Prime Time!
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| This article is about the Marvel Comics issue. For 2007 sliding storybook, see Transformers Prime Time. |
Template:Comicnav The Autobots attempt to rescue Optimus Prime from the Decepticons.
Synopsis
Buster commands Jetfire to take him to the Decepticons, in hopes of rescuing Optimus Prime. Unfortunately, Buster is knocked unconscious during an encounter with human aircraft, and he becomes the Decepticons' prisoner as Jetfire reverts to his original mission of capturing him.
Shockwave takes advantage of the upcoming Autobot rescue mission to send a fake head of Optimus Prime to rejoin the body the Autobots have brought with them. When the fake head is attached to Prime's real body, the Autobots are quickly overpowered by the Decepticon-controlled "Prime." However, Buster is able to use the Creation Matrix to control Jetfire once more, who quickly overpowers Shockwave and returns the real head of Optimus Prime to the body fighting the Autobot warriors. Once Prime's real head is re-attached to his body, the tables are quickly turned back in the Autobots' favor. Prime frees Buster and retakes the Creation Matrix.
Credits
Writer: Bob Budiansky
Pencils: Herb Trimpe
Inks: Al Gordon
Colors: Nelson Yomtov
Lettering: Janice Chiang
Editor: Mike Carlin
- Originally published: January, 1986
Major characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Errors
- None yet identified
Items of note
- Optimus Prime's head (both the real one and the impostor head) is apparently able to control his body before the head is actually attached. This may or may not be the case for the Autobots who would become Headmasters in the Headmasters limited series.
- With the climactic battle of this issue, most of the 1984 Autobots are taken out of the picture for the next three years; only Mirage, Bluestreak, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Prime remained active in the story's immediate aftermath. The UK storyline, however, treated the damage from the battle as minor, and shows all the 1984 Autobots as active long afterwards.
Cameos
- Autobots: Gears, Ironhide, Windcharger and Trailbreaker
- Decepticons: Buzzsaw, Frenzy, Ravage and Laserbeak
Covers (3)
- U.S. cover: Prime attacks the Autobots by Herb Trimpe
- UK issue 39 cover: reuse of art from U.S. cover
- UK issue 40 cover: Prime vs Shockwave by Jeff Anderson
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