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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 17, 2021 18:52:00 GMT
Picked this up from the Spar near my Gran's in Dunfermline, we were in the process of moving up to Scone and I'd been staying there. Brought me back into the comic hook, line and sinker after the tedium of the Joe Crossover and then getting ready to move from Norn Iron to Scotland saw me fall by the wayside.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 30, 2021 18:47:34 GMT
30 Years Ago This Fortnight: Issue #312Surrender! - Part 2: On Cybertron, Galvatron attacks Autobase forcing Xaaron to flee underground. On Earth, Optimus decides the diplomatic approach isn't working and leaves his cell after forcefully throwing Soundwave into a wall. However, he has trouble trying to persuade Kup to help him. Zarak and Bludgeon watch four blips on the radar approaching quickly before Hot Rod bursts into the room and grabs Zarak, bluffing that he'll pull his arms off. Zarak orders Scorponok's body to grab Kup by the head, and a stalemate ensues. Prime convinces Zarak to join him just as Shockwave and Starscream attack. On Cybertron, Xaaron comes face to face with Galvatron in the tunnels beneath Autobase. Machine Man 2020 - He Lives Again! - Part 4: Previously printed in #30 Elsewhere, Transformation advises readers that Collected Comics #18 will go on sale at the end of April, featuring the first part of Time Wars; Julie Giggly is abducted; the amazing readers' poll asks fans for their favourites and worsts of the year; on the letters' page Blaster disappoints Craig Ash of Tamworth by telling him Krok, Axer and the other 'new' Action Masters won't feature in the comic; and there's a full page Manta Force advert from Bluebird for Vile Stinkhorn and his Stenchoids. 
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2021 19:45:55 GMT
Blaster lies.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 30, 2021 20:51:56 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 30, 2021 20:52:19 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 31, 2021 6:07:30 GMT
Looking back, it's a bit harsh that Marvel wanted readers to vote on a 'worst artist'.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 31, 2021 17:31:59 GMT
Tis a bit. But then surely Dwayne Turner would run away with that one and nobody would really care.
It's interesting it's an 'all time' poll and not a 1990 one.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 31, 2021 17:32:09 GMT
Yup, I don't think many comics had the worst option when they did polls. They'd often get you to rank strips in order of popularity - like 2000ad for example.
Odd the cover doesn't have any copy, given the image you'd think there's be some kind of tagline, as it's not one that jumps out at you on the shelf at the newsagents.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 31, 2021 18:17:14 GMT
Hey, kids! We're cutting back on staff. Tell us which of our artists is the worst, and we'll see to it that he NEVER WORKS AGAIN! Good, clean, wholesome fun!
Martin
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Post by The Huff on Apr 1, 2021 7:37:29 GMT
Odd the cover doesn't have any copy, given the image you'd think there's be some kind of tagline, as it's not one that jumps out at you on the shelf at the newsagents. I thought that too - there must be text missing. If you didn't know what was going on you'd just see a red hand touching some sort of vice while two monsters are watching intently. One of the creatures his laughing, so the red guy must be about to fall for some sort of buzzer prank. Edit: Actually, that would make me want to buy the issue. I'd be disappointed if it were all about some boring alliance though... |
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Post by chrisl on Apr 1, 2021 8:05:33 GMT
John Moore! Now there's a name from the past - and the start of TMUK. I was just about to make the exact same point - although I'm sure he had disappeared just before the G2 membership increase of 94/95. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 1, 2021 8:38:58 GMT
If you didn't know what was going on you'd just see a red hand touching some sort of vice while two monsters are watching intently. One of the creatures his laughing, so the red guy must be about to fall for some sort of buzzer prank. I think you've just talked yourself into a task of drawing us the zoomed out picture, revealing what's really going on. Martin |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 1, 2021 17:57:55 GMT
If you didn't know what was going on you'd just see a red hand touching some sort of vice while two monsters are watching intently. One of the creatures his laughing, so the red guy must be about to fall for some sort of buzzer prank. I think you've just talked yourself into a task of drawing us the zoomed out picture, revealing what's really going on. Martin SECONDED! |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 1, 2021 18:13:39 GMT
"Scissors cuts paper." Prime kicked himself for not paying attention to who he was playing, as Scorponok won rock-paper-scissors for the first time in his life. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 13, 2021 8:44:51 GMT
30 Years Ago This Fortnight: Issue #313...All This and Civil War 2 - Part 1: Starscream surveys the destroyed Decepticon base and proclaims he has managed to kill Scorponok, but Shockwave is not so sure. Starscream orders his Decepticons to dig any survivors out of the rubble, but Scorponok erupts from the ground, grabbing Starscream's leg in a pincer. Some way below them, Optimus drags Hot Rod from the wreckage while Soundwave orders his Decepticons to help Scorponok. Prime is annoyed his fragile alliance has been threatened, but decides to leave the warring Decepticons to it. On Hydrus 4, Grimlock has resurrected the Dinobots using Nucleon, but when his leg jams he begins secretly to worry about the consequences. The Enemy Within 2.1: Previously printed in #14, now in full colour. Elsewhere, Transformation recaps absolutely everything going on in the comic as The Enemy Within returns after a three issue break; Slapdash features in the A-Z; there's a back page advert for Transformers and GI Joe Holiday Specials, on sale now (CC18); Colin continues to search for the missing Giggly; and on the letters' page, Blaster is surprised to receive letters from two girls and claims he gets that 'extra gleam' on his bodywork by polishing it with Decepticon ear wax. 
