TFCC #67 - Of Masters and Monsters Part 1

Plot

It's been five years since the Humans from the Classicsverse were transported to a new Earth by Gaea, but everyone is still unsure about what happened. When they arrived on the new planet they found the place deserted, but with buildings and facilities all completed.

Spike witnesses a car crash, but manages to save a man and his daughter with the help of the disguised Crossblades and Vroom. The trio run away before the police can arrive, as Transformers are unwelcome here now. Unknown to them, a man with silver streaks in his hair is watching the group intently.

Spike and the others return to their apartment where they find Metalhawk and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is talking to Spike's brother Buster over a social media device called @mosferik where they discuss how Spike and the others need to find jobs to help them with their covers as normal humans. Buster's son Galen interrupts the call, and Spike takes the opportunity to avoid the awkward conversation again, and ends the call.

Later, the group head to a restaurant for dinner where they wonder if they can actually manage to discover anything about this new planet, despite them not having any luck in the past few years. They finish their dinner and head outside, where they are attacked by a mugger, who wants their money. The Autobots have already spent all their money on their food however, and suddenly a gunshot goes off, and blood is spilt, much to Spike's shock.

Elsewhere, Ramjet is fused with a rock in space, and he's lost contact with his master Unicron (thanks to the Multiversal walls being closed) so he decides to act on his own. He uses up the energy he's been storing for a few years and rebuilds himself into a new body (his new toy) and decides to go after a signal he's just picked up of something that has been touched by evil nearby....

Characters

Autobot

Metalhawk In Human Pretender Suit

Crossblades In Human Pretender Suit

Vroom In Human Pretender Suit

Skyhammer In Human Pretender Suit (Mentioned)

Optimus Prime - Truck (Picture)

Fortress Maximus/Cerebros (Mentioned) Dead

Decepticon

Ramjet - Fighter Jet

Human

Spike Witwicky - Cerebros' Head

Elizabeth

Buster Witwicky

Jesse Witwicky

Galen Witwicky

Silver Streaked Hair Guy

Mugger

Civilians

Ximena (Mentioned)

Blackrock (Mentioned)

Other

Unicron - Ringed Planet (Mentioned)

Notes

• This year's comic storyline (judging from the internal front cover) is to advertise the Figure Sub Service set for this year
• As such, I would assume that the currently mystery silver-streaked hair guy is something to do with the mystery sixth figure.
• In this issue we learn that the Classicsverse Earth's animals were sent to this new Earth as well.
• Despite them seemingly getting along from the previous comics, it looks like the Classicsverse Humans hated the Transformers....huh....
• The Pretenders using Human-sized bodies that look realistic is likely a reference to Transformers: Masterforce, where the Autobots were able to do so (and they were led by Metalhawk there too)
• Elizabeth is most likely the same character as Lisa from the Marvel era comic "Rhythms of Darkness". This is based on appearance, her apparent connection to Spike, and that Lisa is a potential shortening of Elizabeth.
• Buster is now in a high-up position, whilst Spike is lower, much like their counterparts from the prematurely ended G1 comic from Dreamwave.
• Buster and Jesse's son Galen is named after the Galen from Nebulos whom Spike replaced as Cerebros' head.
• Spike says that he forms a "dead alien robot's" face implying that Cerebros and/or Fort Max have died at some point before they left the Classicsverse
• Ramjet was last seen being sent into another dimension by Vector Prime during the Balancing Act storyline. He's revealed here to have survived the trip, but it doesn't look like his Mini-Cons were as lucky...
• The "something else" that Ramjet has detected could be almost anything right now. I would hazard a guess that it's either Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus following his exile, Cryotek, who was mentioned as probably winding up in this same dimension, or the Dark Matrix beast from Regeneration One/Marvel comics, especially since the Thunder Mayhem combiner comes with a Matrix as part of the set.
• In SD SG, Nautica's colour scheme is based on Cybertron series Thunderblast. Hot Shot seems to be based on Smokescreen for some reason (not sure though) and we don't see enough of Metroplex to figure out his colourscheme.
• From the dialogue here it states that the events of Invasion happened "9 years ago" and this story is set 5 years after the Classicsverse Humans were transported to this new Earth. This all adds up from a real-world perspective, but the events in the comics themselves make this a bit odd. If the Classicsverse Earth was in the Shattered Glass universe for 4 years by the time of "Another Light" then why were they acting like it had all only just happened?

Other Features

Rubber Soul Article on an aborted Battle Beasts style Transformers toyline

Upcoming TCC Exclusives Preview of the upcoming Ramjet and Skywarp toys

FSS 5.0 Preview Preview of next year's set, showing off Paradron Medic and Double Pretender Optimus

Cold Casted Part 1 Article on the Hard Hero statue series

True Victory Part 1 A look at the development of the Victory TV series, focusing on Jan.

Character Profile Ramjet's profile for the new comic story and upcoming toy

SD SG Minicomic Nautica and Hot Shot deal with Metroplex wanting a cameo in a comic

Valentine's Day Sale Advert Again, I got this AFTER the event :'(