Titan - Movie Volume 1 #21

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Jazz, Arcee and Bumblebee

Cover Artist: Jason Cardy

Cover Date: March 2009

Price: £2.70

Poster: Jazz beats up some Autobots

Comic Title: Hard Target

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Casey Collier

Colours: Jodie Azhar

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

The Autobots come back from Cybertron to find their base under Decepticon control and are attacked on sight, they head off to Washington but are redirected for a meeting with the President at Andrews Air Base.

Optimus is separated from the other Autobots and is attacked by Jazz, who's been hired to kill Optimus. Optimus fights with Jazz and tries to make him see reason when a Decepticon appears to try and kill Optimus as well, so Jazz kills the Decepticon (Kullt) for trying to take his kill from him.

Optimus tries to reason with Jazz again, but the rogue Autobot just drives off, vowing to show Optimus that he's wrong about him. Later the President claims that he didn't have any knowledge of the meeting and that they must have been tricked, however Optimus realizes that Allen must be under Decepticon control, like Mikaela.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Jazz - Sports Car (rogue)

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Elita One - Motorcycle

Armorhide - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Longarm - Tow Truck

Skyblast - Jet

Arcee - Motorcycle

Strongarm - Jeep

Decepticons

Starscream - F22 Jet

Payload Drones - Vans

Kullt - Jet (Killed by Jazz)

Humans

Mikaela Banes

President Allen

General Seward

Hogan (Army Guy)

Comic Notes

• Jazz's storyline is never resolved...unless he was shipped off in the final issue as well....
• The Decepticons now have control of the Autobot's base
• Jazz has become a gun-for-hire since going rogue
• Hey look a guy with no toy! Guess how long he lasts?
• Jazz's two weapons are based on the different weapons that come with his Deluxe toys (basic Jazz and Final Battle version)
• Optimus finally realizes that Mikaela and Allen are under Decepticon control
• Jazz claims he hasn't been corrupted, but liberated by the Allspark
• If you look very carefully on the second comic page you can see some tiny Payloads on the ground.
• It's implied here that Starscream or another Decepticon at least hired Jazz for this job

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part 8

10 Reasons why I like being a Saleen S281 - Barricade justifies his alt mode

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews video games

Character Profile - Arcee (actually uses pictures of G1 Arcee and Titan Elita One)

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part 8

Top Gear - New stuff to oggle

Artobots - Fan Arts

Star Screams - Starscream shouts at children

Arcee's Soulmates - Lonely Hearts Club