Titan - Transformers Prime #17

Cover Date: Nov/Dec 2013

Cover Price: £3.99

Poster: Beast Hunters Bumblebee

Comic Title: Collider Scope

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Horacio Domingues

Colours: Nestor Pereyra

Lettering: Comicraft

Plot

Earthquakes start occuring in Europe, an area not usually known for quakes. Fowler is contacted by the president about a situation in the area, where some American troops have gone missing. Fowler informs the Autobots and a team is sent out to investigate.

Before long, the Autobots make it inside the underground base and find Shockwave working with the Decepticons to use the particle accelerator to create a permanent space bridge to Cybertron. The Autobots attack the Decepticons, but Shockwave summons Predaking to the battle as well.

The Autobots fight the Predacon, and Optimus uses himself as bait for him to chase, in the process though he manages to reverse the polarity of the electro magnet powering the collider and causes it to explode, closing the space bridge, and resulting in the Decepticons running away.

In the Aftermath the Autobots look at the destroyed device and wonder if they'll ever go hom, but understand that they have a new home to protect instead.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ratchet - Ambulance

Arcee - Motorcycle

Bulkhead - SUV

Wheeljack - Race Car

Decepticon

Shockwave - Cybertronian Tank

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Vehicons - Cars

Predacon

Predaking - Dragon

More Predacons (Mentioned)

Other

Agent Fowler

Jack

Raf

Genevans Caught in Earthquake

Mini-Cons (Mentioned)

President of US (Mentioned)

American Team in Geneva (Mentioned)

Notes

• This annoys me, in the comic Optimus is shown in his pre-Beast Hunters body, but has flight capabilities, this wouldn't matter too much normally, as this comic often used wrong character models during the Movie comics, but the article on the Forge shows him in his new body!!
• This comic seems to be set before Predaking revealed his sentience to the Decepticons during the series, though the characters refer to him as "The Predaking"
• The top secret particle accelerator mentioned here is most likely the one at CERN....not exactly top secret since everyone knows it exists!
• Wheeljack actually appears here! Now where's Smokescreen and Magnus?
• Why do the Decepticons want another permanent Space Bridge? They already have one as shown at the end of season 2!
• Why is Bulkhead so eager to get back to Cybertron? He's JUST BEEN THERE, and right now the planet is DEAD!!
• Bulkhead mentions Mini-Cons here...this can only mean that Arms Mircons are in this continuity!!! (I can dream can't I?)
• Wheeljack mentions "Garbage-O's", something introduced in the Allspark Almanacs...the writers are aware of what the fans like!
• There's a mention of "survivors" implying that some of the humans died when the Decepticons attacked
• Starscream's insulting names for Bulkhead and Wheeljack (Flunk-Head and Flat-Tyre) are kind of...pathetic...
• It's not really made clear, but the earthquakes seem to be caused by the space bridge's creation

Other Features

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All about...Predaking! - Predaking profile

Soundwave's Stumpers! - PUZZLES!! YAY!

The Beast Hunt! More puzzles! Booo

Bulkhead's Word Search - Take a guess

The Trans-Files - Info on the Forge of Solus Prime

Hunter or Hunted? - Question based puzzle to find out who you are (I'm Bulkhead btw....)

Mega Mouth - Letters and pictures page hosted by Megatron and Arcee

Ballistic Brain Busters! - WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PUZZLES?!

Double Trouble! - MORE!!! (This one's a spot the difference btw)

Escape! - Maze Puzzle

Bumblebee's Beast Blaster! - Cut out, and ruin the comic to give your Bumblebee shaped blaster (free with this issue) some targets (either that or use Mini-Cons)