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|letterer=[[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
|letterer=[[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#Post-Time Wars future|Post-Time Wars future (2010)]]
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#Post-Time Wars future|Post-Time Wars future (2010)]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Earth-120185|Marvel UK]])
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
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'''Kup hunts for an Autobot traitor.'''
'''Kup hunts for an Autobot traitor.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|Autobot ship]] is out of control, either going to burn up or crash into [[Earth]]—causing the [[energon]] goodwill gift to the [[human]]s to detonate like a multi-nuclear strike. [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] searches for the saboteur and for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], and seemingly finds both when he discovers [[Longtooth]] over Prime's body. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] quickly reveals Longtooth can't have done it, and that the doors to the retro-engines are sealed shut. Rodimus, coming to, is unable to remember why he passed out.
The [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|Autobot ship]] is out of control, either going to burn up or crash into [[Earth]]—causing the [[energon]] goodwill gift to the [[human]]s to detonate like a multi-nuclear strike. [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] searches for the saboteur and for [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], and seemingly finds both when he discovers [[Longtooth]] over Prime's body. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] quickly reveals Longtooth can't have done it, and that the doors to the retro-engines are sealed shut. Rodimus, coming to, is unable to remember why he passed out.


Kup comes up with a plan, explaining to Rodimus Prime that Arcee is going to reach the retro engines via the coolant tank. In actual fact, she's going through the ship's ducts, and she's able to fire the retros and allow the ship to land (badly). But Kup's plan has caused the saboteur to reveal himself, as they try to intercept Arcee at the coolant tanks—and the saboteur is Rodimus himself, possessed by dark forces...
Kup comes up with a plan, explaining to Rodimus Prime that Arcee is going to reach the retro engines via the coolant tank. In actual fact, she's going through the ship's ducts, and she's able to fire the retros and allow the ship to land (badly). But Kup's plan has caused the saboteur to reveal himself, as they try to intercept Arcee at the coolant tanks—and the saboteur is Rodimus himself, possessed by dark forces...
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*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (1)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (1)
*[[Longtooth]] (2)
*[[Longtooth]] (2)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (5)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (5)
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===Other trivia===
===Other trivia===


===Back-up Material===
===Back-up material===
*'''Additional Transformers Story:''' ''[[Yesterday's Heroes!]]''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Yesterday's Heroes!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]] - "The Lower Depths"'' and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "The Lower Depths" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]


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<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-252.jpg|'''Issue #252'''
File:MarvelUK-252.jpg|'''Issue #252'''
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Aspects of Evil.jpg|'''''Aspects of Evil'' TPB'''
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Aspects of Evil.jpg|'''''Aspects of Evil'''''
</gallery>
</gallery>
*'''Issue #252 cover:''' Kup accuses Longtooth of being a traitor, by [[Gary Erskine]].
*'''Issue #252 cover:''' Kup accuses Longtooth of being a traitor, by [[Gary Erskine]].
*'''''Aspects of Evil'' TPB cover:''' Rodimus Prime and Unicron fight, by [[Stephen Baskerville]]. Cropped from the cover of issue [[White Fire|#254]].
*'''''Aspects of Evil'' cover:''' Rodimus Prime and Unicron fight, by [[Stephen Baskerville]]. Cropped from the cover of issue [[White Fire|#254]].


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Revision as of 13:37, 23 January 2016

The Transformers (UK) #252

He actually was like that when Longtooth got there.
"Edge of Impact"
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published 7th January 1990
Cover date 13th January 1990
Writer Simon Furman
Art Staz
Letterer Glib
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity (Marvel UK)
Chronology Post-Time Wars future (2010)

Kup hunts for an Autobot traitor.

Synopsis

The Autobot ship is out of control, either going to burn up or crash into Earth—causing the energon goodwill gift to the humans to detonate like a multi-nuclear strike. Kup searches for the saboteur and for Rodimus Prime, and seemingly finds both when he discovers Longtooth over Prime's body. Arcee quickly reveals Longtooth can't have done it, and that the doors to the retro-engines are sealed shut. Rodimus, coming to, is unable to remember why he passed out.

Kup comes up with a plan, explaining to Rodimus Prime that Arcee is going to reach the retro engines via the coolant tank. In actual fact, she's going through the ship's ducts, and she's able to fire the retros and allow the ship to land (badly). But Kup's plan has caused the saboteur to reveal himself, as they try to intercept Arcee at the coolant tanks—and the saboteur is Rodimus himself, possessed by dark forces...

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Others

Quotes

Notes

Artwork and technical errors

Continuity errors

Continuity notes

  • Rodimus has been possessed by the Matrix-trapped Unicron, following on from Galvatron's attempts to pervert the Matrix in "Aspects of Evil!". The story doesn't recap this though, relying on the reader's memory.
  • Over 430 Autobots are fleeing to Earth.

Real-life references

Other trivia

Back-up material

Covers (2)

  • Issue #252 cover: Kup accuses Longtooth of being a traitor, by Gary Erskine.
  • Aspects of Evil cover: Rodimus Prime and Unicron fight, by Stephen Baskerville. Cropped from the cover of issue #254.

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