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[[Image:MarvelUS-25.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The 25th Anniversary mark is so common that it's a special occasion not to have it.]]
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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterdeath%21" title="Afterdeath!">«</a>'''
</td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_%28Marvel_Comics%29" title="The Transformers (Marvel Comics)">''The Transformers'' (US)</a> #25
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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterdeath%21" title="Afterdeath!">«</a>'''
</td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Marvel_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)">''The Transformers'' (UK)</a> #107–108
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUS-25.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUS-25.jpg"><img alt="" src="Gone%20but%20Not%20Forgotten%21_files/230px-MarvelUS-25.jpg" border="0" height="352" width="230"></a><br>The 25th Anniversary mark is so common that it's a special occasion not to have it.
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(231, 212, 146); color: black; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> "Gone but Not Forgotten!"
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> October 1986
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> February 1987
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<td>'''Writer''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky" title="Bob Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</a>
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<td>'''Penciler''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Don_Perlin" title="Don Perlin">Don Perlin</a>
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<td>'''Inkers''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ian_Akin" title="Ian Akin">Ian Akin</a> & <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brian_Garvey" title="Brian Garvey">Brian Garvey</a>
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<td>'''Colorist''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nelson_Yomtov" title="Nelson Yomtov">Nel Yomtov</a>
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<td>'''Letterer''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Janice_Chiang" title="Janice Chiang">Janice Chiang</a>
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<td>'''Editor''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Don_Daley" title="Don Daley">Don Daley</a>
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics_continuity" title="Marvel Comics continuity">Marvel Comics continuity</a>
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'''As the Decepticons relocate to a new base, Shockwave plays a gambit to finally destroy Megatron.'''
'''As the Decepticons relocate to a new base, Shockwave plays a gambit to finally destroy Megatron.'''


<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2>
The <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_States_Military" title="United States Military">army</a> prepares to invade the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a>
base. Unknown to them, the Decepticons are already planning to abandon
this base for a new one off the Florida keys, intending to make better
use of the stolen <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hydrothermocline" title="Hydrothermocline">hydrothermocline</a> to meet their energy needs. Megatron has other concerns on his mind. He is preoccupied with the death of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29" title="Optimus Prime (G1)">Optimus Prime</a>,
unable to fully believe that his enemy is, in fact, dead. This
uncertainty drives him mad (as well as the fact that it was a human
that did the actual killing, rather than himself).


==Synopsis==
As the other Decepticons abandon their base, Shockwave and Soundwave stay behind to arrange for the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predacon_%28G1%29" title="Predacon (G1)">Predacons</a> to attack and destroy Megatron. To further Megatron's confusion, the Predacons have been fitted with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">symbols</a>, to make him think that they have been sent by Optimus Prime.   
The [[United States]] army prepares to invade the [[Decepticon]] base.  Unknown to them, the Decepticons are already planning to abandon this base for a new one off the Florida keys, intending to make better use of the stolen [[hydrothermocline]] to meet their energy needs. Megatron has other concerns on his mind. He is preoccupied with the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], unable to fully believe that his enemy is, in fact, dead.  This uncertainty drives him mad.


As the other Decepticons abandon their base, Shockwave and Soundwave stay behind to arrange for the [[Predacons (G1)|Predacons]] to attack and destroy Megatron. To further Megatron's confusion, the Predacons have been fitted with [[Autobot]] symbols, to make him think that they have been sent by Optimus Prime.
The Predacons locate and attack Megatron who, despite being
outnumbered five-to-one, is able to defend himself (although not
unscathed by any means). Finding Megatron too strong for them to defeat
in their individual forms, the Predacons combine into Predaking.
However, Predaking just proves to be a bigger target, and Megatron
defeats him with one blast of his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fusion_cannon" title="Fusion cannon">fusion cannon</a>.  


