Transformation 311: "What do you think this A stands for? France?"

26/4/2018

This week... the war is over. And the Autobots have lost! Will Prime's sacrifice be enough to stop Unicron? And how do you keep a Nebulon fresh for longer?

Plus, Shockwave shows off his figurine collection and Mindwipe thinks everyone is out of their mind. All in my look at SURRENDER! PART 1!.

6 Comments

bouncelot

27/4/2018 05:32:37 pm

We have finally reached the point where Earthforce can't fit in alongside the US stories. And, co-incidentally, this issue features Shockwave's forces as they were at the very start of the Earthforce era.

And that Transmasters letter is somewhat weird. The idea of giant alien robots having human-style families has always seemed incredibly stupid to me. This letter ensured that I never even considered joining Transmasters simply by mentioning that their fanfics were going in that direction. If Transmasters-related letters had given the impression that their fanficion was more in keeping with the premise of the franchise, I would probably have been interested in the group, whether or not I actually contacted them.

Cosmic Horse

27/4/2018 07:14:06 pm

Stu, I had quite a few of those Complete Spider-Man issues and I think that Colossus-looking guy is called Molten Man. I can't remember what the story was about or why the Green Goblin was hanging out with them (I think it might'be been Harry Osborn at that point?), but there you go. Thinking about it, along with the Marvel super heroes and villains Top Trumps, CS was probably my first introduction to American superhero comics, which is nice to be reminded of. I owe this blog so much...

Tim Roll-Pickering link

27/4/2018 09:48:29 pm

The original issue that cover is from is Web of Spider-Man #66 and the cover can be seen at http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Web_of_Spider-Man_Vol_1_66 This was a period when both the Molten Man and the second Green Goblin (who are brothers in law) were trying to reform and become heroes, battling against Tombstone.

Stuart

30/4/2018 08:28:30 am

Good catch on Molton Man, thanks for the info :)

Ryan F

27/4/2018 09:05:01 pm

I’ve recently learnt that the opening to this issue is known in the writing trade as a “Compo Cut”. Prime saying “Autobots never surrender” and the story then immediately switching to him surrendering is very akin to old episodes of ‘Last of the Summer Wine’, wherein the character Compo would often say stuff like “you’d never catch me rolling down a hill in a wheeled bathtub”, only for the episode to cut to him doing exactly that!

And a little tidbit from the US letters page around the time - it was confirmed there that Shockwave’s Blackpool base was in fact the original Decepticon ship from issue #1. Of course, the Americans never got Target: 2006, in which that same ship was blown up...

Stuart

30/4/2018 08:29:46 am

IIRC Americans call it a Gilligan's Cut after that sitcom their film and TV shows will often mention, but which we rarely saw.

Transformation 311: "What do you think this A stands for? France?"

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