Brothers in Armor!!

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To me, Spa—errr, Firebolt!
"Brothers in Armor!!"
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published September 1987
Cover date January 1988
Writer Bob Budiansky
Penciler Frank Springer
Inker Ian Akin & Brian Garvey
Colorist Nelson Yomtov
Letterer Jack Morelli
Editor Don Daley
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

To ensure the safety of Nebulos, Galen and Lord Zarak must each make a huge sacrifice.

Synopsis

GUNS

With most of their opposition incapacitated, the Decepticons continue their conquest of Nebulos. Lord Zarak finds himself torn by his loyalties to the world he loves and his link to the Headmaster leader, Scorponok. As the Autobots further experiment with Nebulan binary-bonding by creating the Targetmasters, Galen pleads with Zarak to see what the Decepticons are doing to their world.

After being defeated in an attack by the Autobot Targetmasters, Zarak begins to see that Galen was right, and while the Decepticons escalate the conflict by creating their own Targetmasters, Zarak frees his prisoners, pleading with them to take the battle offworld to join Transformers already on the planet Earth. Zarak knows that if the Autobots leave Nebulos, the Decepticons will follow, and his world might yet be saved. The Autobots agree to this proposal, and abandon the planet, leaving a war-torn Nebulos to rebuild once the Transformers have left.

This story is continued in "Trial by Fire!".

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Nebulans

Errors

  • Page 3 — First panel: Spasma's dialog is attributed to Zarak/Scorponok; Spasma addresses Krunk as Vorath; Monzo addresses Grax as Krunk; and Zarak addresses Vorath as Grax. Got that? Good, there'll be a quiz tomorrow.
  • Page 5 — Third panel: Pinpointer's dialog is attributed to "Sparks."
  • Page 14 - As the Autobots retreat, a vaguely Sandstorm-like vehicle is drawn instead of Hot Rod.
  • Page 14 - Zarak's head is drawn and colored as a bizarre melding of flesh and metal; he has a squared-off nose and mechanical mouth, both flesh-colored, with a metal-colored chin attached.
  • Page 16 — Eighth panel: Gort's suit is once again drawn as Chromedome's body.
  • Page 17 - This time it's Highbrow who's on steroids, taller and more massive than the other four Headmasters, including Fortress Maximus.
  • Page 18 — Second and third panels: And again, Fortress Maximus is drawn with Cerebros' head.
  • Page 21 — Second panel: Pointblank is missing his head.
  • Page 22 — The Decepticon ship is written as having been parked in orbit like the Steelhaven, but Springer draws it as if it launches from the ground, complete with launching pad. (Consequently, this confused later artist Jose Delbo, and thus the ship is drawn in its second appearance in "Trial by Fire!" with its launching platform attached to it.)
  • Page 22 — First panel: As the Autobots leave and reboard their ship that is in orbit around Nebulos, several of the non-flying Autobots are given a friendly ride by Decepticons (Slugslinger, Misfire, Triggerhappy).

Items of note

  • Advertised as part 4 in a 4-issue limited series.
  • Instead of firing generic beams of light like in most of the series, the Targetmasters' weapon-fire was actually drawn like the individual weapons their bios attribute to them. Kup's "old-style musket laser" even gives off a puff of gunsmoke... while firing laser beams.
  • Two exclamation points. Because it's that exciting.
  • For the UK printing, the title was modified to the UK spelling of "Armour". Sadly during the process it lost one of its exclamation points, making the UK version considerably duller.

References

  • The message Hot Rod receives on page 6 was sent by Goldbug in US issue #37.

Covers (5)

  • Headmasters #4
    Headmasters #4
  • UK issue #142
    UK issue #142
  • UK issue #143
    UK issue #143
  • UK issue #144
    UK issue #144
  • UK issue #145
    UK issue #145

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