Transformers: Prime (Eaglemoss)

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Transformers: Prime (Трансформеры Прайм) is a Russian-language Transformers: Prime magazine published by Eaglemoss/GE Fabbri. Launched on August 24, 2012, the first four issues were published fortnightly, and thereafter it was published weekly. The magazine was originally intended to run for 52 issues, but eventually ran for 65 issues in total — the last issue being released December 27, 2013. Like the Titan comic, the 16-page issues include puzzles and games, as well as a comic strip composed of stories set loosely within the Transformers: Prime cartoon continuity.

Each issue of the magazine comes with a pack of cards as part of a collectible card game not dissimilar to Top Trumps. The cards feature characters and items from the show, with the attributes being strength, speed, agility, intelligence and firepower. Cards come with varying levels of rarity, including glow-in-the-dark and iridescent types. The second issue also came with a tin box for keeping the cards in.


Regular features

  • In lieu of a note from the editor, each issue has a introduction from a Prime character.
  • An episode guide
  • Personality tests in the form of flowchart
  • Autobot vs Decepticon smackdowns
  • A comic strip, sometimes a four page story over two issues, sometimes over four issues.
  • Board games
  • Jokes
  • A one-page humorous comic strip, featuring the human cast members.
  • A poster on the back cover

Comic strips

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  • "On Thin Ice" (На Тонком Льду) — (issues 1-2) A GroundBridge accident caused by a rat scatters the Autobots to the five corners of the globe. Raf is forced to retrieve Ratchet from Antarctica.
  • "Sand Trap" (Песчаная) — (issues Transformers: Prime issue 3-4) Arcee ends up in the desert and hitches a ride on an energon consignment to the Decepticon ship, taking out a couple of Vehicons before she's GroundBridged home.
  • "King of the Road" (Король Дороги) — (issues 5-6) Bumblebee is found by Knock Out and Breakdown the former of whom challenges him to a race. Bumblebee paints him yellow and tricks Breakdown into thumping him.
  • "Forest Problem!" (Гора Проблем!) — (issues 7, 8, 9) Bulkhead finds a crashed Decepticon ship full of Scraplets, and uses a dead Vehicon and his own scream against them.
  • Issues 9-10 appear to have gone without a main comic story.
  • "Friend or Foe?" (Друг Или Враг?) — (issues 11-12) Optimus lands up in a jungle and rescues a Vehicon from quicksand. The Vehicon returns the favor when Optimus is attacked by Airachnid.
  • "Horrible TV" (Ужасное ТВ) — (issues 13-14) Soundwave hacks a new satellite, COMSAT-1, so Starscream can broadcast warnings worldwide to terrify the humans. The Autobots battle with Soundwave is broadcast too, but luckily Ratchet, Raf and Miko are able to engineer a cover up.
  • "Cell" (Клетка) — (issues 15-16) While escaping a desert battle, Bulkhead is hit by weapon fire, causing him to stick mid-transformation with Miko trapped inside. Ratchet is fortunately able to repair his T-cog.
  • "Cleanup" (Уборка) — (issues 17-18) Bulkhead and Arcee leave some deceased Vehicons for Fowler to clean up. Then MECH turns up, but is prevented from making off with them by the arrival of the Nemesis.
  • "At a Deadlock" (В Тупике) — (issues 19-22) Involving a traffic jam of some sort
  • "Deadly Alliance" (Смертельный Союз) — (issues 23-26) Bulkhead and Airachnid team up.
  • "The Time Machine" (Машина Времени) — (issues 27-28)
  • "Monkey Business" (Мартышкин Труд) — (issues 29-30) MECH attempt to capture Bumblebee.
  • "Personality Crisis" (Кризис Личности) — (issues 31-32) An accident causes Arcee to turn against her friends.
  • "Battle of the Clones" (Битва Клонов) — (issues 33-36)
  • "Parasite of Happiness" (Паразит Счастья) — (issues 37-39) Optimus gets a brain parasite that traps him in a dream world.
  • "Out of Sight" (С Глаз Долой) — (issues 40-41) Knock Out obtains a personal cloaking device.
  • "Chaos at the Museum" (Хаос В Музее) — (issues 42-43) The kids and MECH versus tanks in a museum.
  • "A Nightmare on Base" (Кошмар На Базе) — (issues 44-45) A Terrorcon is loose in the Autobot base
  • "In Cuffs" (В Тисках) — (issues 46-47) Wheeljack is missing; maybe Knock Out knows where he is?
  • "Deep Trouble" (Глубокие Неприятности) — (issues 48-50) Bulkhead goes on an underwater mission.
  • "Perfect Trap" (Идеальная Ловушка) — (issues 51-52)
  • "Subway Mystery" (Тайна Подземки) — (issues 53-55) Fowler and Vogel investigate goings on in the subway and encounter Insecticons.
  • "Asteroid Attack" (Атака Астероидов) — (issues 56-57) Wheeljack and Dreadwing battle in space.
  • "Car Crash" (Дорожное Происшествие) — (issues 58-59) Knock Out indulges in some racing with Smokescreen.
  • "Civil War" (Гражданская Воина) — (issues 60-61)
  • "Fighting Fair" (Боевая Ярмарка) — (issues 62-63) Raf and Bumblebee hide out from Vehicons in a funfair.
  • "Mind Games" (Игры Разума) — (issues 64-65) Shockwave mind-probes Wheeljack.

See also