message. Lord Zarak eagerly attempts to | |||
stir the Nebulans up into war. Galen disagrees, arguing that Nebulos | |||
has been peaceful for years and must make peace the first choice. Blurr | |||
arrives in the capital city the next day, and began to speak of his | |||
desire to live in peace. However, Krunk, one of Lord Zarak's henchmen, | |||
uses a weapon to magnetize Blurr's arm, causing him to dislodge a | |||
nearby sculpture and send it crashing into a crowd of panicked | |||
Nebulans. Under fire from the city's guards, Blurr retreats, his | |||
message of peace lost. Soon, the Nebulans resurrect their long-buried | |||
machines of war and attack the Autobot encampment, wounding many of the | |||
Autobots. Under explicit orders from Fortress Maximus, the Autobots do | |||
not fight back and retreat further into the wilderness. | |||
The next day, Fortress Maximus and ten other Autobots march to | |||
the city, and throw their weapons down, begging for peace one last | |||
time. Zarak urges Galen to fire, but Galen refuses. Fortress Maximus, | |||
Highbrow, Hardhead, Brainstorm, and Chromedome all pull their heads | |||
from their body and place them on the ground, rendering their bodies | |||
useless. Galen accepts the offering, stating that "there will be no war | |||
today." | |||
<a name="Featured_characters"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Featured characters">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Featured characters</span></h2> | |||
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)'' | |||
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<th style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobots">Autobots</a></th><th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons">Decepticons</a></th><th style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebulan">Nebulans</a> | |||
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* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_%28G1%29" title="Fortress Maximus (G1)">Fortress Maximus</a> (5) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_%28G1%29" title="Blurr (G1)">Blurr</a> (6) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_%28G1%29" title="Hardhead (G1)">Hardhead</a> (7) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Highbrow" title="Highbrow">Highbrow</a> (8) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup" title="Kup">Kup</a> (9) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod" title="Hot Rod">Hot Rod</a> (10) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chromedome" title="Chromedome">Chromedome</a> (11) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainstorm" title="Brainstorm">Brainstorm</a> (12) | |||
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* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28G1%29" title="Scorponok (G1)">Scorponok</a> (1) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triggerhappy" title="Triggerhappy">Triggerhappy</a> (2) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugslinger_%28G1%29" title="Slugslinger (G1)">Slugslinger</a> (3) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skullcruncher" title="Skullcruncher">Skullcruncher</a> (4) | |||
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* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gort" title="Gort">Gort</a> (13) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lord_Zarak" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Zarak">Lord Zarak</a> (14) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galen" title="Galen">Galen</a> (15) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Krunk" title="Krunk">Krunk</a> (16) | |||
* <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Duros" title="Duros">Duros</a> (17) | |||
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<a name="Errors"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Errors">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Errors</span></h2> | |||
This mini-series in general is rife with mis-colorings, mis-namings and misused character models. From the top: | |||
* Cover — Fortress Maximus is mostly grey and brown, while | |||
Brainstorm is brown and dark green. Scorponok is the wrong shade of | |||
green, and is missing half of his claw. | |||
*Page 1 — Gort is in the line of prisoners. | *Page 1 — Gort is in the line of prisoners. | ||
*Page 2/3 — Third panel: Blurr's vehicle mode transforms into Crosshairs' robot mode. | *Page 2/3 — Third panel: Blurr's vehicle mode transforms into Crosshairs' robot mode. Fifth panel: Is that <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fasttrack_%28Scorponok%29" title="Fasttrack (Scorponok)">Fasttrack</a>? | ||
If so, he should be gray. Scattershot shows up with Fortress Maximus's | |||
forces, even though he supposedly doesn't join until later. | |||
*Page 4 — Sixth panel: Fasttrack again, but his colors are reversed. | *Page 4 — Sixth panel: Fasttrack again, but his colors are reversed. | ||
*Page 5 — First panel: Cog is colored like Hardhead. | *Page 5 — First panel: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cog_%28G1%29" title="Cog (G1)">Cog</a> | ||
*Page 7 — Sixth panel: Why is Arcana there? | is colored like Hardhead. Hardhead is colored like Cog. Hardhead's | ||
*Page 16 — Second panel has a green and yellow Spike/Galen. | response sounds like he should have been Fortress Maximus. Third panel: | ||
