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Panini issues 1-9

Simon Furman gets the band back together in today's episode, where we're taking a look at the surprisingly high-effort Transformers Armada comic published by Panini Comics (née Marvel UK). We talk Earthforce vibes and activity pages before we're joined by Stuart, who tells us all about Andrew Wildman oversharing and the worst game of Guess Who ever. Plus, we look at a little-known prequel comic to the PS2 Armada video game!

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Armada episode 52 - Mortal Combat / Micron Legend episode 52 - Shitō

Something cool finally happened! We pour one out for Ninja World and reflect on the first arc of Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers before taking a look at the final episode of Transformers Armada, which in many ways embodies the frustratingly almost-good nature of the show - but at least the fight between Optimus and Megatron is REALLY COOL, and our discussion ends on one of the most absurd twists we've had in the history of this show. Then, we look back over Armada's overall run, picking out the highlights (and lowlights) and discussing how we'd change things if we could do it all over. Fatality!

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Armada episode 45 - Dash / Micron Legend episode 45 - Uragiri

After a couple of real disappointments, we get back in the swing of things with some classic Decepticon Bickering. Hot Shot just wants to talk, Wheeljack reveals the secret fourth Mini-Con weapon, and Tidal Wave don't know nothin' about nothin'. All this, and Jo absolutely blindsides Wads with one of the funniest plot details of all time that was dropped from the dub.

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Dreamwave issues 6-13 - Fortress

We once again take a break from the cartoon to have a look at Simon Furman's debut on the Armada comic, which leans into his strengths — though they might not be what you think! Emergent themes, the full spectrum of Dreamwave art, and a villain that's ruthlessly committed to dialectics: we ended up enjoying this one more than we thought we would!

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Armada episode 44 - Uprising / Micron Legend episode 44 - Cybertron

Episode rating: Not applicable.

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Armada episode 43 - Puppet / Micron Legend episode 43 - Nisemono

The best character in all of Armada has arrived, and so has Daniel Adkins! Join us as they spin us a tale of space knights, wiki-work and Powerlinx decoes, before we fall through a vortex into an episode with promising, memorable imagery... that the writers just didn't care enough to do anything with.

(Fair warning: some of our commentary towards the end of the episode does get rather blue.)

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Armada episode 42 - Miracle / Micron Legend episode 42 - Fukkatsu

We delve into the Mystic Mystery of the Mini-Cons this week, with an episode that gets points for *trying* with its dub... even if it manages to "fix" errors that don't exist in the process. Blurr has been replaced with an impostor, High Wire wants to go to Candy Mountain, Megatron is keeping a picture of his nemesis on his pillow, and Hot Shot is, like, 10. PLUS: Orbs, generally.

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Armada episode 41 - Depart / Micron Legend episode 41 - Tabidachi

Our prayers for actual human interaction and focus on the kids is finally answered... but is it too little too late? Join us as we dive into Rad's parents' loveless marriage, and discover why Billy and Fred are just SO essential to the narrative that they can't be dropped. Plus: a special guest, here to tell you about the traaaaanslations!

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Armada episode 40 - Remorse / Micron Legend episode 40 - Aseri

A slow news week (or should that be "Joe news week"?) gives way to a character piece with some interesting animation, focusing on Hot Shot in the wake of Optimus's death — but more importantly, SCAVENGER GETS TO DO STUFF AGAIN! Plus, find out why Rad and Hot Shot are subtextually the same character!

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Armada episode 39 - Crisis / Micron Legend episode 39 - Kiki

Stop us if you've heard this one before - by which I mean "if you've watched The Transformers The Movie", because this entire episode is riffing on that. The kids still don't get to do anything, but at least they get to have opinions; Hot Shot is harsh, but not wrong; and Optimus Prime does that thing that Optimus Primes always do. This one's actually pretty affecting!

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