Battle Lines, Part 3
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| "Battle Lines, Part 3" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 39 | ||||||||||||
| Story | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Inks by | Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Evan Gauntt and Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Wings of Honor | ||||||||||||
The Elite Guard confronts Deathsaurus and the Combaticons.
Synopsis
Magnum's team search for Deathsaurus's base, though he turns down their suggestions that they should split up to look. They swiftly encounter Side Burn, who claims to know where the base is, but before he can tell them (or rather, while he's singing a taunt), he's interrupted by someone shooting at him. The team takes cover, and Magnum asks Ricochet if he can see who's in charge of the attackers. Ricochet is in the process of warning them that they're being outflanked when he's shot down by Starscream. Deathsaurus's troops have arrived. As Starscream gives the order to attack, he's interrupted by Flak unleashing a barrage of missiles, and Magnum orders the Autobots to take the fight to the Decepticons.
They make inroads into dispelling the Decepticons, but Deathsaurus himself picks that moment to make an appearance. Magnum rails at the Warlord for messing with the Combaticons' heads, but Deathsaurus claims he did nothing but give them a better offer, and is backed up by the nearby Combaticons who join in the battle. Though Dion is perturbed by Swindle trying to sell him weapons mid-combat, and Landshark is put off by Onslaught fighting him while taunting Thunder Clash.
Meanwhile Outback, Flak and Moonracer watch as Ricochet dies of his injuries. They barely have time to mourn before a furious Lyzack appears, wielding Leozack's sword. Side Burn is momentarily distracted by the sight, and is shot by Blast Off. After Brawl likewise downs Kup and Onslaught slams Landshark to the ground, the Combaticons merge into Bruticus to finish the job...
...only to be immediately blasted down by a newcomer (or newcomers), whom the Elite Guard are surprised to see.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"They fired on me first... that still counts as me finding them, right?"
- —Side Burn
"Nice shooting, Flak."
"Well, all those missiles had to be good for something."
- —Magnum and Flak
"The mighty Magnum knows who I am? I'm humbled. But "vile"? Tsk. Watch your tongue when in the presence of your new emperor!"
- —Deathsaurus
Notes
- Kup's reference to the "dreaded Omacronians of Persei Eight" is a reference to the planet Omicron Persei 8 from Futurama.
Errors
- On the second-to-last panel of page 1, Side Burn's speech balloon is missing, though its tail is still there. A transcript of what it was supposed to contain can be found on Wittenrich's DA journal.
