Titan - Prime Volume 4 #1

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Date: November 2011

Price: £3.99

Poster: DOTM Shockwave in Chicago

Comic Title: The Safe and the Failsafe

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Jeremy Tiongson

Lettering: Rona Simpson

Comic Plot

Ratchet has completed work on the "Safe" in Autobot Outpost Omega One and the Autobots test it out, although Bulkhead goes a bit too far and actually smashes open the floor, much to Ratchet's annoyance.

Arcee looks into the whole and sees a Nuclear bomb with a timer ticking down, and then are told by Jack and Miko that there are Decepticons approaching the base, having been attracted by the radiation from the exposed warhead.

Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee head outside to deal with the Vehicons, whilst Bulkhead, Ratchet and the humans stay behind to deal with the warhead. Outside, the Vehicons are dealt with very easily.

Inside the base Raf works out a way to deal with the warhead, since literally disarming it would be too dangerous he decides to trick it's triggering device by making the numbers ascend instead of descend, meaning that it'll never reach 00:00 and blow up.

After the warhead is sorted with Agent Fowler and a team of scientists arrive and explain that they were informed when the bomb was exposed due to a tracking device inside it, and that some higher ups decided to leave the bomb there as a failsafe, just in case the Autobots turned out to be evil. They remove the bomb, and later Ratchet decides to fix up the Safe with Raf's help this time.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Muscle Car

Bulkhead - Off Road Car

Arcee - Motorcycle

Ratchet - Ambulance

Decepticons

Vehicons - Sports Cars

Humans

Miko

Raf

Jack

Agent Fowler

Comic Notes

• The DOTM based poster, and the DOTM pull-out including several puzzles implies that these pieces were intended for a 5th issue of DOTM, but it was decided to switch the series to Prime rather last minute (though not as last minute as the decision to drop TFA was!)
• Miko is constantly mis-spelled as Mika
• Raf's glasses are drawn like they were blue lensed shades, unlike how they appear in the series
• The "Safe" isn't an acronym, it's just a safe room to train in
• With the pop up guns and other threats, the Safe is likely a reference to the Danger Room from the X-Men franchise
• This appears to be the first piece of fiction to use the term "Vehicons" for the Decepticon soldiers
• The Autobot's base was fitted with a nuclear bomb in case the Autobots went rogue.....EXTREME MUCH??!?!
• There are at least 87 levels at Omega-One
• The sign on the Safe reads "No one beyond this point who cannot be rebuilt using cogs and gears"...despite the kids having been invited inside......
• Raf suggests having pop-up targets in Megatron's image, similar to those seen in the G1 episode "The Rebirth Part 1"
• Raf hasn't met Megatron by this point as he calls him "that guy Megtaron!" meaning that this must be set before episode 23 of Season One.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Meet the Autobot Team! - Introduces the main Prime Autobots

The Missing Link! - Solve the puzzle

Megatron's Favourite Words...SEARCH! - A word Search

Episode Guide - Prime - Darkness Rising Part 1

Dark of the Moon Pullout - Including Poster, Puzzles, Megatron & Optimus vs Sentinel feature

Mega-Mouth - Megatron and Arcee take on the letters page

Titan - DOTM Volume 3 #4

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Sentinel Prime

Cover Date: October 2011

Price: £2.50

Poster: Sideswipe in Chicago, Starscream vs the Air Force

Comic Title: Automatic for the People

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Dario Brizuela

Lettering: Rona Simpson

Comic Plot

Ratchet and Ironhide have been sent to keep a watch on an anti-transformer rally outside the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, but aren't exactly happy about it. Ratchet and Ironhide try to speak for their people, but the protesters won't listen, and they keep twisting the Autobot's words. Suddenly the Museum is attacked by the Decepticons, Barricade and Starscream. The Autobots start to defend the crowd and begin to sway their opinions in the Autobot's favour.

Starscream, seeing that they're going to lose the fight picks up and throws an oil tanker at the protesters, but Ironhide intercepts it, causing it to explode in mid-air. Starscream grabs the unconscious Ironhide and readies his gun to kill him, suddenly the Protesters pick up their crowbars, wrenches and blowtorches and begin to attack the Decepticons.

The Decepticons comment that those feeble weapons can't hurt them, when Optimus arrives on the scene to help out. Seeing this, the two Decepticons run away. Afterwards Optimus tries to speak with Marcus (head of the protest) but Marcus tells him that he's changed his views to pro-Autobot, but Anti-Decepticon, a sentiment that Ironhide fully condones.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Decepticons

Starscream - F22 Jet

Barricade - Police Car

Humans

Marcus Castor

Protesters

Comic Notes

• This is the last issue of the DOTM Volume, significantly shorter than the earlier volumes, but this is most likely because the likelihood of a 4th movie is currently unclear, and there's a current TV series they can be earning from instead!
• The title may be a more wordy version of the phrase "Power to the People"
• This comic may have been made to give one last hurrah to Ironhide, who was killed off in DOTM (and constantly refers to him going on suicide runs and stuff too)
• The main plot involving some anti-transformer protests seems to be a holdover from an abandoned plot line for the DOTM movie
• Barricade appears to have his MechTech weapon in use here!
• Ironhide's shirt size is apparently sized XXXXXXXXXL (though big, that's probably not quite big enough for a giant robot still)
• The protester's signs don't all make sense...."What Machines the Machines?" is obviously an homage to "Who Watches the Watchmen?" but it doesn't make sense. or "Earth for Earthliners"...what is an Earthliner??
• The line "And stay out, you psychotic motherboards!" is most likely a Cybertornian-ized version of "Mother Fuckers!" from the context.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

The Lowdown... - Ironhide R.I.P. (yeah...they ACTUALLY put R.I.P.!!)

