#6 - No Title Given/"Blast From The Past!"

Information provided by Chris McFeely.

Credits

Script - Simon Furman / Pencils - Andrew Wildman / Inks - Lee Townsend / Colors - Junior Tomlin / Lettering - Neil Porter

Story

Using their own Space Bridge, the Decepticons transport themselves to the Moon, where they begin searching for Mini-Cons. Since the Autobots have no Space Bridge of their own (see issue #4), Optimus Prime radios Jetfire on Cybertron, and has him send Smokescreen and Scavenger to the Moon via the Space Bridge on Cybertron. At the same time, Optimus Prime and the Mini-Cons launch a rocket to the Moon, programmed to track down any fragments of the Mini-Con ship there.

Scavenger and Smokescreen arrive at the Moon, where they are suddenly attacked by Cyclonus and Demolishor! As Smokescreen falls, the Autobot rocket flies by, activating the Mini-Con Liftor. Liftor quickly Powerlinx with Smokescreen, giving him the strength to take out Demolishor, even as Prime informs Megatron that the rocket has beamed out all of the Mini-Cons on the Moon. Stymed, the Decepticons return to Earth.

Tales of the Mini-Cons: Blast From The Past!

Credits

Script - Simon Furman / Pencils - Keiron Ward / Inks - Lee Townsend / Colors - Junior Tomlin / Lettering - Neil Porter

Story

In 1959, a fragment of the Mini-Con spacecraft is unearthed in Nevada, along with the Land Military Mini-Con Team inside. Captured by the US Military, they are reprogrammed by Dr. Grant and his assistants, Quint and Hathaway. The Mini-Cons impress the humans with their sheer power, but escape from the base a few hours later!

With their own programming on the verge of returning, the Land Military Team flee to the nearby town of Stillwater. Wreckage contacts a local priest, Amos Hume, and gives him a message code. The Mini-Cons are then recaptured by the military and taken away; Humes' demands for explainations are ignored.

In 2003, when Amos Hume sees news footage of the Air Defense Team's actions in Chicago (see last issue), he knows it's time to deliver the message...

Notes and Comments

• This issue's extras consisted of:
  • A "Mini-Con Holding Cell", a plastic jail cell large enough to hold Mini-Cons
  • Profiles of Smokescreen and Liftor
  • A feature page: "Mini-Con Code Wheels"
  • A contest to win a DVD copy of Transformers: The Movie
• Scavenger is colored a pale yellow for this issue's entire comic.
• Amos Hume's name is a reference to the original Marvel UK Transformers comic. During a period when Dreadwind answered its letters page, he referred to humans as "humes."
• Starting with this issue, Starscream takes over the letters page, and is shockingly unpleasant about all the kids' drawings that get sent in.