Hot Rod's Escape
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| "Hot Rod's Escape" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Books | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Regina Weyn | ||||||||||||
| Illustrated by | Frank Springer & Mike Esposito | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 0-87135-104-8 ISBN 9780871351043 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 48pp | ||||||||||||
Synopsis
Listening to Kup's stories of the good old days inspires Hot Rod to seek out adventure and prove his courage. With Daniel's help he scavenges electronic equipment from a wrecked plane. Scourge and his Sweeps attack and capture Daniel. Luckily Wheelie observes the attack and races back to Autobot City for help. Ultra Magnus leads a rescue party consisting of Springer, Blurr and three of the Dinobots who send the Decepticons fleeing.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- This is one of many secondary stories that came out around the time of The Transformers: The Movie and incorporate many of its characters, but in ways that are incongruous with the events of the movie itself.
- The Matrix of Leadership is depicted as a featureless rod, being passed from Optimus Prime to Ultra Magnus like a baton.
- Autobot City appears in a form similar to the one designed by Floro Dery. No mention is made of Metroplex.
- Although the cover art depicts Scourge (or a random Sweep) in a flying assault on Hot Rod and Daniel, the art depicts the Sweeps as ground hugging vehicles.
- Scourge uses his head mounted weapon (called a "disintegrator ray" in the toy) to fire an "acid blast". It is said to disintegrate its target though.
