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*In the panel where Lift-Ticket is shown downing a Rattler, he's gone from piloting a [[Tomahawk (G.I. Joe)|Tomahawk]] to piloting a generic green fighter plane. | *In the panel where Lift-Ticket is shown downing a Rattler, he's gone from piloting a [[Tomahawk (G.I. Joe)|Tomahawk]] to piloting a generic green fighter plane. | ||
*Megatron is seen moping around the Decepticons' [[Club Con|new base]] in the [[Florida Keys]]. It is technically possible this happened between panels 1 and 2 on page 21 of "[[Gone but Not Forgotten!]]", that is, after he arrived at the new base but before the events leading up to his apparent suicide. However, in "Gone but Not Forgotten!" he had extensive battle damage to his face the whole time he was at the new base, but in this issue his face was fine. | *Megatron is seen moping around the Decepticons' [[Club Con|new base]] in the [[Florida Keys]]. It is technically possible this happened between panels 1 and 2 on page 21 of "[[Gone but Not Forgotten!]]", that is, after he arrived at the new base but before the events leading up to his apparent suicide. However, in "Gone but Not Forgotten!" he had extensive battle damage to his face the whole time he was at the new base, but in this issue his face was fine. | ||
*Anthony suddenly has black hair in this issue, whereas in Issues 1 & 4 he is blonde. | |||
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| "Power Struggle" | |||||||||||||
| First published | October 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | February 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Script | Michael Higgins | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Herb Trimpe | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Vince Colletta | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Nelson Yomtov | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Joe Rosen | ||||||||||||
| Editors | Bob Harras & Don Daley | ||||||||||||
The Decepticons' theft of Power Station Alpha is co-opted by Cobra, leading to an unstable alliance.
Synopsis
Superion accuses the G.I. Joe team of killing Bumblebee and demands what is theirs. This is more enough for the Joes to react the way every other branch of the human military reacts when confronted with a giant robot. Superion is forced to return their fire, but just as things are escalating to the point where he may have to use lethal force, he receives a message that Optimus Prime has been killed and all Autobots are to return to the Ark. Abruptly, he abandons the battle.
At the Decepticon base, a disinterested Megatron watches as the cerebro-shell planted by Bombshell causes Power Station Alpha to take off on remote control (while Hawk is busy canoodling with Senator Barbara Larkin). Noting his leader's lethargy, Shockwave comes to the conclusion that he will have to take command of the Decepticons.
The theft of Station Alpha is also observed by Cobra, and Doctor Mindbender uses an electronic helmet to take control of the cerebro-shell and redirect the station towards them. A group of Cobra aircraft is sent to escort it, but they come under attack from the Joes. The air battle is observed from a nearby pleasure cruiser by G.B. Blackrock and a group of anonymous, bikini-clad beauties. Serpentor notices the boat and tells the Joes that he will destroy it if they don't stand down. Senator Larkin advises destroying Alpha, but Hawk knows that this will cause a dangerous radioactive plutonium fallout and orders his men to stand down. Cobra then fire on the boat anyway, forcing the Joes to spend time evacuating its occupants. Blackrock overhears them discussing their recent encounter with "giant, shape-changing vehicles" and tells them he might be able to help them.
Meanwhile, Anthony Duranti, the boy Bombshell used as a decoy, has been left in a catatonic state by the cerebro-shell. An x-ray shows it lodged in his brain, and the doctors elect to try and remove it by surgery.
Serpentor and Mindbender witness the arrival of Station Alpha, but it is closely followed by Dirge and Bombshell, who explain the Decepticons' interest in the station. Mindbender hastily suggests an alliance after planting a listening device on Dirge. Later, he overhears Shockwave informing the two Decepticons of his plan to convert Alpha into a device to tap into the Earth's natural energy...a plan Mindbender realises will destroy the planet.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | G.I. Joe | Cobra | Humans |
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Notes
- The reference to the death of Optimus Prime places the early part of this issue and the late stages of the previous one at the same time as "Afterdeath!".
- In addition to the hasty disappearance of Optimus Prime and Megatron from the storyline, Cobra Commander has apparently been killed since the last issue. (He was actually buried alive and believed dead, along with Destro. They remained MIA for the remainder of this series, reflecting their separation from Cobra during this period.)
- Anthony has a toy Bumblebee. Maybe this story takes place in the same universe as the Marvel UK letters page.
- Although the existence of Transformers seems to be fairly common knowledge, the Joes act as though they have never heard of them.
- Ravage was last seen stuck down a mineshaft in "Showdown!". It is unknown how he escaped. In the UK continuity, he was trapped until "Time Wars". In the US continuity, after this miniseries he isn't seen again until "Eye of the Storm", where Mindwipe believes he hasn't been seen since the events of "Showdown".
Errors
- Last issue, Hawk was present when Superion arrived at Fort Lewis. In this issue, the rest of G.I. Joe has to contact him about Superion's arrival because he is hanging out with the congressmen elsewhere in the base.
- Blaster is colored in red with a blue head, joints, and hands in his one-panel appearance.
- Dirge is colored mostly blue with an orange cockpit area and wings.
- Rattlers are colored green at times.
- The X-14 Skystriker is repeatedly colored green.
- In the panel where Lift-Ticket is shown downing a Rattler, he's gone from piloting a Tomahawk to piloting a generic green fighter plane.
- Megatron is seen moping around the Decepticons' new base in the Florida Keys. It is technically possible this happened between panels 1 and 2 on page 21 of "Gone but Not Forgotten!", that is, after he arrived at the new base but before the events leading up to his apparent suicide. However, in "Gone but Not Forgotten!" he had extensive battle damage to his face the whole time he was at the new base, but in this issue his face was fine.
- Anthony suddenly has black hair in this issue, whereas in Issues 1 & 4 he is blonde.
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