Megatron vs. Shockwave

[zechs27.insanejournal.com]

I apologize for cutting out the Circuit Breaker's origin which also happens in this issue. The end was just too good to pass up. This fight take's place in Transformers #8. For those wondering why Megatron is challenging Shockwave for leadership of the Decepticons see this:

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/674519.html#cutid1




And that's about the best shot Megs gets on Shockwave, who then show's off why he's so darn frightful: his total devotion to logic.





So Shockwave spares Megatron giving him a fate worse than death:




I used to have one of the next issues. I can't remember which one. It involved Dinobots. So I'm guessing they saved the Autobots but not Prime who remans a prisoner of Shockwave to #11 and I guess #12.

Alas to say, whatever comics I had of this series or G.I. Joe never survived past my childhood or is lost in for now in the boxes I kept my video game magazines.

Comments

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

*eyes the last panel*

When did Ratchet become a Decepticon? >_>

[zechs27.insanejournal.com]

When he and Megs became on. Oh wait that's much later on. Um I got nothing then

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Oh, insignia screw-ups happen all the time. They're not even noticeable anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

No, see, it's a red Decepticon symbol so he's from Shattered Glass (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shattered_Glass) and therefore a good Decepticon.

Or something.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Awww... Buster needs a hug and the damned robot stays in vehicle mode.. tsk tsk tsk...

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

BUSTER needs a hug? As of this moment, Ratchet's the last Autobot alive, as far as he knows.

"Buster needs a hug." BULLSHIT.

[bwmedia.wordpress.com (from insanejournal.com)]

The next two issues involves Ratchet sneaking into the Ark and confirming Buster's scouting report (Buster heads home with a bunch of college students he and Ratchet just happened to come across. He later get inklings of his new powers after a fight with Jessie and O. Thankfully, this was O's last appearance that I can recall.) Prime gives him a pep talk and tells him that he's taken steps to protect the Creation Matrix. (Pre-Furman it was a code that created new Transformer life, not a Matrix of Leadership knock-off.)

Ratchet tricks Megatron into allowing him to reactivate the Dinobots, but in the end Ratchet himself defeats Megatron (leading to #13) and reactivates the Autobots. If I had an account, I'd post those issue myself, but now you know the rest of the back-story. Good day.

[zechs27.insanejournal.com]

Yeah but the Matrix of Leadership wasn't around yet in the cartoons. So techincally this was first. I'm posting Devestator's first appearance which I think was #10 and after that the conclusion just of the Shockwave scenes (since someone already posted Buster taking Jetfire down hard).

I'm guessing Ratchet also tricked Megatron as well and that's how the Autobots got free when Shockwave creates Devestator.

[crinosg.insanejournal.com]

See? That's what I've always said; the only reason Megatron is in charge is because Shockwave thinks he should be.