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===Transformers references=== | ===Transformers references=== | ||
*"1 in a 1 issue miniseries" is a joking nod to the first issue (and final issue) of the [[Marvel Comics]] run, which was originally a 4-issue mini. | *"1 in a 1 issue miniseries" is a joking nod to the first issue (and final issue) of the [[Marvel Comics]] run, which was originally a 4-issue mini. | ||
*Furmanite is a reference | *Furmanite is a reference to—oh, you guessed. | ||
*The lettering is the same that [[Comicraft]] used for the ''[[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]'' comic, complete with 'boxes' for Maximals speech bubbles and 'daggers' for Predacons. | *The lettering is the same that [[Comicraft]] used for the ''[[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]'' comic, complete with 'boxes' for Maximals speech bubbles and 'daggers' for Predacons. | ||
===Art and technical errors=== | ===Art and technical errors=== | ||
Revision as of 18:19, 4 March 2016
| This article is about the BotCon '97 exclusive comic. For BotCon '97's theme song, see Till All Are One (Transformers Theme). |
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 That Furmanite is about to give Packrat the worst case of indigestion he's ever had! | |||||||||||||
| "Ground Zero" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 18, 1997 (BotCon 1997) | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | July | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Artist | Andrew Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Art assistant | Stephen Baskerville | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Starkings and Comicraft | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Generation 1 via Universe | ||||||||||||
A Maximal and a Predacon learn a valuable life lesson.
Synopsis
Fractyl has created a new device, energon armor, using an element called furmanite. Blackarachnia urges him to finish the project (so she can use the results to conquer the Predacons). Packrat eagerly spies on their activities, coveting the new armor.
The initial test is a success, but when Blackarachnia asks Inferno for the pure energon sample, she finds that the ant is distracted. Inferno has discovered Packrat, and he drops the pure energon crystal. This sample reacts with the furmanite that Fractyl dropped, causing a massive explosion. Fractyl deduces that furmanite must be anti-energon, and that if his device comes near any larger deposits of energon, the world could be at stake.
Of course, Packrat has taken off with the orb-shaped energon armor and is heading straight toward the energon-rich badlands. Packrat feels this device will solve his problems of being unappreciated by his group.
Meanwhile, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Airazor enjoy the sounds of nature—until they come across Packrat battling Inferno, that is. Packrat has gone mad with power, blasting Inferno into pieces. Fractyl arrives, warning of the dangers of his new device. Rhinox tries to talk Packrat down, but Fractyl takes a forceful approach. Packrat knocks him down but surrenders the device.
Airazor spots Megatron and Blackarachnia approaching. A despondent Fractyl resigns himself to his fate. However, Fractyl's good-heartedness in saving the Maximals from his device has inspired Packrat, and he gives Fractyl an idea.
As Megatron catches up, he sees Fractyl shooting at the fleeing Maximals and is pleased. Packrat's plan to make Fractyl look good to his superior works, and Rhinox is pleased with Packrat's attitude turnaround.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Notes
Continuity notes
- Fractyl and Packrat are just... there, with no explanation. In BotCon's continuity, they're pre-existing characters who survive until the end of the Beast Wars (though don't affect it too much as it roughly goes the same).
- Inferno goes bugnuts at the sight of a Maximal due to the events of "Spider's Game".
- Our first case of Inferno's onboard computer... making him think he's hearing voices!
Transformers references
- "1 in a 1 issue miniseries" is a joking nod to the first issue (and final issue) of the Marvel Comics run, which was originally a 4-issue mini.
- Furmanite is a reference to—oh, you guessed.
- The lettering is the same that Comicraft used for the Generation 2 comic, complete with 'boxes' for Maximals speech bubbles and 'daggers' for Predacons.
Art and technical errors
Production
- This is the first ever BotCon fiction, kicking off two decades of work! It followed the noble tradition of pimping toys, in this case BotCon's exclusives.
- It was also Furman and Wildman's first return to Transformers since Generation 2. The comic opened with a message from them to the congoers.
- Furman would later admit he wasn't that hip to what happened in Beast Wars until after BotCon 1997!
Other notes
- Gaze upon that note from Furman and Wildman, for it is a relic of a time when Transformers was considered to be old and dead, despite Beast Wars (note not Transformers: Beast Wars) doing well in ratings; where people would respond with "unintentional dismissiveness" to the idea of Furman and Wildman having worked on it, and where some extra TF fiction was a wonderful and odd thing.
