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*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] | *[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (22) | ||
*[[Nightracer]] (23) | *[[Nightracer]] (23) | ||
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| "A Flash Forward, Part 3" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #45 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Thomas Deer | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Wings Universe | ||||||||||||
Runabout and Runamuck return to Jhiaxus with a memory-deprived Side Burn, while Pyro and crew investigate a kidnapping on Nebulos.
Synopsis
Runabout and Runamuck return to a waiting Jhiaxus, with an amnesiac Side Burn in tow. Runamuck explains how Side Burn was found on their search for personality components, and states to his boss that Side Burn has no memories, which intrigues the Decepticon scientist.
Meanwhile, as the Autobots are cruising through space, Blaze wonders why Sizzle isn't there to give them coordinates. Pyro informs the crew that Sizzle saw himself otherwise occupied, and thus is not with them. Sizzle had told Pyro that they'd find their course soon enough, however. Streetwise then picks up a distress call from Nebulos, and Pyro tells Hubcap to set a course for the planet.
The arriving Autobots are greeted by Carly, Chip, and Spike, who are glad to see familiar, (non-transforming) faces for a change. Spike leads the arriving crew to see Highbrow, Chromedome, Crosshairs and Brainstorm. Chromedome explains that the Nebulan scientist Hi-Q had been kidnapped five days earlier. When asked why it hadn't been reported until now, Crosshairs explained that Hi-Q often locked himself in his office to work until a project was completed, so it didn't seem unusal that he hadn't been seen for days. Brainstorm explained that he'd been working on a new power source (presumably the Powermaster process). Hi-Q was only found to be missing when his assistant, Hi-Test opened the door to the office. Hubcap grills Hi-Test into revealing that Hi-Q had security systems set up all over. Spike, Streetwise and Pyro then view the surveillance footage, which shows Hi-Q being abducted by Runabout and Runamuck.
Meanwhile, on Cybertron, Jhiaxus thanks Hi-Q for his (forced) help and knowledge of the "Generation 2" program, introducing the Nebulan to the "Second Generation" of Cybertronians....
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"Anything at all would be helpful."
"I--I--
"Anything. At. All."
"He--"
"It's alright. You can tell me."
- —Hubcap interrogates Hi-Test
"So why isn't Sizzle here to tell us where we're going?"
"He saw himself involved in a traffic stop two days from now. He didn't want to miss it."
- —Blaze and Pyro
Notes
- The Nebulans in the story are green-skinned and green-haired, a nod to their G1 cartoon incarnations.
- Hi-Test and Hi-Q are partners, just as in the G1 Headmasters mini-series.
- Nightracer is shown as one of Jhiaxus' second generation Cybertronians at the end of the issue. While shown with the correct gun that came with the toy at BotCon 1995, she is not colored exactly like her toy, which was mainly black with lime-yellow parts. Instead, she is colored as her creator, Raksha, had intended for her to be, mainly black with a blue face, waist, and thighs. Hasbro had told Raksha that the toy's colors couldn't be done as requested, so Nightracer ended up using leftover Bumblebee parts.
- Though not identified within the story itself, the 'Transformers I.Q.' quiz on the back cover explicitly uses phrases from the Botcon '95 exclusive's bio-card to unmistakably identify her as Nightracer, officially bringing her character into the canon.
- Of the 'second Generation' Decepticons shown in the final panel, only Nightracer is positively identified (via the aforementioned quiz). Curiously, though appearing in the previous issue, Frenzy is shown to Jhiaxus' right, though in his G2 Go-Bot form. Of course, since only one of the new Decepticons is named in the issue, it could possibly be another character.
- Though his only dialogue is seen on-panel, Sky-Byte himself is not.
- Neither Windbreaker (only shown briefly in the corner of one panel) nor the new Decepticons have any dialogue.