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 13, 2021 8:45:04 GMT
I wonder with this cover did Staz come up with the idea, or did the editor direct him. There's a kind of chicken or the egg type question with the strapline and the art. This probably doesn't need explaining to anyone here but: The strapline Bomb the Base refers to Shockwave's attack on Scorponok's base in the story, but also to the 80s one-man hip hop band of the same name. He had a hit with a track called Megablast in 1988, which was used in the Bitmap Brothers computer game Xenon 2. Xenon 2 is a top down scrolling shooter, which is why this cover is drawn from that perspective - it's a homage to the game, but the connection only really works with the strapline to explain it. Megablast: Xenon 2:  |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2021 9:47:36 GMT
I had not clicked the Xenon 2 connection before.
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Post by tomwe on Apr 13, 2021 9:58:38 GMT
Wow that's a blast from the past! They had it in Swindon Oasis arcade I think …!
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 13, 2021 10:24:00 GMT
I had not clicked the Xenon 2 connection before. -Ralph What! With your extensive knowledge of 80s/90s dance music? |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2021 10:47:30 GMT
I am very familiar with Bomb the Base and Xenon 2. I just had not linked them to the cover of TFUK #313!
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Post by Benn on Apr 13, 2021 11:39:29 GMT
It literally says 'Bomb The Base' on the cover.
Even I had made that connection. Not the video game one though.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 22, 2021 21:20:11 GMT
I'm almost certain I've got the posters from the early issues of the comic in a box of stuff still in my parents' loft. I don't see why I'd have kept the comics but not the posters, I think they just got separated, but I spotted the poster from issue 27 going cheap recently. It turned up today. Lovely to see it again, I fondly remember having it on my bedroom wall. It's the A2 one with Cybertron top right and various characters around it in space.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2021 21:43:03 GMT
I had it on my bedroom wall,
When I was very small.
-Ralph
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Post by tomwe on Apr 23, 2021 10:59:05 GMT
Neither of these lads are me, though it is my bedroom. Gotta be December 1985.  |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 23, 2021 18:45:10 GMT
There it is! Fantastic. And the posters from #29 and #30. Where's the Dinobot one from #28?
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Post by tomwe on Apr 24, 2021 8:38:40 GMT
There it is! Fantastic. And the posters from #29 and #30. Where's the Dinobot one from #28? Good question. My first issue was the ratchet one- 26? So I should have had it. this is the only other similar photo I have- from ‘89 now. I’m in this one (blue shirt)  |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 27, 2021 18:27:29 GMT
30 Years Ago This Fortnight: Issue #314...All This and Civil War 2 - Part 2: Shockwave and Scorponok fight in the waters off Manhattan Island, devastating the area. On Cybertron, Xaaron tries to evade Galvatron but can't. Galvatron orders him to reveal the secret of how to defeat Unicron, and Xaaron says it can only be done if the children of Primus are united. On Earth, the President calls on GB Blackrock while Optimus tries to halt the fighting Decepticons. He manages to make them stop, just as the Neo-Knights descend from the sky. The Enemy Within 3.1: Previously printed in #15. Elsewhere, Transformation claims Scorponok weighs 44.25 tonnes and Shockwave 43.78 while announcing a free and frighteningly crazy Beetlejuice joke book; Punch/Counter-Punch features in the A-Z; Colin is still looking for Julie Giggly; Milky Way encourage readers to cut up their comic to get five tokens towards a free flying saucer; and on the letters' page, Blaster publishers a picture of SOCKwave, while Robert Suddaby of Carterton probably ended up quite disappointed after asking to swap his Silverbolt for an Arcee (all weapons, good condition). 
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 27, 2021 18:38:35 GMT
Did their Universe or A-Z entries mention their tonnage?
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 27, 2021 18:43:59 GMT
Scorponok never had a Universe or A-Z entry.
But he had a Transformation tonnage rating.
My question is, where are the scales they used?
Martin
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Post by Nigel on Apr 29, 2021 18:02:00 GMT
I'm a little behind in posting here, but 313 was the issue that got me back into the comic. I originally collected from 47 (missing only two issues) but eventually bored of the three-story-per-issue format and stopped at 250. 313 caught my eye in Tesco and browsing it I found that the art was stunning. I bought it and thoroughly enjoyed the story too, so subscribed at the local newsagent (though as it turned out, that didn't kick in until 316 and it would be some time until I got those two missing issues). I stuck with it again until the end. The latter issues are actually my favourite period of the entire run.
I once worked out that I actually didn't miss that much of the Marvel US stories over those 60-odd issues.
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