The Predacons locate and attack Megatron who, despite being outnumbered five-to-one, is able to defend himself (although not unscathed by any means).  Finding Megatron too strong for them to defeat in their individual forms, the Predacons combine into Predaking.  However, Predaking just proves to be a bigger target, and Megatron defeats him with one blast of his fusion cannon.
When the Decepticons arrive at their new base, a Decepticon
soldier (it is unclear who) locates a laser disk inside Predaking,
When the Decepticons arrive at their new base, a Decepticon soldier (it is unclear who) locates a laser disk inside Predaking, which Soundwave then plays back to reveal Shockwave's attempt to have Megatron killed. As Megatron threatens to destroy Shockwave, Shockwave explains that he recorded major portions of his personality on the disk he gave to the Predacons: "I controlled the Predacons. I was with them as much as I am with you now!"
which Soundwave then plays back to reveal Shockwave's attempt to have
Megatron killed. As Megatron threatens to destroy Shockwave, Shockwave
explains that he recorded major portions of his personality on the disk
he gave to the Predacons: "I controlled the Predacons. I was with them
as much as I am with you now!"


This revelation causes Megatron to reflect on Optimus Prime's death. He now knows what he did not see at the time: that Optimus Prime's personality had been saved on a computer disk. This awareness drives him mad once again, and he blows up the [[space bridge]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with himself on it. Both disappear, and Shockwave reflects that it was not he himself who destroyed Megatron, but "a memory did!"
This revelation causes Megatron to reflect on Optimus Prime's
death. He now knows what he did not see at the time: that Optimus
Prime's personality had been saved on a computer disk. This awareness
drives him mad once again, and he blows up the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_bridge" title="Space bridge">space bridge</a> to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a>
with himself on it. Both disappear, and Shockwave reflects that it was
not he himself who destroyed Megatron, but "a memory did!"


==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Bob Budiansky]] <br>
'''Pencils:''' [[Don Perlin]]<br>
'''Inks:''' [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Nelson Yomtov]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Janice Chiang]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Don Daley]]<br>
*''Originally published:'' February, 1987


===Featured characters===
&lt;a name="Featured_characters"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Featured characters"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Featured characters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |




| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
&lt;table style="border: medium none rgb(128, 0, 0);" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"&gt;
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (4)
&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (5)
&lt;th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons"&gt;Decepticons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human"&gt;Humans&lt;/a&gt;
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (6)
&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (7)
 
* [[Blast Off]] (11)
&lt;tr&gt;
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (8)
&lt;td style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"&gt;
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (9)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_%28G1%29" title="Shockwave (G1)"&gt;Shockwave&lt;/a&gt; (4)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (10)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_%28G1%29" title="Soundwave (G1)"&gt;Soundwave&lt;/a&gt; (5)
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (11)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_%28G1%29" title="Laserbeak (G1)"&gt;Laserbeak&lt;/a&gt; (6)
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (12)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28G1%29" title="Megatron (G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/a&gt; (7)
* [[Vortex]] (13)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blast_Off" title="Blast Off"&gt;Blast Off&lt;/a&gt; (11)
* [[Drag Strip]] (14)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Onslaught_%28G1%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Onslaught (G1)"&gt;Onslaught&lt;/a&gt; (8)
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (15)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brawl_%28G1%29" title="Brawl (G1)"&gt;Brawl&lt;/a&gt; (9)
* [[Headstrong]] (16)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Swindle_%28G1%29" title="Swindle (G1)"&gt;Swindle&lt;/a&gt; (10)
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (17)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dead_End_%28G1%29" title="Dead End (G1)"&gt;Dead End&lt;/a&gt; (11)
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (18)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Motormaster" title="Motormaster"&gt;Motormaster&lt;/a&gt; (12)
* [[Tantrum]] (19)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vortex_%28G1%29" title="Vortex (G1)"&gt;Vortex&lt;/a&gt; (13)
* [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] (22)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drag_Strip" title="Drag Strip"&gt;Drag Strip&lt;/a&gt; (14)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Razorclaw_%28G1%29" title="Razorclaw (G1)"&gt;Razorclaw&lt;/a&gt; (15)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headstrong" title="Headstrong"&gt;Headstrong&lt;/a&gt; (16)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rampage_%28G1%29" title="Rampage (G1)"&gt;Rampage&lt;/a&gt; (17)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divebomb_%28G1%29" title="Divebomb (G1)"&gt;Divebomb&lt;/a&gt; (18)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tantrum" title="Tantrum"&gt;Tantrum&lt;/a&gt; (19)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predaking" title="Predaking"&gt;Predaking&lt;/a&gt; (22)
 
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"&gt;
'''Regulars'''
 
 
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Walter_Barnett" title="Walter Barnett"&gt;Walter Barnett&lt;/a&gt; (3)


| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |'''Regulars'''
* [[Walter Barnett]] (3)
'''Guests'''
'''Guests'''
* [[Skolnik]] (1)
* [[General Hadley]] (2)
* [[Francine]] (20)
* [[Earl]] (21)
|}


==Errors==
* On page 8, the caption reads that Megatron "commands Drag Strip to carry him to their destination," and the coloring is consistent with this.  The art, however, shows Megatron entering Dead End. Later on the car he's in is drawn, colored and referred to as Dead End.
* When Dead End finds the laser disk in Predaking,Shockwave is drawn with only one arm.


