Sammy Harker

Sammy Harker is ahumanfrom theMarvel portionof theGeneration 1continuity family.

...but your Dad says to stay out late and party!

Sammy Harkeris a young boy fromStansham,Englandwho dreams about theMan of Iron.He likes to dress up as aRed IndianNative American.

Fiction

MarvelThe Transformerscomics

John Ridgway draws his own son being kidnapped.

Sammy was playing in thewoodsnearStansham Castlewhen he encountered agiant robot.Terrified out of his mind, he ran home where he arrived in a state of shock. His fatherRoy,the castle's curator, revealed that Stansham had a long history ofgiant robotactivity:Godwin the StrongarmandAethelricboth encountered the Man of Iron in1017,according to an old manuscript. That night, Sammy dreamed thata robotstole the manuscript illustration from his room, and was surprised to see it the next day on the seat of a Porsche parked outside his house. The Porsche began talking to him and told him to get inside. When he did, the Porsche locked the doors and drove away, much to the anguish of Sammy's mother.

The Porsche revealed his name was Jazz, and told Sammy that he was the robot he had seen in the woods. He then introduced Sammy to his friends Mirage,Trailbreaker,andBluestreak.Suddenly they were attacked byfighter planesand only Sammy's quick driving saved Jazz. Once theAutobotshad seen off their attackers, Jazz took Sammy to ashuttlenearby where he was introduced to the Autobots' leader,Optimus Prime!While Sammy told Optimus about the legend of the Man of Iron, Optimus explained that beneath Stansham Castle was an Autobot rescue craft that had been waiting for millions of years and that theDecepticonsmust not find it first.

Returning to the castle with Sammy, the Autobots once more battled the Decepticons and Sammy was reunited with his father. He explained how the Autobots were trying to help and suggested they cleared the area. After the smoke had cleared and the Autobots had left, the site was cleaned up. Sammy never saw Jazz again, but he continued to dream about the Man of Iron.Man of Iron

Notes

• He's based onJohn Ridgway's real life son, and the look would be recycled for2000 AD'sLuke Kirbystrip.^[1]

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