*Page 18 — Second panel: Cerebros being here is kind of iffy. | <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cog_%28G1%29" title="Cog (G1)">Gasket and Grommet</a>'s | ||
vehicle modes are colored as Chromedome and Hardhead. And is that the | |||
destroyed form of Apeface in the foreground? Guess he got better. | |||
*Page 7 — Sixth panel: Why is <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcana" title="Arcana">Arcana</a> there? | |||
*Page 16 — Second panel has a green and yellow <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike">Spike</a>/Galen. | |||
*Page 18 — Second panel: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cerebros_%28G1%29" title="Cerebros (G1)">Cerebros</a> being here is kind of iffy. | |||
*Page 19 — First panel: More Cerebros and Spike/Galen. | *Page 19 — First panel: More Cerebros and Spike/Galen. | ||
==Items of note= | <a name="Items_of_note"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Items of note">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Items of note</span></h2> | ||
* Advertised as part 1 in a 4-issue limited series. | * Advertised as part 1 in a 4-issue limited series. | ||
* Although the series was billed as a monthly, ensuing issues would actually appear bimonthly. | * Although the series was billed as a monthly, ensuing issues would actually appear bimonthly. | ||
* The story concepts introduced in ''Headmasters'' — two large crews of | * The story concepts introduced in ''Headmasters'' — two large crews of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">Transformers</a> | ||
* On the flip side, the premise of the Autobots leaving in search of peace results in some exceedingly strange choices among the ''Steelhaven'' | traveling to a new world — was used to introduce many characters from | ||
* The introductory narrative describes Cybertron as suffering physical pain during the course of the battle, as though it were a living being — long before the idea of Cybertron being the embodiment of the Transformers' living god, | the 1987 and 1988 toy assortments. When a new batch of characters had | ||
to be brought into the comic per Hasbro's mandate (such as the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powermaster" title="Powermaster">Powermasters</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretenders</a>), | |||
they were simply introduced as part of the ships' crews who hadn't been | |||
shown before. This worked well as many of the new toys had alternate | |||
modes clearly not based on Earth vehicles. | |||
* On the flip side, the premise of the Autobots leaving in search of peace results in some exceedingly strange choices among the ''Steelhaven'''s crew. Rabblerousers like <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterburner_%28G1%29" title="Afterburner (G1)">Afterburner</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Repugnus_%28G1%29" title="Repugnus (G1)">Repugnus</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scattershot" title="Scattershot">Scattershot</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_%28G1%29" title="Hardhead (G1)">Hardhead</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Joyride_%28Autobot%29" title="Joyride (Autobot)">Joyride</a> are all seen to have left Cybertron to seek a peaceful existence, somewhat at odds with their characterization. | |||
* The introductory narrative describes Cybertron as suffering | |||
physical pain during the course of the battle, as though it were a | |||
living being — long before the idea of Cybertron being the embodiment | |||
of the Transformers' living god, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Primus" title="Primus">Primus</a> | |||
had entered the American version of the mythos. On the other hand, this | |||
just may have been metaphorical license taken to try and make | |||
fifty-foot robots that can remove their own heads and keep functioning | |||
seem "serious". | |||
* Brainstorm detects "dihydrogen monoxide" (a.k.a. water) on Nebulos, despite the fact that according to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crater_Critters" title="Crater Critters">Crater Critters</a> | |||
issue, the transformers consider water to be a myth. Why would | |||
Brainstorm have a scanner that detects chemicals that supposedly don't | |||
exist? | |||
===Covers (5)=== | <a name="Covers_.285.29"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Covers (5)">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Covers (5)</span></h3> | ||
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'''Headmasters #1''' - Way to stick your neck out | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0pt; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-130.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUK-130.jpg"><img alt="" src="Ring%20of%20Hate%21_files/89px-MarvelUK-130.jpg" width="89" border="0" height="120"></a></div></div> | |||
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'''UK issue #130''' - Such polite chaps. | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0pt; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-131.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUK-131.jpg"><img alt="" src="Ring%20of%20Hate%21_files/90px-MarvelUK-131.jpg" width="90" border="0" height="120"></a></div></div> | |||
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'''UK issue #131''' | |||
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'''UK issue #132''' | |||
