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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Teen hacker [[Adam Reynolds]] mis-dials while trying to reach his local bank and instead reaches the [[Decepticon mainframe computer]]. A fluke results in him typing the correct access code, and he reads in amazement the history of the [[Great War (G1)|Autobot/Decepticon war]].
Teen hacker [[Adam Reynolds]] mis-dials while trying to reach his local bank and instead reaches the [[Decepticon mainframe computer]]. A fluke results in him typing the correct access code, and he reads in amazement the history of the [[Great War (G1)|Autobot/Decepticon war]].


However, Adam inadvertently triggers a security system when he tries to access a file his code doesn't give him access to. The Decepticon Mainframe Computer sends a 1,000,000 volt surge down Adam's phone line, destroying his computer and burning up his printouts. Adam would have been killed—except this cat startled him back from the computer a moment before it exploded.
However, Adam inadvertently triggers a security system when he tries to access a file his code doesn't give him access to. The Decepticon Mainframe Computer sends a 1,000,000 volt surge down Adam's phone line, destroying his computer and burning up his printouts. Adam would have been killed—except this cat startled him back from the computer a moment before it exploded.


Adam is not dissuaded. He wonders if there's an Autobot computer online somewhere...
Adam is not dissuaded. He wonders if there's an Autobot computer online somewhere...
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*'''Transformers Annual 1987 cover:''' Prime and other early Transformers, by [[Barry Kitson]].
*'''Transformers Annual 1987 cover:''' Prime and other early Transformers, by [[Barry Kitson]].
*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 2 cover:''' [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]] and his [[neural relay link]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]'s [[battlesuit]], the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] and [[Nightstalker]], by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 2 cover:''' [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]] and his [[neural relay link]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]'s [[battlesuit]], the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] and [[Nightstalker (G1)|Nightstalker]], by [[Andrew Wildman]].


===Reprints===
===Reprints===
*[[2012]] — ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2]]''
*[[2012]] — [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 2]]


[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]
[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]
[[Category:Text stories]]
[[Category:Text stories]]

Revision as of 18:12, 28 March 2016

Transformers Annual 1987
"In the Beginning..."
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published September 1986
Cover date 1987
Writer Simon Furman
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

A human hacker logs into the Decepticon mainframe and reads an overview of the Autobot/Decepticon war.

Synopsis

Teen hacker Adam Reynolds mis-dials while trying to reach his local bank and instead reaches the Decepticon mainframe computer. A fluke results in him typing the correct access code, and he reads in amazement the history of the Autobot/Decepticon war.

However, Adam inadvertently triggers a security system when he tries to access a file his code doesn't give him access to. The Decepticon Mainframe Computer sends a 1,000,000 volt surge down Adam's phone line, destroying his computer and burning up his printouts. Adam would have been killed—except this cat startled him back from the computer a moment before it exploded.

Adam is not dissuaded. He wonders if there's an Autobot computer online somewhere...

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Humans Others

Quotes

Notes

Artwork and technical errors

Continuity errors

  • The story includes two instances of 'Cybertronian dates,' but like every such instance, it provides no conversion ratio, and is inconsistent with every other instance.

Continuity notes

Real-life references

Other trivia

  • This is subtitled The story of the Transformers ... So far

Covers (2)

Reprints