Shogun Warriors 1979 #18 Direct ed. - back issue - $5.00
The new threat behind the recent death of the Followers and the Men in Black robots is revealed as the Primal One, a glowing diamond of alien force energy. It instructs it's drones to track down Ilongo from the pendant that was stolen from the pilots in issue #16. Arriving onboard a massive glowing ship, Megatron (an immense gold robot) is dispatched to attack. Raydeen arrives to help Dangard Ace but the two are overpowered. They manage to knock Megatron off the ship and the ultra heavy robot sinks into the ocean. Realizing they need help, the Warriors decide to track down the Fantastic Four.
- The Chaos Wars?! - This Megatron debuted four years before the more famous Megatron did in 1984 as part of the Transformers line. The Primal One's drones are depicted as metallic humanoids. In one scene, Dangard Ace damages a whaling ship to save a pod of Humpback whales.
- - Includes house ad for Machine Man and Man-Thing series.
- - Letters from Gus Diaz, Kenneth Devoy, and Tad Ray Christiansen; includes house ad for Man-Thing series.
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