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*Issue [[The Hunting Party (Marvel)|#229's]] editorial said "[[Prime's Rib!]]" would be the next UK strip after "[[The Big Shutdown!]]", indicating plans got changed fast as "[[A Small War!]]" ran two weeks later. #229 also claimed this story was "for all you feminists out there" because someone was a troll. | *Issue [[The Hunting Party (Marvel)|#229's]] editorial said "[[Prime's Rib!]]" would be the next UK strip after "[[The Big Shutdown!]]", indicating plans got changed fast as "[[A Small War!]]" ran two weeks later. #229 also claimed this story was "for all you feminists out there" because someone was a troll. | ||
*If transformers had no concept of gender before Arcee arrived, why have they only used male pronouns up to this point? Wouldn't it make more sense to use "he" and "she" indiscriminately or just drop the whole thing and use "it" or "they"? Of course readers know the real reason (Hasbro didn't want a big female presence in a franchise aimed mainly at boys) but in universe it's a bit of a plot-hole. It makes even less sense when you remember the Autobots have been living on Earth for a few years at least, and they still don't know what words like "man" and "woman" mean? Talk about unobservant! | |||
*Another interesting point is Hot Rod's romantic interest in Arcee (something which grows over time in later issues), despite the rest of the cast admitting they see no difference between Arcee and themselves other than her having a slightly altered chassis design. If gender isn't really a thing to our favourite robots, does that mean any two of the "male" cast could start a relationship together? Or are they somehow programmed to be "straight" and Arcee and Hot Rod's encounter is the first instance of transformer/transformer romance in all of their race's history? Makes you think. | |||
===Back-up material=== | ===Back-up material=== | ||
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 "And that's for leaving your dirty socks lying around!" | |||||||||||||
| "Prime's Rib!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 2nd September 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 9th September 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art | Andy Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Helen Stone | ||||||||||||
| Cover | Geoff Senior | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity (Marvel UK) | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Original future (1995) | ||||||||||||
Optimus Prime creates a new female warrior to appease human feminists.
Synopsis
On July 15, 1995, in an attempt to forge better relationships with the humans on Earth, Optimus Prime unveils a new 'female' Autobot called Arcee to counter claims of sexism from human feminists. Much to Prime's bemusement, Arcee doesn’t prove popular with the feminists who complain that she looks weak and shouldn't be pink.
Jazz and Hot Rod are unable to understand what all the fuss is about as the only thing that they can see that separates Arcee from other Autobot warriors is a variation in the upper chassis design.
As Optimus Prime attempts to calm the feminists, the Decepticon Headmasters Fangry, Squeezeplay and Horri-Bull, led by Shockwave, launch a surprise attack. Prime orders Arcee to stay back while he handles the Decepticons, much to Arcee's disgust.
Optimus Prime is soon overpowered and Arcee is forced to go to his rescue, managing to drive off the Decepticons. During the confusion, she and Hot Rod collide and end up in a heap on the floor, leading Hot Rod to declare that he's all for female Transformers, much to the feminists' displeasure.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Quotes
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
Continuity errors
- Optimus Prime appears in his smaller-robot Powermaster form. As he had stopped using that body before 1995 in the main timeline, then the story possibly takes place in the standard Marvel UK future timeline (which the notes below assume). He was never seen in that body in that timeline either though (which doesn't mean that he couldn't have been a Powermaster in 1995). It's probably best not to think too much about it.
Continuity notes
- In terms of story chronology, this is the first UK story set in a future timeline (1995) and centring on the movie cast. The next story, from the movie characters' point of view at least, would be "Ark Duty", followed by the Shockwave segment of "Aspects of Evil!".
Real-life references
- The title of this issue is derived from the Biblical story of the creation of Eve, who was formed from one of Adam's ribs. It is, of course, also a reference to "prime rib" cuts of meat.
Other trivia
- Issue #229's editorial said "Prime's Rib!" would be the next UK strip after "The Big Shutdown!", indicating plans got changed fast as "A Small War!" ran two weeks later. #229 also claimed this story was "for all you feminists out there" because someone was a troll.
- If transformers had no concept of gender before Arcee arrived, why have they only used male pronouns up to this point? Wouldn't it make more sense to use "he" and "she" indiscriminately or just drop the whole thing and use "it" or "they"? Of course readers know the real reason (Hasbro didn't want a big female presence in a franchise aimed mainly at boys) but in universe it's a bit of a plot-hole. It makes even less sense when you remember the Autobots have been living on Earth for a few years at least, and they still don't know what words like "man" and "woman" mean? Talk about unobservant!
- Another interesting point is Hot Rod's romantic interest in Arcee (something which grows over time in later issues), despite the rest of the cast admitting they see no difference between Arcee and themselves other than her having a slightly altered chassis design. If gender isn't really a thing to our favourite robots, does that mean any two of the "male" cast could start a relationship together? Or are they somehow programmed to be "straight" and Arcee and Hot Rod's encounter is the first instance of transformer/transformer romance in all of their race's history? Makes you think.
Back-up material
- Additional Transformers story: "King Con!"
- Other strips: Action Force - "Airshow" and Combat Colin
- Classic Covers Calendar: September #130
- Free gift: temporary tattoo (Autobot and Decepticon symbols)
Covers (1)
- Issue #234 cover: Arcee beats up on Horri-Bull, by Geoff Senior.
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Issue #234
Reprints
- Transformers: Earthforce cover: Grimlock thumps a table - crop of the cover to UK issue #263, by Stephen Baskerville.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 17: Matrix Quest Nightbeat and Optimus Prime's corpse.
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Earthforce (Titan Books, 2005) -
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 17: Matrix Quest (Hachette Partworks, Ltd., 2018)
