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<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid"><I>The name or term Salvage refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <A title="Salvage (disambiguation)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage_(disambiguation)">Salvage (disambiguation)</A>.</I></DIV> <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="They're actually both looking for characterization." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:PicsNeeded.gif"><IMG height=67 alt="They're actually both looking for characterization." src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/80px-PicsNeeded.gif" width=80 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">Let's see what you can see...</SPAN> <HR>

This article is in need of images. </DIV><SMALL>Specifics: Summer Special 1994 cover</SMALL> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <TABLE class=infobox style="WIDTH: 20em"> <TBODY> <TR style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e7d492; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e7d492" align=middle colSpan=2> <TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> <TD class=tti_buttonlink><B><A title="The Desert Island of Space!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Desert_Island_of_Space!">«</A></B> </TD> <TD align=middle><A class=mw-redirect title="Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_(Marvel_Comics)#Marvel_UK"><I>The Transformers</I> (UK)</A> #160-161 </TD> <TD class=tti_buttonlink align=right><B><A title="Pretender to the Throne!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender_to_the_Throne!">»</A></B> </TD></TR> <TR class=tt1_secondarynav> <TD class=tti_buttonlink></TD> <TD align=middle></TD> <TD class=tti_buttonlink align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" align=middle colSpan=2><A class=image title=MarvelUK-161.jpg href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-161.jpg"><IMG height=306 alt="" src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/230px-MarvelUK-161.jpg" width=230 border=0></A><BR>The new series of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) doesn't go well. </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e7d492" align=middle colSpan=2>"Salvage!" </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Publisher </TD> <TD><A title="Marvel Comics" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics">Marvel Comics</A> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Cover date </TD> <TD>9th April 1988 - 16th April 1988 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Script </TD> <TD><A title="Simon Furman" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Simon_Furman">Simon Furman</A> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Art </TD> <TD><A title="Lee Sullivan" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lee_Sullivan">Lee Sullivan</A> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Colour </TD> <TD><A title="Euan Peters" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Euan_Peters">Euan Peters</A> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Letters </TD> <TD><A class=new title="Tom Frame" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Tom_Frame&action=edit">Tom Frame</A> (16), <A title="Gary Gilbert" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gary_Gilbert">Glib</A> (161) </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Continuity </TD> <TD><A title="Marvel Comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics_continuity">Marvel Comics continuity</A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <B>Shockwave resurrects Megatron and primes him as a weapon to use against Galvatron.</B>

<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV id=toctitle> <H2>Contents</H2></DIV>

<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Synopsis"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Synopsis</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Featured_Characters"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Featured Characters</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Errors"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Errors</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Items_of_note"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Items of note</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Back-Up_Stories"><SPAN class=tocnumber>5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Back-Up Stories</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Reprints"><SPAN class=tocnumber>6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Reprints</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Salvage!#Covers_.284.29"><SPAN class=tocnumber>7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Covers (4)</SPAN></A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <A name=Synopsis></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Synopsis" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Synopsis</SPAN></H2> In <A title=London href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/London">London</A>, Virgin boss Richard Branson finances a clean-up operation to remove the remains of Megatron and <A title="Centurion (Marvel)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Centurion_(Marvel)">Centurion</A> from the bottom of the River Thames where they had been since the end of their battle. {{storyink[Ancient Relics!}}

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Richard Branson begins his quest to get a cameo role in everything." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Richardbranson.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=176 alt="Richard Branson begins his quest to get a cameo role in everything." src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/180px-Richardbranson.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Richardbranson.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Richard Branson begins his quest to get a cameo role in everything.</DIV></DIV></DIV> No sooner have they been lifted clear than the <A title="Seacon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seacon_(G1)">Seacon</A> Jawbreaker leaps from the water and cuts the chains holding them to the cranes. Thrust, Dirge, Ramjet and Blitzwing then swoop in and attach suction cups and carry them away to Shockwave.

A few hours later the <A title=Sparkabot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sparkabot">Sparkabots</A> finish digging Ultra Magnus out from underneath <A title="Mount Verona" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mount_Verona">Mount Verona</A>. Ultra Magnus is at first disoriented; haunted by the memory of Galvatron and the many defeats he had suffered at his hands. Catching sight of Megatron and Centurion being flown past by the Decepticons they decide to follow after them.

