People Power!

A small band of Autobots take Optimus Prime's consciousness to Nebulos to have a new body built for him, but encounter some potentially deadly challenges.

=Marvel US issue #42= (Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #176-177)

Writer: Bob Budiansky Pencil Art: Jose Delbo Ink Art: Danny Bulanadi Letterer: Bill Oakley Colorist: Nelson Yomtov Editor: Don Daley

Darkwing, Dreadwind, Hi-Test, Throttle, Goldbug, Slapdash, Joyride, Getaway, Hi-Q, Optimus Prime, Dreadwing
 * Major Characters (in order of appearance):


 * Originally published: July, 1988

Synopsis
Fortress Maximus has ordered the skeleton crew on the Steelhaven to travel to Nebulos to get some help in rebuilding Optimus Prime. Goldbug, Slapdash, Joyride, and Getaway meet with the Nebulan scientist Hi-Q, who explains that after the events of the Headmasters miniseries, the citizens of Nebulos tainted their own energy sources so as to be poisonous to any Transformers that might seek to return to their world. When Decepticons Darkwing and Dreadwind arrived soon after the departure of the other Transformers, they soon found themselves victim of this poisoning, and lay dormant for a time. They were later revived by Nebulan traitors Hi-Test and Throttle, who had stolen power-conversion plans that eventually created the Powermasters. Hi-Q, the creator of this process, binary bonds with the reborn Optimus Prime, and several members of his staff join with other Autobots, in order to combat the threat posed by Darkwing and Dreadwind. They, too, leave Nebulos to join the other Transformers on Earth.

Errors

 * The Nebulan capital city of Koraja appears radically different than it did in the Headmasters miniseries; the new version of Koraja is both much larger and more overtly high-tech than the miniseries' version.

Items of note

 * Goldbug is the only Autobot who ends up not needing to become a Powermaster, thanks to his high fuel efficiency.


 * Which is convenient, since Hi-Q's fourth assistant is a staunch pacifist who refuses to fight alongside the Autobots.