Panini Armada issue 8
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| The Geewunners decide to get proactive about the Unicron Trilogy. | |||||||||||||
| "Earthshaker!" & "Tales of the Mini-Cons... Lost in Space!" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Panini | ||||||||||||
| First published | November 6, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencilers | Andrew Wildman ("Earthshaker!" only) Lee Sullivan ("Lost in Space!" only) | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Bambos Georgiou ("Earthshaker!" only) Lee Sullivan ("Lost in Space!" only) | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Junior Tomlin | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Neil Porter ("Earthshaker!" only) Nicholas Norman ("Lost in Space!" only) | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Panini Armada comic | ||||||||||||
The comic book Panini Armada issue 8 contains multiple stories or features.
Contents |
Panini Armada issue 8
Contents
- Earthshaker! (comic, 8 pages)
- Laserbeak: The Eye in the Sky!
- Data File #15: Red Alert
- Earthshaker! Power Poster
- Metal Mayhem! G1 comic giveaway
- Cyber Space! (features on upcoming toys, Marvel UK G1 collected editions and the Panini website.)
- Win Jetfire!
- Data File #16: Longarm
- Tales of the Mini-Cons... Lost in Space! (comic, 6 pages)
- Mini-con Breakout! (Puzzle Page)
- Starscream's Hate Mail!
- Colouring Contest!
Free Gift
- Cyber Stickers
A sheet of holographic stickers featuring Autobots, Decepticons and Mini-cons.
Earthshaker!
Synopsis
On the moon, the Decepticons have constructed a ridiculously extensive base, from which they plan to fire missiles at the Autobots' headquarters on Earth. The Autobots learn of this, but can't do much about it: their space bridge is still out of action, and Smokescreen and Scavenger on the moon can't reach the Decepticons' missile silo. The Mini-Cons offer to help by surrendering to the Decepticons in exchange for the Autobots being spared. Naturally, Megatron only pretends to agree—he sends Cyclonus to pick the Mini-Cons up in a solar barge, then plans to blow up the Autobots anyway.
The Autobots have planned on this, and quickly build a new spacebridge above their headquarters, while Smokescreen and Scavenger make their way to the Decepticons' own space bridge controls on the moon. Cyclonus captures the surrendering Mini-Cons, and Megatron fires the missiles at Earth. The warheads end up flying straight through the Autobots' space bridge... and emerge at the Decepticon base, where Smokescreen and Scavenger have connected the two portals. The Decepticons' headquarters goes up in flames, but Optimus Prime knows that they now have to rescue the surrendered Mini-Cons, who are already in space...
Credits
Script: Simon Furman
Pencils: Andrew Wildman
Inks: Bambos Georgiou
Colour: Junior Tomlin
Lettering: Neil Porter
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Mini-Cons |
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Quotes
"It's got all the amenities - throneroom, torture chamber, central heating and, best of all..."
"...I'll take it!"
"...It's very own missile silo."
- - Starscream sells Megatron on their new base.
Errors
- Cyclonus uses his helicopter mode's rotor to fly through the vacuum of space. Helicopters do not work that way!
- Megatron addresses Cyclonus when Demolishor was the last character shown to speak to him. Perhaps not an error per se, but Cyclonus does remain off-panel while Megatron and Starscream discuss the plan he is to carry out.
- The quote above about the missile silo shouldn't use an apostrophe in "its".
Items of note
- Hot Shot appears to do all the technical work on the space bridge when by all rights, Red Alert is the brains of the operation.
Lost in Space!
Synopsis
Aboard the solar barge, the Mini-Cons figure that the Autobots can't help them now, and decide to deal with things on their own. They break out of their cells, and Sparkplug and High Wire use magno-clamps walk out on the ship's outside and cut the cable Cyclonus is pulling it by. Unfortunately, the cable recoils and hits Sparkplug, sending him drifting in space. Cyclonus notices what is going on, but Jolt incapacitates him with a pair of taser darts that crashes his guidance systems. He then saves Sparkplug and flies back to the barge, which has extended its solar sails and is returning to Earth.
Credits
Script: Simon Furman
Pencils and ink: Lee Sullivan
Colour: Junior Tomlin
Lettering: Nicholas Norman
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"I guess I just needed to vent!"
- - Longarm just after he breaks out of his cell with his bare hands.
Errors
- Once more, Cyclonus is shown using his rotor blades to propel himself through the vacuum of space. This time Jolt does it too! A strange oversight, considering that the Mini-Cons need to switch to "sub-neuro speech drives" to communicate in the airless expanse of space.
- Sparkplug is consistently drawn without his little horns.
Items of note
- Jolt isn't the one to go outside and cut the cable because as a fellow helicopter, Cyclonus would have apparently detected the use of his rotor engines.
Starscream's Hate Mail!
"The Star Sabre is the most powerful weapon in the universe, and you've drawn an overgrown TENNIS RACKET!"
- = Starscream offers yet more of his brand of reader art criticism.
Notes
- While this issue is cover dated December 3rd 2003, it actually went on sale on November 6th.