Sideswipe's Armoury - Wingsuits!! (those things that make Lennox look like a flying squirrel)

Ratchet's Word Search! - Puzzle

Ratchet to the Rescue! - Maze puzzle

Starscream's Stumpers! - Puzzles

Mega-Mouth - Sideswipe and Megatron argue and chat

Relaunch Announcement - Volume 4 is Prime!

Titan - DOTM Volume 3 #3

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Bumblebee

Cover Date: September 2011

Price: £2.99

Poster: DOTM Montage, Sentinel Prime

Comic Title: Dealing with the Devil

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Dario Brizuela

Lettering: Rona Simpson

Comic Plot

Epps and Bumblebee are hunting down a supposedly injured Soundwave in the snow, but soon find out that they're the one's who are being hunted instead. Bumblebee is injured by Soundwave and both of them are being used as bait for Optimus.

Soundwave says that he'll spare the two hostages if Optimus will fight him without his weapons. The two fight, with Soundwave still allowed to use his weapons and he's going full out against the Autobot, he's certain of his victory, but then Optimus appears behind him, startling him and knocking him into a newly formed avalanche, down a crevice.

After the battle, Epps decides that he's had enough, and hands over his NEST badge to Optimus.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro (injured by Soundwave)

Decepticons

Soundwave - Satellite/Jet

Humans

Sergeant Epps

Comic Notes

• This issue has an irritatingly huge front cover...grr...
• This issue gives another alternate version to Epps' resignation from NEST
• Soundwave has the wrong body again...
• Soundwave has been faking having his weapons damaged just to lure out Epps and Bumblebee
• Optimus says that Soundwave doesn't hesitate to execute his prisoners...a HORRIFYING foreshadowing for what Soundwave does in Que in the movie!

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Ultimate Smackdown - Starscream V Megatron

Bumblebee's Guide to the Galaxy - The Space Bridge (Cybertronian)

Search for Barricade - Use the code to find Barricade

Megatron Speaks! - Interview with Megs

How to Draw - Megatron via the grid thingy

Starscream's Stumpers! -Puzzles and Games

Mega-Mouth - Megatron and Sideswipe talk to the fans

Dark of the Moon Wordsearch - Look for DOTM related words

Cut Out items - Cut out badges and a Shockwave mask from the back cover

Titan - DOTM Volume 3 #2

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Shockwave

Cover Date: August 2011

Price: £2.50

Poster: DOTM Movie Poster

Comic Title: Gold and Blood

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Horacio Domingues

Colours: Nestor Pereyra

Lettering: Rona Simpson

Comic Plot

In Central Columbia the Tanto Gang use explosives to unearth the lost city of gold, El Dorado under a tip from Mr. Wave, upon informing him that the operation was successful, Mr. Wave appears from a container that he had the team ship for him to reveal that he is in fact Soundwave! The Decepticon starts attacking the humans and destroys their ship. lennox, who was hiding out and spying on the gang informs NEST about the Decepticon and starts attacking him.

Ratchet and Optimus air-drop in and join the fight, taking on the Tanto gang and Soundwave alike. Soundwave tries to fly away but gets caught by Optimus, the two are dragged underwater by Soundwave himself, and they fight beside the unearthed city.

Whilst fighting, the two reveal one of the human's bombs still active, and Kubikiri has it detonated as payback for Soundwave tricking him and double crossing him.

Both Transformersare shot out of the water and the city is destroyed. Soundwave is sent into the sky (where presumably he transformed and flew away) and Optimus landed on the beach. Optimus is told that the Tanto Gang ran off and they believe that they may be a serious threat in the future, but to not worry about it for now.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro (mentioned)

Decepticons

Soundwave - Satellite/Jet

Humans

Lennox

Mr. Kubikiri

Tanto Gang

Comic Notes

• Soundwave's human alias is Mr. Wave...not exactly imaginative is he?
• Mr. Kubikiri sounds like he should be Japanese or something...yet he has pale skin and blond hair, though his eyes are narrowed a bit I guess...
• Soundwave is shown in his Mercedes robot mode, despite having his Satellite Alternate Mode still....
• El Dorado, the lost city of gold is real! But then it blows up....
• Why did Soundwave have the humans ship him to their location? He can fly!!!
• Soundwave's plan is to make currency useless by spreading the gold from El Dorado and making it all worthless by comparison, causing the stock markets to crash and so on...I wouldn't mind having some gold honestly!!
• The Autobots managed to stop an international incident, but don't have anything to show for it (Tanto Gang escaped, Soundwave escaped, El Dorado blew up)
• The Tanto Gand never appeared again (maybe if there's a new series for the 4th movie though!)
• These prequel stories after the previous issue told you "to be continued in DOTM" are most likely because pretty much every main Decepticon was killed in the movie!

