Basic Information
Cover Characters: Dead End
Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX
Cover Date: April 2010
Price: £2.75
Poster: Zombie Dead End in the Old West
Comic Title: Spare Parts!
Script: Simon Furman
Art: Jon Davis-Hunt
Colours: Hi-Fi Design
Lettering: Den Patrick
Comic Plot
The Cadets are in Death Valley on a training session when Dead End suddenly appears and begins to stalk the trio. The three lament how all the action is already over and all that's left to do is train and do clean up jobs (like catching the rogue Decepticons).
The three of them arrive in a ghost town to find an emergency recharge pack left by Bumblebee for them so they split up. The three of them split up and Jolt is attacked by Dead End, who tears off his left arm. Dead End then attacks the other two Autobots and injured his right arm, but just slots Jolt's arm in and has it act as a replacement.
Whilst the fight takes place Jolt finds the recharge pack and powers himself up, he then uses one of his whips to grab hold of Dead End and electrocutes him, knocking him out.
Two days later at Diego Garcia Dead End has been repaired and Ratchet explains that he had a regeneration circuit inside him that kept him alive, despite him being supposed to be dead, and then commends the trio as true Autobots for rescuing the Decepticon.
Comic Characters
Autobots
Jolt - Electric Car
Dune Runner - Military Buggy
Rollbar - Truck
Ratchet - Emergency Humvee
Bumblebee -Concept Camaro (mentioned)
Sideswipe - Concept Corvette (flashback)
Ironhide - Pick Up Truck (flashback)
Hoist - Tow Truck (flashback, being captured)
Decepticons
Dead End - Audi R8
Comic Notes
- The last Volume 2 comic with the annoying extended cover!
- This story introduces the Cadet's team (Jolt, Rollbar, Dune Runner)
- Dead End is a zombie/vampire type creature
- When Dead End absorbs a body piece, it changes colour to resemble his own
- Hoist is shown as one of the Decepticons being rounded up....HUH?!?! Maybe he's just a rogue Autobot?
- When Dead End is restored at the end he looks more like his toy again
- Ratchet seems oddly happy that Megatron is experimenting on his troops....
Extra Features
Adverts
Competitions
Perplexing and Hexing - Word Search
Cover Version - Colour in your own version of the poster (despite saying it's the cover)
Soundwave's Space Shots - Views of TF locations from space
Gallery of Glory - Design and Transformer entries showcase
More than meets the eye - Transformer puzzles
Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide host a letters page!
Starscream's Stars - Starscream's horoscope column
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