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* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (6) | *[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (6) | ||
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (7) | *[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (7) | ||
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (8) | *[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (8) | ||
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (9) | *[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (9) | ||
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (10) | *[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (10) | ||
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (11) | *[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (11) | ||
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (12) | *[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (12) | ||
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (13) | *[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (13) | ||
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (14) | *[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (14) | ||
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (15) | *[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (15) | ||
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (16) | *[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (16) | ||
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (23) | *[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (23) | ||
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* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (17) | *[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (17) | ||
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (18) | *[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (18) | ||
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (19) | *[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (19) | ||
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (20) | *[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (20) | ||
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (21) | *[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (21) | ||
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (22) | *[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (22) | ||
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* [[Jed Lindley]] (1) | *[[Jed Lindley]] (1) | ||
* [[Sammy Wainwright]] (2) | *[[Sammy Wainwright]] (2) | ||
* [[Allan Silver]] (3) | *[[Allan Silver]] (3) | ||
* [[Robin Lindley (G1)|Robin Lindley]] (4) | *[[Robin Lindley (G1)|Robin Lindley]] (4) | ||
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* [[Daisy]] (5) | *[[Daisy]] (5) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Artwork and technical errors=== | ===Artwork and technical errors=== | ||
* The third panel on page 4 has an asterisk with no corresponding footnote. Presumably this would have been to remind readers about events in issue #32. | *The third panel on page 4 has an asterisk with no corresponding footnote. Presumably this would have been to remind readers about events in issue #32. | ||
* On page fourteen, Defensor taunts himself about the ineffectiveness of his fireball cannon. Obviously, this dialogue box should have pointed to Bruticus instead. | *On page fourteen, Defensor taunts himself about the ineffectiveness of his fireball cannon. Obviously, this dialogue box should have pointed to Bruticus instead. | ||
* Page 21: Blaster's speech balloon parses Hot Spot's name as one word. | *Page 21: Blaster's speech balloon parses Hot Spot's name as one word. | ||
* The checklist for Marvel comics released has the description for this issue as "Hey, look! British Transformers!" This would have described the previous 2 issues. | *The checklist for Marvel comics released has the description for this issue as "Hey, look! British Transformers!" This would have described the previous 2 issues. | ||
===Continuity errors=== | ===Continuity errors=== | ||
* Though set in the 1980s, the story depicts a rail yard with steam locomotives and wooden boxcars—both items that disappeared from common use decades earlier. | *Though set in the 1980s, the story depicts a rail yard with steam locomotives and wooden boxcars—both items that disappeared from common use decades earlier. | ||
* Why are the Protectobots wandering down dirt roads and through rail yards on their way back to the Ark? Are they lost? | *Why are the Protectobots wandering down dirt roads and through rail yards on their way back to the Ark? Are they lost? | ||
* For that matter, there doesn't appear to be any objective behind the Combaticons' ambush besides "shoot some Autobots", nor any reason for the Protectobots to walk right into what they already suspect is an ambush. | *For that matter, there doesn't appear to be any objective behind the Combaticons' ambush besides "shoot some Autobots", nor any reason for the Protectobots to walk right into what they already suspect is an ambush. | ||
* The Autobots have been working for months to build a geothermal generator as an independent power source... but as soon as they get it working, they immediately take off into space, leaving it behind! | *The Autobots have been working for months to build a geothermal generator as an independent power source... but as soon as they get it working, they immediately take off into space, leaving it behind! | ||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
* Blaster's gun ran out of energy, and he was arrested, in "[[Used Autobots]]". | *Blaster's gun ran out of energy, and he was arrested, in "[[Used Autobots]]". | ||
* The Autobots working to repair the Ark has been a running background plot since issue #2. | *The Autobots working to repair the Ark has been a running background plot since issue #2. | ||
===Real-life references=== | ===Real-life references=== | ||