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0pt; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-133.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUK-133.jpg"><img alt="" src="Ring%20of%20Hate%21_files/90px-MarvelUK-133.jpg" width="90" border="0" height="120"></a></div></div> | |||
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'''UK issue #133''' - Uh, NO! No, you didn't! | |||
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* '''Headmasters #1 cover:''' Fortress Maximus removes his head for the Nebulans, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky" title="Bob Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</a>. | |||
* '''UK issue #130 cover:''' The Autobot Headmasters introduce themselves, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Geoff_Senior" title="Geoff Senior">Geoff Senior</a>. | |||
* '''UK issue #131 cover:''' Scorponok crushing Highbrow, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lee_Sullivan" title="Lee Sullivan">Lee Sullivan</a>. | |||
* '''UK issue #132 cover:''' A giant hand squeezes Hot Rod, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dan_Reed" title="Dan Reed">Dan Reed</a>. | |||
* '''UK issue #133 cover:''' Death's Head about to strike down Rodimus Prime, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a>. | |||
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<tbody><tr style="font-size: 14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"> </td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmasters_%28comic%29" title="Headmasters (comic)">The Transformers: Headmasters</a> #1 </td><td class="tti_buttonlink" align="right"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Broken_Glass%21" title="Broken Glass!">»</a> </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Worlds_Apart%21" title="Worlds Apart!">«</a> </td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Marvel_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)">The Transformers (UK)</a> #130–133 </td><td class="tti_buttonlink" align="right"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup%27s_Story%21" title="Kup's Story!">»</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="Ring%20of%20Hate%21_files/230px-MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg" width="230" border="0" height="352"></a><br>"All-powerful"? But we haven't gotten to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godmaster" title="Godmaster">Godmasters</a> yet. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(231, 212, 146); color: black; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> "Ring of Hate!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Publisher </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date published </td><td> March 1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> July 1987 </td></tr>
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<td>Script </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky" title="Bob Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</a>
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<td>Pencils </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frank_Springer" title="Frank Springer">Frank Springer</a>
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<td>Inks </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ian_Akin" title="Ian Akin">Ian Akin</a> & <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brian_Garvey" title="Brian Garvey">Brian Garvey</a>
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<td>Lettering </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Diana_Albers&action=edit" class="new" title="Diana Albers">Diana Albers</a>
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<td>Editor </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Don_Daley" title="Don Daley">Don Daley</a>
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<td>Continuity </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics_continuity" title="Marvel Comics continuity">Marvel Comics continuity</a>
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</tbody></table> <b>A group of Autobots, tired of fighting an endless war, seek to escape by traveling to a world known for its peaceful ways. But can they prove their peaceable intentions?</b>
<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2> Somewhere on war-torn <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a>, a band of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticons</a> under the command of the cruel Scorponok leads captive <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> to their death at the smelting pools. En route, however, a squadron of Autobots led by Fortress Maximus attacks, driving off the Decepticons and freeing the prisoners. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreat, and the Autobots return to their hidden base.
The Autobot troops are jubilant in the wake of their victory, but Fortress Maximus silences them angrily — even when they win, the planet suffers, and lives are lost. Maximus has had enough, and intends to leave Cybertron and the endless cycle of war altogether; he has set his sights on the world of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulos" title="Nebulos">Nebulos</a>, a peaceful planet he has watched for many <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Vorn">vorns</a>. His stunned troops have little option but to go along.
