The New Order

The Battlechargers aren't the only ones who like to scribble on walls, apparently?

Shockwave has destroyed the Autobots, and begins his plans for the conquest of Earth.

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Marvel US issue #5

(Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #22-23)

Script: Bob Budiansky
Art: Alan Kupperberg
Lettering: Rick Parker
Colors: Nelson Yomtov
Editor: Jim Owsley
Cover artist: Mark Bright

• Major characters (in order of appearance): Shockwave, G.B. Blackrock, Josie Beller, Megatron, Buster Witwicky, Ratchet, Optimus Prime
• Originally published: June, 1985

Synopsis

Having destroyed the Autobots, and with the Decepticons poisoned by Sparkplug's corrosive fuel, Shockwave now leads the Decepticons. He and the Decepticons move into the Ark to begin a new age of conquest. The age begins by planning an attack on Oil-Drilling platform financed by G.B. Blackrock and designed by Josie Beller.

Meanwhile, as Sparkplug recovers from his heart attack, he makes Buster promise not to have anything more to do with the Transformers. Ratchet takes Buster back to the Ark to say his good-byes, only to discover that the Decepticons have taken over. Buster convinces Ratchet to stay outside while he sneaks in to investigate. Buster discovers the Autobots, deactivated, hanging within the Ark to be used as spare parts. When Buster realizes that Optimus Prime is not among them, he holds out hope, only to have that hope destroyed when he discovers Prime's detached head located in another room. Prime, still functional in spite of this, informs Buster that he is the Autobots' last hope.

Items of note

• In a panel on page 9 of US issue #5, Shockwave destroys the body of an unnamed Autobot. It appears that this is intended to be Sunstreaker, but the coloring is completely wrong for Sunstreaker. However, given Sunstreaker's absence in the scene on page 4 of US issue #9, which is meant to include all the Autobots, and Yomtov's penchant for completely messing up the colors, it seems reasonable that Sunstreaker is the Autobot Shockwave destroyed.

• In the US version of the story, the first page illustrates a scene from the classic TV series The Honeymooners. However, in the UK reprint of the story, a publicity still from the contemporary (at the time) series V was used instead.

• The entire issue is devoid of any standard comic sound effects such as "BUTHROOM" or "KA-BLAM"
  
  
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