#springer
Did I ever post this? I completely forgot if I ever posted this.
- a preview of a G1 kink-meme request for Accidental Zombie.
weeps joyously
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Everyone is so round and adorable in this style! Bumble feels like an older sibling figure to the movie kids though
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Marvel UK’s Carnivac (Part 2)
Canivac’s next appearances showed the conflict between his warrior honor, Decepticon pride, and self preservation. His pride drove him to refuse the Autobot brand and come into conflict with Springer over protecting humans. However, when a new Mayhem Attack Squad consisting of Bludgeon, Octopunch, Stranglehold, Snarler, Needlenose, and Spinister came to hunt him down, he realized that running away and leaving the humans to fend for themselves was the coward’s way out, especially when the humans he protected tried to help him.
Thus, Carnivac stood his ground and fought. For the first time, he realized the value of protecting something, the strength that came from fighting for more than just pride. He risked his life for the humans he formerly disdained, and would have died a hero if Catilla didn’t arrive in the nick of time.
Unlike other the story arcs of other honorable Decepticons in the franchise, Carnivac survived his battle with his enemies and his inner demons. Instead. Catilla was killed by Bludgeon saving his partner. When Springer and the rest of his team arrived and drove off the Mayhem Attack Squad, he and Carnivac were left lamenting the price of their foolish pride. Carnivac swore revenge, and he would eventually get it…
(To be continued…)
Scans originally from The Transformers UK #237-239. Color reprints from Transformers Annual 1992. Writer Simon Furman, artists Simon Coleby, Lee Sullivan, and Geoff Senior.
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Marvel UK’s Carnivac (Part 1)
Every so often, comic writers will breathe new life into characters who would otherwise be obscure. Such was the case with Carnivac, the Decepticon Pretender Beast in the Marvel UK G1 comics (which were made as filler for the Marvel US G1 comics due to different distribution schedules). Under Simon Furman’s Pen, he became a solid B-list character, an honorable warrior was was friends with the Autobot Wrecker leader Springer.
Described in his original Tech Spec as a frenzied and sadistic fighter who was nevertheless polite and cheerful, Carnivac first appeared in the UK comics in the Time Wars storyline as the leader of the Mayhem Attack Squad, a group of Decepticon crack commandos. He united his forces with Springer’s Wreckers to fight off a time-travelling Galvatron. As the battle progressed and Springer saved his life, the two gained a certain appreciation for each other. Originally tasked with betraying Springer and killing the Wreckers once Galvatron was defeated, Carnivac’s warrior honor prevented him from doing so. Instead, when both teams were stranded on earth for the time being, Carnivac and his partner Catilla defected from the Decepticons to join Springer.
However, Carnivac stands out from other defectors among the Transformers in that he never stopped being a Decepticon. While honor and friendship were more important to him than factional loyalties, he still retained a Decepticon warrior’s code and held a Decepticon point of view. Paradoxical, but unique.
(To be continued…)
Scans from The Transformers UK #201-222. Writer Simon Furman, artists Robin Smith, Dan Reed, and John Stokes.
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