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

The Lowdown... - Shockwave's profile

Sideswipe's Armoury - The V-22 Osprey

Ratchet's Joke Page - ....yeah....

Hunt the Ark! - Decipher the code and find where the Ark is hiding

Crater Jump Game - A board game

Starscream's Stumpers! - Puzzles

Mega-Mouth - Sideswipe and Megatron chat away

Titan - DOTM Volume 3 #1

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Date: July 2011

Price: £3.99

Poster: DOTM Megatron Poster, DOTM Optimus Poster

Comic Title: Fight for Fiesole

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Horacio Domingues

Colours: Digikore

Lettering: Andrew James and Rona Simpson

Comic Plot

Starscream has been sent to Fiesole in Italy to stop the Autobots from recovering an old document that depicts the Ark's crash that was found there, and thus learning of Sentinel's survival etc too early. Soundwave helps him to sneak into the church where it's being held and the Autobots are about to unearth it.

Starscream attacks Sideswipe from behind and knocks him out, then he turns his attention to Bumblebee, knocking him through a wall as well. Optimus and Starscream begin their fight, whilst the archaeologist goes to uncover the artifact he found earlier.

Optimus manages to knock down Starscream, then helps up Bumblebee. Starscream tricks the two Autobots into following him up a tower, when he causes the tower to collapse and he flies out, trapping the two Autobots under rubble.

Starscream goes to the human and takes the Ark document and leaves, stating that he'd kill the Human too if he wasn't already so low on power.

Later the Autobots are all repaired and recovered, and wonder what Starscream could have possibly wanted

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Sideswipe - Concept Corvette

Sentinel Prime (mentioned)

Decepticons

Soundwave - Satellite/Jet

Starscream - F22 Jet

Comic Notes

• This is the first of the short lived DOTM comic series, it only lasted 4 issues sadly
• Very oddly, none of the new characters from DOTM, or the toy line appears in this series, with Sentinel Prime only getting a mention here.
• The title may be a reference to the term "Fight of Flee"
• Annoying huge cover....
• Some random drawn images of some of the newer characters like Sentinel or Shockwave appear in this comic, but never appear in the comics, so these little images must have been created extra for features etc.
• The Moon appears in a lot of panels in this comic...perhaps it's foreshadowing to something..
• Starscream actually wins a fight!!
• Soundwave is in orbit in this issue

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

The Lowdown... - Sentinel Prime's bio

Bumblebee's Guide to the Galaxy - Apollo 11 Mission

Break out of NEST! - Help some Decepticons escape from the NEST maze

Shockwave Speaks! - Interview with a Cyclops!

How to draw - Shockwave in a grid style

Mega-Mouth - Megatron and Sideswipe host the new letters page

Starscream's Stumpers! - Puzzles

A piece of the Moon! - Puzzle

Cut out features - Cut out an Optimus mask and a Megatron bookmark from the back page...

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #21

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Stock Image of Megatron

Cover Date: May/June 2011

Price: £3.99

Poster: Optimus Prime

Comic Title: A Short, Sharp Lesson!

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi

Lettering: Rona Simpson

Comic Plot

Megatron has arrived at the battlefield and goes after Bludgeon for trying to create his own army. Bludgeon prepares for the battle, but his troops abandon him. Bludgeon goes in for the attack.

The Autobots watch on, unwilling to join in on the fight, and Wheelie leaves the base to watch as well, whilst outside however, Wheelie is attacked by Dead End.

Bludgeon is easily beaten, and then utterly destroyed by Megatron, Megatron then turns to Opitmus and tells him that they will battle again...soon, then takes off and flies to his own base.

The Autobots have managed to capture some of Bludgeon's troops, but most ran off when Megatron arrived, they then start to tear apart Bludgeon's base so it can't be used again. Bumblebee finds Wheelie's broken body, which Optimus tells him to return to base for Ratchet to look at.

As Bumblebee drives off with Wheelie in tow, Dead End looks at the Autobot and begins to follow him for spare parts...

