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| "Abduction" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 23, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Story | Glen Hallit, Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Script | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Serge LaPointe, Chuck Gibson, Terry Pallot | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Hi-Fi Design, Blond, Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Richard Starkings & Comicraft | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Universe | ||||||||||||
A group of Maximals and Autobots are abducted by Unicron into a multiverse-spanning conflict.
Synopsis
Somewhere in the depths of space, seven balls of glowing energy streak out of a void...
On the reformatted technorganic Cybertron, Rook reports on the return to Cybertron of some long-lost travelers. After some banter from Cheetor and Rattrap, the ship lands, and its passengers disembark: the long-absent Autobots Trailbreaker, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Shadow Striker, and Roulette. Sideswipe is shocked by the changes to Cybertron while Sunstreaker just basks in the adulation.
Without warning, what appear to be fireworks strike the five Autobots, as well as Blackarachnia and Silverbolt, and whisk them away, leaving a bewildered Rook behind. The seven abductees materialize in an unknown location. Blackarachnia notes that the place is crawling with evil...and a booming voice welcomes them to the Pit!
Within Cybertron, Primus and Alpha Trion confer on the Enemy's rising plans.
Back in the Pit, Silverbolt is painfully rebuilt into his original Fuzor body. Soon he is reunited with the others and sees that Sideswipe and Sunstreaker have likewise been recreated into new forms. The group travels across a thin bridge over a bubbling cauldron...from which emerge hordes of fiery demon-like creatures. Though the Transformers fight well, they are soon captured by the weight of numbers and brought into a nearby arena.
As the group is led into cages, Blackarachnia resists—and is promptly bashed into place by Tankor. The other watching generals explain: Obsidian is from an alternate Cybertron where he seized power. As for the Tigerhawk lookalike, know that he is Razorclaw, that his reality is not yours, and while he shares Tigerhawk's dual spark and Vok heritage...he is not he! Er, him. That is, he's not Tigerhawk.
Obsidian explains that they are here simply to fight and die. As an example, two Autobots who have already succumbed to the madness are turned loose on each other. After a fierce battle, Smokescreen is destroyed by Smokescreen, his Spark consumed by Unicron.
On Cybertron, Primus feels a part of himself devoured. He and Alpha Trion call forth their champion...the revived Optimus Primal!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots/Maximals | Decepticons/Predacons | Others |
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Notes
- This issue was originally set for release at OTFCC 2003, but was delayed instead. As a result, a short preview of this comic was included in the convention's program guide, while the full comic itself was not released until about a month later (see the release date above) via the OTFCC Online Store.
- Though an Autobot-sized, retro-colored Ultra ape Optimus Primal is brought out of the Matrix by Primus and Alpha Trion, the "foul radiation" of the Pit later changes him, leaving him "forever stamped 'unclean'"—and also in his Universe colors.
- Trailbreaker is the only one of the seven featured abductees to not gain a new body or color scheme. This is because there was originally meant to be a Universe redeco of Robots in Disguise X-Brawn to go with the redecos of Side Burn as Roulette and Shadow Striker and Prowl as Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. However, those plans fell through, and the X-Brawn redeco ended up being Ratchet. So Trailbreaker gets to keep his configuration. After all, why mess with success?
Continuity notes
- This story takes a megacycle after end of Beast Machines. While a megacycle has usually meant around an hour, here it seems to have been a month, which would make sense, with Wrecker's Finale only happening about a week after Beast Machines' end.
- The Brawn who is abducted by Unicron appears to be facing Megatron in the Generation 2/G.I. Joe crossover issue "Final Transformations". Years later, the Facebook version of Ask Vector Prime would confirm this to be the case. Additionally, Tap-Out and Snarl appear, and their abduction would be later shown in "Wreckers: Finale Part II". Armada Megatron appears to be from some early point in the series, and would later confirmed to be from a version of the cartoon universe in Ask Vector Prime. Grimlock, meanwhile, is from some point in Dreamwave's War Within series.
Transformers references
- The ship that brings Trailbreaker and crew home is based off one of the Ark shuttlecraft, which was based off the Klingon "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles.
- Among the crowd appears Beast Machines characters Buzzsaw and Quickstrike and Beast Wars' Drill Bit and Razorclaw.
- Rattrap mentions Maccadam's Old Oil House. He also apparently has the legs his toy does now.
- All the members of the main cast that get abducted in this issue are reformmated into their Universe toy bodies, which the Heralds already possess.
Real-world references
Errors
- Rattrap's eyeballs. Guh.
Covers (4)
- Universe #1 First Printing: Dan Khanna's wrap-around cover in final, corrected colors.
- Universe #1 Alternate Printing: Decrepit Unicron, by James Raiz.
- Universe #1 Second Printing: The first printing cover in preliminary, uncorrected colors.
- Universe #1 FX cover: A special printing of the Second Printing with "FX: The Coolest Show on Earth!" and the TFU logo in red foil.
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I'm brown, red, and green like I'm supposed to be! -
My ring placement is awkward for eating. -
Finally, less correct!
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Red foil will not scan.
