Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 63
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 COMBINER WARS Special Cover 1 of 2! | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| First published | early June | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | June/July 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Contributors | David Willis Greg Black Jim Sorenson Bill Forster Karl Hartman Derrick J. Wyatt Richard Chang Benson Yee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Associate editor | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Creative Director | Lanny Lathem | ||||||||||||
| Editor-in-chief | Brian Savage | ||||||||||||
COMBINER WARS Special Cover 2 of 2
Contents
- On the cover: either Quickslinger or Brake-Neck's packaging art (p. 1)
- Inside cover: "The Bolts Bite Back", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
- "Transformers: Robots in Disguise Q&A with the new voice of Bumblebee... Will Friedle" (p. 3)
- "Hasbro's May Mayhem!" a behind-the-scenes look at the exclusive bots seen on the covers (pp. 4-5)
- "Transformers Hall of Fame: And the nominees are..." (p. 6)
- Another Light: "Memory's Splinter" - comic story (pp. 7-12)
- "Teletraanic History Records: Dinobot Commander", a recap of Grimlock's history in the Classicsverse so far (pp. 13-14)
- Bio in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
- "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
Notes
- Characters mentioned in the history record on Grimlock include: Optimus Prime, Slag, Snarl, Sludge, Swoop, Megatron, the Ark's computer (see errors below), Shockwave, Ratchet, Omega Supreme, Trypticon, Goldbug/Bumblebee, Blaster, Wheeljack, Sky Lynx, the Spacehikers, Starscream, Jazz, Thunderwing, the Mayhem Attack Squad, Primus, Unicron, Prowl, Bludgeon, the Last Autobot, Bug Bite, Ironworks,
Depth Charge, Shattered Glass Galvatron, and Shattered Glass Optimus Prime.
- Images used to represent Grimlock's history include a headshot of him from issue #8 of the Marvel The Transformers comic (pencils by William Johnson, inks by Kyle Baker, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Swoop, Perceptor, and Jetfire declaring Grimlock their leader from issue #27 (pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Ian Akin and Brian Garvey, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Grimlock on his throne (with the Dinobots, First Aid, and Beachcomber standing by) from issue #36 (pencils by José Delbo, inks by Ian Akin and Brian Garvey, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Grimlock crushing a crown in anger in front of Goldbug from issue #28 (pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Ian Akin and Brian Garvey, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Starscream using the power of the Underbase to have the Decepticon Pretenders fire on Grimlock, from issue #50 (pencils by José Delbo, inks by Dave Hunt, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Grimlock in his Pretender shell standing in triumph over some destroyed Decepticons (with Fixit visible in the background) from issue #60 (pencils by José Delbo, inks by Dave Hunt, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Grimlock destroying his room in anger from issue #69 (pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Harry Candelario, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Grimlock in his Action Master form from issue #76 (pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Stephen Baskerville, colors by Nelson Yomtov); Grimlock and Optimus defending Skyfall from Megatron from "Crossing Over, Part 1" (pencils by Dan Khanna, inks by Terry Pallot, colors by Krista Ward and Joe Givens); Grimlock versus the Constructicons from "Crossing Over: Part 5" (pencils by Dan Khanna, inks by Terry Pallot and Jake Isenberg, colors by Josh Perez); and Grimlock on monitor duty from "Shattered Hope" (pencils and inks by Matt Frank, colors by Thomas Deer).
- Grimlock's reference number is #DR.1//ONOKOU21N616599M.30. DR.1 is derived from his original toy's Diaclone release's i.d. number, as "Dinosaur Robo 1"; ONOKOU is derived from his original toy's designer, Kōjin Ōno; and 616599M.30 is derived from his toy's patent application number 616,599, filed on May 30th, 1984.
- As with Prowl last issue, this is a sort of wiki-like rundown of Classics Grimlock's history.
- Characters mentioned in Grimlock's profile include: Classics Optimus Prime, Classics Blaster, Classics Prowl, Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, Shattered Glass Blaster, Shattered Glass Prowl, and Shattered Glass Galvatron.
- Grimlock's alternate mode is noted to be a Utahraptor, as his profile in the Beast Wars Sourcebook indicated.
- This is Grimlock's third MTMTE-style profile! The same Grimlock, no less! The piece of artwork used here is the same as that used for his last one.
- These are the last installments of Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts, Recordicons and Bot on the Street, taking us from Maximum Willis to Minimum Willis.
Errors
- On the Hall of Fame nominees page, an image of Cybertron Jungle Planet Optimus Prime is used as representation of Optimus Primal.
- The history record on Grimlock accidentally calls the Ark's computer Teletraan I-being a recap of the Marvel continuity, it should be "Auntie".
- Additionally, Optimus Prime is described as missing when Grimlock takes over the Autobots; he's actually (sort of) dead, as seen in issue #24.
- Sky Lynx's name is parsed as Skylynx.
- Mayhem Attack Squad is parsed as "mayhem Attack Squad".
- GoBot is parsed as "Gobot".
Covers (2)
- Cover 1: Quickslinger
- Cover 2: Brake-Neck