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee (mentioned)

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet/Tank

Bludgeon - Tank (killed by Megatron)

Dead End - Audi R8 (Zombified)

Lockdown - Muscle Car

Tankor - Tank

Wheelie - RC Pick Up Truck (injured/killed by Dead End)

Humans

Captain Klammer

Comic Notes

• They returned to Stock Images for the cover again....BOO!!!!
• The ending suggests that Dead End is getting ready to follow Bumblebee to hunt him down...something that happened in Issue 19....
• Megatron arriving personally to kill Bludgeon seems very familiar...*cough*G2*cough*
• Bludgeon clearly doesn't inspire much confidence in his troops since they abandon him at the first obstacle
• Wheelie seems to be killed here after his betrayal...putting this continuity waaaay out of line with DOTM where he's shown as an Autobot and still alive, though like I said before, this may have been fixed if the comic had remained a monthly rather than getting contracted like this.
• Zombie Dead End lacks his black speech bubble and white text that he uses in his previous appearances.
• Tankor was shot the same as Dead End in the previous issue, yet seems fine now...unlike Dead End
• Whatever happened to Springer and Hubcap? Slapdash looked dead enough to satisfy me
• Megatron can switch between his ROTF and Movie 1 alt modes.
• Bludgeon is referred to as a "pretender" here, a reference to his G1 counterpart

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Ironhide Speaks - Interview with Ironhide

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Satellites

Weapons Free! - Spot the Difference Game

How to Draw - Optimus Prime (grid style)

Megatron's Mind Maulers - Games

Cruising for a Bruising! - Optimus vs Demolishor

Law & Disorder - Ironhide and Barricade's letter page

Relaunch Announcement - The Comic is rebooting for DOTM

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #20

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Wheelie

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: March/April 2011

Price: £3.99

Poster: Bumblebee, Movie Decepticons

Comic Title: Divided Loyalties

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Kirsty Swan

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

The Autobots arrive in Russia, where they've determined Bludgeon to be hiding and they set up a field base, unaware that Wheelie, who has decided to rejoin the Decepticons after an argument with Ironhide and other reasons, has just sneaked into the Decepticon's base and warns Bludgeon of the Autobot's arrival

Bludgeon says that Wheelie has done well, and then sends Dead End and Lockdown to sort out a "welcome" for their guests. Once alone, Wheelie sneaks off further into the base.

Outside, the Autobots head off to the Decepticon's base, Springer goes up high for surveillance, but gets blasted out of the sky. The Autobots carry on, but are ambushed by the Decepticons from the sky and air, as they knew they were coming. Bludgeon sneaks up on Slapdash and kills him personally.

In the base, Wheelie sends the base's coordinates to Megatron and disables it's weapons and cloaking devices so he can just attack them immediately. Megatron welcomes Wheelie back into the fold. Outside again the Autobots are fighting back, but the Decepticons are overpowering them. Just as Bludgeon kills/injures Hubcap a bolt of lightning strikes the battlefield, and Megatron appears in the sky.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Springer - Osprey Helicopter (injured by Decepticons)

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Slapdash - Sports Car (Killed by Bludgeon)

Hubcap - Vintage Car (Injured/Killed by Bludgeon)

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet/Tank

Wheelie - RC Pick Up Truck

Bludgeon - Tank

Lockdown - Muscle Car

Dead End - Audi R8

Thrust - Fighter Jet

Skywarp - F22 Jet (meant to be anyway)

Other

Captain Klammer

Comic Notes

• Unlike usual, the Comic title isn't shown anywhere on the actual comic, it's only stated on the contents page.
• This issue shows that Wheelie has decided to return to the Decepticons..unlike any other fiction, this is because he feels that the Autobots don't trust him
• Wheelie can fire heat waves from his headlights
• Dead End is back to normal and in the Decepticon base this issue, the reason for this is that the previous issue was most likely meant to be AFTER this comic originally
• Springer gets shot out of the sky here, but it's not clear if he died or not
• Skywarp appears to be in the wrong jet mode again....
• Though Slapdash looks pretty dead in this issue, it's not made clear if Bludgeon's attack killed Hubcap as well...
• Megatron makes his first real appearance in Volume 2 (right at the end)
• Ironhide doesn't mind being used as a shield.
• Wheelie's eyes change to a red colour after he returns to the Decepticons, and also has his insignia back
• Judging by the dialogue and editor's notes, Crankstart and his team worked for Bludgeon, and from them the Autobots learned where Bludgeon is based...in Arkhangelskaya Oblast in Russia (WHY DOES FURMAN INSIST ON PLACES WITH IMPOSSIBLE NAMES?!?!)
• Captain Klammer appeared a few issues ago moaning at Blazemaster.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Neptune

Rampage Profile - Guess what...

Optimus Prime speaks - Interview with Optimus

Megatron's Mind Maulers - Puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat along.

How to Draw - Wheelie's grid drawing turn!

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #19

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Ironhide and Bumblebee

Cover Art: Neill Cameron

Cover Date: January/February 2011

Price: £3.99

Poster: Bumblebee and Ironhide play in the snow!!

Comic Title: The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Kirsty Swan

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Sam is home for the Christmas holidays with Bumblebee, though Bumblebee isn't supposed to have come with him, so he's hiding from his parents as he wanted to see what Christmas was all about.

Later, Dead End appears in the are looking for Bumblebee, Sam sees him in the back garden and assumes that it's Bumblebee (as they have slightly similar silhouettes) so he runs out to tell him to get back in the garage...then Sam realizes that it's the zombie Decepticon.

Bumblebee appears and stops Dead End, and the two have a fight (with Bumblebee trying to be as quiet as possible). Dead End has Bumblebee pinned down, but Bumblebee shoots off his laser cannon, knocking him out, but waking up Sam's mother as well.

