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As Bruticus examines the child's fallen form, Blaster knocks him out with a massive electrical shock from a downed powerline. Sammy then gets up, having only played dead, knowing that Blaster would not really have hurt him, but understanding Blaster's need to convince Bruticus that Blaster had no loyalty to the humans. | As Bruticus examines the child's fallen form, Blaster knocks him out with a massive electrical shock from a downed powerline. Sammy then gets up, having only played dead, knowing that Blaster would not really have hurt him, but understanding Blaster's need to convince Bruticus that Blaster had no loyalty to the humans. | ||
[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] chooses not to arrest Blaster, realizing that to do so would be to go against his own principles. The mode lock is instead attached to the Combaticon [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], enabling Blaster to treat the children to a ride in space. No sooner do they achieve orbit than Blaster and the children find themselves fired upon. The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] is spaceworthy once again, and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] is using it to make sure Blaster is brought to justice! | [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] chooses not to arrest Blaster, realizing that to do so would be to go against his own principles. The mode lock is instead attached to the Combaticon [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], enabling Blaster to treat the children to a ride in space. No sooner do they achieve orbit than Blaster and the children find themselves fired upon. The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] is spaceworthy once again, and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] is using it to make sure Blaster is brought to justice! | ||
==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
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* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (10) | * [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (10) | ||
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (11) | * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (11) | ||
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12) | * [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (12) | ||
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (13) | * [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (13) | ||
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (14) | * [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (14) | ||
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* Blaster's gun ran out of energy and he was arrested in "[[Used Autobots]]". | * Blaster's gun ran out of energy and he was arrested in "[[Used Autobots]]". | ||
* The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour. | * The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour. | ||
* In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]] for issue #142, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''Headmasters'' backup stories]] and that those accursed mistake-prone [[Stubbie]]s also infected the producers of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. | * In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams]] for issue #142, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''Headmasters'' backup stories]] and that those accursed mistake-prone [[Stubbie]]s also infected the producers of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. | ||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
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* '''UK issue #141 cover:''' Brawl, by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | * '''UK issue #141 cover:''' Brawl, by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | ||
* '''UK issue #142 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by [[Dan Reed]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]. | * '''UK issue #142 cover:''' Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by [[Dan Reed]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]. | ||
* '''''Transformers: Treason'' TPB cover:''' [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and half of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] by [[Andrew Wildman]]. | * '''''Transformers: Treason'' TPB cover:''' [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and half of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] by [[Andrew Wildman]]. | ||
* '''''Transformers: Treason'' hardback cover:''' Bruticus, Blaster, and Robin Lindley by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]], [[Andy Lanning]] & [[Chris Blythe]]. | * '''''Transformers: Treason'' hardback cover:''' Bruticus, Blaster, and Robin Lindley by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]], [[Andy Lanning]] & [[Chris Blythe]]. | ||
* '''''Classic Transformers Volume 3'' TPB cover:''' panels from "[[Spacehikers!]]", "Child's Play" and "[[People Power!]]". | * '''''Classic Transformers Volume 3'' TPB cover:''' panels from "[[Spacehikers!]]", "Child's Play" and "[[People Power!]]". | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 15 September 2012
| This article is about issue #35 of the Marvel US comic. For the episode of the Generation 1 cartoon, see Child's Play (episode). |
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 When a problem comes along, you must whip it! | |||||||||||||
| "Child's Play" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | December 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Script | Bob Budiansky | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Don Perlin | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Ian Akin and Brian Garvey | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Nelson Yomtov | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Jack Morelli | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Don Daley | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
A group of children stumble into the middle of a Transformers battle.
Synopsis
A group of four small children are playing in a rail yard, but their play is interrupted when one of them sees a police car: the Protectobot Streetwise. The Protectobots are transporting Blaster to the Ark to be tried and executed for treason. The grim task is likewise interrupted when Blades discovers that the Combaticons are nearby. Groove transports Blaster to a safe hiding place while the other Protectobots investigate.
While the Protectobots and Combaticons battle, Sammy discovers Blaster. As the nearby battle threatens the children, Blaster convinces Robin to remove a mode lock that prevents him from transforming out of his tape deck mode, so that he may be able to protect them.
When Bruticus stuns Defensor, Blaster steps in to confront Bruticus himself, telling the giant robot that he no longer has allegiance to the Protectobots, who are holding him prisoner. Bruticus forces Blaster to prove his loyalty by killing one of the human children. Blaster points his rifle, and pulls the trigger. Sammy immediately cries out in pain, and collapses.
As Bruticus examines the child's fallen form, Blaster knocks him out with a massive electrical shock from a downed powerline. Sammy then gets up, having only played dead, knowing that Blaster would not really have hurt him, but understanding Blaster's need to convince Bruticus that Blaster had no loyalty to the humans.
Hot Spot chooses not to arrest Blaster, realizing that to do so would be to go against his own principles. The mode lock is instead attached to the Combaticon Blast Off, enabling Blaster to treat the children to a ride in space. No sooner do they achieve orbit than Blaster and the children find themselves fired upon. The Ark is spaceworthy once again, and Grimlock is using it to make sure Blaster is brought to justice!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Notes
- Blaster's gun ran out of energy and he was arrested in "Used Autobots".
- The US cover for this issue makes a radical stylistic choice in colouring the two merge groups in block colours. The result is very striking, but has been criticised for being 'lazy'. The UK cover for issue #142, similarly depicts Bruticus hitting Defensor with a train but renders the two of them in full colour.
- In Grim Grams for issue #142, Grimlock attempts to clear up the confusing timeline between the main UK series and the Headmasters backup stories and that those accursed mistake-prone Stubbies also infected the producers of The Transformers: The Movie.
Errors
- Though set in the 1980s, the story depicts a rail yard with steam locomotives and wooden boxcars—both items that disappeared from common use decades earlier.
- The third panel on page 4 has an asterisk with no corresponding footnote. Presumably this would have been to remind readers about events in issue #32.
- On page fourteen, Defensor taunts himself about the ineffectiveness of his fireball cannon. Obviously, this dialogue box should have pointed to Bruticus instead.
- The checklist for Marvel comics released has the description for this issue as "Hey, look! British Transformers!" This would have described the previous 2 issues.
Covers (6)
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US issue #35 - Crack that whip! -
UK issue #141 - Brawl doesn't understand the concept of going around things -
UK issue #142 - When a problem comes along... -
Transformers: Treason TPB -
Transformers: Treason hardback -
Classic Transformers Volume 3 TPB
- US issue #35 cover: Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by Frank Springer.
- UK issue #141 cover: Brawl, by Lee Sullivan.
- UK issue #142 cover: Bruticus whipping Defensor with a train, by Dan Reed and Robin Bouttell.
- Transformers: Treason TPB cover: Defensor, Sky Lynx, Wheeljack, Grimlock and half of Ratbat by Andrew Wildman.
- Transformers: Treason hardback cover: Bruticus, Blaster, and Robin Lindley by Stewart Johnson, Andy Lanning & Chris Blythe.
- Classic Transformers Volume 3 TPB cover: panels from "Spacehikers!", "Child's Play" and "People Power!".
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