==Items of note==
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Skolnik&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Skolnik"&gt;Skolnik&lt;/a&gt; (1)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=General_Hadley&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="General Hadley"&gt;General Hadley&lt;/a&gt; (2)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Francine&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Francine"&gt;Francine&lt;/a&gt; (20)
* &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Earl&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Earl"&gt;Earl&lt;/a&gt; (21)
 
 
 
 
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&lt;a name="Errors"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Errors"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Errors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
* On page 8, the caption reads that Megatron "commands Drag
Strip to carry him to their destination," and the coloring is
consistent with this. The art, however, shows Megatron entering Dead
End. Later on the car he's in is drawn, colored, and referred to as
Dead End.
* When Dead End finds the laser disk in Predaking, Shockwave is drawn with only one arm.
 
&lt;a name="Items_of_note"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Items of note"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Items of note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
* Brawl is seemingly killed in this issue. Don't worry, though. Even though his head is crushed, he later gets better.
* Brawl is seemingly killed in this issue. Don't worry, though. Even though his head is crushed, he later gets better.
* It would appear that the American army is incapable of distinguishing between an artillery bombardment and a shower of flying debris.
* It would appear that the American army is incapable of
* This issue was reprinted as issue 8 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.
distinguishing between an artillery bombardment and a shower of flying
debris.
* This issue was reprinted as issue #8 of &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW_Publishing" title="IDW Publishing"&gt;IDW Publishing&lt;/a&gt;'s ''&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generations_%28comic_reprints%29" title="Generations (comic reprints)"&gt;Generations&lt;/a&gt;'' series.
* This would not be the last time a &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28Armada%29" title="Megatron (Armada)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/a&gt; goes into &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Miracle" title="Miracle"&gt;a deep funk&lt;/a&gt; when &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28Armada%29" title="Optimus Prime (Armada)"&gt;his nemesis&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis" title="Crisis"&gt;killed&lt;/a&gt;. 


===References===
&lt;a name="References"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: References"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
* The hydrothermocline was stolen in "[[Afterdeath]]," the previous story.
* The hydrothermocline was stolen in "&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterdeath%21" title="Afterdeath!"&gt;Afterdeath!&lt;/a&gt;", the previous story.
* Page 4 consists entirely of flashbacks to "Afterdeath."
* Page 4 consists entirely of flashbacks to "Afterdeath!".
* In the U.S. version of this story, Shockwave instructs Soundwave to radio [[Cobra]], a reference to the alliance they made in the original Marvel ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' mini-series.
* In the US version of this story, Shockwave instructs Soundwave to radio &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra" title="Cobra"&gt;Cobra&lt;/a&gt;, a reference to the alliance they made in the original Marvel ''&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_and_the_Transformers" title="G.I. Joe and the Transformers"&gt;G.I. Joe and the Transformers&lt;/a&gt;'' mini-series.


