The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army
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| "The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army" 戦闘開始! 地球・宇宙連合軍
(Sentō Kaishi! Chikyū-Uchū Rengō Gun) "The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Kodansha | ||||||||||||
| Published in | TV Magazine | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | September 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Script | Masumi Kaneda | ||||||||||||
| Artist | Ban Magami | ||||||||||||
Ginrai gets ready for his inauguration as Autobot Supreme Commander, but the mixed Decepticon combiner team shows up to ruin everything.
Synopsis
During summer vacation, Ginrai takes the train to Athenia with the Headmaster Juniors and the Godmasters in order to oficially be appointed the position of Autobot Supreme Commander from Fortress. After handing over the duty to Ginrai, Fortress heads back to Master, leaving Chromedome in charge of Athenia.
However, the Decepticons raid Athenia that night, forcing Autobots to scramble. It is revealed that the Decepticons on Earth have teamed up with those in space.
Lightfoot tasks the Headmaster Juniors and Sixknight with the rescue operation. He then joins the battle to back Ginrai up.
Turtler appears with the chosen Decepticons from various combiner teams, including Dead End, Brawl, Blast Off, Cutthroat, Tentakil, and Lobclaw. They soon combine into Scramble 7, the strongest Decepticon combiner. He immediately defeats Chromedome and Raiden with ease thanks to his overwhelming power. Ginrai then combines with the Battle Station to form Super Ginrai and teams up with Ranger and Road King, who pilot the Cannon Crafters. By using their Jinchōkon Power, Scramble 7 is immediately smashed and sent screaming.
After defeating Scramble 7, the Decepticon United Troops of Earth and Space show up with BlackZarak in tow. They tell the Autobots that they have been united under the command of Devil Z and they are heading back to Earth to wait for the Autobots.
Fortress then shows up and tells Ginrai that the Autobots on Earth must team up with those in space in order to initiate Project Bomber.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Items of note
- Optimus Prime's statue is carved with the title "Commander Convoy"... in Japanese. Well, it's weird in some way.
- This issue is the only Super-God Masterforce fiction featuring Turtler's humanoid form.
- Ranger and Road King only show up in their Master Suits, piloting the Cannon Crafters in this episode.
- According to Ginrai's line, "You guys don't have the soul of a human within you, after all!", the Jinchōkon Power seems to be far more powerful than any Transformer.
Hey, what about the power of the spark?Oh, never mind.
- Fortress had gone back to Master, but shows up again after the battle with Scramble 7. Maybe his ship is equipped with a pretty good engine.
- This is the only issue of the Super-God Masterforce comic featuring Sixknight.
- Chromedome is the only one who shows up in both the Super-God Masterforce cartoon and comic among the recurring characters.
- Special moves in this issue:
- Super-Soul Magma Vulcan (Super Ginrai with Ranger and Road King)