The next morning everyone wakes up and opens their presents, with Judy receiving a bottle of car wax from Bumblebee. Sam gives Bumblebee his present, a replacement part.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee (mentioned)

Decepticons

Dead End - Audi R8 (injured by Bumblebee)

Other

Sam Witwicky

Ron Witwicky

Judy Witwicky

Mojo

Comic Notes

• Bumblebee's in this comic! (Ironhide's not though)...no snow either....
• This is the first Transformers Christmas story in a long, LONG time...We need more....
• Following issue 21 of Volume 2, which shows Dead End becoming a zombie again, it seems most likely that this was meant to be set after that issue originally (which would have fit in nicely enough without the bi-monthly switch up)
• The title is a reference to "The Night before Christmas" and "The Nightmare before Christmas"
• The Witwicky's have at least three Christmas trees in their dining room
• Bumblebee give Judy a bottle of Car Wax for Christmas to try and win her over
• It can be assumed that Dead End was picked up by NEST that night since there's no word of a Decepticon on the lawn by Ron.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Uranus (tee hee)

How to Draw - Optimus Prime grid style

Megatron's Mind Maulers! - Puzzles

Megatron - Jet Mode - Info on his jet mode

Optimum Route - Optimus themed maze puzzle

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide's letter page

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #18

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Art: Barry Spiers, Bambos Georgiou & Hi-Fi Studios

Cover Date: November/December 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Optimus and his swords

Comic Title: Shadow War

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Crankstart, Brimstone and Trenchmouth are causing mayhem in Salt Lake City, Utah with Bumblebee and his new covert team of Hubcap and Slapdash watching on silently, waiting for them to leave the populated area, and are forced to watch them hurting humans and causing damage to the City before they finally leave the city and go into the wilderness (to head to Las Vegas it seems).

Once away from the humans, the team attack them and swiftly disable or kill the entire team, then call it it.

Later Springer arrives back at Autobase with the defeated Decepticons in his cargo, with Optimus wondering if what they're doing is right, and if they're any better than the Decepticons by doing this.

Elsewhere Bludgeon declares that it's time to go to war.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Slapdash - Sports Car

Hubcap - Vintage Car

Decepticons

Bludgeon - Tank

Crankstart - Military Buggy (Killed/Injured by Bumblebee)

Trenchmouth - Motorcycle (Killed/Injured by Bumblebee's Team)

Brimstone - Motorcycle (Killed/Injured by Bumblebee's Team)

Comic Notes

• This starts the point where Titan turned Bi-Monthly until the relaunch again...it was an irritating time..
• Bumblebee's Shadow Ops team is introduced here
• Bumblebee's team was formed to keep the Autobot operations under the radar of the human media and NEST itself
• Only Optimus and Ironhide know about Bumblebee's team
• It's very likely that Crankstart's little group actually killed some humans in this story!
• The fates of the Decepticons are a bit ambiguous...it's safe to assume that Crankstart is dead, but the other two could have survived being shot at and being near an explosion
• Bludgeon's epilogue seems to lead directly into the events of issues 20 and 21
• Bludgeon's blade seems to be able to flip out now.
• Despite being established as rivals elsewhere, Hubcap and Brimstone never really interact here or mention it.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

The Secret World of NEST - Word Search

Megatron's Mind Maulers - Puzzles

Megatron Talks - Interview with Megs

Megatron - Tank Mode - Look at Meg's new tank mode

Prime-ary Colours - Colour in this month's comic cover

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Saturn

Race for Cybertron! - A game board to play on

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat away

Mega Maze! - A maze puzzle

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #17

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Starscream

Cover Art: Barry Spiers, Bambos Georgiou & Hi-Fi Studios

Cover Date: October 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Starscream in the Jungle

Comic Title: The Kingdom of Starscream

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Starscream is having a fit in the Amazon Forest and is tearing it apart, looking for ...something, anything, angry that he's going nowhere in his life. Starscream sees some humans nearby to kill and/or maim, when he notices that they're carrying a statue in his image, and gets an idea.

3 months later NEST is called into the area after several frantic calls from that region to look around there, when they notice a large stone effigy of Starscream and realise that he's at least been in the area lately.

The team walk through the forest and make it to an Incan temple with a large hole blasted out of it. Lennox calls for Doctor Redway and her team to leave the area, when a pair of missiles come out of the trees. The missiles hit Ratchet and almost hits the humans. The Autobots and Lennox engage Starscream in battle. Knowing that he's unlikely to win the fight, Starscream causes a fire in the surrounding trees and flies off. Ratchet uses his buzzsaw weapon to cut down some of the trees and stop the fire from spreading any further.

