tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post1807063183413954115..comments2024-03-28T15:14:28.323-07:00Comments on Disciples of Boltax: Review: Marvel G1 #16 - Plight of the Bumblebee!Jimtronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-85918380732958670312009-08-29T11:11:28.189-07:002009-08-29T11:11:28.189-07:00The story told is that originally this issue was g...The story told is that originally this issue was going to be a fill-in by Peter David (very early in his comics career) which would also have featured Bumblebee (for what it's worth many years later David recalled writing the story and assumed it was printed at the time). So my guess is that this story is a very late in the day fill-in and there wasn't much time for editorial to sort out which Decepticon was hanging out with which leader.<br /><br />The Marvel editorial policy of the time was to have some fill-ins on standby and was very firm at making sure the books shipped on time which didn't leave a lot of time for the finer points of continuity. (Jim Owsley, briefly the TF editor, has recalled almost locking writers and artists in the office with him for the night to get emergency fill-ins done.) There's a Spider-Man issue from around this time that creates similar problems because it muddled up the two Hobgoblins.Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-85737510908207095212009-03-20T15:27:00.000-07:002009-03-20T15:27:00.000-07:00Caleb,I should be clear. I already know that othe...Caleb,<BR/><BR/>I should be clear. I already know that other titles have a long tradition of <I>using</I> fill-in stories. The question I'm having is more "was this pre-prepared just in case, or was it written only after Marvel knew they'd need a fill-in?"<BR/><BR/>If the former, it would pretty much <I>have</I> to be modular. If the latter, it could have done more to be a part of ongoing continuity, without relying on a few editorial tweaks.Mark Baker-Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-15548192991695147532009-03-20T01:15:00.000-07:002009-03-20T01:15:00.000-07:00I don't even remember the story at all but the...I don't even remember the story at all but the cover did catch my attention- that I remember. <BR/><BR/>If I had to guess I would say they were giving Budiansky a break & yes- it is something I've seen done on other comic titles. It's true that he helped provide names & bios for quite a few of the characters so its possible that he was otherwise busy. You could always ask him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-35004994156172212652009-03-19T18:03:00.000-07:002009-03-19T18:03:00.000-07:00Around the same time the final season of the carto...Around the same time the final season of the cartoon was ending, I was rediscovering the comic book——and decided to buy a whole ton of back issues from a mail-order comic book warehouse to complete my collection. This was the first "new" issue I read, and I instantly regretted buying it (and prayed that the rest of the back issues weren't this horrible).<BR/><BR/>I, too, have wondered why Marvel chose to print a filler story like this. It was published in May of 1986, which makes me wonder if there was something going on related to The Transformers: the Movie. Marvel was getting particularly ambitious, and by the end of the year they were publishing the movie adaptation as well as the TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE series and the crossover with G.I. Joe. Budiansky wasn't involved with the movie adaptation or the crossover, though, so I wonder if he just got really busy with developing TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE or something?<BR/><BR/>Something interesting about the version of this issue that was printed in digest format for TRANSFORMERS COMICS MAGAZINE is that the cover was recolored in similar but not identical colors——only this time Thundercracker is entirely purple!Zobovorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937442132663140091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-51842530835854846862009-03-19T17:33:00.000-07:002009-03-19T17:33:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Zobovorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937442132663140091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-52663247977743976182009-03-19T13:29:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:29:00.000-07:00Don't get me wrong, I don't fault having an entire...Don't get me wrong, I don't fault having an entirely modular story. I fault having an entirely modular story that isn't very good.Jimtronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-45360737091811854082009-03-19T13:12:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:12:00.000-07:00One does wonder at the history of a story like thi...One does wonder at the history of a story like this. Did Marvel request a story or two that they could keep "in the hopper" in case Budiansky fell behind? (Is this standard procedure for comics?) If so, it's hard to imagine how it could be anything <I>other</I> than a "throw-away plot," even though I'm not inclined to give it too much credit even under that excuse.Mark Baker-Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.com