Where Wolf?
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 Where oh where wolf? / I've looked everywhere wolf. / Where oh where? / Where is my werewolf? | |||||||||||||
| "Where Wolf?" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | 9th June 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 16th June 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Jeff Anderson | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Stephen Baskerville | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Stuart Bartlett | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity/Earthforce | ||||||||||||
What happened to Carnivac?
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Synopsis
At the Earthforce base, Grimlock has heard the request of the Autobot Survivors but is reluctant to help a Decepticon. However, Prowl points out that they need extra members and there are five potentials here. This persuades Grimlock to send a squad, but he suspects Carnivac is already dead.
Snarler is by the blast site, commenting aloud on how Carnivac had to be ended as a dangerous example. He suddenly notices something in the wreckage and goes to investigate but someone drops a huge machine on him, killing him instantly.
Elsewhere, Bludgeon is upset. He tells Octopunch and Stranglehold that Carnivac deserved a warrior's death, preferably a one-on-one fight, not to be gunned down from afar. However, his desire for a fight is not to be disappointed as the Autobots have arrived. Springer sends Broadside to find Carnivac whilst the other Autobots take on the Pretenders.
From a small hill, Spinister observes the fight and deduces that the other Mayhems are outnumbered and will soon be dead but don't care as they enjoy it. But Spinister feels differently. As the mission is now complete, he decides to return to Cybertron. Suddenly, he is shot dead from afar by an unseen mechanoid.
Meanwhile, Broadside has found Snarler's corpse along with the remains of Carnivac's Pretender shell and tries to work out what is going on.
On the beach, Springer has captured Bludgeon but is shocked to hear Carnivac is dead. Bludgeon declares that, whatever happens, the Mayhems have won. Springer is horrified and prepares to execute Bludgeon but is stopped by... Carnivac! Only his outer shell was destroyed and he survived despite the huge mental shock.
Prowl tells Carnivac that he's proved himself worthy of trust as it took a Decepticon to remind the Autobots they don't kill in cold blood. Prowl welcomes Carnivac as a member of the Autobots. Carnivac responds that he didn't stop the killing for mercy—the Mayhems killed his friend Catilla and deserve none—but because keeping them alive and cheating them of a warrior's death is a crueler, more humiliating fate. He may now be a member of the Earthforce, "but let's not forget I'm still an evil Decepticon at heart!"
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
Notes
Artwork and technical errors
- Despite being the second-in-command of Earthforce, Prowl is at the rear of the joint Earthforce/Survivors force when they arrive on the beach.
Continuity errors
Continuity notes
- The Survivors now join the ranks of Earthforce. Although some or all of the five members would occasionally work together in future stories, they would more often be indistinct amongst the regular ranks of the Autobots.
Real-life references
Other trivia
Back-up material
- Additional Transformers story: "Ashes, Ashes..."
- Other strips: G.I. Joe the Action Force - "Cold Snap" and Combat Colin
Cover
- Issue #274 cover: Earthforce to the rescue, by Pete Venters.
Issue #274
Reprints
- Transformers Annual 1992: the Dinobots on the rampage, by Jeff Anderson.
- Transformers Winter Special: Optimus Prime mourns the dying Scorponok, by Stewart Johnson.
- Transformers: Way of the Warrior: Carnivac and Springer stand victorious over a Limbo nightmare creature, by Simon Coleby.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road: Bludgeon (art reused from Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye profiles) above an interior scene of Grimlock punching through Fangry (from US issue #80) by Andrew Wildman.
Transformers Annual 1992; Cover art by Jeff Anderson
Winter Special; cover art by Staz
Way of the Warrior (Titan Books, 2005)
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20 (Hachette Partworks, Ltd., 2018)