The tribes who worship Starscream as a god now watch as he flies off.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Decepticons

Megatron (mentioned)

Starscream - F22 Jet

Other

Major Lennox

Doctor Redway

Dan (Redway's assistant)

Comic Notes

• Ratchet actually has a big role in this comic....odd
• Starscream implies here that he's setting up his own army now (just like Bludgeon is too) this storyline however isn't picked up later due to the relaunching to DOTM a few issues later
• Starscream's been looking for any source of Energon on Earth now after the loss of the Allspark and Harvester.
• Starscream was obviously looking in the Incan Temple looking for a new energy source, perhaps thinking that another harvester is hidden inside another pyramid or something.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron's Mind Maulers! - Puzzles and quizes

Starscream Talks - Interview with Starscream

Green Machine - Colour in this month's comic cover

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Jupiter

Lost in the Jungle! - Game Board

Law & Disorder - Ironhide and Barricade talk to the fans

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #16

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Megatron

Cover Art: Barry Spiers, Bambos Georgiou & Hi-Fi Studios

Cover Date: September 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Megatron's tearing out of the page!!!

Comic Title: Turn and Burn

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Reverb is running wild in Cairo but is then attacked by the Autobot Blazemaster, using his pyrotechnic abilities. The two fight it out with Blazemaster ending up the winner, but causing so much damage in the process. Blazemaster gets chewed out by Klammer about how he's just making things worse for everyone

Later, Blazemaster is flying over Cordoba in Spain, listening to some human news casts when Skywarp prepares to intercept him on Bludgeon's orders, when the Autobot disappears, but then reappears behind him and attacks him himself. The two have a short air-battle with Blazemaster seeming to win.

The two land on the ground, and Skywarp says that Bludgeon wants Blazemaster to join his team. Skywarp flies off, leaving Blazemaster to decide if he wants to defect or not.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime (mentioned)

Blazemaster - News Helicopter

Decepticons

Bludgeon - Tank (cameo)

Reverb - Motorcycle (captured by NEST)

Skywarp - F22 Jet

Human

Klammer

Comic Notes

• Megatron's not in this issue...I should know by now that the front cover lies....
• Weirdly...in the early panels of this comic Skywarp is shown in a different alt mode, yet by the end he's a F22 again...guess Jon made a mistake there huh?
• Reverb uses a holo-rider here...at least for a while...
• Blazemaster is quite the pyro-maniac
• Blazemaster's storyline is never picked up again, so it's never shown if he joined the Decepticons or not in the end. Despite the end caption saying "(Not) The End"
• Reverb decided to leave Bludgeon's little faction to go alone...look how far he got!
• There seems to be some anti-Autobot sentiments in the media
• Skywarp appears to be travelling the planet looking for new recruits.
• Bludgeon's eye appears in this comic....how odd...

Extra Features

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East of Egypt - Puzzles

Sideswipe's Armoury - Humvee

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Mars

Megatron's Martian Mind Maulers - Puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide talk amongst themselves

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #15

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Soundwave

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: August 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Soundwave and his globe

Comic Title: Making Waves

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Epps and Lennox are hunting down Soundwave who has been sighted around the Bahamas, and set a trap for him. Soundwave flies off into the Bermuda Triangle to hide from NEST, but winds up finding a bunch of missing aircraft and ships from times gone by, who immediately start attacking him as well.

Unable to shake the time displaced enemies Soundwave flies straight up and heads to the moon, which despite the solar radiation, meteor showers and space debris, seems much safer than Earth right now.

Comic Characters

Decepticons

Soundwave - Satellite/Jet

Megatron (mentioned)

Human

Major Lennox

Sergeant Epps

Comic Notes

• Only one Transformer appears in this comic...this is a very rare situation
• In the Bermuda Triangle Soundwave encounters a lot of missing aircraft, implying that it's a time looping location here
• Soundwave decides to hide out on the Moon after escaping the Bermuda Triangle...possibly a very early reference to the next movie? Maybe he's checking up on Sentinel whilst he's there?

Extra Features

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Competitions

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Earth

Soundwave's Synapse Strengtheners - Puzzles and games by Soundwave

In Memorium: Jazz - Memorial to the dead Jazz (using some G1 pics too)

Total Devastation - Colour in the previous issue's cover!

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat away

Ratchet's Remedies - Puzzles and stuff

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #14

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Devastator, Random Drones

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: July 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Devastator wants to eat you!

Comic Title: Head in the Clouds

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Stratosphere is flying around British Columbia in Canada on a surveillance sweep when he suddenly finds himself in a cloud and then attacked by Devastator, who damages his wing, forcing him to crash.

At CFB Comox, Captain Fraser informs the Cadets where Stratosphere was last heard from and sends them out to find him, they roll out.

Back in the mountain range where he crashed, Stratosphere slowly wakes up and goes back to robot mode, he sees Devastator being rebuilt nearby, and learns that his communications are down. He waks over to the behemoth.

Stratosphere gets to the building site to find Skywarp and some drones rebuilding Devastator under cover from a smoke-cloud generator and decides to stop them, since Devastator is too powerful and dangerous to have running around.

Stratosphere attacks the group ad kills some of the drones. Stratosphere manages to knock over Skywarp and destroys the jamming device, which allows him to tell NEST about Devastator and gets the to come in with an air-strike.

Skywarp recovers and tries to fly off to safety, but Stratosphere redirects the cloud generator to Skywarp's path and causes him to crash into a cliff-face.

