IDW - Robot Heroes: I am Optimus Prime

Plot

Optimus Prime and his friends Bumblebee, Prowl, Drift, Arcee and Ratchet travel to the planet Earth on the Ark to look for more Energon.

On Earth the Autobots take on vehicle modes to stay hidden and use the Ark as their base. Megatron and his Decepticons have come to Earth as well in their ship, the Nemesis, every info-dumps themselves, and the Transformers fight over the fate of Earth. The Autobots make allies with some humans and manage to defeat the Decepticon, for now.

The Autobots stay on Earth to protect it now...or something....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Bumblebee - Muscle Car (Former Hovercraft)

Prowl - Police Car

Drift - Race Car

Ratchet - Ambulance

Arcee - Sports Car

Jazz - Hover Car

Decepticon

Megatron

Shockwave

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Skywarp - Fighter Jet (Former Tetra Jet)

Blitzwing 

Soundwave - Boombox

Ravage - Cassette

Laserbeak - Cassette

Thundercracker - Tetra Jet

Other

Primus

Friendly Verity

Pink Shirt Guy

Hoodie

Notes

• This is a (currently) one-shot story-book aimed towards kids, using the Robot Heroes line as the basis
• Oddly a fair few of the characters in this comic DON'T actually have a Rescue Bots toy
• The alternate modes shown in this story couldn't possibly come from those robot modes, unless they cheat A LOT
• Primus gave Optimus the Matrix....yup
• The Ark is said to be underwater at first (like in IDW's early G1 stuff) but is then seen sticking out of a mountain later (like in the G1 cartoon)
• I'm surprised Megatron has his fusion cannon here...considering it's a kid-friendly story
• I think Blitzwing and Drift might have replaced Thundercracker and Jazz at some point, as both of them are seen on Cybertron, and then just disappear again. Drift is understandable as he was the new character being shoved down our throats at the time, but why Blitzwing?
• The fighting scenes in this story book look more like dancing
• The female human ally seems to be based on Verity Carlo...albeit more innocent looking
• Before the start of More Than Meets the Eye, Drift pushing Starscream into the lake was the greatest thing he'd ever done.
• This comic is made up of pretty much just double page spreads
• Optimus and Megatron used to be friends (and then they started "dancing"