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
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