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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Characters mentioned include: the [[Last Autobot]]. | |||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
*The | * The idea that Pretender technology has regeneration capabilities was shown with Megatron's previous forays with the technology, using it to bring [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] back to life (and inadvertently giving [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] a chance to bring back Grimlock, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]), as seen in issue [[All the Familiar Faces!|#58]] of the Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic. | ||
===Transformers references=== | ===Transformers references=== | ||
*Megatron's | * Megatron's armor is finally given the name the "Gigastorm Armor", after the ''Beast Wars II'' [[Megastorm|character]] it is repurposed from. | ||
* | * The two ships that emerge from the portal are obviously ''Shattered Glass'' versions of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' from ''Beast Wars''. It's a bit hard to tell with the "portal effect", but their colors appear to be swapped. The ''Beast Wars'' ''Darksyde'' landed in a volcanic, barren area-here, the ''Darksyde'' lands in a grassy area, surrounded by water. | ||
* | * Depth Charge swears by the Last Autobot, an ancient Cybertron introduced in the final issues of the Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic. | ||
* The Predacons, as with most ''Shattered Glass'' characters, take their designs from a variety of places: | |||
** Megatron is a virtual redeco of his positive-universe [[Megatron (BW)|counterpart's]] Deluxe class ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' toy in the colors of ''Beast Wars'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s first body. His sole line of dialogue is "oh, noooo", reversing his positive-universe counterpart's tendency to drag out the word "yes". | |||
** Waspinator is a virtual redeco of his postive-universe [[Waspinator (BW)|counterpart]]'s ''Generations'' "Thrilling 30" toy, in the colors of ''Beast Wars'' Waspinator's [[Fox Kids]]' [[Transmetal]] toy. | |||
** Terrorsaur is repurposed from ''Beast Wars'' [[Lazorbeak]], who was himself a redeco of Terrorsaur's positive-universe [[Terrorsaur (BW)|counterpart]]. | |||
** Tarantulas is repurposed from his positive-universe [[Tarantulas (BW)|counterpart]]'s Fox Kids Transmetal toy. | |||
** Dinobot is repurposed from his positive-universe [[Dinobot (BW)|counterpart]]'s ''Universe'' toy. | |||
** Scorponok is repurposed from [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]], himself a redeco of Scorponok's positive-universe [[Scorponok (BW)|counterpart]]. | |||
===Real-world references=== | |||
* Tarantulas quips that "[the Predacons] aren't in [[Polyhex]] anymore," paraphrasing the famous "Kansas" line from ''{{w|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}''. | |||
[[Category:Classics issues]] | [[Category:Classics issues]] | ||
[[Category:Shattered Glass issues]] | [[Category:Shattered Glass issues]] | ||
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| "Shattered Destiny" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #54 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Benson Yee & Pete Sinclair with Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Evan Gauntt | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Evan Gauntt | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Thomas Deer | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Shattered Glass | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Earth prehistory | ||||||||||||
The battle for the Origin Matrix comes to a head.
Synopsis
Outside of the alien chamber, Megatron stands encased in his saurian Gigastorm Armor, demanding the Maximal's surrender. Undeterred, the Maximals fire upon the titan, and manage to cause great damage...but the regenerative Pretender technology quickly heals the armor's wounds, and Megatron orders his Predacons forward. God Neptune and Magnaboss merge and enage; Grimlock takes on Autolauncher on the ground; and Depth Charge dogfights with Autojetter and Dirge. Ultra Mammoth demands that Megatron come on out and face him, but Megatron reveals that even if he wanted to, his armor is now one with him. Ultra Mammoth realizes that by hurting the suit, he hurts Megatron, and fires his cannon at full blast. Unfazed, Megatron transforms into a battle platform, unleashing his firepower on the battlefield. With the other Maximals down, things look dire, and Megatron moves in to take the Origin Matrix. Mammoth, however, does not back down; using the Origin Matrix as a power source, Mammoth opens a rift in spacetime, sucking Megatron and the other Decepticons in. Depth Charge tells Mammoth and the others to follow the Decepticons and protect the multiverse from his evil. Mammoth is reluctant to leave him behind, but when two heavily-damaged ships emerge through the portal, Mammoth is force to leave Depth Charge to deal with the two temporally displaced intruders. Depth Charge wishes him luck, and flies out to investigate.
Arriving at a lush, grassy area where one of the ships has crashed, Depth Charge moves in to inspect the crash. A hatch opens on the side of the ship, and Depth Charge is taken aback as a strange, oddly peaceful group of Predacon s emerge from the ship, wondering where they are. Depth Charge sighs, resigned at the prospect of doing it all again.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Maximals | Predacons | Shattered Glass Predacons |
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Quotes
"Your warriors have fallen, you are weakness incarnate, and I hold all the power! You don't even deserve the mercy of surrender - I will take what you found. Now."
"No Megatron... what you don't understand is that it is always darkest before the dawn!"
- —Megatron and Ultra Magnus
"Aaaaaaand here we go again!"
- —Depth Charge senses impending Beast Wars.
Notes
- Characters mentioned include: the Last Autobot.
Continuity notes
- The idea that Pretender technology has regeneration capabilities was shown with Megatron's previous forays with the technology, using it to bring Starscream back to life (and inadvertently giving Ratchet a chance to bring back Grimlock, Bumblebee, and Jazz), as seen in issue #58 of the Marvel The Transformers comic.
Transformers references
- Megatron's armor is finally given the name the "Gigastorm Armor", after the Beast Wars II character it is repurposed from.
- The two ships that emerge from the portal are obviously Shattered Glass versions of the Axalon and the Darksyde from Beast Wars. It's a bit hard to tell with the "portal effect", but their colors appear to be swapped. The Beast Wars Darksyde landed in a volcanic, barren area-here, the Darksyde lands in a grassy area, surrounded by water.
- Depth Charge swears by the Last Autobot, an ancient Cybertron introduced in the final issues of the Marvel The Transformers comic.
- The Predacons, as with most Shattered Glass characters, take their designs from a variety of places:
- Megatron is a virtual redeco of his positive-universe counterpart's Deluxe class Beast Wars 10th Anniversary toy in the colors of Beast Wars Optimus Primal's first body. His sole line of dialogue is "oh, noooo", reversing his positive-universe counterpart's tendency to drag out the word "yes".
- Waspinator is a virtual redeco of his postive-universe counterpart's Generations "Thrilling 30" toy, in the colors of Beast Wars Waspinator's Fox Kids' Transmetal toy.
- Terrorsaur is repurposed from Beast Wars Lazorbeak, who was himself a redeco of Terrorsaur's positive-universe counterpart.
- Tarantulas is repurposed from his positive-universe counterpart's Fox Kids Transmetal toy.
- Dinobot is repurposed from his positive-universe counterpart's Universe toy.
- Scorponok is repurposed from BotCon 1999's Sandstorm, himself a redeco of Scorponok's positive-universe counterpart.
Real-world references
- Tarantulas quips that "[the Predacons] aren't in Polyhex anymore," paraphrasing the famous "Kansas" line from The Wizard of Oz.
