Prisoner of War!
When Sparkplug is kidnapped, it's up to Gears and Spider-Man to save him.
Synopsis
The Decepticons bring Sparkplug Witwicky to their fortress, and force him to work on a fuel conversion system. While the Autobots plan a rescue mission, Spider-Man infiltrates the Decepticon fortress in hopes of breaking a story for the Daily Bugle. He is assisted by the Autobot Gears. Together, they are able to rescue Sparkplug, but Gears is critically injured in the process. His last words before going off-line inform the Autobots that the Decepticons got what they wanted out of Sparkplug.
Credits
Writer: Jim Salicrup
Pencils: Frank Springer
Inks: Kim DeMulder and Jim Esposito
Colors: Nelson Yomtov
Lettering: Janice Chiang and others
Editor: Bob Budiansky
- Originally published: October 02, 1984 (Cover date: January, 1985)
Major characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Regulars
Guests
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Errors
- Many coloring errors throughout.
- Shockwave is among the Decepticons in 2 panels.
Items of note
- Advertised as part 3 in a 4-issue limited series.
- As one of the issues written during the period when the series was considered to be part of the mainstream Marvel universe, this installment features a guest appearance by Spider-Man in his black symbiote costume, complete with a footnote that dates the story as occurring before the issue of his own title in which he disposed of the suit.
- The art was changed in this issue to make many characters more like their cartoon counterparts (e.g. Bumblebee, Ratchet, etc.)
Covers (3)
- U.S. cover: Spider-Man webbing Megatron by Michael Golden
- UK issue 5 cover: Thundercracker and Sparkplug by John Ridgway
- UK issue 6 cover: reuse of art from U.S. issue
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