Cover Characters: Stock image of Starscream
Cover Date: APRIL 2012
Price: £3.25
Poster: Megatron and Starscream on a rocky terrain in front of Dark Energon/Bumblebee attacks you
Comic Title: All the President's 'Bots!
Script: Robin Etherington
Art: Dario Brizuela
Lettering: Comicraft
On the Nemesis Megatron is angry that the Autobots are still alive and blames Starscream so he orders them to deal with them once and for all. So Starscream heads out with a team of Vehicons and attacks Air Force One, kidnapping the jet (knocking out everyone on board with gas) and holds the crew and President hostage.
Early the next morning Fowler arrives at Autobot HQ and tells them about the kidnapping (thanks to having the black box from the plane that Starscream delivered to them, saying he'll be at the Grand Canyon, in code). The Autobots head to the canyon where they find that Starscream has set up a batch of cannons to use to kill them.
All of Starscream plans however fail in the end as Optimus and the rest just ram through and kill the Vehicons, and even take control of the cannons. Starscream is confident that Optimus won't attack him however as he has the president in his hand, and she could be hurt if he does anything. However he is proven wrong as Optimus quickly attacks the Decepticon and slices off his arm, and catches the human.
Starscream, being injured now, flees. The Autobots leave before the humans wake up. The humans wake up later with the president having had weird dreams about robots.
Comic Characters
Autobot
Optimus Prime - Truck Cab
Arcee - Motorcycle
Bulkhead - Off Road Vehicle
Ratchet - Ambulance
Bumblebee - Sports Car
Decepticon
Megatron - Cybertronian Jet
Starscream - Fighter Jet
Vehicons - Sports Cars
Human
Agent Fowler
Madame President
Jerry (President's Husband - Mentioned)
Secret Service Guy
Air Force One Crew
Comic Notes
- Super sized cover this time...
- This issue comes with a toy gun on the front cover, and also has the text "The President must die!!!" on the front....whilst this is just a usual Titan free toy and the basic plot of the comic (Screamer threatens to kill the president) this can't be a good PR move....
- Starscream leads a team of Vehicons off the Nemesis and attacks Air Force One...now whilst it would make sense for him to lead a team of the jet-alternate mode Vehicons, he actually leads a bunch of car ones....yeah....
- The Autobots seem quite brutal against the Vehicons in this issue...
- Awww...the green Ratchet from last issue is no where to be seen :(
- Starscream loses his arm again (how many times is this? 2? 3?
- This story is clearly set before Screamer's exile from the Decepticons
- The kids aren't in this story as it's set during the night and early morning...guess they need their sleep huh?
- The Vehicons on the Nemesis are clearly seen shaking whilst Megatron is shouting...poor things
- Why the President is a white woman instead of based on Obama is anyone's guess
- Why does the President NOT know about the Transformers?
- The President husband, Jerry seems to be a good little househusband, cooking for his busy wife (though not enough to worry about her going missing for a whole night however....)
Extra Features
Adverts
Competitions
Profile - Starscream
Episode Guide - Masters and Students
Starscream's Stumpers - Puzzles with Starscream
Mega-Mouth - Arcee and Megatron read the fan mail
Ratchet and the Vehicons - A Grid puzzle to solve
Road to the White House - Maze Puzzle
Awesome Prime Wordsearch! - It's not actually that awesome
Back Page Cut-Outs - Cut out a Bookmark, Build a cardboard Optimus Prime
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