Ghosts
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| This article is about the Generation 2 comic. For the supernatural entities, see Ghost. |
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| In space, no one can hear you transform. | |||||||||||||
| "Ghosts" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| Script | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art | Geoff Senior | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Sarra Mossoff | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Richard Starkings with Gaushell | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Rob Tokar | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
The Autobots and Decepticons discover a bigger threat than each other.
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Synopsis
Optimus Prime leads a group of Autobots against a group of Bludgeon's Decepticons on an alien world. The Decepticons want the alien super-weapons that are rumoured to be on this planet, but Bludgeon knows the Autobots, under pressure from a greater Decepticon army, want those weapons for themselves. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobots are being flattened.
Unknown to the Decepticons, Hot Rod has been sent off to create a distraction: to use the planet's old systems to create a ghostly figure that might distract or impress the occult-interested Bludgeon. Hot Rod sets to work, finding the place spooky.
A menacing figure appears at the battle, ordering the Transformers to leave or suffer the consequences. After an unnamed Decepticon attempts to fight against this figure, only to be incinerated, the Decepticons retreat. Optimus is pleased at Hot Rod's great work... which is when Hot Rod returns to announce the systems were too alien for him to figure out, the Autobots realize that this is no illusion and run away themselves.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Others |
|---|---|---|
Quotes
"We will simply have to fight and win using what we already possess in abundance - sheer guts and determination!"
- —Optimus Prime tries to dismiss away a lost advantage.
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- N/A
Continuity errors
- Bludgeon is now openly plotting things, whereas in issue #1 he and his army were still lying low.
- When Bludgeon references "the main Decepticon army" as being a motivating factor for the Autobots, he is ostensibly referring to Jhiaxus's forces. Bludgeon doesn't actually call them by name however, leaving the meaning of the reference vague.
- Grimlock is primarily coloured blue, presumably to match his Generation 2 toy, though he would revert to his traditional grey in the series proper.
Continuity notes
- Bludgeon was last seen as the leader of the Decepticons at the end of the Marvel Generation 1 series.
- Darkwing and Quake only show up in vehicle mode.
- The Guardian remains unnamed.
Real-life references
- The Guardian largely resembles the Xenomorphs from the Alien series of movies.
Other trivia
- This was a free issue and advertised as a "Halloween Special Edition".
- It was not included in the Transformers: Dark Designs trade paperback, but was finally reprinted in Hachette's Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection and not long after in Transformers: Best of the Rarities.
Furminated
- During the initial double-page spread, a random generic Decepticon (with clamps for hands) has his head blown off.
- Another is decapitated by Grimlock shortly afterwards.
- Finally, a third gets incinerated by the Guardian creature.
Cover
- Generation 2: Halloween Special Edition cover: the Autobots and Decepticons versus the Guardian, by Geoff Senior.
"Game over, man!"
Advertisements
- None yet identified.
Reprints
- Generation 2 #2: Megatron vs. Fortress Maximus, by Derek Yaniger
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 90: Generation 2 Part 1: Red Alert, by Dreamwave Productions and Kup, by Derek Yaniger.
- Transformers: Best of the Rarities: Soundwave and Ravage "cassette" by James Biggie.
Get ready for nightmares, kid!
(Marvel Comics, 1993)The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 90: Generation 2 Part 1
(Hachette Partworks, 2020)Best of the Rarities
(IDW Publishing, 2022)