Some time later in the <A class=mw-redirect title="Decepticon Fortress" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Fortress">Decepticon Fortress</A>, Snaptrap has repaired Megatron’s body but his mind is broken. Shockwave is planning to use him as a weapon against Galvatron and so orders Snaptrap to use the <A title=Psycho-probe href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Psycho-probe">psycho-probe</A> in an attempt to repair his mind.

Ultra Magnus and the Sparkabots have made their way to the base of the fortress and are discussing how they will stop the Decepticons from reactivating Megatron, when to Ultra Magnus’ dismay, Galvatron, who has been spying on Shockwave, reveals his presence and tells them that he cannot allow them to interfere with Megatron’s resurrection.

Inside the fortress the psycho-probe is forcing Megatron to confront his deepest fears through a series of visions; unfortunately he is not handling this very well and is terrified of an image of Optimus Prime.

Ultra Magnus is having similar problems outside when confronted by Galvatron and is also cowering in fear, much to Galvatron’s amusement.

Megatron is confronted by a second image, this time of Lord Straxus, the Decepticon leader from Cybertron, who had attempted to take over his body in "<A title=Resurrection! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Resurrection!">Resurrection!</A>". Straxus taunts Megatron and destroys the image of Optimus Prime, telling Megatron that soon he will be in control. This finally snaps Megatron from his fearful state, he attacks and rips the image of Straxus apart.

Having finally defeated his inner demons his mind snaps back to sanity. Shockwave takes advantage and uses the psycho-probe to brainwash Megatron into believing that Galvatron is his enemy and that he must destroy him

Outside Galvatron is taunting Ultra Magnus, who has become paralysed with fear. Galvatron begins to beat up the Sparkabots, while Ultra Magnus stands impotently by. Still haunted by his many defeats Ultra Magnus ultimately forces himself to confront his fear and he attacks Galvatron. Driven by fear turned to rage he manages to beat Galvatron who retreats. Ultra Magnus, with a renewed confidence, declares that the next time he meets Galvatron will be the last.


<I>Note: this story is continued in "<A title="Dry Run!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dry_Run!">Dry Run!</A>".</I> <A name=Featured_Characters></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Featured Characters" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Featured Characters</SPAN></H2> (Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #800000; BORDER-TOP: #800000; BORDER-LEFT: #800000; BORDER-BOTTOM: #800000" cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5 align=center border=5> <TBODY> <TR> <TH style="BACKGROUND: #ffeeee"><A class=mw-redirect title=Autobots href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots">Autobots</A></TH> <TH style="BACKGROUND: #eeeefe"><A class=mw-redirect title=Decepticons href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons">Decepticons</A></TH> <TH style="BACKGROUND: antiquewhite"><A title=Human href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human">Humans</A></TH> <TH style="BACKGROUND: #ffeeb8">Others </TH></TR> <TR> <TD style="BACKGROUND: #ffeeee" vAlign=top>

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guzzle">Guzzle</A> (10)

  • <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A> (11)

  • <A class=mw-redirect title=Sizzle

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sizzle">Sizzle</A> (12)

  • <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime</A> (16) </TD> <TD style="BACKGROUND: #eeeefe" vAlign=top>

  • <A title="Straxus (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Straxus_(G1)">Straxus-Megatron</A> (1)

  • <A title="Overbite (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overbite_(G1)">Jawbreaker</A> (4)

  • <A title="Ramjet (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(G1)">Ramjet</A> (5)

  • <A title="Thrust (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thrust_(G1)">Thrust</A> (6)

  • <A title="Blitzwing (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)">Blitzwing</A> (7)

  • <A title="Dirge (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dirge_(G1)">Dirge</A> (8)

  • <A title="Galvatron (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A> (13)

  • <A title="Shockwave (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)">Shockwave</A> (14)

  • <A class=mw-redirect title=Snaptrap

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snaptrap">Snaptrap</A> (15)

  • <A title="Straxus (G1)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Straxus_(G1)">Lord Straxus</A> (17) </TD> <TD style="BACKGROUND: antiquewhite" vAlign=top>

  • <A title="Richard Branson"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Richard_Branson">Richard Branson</A> (3) </TD> <TD style="BACKGROUND: #ffeeb8" vAlign=top>

  • <A title="Centurion (Marvel)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Centurion_(Marvel)">Centurion</A> (2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><A name=Errors></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Errors" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Errors</SPAN></H2>

  • What qualifies Snaptrap to perform repairs on Megatron? <A

name=Items_of_note></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Items of note" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Items of note</SPAN></H2>

