Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission
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| "Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Books | ||||||||||||
| First published | 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Suzanne Weyn | ||||||||||||
| Artist | Carlos Garzón | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 0-87135-038-6 ISBN 9780871350381 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 32pp | ||||||||||||
Bumblebee proves his worth when his telescopic vision warns the Autobots of a Decepticon surprise attack!
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Synopsis
On a quiet day at the Autobot camp, Bumblebee has nothing to do. He tries to help Optimus Prime with repairs but Prime tells him the work is too hard for him. He offers to help Gears take stock of gasoline but is unable to reach the high barrels. He tries to join in with Bluestreak and Sideswipe who are racing to check their speeds, but they make fun of him for being slow. Upset, Bumblebee drives off into the nearby mountains, contemplating that he belongs in a junkyard.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons have a new invention: a jet engine silencer that will enable them to attack by surprise. Megatron orders the Decepticons to transform and attack.
Sitting on the edge of a tall cliff, Bumblebee spots the approaching Decepticons with his telescopic vision. He rushes back to camp shouting his warning, but Prowl dismisses him. If the Decepticons were coming, Prowl argues, they'd be able to hear the jets. Optimus Prime backs up Bumblebee, and orders the Autobots to break camp and move 20 miles south. Mirage stays put to creates a mirage of the camp.
The Decepticons attack, exhausting their firepower. Megatron starts to wonder why the Autobots are not fighting back, and why their bombs aren't causing any damage. When the Decepticons move in for a closer look the Autobots appear from the cover of bushes and fight them off. The Autobots are grateful for Bumblebee's warning and Optimus Prime commends him for his courage.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"Decepticons attacking! Decepticons attacking"
- —Bumblebee does his best Chicken Little impression
"Why don't they fight back? And why aren't our bombs causing any damage?"
- —Megatron displays keen battlefield awareness
"We would have been destroyed without you, Bumblebee. You may be small in size, but you're big in courage. And that makes you as big as any Autobot here."
- —Optimus Prime
Notes
- Bumblebee, feeling useless for being small, driving off into the mountains and sitting on a cliff-top feeling sorry for himself, is similar to the start of the Marvel Comic Plight of the Bumblebee!
- Bumblebee is drawn with the same model with the square head that appears in Forest Rescue Mission. The other characters have their cartoon models, although Megatron is based on the early rounded head version.
- Some generic Autobots are drawn, from behind looking like the toys of Prowl/Bluestreak and Sideswipe.
- Soundwave appears on the cover only.
- Mirage creates his illusions with waves of light coming from his eyes.
- The Autobot camp featured here is low tech, with several army-base looking buildings.
- The Autobots use gasoline as their fuel.
- An Autobot who looks like Rumble/Frenzy is seen from firing on the Decepticons beside Optimus Prime and Hound.
- Similar to "The Autobot Smasher!", the back cover features a cut-out standee of Bumblebee, but in a very static pose and with the square head.
- Bumblebee doesn't actually have a dangerous mission.
