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| The Autobots' Secret Weapon | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Books | ||||||||||||
| First published | 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Nancy Krulik | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Charles Nicholas and Roberta Edelman | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0-87135-061-0 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 45pp | ||||||||||||
- The Autobots' Secret Weapon is a storybook set in Generation 1 continuity.
The Autobots attempt to save a captured Sunstreaker using the oldest trick in the book.
Synopsis
Sunstreaker is sitting alone along a riverbank waxing and shining his chrome when Devastator steps into his sunlight. Once seeing the large Decepticon Sunstreaker transforms to run but Devastator steps upon his fenders, damaging them. He transforms again to turn and fight, but is powerless against Devastator. He tires out so the giant Decepticon captures Sunstreaker and brings him back to the Decepticon hideout.
Once in a prison cell Sunstreaker tries destroying the bars with his hands and laser rockets, but to no avail. To Sunstreaker's surprise Devastator breaks apart into his six components. They introduce themselves as the Constructicons. Megatron arrives and exchanges sneers with Sunstreaker. He explains his plan that with an Autobot captured all the rest will surrender. Sunstreaker responds by shooting at Megatron, hitting him in the head. In response the Decepticon leader and duo of Constructicons fire back, forcing Sunstreaker to retreat and tend to his wounds in the cell. Megatron orders Soundwave to send a message to the Autobots about Sunstreaker's capture.
Back at the Autobot camp the Autobots are getting worried about Sunstreaker's absense. Blaster then receives the signal from Megatron, stating they are defenseless against Devastator and must surrender. Sideswipe quickly shouts that he will go rescue Sunstreaker. Grimlock then says he will send Slag and Sludge to go with Sideswipe as backup. Optimus warns them and explains to them the nature of Devastator's components before they go.
The trio of Autobots head to the Decepticon hideout, but Sideswipe quickly drives into a land mine. He flips into the air and transforms to save himself. At the Decepticon base they fight a due of Decepticon guards but were taken down by "awesome Dinobot weapons."
Once inside the Autobots run into Devastator. Slag shoots but only angers Devastator. Sludge attempts to aid his fellow Dinobot but both are shot down by the massive Decepticon. Sideswipe then tries to attack Devastator in car mode but Devastator simply sticks out his arm to stop him. All three Autobots are then thrown into the cell with Sunstreaker.
Megatron gloats and orders Hook to rebuild the Autobots into Decepticons. This causes some in-fighting between the Constructicons so Megatron decides to put off the Autobot execution until sunrise. He then sends another message to the Autobots demanding their surrender or else he will rebuild the Autobots into Decepticons.
Swoop adamantly says they must surrender to save their fellow Autobots, but Optimus Prime disagrees. He gets and idea and the Autobots work all night long on the new plan. First they send a giant Devastator statue over to the Decepticon hideout with the letter:
| “ | Megatron, you win. We cannot fight Devastator. We are giving you this statue as a peace offering. We surrender! | ” |
Megatron reads the note and promptly declares that the Earth is theirs. He orders the Autobot prisoners to see the statue, who refuse to believe the Autobots would surrender. Devastator walks up to the statue and touches it and immediately its head flies off. Swoop leads the Autobots from the statue interior to attack the Decepticons.
In his confusion Devastator splits into his components who go and fight an Autobot each. Swoop continues to bombard the Decepticons from above while the Autobot jets attack the Decepticon jets. On the ground Rumble opens a fissure in the ground by pounding on it, but doesn't realize that the Decepticons are the ones falling in.
Megatron attempts to end the battle and shoots at Optimus Prime, but Prime grabs a piece of shiny metal from the ground and reflects the blast back at Megatron. The Autobots then grab their wounded and return to base.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Errors
- On the cover, Bombshell is colored like Trailbreaker.
- In the story, Trailbreaker is colored yellow and green.
- Huffer is colored green and purple like a Constructicon.
Comments/Notes
- The cover makes no sense. Not only is Bombshell on it, who does not appear in the story, but he and Hook seem scared of Devastator. We won't even attempt to explain how Hook and Devastator can independently exist simultaneously.
- Laser blasts look like paint guns.
- Sideswipe refers to Sunstreaker as his "twin Autobot".
- The Decepticon guards are based off Soundwave's character model and smile when shot.
- Swoop flies around in robot mode with only his head transformed.
- Multiple Jetfires appear and are based off the toy.
- This book follows RIRFIB
- Megatron's fusion cannon is reflected by a shiny piece of metal. He'd be powerless in a Dreamwave story!
- Megatron's character model here is based on the preliminary one seen in the first toy commercial and some early Marvel comics.
