Panini Armada issue 3
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| "Deep Trouble!" & "Tales of the Mini-Cons... Just a Memory!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Panini | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 19, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | July 16, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Andrew Wildman ("Deep Trouble!" only), Keiron Ward ("Just a Memory!" only) | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Bambos Georgiou | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Junior Tomlin | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Neil Porter | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Panini Armada comics | ||||||||||||
The comic book Panini Armada issue 3 contains multiple stories or features.
Panini Armada issue 3
[edit]Contents
[edit]- Deep Trouble! (comic, 7 pages)
- Make Your Escape! (Puzzle Page)
- Data File #5: Demolishor
- Aerial Assault! (Colour Sector)
- Super Optimus Prime Power Poster
- Escape from Planet Cybertron! (game)
- Win Red Alert!
- Data File #6: Blackout
- Tales of the Mini-Cons... Just a Memory! (comic, 7 pages)
- Hot Shot's Hot Mail!
- Game Counters to cut out for the Escape From Planet Cybertron game
Free Gift
[edit]- Secret Soaker Watch
A square wristwatch shaped water gun. It displays the time 2:10 on the 3rd of January 2010. (By UK time-stamp standards anyway...)
Deep Trouble!
[edit]Synopsis
[edit]Rad, Carlos, and Alexis are racing around the desert on the Street Action Team when they suddenly run into Optimus Prime, who reminds them that they're in a war, not a game. The humans and Mini-Cons get serious, and make their way into the Mini-Con ship to investigate what Carlos found earlier. Sureshock explains that it must be the ship's locator log, which contains tracking codes to the rest of the Mini-Cons on Earth. They're interrupted when Demolishor suddenly breaks through the wall in search of the log. He is briefly confused by the presence of Mini-Cons, but deals with them all the same.
Grindor is pinned under falling rocks, and urges Rad to destroy the log to keep it out of Megatron's hands. However, Rad figures that Demolishor might take it out on them if they did so, and works out another plan. He baits the Decepticon into following him, and plants the locator log in a part of the cave with unstable rock. When Demolishor drives by, the log explodes, and the Decepticon is caught in the ensuing rockfall.
Credits
[edit]Script: Simon Furman
Pencils: Andrew Wildman
Inks: Bambos Georgiou
Colours: Junior Tomlin
Lettering: Neil Porter
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Mini-Cons | Humans |
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Quotes
[edit]- "I have a feeling that when they're good and ready... The other Mini-Cons will more than make their presence known!"
- - Optimus Prime offers some closing narration after doing nothing to combat Demolishor.
Errors
[edit]- During the glimpse of the various Mini-Cons aboard the buried ship, Jetstorm is miscoloured.
Items of note
[edit]- Demolishor uses a circular saw attachment atop his tank mode to bore through the cave wall. It's unclear if it's sprouted from his body or he's been fitted with it. It does bear some passing resemblance to the Mini-Con Buzzsaw but his presence in the story at this point is impossible and it doesn't match his colours.
- The Street Action Team wield generic blasters in defence of the Locator Log.
Just a Memory!
[edit]Synopsis
[edit]At Lincoln High School, Alexis can't shake the feeling that she's being watched... which is because the Street Action Team are present and hiding on the school grounds. High Wire watches as Billy and Fred play a prank on Rad in chemistry class, and is reminded of a time when he developed a cleaner way of processing waste fuel back on Cybertron. He then knocks out the two troublemakers and takes off with Rad.
Meanwhile, at the local mall, Grindor bears witness to Carlos skateboarding with his pals. He recalls that on Cybertron, extraordinary feats were appreciated, and decides to help his human friend show off. However, Carlos is not happy about having to explain the crazy looping and grinding that Grindor puts him through.
Rad and Carlos meet up with Alexis, who explains that Sureshock just downloaded so much data into the local observatory's mainframe that it crashed. Sureshock adds that she, like the High Wire and Grindor, was only trying to help. Rad tells the Mini-Cons that they still have a lot to learn about Earth customs, but that he's there to guide them.
Credits
[edit]Script: Simon Furman
Pencils: Keiron Ward
Inks: Bambos Georgiou
Colours: Junior Tomlin
Lettering: Neil Porter
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
[edit]"Alexis, you're not paranoid. It's school... you are being watched!"
- - Kinda creepy, Carlos...
"You've still got a lot to learn. But, hey... I'm here to guide you!"
"We're doomed."
- - Rad comforts High Wire while Alexis looks on in dismay.
Items of note
[edit]- Sureshock is referred to with only gender neutral pronouns.
Hot Shot's Hot Mail!
[edit]"On Cybertron, our war, against the Decepticons meant we didn't have time for art, and we lost much of our creative talent!"
- - Hot Shot explains his appreciation for reader art.
