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</td><td align="center">[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #264
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> [[Desert island risks.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/c/c0/Desert_island_risks.jpg/230px-Desert_island_risks.jpg" width="230" height="307" border="0" />]]<br />"And it looks just like a [[G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe]] logo!"
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "Desert Island Risks!"
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> [[April 1|1st April]] 1990
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> [[April 7|7th April]] 1990
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<td>'''Writer''' </td><td> [[Simon Furman|Simon Furman]]
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<td>'''Pencils''' </td><td> [[Pete Knifton|Pete Knifton]]
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<td>'''Inks''' </td><td> [[Pete Venters|Pete Venters]]
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<td>'''Letterer''' </td><td> [[Stuart Bartlett|Stuart Bartlett]]
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<td>'''Cover''' </td><td> Pete Knifton
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics continuity]]
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'''Ironhide and Bumblebee destroy a project to re-construct Devastator.'''
'''Ironhide and Bumblebee destroy a project to re-construct Devastator.'''


{{comicnav | Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK | 264 | seriesname=Generation 1 (Marvel UK) | prev=Break-Away! | next=Once Upon a Time...}}


==Marvel UK issue #264==
===Synopsis===
Ironhide and Bumblebee track a Transformer lifeform to an island in the Bahamas, hoping that it is their missing teammate [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]].  Instead they discover the site of a project to reconstruct Devastator as a separate robot, since the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] have lost the ability to combine.


'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
Ironhide penetrates the [[Automated Defense Ring|Automated Defense Ring]] protecting the project, and destroys it.
'''Pencils:''' [[Pete Knifton]]<br>
'''Inks:''' [[Pete Venters]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Stuart Bartlett]]<br>


*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' '''[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'''
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*''Originally published:'' April 7, 1990


===Synopsis===
Ironhide and Bumblebee track a Transformer lifeform to an island in the Bahamas, hoping that it is their missing teammate [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]].  Instead they discover the site of a project to reconstruct Devastator as a separate robot, since the Constructicons have lost the ability to combine.


Ironhide penetrates the [[Automated Defense Ring]] protecting the project, and destroys it.
==Featured characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
 
 
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* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (1)
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* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (3)
 




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==Items of note==
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* The search for Prowl follows his <small>offscreen</small> Bucky-impression after [[Starting Over!|UK#261]].  He will turn up alive in the care of some kindly Louisiana farmfolk in [[Life in the Slow Lane|UK#266]].
* The search for Prowl follows his &lt;small&gt;offscreen&lt;/small&gt; Bucky-impression after UK issue [[Starting Over!|#261]].  He will turn up alive in the care of some kindly Louisiana farmfolk in issue [[Life in the Slow Lane|#266]].
* Devastator's appearance here is presumably intended to promote his Action Master toy.  No in-story explanation is given as to why the Constructicons can no longer combine; [[nucleon]] is the obvious suspect, but it's never mentioned.
* Devastator's appearance here is presumably intended to promote his [[Action Master|Action Master]] toy.  No in-story explanation is given as to why the Constructicons can no longer combine; [[Nucleon|nucleon]] is the obvious suspect, but it's never mentioned.
* The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the 1986 film Aliens, where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says the exact same thing, verbatim.
* The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the 1986 film ''&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_%28film%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Aliens_(film)"&gt;Aliens&lt;/a&gt;'', where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says the exact same thing, verbatim.
 


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</table> Ironhide and Bumblebee destroy a project to re-construct Devastator.


Synopsis

Ironhide and Bumblebee track a Transformer lifeform to an island in the Bahamas, hoping that it is their missing teammate Prowl. Instead they discover the site of a project to reconstruct Devastator as a separate robot, since the Constructicons have lost the ability to combine.

Ironhide penetrates the Automated Defense Ring protecting the project, and destroys it.



(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)


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Items of note

  • The search for Prowl follows his <small>offscreen</small> Bucky-impression after UK issue #261. He will turn up alive in the care of some kindly Louisiana farmfolk in issue #266.
  • Devastator's appearance here is presumably intended to promote his Action Master toy. No in-story explanation is given as to why the Constructicons can no longer combine; nucleon is the obvious suspect, but it's never mentioned.
  • The front cover of the issue depicts Bumblebee shouting "There's somethin' moving out here, an' it ain't us!" This is a reference to a line in the 1986 film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_%28film%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Aliens_(film)">Aliens</a>, where in one scene Private Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) says the exact same thing, verbatim.
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