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Megatron and Cobra Commander make a deal.

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 139
Script: Larry Hama Pencils: Chris Batista Inks: Baskerville, Williams, Hudson, Wallace Lettering: Rick Parker Colors: Sharen, Witterstaetter Editor: David Wohl


 * Major Transformers characters (in order of appearance): Megatron.
 * Originally published: August, 1993

Synopsis


Megatron, whose G1 gun body is visibly in terrible conditon, is insulted by Cobra Commander's proposed deal, and is attacking Cobra's shapeshifting Silent Castle. The human counterattack is ineffective until Doctor Biggles-Jones manages to hit Megatron with a hyper-velocity railgun of her own design. Megatron is impressed by the fact that, even after ripping a hole straight through him, the round still achieves escape velocity. He reopens negotiations. The deal is, Cobra gets the technology of the Ark, and in return, they rebuild his body, including the railgun.

While the work is in progress, Zarana proposes they just keep on disassembling Megatron to learn his secrets. Cobra Commander says he wants to stick to the deal, for the time being. Megatron, with his new upgraded sensors, overhears this, and smirks.

Later, we witness a test of a purple-and-green tank against a trio of Cobra HISS tanks. The oddly-colored tank destroys them with no difficulty, and then transforms into Megatron, in his new G2 body.

Several of the ongoing G.I. Joe plots are also visited in this issue, but are not relevant to the Transformers-related storyline.