===UK printing===
&lt;a name="UK_printing"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: UK printing"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;UK printing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
* This story is probably the most edited of any U.S. story printed in the UK comic.  
* This story is probably the most edited of any US story printed in the UK comic.  
* The Dead End mistake mentioned in the errors section was fixed for the UK printing. Dead End was recolored in red, and the caption box was corrected, referring to him by his actual name.
* The Dead End mistake mentioned in the errors section was
* Page 11 of the US comic was edited to make a better cliffhanger for UK issue #107. Megatron was given new dialog, replacing a speech bubble of Dead End questioning his leader's sanity.
fixed for the UK printing. Dead End was recolored in red, and the
* Megatron and the Predacons had met before in UK continuity. In the story arc beginning with "[[Prey!]]" Shockwave employed the Predacons to hunt down and kill Megatron. However he was so deranged (and befuddled), that he didn't remember this first encounter. To reflect this previous meeting a lot of dialog was changed for the UK version of this issue.
caption box was corrected, referring to him by his actual name.
** On US page 9, Shockwave gives Razorclaw his assignment on Earth. In the UK version, Razorclaw worries that Megatron will recognize him. Shockwave quickly allays those fears.
* Page 11 of the US comic was edited to make a better
** On US page 12, the Predacons lament having to change into Earth forms. In the UK version, they lament having to stay in those forms since their last visit.
cliffhanger for UK issue #107. Megatron was given new dialog, replacing
** Some caption boxes on page 12 were changed to reflect the Predacons' previous visit. In particular the caption '''The Predacons have arrived!''' on was changed to '''The Predacons have returned!''' for the UK version.
a speech bubble of Dead End questioning his leader's sanity.
** On US page 13, Razorclaw says Megatron doesn't know the Predacons. In the UK version, he says Megatron doesn't remember them.
* Megatron and the Predacons had met before in UK continuity. In the story arc beginning with "&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prey%21" title="Prey!"&gt;Prey!&lt;/a&gt;"
Shockwave employed the Predacons to hunt down and kill Megatron.
However he was so deranged (and befuddled), that he didn't remember
this first encounter. To reflect this previous meeting a lot of dialog
was changed for the UK version of this issue.
* On US page 9, Shockwave gives Razorclaw his assignment on
Earth. In the UK version, Razorclaw worries that Megatron will
recognize him. Shockwave quickly allays those fears.
* On US page 12, the Predacons lament having to change into
Earth forms. In the UK version, they lament having to stay in those
forms since their last visit.
* Some caption boxes on page 12 were changed to reflect the Predacons' previous visit. In particular the caption '''The Predacons have arrived!''' on was changed to '''The Predacons have returned!''' for the UK version.
* On US page 13, Razorclaw says Megatron doesn't know the Predacons. In the UK version, he says Megatron doesn't remember them.


{{note|Considering the theme of memory and its importance running through this issue, these changes to the UK story almost seem ''appropriate''.}}


* US page 2 was also edited, but this time to reflect the fact that the ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' story was not 'in continuity' for the UK comics (and wasn't printed until years later). In the US version, Shockwave suggests contacting Cobra and telling them about the Decepticons' moving base. In the UK version, Shockwave talks instead about Megatron's mental instability.
&lt;div style="border: 2px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0pt auto 0.2em; padding: 2px; width: 90%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); text-align: left;"&gt;'''Note:''' ''Considering the theme of memory and its importance running through this issue, these changes to the UK story almost seem ''appropriate''.''&lt;/div&gt;
* According to issue #107's letters page [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] considers the 23rd of August 1986, his birthday. That's the date he took over the ''Transformers'' letters page. He also thinks he could take out Soundwave in a fight.
* US page 2 was also edited, but this time to reflect the fact that the ''&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_and_the_Transformers" title="G.I. Joe and the Transformers"&gt;G.I. Joe and the Transformers&lt;/a&gt;''
story was not 'in continuity' for the UK comics (and wasn't printed
until years later). In the US version, Shockwave suggests contacting
Cobra and telling them about the Decepticons' moving base. In the UK
version, Shockwave talks instead about Megatron's mental instability.
* According to issue #107's letters page &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_%28G1%29" title="Grimlock (G1)"&gt;Grimlock&lt;/a&gt; considers the &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/August_23" title="August 23"&gt;23rd of August&lt;/a&gt; 1986, his birthday. That's the date he took over the ''Transformers'' letters page. He also thinks he could take out Soundwave in a fight.


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* '''U.S. cover:''' Megatron surrounded by the Predacons by [[Herb Trimpe]]
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* '''UK issue 107 cover:''' Mad Megatron by [[Dave Hine]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]
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* '''UK issue 108 cover:''' reuse of art from U.S. cover, recolored and with word balloons  by [[Robin Bouttell]]
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'''US issue #25''' - Predacons gone wild!


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'''UK issue #107''' - Ironically, Rampage isn't on this cover.
 
 
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'''UK issue #108''' - Hang on, haven't we been here &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prey" class="mw-redirect" title="Prey"&gt;before&lt;/a&gt;?
 
