All or Nothing!
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 Now there's a pain that's going to linger, I must say... | |||||||||||||
| "All or Nothing!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | October 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | December 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencilers | Derek Yaniger, Manny Galan, Andrew Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Inkers | Jim Amash, Marie Severin, Stephen Baskerville | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Sarra Mossoff | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Richard Starkings with Gaushell | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Rob Tokar | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
Fortress Maximus attempts to defeat an upgraded Megatron aboard the Ark while Hot Spot takes on Cobra!
Synopsis
Megatron, having been recently upgraded by Cobra, has taken control of the Ark and kidnapped undercover agent Dr. Biggles-Jones. Skydive and Spike Witwicky, one-time Headmaster partner to Fortress Maximus, have each managed to sneak on board in order to attempt to thwart Megatron's plans. Spike finds Fortress Maximus's body heavily damaged and is barely able to get the body functioning when he is forced into battle with Megatron. Fortress Maximus proves no match for the upgraded Decepticon leader, and only a distraction provided by Skydive proves enough to allow Maximus to walk away from the battle. He and Spike sacrifice themselves to destroy the Ark's antimatter conversion chamber, hoping to destroy the ship and Megatron with it. Although the Ark is destroyed and Skydive is able to rescue Dr. Biggles-Jones, the fate of Megatron remains unknown...
Meanwhile, on Earth, Hot Spot, the last member of a party of Autobots sent to Earth to deal with Megatron's return, sacrifices himself to ensure that Cybertronian technology does not fall into Cobra hands. When Skydive returns to Earth with Dr. Biggles-Jones, he and members of G.I. Joe reflect on the sacrifices of Fortress Maximus and Hot Spot.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- As Derek Yaniger couldn't meet the deadline for #2, Manny Galan and Andrew Wildman were drafted to help out. This makes the art extremely inconsistent, as all three artists had different styles (Galan tried to emulate Yaniger's but really struggled at it).
- Way back in "Still Life!", Grimlock was searching for the Ark so he could rescue the deactivated Autobots still aboard the ship. Since the ship was in Decepticon hands from that time on up to its destruction here, does that mean Fortress Maximus blew up a bunch of his comatose teammates?
- While Megatron claims Cobra just has Cybertronian junk, Hot Spot believes that humans could reverse-engineer even this technology. Since he died for it, you hope Hot Spot was right or that'd be a real pisser!
Errors
- Hot Spot should be rendered as two words, but is consistently rendered "Hotspot" here.
- On page 8, Spike transforms directly into Fortress Maximus's head, rather than Cerebros's.
References
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Reprints
- 2002 — Transformers: Dark Designs
