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Transformers: Mosaic #496 - "Resonance"

Originally posted on June 9th, 2010

Story - Juan Pablo Osorio Art - Ben Pirrie Colours - Ibai Canales Words - Franco Villa

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: The Lost Seasons

wada sez: The first panel of this strip incorporates the events of the "Return to Cybertron" Marvel Comics storyline; per Villa on deviantART: “That was one of the most epic stories I've ever read in Budiansky's run... it had to be brough in cartoon continuity!” Triggerhappy may seem a little out-of-place; he was originally "a conehead", but "other stories" required a change. The present-day timeframe of the final panels is set after “The Rebirth”. Villa is credited with “words” here, which implies to me he both wrote the script and lettered the strip. Clean inks and Italian version below.

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Transformers: Mosaic #497 - "New Dog, Old Tricks"

Originally posted on June 10th, 2010

Story - Ben Pirrie Art - Ed Pirrie Colours - John-Paul Bove Letters - Graham Thomson

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wada sez: This strip continues a scene from The Transformers: The Movie, showing how it leads into the events of the iconic Marvel UK storyline “Target: 2006″. From Ed Pirrie on deviantART: “It was an obvious scene to tell, since it seems most everyone knows when and where Target: 2006 was supposed to begin during the movie, and this was a really satisfying script to get it out there once and for all with.” I think that purple-headed Decepticon on the far right of panel 3 must be Reflector? Preview panels and clean inks below.

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Transformers: Mosaic #218 - "Burning Bridges"

Originally posted on July 4th, 2008

Story - Robert Lock Art - Ben Pirrie Colours - David C. Ayling Letters - Carlos Oliveros

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wada sez: An origin is provided for Ruckus here; he was originally an employee of "Speedway Couriers", and was upgraded into his Triggercon form by the Decepticons after intervening in a shootout. Gherkin observes that he uses his new firepower to "go postal". The barkeeper seen on Elpasos in "Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!" is seen cowering behind the bar, with a Galvatron wanted poster on the second panel cementing the reference. The spaghetti-western-inspired planet suits the quick-drawing Ruckus. The flaming motorcycle courier stands out as what I can only assume is an OC; the other one appears to be Wreck-Gar. A previous strip also used the same title “Burning Bridges”. Clean colors below.

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Transformers: Mosaic #175 - "First They Came"

Originally posted on June 2nd, 2008

Story - Robert Lock Art - Ben Pirrie Colours - Susan Loweck Letters - Carlos Oliveros

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wada sez: Mainframe is an impersonal Action Master scientist, assisted by his partner Push-Button. Windmill is a Europe-exclusive Action Master Elite. Slamdance’s background cameo here draws on his role as a reporter in War Within: The Age of Wrath, ahead of similar appearances later in IDW’s run. Valvolux is an obscure city on Cybertron, lifted from Ruckus’ original Budiansky profile. Shockwave is perhaps the most notable absence from Megatron Origin, with only his blaster hand sneaking in an easter-egg appearance in issue #2. The title and contents of this strip are, of course, a tasteless reference to the famous 1946 poem of the same name, written by German pastor Martin Niemöller, professing guilt over not speaking out against the Nazis earlier in their rise to power.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures gets a Deluxe Hardcover Library Edition #comics #dnd

Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures gets a Deluxe Hardcover Library Edition

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Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures gets a Deluxe Hardcover Library Edition #comics #dnd

Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures gets a Deluxe Hardcover Library Edition