The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4
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| Publisher | Kodansha | ||||||||||||
| Published in | TV Magazine | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Masumi Kaneda | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Ban Magami | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | TV Magazine continuity | ||||||||||||
The menacing Gilthor storms the battlefield! But there's more to this Decepticon lackey than meets the eye...
Synopsis
[edit]Off the coast of Japan, the Quintessons summon forth their newest and deadliest creation: the Great Gun-Soldier Gilthor.
Elsewhere, Galvatron has summoned Rodimus Prime to a one-on-one duel and promptly been defeated. As Rodimus claims victory, though, Gilthor approaches in vehicle mode and shoots him in the back. Galvatron chastises his newest warrior for being late to the ambush and orders him to transform.
Gilthor complies, transforming into robot mode and unleashing his "Revolver Laser" and "Right Arm Decepticon Gun" attacks onto Rodimus. With Rodimus down for the count, Galvatron orders Gilthor to charge up his finishing move. Gilthor proceeds to do so and once all preparations are complete, unleashes a devastating blast from his huge freakin' gun. Rodimus is blown out of sight.
With victory in hand, Galvatron begins to ponder to himself how the Quintessons could have created such a powerful and trust-worthy warrior. Gilthor sees this as the most ironic opportunity to strike and proceeds to bash Galvatron in the face. Galvatron is shocked by Gilthor's betrayal; the Great Gun-Soldier declares his intentions to replace Galvatron as Emperor of Destruction. Outmatched, Galvatron finds himself kicked down a hill where he lands side-by-side with Rodimus Prime.
Galvatron suggests a brief truce between the two foes, as Gilthor wields the power of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, meaning that the only way they can hope to defeat him is to team-up. Wanting to avenge the defiled memory of Optimus Prime, Rodimus agrees to the truce.
Taking Gilthor by surprise, Rodimus hits him with his "Rodimus Crash" attack (basically, he runs over him in vehicle mode) while Galvatron transforms to cannon mode and disables Gilthor's revolver weaponry. With their opening available, Rodimus and Galvatron finish the job with a "Rodimus Kick" and a "Galvatron Kick", respectively.
With Gilthor's body destroyed, the true culprit, Starscream's ghost, quickly vacates the premises. With the threat defeated, Rodimus and Galvatron walk away from the battlefield, declaring that they can wait until another day to defeat the other.
Featured characters
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Notes
[edit]- Considering that Starscream made his debut as a class 5 free-floating full-torsoed vaporous apparition in "Starscream's Ghost", but was given a corporeal body by Unicron in the follow-up episode, "Ghost in the Machine", this issue likely takes place between those two episodes.
- Further information about Gilthor's history as a Quintesson creation and his technical specifications as a hybrid of Optimus Prime and Megatron were revealed in a story page ("A Mysterious Decepticon Soldier Appears. He is the Colossal Cannon Soldier Gilthor!") published alongside this manga in TV Magazine. His identity, however, was kept as a surprise.
