Great Reversal! Star Saber
<table style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 220, 220); padding: 0.5em 1em 0.4em; background: rgb(249, 249, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_%28manga%29" title="Victory (manga)">Victory</a> > Issue # 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Magnificent%21_Our_Friend%2C_Star_Saber%21" title="Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!">Previous Issue</a> </td><td style="text-align: right; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Leozack_Rumbles_Violently%21" title="Leozack Rumbles Violently!">Next Issue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td><td style="text-align: right; padding-left: 1em;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> Now that Deathsaurus has increased his own power, can <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> stop him? And who is this mysterious Solon?</b>
<a name="Summary"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Star_Saber&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Summary">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Summary</span></h2> On <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deathsaurus" title="Deathsaurus">Deathsaurus</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solon_Kitakaze" title="Solon Kitakaze">Solon</a> have set an entire forest on fire. Harnessing the energy from the forest fire, Deathsaurus increases his power enough to trounce <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Landcross" title="Landcross">Landcross</a>. From behind a tree, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jean_Minakaze" title="Jean Minakaze">Jean</a> watches the whole thing go down. He attempts to run for help, but is spotted by the dark, helmeted figure named Solon. Jean finds himself cut off by fallen debris, allowing Solon to launch his grappling-chain fist at him and snare him by the neck.
<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_%28G1%29" title="Star Saber (G1)"><b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b></a> and the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainmaster" title="Brainmaster">Brainmasters</a> arrive on the scene just in the nick of time. The Brainmasters combine into <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadcaesar" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadcaesar">Roadcaesar</a> and, together with their commander, rush Deathsaurus. Effortlessly, Deathsaurus waves both <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> aside, disassembling Roadcaesar in the process. Thanks to the forest fire energy, Deathsaurus is now more than a match for <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b>.
[[Image:|right|180px|thumb|Solon in armor.jpg]]
As Deathsaurus gloats, Solon arrives with Jean held hostage,
violently strangling the boy in a headlock. Infuriated, Deathsaurus
smacks Solon away from Jean, telling him that he could have killed the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> boy with that choke-hold. The blow knocks off Solon's helmet, revealing the face of a human (well, cyborg) child the same age as Jean.
<b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> takes advantage of Deathsaurus's momentary distraction and grabs the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Emperor_of_Destruction" title="Emperor of Destruction">Emperor of Destruction</a> by his legs, sending him into the "Super <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> Meteor Spin". Having been smashed into the ground, Deathsaurus transforms and retreats, with Solon escaping on top of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Eaglebreast" title="Eaglebreast">Eaglebreast</a>.
As the Brainmasters help the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Multiforce" title="Multiforce">Multiforce</a> to their feet, an unexpected rain shower conveniently puts out the forest fire. Jean is still surprised that Solon has turned out to be a human child, like him. <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b> responds that Solon is like Jean's "darker half". The Autobots then roll out to help all the injured and displaced animals.
<a name="Credits"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Star_Saber&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: Credits">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Credits</span></h2>
- Script: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masumi_Kaneda" title="Masumi Kaneda">Masumi Kaneda</a>
- Art: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ban_Magami" title="Ban Magami">Ban Magami</a>
- Originally published in: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/TV_Magazine" title="TV Magazine">TV Magazine</a>
- Publication date: May, 1989
<a name="Featured_characters"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Star_Saber&action=edit§ion=3" title="Edit section: Featured characters">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline"><b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 255);">Featured</b> characters</span></h2> (Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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<th style="background: rgb(255, 238, 238) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a>
</th><th style="background: rgb(238, 238, 254) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticons</a>
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- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_%28G1%29" title="Star Saber (G1)"><b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b></a> (1)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Landcross" title="Landcross">Landcross</a> (5)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blacker" title="Blacker">Blacker</a> (8)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laster" title="Laster">Laster</a> (9)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Braver" title="Braver">Braver</a> (10)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadcaesar" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadcaesar">Roadcaesar</a> (11)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dash_%28G1%29" title="Dash (G1)">Dash</a> (12)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tacker" title="Tacker">Tacker</a> (13)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing" title="Wing">Wing</a> (14)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Waver" title="Waver">Waver</a> (15)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mach" title="Mach">Mach</a> (16)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tackle" title="Tackle">Tackle</a> (17)
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- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deathsaurus" title="Deathsaurus">Deathsaurus</a> (2)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tigerbreast" title="Tigerbreast">Tigerbreast</a> (6)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Eaglebreast" title="Eaglebreast">Eaglebreast</a> (7)
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- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solon_Kitakaze" title="Solon Kitakaze">Solon Kitakaze</a> (3)
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jean_Minakaze" title="Jean Minakaze">Jean Minakaze</a> (4)
</td></tr></tbody></table> <a name="Notes"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Star_Saber&action=edit§ion=4" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Notes</span></h2>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deathsaurus" title="Deathsaurus">Deathsaurus</a> was in desperate need of this power-up after his humiliating defeat in "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Magnificent%21_Our_Friend%2C_Star_Saber%21" title="Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!">Magnificent! Our Friend, <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b>!</a>"
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solon_Kitakaze" title="Solon Kitakaze">Solon</a> is revealed to be a cyborg in this issue, but you won't learn how it happened until "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shine%21_The_Five_Stars_of_Victory" title="Shine! The Five Stars of Victory">Shine! The Five Stars of Victory</a>".
- Why does <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deathsaurus" title="Deathsaurus">Deathsaurus</a> not want to see <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jean_Minakaze" title="Jean Minakaze">Jean</a> hurt? You won't find out until "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Watch_Out%2C_Jean%21_Hurry%2C_Star_Saber%21" title="Watch Out, Jean! Hurry, Star Saber!">Watch Out, Jean! Hurry, <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Star</b> <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Saber</b>!</a>"
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