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thanekos (thanekos) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-09 13:52:00

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genre: previews, publisher: idw, title: transformers

Megatron's Homages and Mark Twain's Awesomages
so, yeah, remember that All Hail Megatron Apocalypse Comics variant cover where Megatron homaged the Killing Joke?

well, for issue 12 of whatever of said maxi-series, there's another Apocalyptic-unique homage.

oooh. I love that the fusion cannon's gone. was expecting it to be in a trashcan.

as for the other half of my post subject... it's Mark Twain blowing up Ravage in a Chuck Dixon written TF elseworlds.

No, seriously.

(the other folks fill our human quota for a TF story on Earth- in this case, they're an inventor who got tangled up with Starscream's revived Decepticons [Megatron's still in stasis here] and people he's trying to tell about the alien robots who want to conquer us all.)

And yes, the inventor is using a sword against Ravage. (yeah, he's pretty big here. No Soundwave in this set of 'Cons.)

Well, that worked as well as expected.

and then, the Decepticons are defeated by driving their Astrotrain off a cliff.

Mark Twain didn't do that, though.

But he could've.

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	icon_uk 2009-05-09 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	Steampunk Ravage is VERY cool.... but then Ravage always IS! (Reply to this)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-05-09 03:19 pm UTC (link)
	Despite owning Transformers toys as a kid, I was never very interested in the show. I'm definitely not a fan of Transformers today. However, I am a fan of cigar-smoking, ass-kicking Mark Twain here. If more Transformers stories involved Mark Twain blowing up steampunk Decepticons, you could count me in for sure. (Reply to this)

	rustedone 2009-05-09 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	That's not just any camera Megatron's holding! That's Reflector! http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Reflector And I've been wanting to track down TF: Hearts of Steel for awhile now, especially due to Totally Awesome Mark Twain. (Reply to this)

	darklorelei 2009-05-09 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	Mark Twain, much like Tesla, is a sure indicator of Awesome. (Reply to this)

	noahbrand 2009-05-10 02:22 am UTC (link)
	People you think it's safe to fuck with, but it never, ever is: 1. Captain America 2. Tim Drake 3. Mark Twain (Reply to this)

	Very Awesome. proteus_lives 2009-05-10 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Twain is an original OG. You know who else would have sent the Decepticons crying home to Cybertron? Theodore Roosevelt, that's who. TR wouldn't have fucking blinked at having to fight giant alien robots. "Mechanical men who are extraterrstial and enormous in stature? Bully! We shall give them what for!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Very Awesome. xandertarbert 2009-05-11 02:53 am UTC (link)
	What the world really needs is a Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, and NinjaEinstein team-up. Throw in ghost Edison for the Donatello role, and you've got a team that can handle anything from robotic space invasions to fixing the economy. (Reply to this) (Parent)