Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6
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 As the golden Megatron attacked Soundwave in his Optimus Prime costume, the Decepticons realised that this was not their finest moment. | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Condor Verlag | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | December 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
| Price | 3 DM | ||||||||||||
Contents
Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime
The Autobots are holding an assembly within the Ark to discuss the state of affairs in the battle against the Decepticons. In the course of it, they find that the Autobots are at a disadvantage because they're a band of peaceful individualists, while the Decepticons are much more self- and ruthless. Also, Slapdash holds a passionate speech about how both Cybertron and Earth would be better off with an Autobot world government, to which everyone agrees. Optimus Prime adds that they can only reach this noble goal if they manage to keep Earth's oil reserves safe from the Decepticons.
Later, Fizzle reports suspicious Decepticon activity, which turns out to be the prelude to a raid on an oil tanker. Crossblades comes up with a battle strategy: While he and some of his fellow Pretender sneak aboard the ship, while their shells distract the Decepticons on guard.
While the plan is a success, it turns out that the Decepticons are performing raids on targets all over the american continent, keeping the Autobots busy to the point of exhaustion. However, Optimus Prime has an ace up his sleeve: A stockpile of Energon inside of his trailer. Thusly revitalized, the Autobots finally manage to win the battle. (source)
Articles and features
- A selection of puzzles and activities, including a wordsearch presented by Blaster coloured like Powermaster Optimus Prime, and an opportunity to copy a drawing of Hot Spot coloured like Powermaster Optimus Prime.
Reprints
Notes
- This issue seems to be the last to feature recoloured US material. After this point the comic moves to the Marvel UK stories, which were already formatted for printing in the same style.
- Straxus speaking German is rather badass. Whilst this is not perhaps a fact per se, it is still true.
- The comic title is translated as "The Bridge to Nowhere"
- The text story will later be reprinted in issue 17 with additional cameos by Rodimus Prime and the revelation that it takes place in 1973.
- Slapdash appears to be some sort of robo-Marxist in his call for a benevolent world government of Autobots to control Earth.
- Needlenose, Darkwing and Dreadwind actually use rubsigns in fiction, which are described as 'liquid crystal insignia'. Curiously enough, their toys originally came out the year Hasbro dropped the rubsigns.
- It isn't clear if Crossblades is the only Mega Pretender or if Vroom is present (but silent)
- Good grief, Crossblades gets to do stuff which doesn't involve dying pathetically!
- The story mentions "Micronauts" a lot. This is probably a misnomer of Micromaster rather than a reference to the actual Micronauts.
- The Autobots have, apparently, unanimously made the decision that flight modes provoke a demonstration of power, and so are not desirable for Autobots. In this continuity then, the Aerialbots have presumably been locked in a gulag.
Errors
- The cover depicts: The familiar Optimus Prime/Soundwave amalgam; what might very well be the weirdest rendition of Megatron ever, colored like Emirate Xaaron; either Laserbeak or Buzzsaw in purple; Ravage in green with red paws (or is that Blackcat?); and a bunch or semi-random humans, two of whom might be meant to be Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky.
Advertisements
- A one-page advertisement for Powermaster Optimus Prime, Needlenose and Crossblades
- One-page advertisement for Hero Quest, which doesn't feature robots :(
- One-page advertisement for the rebooted X-Men comic (Die Neuen X-Men)
- One-page advertisement for the Transformers cartoon featuring the Powermaster Optimus Prime package art
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1989 Selection Crossblades looks rather badass.
