The Transformers (Sunday Times) issue 4
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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 | ||||||||||||
A brief (and slightly confused) history of Decepticon Leadership.
Synopsis
[edit]In the beginning, there was Megatron. Then the coldly logical Shockwave deposed Megatron, until he was replaced by Scorponok. In the future, Megatron becomes Galvatron, who traveled to the past to fight alongside himself.
At this point, just as he gets to Thunderwing, the trooper Optimus is explaining this to storms off with a headache.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Right. Unlike the rest of its siblings, this strip is a little more continuity intensive, what with covering the major Decepticon leaders through the comics continuity so far. Obviously, there's Megatron, Shockwave and Scorponok, the big names. Meanwhile, Trannis, Straxus and Ratbat are skipped entirely. However, it also includes the future timeline of the UK continuity from "Target: 2006!" et all, so it brings Galvatron into the mix as well.
- Optimus cites future Shockwave's death, as was seen in "The Legacy of Unicron!".
Errors
[edit]- Optimus describes the future timeline as being the "far future". Err... no. Even in 1989 the year 2006 wasn't that far off, even for humans.
- The wording Optimus uses makes it sound like Scorponok of the present day took command of the Decepticons because future Shockwave died, rather than because present day Shockwave was MIA and then indisposed.
- Galvatron's stated reasoning for traveling back in time is because he wanted to fight alongside Megatron, rather than to destroy Unicron or just take over the Decepticons. He did team up with Megs in "Time Wars", but that wasn't his initial goal.
Reprints
[edit]- Transformers: Best of the Rarities: Soundwave and Ravage cassette by James Biggie
