IDW - Beast Hunters #1

Story by: Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson
Written by: Mairghread Scott
Art by: Agustin Padilla
Colours by: Priscilla Tramontano
Letters by: Tom B. Long
Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

On Cybertron, the war is long over, and the Autobots, under Grimlock's command, are wholed up in a city to protect them from the Forged and Insecticons left on the planet.

Sludge returns from a hunting mission with a large dead beast in tow to be drained for power. He soon joins Snarl and Grimlock in the throne room to go about their daily business of mediating problems in the city etc, after a while, Slug appears with some dead bodies that Grimlock wanted to see, but Sludge insists that they call it quits for today (as Girmlock's getting tired, and his beast is getting ready to release itself) which would be bad for the city.

Sludge goes off hunting when he encounters Firestar being chased by some Insecticons, the two take down the Decepticons, and Firestar says she needs help. She is taken to see Grimlock, but when she reveals she's from Last Spark, Grimlock goes mad and refuses to help her due to them not wanting his help in the past.

Firestar leaves, but Snarl and Sludge accompany her back to Last Spark to help them out from their attackers. Inside the city, the two Dinobots aren't well received as the people there believe they are tainted with Shockwave's madness after seeing their actions in the Forged prison (back in Rage of the Dinobots), however their leader Airwave is convinced to let them at least try to help.

The two Dinobots are taken to see some of the body, and find them fully drained of Energon and torn apart, and some were even taken from INSIDE the city. The Dinobots decide to check out Shockwave's lab to see if there's any sign of the Insecticons, like Kickback, or something else that could do this. They're given some Energon pumps and head out

The duo make it to the tunnel leading to the lab, but find it blocked by some Insecticons, including Kickback.

Characters

Autobot

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Firestar - Hover Pic-Up Truck

Airwave

Slug - Triceratops

Last Spark Civilians

Grimlock-ville Civilians

Swoop - Pteranodon (Mentioned)

Optimus Prime (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Kickback - Insect

Insecticons - Insects

Backbite - Dragon (Flashback)

Shockwave (Mentioned)

The Forged (Mentioned)

Constructicons (Mentioned)

Other

Dead Guys

Primus (Mentioned)

Prisoners (Flashback)

Mini-Cons (Mentioned)

Notes

• This is set to accompany the events of the Beast Hunters TV series, so it may reveal some spoilers from the series after a few issues
• This is set a while after the conclusion of Rage of the Dinobots
• Firestar's appearance in both modes are mostly references to her G1 counterpart, but she also has some cues from Prime Ironhide too, and even a bit from Movie Salvage as well
• Airwave is shown to be an Autobot here, but in G1, which is where the character he's based on is from, is a Decepticon