IDW - Robots in Disguise #15

Title: A Plan for Everything

Written by: John Barber

Pencils by: Andrew Griffith

Inks by: Brian Shearer

Colors by: Josh Perez

Letters by: Chris Mowry

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

At the Med Center things are hectic, when suddenly Jazz comes in with a badly injured Mirage saying that they need to leave, but too late, as Devastator tears open the roof of the med center. The still able bodied start evacuating the injured and fighting off the giant Decepticon, and the ground troops.

Back at the Black Room Megatron gloats to a still alive Bumblebee that Optimus won't be coming back this time to stop him, as Shockwave's had his followers send him on a chase elsewhere, when Megatron suddenly realizes that Shockwave's no longer in the room, which Soundwave quickly makes an excuse for.

The Med Center has fallen, and the Decepticons are taking on the last remaining fighters, when Ironhide and the Dinobots appear and aid their friends, and even bring along the giant Aerialbot Gestalt Superion for good measure to take on Devastator. A full on battle takes place across the city.

Megatron watches the battle from the Black Room on his monitors when Bumblebee asks Arcee why she's helping the Decepticons, since they're connected with Jhiaxus, her arch nemesis. Arcee explains that she had a long time to thing about things whilst she was repeatedly killing Jhiaxus in the past,a nd she reveals...that she HATES Decepticons, and skewers Bombshell's head, cutting off his control of Prowl and Devastator, who shut's down. She then signals Sideswipe, whom she didn't really kill last issue to start firing on the Decepticons, and chucks a gun to Bumblebee to help them out in battle.

Outside, the battle has turned in the good guy's favor (can't really say "Autobot's" here, can I?), and Skywarp escapes with his teleporting abilities. Starscream is dragged away by the other Decepticons, and Arcee reveals to Bumblebee that Megatron's plan all along was for him, himself to be the head for Devastator.

Elsewhere, Prowl, has been talking to himself about the situation over the past few years, until he reaches a single point, Spike Witwicky, at which point his thoughts, and the other five Constructicons are united as one, and their minds merge into a true Devastator, and wakes up.

At the Black Room, the good guys decide to go after Starscream and rescue him. Meanwhile, Devastator creeps up on Superion, and tears him to shreds, as his first true, uncontrolled act.

Characters

Autobot

Bumblebee - Car

Prowl - Car/Head (Part of Devastator)

Jazz - Car

Fixit - Ambulance

Ironhide - Van

Arcee - Car

Sideswipe - Car

Streetwise - Car

Scattershot - Jet

Tracks - Car

Cliffjumper - Car

Sizzle - Car

Slag - Triceratops

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Swoop - Pteranodon

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Superion - Aerialbot Gestalt Torn apart by Devastator

Aerialbots - Jets (Part of Superion)

Mirage - Car Injured

Optimus Prime/Orion Pax (Mentioned)

Wheeljack - Car (Mentioned) Dead

Broadside (Mentioned) Maybe Dead

Green Guy Killed by Turmoil

Decepticon

Megatron - Head

Starscream - Jet

Soundwave - Van

Bombshell Killed by Arcee

Turmoil - Tank

Tankor 

Dirge - Jet

Needlenose - Jet Maybe Killed by Slag

Astrotrain

Blitzwing

Apeface Smooshed by Superion

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Laserbeak - Data Disk

Ravage - Cassette

Rumble - Tank

Frenzy - Tank Knocked Out by Ironhide

Slugslinger - Jet

Skywarp - Jet

Acid Storm - Jet

Devastator - Constructicon Gestalt

Constructicons (Part of Devastator)

Shockwave (Mentioned)

NAIL

Metalhawk - Jet Injured Still

Sky-Byte - Flying Shark

Tappet - Car

Zetca

Hipotank - Tank Maybe killed by Turmoil

Other

Jhiaxus (Mentioned)

Ardurian Rocs (Mentioned)

Spike Witwicky (Mentioned)

Other Guys in CR Chambers

Notes

• Fixit screaming at Broadside over the communicator is of course a carry over from the end of the previous issue...where Broadside apparently gets killed by Devastator
• Mirage seems to have tried to sneak into the Decepticon camp or something, which is how he got so badly injured
• Jazz being a stone cold killer is a reference to his past as a special ops guy, and his cold murder of the human cop in the Ongoing
• Shockwave goes missing early on in this comic...Megatron doesn't seem to know why, but Soundwave and Bombshell act odd around the time he asks about it...hmmmm....
• Arcee's revealed to have known about Prowl being mind-controlled since it happened, as she says to him "I know your secret" back in issue 5, and she's just been playing along til she could get to Bombshell to get rid of him.
• The new Devastator is designed to be modular, meaning his parts can be exchanged when killed. Maybe a reference to the Scramble City style combiners.
• Megatron's new body is implied to be able to convert into a new head for Devastator if needed
• When Superion is torn apart, you can see the Aerialbots inside him screaming.
• Devastator is truly born as a real guy, rather than just a jumble of minds is when all the componants remember their hatred for Spike Witwicky.
• So yeah...Spike is STILL causing problems for the Transformers after more than a year since his last appearance.