"Brainstorm!" the Transformers#11 (December 1985) with credits to Bob Budiansky (script), Herb Trimpe (pencils), Tom Palmer (inks), Nel Yomtov (colors), Diana Albers (letters), and Mike Carlin (editor)
Kicking off the comic reviews, we take a look at look at Jetfire's first real foray into action.
When we last left Buster he was freaking out about his sudden mechanical skills. He can't tell his dad and decides to go for a long bike ride with Jessie. He also discovers his powers are becoming a bit more refined, as evidenced by his making Jesse's bike chain break, forcing them to stop by a waterfall.
Back at Blackrock's plant, Optimus Prime hasn't used the Matrix to bring Jetfire to life yet. Shockwave, no dummy he, figures Prime must have passed the power onto someone else, but who? Checking Rumble's memory banks shows him footage of Buster sneaking into the Autobot base.
The Autobots figure Buster is in trouble, thanks to a bug left in the plant. Prowl figures they'd better get to Buster first, so he dispatches Bluestreak and Bumblebee. They get to Sparkplug's shop, but he makes it clear he isn't interested in helping them. Figuring he'd better get to his son first, Sparkplug rushes out, unaware that the Autobots are following him.
Pity that's not the only tail Sparkplug has, as Laserbeak has been following them too. Bluestreak spies the Decepticon spy and manages to beat the bird back, but not before Laserbeak sends Buster's location to Shockwave.
With the info, Shockwave activates Jetfire properly. He's only a shell and little more than a remote drone, but he's big and works so that's good enough. He gets there super fast but Bumblebee figures that since Jetfire isn't alive, Buster should be able to control him and overwrite his programing.
Buster does just that and give Jetfire the motivation to help them rescue Optimus. Shockwave, however, figures that since Optimus clearly doesn't have the Matrix his usefulness is now officially over.
Pretty good, although Jetfire does bring up some uncomfortable questions. Like, if Buster can rewrite his personality and tear his body apart, why couldn't Optimus do that? Is it because Jetfire didn't have any programing?
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