IDW - Rodimus vs Cyclonus

Staff

Written by: Simon Furman

Art by: Boo

Colours by: Josh Burcham

Letters by: Chris Mowry

Assistant Editor: Carlos Guzman

Editor: Andy Schmidt

Plot

Ultra Magnus has been killed, and Galvatron has claimed the Matrix for himself, he then gloats about how he is so close to victory as Autobot City has been razed, Cybertron is mostly defenseless and most of the more powerful Autobots are out of the way, he then tells Cyclonus and Scourge to hunt down the remaining Autobots, and that the one who has the highest head count will be made his new second-in-command. The two split up and chase down some Autobot ships.

Hot Rod/Rodimus, Kup and the others leave Quintessa on their stolen ship and start to hunt down their friends with Wheelie driving the ship. They soon locate the shuttles remains on the Planet of Junk and begin to head that way when Cyclonus appears from nowhere and starts attacking the ship. Rodimus tricks Cyclonus into stopping his attack by challenging him to one-on-one combat inside the ship, which the Decepticon agrees to. The two fight inside the ship, with Cyclonus taking the lead very early on.

Kup contacts another Autobot ship nearby who is under attack from Scourge to come near their ship, as he's figured out that the two aren't too fond of each other and will fight on sight right now. Rodimus gets Cyclonus to punch a radioactive pipe which shoots off in his face and he defeats Cyclonus in battle, forcing him to leave, outside he sees the other shuttle and he and Scourge fight, allowing the two ships full of  Autobots to escape on their own courses.

The shuttle with Kup on it lands on the Planet of Junk shortly later.

Characters

Autobot

Hot Rod/Rodimus - Sports Car

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Wheelie - Car

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Slag - Triceratops

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Grapple - Crane

Warpath - Tank

Tracks - Muscle Car

Jazz - Sports Car

Bumblebee - Beetle

Arcee - Sports Car

Wreck-Gar - Motorcycle

Ultra Magnus - Car Carrier Killed by the Sweeps

Optimus Prime - Truck (Flashback) Killed by Megatron

Blurr - Race Car (Flashback)

Perceptor - Microscope (Flashback)

Decepticon

Galvatron - Laser Cannon

Cyclonus - Space Jet

Scourge - Stealth Bomber

Sweeps - Stealth Bombers

Devastator - Constructicon Gestalt

Lugnut - A10 Thunderbolt Jet

Rumble - Tank

Frenzy - Tank

Other

Unicron - Ringed Planet

Notes

• There's no reason why this story couldn't be counted in the canon of the IDW Movie adaptation, the only possible problem would be the character models. The last panel even seems to be mostly lifted from that issue as well!
• Most of the characters in this comic are based on their Reveal the Shield or Generations toys. Some however use their older character models, despite modern equivalents being available, like with Tracks, Optimus, Perceptor or Bumblebee.
• This comic was made available with the Rodimus vs Cyclonus box set
• My version of this comic is the European version, and thus is has the trilingual text boxes...yaaaaay
• Cyclonus is angry that he didn't get troops like Scourge did