IDW - Beast Hunters #3

Story by: Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott

Written by: Mike Johnson

Art by: Agustin Padilla

Colours by: Priscilla Tramontano

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Long ago, Shockwave began to take an interest in Earth, and began watching it out of curiosity.

In the present day, Grimlock and Swoop are underground in some old tunnels, where Swoop annoys Grimlock by talking too much, and they encounter a group of the Forged's soldiers, whom the 2 Dinobots manage to take down fairly quickly. Grimlock figures out that the group couldn't have been down there just to guard some old rubble, so he removes it and reveals an old door, which opens into an abandoned lab of Shockwave's, filled with discarded bones and damaged equipment.

Meanwhile, at Last Spark Snarl and Sludge have returned to help them rebuild and repair after their fight with Airwave, the people of the city are wary of the two Dinobots, but are willing to believe they are there to help out.

Back at Shockwave's old lab, the two Dinobots have found some shattered tubes, but also see some still intact, until whatever's inside it smashes out, revealing a living Tyrannosaurus Rex! Swoop comments on how he looks like Grimlock, but Girmlock disagrees, transforming and taking on the real Dinosaur, meanwhile three more tubes begin to smash open, leaving Swoop to contend with a Pteranodon, Stegosaurus and Triceratops alone.

Characters

Autobot

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Firestar - Hover Pick-Up Truck

Zoom

Last Spark Denizens

Airwave - Jet Dead

Slug - Triceratops (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Forged Warriors Killed by Grimlock and Swoop

Shockwave (Flashback)

Other

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Pteranodon

Stegosaurus

Triceratops

Notes

• This marks Swoop's first appearance since the end of Rage of the Dinobots
• It's not clear, but the thing Snarl is carrying at Last Spark looks a bit like Airwave's corpse...
• Zoom's love of talking, and name could be references to Blurr
• The dinosaurs shown here in Shockwave's lab are lacking feathers, and have glowing eyes, possibly hints that they aren't really dinosaurs after all, but robotic copies
• The lack of an Apatosaurus could be a reference to how Sludge was originally just a test subject
• The Pteranodon is coloured like G1 Swoop