Of Masters and Mayhem
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Of Masters and Mayhemis the twelfth and final six-part story arc published through theofficial fan club,by license-holderFun Publications.The story appeared in2016in theclub's bi-monthly magazine,in issues#67to#72.The magazine comic arc is also accompanied by five online prose stories.
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Overview
Following the "finale" ofAnother Light,Of Masters and Mayhemis something of an "epilogue" to Fun Publications' comics, wrapping up the dangling mystery of what happened to humankind during the previous story, and also bringing backRamjet,from the very first club comic back in 2005, as a kind of bookending of the company's tenure. The story is largelypromotionfor the fourth and fifth series of the Collectors' Club'sTransformers Figure Subscription Service(as well as Ramjet, the club's 2016 promotional membership figure), and draws upon some concepts fromSuper-God Masterforce,with human-sizedPretendershiding and working amongst mankind.
Synopsis
In this pocket universe, theGreat Warconcluded...withThunder Mayhemthe victor. The combined form of theMayhem Attack Squad,magnum opus of Decepticon science, scouredCybertronof life, killing Autobot and Decepticon alike and driving the Cybertronian species to near-extinction.Impactor,leader and sole survivor of theWreckers,now seeks out fellow survivors in order to get revenge on Thunder Mayhem.
Meanwhile, the humans (and four AutobotPretenders) of theClassicsverselanded on the local Earth after being sent there byGaea.Keeping a low profile due to anti-Cybertronian sentiment,Spikeand his associates investigate their new home, which was mysteriously unpopulated by any native humans when they arrived. After five years of no results, they encountera mysterious man.
Herald of UnicronRamjetis finally free. Though his dimensional travel capabilities are now severely restricted by theShroud,he aims to carry on his master's legacy—destruction! And Ramjet links up with the Mayhem Attack Squad...
Creative team
The story arc was written byJesse WittenrichandPete Sinclair.The art was pencilled byDan Khanna,inked byJake Isenbergand colored byEvan Gaunttwith letters by Jesse Wittenrich. Pete Sinclair served as managing editor for the arc.
Notes
- The title of this continuity is obviously derived from the 1937 novellaOf Mice and Men,by American authorJohn Steinbeck.
- This continuity takes many influences from theMarvel Comics continuity,with all the classic G1 characters in "The Toxic Transformer" having their coloration from the Marvel G1 comic. There are some differences, though—notably,female Transformersseem to be much more common in this universe than in other Marvel-derived continuities. In addition, all smallTargetmasterpartners are Cybertronians rather thanNebulans,theMaximalsandPredaconshave already emerged in the modern day as a subset of the Decepticons, andUnicrondoes not exist.
