Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4

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Ehobby, are you paying attention? GOOD!
Publisher Condor Verlag
Cover date August 1989
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity
Price 3 DM

Contents

The Troy Principle

Megatron sends a message to Earth's secret services, telling them that the Decepticons have given up on conquering Earth and instead wanted to ally with the human race. A meeting is held in New York City where Megatron gives a speech.

Meanwhile Powermaster Optimus Prime and his Autobots are hiding in vehicle mode, listening in.

The Decepticons give New York a gift—a statue of Snaptrap! This pushes the crowd over the edge and they unconditionally submit to the Decepticons.

The Autobots retreat to the Ark, and use the scanners to discover that the statue is actually Snaptrap himself, who is standing very still. At night, Snaptrap comes to life and transforms into Piranacon, going on a rampage! The Autobots race to the rescue, and the Sparkler Minibots bring the mighty Piranacon down. Then the Autobots save the day off-page because there wasn't enough room to finish the story. (source)

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Articles & features

  • Five pages of facts. Optimus Prime introduces facts about knights in armour and evolution and Finback shows us about skeletons.


Models

Yeah, you were thinking about making one too, weren't you?
  • The Transformers Spacecraft - On a deserted planet, the Transformers (the image shows Shockwave) discover the plans for a spacecraft. These instructions are duplicated in the magazine for humans to carefully build their own.


Reprints

Errors

It's like... they knew and just didn't care!
  • Oh lord, that COVER
  • The comics continue to be recoloured, the magenta plates from the original continue to be lost which results in a very strange first page
  • The prose story in mentions Megatron as "Decepticon Headmaster", severely misinterpreting the meaning of the designation. Likewise, "Powermaster" appears to be understood as a rank, as well.
  • SEACON LEADER SNAP TRAP is somehow able to transform into Piranacon on his own
  • The Decepticon plan revolves around SEACON LEADER SNAP TRAP being sneakily placed in New York disguised as a statue, to come out at night and trash the place. But as part of the deal, the Americans also agreed that various Decepticons can freely patrol the city to protect it. Perhaps Snap Trap just likes dressing up as a mime?
  • The mayor of NY apparently has the power to dissolve the entirety of the United States military on the spot.
  • Horsehead reappears!


Items of note

  • While the spacecraft model is noted to be plans discovered by the Transformers, the text also states that it is indeed a 'Transformers spacecraft'. Thus it can be ascertained that at some point, Cybertronian spaceship design revolved around thin card stock and glue sticks.


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  • The boxart image of Powermaster Prime to advertise the Transformer cartoon.
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