The Autobots construct a starcraft dubbed the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Steelhaven" title="Steelhaven">Steelhaven</a>, and Autobots from all over come to join the mission for peace. After a short warp across the void, the ship arrives on orbit around Nebulos.
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|The Transformers' greatest battle on Nebulos.]]
The Autobots land in the planet's wilds; Fortress Maximus dispatches
Highbrow to make contact with the planet's inhabitants. Highbrow comes
across Gort and his lover engaged in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss" title="Kiss">"a primitive form of communication."</a>
Gort panics at the sight of Highbrow, and in his haste to fight off the
monster for his lover, trips and is injured. An apologetic Highbrow
passes a small holo-projector to the woman, containing a message from
Fortress Maximus, and leaves.
In <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Koraja" title="Koraja">Koraja</a> the next day, the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Council_of_Peers" title="Council of Peers">Council of Peers</a>
meets to discuss the Autobots' message. Lord Zarak eagerly attempts to
stir the Nebulans up into war. Galen disagrees, arguing that Nebulos
has been peaceful for years and must make peace the first choice. Blurr
arrives in the capital city the next day, and began to speak of his
desire to live in peace. However, Krunk, one of Lord Zarak's henchmen,
uses a weapon to magnetize Blurr's arm, causing him to dislodge a
nearby sculpture and send it crashing into a crowd of panicked
Nebulans. Under fire from the city's guards, Blurr retreats, his
message of peace lost. Soon, the Nebulans resurrect their long-buried
machines of war and attack the Autobot encampment, wounding many of the
Autobots. Under explicit orders from Fortress Maximus, the Autobots do
not fight back and retreat further into the wilderness.
The next day, Fortress Maximus and ten other Autobots march to
the city, and throw their weapons down, begging for peace one last
time. Zarak urges Galen to fire, but Galen refuses. Fortress Maximus,
Highbrow, Hardhead, Brainstorm, and Chromedome all pull their heads
from their body and place them on the ground, rendering their bodies
useless. Galen accepts the offering, stating that "there will be no war
today."
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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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<th style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobots">Autobots</a></th><th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons">Decepticons</a></th><th style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebulan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebulan">Nebulans</a>
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- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_%28G1%29" title="Fortress Maximus (G1)">Fortress Maximus</a> (5)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_%28G1%29" title="Blurr (G1)">Blurr</a> (6)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_%28G1%29" title="Hardhead (G1)">Hardhead</a> (7)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Highbrow" title="Highbrow">Highbrow</a> (8)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup" title="Kup">Kup</a> (9)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod" title="Hot Rod">Hot Rod</a> (10)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chromedome" title="Chromedome">Chromedome</a> (11)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainstorm" title="Brainstorm">Brainstorm</a> (12)
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- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28G1%29" title="Scorponok (G1)">Scorponok</a> (1)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triggerhappy" title="Triggerhappy">Triggerhappy</a> (2)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugslinger_%28G1%29" title="Slugslinger (G1)">Slugslinger</a> (3)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skullcruncher" title="Skullcruncher">Skullcruncher</a> (4)
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- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gort" title="Gort">Gort</a> (13)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lord_Zarak" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Zarak">Lord Zarak</a> (14)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galen" title="Galen">Galen</a> (15)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Krunk" title="Krunk">Krunk</a> (16)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Duros" title="Duros">Duros</a> (17)
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<a name="Errors"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ring_of_Hate%21&action=edit§ion=3" title="Edit section: Errors">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Errors</span></h2>
This mini-series in general is rife with mis-colorings, mis-namings and misused character models. From the top:
- Cover — Fortress Maximus is mostly grey and brown, while
Brainstorm is brown and dark green. Scorponok is the wrong shade of green, and is missing half of his claw.
- Page 1 — Gort is in the line of prisoners.
