The Transformers issue 20/Robo-Capers
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| Robo-Capers (issue 20) | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | |||||||||||||||
| Published in | The Transformers issue 20 | |||||||||||||||
| First published | 15th June, 1985 | |||||||||||||||
| By | Lew Stringer | |||||||||||||||
The King hopes to invade Earth with a robot in disguise.
Synopsis
The King accosts a passing thing to tell them about the new robot he's had developed – a robot with the ability to transform itself into a normal Earth vehicle to invade the hated planet and destroy the humans covertly. The King boasts nobody will suspect it of being a robot in disguise – not realising that Earth motor cars typically don't have visible arms, legs, or heads.
Featured characters
| Zipponians | Robots |
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Quotes
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Notes
Artwork and technical errors
Continuity errors
Continuity notes
- As an early strip, this instalment features an alien best described as a head with arms and legs. Non-Zipponian inhabitants of Planet Zip like these would be phased out as the strip continued.
- It's this strip that establishes explicitly that Zip's enemy is Earth.
- The King has a rotating set of headpieces in these early strips – today's is an ice lolly.
Real-life references
- This is the first Robo-Capers strip to poke fun at its parent title, The Transformers, with the King explicitly using the terms "transform" and "robot in disguise".
