Transformation 86: Drive Angry.

3/1/2014

It's the fight the last two months have been building up to, as Ultra Magnus and Galvatron have a massive 11 page fight that has left me as giddy as a schoolgirl.

And also dressed as one.

Plus: Spitfire and the Troubleshooters and a reader who is somehow able to correctly predict the contents of the next two stories. How does he do it?

All in, Target: 2006 Part 8!

11 Comments

Auntie Slag

3/1/2014 09:17:10 am

Geoff Senior's art was AMAZING in this, but most importantly so was the colourist. The two together is miles above the polka-dot colouring and Delbo artwork of the US material. If someone wanted me to show them example of the TF comic at the time, I would have shown them a Geoff issue.

I had no idea about Marvel's New Universe, but I did enjoy Spitfire & the Troubleshooters. With the little gang around the main character it gave off a slight vibe of Iron Man of 2020 (which I think is the best backup strip ever).

And you've also been misspelling MY name for the last god knows how many number of years! But don't worry, I forgive you. And he's right, don't google Auntie Slag, your young eyes will whither!

snowkatt

3/1/2014 03:57:38 pm

my eyes have been withred already

* googles*

...oh..my...go...what is....i dont...even...

spock ?

meine eyes the goggles do nothing !

Auntie Slag

3/1/2014 09:33:04 am

Also, there were fantastic sound effects to accompany Geoff Senior's artwork. Just look at the image above; 'BRAK-A-THAMM'!!

And how about this medley;

CHUNCH!

BRAK-A-THOW!

CHA-DATCH!!!

THRUND!

ZUNTCH!

SKROKKK!

WRANCH!

KTANK!

Magic.

Tim Roll-Pickering link

3/1/2014 09:33:51 am

The first of the Ultra Magnus/Galvatron fights and probably the greatest, helped by the large page count given over to it. I had a rather longer wait for it than most but it certainly pays off.

The Giggly Sisters were based on characters in a 1968 movie that most of the target audience had probably never even heard of let alone seen. http://lewstringercomics.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-giggly-sisters.html Lew often did things like that - the Prisoner spoof is the most obvious - that make many of his strips a delight to read in adulthood where these things come afresh.

And is this the only time one of the back up strips had its cover reproduced in the comic?

Stuart

3/1/2014 03:11:29 pm

@ Anti Slog: Well, at least no one has noticed I kept getting Shelia Cranna's name wrong for the first few months of the blog. No one will ever find out my secret!

I think with Kazybrid, I was trying so hard not to call him Krazybird (which would make a pretty awesome native American) I totally failed to notice I'd gotten the second half of the name wrong as well.

@Tim, I think it's the only time, yeah. I suspect that, like last month's Herc poster, it's as much to do with filling up a page whilst they're not doing profiles (in anticipation of the Universe book that never happened) as anything else mind.

snowkatt

3/1/2014 04:09:01 pm

i'll be the voice of disconent again
but i always felt this issue was a bit underwhelming

the fight was over too quickly as is usually the case with fight scenes

and it was a bit inconsequential
magnus and galvatron dont actually have fisticuffs that much
its mostly magnus driving around with galvatron in pursuit being mental

its mostly the art that sells the naff story but even the art cant hide how flimsy the whole thing is

its cliffhanger was a nice cliffhanger but at the same time expected after all its part 8 it wouldnt be an 11 parter if magnus won now would it be ?

and personally i rather liked the throwback in regeneration one which subverted this issue's cliffhanger

especially because excluding 115\116 magnus would always lose to galvatron in the coming years

what i dislike about regeneration one is its slow as molasses pace and its obvious pandering to the trade

and i really hate that

Auntie Slag

4/1/2014 04:10:23 am

@ Snowkatt: Blasphemer! I think this issue was handled really well... I know what you mean about there being no actual fists to the face, but what's there is brilliant and somewhat unusual (it could perhaps be implied that there's a fair bit of punching going on between panels). I also thought it was very brave setting almost the entire issue in flashback. Brave? okay maybe a little inventive, I mean for an audience of eight year olds (more or less).

And when Galvatron v. Magnus square off for Round 2 in issue 116 there was an incredible amount of fisticuffs. So I appreciate the way the two fights are handled differently by the same writer and artist. No complaints from me.

Nice and dark outcome, this issue. With our last best hope being thoroughly trounced, a totally unstoppable villain, Volcano is ruined, Prime's lost. Ace.

snowkatt

11/1/2014 09:06:09 pm

seems my blasphemer ways have caught up with me a mere day after i left my unholy comment on this comic primus himself came down and smote my pc !

though in reality windows 7 crashed and refused to boot the day after i made that comment

took me a week to get the damn thing going again

but i stand with what i said !
underwhelming ! this should have been a two parter

Stuart

4/1/2014 05:40:55 am

I always found the way Galvatron clinging on so tight rips up the front of Magnus's cab really unsettling, after all, he's basically smashing in the guys chest...

Kevin Routledge

4/1/2014 08:39:45 am

Seconded. The panel where Galvatron swings out his hand and gouges his fingers into Magnus cab was quite a harrowing image to my (then) young mind.

What was interesting was that whilst I couldn't always recognise quality art at that age, I always knew this was beautiful and I'm not sure if it was ever this good again.

Felicity link

21/9/2016 06:53:43 am

I wonder if anyone ever called him Mike Crazybread by mistake.

Grimlock *should* be forced to admit the cartoon was OK! The cartoon was great! :-)

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