#273
#274
#275
#273-275
Although I wanted to stretch this out for the lack of a
story, I didn’t feel the need to show all five characters walking out of the
machine. I wanted to take a little extra time to explain why Powerglide came
out of the machine white (which his updated toy was strangely colored) and I
skipped Silverbolt and Sunstreaker’s upgrade debuts completely. I don’t think
we missed anything by doing it this way.
The actual explanation for Powerglide being white made no
sense, I definitely put no effort into thinking up something plausible but I
never thought it was something that needed a good explanation anyway.
Optimus’ ‘conundrum of rational thought’ insult in comic
#273 was clunky and needed spelling out but I definitely wanted to poke fun at
Powerglide being a MINIbot, yet transformed into a plane. I thought it was
silly when I was younger and that transferred to me as an adult. I know a lot
of fans didn’t like that Powerglide’s updated toy was one of the bigger size
classes but I was one of the few that was happy about it.
The only other thing that needs mentioning in these
comics is Grimlock’s line at the end of #275 when he drags out Powerglide’s
name. In the first part of the G1 cartoon episode ‘Dinobot Island’ Grimlock
said his name in a similar way, pantomiming how Powerglide referred to himself
in the third person in a dramatic way. I’m not sure it worked in the setting of
this comic.
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