The Transformers (Sunday Times) issue 2
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 1989 / August 3, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Robin Smith | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
Meet Optimus Prime! Unless you hate him.
Synopsis
Optimus Prime is the heroic leader of the Autobots, bolstered by his Nebulan partner Hi-Q. But Optimus's greatest attribute is how he inspires his troops and intimidates his enemies.
Well, most of them.
In a Decepticon base somewhere, Bludgeon decapitates a badly vandalised mock-up of the Autobot leader as a demonstration of what he'd do to the real deal if he ever meets him, and leads Octopunch and Stranglehold out to kill some Autobots.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Notes
- As with the rest of the Sunday Times Transformers strips, this story was written by Simon Furman and drawn by Robin Smith in anticipation of a weekly newspaper strip deal that never materialised, though a copy remained in Smith's possession, and was discovered by James Roberts while he was interviewing Smith, who gave Roberts (and IDW Publishing) permission to rummage through his old Transformers works and see if there was anything they might wish to use. The strips were eventually printed in 2022's "Best of the Rarities" collection.
Continuity notes
- The Sunday Times strips are a continuity light area, but given the Decepticon base seems to be on Cybertron, if this story takes place anywhere it's before "Yesterday's Heroes!" zaps Bludgeon and gang to Earth.
Reprints
- Transformers: Best of the Rarities: Soundwave and Ravage casette by James Biggie
