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The Transformers#89
Cover: Robin Smith

The Transformers #89

Nov 1986 · Marvel UK · 0.30 GBP
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“Aerialbots over America!”

In "Aerialbots over America!", Prof. Jennifer “Spitfire” Swensen uncovers the truth behind her father’s mysterious death and takes up the mantle of the M.A.X., Model II armor—now known as Spitfire—after a daring theft from his lab. With the help of MIT’s Troubleshooters, she races to outwit Mick Bronson, the agent in the rival M.A.X., Model I armor, who’s determined to stop her. Written by Eliot R. Brown, Jack Morelli, and Gerry Conway, with art by Herb Trimpe and inks by Joe Sinnott and Tom Morgan, this 1986 Marvel UK classic features dynamic action and a fresh take on the Transformers mythos, all capped by a striking cover by Robin Smith.

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writer Eliot R. Brown · writer Jack Morelli · writer Gerry Conway · artist Herb Trimpe · inker Joe Sinnott · inker Tom Morgan · colorist George Roussos · letterer Rick Parker · cover Robin Smith

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letterer Rick Parker
cover pencils, inks Robin Smith

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Dr. Karl Swensen, inventor of the M.A.X. (Man Amplified X-periment) armor, is killed by an agent of his employer, Fritz Krotze. While going through her father's things Prof. Jennifer “Spitfire” Swensen finds information hinting he may have been killed. She later returns to her father's lab and, aided by MIT students, the Troubleshooters, locates the M.A.X., Model II armor and steals it from the lab. She is pursued by Krotze's agent, Mick Bronson, wearing the M.A.X., Model I armor. Jenny dons the M.A.X., Model II armor, dubbed Spitfire, and defeats Bronson.

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