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*Optimus Prime is here feeling insecure following the events of "[[Prime Time!]]". | *Optimus Prime is here feeling insecure following the events of "[[Prime Time!]]". | ||
*Soundwave has taken temporary control of the Decepticons following the disappearance of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Shockwave's sinking into the swamp in "Prime Time!". He also regained control of [[Letters page|letters | *Soundwave has taken temporary control of the Decepticons following the disappearance of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Shockwave's sinking into the swamp in "Prime Time!". He also regained control of the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] after [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]]'s fun from [[Christmas Breaker!|last issue.]] | ||
===Real-life references=== | ===Real-life references=== | ||
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| "Crisis of Command!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 4th January 1986 / 18th January 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Mike Collins (42 & 44), James Hill (43) | ||||||||||||
| Art | Geoff Senior (42-43), John Stokes (44) | ||||||||||||
| Colour | Steve Whitaker (42), Gina Hart (43-44) | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Mike Scott | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Ian Rimmer | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity (Marvel UK) | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | 1986 | ||||||||||||
Optimus Prime struggles to maintain discipline when a group of Autobots want to use the Matrix to build an army of super warriors. Then Bumblebee is captured by the Decepticons.
Synopsis
A group of Autobots led by Prowl petition Optimus Prime to create an army of super warriors to defeat the Decepticons. Things become heated when they confront those who are against the plan. Optimus Prime is riddled with doubt after recent events. He eventually turns down the proposal but feels that those in favour are dissatisfied with his decision. He is unaware that he is being observed by Ravage who has infiltrated the Ark.
Amazed to see Optimus Prime uncertain, Ravage becomes careless and sets off the alarms. After a short battle Ravage is captured by the Autobots. He quickly manages to escape his cell and returns to the Decepticons.
Bumblebee discovers that Ravage has escaped and reports the matter to Optimus Prime, giving Prowl and his group even more ammunition to use against Prime. Upset at how low Prime has sunk, Bumblebee decides to try and recapture Ravage by himself. Unfortunately, he is quickly captured by the Decepticons who have come out in search of their missing spy. They plan to use him to draw Optimus Prime to them. They rip off Bumblebee's arm and have Laserbeak deliver it to the Ark and instruct Prime to come and recover the rest of him alone.
Optimus Prime agrees and sets off alone, only to be ambushed by the jets and Rumble. Prime single-handedly defeats his attackers and makes his way to the Decepticon Fortress. He then defeats Soundwave and Laserbeak and rescues Bumblebee.
After returning to the Ark, Optimus Prime feels better about himself and officially ends all discussion of super warriors.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- Optimus Prime is sporting a blue faceplate in part 1.
Continuity errors
- Optimus ends all discussion on super-warriors. He will later go on to build Omega Supreme and the Special Teams.
Continuity notes
- Optimus Prime is here feeling insecure following the events of "Prime Time!".
- Soundwave has taken temporary control of the Decepticons following the disappearance of Megatron and Shockwave's sinking into the swamp in "Prime Time!". He also regained control of the letters page after Ratchet's fun from last issue.
Real-life references
Other trivia
- The similarities between Ravage's capture by Mirage and Hound in this story and in "More than Meets the Eye, Part 3" were apparently intentional. As outlined in The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1, Mike Collins and James Hill watched episodes of the cartoon for "story hooks" they could adapt into their scripts so that TV ads could show a cartoon scene 'morphing' into a comic page. As it turned out, broadcast standards wouldn't allow it.
- The first Transformers story drawn by Geoff Senior!
Back-up material
Issue #42:
- Back-up strips: Machine Man - "Victory" Part 4, Robo-Capers and Matt and the Cat
- Fact File Interface: Blitzwing and Tracks
Issue #43:
- Back-up strips: Iron Man - "Night of the Octopus" Part 1, Robo-Capers and Matt and the Cat
Issue #44:
- Back-up strips: Iron Man - "Night of the Octopus" Part 2, Robo-Capers and Matt and the Cat
Covers (5)
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Issue #42 -
Issue #43 -
Issue #44 -
Collected Comics #8 -
The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1
- Issue #42 cover: Ravage infiltrating the Ark, by Will Simpson.
- Issue #43 cover: Bumblebee facing down Decepticon weapons, by John Ridgway.
- Issue #44 cover: Optimus Prime takes on the Seeker trio, by Jeff Anderson.
- Collected Comics #8 cover: Optimus Prime kicking skidplate & taking names, by Bryan Hitch.
- The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1 cover: Cybertron, the Ark, Auntie, Optimus Prime, Megatron, the Overlord, the Man of Iron, Guardian and the Ultimate Autobots, by Andrew Wildman.
