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The comic continued the long-standing UK tradition of having a Transformer [[Letters page|answer readers' letters]]. After a few installments of "[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s Hot Mail," though, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] took over and turned the page into "Starscream's Hate Mail," where he was ''exceptionally'' rude to the young letter-writers. And, like, not even in a funny sort of way. Like, maybe the guy writing it thought it was funny, but you could imagine the child, totally not old enough to understand the over-the-top-ness of the whole thing, crying their eyes out when they read the issue, and Starscream called them disgusting and told them they couldn't draw. ''Yikes''. | The comic continued the long-standing UK tradition of having a Transformer [[Letters page|answer readers' letters]]. After a few installments of "[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s Hot Mail," though, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] took over and turned the page into "Starscream's Hate Mail," where he was ''exceptionally'' rude to the young letter-writers. And, like, not even in a funny sort of way. Like, maybe the guy writing it thought it was funny, but you could imagine the child, totally not old enough to understand the over-the-top-ness of the whole thing, crying their eyes out when they read the issue, and Starscream called them disgusting and told them they couldn't draw. ''Yikes''. | ||
After nine issues, poor sales led to the comic's cancellation. | ==Unreleased issues== | ||
After nine issues, poor sales led to the comic's cancellation. The partially-known plot of issue 10 involved [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] exploring a subterranean pyramid, which was found to contain the lifeless body of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], along with [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]] in stasis. Meanwhile, the Decepticons (now joined by [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]) burrowed a shaft into the pyramid and sent their Mini-Cons inside, while they battled the Autobots (now backed up by the newly-arrived [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] and [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]]). To save the Adventure Team from the Decepticon Mini-Cons, the reactivated Crosswise transformed into head mode and brought Sideways back online.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1213227583&ref=name#!/album.php?aid=209327&id=621237749 Artist Simon Williams's pages for the unreleased issue #10 on his Facebook]</ref> | |||
In the final issue, the comic hinted at an adaptation of ''The Unicron Battles''. None of the storylines have been followed up on, however. | |||
==Creative team== | ==Creative team== | ||
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The Transformers Armada comic distributed by Panini (who had bought out the remnants of Marvel UK) was a TF comic based on the Armada toyline and animated franchise. The comic followed a timeline separate from the Dreamwave title, and developed its own storylines over nine issues.
| Panini Armada issues: | ||||||||
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| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 |
Overview
The series contained a main strip and a backup story. The main strip involved a central Autobots vs. Decepticons storyline for the possession of a Mini-Con or weapon, whereas "Tales of the Mini-cons" would explore the sought-after littlest Transformers' own adventures on Earth, and even dipped into their pasts on Cybertron. Characters who gained focus, as in the DW strips, were Cyclonus and the Destruction Mini-Con Team.
The comic continued the long-standing UK tradition of having a Transformer answer readers' letters. After a few installments of "Hot Shot's Hot Mail," though, Starscream took over and turned the page into "Starscream's Hate Mail," where he was exceptionally rude to the young letter-writers. And, like, not even in a funny sort of way. Like, maybe the guy writing it thought it was funny, but you could imagine the child, totally not old enough to understand the over-the-top-ness of the whole thing, crying their eyes out when they read the issue, and Starscream called them disgusting and told them they couldn't draw. Yikes.
Unreleased issues
After nine issues, poor sales led to the comic's cancellation. The partially-known plot of issue 10 involved Adventure Mini-Con Team exploring a subterranean pyramid, which was found to contain the lifeless body of Sideways, along with Rook and Crosswise in stasis. Meanwhile, the Decepticons (now joined by Tidal Wave and Wheeljack) burrowed a shaft into the pyramid and sent their Mini-Cons inside, while they battled the Autobots (now backed up by the newly-arrived Jetfire, Side Swipe and Blurr). To save the Adventure Team from the Decepticon Mini-Cons, the reactivated Crosswise transformed into head mode and brought Sideways back online.[1]
In the final issue, the comic hinted at an adaptation of The Unicron Battles. None of the storylines have been followed up on, however.
Creative team
The series was written by omnipresent Transformers scribe Simon Furman. Several pencillers worked on the series, including Generation 1 veterans Andrew Wildman and Lee Sullivan (who also did his own inking). Stephen Baskerville also showed up to ink a story in issue 9. Otherwise, ink was usually done by Bambos Georgiou, with colours by Junior Tomlin and lettering by Neil Porter.
