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