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:''Johnson is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | |||
[[File:MisterJohnson.jpg| | [[File:MisterJohnson.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Yes, that <s>Richard Branson</s> Mister Johnson.]] | ||
Mister '''Johnson''' runs a large company called [[Vision]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either. | |||
[[Richard Branson|Sounds familiar.]] | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=== | ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=== | ||
{{noteukexclusive| | {{noteukexclusive|Johnson}} | ||
[[File:Thames johnson jawbreaker salvage.jpg|thumb|left]] | [[File:Thames johnson jawbreaker salvage.jpg|thumb|left]] | ||
Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the Thames, | Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the Thames, Johnson led a crew from Vision to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. | ||
Johnson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) {{storylink|Salvage!}} | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* | *Hatchette's 2018 reprint of "[[Salvage!]]" saw [[Richard Branson]] changed into "Mister Johnson"; Lee Sullivan was brought back to redraw Branson's hair and chin. As Simon Furman explains: "In the absence of actual paperwork from those dim distant days proving we had Branson's permission to use his likeness, it was decided to err on the side of caution. I did actually try and contact Branson. But in the end we got Lee Sullivan to make art changes... to his own art."<ref>https://twitter.com/SimonFurman3/status/1067685862161477633</ref> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 humans]] | [[Category:Marvel Generation 1 humans]] | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 28 November 2018
- Johnson is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Mister Johnson runs a large company called Vision from the United Kingdom. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
Johnson appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.
Following the discovery of Transformer bodies in the Thames, Johnson led a crew from Vision to remove them environmental hazards from London's main waterway, come rain or shine. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of Centurion and Megatron[1] above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to Shockwave.
Johnson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) Salvage!
Notes
- Hatchette's 2018 reprint of "Salvage!" saw Richard Branson changed into "Mister Johnson"; Lee Sullivan was brought back to redraw Branson's hair and chin. As Simon Furman explains: "In the absence of actual paperwork from those dim distant days proving we had Branson's permission to use his likeness, it was decided to err on the side of caution. I did actually try and contact Branson. But in the end we got Lee Sullivan to make art changes... to his own art."[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but Straxus-as-Megatron at this point.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SimonFurman3/status/1067685862161477633
