Panini Armada issue 6
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 Jetfire protects Scavenger and Smokescreen from the stormtroopers. | |||||||||||||
| "Between Two Worlds!" & "Tales of the Mini-Cons... Blast from the Past!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Panini | ||||||||||||
| First published | September 11, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencilers | Andrew Wildman ("Between Two Worlds!" only) Keiron Ward ("Blast from the Past!" only) | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Lee Townsend | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Junior Tomlin | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Neil Porter | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Panini Armada comic | ||||||||||||
The comic book Panini Armada issue 6 contains multiple stories or features.
Panini Armada issue 6
Contents
- Between Two Worlds! (comic, 8 pages)
- Data File #11: Smokescreen
- Moon Battle! Power Poster
- Meet: The Air Defence Team!
- Data File #12: Liftor
- Tales of the Mini-Cons... Blast from the Past! (comic, 7 pages)
Free Gift
- Mini-Con Holding Cell
Between Two Worlds!
Synopsis
The Decepticons arrive on the moon in search of Mini-Cons, but Optimus Prime catches wind of this via Laserbeak. As the Earthbound Autobots no longer have access to space bridges, he contacts Jetfire on Cybertron for help. Jetfire teleports Smokescreen and Scavenger to the moon, where they're immediately attacked by Demolishor and Cyclonus.
Meanwhile, the Autobots and Mini-Cons on Earth send a probe to the moon to find the wrecked pieces of the Mini-Con ship before Megatron does. The probe successfully awakens Liftor and Rollbar, who power up Smokescreen and Scavenger and allow them to defeat the Decepticons. A hologram of Optimus then shows up, explaining to Megatron that his probe has already beamed the Mini-Cons on the moon to safety. The Decepticons retreat, claiming they will find the Mini-Cons wherever they hide.
Credits
Script: Simon Furman
Pencils: Andrew Wildman
Inks: Lee Townsend
Colour: Junior Tomlin
Lettering: Neil Porter
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Mini-Cons |
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Quotes
- N/A
Errors
- N/A
Items of note
- Starting with this issue, the story claims to take place one million years after the Mini-Cons fled from Cybertron, while previous stories said it's been four million years since then. This change matches up with the timeline of the Dreamwave Armada comic, but is never explained.
- On the moon, Megatron parodies Neil Armstrong's famous "one small step" line by saying "One giant step..." and stomping on a flag. It's not the American flag, though, just some fictional one.
Blast from the Past!
Synopsis
It is the year 1959. At Area 54, the Extra-Terrestrial Response Division reveal the Land Military Mini-Con Team, which they found buried under Las Vegas. They equip the Mini-Cons with inhibitor clamps and test them in a threat-response situation, in which they are fearfully effective.
A few hours later, the Land Military Team escape from the compound, making their way to the town of Stillwater, Nevada. They find Amos Hume, to whom Wreckage manages to grunt his name and the message "LMT-Alpha-Alpha-Zero" before the ETRD ERTD catches up and captures him. Amos demands to know what's going on, but the ERTD agents merely push him out of the way as they collect their aliens and drive off.
In 2003, Amos hears about the Air Defence Team on TV, and realises that it's time to deliver that message.
Credits
Script: Simon Furman
Pencils: Keiron Ward
Inks: Lee Townsend
Colour: Junior Tomlin
Lettering: Neil Porter
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Humans | Mini-Cons |
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Quotes
- N/A
Errors
- N/A
Notes
- While this issue is cover dated October 8th 2003, it actually went on sale on September the 11th.
