Brainstorm!
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Buster Witwicky is in danger because of his special "gift" from Optimus Prime.
Marvel US issue #11
(Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #37-38)
Script: Bob Budiansky
Pencils: Herb Trimpe
Inks: Tom Palmer
Lettering: Diana Albers
Colors: Nelson Yomtov
Editor: Mike Carlin
- Major characters (in order of appearance): Buster Witwicky, Sparkplug Witwicky, Shockwave, Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Bumblebee, Bluestreak, Ferdy and Gabe, Jessie, Laserbeak
- Originally published: December, 1985
Synopsis
Buster is still confused by his new powers, but conceals the secret of them from Sparkplug. At the Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant, Shockwave, realizing that Optimus Prime no longer possesses the Creation Matrix, sets about discovering what has happened to it. This inquiry leads Shockwave straight to Buster. Thankfully, the Autobots are able to listen in on this discovery, and send Bumblebee and Bluestreak to protect them. While the Autobots are successful in locating the humans, this leads the Decepticons right to their location, as well, and Shockwave dispatches a remote-controlled Jetfire (intended to be the latest Decepticon jet given life by the Creation Matrix, but denied life by Prime's machinations) to retrieve Buster. While Jetfire makes short work of the Autobots, Bumblebee realizes that Jetfire is not alive, and that therefore Buster can control the Decepticon jet. Revealing his secret, Buster disassembles Jetfire with a thought. Bumblebee and Buster make plans to use Jetfire to aid in the rescue of Optimus Prime, while an Autobot convoy is already on the way. They only hope they are not too late.
Errors
- I find it impossible to believe that Rumble's eyes are incapable of discerning a human....
Items of note
- Although this issue features Jetfire as its centerpiece, he is still not a sentient being, but rather just a lifeless construct.
UK Printing
- Issue #37 featured a painted cover by artist John Ridgway.
- Issue #38 used the cover art from US issue #11 with a modified caption.
- When issue #37 was being written the fleshlings usually in charge of writing the index page for each UK comic (called TransFormation) were out Christmas shopping. To fill in, Soundwave wrote issue #37's TransFormation page in the same unbiassed style he usually employed for his letter answering page.
- In issue #37's letter page Soundwave revealed that Transformers use various types of droids, including Mechodrones for menial tasks and Combat Droids for guard duty. Guardian was one such combat droid. He also suggested that makers of knock-off Shockwave toys might be in for an unpleasant visit by the then Decepticon leader.
