Prisoner of War!



'''A group of sentient warring robots crash lands on Earth four million years ago. When they awake in the present day, their battle begins anew.'''

=Marvel US issue #3= (Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #5-6)

Writer: Jim Salicrup Pencils: Frank Springer Inks: Kim DeMulder and Jim Esposito Lettering: Janice Chiang and others Colors: Nelson Yomtov Editor: Bob Budiansky


 * Major characters (in order of appearance): Starscream, Sparkplug Witwicky, Megatron, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage,Optimus Prime, Bumblebee,
 * Originally published: January, 1985

Synopsis
The Decepticons bring Sparkplug Witwicky to their fortress, and force him to work on a fuel conversion system. While the Autobots plan a rescue mission, Spider-Man infiltrates the Decepticon fortress in hopes of breaking a story for the Daily Bugle. He is assisted by the Autobot Gears. Together, they are able to rescue Sparkplug, but Gears is critically injured in the process. His last words before going off-line inform that Autobots that the Decepticons got what they wanted out of Sparkplug.

Errors

 * TBA

Items of note

 * Advertised as part 3 in a 4-issue limited series.
 * Guest stars Spider-Man in the symbiont costume.