The Cadets arrive and the air-strike hits Devastator, destroying the beast. Stratosphere says they should all return to base now

Comic Characters

Autobots

Stratosphere - C-17 Jet

Jolt - Electric Car

Rollbar - Truck

Dune Runner - Military Buggy

Decepticons

Devastator - Construction Vehicles (Destroyed in Air Strike)

Skywarp - F22 Jet (Injured by Stratosphere)

Construction Drones - Excavators/Front End Loaders (Killed by Stratosphere)

Other

Captain Fraser

Comic Notes

• This comic features some random Payload/Swindle looking drones on the cover and poster, but in the comic itself they are replaced with some made up in design construction vehicle drones (Excavators if the vehicles shown are anything to go by)
• This is the first, and currently only piece of fiction with Stratosphere in it.
• Devastator is shown to have survived the events of ROTF
• Devastator being rebuild in a remote location is reminiscent of the Marvel UK story "Desert Island Risks"
• It's a Cadets story again!
• In this story Skywarp is shown being defeated. Though it's not shown here, it's likely that he would be captured at the end, and then being released by Bludgeon in the previous issue (this is notable because Skywarp is shown in later issues as being free still)
• This was the last Cadet story :(

Extra Features

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War Machine - War For Cybertron preview

Megatron's Mind Maulers - Puzzles

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Venus

Out of this World - Puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide's fan mail

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #13

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: June 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Optimus kicks a Cybertron shaped ball

Comic Title: Inside Out!

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

In Bloemfontein in South Africa, Bludgeon stages a breakout from the NEST Maximum-Security Containment Facility with a little help from Scalpel, who he had smuggled in with him when he got captured whilst the Football World Cup takes place nearby.

Breakdown mocks Bludgeon for getting captured by Jolt, a Cadet before they manage to escape. NEST detects the cells being destroyed and sends the local Autobot team of Smokescreen, Brawn and Wideload to see what's happening. In the Facility, Bludgeon kills Breakdown for insulting him and has Scalpel set off a bomb that causes the Facility to blow up, allowing the Decepticons to escape.

The Autobot guards are being beaten down by the Decepticons, who are forced to let them escape due to the media presence and them trying to limit the bad press for the Autobots right now (thanks to all the damage being caused etc)

Comic Characters

Autobots

Jolt - Electric Car (mentioned)

Brawn - Military SUV

Wideload - Truck

Smokescreen - Sports Car

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Springer - Osprey Helicopter

Gears - SUV

Decepticons

Bludgeon - Tank

Reverb - Motorcycle

Tankor - Tank

Breakdown - Sports Car

Scalpel - Microscope

Skywarp - F22 Jet

Dead End - Audi R8

Lockdown - Muscle Car

Comic Notes

• This story was moved to coincide with the 2010 Football World Cub, and was meant to be later in the series.
• Despite showing Optimus playing football with a small Cybertron, none of this is shown in the issue. In fact football itself is only shown as a backdrop...
• The Decepticons shown breaking out aren't named here, and they are all pretty much in the wrong colours, but they can be identified by later issues and common sense, such as Reverb being in Knock Out's colours, Dead End being in Sideways' colours, and Tankor and Bludgeon being switched around in one scene, also Lockdown has a random colour scheme as well
• Scalpel was smuggled in by Bludgeon it's revealed here
• Breakdown doesn't seem to be liked by any of the continuities...he's killed off pretty much immediately in every appearance of his.
• Whilst it's understandable that we've never seen Wideload, Smokescreen or Brawn before, since they're positioned in South Africa, but why is Gears randomly with Bumblebee and Springer when they go to stop the local team from destroying the place.

Extra Features

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Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Mercury

Get Shirty! - Some World Cup shirt based design contest

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee's games reviews

The Beautiful Game - info on the World Cup...zzzz

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat awa- HA! That kid has a transforming costume!

Starscream's Stars - Horoscope

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #12

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Bumblebee

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: May 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Bumblebee has Missiles!

Comic Title: Rules of Engagement

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Springer is training the Cadets in Monument Valley, Utah and trying to teach them how to handle difficult situations.

Three days later Tankor has taken prisoners at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas so NEST and the Autobots are called in. Springer tries to take on Tankor from the sky, so Tankor fights him in tank mode whilst the Cadets are breaking into the Alamo to rescue the hostages. Suddenly they realise that Tankor has reinforcements and that Springer may be in trouble.

As predicted Dirge appears on the scene and attacks Springer, causing him to begin to crash. Just before Tankor is able to get a shot off at Springer Jolt uses his whips to redirect Tankor's barrel and causes him to shoot Dirge, making the other Decepticon retreat for repairs.

