Fallen Angel

This article is about the comic story. For the trade paperback named after it, see Fallen Angel (Titan).

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File:Marvel UK 102.JPG Galvatron auditions for the role of The Fallen.
"Fallen Angel"
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Cover date	21st February - 28th February 1987
Script	Simon Furman
Art	Geoff Senior (101), Jeff Anderson (102)
Colour	Steve White
Letters	Annie Halfacree
Editor	Ian Rimmer
Continuity	Marvel Comics continuity

Synopsis

The Autobots recently freed by Circuit Breaker head toward the Ark, led by Skids, who is the only one among them with knowledge of Earth. Suddenly, Skids cries out and vanishes. Meanwhile, Centurion investigates something that crashed to the ground, only to be assaulted and blown apart by Galvatron. Galvatron recollects how he met defeat at the hands of Rodimus Prime during the battle with Unicron. Hurtling through space, he activated his time-jump trigger device again and returned to present-day Earth.

While Blaster, Perceptor and the other Autobots try to figure out what happened to Skids, they spot Galvatron approaching and a battle ensues. Shockwave, who currently commands the Decepticons, hears the explosions from the battle and believes it may be Megatron. Galvatron is making quick work of the Autobots until the Dinobots arrive, determined to get revenge for the fallen Centurion.

Galvatron clashes with the Dinobots and Blaster, having incapacitated the rest of the Autobots. Shockwave and the Decepticons watch the battle from nearby, and Soundwave tells Shockwave what he knows of Galvatron. Shockwave admits that, as Galvatron is a bigger threat, the Decepticons may need to aid the Dinobots.

Galvatron blasts Swoop and, nearly unconscious, Swoop hears Professor Morris asking to occupy Swoop's body again. Swoop consents, and Morris distracts Galvatron long enough for the Decepticons to attack. Galvatron retreats, not wanting to fight the Decepticons he hopes to soon command. Shockwave concludes it would be illogical to attack the Dinobots at this point, and the parties go their separate ways.

Featured Characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Powerglide (1) Beachcomber (2) Cosmos (3) Warpath (4) Seaspray (5) Blaster (6) Skids (7) Perceptor (8) Rodimus Prime (12) Grimlock (17) Slag (18) Sludge (19) Swoop (G1) (20) Snarl (G1) (21)	Galvatron (11) Shockwave (14) Soundwave (15) Razorclaw (16) Dirge (24) Shrapnel (25) Rampage (26)	Professor Morris (10) Circuit Breaker (22) Walter Barnett (23)	Centurion (9) Unicron (13)

Errors

Did you get the Pastelformers variants?

• Pages four and five of part one had the colours printed in reverse in the original printing. This was corrected for reprints.

Items of note

• This episode directly follows the events of The Transformers: The Movie. The movie, but not the animated television series, is considered to be part of the UK comic continuity.

Back-Up Stories

Issue #101:

• Action Force- "Improvisation on a Theme" Part 3
• Robo-Capers

Issue #102:

• Action Force - "Improvisation on a Theme" Part 4
• Robo-Capers

Reprints

• This story was reprinted in the Transformers Annual 1991.
• It was reprinted again in the Titan Books trade paperback "Fallen Angel".

Covers (5)

• Issue #101
  Issue #101
• Issue #102
  Issue #102
• 
  Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #9: The coming of Safety Megatron.
• 
  1991 Annual
• 
  Fallen Angel TPB

• UK issue #101 cover: Galvatron makes his mental condition as clear as possible, by Lee Sullivan.
• UK issue #102 cover: Galvatron is on fire, by Geoff Senior.
• Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #9 cover: A random assortment of miscolored Transformers that bears no resemblance to the contents of the comic. As usual.
• 1991 Annual cover: Jazz, Ironhide & Wheeljack blast the reader, by Geoff Senior
• Fallen Angel TPB cover: Death's Head, by Geoff Senior and Oliver Harud.