TFCC - A Flash Forward #3

Release Date: June/July 2012

Issue Number: 45

Continuity: Post Generation Two Redux

Writers: Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair

Pencils & Inks: Matt Frank

Colours: Thomas Deer

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Story

On Cybertron the Battlechargers roll up to Jhiaxus with an amnesiac Side Burn in tow and is brought into the fold for Jhiaxus' plans. In space Pyro and his team (minus Sizzle who wanted to stay on Earth for some reasons) when they have a distress signal from Nebulos. They go to investigate.

Spike, Carly and Chip greet the Autobots on Nebulos and they learn that a top scientist, Hi-Q has gone missing. Hubcap learns from Hi-Test that Hi-Q had his room under surveillance. The film shows the Battlechargers responsible for the kidnapping, the Autobots wonder why two thugs are kidnapping a scientist, but Pyro's glad, since they're too stupid to have covered their tracks well enough, so they may be able to find him easily.

Elsewhere, Jhiaxus has used Hi-Q's mind to create his own "Second Generation" to compete against the "Generation 2" created on Earth.

Characters

Autobot

Pyro - Fire Truck

Streetwise - Police Car

Blaze - Car

Hubcap - Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Windbreaker - Serene Shifter

Side Burn - Blue Flame Speedster Amnesiac 

Highbrow - Helicopter

Brainstorm - Jet

Chromedome - Car

Crosshairs - Van Buggy

Sizzle - Green Machine (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Jhiaxus - Fiery Flier

Runamuck - White Tasty Tuner

Runabout - Black Tasty Tuner

Second Generation

Go-Bot Mirage - F1 Race Car

Go-Bot Bumblebee - Sports Car

Go-Bot Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Go-Bot Soundwave - Sports Car

Go-Bot Frenzy - Sports Car

Go-Bot Nightracer - Sports Car

Go-Bot "Detectas" - Race Car In Pod

Go-Bot "Side Burn" - Muscle Car In Pod

Go-Bot "Side Swipe" - Hot Rod Car In Pod

Go-Bot "Prowl 2" - Police Car In Pod

Human

Spike Witwicky

Carly Witwicky

Chip Chase

Nebulon

Hi-Q

Hi-Test

Other Nebulons

Notes

• Side Burn has lost his memories, most likely due to being left in his stasis pod for so long
• Fizzle seems to have recently changed his name to Blaze for some reason
• The Witwickys and Chip seem to live on Nebulos now
• Nebulos sure has changed from being a forest-based world to a technological one hasn't it?
• Hubcap's power seems to be to force others to tell the truth
• The Second Generation is made up of the 3rd wave of Go-Bots from G2's toy line (minus Sideswipe), Nightracer (an exclusive toy) and four currently in-stasis robots that used the four unreleased Go-bOt molds that would later be used in RID instead.
• Jhiaxus being the leader of a Second Generation of Cybertronians seems very familiar....
• Images of Soundwave and Frenzy were seen in the last issue on screens...coincidentally what seems to be clones of them are seem here now. Also Nightbird is seen, which could be the basis for Nightracer too. The other 3 are Autobots traditionally, and in the toy line...very confusing....
• Hi-Q's project was the Powermaster Process, which wasn't seen in the cartoon
• In the Allspark Addendum, Strika's missiles are shown coming from her chest....this conjures up some inappropriate thoughts....
• The Back Cover also shows an image of Erector fighting the Constructicons which I don't recognize from anywhere else.

The Allspark Addendum

Sky-Byte by Strika

Mindwipe by Megatron

Blot by Starscream

Decepticon Weaponry by Ironfist

Other Features

Botcon 2012 Re-Cap!

Windbreaker Profile

Flamefeather Profile

Transformers I.Q.

Recordicons Mini-Comic