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