IDW - Rage of the Dinobots #1

Written by: Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott

Art by: Agustin Padilla

Colours by: Thomas Deer

Letters by: Shawn Lee

Editorial Assistance by: Jean-Carlo Tirado

Editor: John Barber

Plot

The last of the Autobots are evacuating the planet on Ultra Magnus' orders, on the surface of Cybertron however the Dinobots are taking on the Decepticon ground troops, so that the armada can escape, during the attacks Swoop gets into some problems with the Decepticons, however Ultra Magnus appears in his fighter jet and helps out, only to be shot down in the process.

The Dinobots decide to go looking for Magnus before they leave, just in case he's still alive. Elsewhere, Ser-Ket is spying on Grimlock and the others and has some of his troops reach their target before them. The Dinobots make their way to the crashed ship where they encounter Backbite, a Predacon, Grimlock transforms into his dinosaur mode and battles the Predacon, but slowly starts to lose his mind to his beast mode, he manages to knock out the Predacon, but has trouble regaining his senses and even tries to eat Sludge, once he transforms however Backbite recovers and kidnaps Swoop, taking hi away to his lair.

Ser-Ket contacts Shockwave and tells him that his team has captured Ultra Magnus, and that Swoop is on his way as well, ready for Magnus to be reforged (as a beast mode I'd assume)

Characters

Autobot

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Slug - Triceratops

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Swoop - Pteranodon Captured by Backbite

Ultra Magnus - Truck Captured by The Forged

Impactor - Cannon Mounted Car (Voice Only)

Optimus Prime (Mentioned)

Autobot Convoy

Decepticon

Ser-Ket

Shockwave

The Forged

Black Off - Jet Killed by Grimlock

"Inferno"

"Leozack"

Megatron (Mentioned)

Other Decepticon Attackers

Predacon

Backbite - Dragon

Notes

• This issue (and the following issues still to be released) are being used to bridge the events of the Fall of Cybertron games and the Prime TV Series
• Impactor is heard here, and it's known that he has a toy coming out, and from the cartoon that he is dead by the present day events
• Some of the Decepticons seen seem to be based on some Decepticons and Predacons from the past
• Predacons are known of, but were extinct until Shockwave starts his experiments