TFCC #50 - Beast Wars Shattered Glass Part 2

Writers: Benson Yee & Pete Sinclair with Matt Frank

Pencils & Inks: Matt Frank

Colours: Thomas Deer

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Plot

In orbit around the prehistoric planet, a vessel has just left the hole in space and heads towards the planet like the Autobot and Decepticon shuttle did last issue.

On the surface, the Autobots discover that some experimental stasis pods with new Autobot bodies are missing, but since they have tracers they should be easy enough to find. The team go aboard a Sky-Sled thingie to reach the location, when the Decepticons attack and cause them to crash. The Autobots rush on foot to the pod's location, only to find themselves there too late, as Megatron has modified them and awakens them into Autojetter, Autolauncher and Scylla.

Ultra Magnus tries to connect with the new trio, considering them Autobots due to their origins, but they just attack the Autobots, and easily overpower them. The Autobots however are rescued by the new arrival, Depth Charge, who quickly takes down the new Decepticons/Predacons (WHATEVER!) before Megatron attacks him too. Magnus gets annoyed and shoots all the Decepti-Predacons and decide to head back to base. Before they leave however, Depth Charge introduces himself, and tells them he needs their help to save the Multiverse. (DUN DUN DUH!!!)

Characters

Autobot/Maximal

Ultra Magnus - Blue Mammoth

Grimlock - Raging Raptor

Ironhide - Elephant

Prowl - Lion

Silverbolt - Eagle

Depth Charge - Frequent Flier

Decepticon/Predacon

Megatron - Tank

Dirge - Sky Terror

Snap Trap - Snapping Turtle

Overbite - Shark

Seawing - Manta Ray

Skalor - Coelacanth

Scylla - Squid

Autojetter - Fighter Jet

Autolauncher - Personnel Carrier

Notes

• This comic doesn't appear to have a title (other than Beast Wars: Shattered Glass), so I'm just going to assumed this is just part 2, and not some random new title.
• The front cover to this issue is an homage to Marvel issue 22 with the border featuring the artwork to several TFCC/Botcon characters instead of the Marvel characters
• I like how Iornhide doesn't seem to care that Silverbolt is perched on his head....
• Scylla (the female Seacon Squid) replaces Tentakil here
• So yeah...how coincidental is it that the Autobots lost some stasis pods with "experimental bodies" just for the Decepticons to find? Sorta similar to Beast Wars huh?
• The profiles keep referring to the factions as Maximal and Predacon, despite in-fiction so far, they are all called Autobots and Decepticons so far (except when Depth Charge calls them Maximals, seemingly by mistake)
• Grimlock's profile implies that Slag and Sludge (and presumably the rest of the Azure team like Nightbeat, Siren, Minerva etc, and possibly the Graviton crew) were left behind on Azure to build up a force to go against the troubles on Earth (ie what happened in Invasion), so in otehr words, all those guys are most likely dead! (you know, from when the universe exploded!)

Other Features

Generation Hoist First Look

Botcon 2013 junk - er...Toys!

Generations E-Hobby Magnificus Advert

The Transformers Menagerie Part 2: The Dinobots

Grimlock Profile

Dirge Profile

Transformers I.Q.

Recordicons Mini-Comic

Transformers I.Q. Trivia Bonus - Info on Beast Wars II Starscream/Hellscream