Sig-Pub - Transformers Robots in Disguise #1

Comic Title: Look Before You Leap!

Writer: Richard Mead

Artists: Dan Khanna and Evan Guantt 

Letterer: Terry Sambridge

Price: £3.49

Plot

Bumblebee and Strongarm wonder how they're going to get Springload into a Stasis Cell from the make-shift cage they made for him, so they decide to call the Scrapyard to send Sideswipe with a Stasis Cell before he can escape.

Before long, Sideswipe, along with the Humans arrive at the temple where the Autobots attempt to put him in the cell, but Springload manages to escape by clinging onto the lid of the casket, attacks Sideswipe with his acid-tongue and runs off. The Autobots give chase, but Springload manages to evade him.

Not long afterwards, the Autobots locate Springload inside a film studio, where they find Springload mistaking some prop-treasure for real treasure from the city of Doradus. The Autobots go in for an attack, but Bumblebee and Strongarm get trapped by some of the studio's gadgets (trapdoors etc) but Sideswipe manages to trick Springload into running from him, right into a backdrop-wall painted to look like an open field, knocking out the Decepticon.

Bumblebee congratulates Sideswipe on his success, and has him get the Stasis Cell from the temple again, before Springload can escape once more.

Characters

Autobot

Bumblebee - Sports Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Strongarm - Police SUV

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Fixit 

Decepticon

Springload - Hooded Jeep

Human

Denny Clay

Russell Clay

Notes

• This series from Signature Publishing replaces Titan as the UK Transformers comic exclusive provider.
• This story is set just after "Rumble in the Jungle" and explains just how Strongarm and Bumblebee got Springload into a Stasis Cell.
• The comic is actually reasonably good, compared to the magazine itself anyway.
• The way he was defeated in this issue, I guess Springload has no spacial awareness....

Other Features

Transformers RID App Advert - Comes with a scan shield!

Transformers RID ID Form - Just fill in your info for your own use....yeah....

Meet the Autobots - Meet the Autobots! (well 6 of them anyway)

Grimlock Route Puzzle - Guide Grimlock to Underbite

Fire When Ready! - Reprint of IDW Robots in Disguise #0

Odd One Out Puzzle - Find the odd one out from the Decepticon pictures

"Posters" - I can't really call them posters, but saying "pictures" sounds stupid

Spot the Difference Puzzle - Guess what you do here...

Draw Optimus Prime - Do a grid copy image of Optimus in vehicle mode

Colouring - Colour in some pictures of Steeljaw and Bumblebee

Fact File - Information on Bumblebee!

Transformers Post - Fixit asks for mail and pictures for future issue

Competition Time! Win a Mega Optimus Prime toy!

Make a Door Hanger - Destroy the back cover to make a crappy door hanger!

Back Page - Pretty picture of Bumblebee running at you, next issue is November 20th