Vicious Circle!

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"Vicious Circle!"
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First published	1st August 1987
Cover date	1988
Writer	Simon Furman
Pencils	Anderson
Inks	Harwood
Continuity	Marvel Comics continuity

Ultra Magnus makes a last ditch attempt to stop Galvatron from activating his power siphon.

Synopsis

This story follows directly from the mainline comic story "Fire on High!".

Rodimus Prime and Wreck-Gar's plan to return Galvatron to the future has failed. Only Ultra Magnus and Goldbug remain to stop the insane Decepticon from using the power siphon that he has built atop Mount Verona. At first Ultra Magnus refuses to fight, tired of being beaten. Goldbug is disgusted and goes to face Galvatron alone.

Goldbug is quickly overpowered but before Galvatron can deliver the killing blow, Ultra Magnus arrives, having roused himself from his depression. During the course of the ensuing battle Galvatron rips a piece of the siphon’s control equipment loose. This results in the siphon losing control of the volcano’s eruption. Ultra Magnus tells Goldbug to escape while he holds Galvatron at bay. Galvatron is too crazed to notice the danger and as Goldbug makes his way clear the volcano erupts, destroying the siphon and entombing Ultra Magnus and Galvatron within the crater.

This story is continued in the mainline comic story "Ladies' Night".

Featured Characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons
Ultra Magnus Goldbug	Galvatron

Errors

• Goldbug's head is coloured blue (like the toy) and he sports a blue Autobot faction symbol. Both of these were colour-corrected for the trade paperback reprint.
• The line "Ultra Magnus! You came!" is presumably supposed to be spoken by Goldbug but the speech bubble looks as though it's pointing at Ultra Magnus.

Items of note

• Galvatron escapes from the volcano in "Enemy Action!"
• Ultra Magnus is rescued from the volcano by the Sparkabots in "Salvage!"
• No letterer or colourist is credited.

Reprints

• This story was reprinted in the Titan Books trade paperback Transformers: Fallen Angel. Colour-correction was applied to Goldbug's head and faction symbol.

Covers (2)

• 
  Transformers Annual 1988
• 
  Fallen Angel TPB

• Transformers Annual 1988 cover: Ultra Magnus versus Galvatron, by Robin Smith.
• Fallen Angel TPB cover: Death's Head, by Geoff Senior and Oliver Harud.