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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[Image:Doubledealerofthecentury.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Little does Roadhandler know that you can get faction symbols online.]]
[[Image:Doubledealerofthecentury.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Little does Roadhandler know that you can get faction symbols online.]]
Chainclaw is in the process of bringing Optimus Prime battleplans from the Autobot Resistance on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to be evaluated, when he is attacked by a Decepticon falcon named [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], who carries him off right before the optics of Prime and the [[Race Car Patrol]] who were coming to meet him. Dealer radios Prime with an offer: meet him and his price to retrieve the plans, or he'll sell them to the Decepticons. Optimus agrees and, while considering who to send as a courier, is met by the Autobot named [[Doubledealer|Double]]. Double claims to have been Chainclaw's back-up, and wants to take the meeting to make amends for his failure. After a [[Micromaster]] scans his Autobrand as authentic, Optimus Prime agrees to send Double to the exchange.
[[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]] is in the process of bringing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] battle plans from the Autobot resistance on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to be evaluated, when he is attacked by a [[Decepticon]] falcon named [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], who carries him off right before the optics of Prime and the [[Race Car Patrol]] who were coming to meet him. Dealer radios Prime with an offer: meet him and his price to retrieve the plans, or he'll sell them to the Decepticons. Optimus agrees and, while considering who to send as a courier, is met by the Autobot named [[Doubledealer|Double]]. Double claims to have been Chainclaw's back-up, and wants to take the meeting to make amends for his failure. After a [[Micromaster]] scans his Autobrand as authentic, Optimus Prime agrees to send Double to the exchange.


Dealer meets with Scorponok already at an abandoned barn, and sells him the Autobot Resistance's plans. A short distance away, Optimus and the Micromasters are waiting for Double to return from the exchange, only to have him stagger into view carrying Chainclaw. He claims the Decepticon double-crossed him and took the plans, pointing to the barn and saying the enemy was still inside. As Optimus and the Race Car Patrol charge into the building to avenge their comrades on the unsuspecting Scorponok, Doubledealer chuckles to himself about a good day's work and takes to the skies, as the sounds of battle echo behind him.
Dealer meets with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] already at an abandoned barn, and sells him the Autobot resistance's plans. A short distance away, Optimus Prime and the [[Micromaster]]s are waiting for Double to return from the exchange, only to have him stagger into view carrying Chainclaw. He claims the Decepticon double-crossed him and took the plans, pointing to the barn and saying the enemy is still inside. As Optimus and the Race Car Patrol charge into the building to avenge their comrades on the unsuspecting Scorponok, Doubledealer chuckles to himself about a good day's work and takes to the skies, as the sounds of battle echo behind him.


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
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==Errors==
==Notes==
* Chainclaw's shell really looks more like a giant rat than an imposing grizzly bear.
* Roadhandler's name is parsed as "Road Handler".
 
==Items of note==
* Doubledealer and Chainclaw make their first appearances. Technically, so do the Race Car Patrol, although the later stories "[[A Small War!]]" and "[[King Con!]]" in UK #232–235 take place prior to this one.
* Doubledealer and Chainclaw make their first appearances. Technically, so do the Race Car Patrol, although the later stories "[[A Small War!]]" and "[[King Con!]]" in UK #232–235 take place prior to this one.
* Doubledealer is depicted here as a standard [[Triple Changer]], with no mention of any [[Powermaster]] gimmick or partners.
* Doubledealer is depicted here as a standard [[Triple Changer]], with no mention of any [[Powermaster]] gimmick or partners.
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* Doubledealer would again be known as "Dealer" in [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW's continuity]]
* Doubledealer would again be known as "Dealer" in [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW's continuity]]


==Reprints==
===Errors===
* Chainclaw's shell really looks more like a giant rat than an imposing grizzly bear.
* Roadhandler's name is parsed as "Road Handler".
 
===Reprints===
[[Image:Tf comextrachainclaw.JPG|thumb|150px|right|"Um, what colour is [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]?" "He is EVERY COLOUR!"]]
[[Image:Tf comextrachainclaw.JPG|thumb|150px|right|"Um, what colour is [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]?" "He is EVERY COLOUR!"]]
* Reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback "Earthforce" in 2005.
*1989 — [[Transformers Extra Comic-Sonderheft issue 1|''Transformers Extra Comic-Sonderheft'' #1]]
* It was also printed in Germany in [[Transformers Extra Comic-Sonderheft issue 1]], albeit with the title modified to "The Deal of the Century". The story was coloured... interestingly.
*2005 — ''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]''


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Revision as of 18:35, 21 November 2011

« The Transformers (UK) #228 »
"(Double) Deal of the Century!"
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published 22th July 1989
Cover date 29th July 1989
Writer Simon Furman
Art Andy Wildman
Letterer Stuart Bartlett
Cover Jeff Anderson
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

Never make a deal with a guy named Doubledealer.

Synopsis

Little does Roadhandler know that you can get faction symbols online.

Chainclaw is in the process of bringing Optimus Prime battle plans from the Autobot resistance on Cybertron to be evaluated, when he is attacked by a Decepticon falcon named Dealer, who carries him off right before the optics of Prime and the Race Car Patrol who were coming to meet him. Dealer radios Prime with an offer: meet him and his price to retrieve the plans, or he'll sell them to the Decepticons. Optimus agrees and, while considering who to send as a courier, is met by the Autobot named Double. Double claims to have been Chainclaw's back-up, and wants to take the meeting to make amends for his failure. After a Micromaster scans his Autobrand as authentic, Optimus Prime agrees to send Double to the exchange.

Dealer meets with Scorponok already at an abandoned barn, and sells him the Autobot resistance's plans. A short distance away, Optimus Prime and the Micromasters are waiting for Double to return from the exchange, only to have him stagger into view carrying Chainclaw. He claims the Decepticon double-crossed him and took the plans, pointing to the barn and saying the enemy is still inside. As Optimus and the Race Car Patrol charge into the building to avenge their comrades on the unsuspecting Scorponok, Doubledealer chuckles to himself about a good day's work and takes to the skies, as the sounds of battle echo behind him.

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Both

Notes

  • Doubledealer and Chainclaw make their first appearances. Technically, so do the Race Car Patrol, although the later stories "A Small War!" and "King Con!" in UK #232–235 take place prior to this one.
  • Doubledealer is depicted here as a standard Triple Changer, with no mention of any Powermaster gimmick or partners.
  • Chainclaw gets completely battered in this story, and would continue to do so in subsequent appearances.
  • Doubledealer would again be known as "Dealer" in IDW's continuity

Errors

  • Chainclaw's shell really looks more like a giant rat than an imposing grizzly bear.
  • Roadhandler's name is parsed as "Road Handler".

Reprints

"Um, what colour is Chainclaw?" "He is EVERY COLOUR!"
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