  • Shockwave decided to use Megatron as a weapon against Galvatron at the end

of "<A title="Enemy Action!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Enemy_Action!">Enemy Action!</A>"

  • Here Megatron is forced to confront a vision of Lord Straxus, whose mind

has infected Megatron’s after the botched mind swap in "<A title=Resurrection! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Resurrection!">Resurrection!</A>" He defeats him subconsciously, thereby giving him the strength to reassert his own personality. Ironically this Megatron is later shown to be a clone created by Straxus that became infected with Megatron’s personality. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Two Megatrons!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Two_Megatrons!">Two Megatrons!</A></SPAN>

  • Despite Ultra Magnus' vow to defeat Galvatron once and for all the next

time they meet, this is actually the last time that they will come face to face. So he didn't really break his promise, the opportunity just never came up.

  • The Decepticon Fortress was first built by the Decepticons in <A

title="Power Play!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_Play!">Power Play</A> and later abandoned.

  • Dirge is uncharacteristically alive in this story because the UK

continuity ignored the events of the <I><A title="G.I. Joe and the Transformers" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_and_the_Transformers">G.I. Joe and the Transformers</A></I> mini-series in which he was killed off. <A name=Back-Up_Stories></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Back-Up Stories" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=5">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Back-Up Stories</SPAN></H2> Issue #160:


Force</A> - "Serpentor" Part 4

Colin</A> Issue #161:


  • Action Force - "Road Safety - from the Air!"
  • Action Force - "Battle Island"
  • Combat Colin <A name=Reprints></A>

<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Reprints" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=6">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Reprints</SPAN></H2>

  • This story was reprinted in the <A title="Collected Comics (Marvel)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Collected_Comics_(Marvel)">Summer Special 1994</A>.

  • It was reprinted again in the <A title="Titan Books"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Titan_Books">Titan Books</A> trade paperback <I><A title="Space Pirates" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_Pirates">Space Pirates</A></I>. <A name=Covers_.284.29></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Covers (4)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Salvage%21&action=edit&section=7">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Covers (4)</SPAN></H2> <TABLE class=gallery cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV class=gallerybox style="WIDTH: 155px"> <DIV class=thumb style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; WIDTH: 150px; PADDING-TOP: 13px"> <DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 120px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto"><A class=image title=MarvelUK-160.jpg href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-160.jpg"><IMG height=120 alt="" src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/88px-MarvelUK-160.jpg" width=88 border=0></A></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=gallerytext> 160 Cover </DIV></DIV></TD> <TD> <DIV class=gallerybox style="WIDTH: 155px"> <DIV class=thumb style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; WIDTH: 150px; PADDING-TOP: 13px"> <DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 120px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto"><A class=image title=MarvelUK-161.jpg href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MarvelUK-161.jpg"><IMG height=120 alt="" src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/90px-MarvelUK-161.jpg" width=90 border=0></A></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=gallerytext> 161 Cover </DIV></DIV></TD> <TD> <DIV class=gallerybox style="WIDTH: 155px"> <DIV style="HEIGHT: 152px">Summer94.jpg</DIV> <DIV class=gallerytext> Summer Special 1994 Cover </DIV></DIV></TD> <TD> <DIV class=gallerybox style="WIDTH: 155px"> <DIV class=thumb style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; WIDTH: 150px; PADDING-TOP: 13px"> <DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 120px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto"><A class=image title=TitanSP.jpg href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:TitanSP.jpg"><IMG height=120 alt="" src="Salvage! - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/89px-TitanSP.jpg" width=89 border=0></A></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=gallerytext> Space Pirates TPB Cover </DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

  • UK issue 160 cover: Ultra Magnus rising from the lava, by <A

title="Bryan Hitch" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bryan_Hitch">Bryan Hitch</A>

  • UK issue 161 cover: Megatron confronted by Prime, by Bryan Hitch
  • Summer Special 1994 cover: Optimus Prime opening the <A

title="Matrix of Leadership" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Matrix_of_Leadership">Matrix</A>, by <A class=mw-redirect title="Stewart Johnson" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stewart_Johnson">Stewart Johnson</A>

  • Space Pirates TPB cover: <A title="Hot Rod"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod">Rodimus Prime</A>, <A title="Arcee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(G1)">Arcee</A> and <A title="Wreck-Gar (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_(G1)">Wreck-Gar</A> have a little problem with <A title=Quintesson

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