* The issue is set in northern [[California]]; the Ark's location is in rural [[Oregon]]. | *The issue is set in northern [[California]]; the Ark's location is in rural [[Oregon]]. | ||
===UK printing=== | ===UK printing=== | ||
'''Issue #141''' | '''Issue #141''' | ||
*'''Backup Transformers Story:''' | *'''Backup Transformers Story:''' "[[Love and Steel!]]" | ||
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' | *'''Other strips:''' ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' | ||
'''Issue #142''' | '''Issue #142''' | ||
*'''Backup Transformers Story:''' | *'''Backup Transformers Story:''' "[[Brothers in Armor!!|Brothers in Armour!]]" | ||
*'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers'' | *'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers'' | ||
* In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''Headmasters'' backup stories]] and that those accursed mistake-prone [[Stubbie]]s also infected the producers of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. | *In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''Headmasters'' backup stories]] and that those accursed mistake-prone [[Stubbie]]s also infected the producers of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. | ||
===Other trivia=== | ===Other trivia=== | ||
* The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour. | *The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour. | ||
===Covers ( | ===Covers (7)=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:MarvelUS-35.jpg|'''US issue #35''' - Crack that whip! | |||
File:MarvelUK-141.jpg|'''UK issue #141''' - Brawl doesn't understand the concept of going around things | |||
File:MarvelUK-142.jpg|'''UK issue #142''' - When a problem comes along... | |||
File:Titan-TreasonSC.jpg|'''''Transformers: Treason'' TPB''' | |||
File:Titan-TreasonHC.jpg|'''''Transformers: Treason'' hardback''' | |||
File:Classic Transformers Vol3.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 3''' | |||
File:TFClassicsVol3.jpg|'''The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3''' | File:TFClassicsVol3.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics'', Vol. 3''' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
* '''US issue #35 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by [[Frank Springer]]. | *'''US issue #35 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by [[Frank Springer]]. | ||
* '''UK issue #141 cover:''' Brawl, by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | *'''UK issue #141 cover:''' Brawl, by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | ||
* '''UK issue #142 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by [[Dan Reed]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]. | *'''UK issue #142 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by [[Dan Reed]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]. | ||
* '''''Transformers: Treason'' TPB cover:''' | *'''''Transformers: Treason'' TPB cover:''' Defensor, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and half of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] by [[Andrew Wildman]]. | ||
* '''''Transformers: Treason'' hardback cover:''' Bruticus, Blaster, and Robin Lindley by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]], [[Andy Lanning]] & [[Chris Blythe]]. | *'''''Transformers: Treason'' hardback cover:''' Bruticus, Blaster, and Robin Lindley by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]], [[Andy Lanning]] & [[Chris Blythe]]. | ||
* '''''Classic Transformers Volume 3'' TPB cover:''' panels from "[[Spacehikers!]]", "Child's Play" and "[[People Power!]]". | *'''''Classic Transformers Volume 3'' TPB cover:''' panels from "[[Spacehikers!]]", "Child's Play" and "[[People Power!]]". | ||
* '''''The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3 cover:''''' [[Bumblebee_(G1)|Bumblebee]] by [[Guido Guidi]] | *'''''The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3 cover:''''' [[Bumblebee_(G1)|Bumblebee]], by [[Guido Guidi]]. | ||
===Advertisements=== | ===Advertisements=== | ||
* None yet identified. | *None yet identified. | ||
===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
*[[2004]] — ''[[Transformers: Treason]]'' | *[[2004]] — ''[[Transformers: Treason]]'' | ||
*[[2009]] — '' | *[[2009]] — [[Classic Transformers Volume 3|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 3]] | ||
*[[2012]] — '' | *[[2012]] — [[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3|''The Transformers Classics'', Vol. 3]] | ||
[[Category:Marvel US issues]] | [[Category:Marvel US issues]] | ||
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]] | [[Category:Marvel UK issues]] | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 21 May 2015
| This article is about issue #35 of the Marvel US comic. For the episode of the Generation 1 cartoon, see Child's Play (episode). |
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 When a problem comes along, you must whip it! | |||||||||||||
| "Child's Play" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | December 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Script | Bob Budiansky | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Don Perlin | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Ian Akin and Brian Garvey | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Nelson Yomtov | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Jack Morelli | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Don Daley | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
A group of children stumble into the middle of a Transformers battle.
Synopsis
A group of four small children are playing in a rail yard, but their play is interrupted when one of them sees a police car: the Protectobot Streetwise. The Protectobots are transporting Blaster to the Ark to be tried and executed for treason. The grim task is likewise interrupted when Blades discovers that the Combaticons are nearby. Groove transports Blaster to a safe hiding place while the other Protectobots investigate.
