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Transformers #40

Transformers

#40

Pretender to the Throne

Now working for a company named Alternate Reality, Ethan is playing with Optimus on a computer game, but the Autobot can't understand that he's not a computer character. Fortress Maximus' Autobots find out he's being stored there, and, after giving Goldbug a new body, decide to investigate. Goldbug finds Ethan, and they are able to use Prime to hack into Scorponok's computers. The Decepticon is creating Pretender shells for some of his warriors. However, he is traced, and to counter this, and hopefully snap Optimus out of his belief that he's a character, Goldbug contacts Fortress Maximus so he can make six Autobot Pretenders to counter them. The Autobots create six Pretenders shells also, and Optimus purposefully springs the Decepticon alarms so their Pretenders will attack Alternate Reality. Meanwhile, Scorponok enters the Decepticon computer. The Decepticon Pretenders find their Autobot counterparts waiting for them. Optimus directs the battle via Goldbug, and the Decepticons are beaten back. Optimus then defeats Scorponok, but after the Autobots win, still thinks he's a computer-generated character.


Creators View all

Writer Bob Budiansky
Cover Penciller José Delbo
Penciller José Delbo
Inker Dave Hunt
Colorist Nel Yomtov
Letterer Bill Oakley
Editor Don Daley
Editor in Chief Tom DeFalco

Characters View all

Optimus Prime (Autobot)
Sparkplug William Witwicky
Scorponok (Decepticon)
Mindwipe (Decepticon)
Goldbug (Autobot)
Spike Witwicky
Lord Zarak (Headmaster)
Highbrow (Autobot)
Landmine (Autobot)
Waverider (Autobot)
Brainstorm (Autobot)
Vorath (Headmaster)
Skullgrin (Decepticon)
Gort (Headmaster)
Cloudburst (Autobot)
Arcana (Headmaster)
Bomb-Burst (Decepticon)
Bugly (Decepticon)
Submarauder (Decepticon)
Iguanus (Decepticon)
Ethan Zachary
Groundbreaker (Autobot)
Splashdown (Autobot)
Sky High (Autobot)
Finback (Decepticon)

Details

Age Modern Age
Format Comic
Series Group Hasbro
Genre Adventure
No. of Pages 32
Country USA
Language English