 
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* '''US cover:''' Megatron surrounded by the Predacons, by &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Herb_Trimpe" title="Herb Trimpe"&gt;Herb Trimpe&lt;/a&gt;.
* '''UK issue #107 cover:''' mad Megatron, by &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Dave_Hine&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Dave Hine"&gt;Dave Hine&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robin_Bouttell" title="Robin Bouttell"&gt;Robin Bouttell&lt;/a&gt;.
* '''UK issue #108 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover, recolored and with word balloons  by &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robin_Bouttell" title="Robin Bouttell"&gt;Robin Bouttell&lt;/a&gt;.
 
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<tbody><tr style="font-size: 14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterdeath%21" title="Afterdeath!">«</a> </td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_%28Marvel_Comics%29" title="The Transformers (Marvel Comics)">The Transformers (US)</a> #25 </td><td class="tti_buttonlink" align="right"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Funeral_for_a_Friend%21" title="Funeral for a Friend!">»</a> </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Afterdeath%21" title="Afterdeath!">«</a> </td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Marvel_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)">The Transformers (UK)</a> #107–108 </td><td class="tti_buttonlink" align="right"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Funeral_for_a_Friend%21" title="Funeral for a Friend!">»</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUS-25.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUS-25.jpg"><img alt="" src="Gone%20but%20Not%20Forgotten%21_files/230px-MarvelUS-25.jpg" border="0" height="352" width="230"></a><br>The 25th Anniversary mark is so common that it's a special occasion not to have it. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(231, 212, 146); color: black; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> "Gone but Not Forgotten!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Publisher </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date published </td><td> October 1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> February 1987 </td></tr>










<tr> <td>Writer </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky" title="Bob Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</a> </td></tr>






























<tr> <td>Penciler </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Don_Perlin" title="Don Perlin">Don Perlin</a> </td></tr>


















<tr> <td>Inkers </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ian_Akin" title="Ian Akin">Ian Akin</a> & <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brian_Garvey" title="Brian Garvey">Brian Garvey</a> </td></tr>









<tr> <td>Colorist </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nelson_Yomtov" title="Nelson Yomtov">Nel Yomtov</a> </td></tr>




















<tr> <td>Letterer </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Janice_Chiang" title="Janice Chiang">Janice Chiang</a> </td></tr>







<tr> <td>Editor </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Don_Daley" title="Don Daley">Don Daley</a> </td></tr>












<tr> <td>Continuity </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics_continuity" title="Marvel Comics continuity">Marvel Comics continuity</a> </td></tr>



</tbody></table> As the Decepticons relocate to a new base, Shockwave plays a gambit to finally destroy Megatron.

<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2> The <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_States_Military" title="United States Military">army</a> prepares to invade the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> base. Unknown to them, the Decepticons are already planning to abandon this base for a new one off the Florida keys, intending to make better use of the stolen <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hydrothermocline" title="Hydrothermocline">hydrothermocline</a> to meet their energy needs. Megatron has other concerns on his mind. He is preoccupied with the death of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29" title="Optimus Prime (G1)">Optimus Prime</a>, unable to fully believe that his enemy is, in fact, dead. This uncertainty drives him mad (as well as the fact that it was a human that did the actual killing, rather than himself).

As the other Decepticons abandon their base, Shockwave and Soundwave stay behind to arrange for the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predacon_%28G1%29" title="Predacon (G1)">Predacons</a> to attack and destroy Megatron. To further Megatron's confusion, the Predacons have been fitted with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">symbols</a>, to make him think that they have been sent by Optimus Prime.

The Predacons locate and attack Megatron who, despite being outnumbered five-to-one, is able to defend himself (although not unscathed by any means). Finding Megatron too strong for them to defeat in their individual forms, the Predacons combine into Predaking. However, Predaking just proves to be a bigger target, and Megatron defeats him with one blast of his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fusion_cannon" title="Fusion cannon">fusion cannon</a>.

When the Decepticons arrive at their new base, a Decepticon soldier (it is unclear who) locates a laser disk inside Predaking, which Soundwave then plays back to reveal Shockwave's attempt to have Megatron killed. As Megatron threatens to destroy Shockwave, Shockwave explains that he recorded major portions of his personality on the disk he gave to the Predacons: "I controlled the Predacons. I was with them as much as I am with you now!"

