Written and Drawn by: Art Baltazar
Edited by: David Hedgecock
Publisher: Ted Adams
Plot
The battle between the heroes and Cobra has begun. Snake Eyes is fighting with Storm Shadow and Rom traps some Cobra Troopers inside his force-field. Rom gets grabbed by the brainwashed Optimus Prime, who goes on to shoot Acroyear with his eye lasers (I guess he has those here). Rom gets an idea, and erects his force-field around himself and Optimus, and launches both into orbit, he breaks free from Optimus and lets him float away, hoping that he'll be far away from Cobra to break free from their control.
Rom notices that the asteroid filled with Dire Wraiths is heading towards Earth, so he tries to slow down and/or stop their travel.
Back on Earth, the rest of GI Joe are led towards the battle field by Space Glider, whilst Destro arrives through his MASS device, and meets with Karza and Cobra Commander, the former of which shows off his Orbsah powers and grows to the size of a Transformer. He's about to stop on everyone and win the fight, when the Dire Wraith asteroid hits him in the head and knocks him out. Acroyear takes the opportunity to remove the Gem from Karza, causing him to lose his new powers and return to his natural size. Karza produces his sword and fights with Acroyear one-on-one.
Elsewhere, the crashed asteroid is opened up, and the Dire Wraiths pour out and attack Rom as one. Destro watches as the Wraiths attack Rom and the Cobra Troopers, when he notices the Orbsah Gem discarded on the floor, he takes it and gives himself the power.
Rom breaks free from the Wraiths and goes after Destro, intending to destroy the Gem, and it is causing all this trouble, however Destro uses the Gem to blast Rom back into the cosmos. Karza breaks away from his fight with Acroyear and demands that Destro give him the Gem back, however Destro dismisses him, and sends him, Acroyear and Space Glider back into Microspace.
The forces of Cobra appear to be about to win, with Destro planning to add the Wraith's power to Cobra's and conquer everything, until Optimus returns with a bunch of Autobots, ready to fight them as well...
Elsewhere in the universe, Rom is panicked as the Wraiths are still on Earth, so he races off towards Earth again, hoping to get back in time to save the planet and the universe from their threat....
Characters
Autobot
Optimus Prime/Weapon Prime - Truck
Arcee - Sports Car
Jazz - Sports Car
Bumblebee - Hatchback Car
GI Joe
Snake-Eyes
Duke
Roadblock
Scarlett
Cobra
Cobra Commander
Destro
Storm Shadow
Cobra Troopers
Micronaut
Baron Karza Sent to Microspace by Destro
Acroyear Sent to Microspace by Destro
Space Glider Sent to Microspace by Destro
Other
Spaceman Rom Launched into Deep Space by Destro
Dire Wraiths
Notes
- So...this is a weird one...this is the last issue of the series, but definitely ends on a cliffhanger. You could argue that Rom being launched into the cosmos, and the Micronauts being sent home have put things back to the relative status-quo, but the Dire Wraiths are now on Earth, and the Orbsah Gem is in Destro's hands. My guess is that the remainder of this series will be released with the TPB, so if it is, then I'll upload my thoughts on those editions. Remember that the series was originally slated to be a five-part story, which was reduced to three, so this is quite likely.
- I would question how Karza knew who the Dire Wraiths were, but the comic did establish that he's read the actual Revolution comic already....so....well played!
- So, from Rom's claim that the Orbsah Gem is the reason their respective groups have come into conflict (which is true) it sounds like he's saying that crossovers are bad (since Orbsah is Hasbro backwards, and they created the main crossover series')
- Huh...despite it being badly damaged last issue, Microspace seems fine now! Good thing space displacement devastation isn't a long term problem huh?
- Jazz's design, briefly seen behind Optimus, appears to be based on his Robots in Disguise 2015 incarnation rather than the usual G1 version.
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