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

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Ultra Magnus (1) Optimus Prime (2) Kup (4) Sideswipe (5) Bumblebee (6) Sunstreaker (7) Hot Rod (8) Springer (9) Blurr|Blurr (10) Wheelie (13) Swoop (16) Grimlock (17) Sludge (18)	Galvatron (3) Scourge (14) Sweeps (15)	Daniel Witwicky (11) random humans at a plane crash (12)

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.