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Saturday, 15 October 2011

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #1


Basic Information

Cover Characters: Stock Image of Optimus Prime
Cover Date: August 2007
Price: £2.60
Poster: Optimus Prime

Comic Title: Prelude: Optimus Prime
Script: Simon Furman
Art: Geoff Senior
Colours: Robin Smith
Letters: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft


Comic Plot

On Cybertron Optimus fights off a hoard of Dreadwings whilst guarding the Allspark, which is being prepared for launching into space. Megatron has been sending his troops everywhere to find the Allspark. Optimus wonders if he's doing the right thing by launching it, but then a Decepticon drone attacks the base and Optimus has to fight it, telling Arctus to launch it if he hasn't returned in ten cycles.
Optimus and the drone fight, but Optimus manages to destroy it with his alternate mode, but lands outside, knocking his head, when he comes to he sees a vision of the future where he sees the Cybertronian war on another planet, and then he sees the Allspark flying off into space.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Entry Pod
Arctus
Jazz - Sports Car (in vision)

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet (Silhouette)
Dreadwing Drones - Jets (many destroyed by Optimus)
Brawl/Devastator - Tank (in vision)

Comic Notes

  • This comic could easily be in continuity with IDW, but I don't personally count it that way
  • The Tank in the vision is either Brawl or the UK character Devastator...so I went for an either or option
  • Optimus is designed to look like his Earth robot mode, despite his earlier bodies in all other media show it to be much different
  • All the other Autobots in this comic are grey coloured generics, except Arctus

Extra Features

Adverts - Lots of new things (at the time) are shown off
Contests - Throughout the book
Transformers 101 - Basic info on what the Transformers are for new fans
Character Profile - Optimus Prime profile
Head to Head - Ratchet vs Barricade match up
Movie Prequel reprint - Part of the series reprinted here
A Piece of History! - Article on the 80's series Movie
Beast Wars: The Gathering reprint - Part of the series reprinted here
Transformers: Top Gear - New Transformers things are shown off here
Mech Mail - Fan mail

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