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*This was based on '' | *This was based on ''{{w|A Christmas Carol}}'' by [[Dickens|Charles Dickens]]. | ||
*The ghost of the present quotes from '' | *The ghost of the present quotes from ''{{w|Thus Spoke Zarathustra}}'' by {{w|Friedrich Nietzsche}}. | ||
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*'''Additional Transformers Story:''' | *'''Additional Transformers Story:''' "[[The Human Factor!]]" | ||
*'''Reprint Transformers Story:''' | *'''Reprint Transformers Story:''' "[[In the National Interest]]" | ||
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]] - "Alliance of Convenience" | *'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Alliance of Convenience" and ''[[Combat Colin]]'' | ||
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File:MarvelUK-302.jpg|'''UK issue #302''' | |||
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*'''UK issue #302 cover:''' Dreadwind is looked upon by three ghosts, by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]] and [[John Burns]] | *'''UK issue #302 cover:''' Dreadwind is looked upon by three ghosts, by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]] and [[John Burns]]. | ||
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| "Dreadwind's Xmas!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 29th December 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Letters page | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Xmas 1990 | ||||||||||||
Dreadwind has had too much of the Christmas spirits...
Synopsis
Dreadwind has barricaded himself into his room at the Marvel UK offices, resisting his replacement as the letters page answerer. After some weeks he has become bitter and twisted. Then on Christmas Eve he is visited at midnight by three apparitions. The first resembles Grimlock and states it is "the ghost of the past". It tells Dreadwind to give up and go back to Cybertron. The second resembles Blaster and is the "ghost of the present" who asks Dreadwind what has been achieved other than turning his bitterness on himself. The third is cowled but reveals itself to be a distorted version of Dreadwind who tells the Decepticon that this is what he will become if he doesn't change his ways. The spirits vanish and Dreadwind cries. At dawn he abandons his occupation and leaves, heading home to plot vengeance on the Ultimate Beings...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"Bah, Hot Rod!" he moaned.
- -Dreadwind channels Dickens
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- This was a text only story.
Continuity errors
Continuity notes
- There is no mention of Hi-Test.
Real-life references
- This was based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
- The ghost of the present quotes from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche.
Other trivia
- With the UK comic no longer producing originated comic stories, this text story served as the year's Christmas tale and appeared on the Transformation page.
- No credits are given for this story.
- The title only appears on the cover.
- Dreadwind had been replaced as the letters page answerer from issue #300; however the Transformation page in that issue reported on his refusal to be evicted from his office.
- This story is the only UK story not known to have been reprinted anywhere. However a scan appeared at Lew Stringer's blog Blimey! It's another blog about comics! in December 2011.[1]
Back-up Material
- Additional Transformers Story: "The Human Factor!"
- Reprint Transformers Story: "In the National Interest"
- Other strips: G.I. Joe the Action Force - "Alliance of Convenience" and Combat Colin
Covers
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UK issue #302
- UK issue #302 cover: Dreadwind is looked upon by three ghosts, by Stewart Johnson and John Burns.
Advertisements
- None yet identified.
Reprints
- None as of yet
Footnotes
- ↑ Stringer, Lew, "Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Christmas Comics: TRANSFORMERS (1990)", 13/12/2001, accessed 20/12/2001
