Out to Lunch!

An Autobot gets in a bar fight while some Decepticons have a philosophical discussion about being losers.

Marvel UK issues #240

Writer: Simon Furman
Art: Andrew Wildman
Lettering: Annie Halfacree
Cover: Andrew Wildman

• Major characters (in order of appearance): Darkwing, Dreadwind, Quickswitch
• Originally published: 21st October 1989

Synopsis

Darkwing and Dreadwind are down on their luck. With Megatron dead they're out of work again, spending most of their time over-energizing at Maccadam's Old Oil House. Unfortunately, they still haven't shaken the Mecannibals that have been chasing them since their last job. Wandering back into the bar, they pass by the Autobot Quickswitch, who is in disguise to meet a Decepticon informant who has new information for him. He never gets to make the meeting, as two Mecannibals break into the bar and begin chowing down on the patrons. Quickswitch is forced to give up his cover in order to prevent a slaughter, quickly switching between his various modes in order to bring down the attackers. Despite the chaos of the battle around them, Darkwing and Dreadwind are too plastered to realize what's going on, and remain engrossed in their self-pitying summation of their recent lives. Only after Quickswitch literally brings down the house around them do the Powermasters look away from their oil long enough to notice the wreckage, and they quickly high-tail it before getting blamed for the devastation.

Items of note

• This is the first appearance of Quickswitch.

• Thunderwing has revoked Maccadam's neutral status since taking power.

References

• Dreadwind and Darkwing saw their former employer Megatron (seemingly) destroyed in the explosion of his fortress tower at the conclusion of Skin Deep.

• The Mechanibals had been tracking the Deception Powermasters since the events of Recipe for Disaster!, and were seen to have followed them to Cybertron in the Resurrection Gambit!
  
  
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