Rage!
| The name or term "Rage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Rage (disambiguation). |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 21st October 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 28th October 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art | Andy Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Stuart Bartlett | ||||||||||||
| Cover | Geoff Senior | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
Thunderwing's back, and he's not happy.
Synopsis
[edit]Thunderwing has finally surfaced from the waters, after being nearly cooked alive inside his own Pretender shell by Siren, Nightbeat, and Hosehead. Blinded by fury, he begins striking out at everything around him looking for the Autobots who humiliated him, and even attacks a Decepticon shuttle coming to meet him. Ruckus and the other Decepticons approach him as representatives of the Decepticon High Council, informing Thunderwing that his bid for leadership is still under review, and he is asked to return to Cybertron for further deliberation. Instead, Thunderwing forcibly commandeers Ruckus and his crew for an assault on the Ark to gain revenge on those who dared harm him.
Featured characters
[edit](Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.)
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
[edit]"WHERE ARE THEY?! Where are the Autobots? Answer me, human germs...or feel the wrath of Thunderwing!"
- —Thunderwing making an entrance.
"There he is - and he's... Aw, heck! He's attacking us!"
- —Decepticons having their first encounter with Thunderwing.
"Aww, come on. Just cause you fouled up the last test doesn't mean your bid for the Decepticon leadership has failed! There's been no verdict, as yet."
- —Ruckus sort-of but sort-of-not reassuring Thunderwing.
"The Ark, eh? In that case, Ruckus, ready your men...for an assault on the Ark!"
- —Thunderwing anticipates the title of next week's strip.
Notes
[edit]Artwork and technical errors
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Continuity errors
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Continuity notes
[edit]- Thunderwing totally kills those humans.
- Chronologically, this story predates issues #232–233 and #240, which all show or reference Thunderwing having already achieved Decepticon leadership.
Real-life references
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Other trivia
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Back-up material
[edit]- Additional Transformers story: "Back from the Dead"
- Other strips: Action Force - "Evasion" and Combat Colin
Foreign Localization
[edit]Swedish
- Title: "Thunderwings vrede!" ("The Wrath of Thunderwing!")
Cover
[edit]- Issue #241 cover: Thunderwing emerges from the sea, by Geoff Senior.
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Issue #241
Reprints
[edit]- Transformers: Perchance to Dream: Menasor smacks down Superion, detail from the cover of issue #259, by Andrew Wildman.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Vol 19: Perchance to Dream: Megatron (from early IDW promo art), by Guido Guidi above a retro scene of the Battlechargers (from Marvel UK #255 cover) by Stephen Baskerville.
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Perchance to Dream
(Titan Books, 2006) -
The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 19 (Hachette Partworks, 2017)
