Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock
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| "Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | e-HOBBY | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Story by | Makoto Wakabayashi | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Makoto Wakabayashi | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Japanese Aligned cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
| Packaged with | LG EX Deadlock | ||||||||||||
The life of Deadlock, a brutal killer, is ruined by the worse killer, Grand Scourge.
Synopsis
At the end of a mission, Deadlock allows himself to revel in his role as a Decepticon, blasting the defenseless Override at point-blank range for the fun of it. But though he initially believes he is allowed to rampage until his blood-thirst is sated on the battlefield, he learns otherwise back at Decepticon headquarters. Lockdown informs Deadlock that he's undermined their mission by slaughtering too many Autobots, and must now face disciplinary action. Humiliated after his beating, Deadlock vows to kill Lockdown himself.
Time passes, and Deadlock's Decepticon career takes him across many war-zones in other dimensions. One day, he finds himself alone on the battlefield, his allies nowhere in sight. Confused on how he has found himself in his current situation (and positing that a space-time storm might be to blame) Deadlock wanders about. He happens upon Go Prime, kneeling in defeat before Grand Scourge... and Lockdown's butchered remains sprawled on the ground. Enraged to have been robbed of his revenge, Deadlock draws his pistols and charges Grand Scourge, only for his opponent to effortlessly block the shots with his blade. As Grand Scourge brings down his blade to cleave Deadlock in twain, Deadlock grabs hold of a nearby sword to defend himself. He manages to block the blade, though is unable to hold onto his own sword when it is struck away. Grand Scourge loses interest immediately however, and goes off to find his real target. Humiliated and beaten once more, Deadlock makes a new vow to hunt down his new opponent.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Notes
- Megatron is mentioned but does not appear.
- The coloring makes it impossible to discern if it is Rumble or Frenzy standing with Deadlock and the Vehicon.
Continuity notes
- Several toys from the Adventure toyline are featured: Override, Rumble/Frenzy, and "Ground Vehicon General", placing that dimensional setting as the Japanese Aligned cartoon continuity.
- Go Prime is present in this story as his toy bio describes him as able to warp spacetime.
Transformers references
- This is not the first time the Revenge of the Fallen Lockdown toy has been repurposed as a G1-continuity Lockdown. The IDW version of Lockdown shares this trait.
Real-life references
Other trivia
- This issue was originally titled "Decepticon Slaughter Soldiers Deadlock" on the preview cover for Deadlock's order page. The final version packaged with the toy refined it to the more sensible "Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock", Jäger being the German word for "hunter".
