IDW - Robots in Disguise #4

Comic Staff

Title: Devisive

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Andrew Griffith

Colour by: Josh Perez

Letters by: Shawn Lee

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Storyline

Whilst at work, Dirge discovers the dead body of a Decepticon, Skydive and is attacked himself by Bombshell with one of his Cerebral Shells. Elsewhere Prowl is watching Starscream on stage trying to manipulate the situation when Arcee appears near him and calls him out on his involvement in Rodimus' supposed death, and points out that everyone believes he was the reason the ship blew up when Wheeljack arrives and reports about Skydive's death.

At the murder scene Prowl tries to interrogate Dirge, but he's being forced to just say he saw nothing thanks to Bombshell's shell. Wheeljack works out a system to trace the source of the signals in the shells and Prowl locates Bombshell, who has just taken Sunstorm for a slave too. Arcee and Prowl prepare to take him in when Bombshell has Dirge and Sunstorm attack the Autobots whilst he escapes. Prowl orders Blurr to chase Bombshell from outside, but doesn't give him back up.

Back at the battle Prowl gets angry and starts thinking about Spike Witwicky, and how he did bad things because he thought it was right, just like how Prowl was now acting. Arcee kills Sunstorm, despite him being incapacitated already, but allows Dirge to live.

Blurr locates Bombshell, but winds up ambushed by the Five remaining Constructicons. Arcee and Prowl go to hunt Bombshell and Prowl orders Arcee to deal with the Constructicons whilst he chases the bug. Bombshell is trapped in a corridor by Prowl, he tries interrogating him to find out who his boss is, but then just gets annoyed and executes the Decepticon.

With Bombshell's death his Cerebral Shells fall off and Dirge is free again. Prowl goes to kill Dirge as he's a witness, but Dirge is saved when he runs away and Prowl's aim is knocked by some falling waste. Prowl orders Arcee to go after Dirge, whilst he deals with the Constructicons. Prowl reactivates the Constructicon's I/D Chips that were disabled before and detonates all five, killing them all.

Arcee catches Dirge, but allows him to go free when he says he just wants to go about his normal life.

Later Blurr is screaming at Prowl about how he got him hurt, Prowl declares that the Decepticons are up to something and cannot be trusted, Blurr and the others think he's being paranoid. Bumblebee tries to calm Prowl down, but he doesn't listen to his leader and talks about this being a new era, and they need to take control before it's too late.

Characters

Autobot
Bumblebee - Car
Prowl - Car
Arcee - Car
Blurr - Race Car
Wheeljack - Car
Bluestreak - Car
Sideswipe - Car
Streetwise
Warpath - Tank
Broadside
Sizzle
Rodimus - Speedy Car (Mentioned)
Skydive - Jet (Mentioned)
Drift - Car (Mentioned)

Decepticon
Starscream - Jet
Dirge - Jet
Sunstorm - Jet Killed by Arcee
Acid Storm - Jet
Bombshell - Robotic Beetle Killed by Prowl
Skydive - Jet Killed by Bombshell
Swindle - Van
Scavenger - Excavator Killed by Prowl
Long Haul - Dump Truck Killed by Prowl
Mixmaster - Mixing Truck Killed by Prowl
Hook - Crane Killed by Prowl
Bonecrusher - Bulldozer/Front End Loader Killed by Prowl
Ratbat - Cassette (Mentioned) Dead
Megatron (Mentioned)

NAIL
Metalhawk - Jet
Tappet - Car
Nuggit
Brimstone
Boulder
Granite
Spearhead
Other
Spike Witwicky

Comic Notes

• Dirge doesn't seem to care much for the Decepticons still (explained why last issue) and just wants to live out his life
• Starscream's plan with the coalition seems to be that new members will be voted in after their terms are over, much to Bumblebee's shock.
• Arcee likes to play "poke the copper with a big stick" with Prowl by taunting him randomly
• It seems like the Rock Lords came to Cybertron after Chaos too! (Maybe we'll get more Gobots!!)
• Arcee seems to let Dirge go at the end because she knows what it's like to not like the hand your dealt (thanks to Jhiaxus)
• Okay...you thought Arcee was a murderer for killing Ratbat and Sunstorm?...Prowl just killed SIX MAIN DECEPTICONS!!! And even tried killing Dirge too.
• Prowl seems to hate Decepticons even more now, even declaring that Cybertron is the Autobot's world (also sort of alienating the NAIL's too)
• One of Starscream's first moves as a Coalition member was to get Decepticons jobs, and to allow them to transform again.
• It's not clear why Bombshell killed Skydive...maybe he was resistant to his cerebral shells?