IDW - GI Joe vs Transformers #10

Title: Earth: R.I.P.

Written by: Tom Scioli and John Barber

Art, Colours and Lettering by: Tom Scioli

Production by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Following the destruction of Earth, the Oktober Guard plant a flag to claim Cybertron as "New Transylvania" and the Joes wonder if they should do the same.

Elsewhere, inside Trypticon the Cobras are started a meal in celebration of their victory (in blowing up their own planet I guess...) when Megatron enters the room, and disturbs everyone when he eats one of the GI Joe prisoners alive. In the aftermath the Cobras lose their appetites, except for Torch, who eats a chicken leg and immediately vomits up blood, and dies, having fallen victim to Roadblock's, their captured chef, poisoning of the food.

The Cobras attack Roadblock, but he manages to escape with Tunnel Rat's help, and enters the vents of the giant Decepticon. After a short crawl, Tunnel Rat leads Roadblock to Perceptor, who is revealed to have only been pretending to be a Decepticon, he places the two humans inside his refrigerated chest cavity, along with another body bag. Perecptor leaves, but is noticed by the Decepticons, and is chased for a while.

Soon, Perceptor and the two Joes arrive at the Joe's new HQ on Cybertron, the new Pit where they regroup. Once there, Perceptor reveals that Wild Bill was killed some time ago, despite his attempts to revive him at Trypticon. The imposter Wild Bill, Zartan, attacks some of the other Joes outside in a helicopter, but is stopped when Stalker kills him with a sniper rifle. In the aftermath Hawk has the Joes take Bill for a "real" autopsy. Using their combined knowledge following their separate times inside Trypticon, Tunnel Rat, Perceptor and Roadblock believe that they know how to disable his forcefield, allowing the Joes and Autobots to attack.

Elsewhere, Stormshadow and Snake-Eyes fight on one of Cybertron's mountainhorns when suddenly Stormshadow abandons the fight so he can rescue the still living Billy from inside Koh-Buru-Lah.

Inside Cybertron, Rodimus, his Autobots and their Joe allies approach the physical head of Primus, and head down inside the planet, where the Keeper teaches them about the origins of Cybertron, and many other planets by the Quintessons, at the bottom of the tunnel they find Optimus Prime being ferried across a river by Ultra Magnus....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Dead?

Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport

Rodimus - Car

Metroplex - Slug Thing

Perceptor - Tank

Brawn - Van

Mirage - Race Car

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex Dead, Corpse on Megatron's arm

Decepticon

Megatron

Trypticon - Battle Platform

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer

Scavenger - Excavator

Long Haul - Dump Truck (Mentioned) Dead

Devastator - Gestalt (Mentioned)

Confektor (Mentioned)

Random Decepticons

GI Joe

General Flagg

Hawk

Duke

Roadblock

Tunnel Rat

Wild Bill Dead

Skidmark Eaten by Megatron

Stretcher

Lifeline

Lady Jaye

Gung-Ho

Stalker

Psyche-Out

Bazooka

Cover Girl

Tripwire

Blowtorch

Steeler

Rock 'n Roll

Sandstorm

Dusty

Airtight

Lightfoot

Deep Six

Ozone

Wetsuit

Repeater

Beachhead

Leatherneck

Snow Job

Hit and Run

Freefall

Airwave

Scoop

Cold Front

Ambush

Quick Kick

Grunt

Torpedo

Recoil Killed by Zartan

Cross Country Killed by Zartan

Red Spot Killed by Zartan

Wreckage Killed by Zartan

Other Joes

Cobra

Destro

Serpentress

Zartan Killed by Stalker

Raptor

Road Pig

Ripper

Torch Poisoned by Roadblock

Zandar

Zanzibar

Copperhead

Cobra Commander

Nemesis Enforcer

Major Bludd

Storm Shadow

B.A.T.

Cobra Troopers

Oktober Guard

Colonel Breakoff

SHRIEK

Munchnik

Dragun

Denia

Horrorshow

Other Human

Snake-Eyes

Billy

Other

Koh-Buru-Lah

The Keeper

Primus
"The Makers"/Quintessons (Monuments)

Daiakuron (Mentioned) Split into multiple worlds

Unicron (Mentioned)

Notes

• So the Cobra guys actually trusted Roadblock NOT to poison their food?! REALLY?
• Speaking of which...what kind of poison makes you instantly spray blood from your mouth?
• Why does Megatron need to eat Humans?
• Wow Roadblock's kitchen inside Trypticon sure is well furnished....WHY?!?!
• Perceptor gives some Nazi-style salutes and marches when sneaking out of Trypticon.
• Somehow Flagg got off Earth before it was destroyed....oh yay, the crazy murderer guy is safe...
• It's very inconsistent on if the human characters need breathing apparatus on Cybertron.
• Cobra Commander and his off-shoot Cobra group were absorbed into Koh-Buru-Lah before the planet was destroyed.
• Billy is revealed to be codenamed as "Stormshadow II" and was trained by Stormshadow himself.
• Ultra Magnus' appearance here is in homage to Charon from Greek mythology, who rode the dead down to Hades.
• Ultra Magnus has a hammer here, much like his Animated and Aligned counterparts
• This comic includes a text story named Black Cybertron following Snake-Eyes and the Cassettes rescuing Soundwave from his "death"