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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[Image:Polyhexdecepticonstronghold.jpg|left|150px|thumb|And it was all going so well...]]
[[Image:Polyhexdecepticonstronghold.jpg|left|150px|thumb|And it was all going so well...]]
Optimus Prime is on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He wanders the desolate streets of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], shocked at what has become of his beloved home planet. Finding a Decepticon holding an Autobot at gunpoint, he challenges the bully, only to find that his foe is powerful. Only a stroke of luck allows Prime to triumph. The Autobot, Outback, thanks Prime for the help; when Prime heads off alone, Outback follows discreetly.
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He wanders the desolate streets of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], shocked at what has become of his beloved home planet. Finding a [[Decepticon]] holding an [[Autobot]] at gunpoint, he challenges [[Well-armed Decepticon bully|the bully]], only to find that his foe is powerful. Only a stroke of luck allows Prime to triumph. The Autobot, [[Outback]], thanks Prime for the help; when Prime heads off alone, Outback follows discreetly.


Megatron is also on Cybertron, specifically the [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold|headquarters]] in [[Polyhex]], and congratulates the current Decepticon leader — Lord Straxus, now reduced to a head in a jar — on having pushed the Autobots back and crushed their spirit. Straxus is furious at Megatron for bringing Prime to Cybertron. Megatron explains that he had little choice: the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed him, attacking him and leaving him vulnerable to a follow-up attack from a fighting-mad Optimus. Desperate to escape, Megatron summoned the [[Space bridge]], only to have Prime hurl them both through the portal before it was stable.
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is also on Cybertron, specifically the [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold|headquarters]] in [[Polyhex]], and congratulates the current Decepticon leader—Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], now reduced to a head in a jar—on having pushed the Autobots back and crushed their spirit. Straxus is furious at Megatron for bringing Optimus Prime to Cybertron. Megatron explains that he had little choice; the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed him, attacking him and leaving him vulnerable to a follow-up attack from a fighting-mad Optimus. Desperate to escape, Megatron summoned the [[space bridge]], only to have Prime hurl them both through the portal before it was stable.


Megatron has already put out word through certain networks that the Decepticons have created a fake Optimus Prime and set him loose on Cybertron. Prime, meanwhile, despairs at the ruins of Iacon. He doesn't have long to lament, however; the misinformation campaign has done its job, and Prime soon finds himself under attack, imprisoned, and sentenced to execution by the Autobot band known as the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]].
Megatron has already put out word through certain networks that the Decepticons have created a fake Optimus Prime and set him loose on Cybertron. Prime, meanwhile, despairs at the ruins of Iacon. He doesn't have long to lament, however; the misinformation campaign has done its job, and Prime soon finds himself under attack, imprisoned, and sentenced to execution by the Autobot band known as the [[Wrecker]]s.
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*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (22)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (22)
*[[Twin Twist]] (23)
*[[Twin Twist]] (23)
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*[[Well-armed Decepticon bully]] (2)
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==Errors==
==Notes==
* Straxus's body was destroyed in "[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]". The US comics left him for dead, but the UK series uses him as a major player for quite some time to come.
 
===Errors===
* Hoist's head is missing its colors on page 3.
* Hoist's head is missing its colors on page 3.


==Items of note==
===Back-up stories===
* Straxus's body was destroyed in "[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]". The US comics left him for dead, but the UK series uses him as a major player for quite some time to come.
 
==Back-Up Stories==
* Spitfire and the Troubleshooters - "Counterattack" Part 4
* Spitfire and the Troubleshooters - "Counterattack" Part 4
* [[Robo-Capers]]
* [[Robo-Capers]]


==Reprints==
===Covers (4)===
* The story was reprinted in [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] 12.
* It was reprinted again by [[Titan Books]] in the trade paperback "Prey".
 
==Covers (4)==
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<gallery>
Image:Marvel UK 098.JPG|98 cover
Image:Marvel UK 098.JPG|98 cover
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* '''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #8]] cover:''' Optimus Prime, a miscolored Ultra Magnus and Guardian, and a random small child.
* '''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #8]] cover:''' Optimus Prime, a miscolored Ultra Magnus and Guardian, and a random small child.
*'''Prey TPB cover:''' Optimus Prime staves off Razorclaw while Ultra Magnus broods, by [[Lee Sullivan]]
*'''Prey TPB cover:''' Optimus Prime staves off Razorclaw while Ultra Magnus broods, by [[Lee Sullivan]]
===Reprints===
*1989 — ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' 12
*2004 — ''[[Transformers: Prey]]''
*2009 — ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Prey]]'' #2
*2010 — ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Prey]]''


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Revision as of 04:22, 12 November 2011

« The Transformers (UK) #98 »
File:Marvel UK 098.JPG
Megatron: Homecoming Queen
"...The Harder They Die!"
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover date 31st January 1987
Script Simon Furman
Art Geoff Senior
Colour Steve White
Letters Annie Halfacree
Editor Ian Rimmer
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

Prime finds that Cybertron is not the home he once knew.

Synopsis

And it was all going so well...

Optimus Prime is on Cybertron. He wanders the desolate streets of Iacon, shocked at what has become of his beloved home planet. Finding a Decepticon holding an Autobot at gunpoint, he challenges the bully, only to find that his foe is powerful. Only a stroke of luck allows Prime to triumph. The Autobot, Outback, thanks Prime for the help; when Prime heads off alone, Outback follows discreetly.

Megatron is also on Cybertron, specifically the headquarters in Polyhex, and congratulates the current Decepticon leader—Lord Straxus, now reduced to a head in a jar—on having pushed the Autobots back and crushed their spirit. Straxus is furious at Megatron for bringing Optimus Prime to Cybertron. Megatron explains that he had little choice; the Predacons betrayed him, attacking him and leaving him vulnerable to a follow-up attack from a fighting-mad Optimus. Desperate to escape, Megatron summoned the space bridge, only to have Prime hurl them both through the portal before it was stable.

Megatron has already put out word through certain networks that the Decepticons have created a fake Optimus Prime and set him loose on Cybertron. Prime, meanwhile, despairs at the ruins of Iacon. He doesn't have long to lament, however; the misinformation campaign has done its job, and Prime soon finds himself under attack, imprisoned, and sentenced to execution by the Autobot band known as the Wreckers.

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Notes

  • Straxus's body was destroyed in "The Bridge to Nowhere!". The US comics left him for dead, but the UK series uses him as a major player for quite some time to come.

Errors

  • Hoist's head is missing its colors on page 3.

Back-up stories

  • Spitfire and the Troubleshooters - "Counterattack" Part 4
  • Robo-Capers

Covers (4)

  • 98 cover
    98 cover
  • Collected Comics 12 cover
    Collected Comics 12 cover
  • Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #8: Ultra Magnus always brought a child with him.
    Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #8: Ultra Magnus always brought a child with him.
  • Prey TPB cover
    Prey TPB cover

Reprints

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