While the Protectobots and Combaticons battle, Sammy discovers Blaster. As the nearby battle threatens the children, Blaster convinces Robin to remove a mode lock that prevents him from transforming out of his tape deck mode, so that he may be able to protect them.
When Bruticus stuns Defensor, Blaster steps in to confront Bruticus himself, telling the giant robot that he no longer has allegiance to the Protectobots, who are holding him prisoner. Bruticus forces Blaster to prove his loyalty by killing one of the human children. Blaster points his rifle, and pulls the trigger. Sammy immediately cries out in pain, and collapses.
As Bruticus examines the child's fallen form, Blaster knocks him out with a massive electrical shock from a downed powerline. Sammy then gets up, having only played dead, knowing that Blaster would not really have hurt him, but understanding Blaster's need to convince Bruticus that Blaster had no loyalty to the humans.
Hot Spot chooses not to arrest Blaster, realizing that to do so would be to go against his own principles. The mode lock is instead attached to the Combaticon Blast Off, enabling Blaster to treat the children to a ride in space. No sooner do they achieve orbit than Blaster and the children find themselves fired upon. The Ark is spaceworthy once again, and Grimlock is using it to make sure Blaster is brought to justice!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Quotes
"Well done, Autoobt. You surprised me -- I didn't think you were brave enough to do it!"
"Killing defenseless humans isn't my idea of bravery, Bruticus -- but then what would a Decepticon know about bravery, anyway?" [zaps him with downed powerlines]
- —Bruticus gets his comeuppance from Blaster
"These humans mean a lot to you."
"If we can't protect the weakest among this planet's natives, we're no better than the Decepticons, Hot Spot."
- —Hot Spot and Blaster
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- The third panel on page 4 has an asterisk with no corresponding footnote. Presumably this would have been to remind readers about events in issue #32.
- On page fourteen, Defensor taunts himself about the ineffectiveness of his fireball cannon. Obviously, this dialogue box should have pointed to Bruticus instead.
- Page 21: Blaster's speech balloon parses Hot Spot's name as one word.
- The checklist for Marvel comics released has the description for this issue as "Hey, look! British Transformers!" This would have described the previous 2 issues.
Continuity errors
- Though set in the 1980s, the story depicts a rail yard with steam locomotives and wooden boxcars—both items that disappeared from common use decades earlier.
- Why are the Protectobots wandering down dirt roads and through rail yards on their way back to the Ark? Are they lost?
- For that matter, there doesn't appear to be any objective behind the Combaticons' ambush besides "shoot some Autobots", nor any reason for the Protectobots to walk right into what they already suspect is an ambush.
- The Autobots have been working for months to build a geothermal generator as an independent power source... but as soon as they get it working, they immediately take off into space, leaving it behind!
Continuity notes
- Blaster's gun ran out of energy, and he was arrested, in "Used Autobots".
- The Autobots working to repair the Ark has been a running background plot since issue #2.
Real-life references
- The issue is set in northern California; the Ark's location is in rural Oregon.
UK printing
Issue #141
- Backup Transformers Story: "Love and Steel!"
- Other strips: Robo-Capers
Issue #142
- Backup Transformers Story: "Brothers in Armour!"
- Other strips: Robo-Capers
- In Grim Grams, Grimlock attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the Headmasters backup stories and that those accursed mistake-prone Stubbies also infected the producers of The Transformers: The Movie.
Other trivia
- The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour.
Covers (7)
-
US issue #35 - Crack that whip! -
UK issue #141 - Brawl doesn't understand the concept of going around things -
UK issue #142 - When a problem comes along... -
Transformers: Treason TPB -
Transformers: Treason hardback -
Classic Transformers Volume 3 -
The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3
- US issue #35 cover: Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by Frank Springer.
- UK issue #141 cover: Brawl, by Lee Sullivan.
- UK issue #142 cover: Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by Dan Reed and Robin Bouttell.
- Transformers: Treason TPB cover: Defensor, Sky Lynx, Wheeljack, Grimlock and half of Ratbat by Andrew Wildman.
- Transformers: Treason hardback cover: Bruticus, Blaster, and Robin Lindley by Stewart Johnson, Andy Lanning & Chris Blythe.
- Classic Transformers Volume 3 TPB cover: panels from "Spacehikers!", "Child's Play" and "People Power!".
- The Transformers Classics, Vol. 3 cover: Bumblebee, by Guido Guidi.
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