IDW - Beast Hunters #6

Plot

Snarl and his unnamed buddy are looking at the now ruined underground city, but are confused as to why the planet started shaking, and even more confused that those who survived the assault are actually stronger than before. Meanwhile on the way to Last Spark Slug and Sludge drag the injured Decepticon, now revealed to be Blackout along with them as an act of mercy. Along the way they realize that his leg injury is quite bad, so thye need to operate on it before they can go much further.

At New Kalis, Grimlock, Chromia and Swoop have managed to drive the people away, so they don't drown in the new Energon pools being formed. They head through the caverns and try to go higher to safety. At his city, Snarl orders the surviving people to evacuate as well.

On their way to Last Spark, Sludge and Slug run into some problems when Blackout starts to fall off a bridge into the abyss, however using teamwork they manage to catch him an dget across to (relative) safety.

On their way to the surface, but behind the stragglers of their group (to ensure they make it) Grimlock and Swoop are attacked by a giant Razor Snake, however they manage to defeat it after a short battle.

Sludge and Slug make their way towards Last Spark when they run into Firestar and Zoom, whom were looking for them in turn, as the city was destroyed in the quake, and all the other denizens were killed.

Swoop and Grimlock make it to the surface, but Grimlock tells Swoop to keep his actions in the caves, ie defeating the Razor Snake, a secret, as he feels that everything deserves a fresh start (meaning that he's giving up his leadership too). On the surface they find the planet filled with life again and Autobots frolicking in the Energon pools up there, and that Snarl and his group have joined them as well.

Characters

Autobot

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon 

Sludge - Apatosaurus Trapped Underground

Slug - Triceratops Trapped Underground

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Snarl's Aide

Chromia - Sports Car

Firestar - Hover Pick-Up Truck Trapped Underground

Zoom Trapped Underground

Optimus Prime (Mentioned)

Other Autobots

Last Sparkers (Mentioned) Killed in the quake

Decepticon

Blackout Injured in the quake, Trapped Underground

The Forged (Mentioned)

Insecticons (Mentioned)

Other

Giant Razor Snake Killed by Grimlock

Prima (Mentioned)

Primus (Mentioned)

Notes

• Seriously IDW, what was the point of this issue and the previous one? Basically nothing happened, except it showed what happened underground during the last episode of Transformers Prime! You could have at least done this as just a one issue story, or something.
• The Decepticon I predicted as being Blackout last issue is confirmed here to be Blackout...HOORAY!
• However Snarl's little helper guy is still unnamed....
• It's shown here that Grimlock's confusing rage actions last issue were just him trying to force the people in the city to abandon it....okay?
• GAH! The page order here is just as messed up as in the previous issue. For example, on one page we have Blackout falling off a bridge, then they cut to Grimlock doing stuff for a page, then we cut to Blackout being almost saved by Slug, then switching to Grimlock for 2 pages, then switching BACK to Sludge saving both of them for a page! WHAT THE HELL IDW!??!?!
• What a coincidence it is, that the only 2 named currently living Last Sparker's were the only 2 survivors too!!