The Bad Guy's Ball!
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| "The Bad Guy's Ball!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 12th May 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 19th May 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Pete Knifton | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Michael Eve | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Glib | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity/Earthforce | ||||||||||||
The Decepticons party like it's 1990.
Synopsis
The Decepticons have called an Enclave—a special truce between warring factions to meet, discuss differences and resolve them. The Autobots call such an event the "Bad Guy's Ball". With a Decepticon Civil War looming, Megatron and Shockwave are seeking to unite against the Earthforce, so they hold a grand party at which they agree that unity is the logical way to destroy the Autobots. The Autobots have come to the same conclusion and so Jazz, Sunstreaker, Bumblebee, and Ironhide have been sent to derail the proposed alliance.
First, Jazz sneaks up to Headstrong and knocks him out. Then Sunstreaker and Ironhide fire upon Megatron from afar whilst Jazz and Bumblebee throw Headstrong from the roof to land at Megatron's feet. Soundwave notes that Headstrong's blaster has been fired and deduces that the assassin is one of Shockwave's troops. Megatron turns on Shockwave, accusing him of calling the Enclave to assassinate him. Shockwave disputes this but the two Decepticon armies turn on each other.
After they have all gone, Jazz notes the oil and energon snacks are still there and starts to party!
Featured characters
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Quotes
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- An enclave is a physical territory, typically home to a group that is politically or ethnically distinct from the population that surrounds it. A more appropriate term for a Decepticon get-together would be a conclave.
Continuity errors
Continuity notes
- There are over thirty Decepticons at the Enclave: presumably the bulk of both factions. That means they outnumber Earthforce more than two to one: there were twelve initial members and only two extra Aerialbots showed up in "Mystery!".
- Megatron refers to a dislike of alliances. He previously has been in one with Shockwave ("Second Generation!") and Galvatron ("Time Wars"), and neither went well for him.
Real-life references
Other trivia
- Ravage eats from a bowl on the floor.
Back-up Material
- Additional Transformers Story: "Power Struggle"
- Other strips: G.I. Joe the Action Force - "The Tenth Letter" and Combat Colin
Covers (2)
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Issue #270 - Aw, they're friends... -
Fallen Star TPB ...nope, they've fallen out again.
- Issue #270 cover: Megatron and Shockwave clink glasses at the Enclave, by Stephen Baskerville.
- Fallen Star TPB cover: Megatron and Shockwave fight at Memphis airport, by Stewart Johnson.