- Page 2/3 — Third panel: Blurr's vehicle mode transforms into Crosshairs' robot mode. Fifth panel: Is that <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fasttrack_%28Scorponok%29" title="Fasttrack (Scorponok)">Fasttrack</a>?
If so, he should be gray. Scattershot shows up with Fortress Maximus's forces, even though he supposedly doesn't join until later.
- Page 4 — Sixth panel: Fasttrack again, but his colors are reversed.
- Page 5 — First panel: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cog_%28G1%29" title="Cog (G1)">Cog</a>
is colored like Hardhead. Hardhead is colored like Cog. Hardhead's response sounds like he should have been Fortress Maximus. Third panel: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cog_%28G1%29" title="Cog (G1)">Gasket and Grommet</a>'s vehicle modes are colored as Chromedome and Hardhead. And is that the destroyed form of Apeface in the foreground? Guess he got better.
- Page 7 — Sixth panel: Why is <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcana" title="Arcana">Arcana</a> there?
- Page 16 — Second panel has a green and yellow <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spike" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike">Spike</a>/Galen.
- Page 18 — Second panel: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cerebros_%28G1%29" title="Cerebros (G1)">Cerebros</a> being here is kind of iffy.
- Page 19 — First panel: More Cerebros and Spike/Galen.
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- Advertised as part 1 in a 4-issue limited series.
- Although the series was billed as a monthly, ensuing issues would actually appear bimonthly.
- The story concepts introduced in Headmasters — two large crews of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">Transformers</a>
traveling to a new world — was used to introduce many characters from the 1987 and 1988 toy assortments. When a new batch of characters had to be brought into the comic per Hasbro's mandate (such as the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powermaster" title="Powermaster">Powermasters</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretenders</a>), they were simply introduced as part of the ships' crews who hadn't been shown before. This worked well as many of the new toys had alternate modes clearly not based on Earth vehicles.
- On the flip side, the premise of the Autobots leaving in search of peace results in some exceedingly strange choices among the Steelhaven's crew. Rabblerousers like <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterburner_%28G1%29" title="Afterburner (G1)">Afterburner</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Repugnus_%28G1%29" title="Repugnus (G1)">Repugnus</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scattershot" title="Scattershot">Scattershot</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_%28G1%29" title="Hardhead (G1)">Hardhead</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Joyride_%28Autobot%29" title="Joyride (Autobot)">Joyride</a> are all seen to have left Cybertron to seek a peaceful existence, somewhat at odds with their characterization.
- The introductory narrative describes Cybertron as suffering
physical pain during the course of the battle, as though it were a living being — long before the idea of Cybertron being the embodiment of the Transformers' living god, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Primus" title="Primus">Primus</a> had entered the American version of the mythos. On the other hand, this just may have been metaphorical license taken to try and make fifty-foot robots that can remove their own heads and keep functioning seem "serious".
- Brainstorm detects "dihydrogen monoxide" (a.k.a. water) on Nebulos, despite the fact that according to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crater_Critters" title="Crater Critters">Crater Critters</a>
issue, the transformers consider water to be a myth. Why would Brainstorm have a scanner that detects chemicals that supposedly don't exist?
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UK issue #130 - Such polite chaps.
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UK issue #131
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UK issue #132
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UK issue #133 - Uh, NO! No, you didn't!
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- Headmasters #1 cover: Fortress Maximus removes his head for the Nebulans, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky" title="Bob Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</a>.
- UK issue #130 cover: The Autobot Headmasters introduce themselves, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Geoff_Senior" title="Geoff Senior">Geoff Senior</a>.
- UK issue #131 cover: Scorponok crushing Highbrow, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lee_Sullivan" title="Lee Sullivan">Lee Sullivan</a>.
- UK issue #132 cover: A giant hand squeezes Hot Rod, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dan_Reed" title="Dan Reed">Dan Reed</a>.
- UK issue #133 cover: Death's Head about to strike down Rodimus Prime, by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a>.
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