This revelation causes Megatron to reflect on Optimus Prime's death. He now knows what he did not see at the time: that Optimus Prime's personality had been saved on a computer disk. This awareness drives him mad once again, and he blows up the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_bridge" title="Space bridge">space bridge</a> to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> with himself on it. Both disappear, and Shockwave reflects that it was not he himself who destroyed Megatron, but "a memory did!"


<a name="Featured_characters"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Featured characters">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Featured characters</span></h2> (Numbers indicate order of appearance.)


<table style="border: medium none rgb(128, 0, 0);" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons">Decepticons</a></th><th style="background: antiquewhite none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human">Humans</a> </th></tr>

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Guests




</td></tr></tbody></table> <a name="Errors"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Errors">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Errors</span></h2>

  • On page 8, the caption reads that Megatron "commands Drag

Strip to carry him to their destination," and the coloring is consistent with this. The art, however, shows Megatron entering Dead End. Later on the car he's in is drawn, colored, and referred to as Dead End.

  • When Dead End finds the laser disk in Predaking, Shockwave is drawn with only one arm.

<a name="Items_of_note"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Items of note">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Items of note</span></h2>

  • Brawl is seemingly killed in this issue. Don't worry, though. Even though his head is crushed, he later gets better.
  • It would appear that the American army is incapable of

distinguishing between an artillery bombardment and a shower of flying debris.

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<a name="UK_printing"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: UK printing">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">UK printing</span></h3>

  • This story is probably the most edited of any US story printed in the UK comic.
  • The Dead End mistake mentioned in the errors section was

fixed for the UK printing. Dead End was recolored in red, and the caption box was corrected, referring to him by his actual name.

  • Page 11 of the US comic was edited to make a better

cliffhanger for UK issue #107. Megatron was given new dialog, replacing a speech bubble of Dead End questioning his leader's sanity.

  • Megatron and the Predacons had met before in UK continuity. In the story arc beginning with "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prey%21" title="Prey!">Prey!</a>"

Shockwave employed the Predacons to hunt down and kill Megatron. However he was so deranged (and befuddled), that he didn't remember this first encounter. To reflect this previous meeting a lot of dialog was changed for the UK version of this issue.

  • On US page 9, Shockwave gives Razorclaw his assignment on

Earth. In the UK version, Razorclaw worries that Megatron will recognize him. Shockwave quickly allays those fears.

  • On US page 12, the Predacons lament having to change into

Earth forms. In the UK version, they lament having to stay in those forms since their last visit.

  • Some caption boxes on page 12 were changed to reflect the Predacons' previous visit. In particular the caption The Predacons have arrived! on was changed to The Predacons have returned! for the UK version.
  • On US page 13, Razorclaw says Megatron doesn't know the Predacons. In the UK version, he says Megatron doesn't remember them.


<div style="border: 2px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0pt auto 0.2em; padding: 2px; width: 90%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); text-align: left;">Note: Considering the theme of memory and its importance running through this issue, these changes to the UK story almost seem appropriate.</div>

story was not 'in continuity' for the UK comics (and wasn't printed until years later). In the US version, Shockwave suggests contacting Cobra and telling them about the Decepticons' moving base. In the UK version, Shockwave talks instead about Megatron's mental instability.

<a name="Covers_.283.29"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Gone_but_Not_Forgotten%21&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Covers (3)">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Covers (3)</span></h3> <table class="gallery" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0pt; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUS-25.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUS-25.jpg"><img alt="" src="Gone%20but%20Not%20Forgotten%21_files/78px-MarvelUS-25.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="78"></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> US issue #25 - Predacons gone wild!


</div> </div></td> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0pt; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-107.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUK-107.jpg"><img alt="" src="Gone%20but%20Not%20Forgotten%21_files/87px-MarvelUK-107.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="87"></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> UK issue #107 - Ironically, Rampage isn't on this cover.


</div> </div></td> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0pt; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-108.jpg" class="image" title="MarvelUK-108.jpg"><img alt="" src="Gone%20but%20Not%20Forgotten%21_files/87px-MarvelUK-108.jpg" border="0" height="120" width="87"></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> UK issue #108 - Hang on, haven't we been here <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prey" class="mw-redirect" title="Prey">before</a>?


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