Afterwards Springer moans at Jolt for leaving his post but Jolt says that he did what he had to, which Springer couldn't really argue with as Tankor is taken away.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Springer - Osprey Helicopter

Jolt - Electric Car

Dune Runner - Military Buggy

Rollbar - Truck

Decepticons

Tankor - Tank (Captured by NEST)

Dirge - Fighter Jet (injured by Tankor)

Comic Notes

• Bumblebee's in a war scene on the front...yet he appears no where in the story...(AGAIN!)
• Interestingly, two of the character introduced in this comic, Springer and Tankor are both legends class figures in the toyline with no larger toys.
• They have of course scaled the characters up to normal size, rather than having them as tiny as their toys...
• Tankor's first appearance in this comic shows him in a green colour, but then he changes to his normal blue later. This is most likely an accidental mis-colour and was confused with Springer, but it's notable because this toy was an homage to Tankor from Beast Machines, who in turn was based on The Hulk, who was green.
• Of some note: This issue came out at about the same time as Last Stand of the Wreckers was underway, which also featured Springer as the leader of a group, including some newbies...
• Tankor being forced to redirect his attack by an Autobot and shooting a fellow Decepticon is very similar to what Kup did to Blitzwing in the G1 movie, which was in turn homaged by Jazz against Brawl in the 2007 movie.

Extra Features

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Competitions

Build a 'Bot!/Design a Decepticon! gallery - Some of the entries for the contest

Way Past Cool! - Game reviews by Bumblebee

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Solar System info

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat away

Starscream's Stars - Horoscope feature

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #11

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Dead End

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: April 2010

Price: £2.75

Poster: Zombie Dead End in the Old West

Comic Title: Spare Parts!

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

The Cadets are in Death Valley on a training session when Dead End suddenly appears and begins to stalk the trio. The three lament how all the action is already over and all that's left to do is train and do clean up jobs (like catching the rogue Decepticons).

The three of them arrive in a ghost town to find an emergency recharge pack left by Bumblebee for them so they split up. The three of them split up and Jolt is attacked by Dead End, who tears off his left arm. Dead End then attacks the other two Autobots and injured his right arm, but just slots Jolt's arm in and has it act as a replacement.

Whilst the fight takes place Jolt finds the recharge pack and powers himself up, he then uses one of his whips to grab hold of Dead End and electrocutes him, knocking him out.

Two days later at Diego Garcia Dead End has been repaired and Ratchet explains that he had a regeneration circuit inside him that kept him alive, despite him being supposed to be dead, and then commends the trio as true Autobots for rescuing the Decepticon.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Jolt - Electric Car

Dune Runner - Military Buggy

Rollbar - Truck

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Bumblebee -Concept Camaro (mentioned)

Sideswipe - Concept Corvette (flashback)

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck (flashback)

Hoist - Tow Truck (flashback, being captured)

Decepticons

Dead End - Audi R8

Comic Notes

• The last Volume 2 comic with the annoying extended cover!
• This story introduces the Cadet's team (Jolt, Rollbar, Dune Runner)
• Dead End is a zombie/vampire type creature
• When Dead End absorbs a body piece, it changes colour to resemble his own
• Hoist is shown as one of the Decepticons being rounded up....HUH?!?! Maybe he's just a rogue Autobot?
• When Dead End is restored at the end he looks more like his toy again
• Ratchet seems oddly happy that Megatron is experimenting on his troops....

Extra Features

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Competitions

Perplexing and Hexing - Word Search

Cover Version - Colour in your own version of the poster (despite saying it's the cover)

Soundwave's Space Shots - Views of TF locations from space

Gallery of Glory - Design and Transformer entries showcase

More than meets the eye - Transformer puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide host a letters page!

Starscream's Stars - Starscream's horoscope column

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #10

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Art: Jason Cardy

Cover Date: March 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Optimus Prime in Chains

Comic Title: Bring me the head of Optimus Prime

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Optimus is called in to check in on a suspected Decepticon attack, but finds it as a false alarm, but then gets caught in an explosion and taken prisoner by Tyler White and his "Free Man".

At the Malmstrom Air Force Base, Bumblebee and Epps are looking for Optimus and decide to go off site to look for him. Tyler White explains to Optimus that he wants to have his head as a trophy on his wall, as he's the greatest prize of all, being a robotic alien and all.

Bumblebee and Epps find the Free Men's base and attack it, in the confusion Optimus frees himself and destroys all of White's trophies. Later, the surviving Free Men surrender without a fight and Optimus explains that he knew Tyler's plan all along, which is why he sprung the explosion, before it could be reset in a populated area next time, and then Tyler is taken away as well.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Human

Tyler White (captured by NEST)

The Free Men (captured/killed by NEST)

Sgt. Epps

Comic Notes

• This is the first of the Titan UK Movie comics to be written by Robin Etherington to lighten Simon Furman's workload.
• This issue is obviously an homage to "Prime Target" from G1
• Tyler White's "Free Men" must have killed some people off screen
• Does Tyler White actually intend to cut Optimus' head off with a machete??
• Optimus could have escaped from his bonds at anytime, but decided to leave only when it was the "funniest"...okay.....

Extra Features

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Pop Quiz, Hotshots - Transformers quiz

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews some games

Soundwave - Soundwave's profile

Primary Targets - Mathematical Puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat away

Starscream's Stars - Horoscope by Starscream