IDW - Regeneration One #100

Title: The War to End all Wars Part 5

Writer: Simon Furman

Pencils: Andrew Wildman (1-10), Geoff Senior (11-20), Guido Guidi (21-32)

Inks: Stephen Baskerville (1-10, 21-32), Geoff Senior (11-20)

Colourist: John-Paul Bove

Letterer: Chris Mowry

Editor: John Barber

Editor-in-Chief: Chris Ryall

Plot

Rodimus and his armada return to Cybertron following their battle with Jhiaxus, where they find no-one around, and the planet heavily aged and decayed. Rodimus is convinced that Primus, or the being who has taken his place is responsible when the crew are attacked by shadow leeches. Perceptor manages to analyse one, and discovers that it was once Iguanus, a Decepticon! This means that everyone who was left behind on Cybertron has been turned into one of these leeches who are able to drain living Transformers of their energy.

The Autobots proceed to fight off the leeches, and Rodimus has Jetfire fetch the sword of Primus from his base so they can use it to hopefully stop the leeches.

The Dinobots soon turn up, having been spared by the energy wave that hit Cybertron because Grimlock has immunity (following his possession) and the other Dinobots being in close proximity to him. Rodimus stops Grimlock from just slaughtering the leeches as he hopes to restore them before long.

Jetfire returns with the sword, and Rodimus activates it, sending out a wave of energy that protects them and restores a small area to normal, causing the leeches to flee.

Now they have a free moment Rodimus learns that all this began when Galvatron attacked the Star Chamber and knocked out all the space bridges except the ones between Nebulos, Cybertron and Earth, but before anything could be done about him the whole planet was transformed.

Rodimus reveals to the team that after his experience in the Primus Chamber and seeing a part of the Multiverse he consulted the Covenant of Primus, which told him that Nebulos, Earth and Cybertron are a holy trinity of sorts that affect the Multiverse. He sends Magnus and the others to the Star Chamber to confront Galvatron and stop him, whilst he goes to see Primus in Zero Space.

Inside Zero Space, "Primus" is torturing Spike some more by having his father appear and blame him for his death, all this turmoil is causing the crack in Zero Space to widen, and glimpses from other universes are starting to appear clearer, all whilst "Primus" has Galvatron destroying the cities of Nebulos as part of the Magi-Cal trinity.

Rodimus returns to the Presidium where he takes the Covenant of Primus and uses it's power to transport him to Zero Space where he meets "Primus", aka the Dark Matrix spawn.

The Autobots manage to break into the Star Chamber, but are attacked by the leeches again, Grimlock holds them off whilst the others go through the space bridges to Earth and Nebulos to find and stop Galvatron.

Back in Zero Space, the Matrix Spawn explains everything to Rodimus, he was transported with the other Transformers to Cybertron by Primus just before the Unicron war, where he possessed one of the Acolytes of Unicron, using that confusion he headed to the now empty Primus chamber where he found a graveyard of the bodies of Transformers who had in the past embarked on pilgrimages to see Primus, but died at the end, where he absorbed the crumbs of their spark energies and became more powerful.

Using this new power he was able to dominate the Demons, who were guarding Primus' chamber, and sent them to attack the surface dwelling Transformers so he could have more energy. During Cybertron's mass shift he was absorbed into Primus' chamber and became one with the planet.

Over the next couple of decades he was whispering in the ear of some of the Transformers, like Scorponok and Soundwave and caused all the hardships of recent days, but could only really get started on his true goals to devour the Multiverse itself when the Last Autobot was killed.

Rodimus goes to attack the Matrix Spawn, when it summons three versions of Optimus Prime from the timeline and have them attack the new Prime.

Ultra Magnus' team arrives on Nebulos and finds the place in a bit of a state, so they decide to follow the destruction to find Galvatron.

Meanwhile Prowl's team arrive on Earth, where they find a team of Humans attacking them, they quickly call a truce when they realise Spike and Optimus' disappearances are connected to this whole mess.

Inside Zero Space, Rodimus is being pummelled by the Optimuses, but he manages to fend them off long enough to throw the Covenant into the crack and into the hands of one of his counterparts. Before long, Rodimus' plan is made apparent to the Spawn, as an army of Rodimus' counterparts from across the Multiverse appears and begin to fight with the Spawn.

During the fight, the creature loses control of Optimus for a short time, and he manages to tell Rodimus that the creature cannot be killed, only contained, Rodimus seems unwilling to do that, as it would mean everyone's doom, but knows that it has to happen or the entire Multiverse is in trouble.

Rodimus manages to get through to Spike, and apologizes for the Transformers being responsible for what happened to Earth, which frees him of his demons, which begins to close the crack. Rodimus then makes the ultimate sacrifice and seals the crack up once and for all with the sword, which traps the Matrix Spawn inside Zero Space, unable to ever leave again. This act also sets all those turned into Shadow leeches free, and allows them to truly die.

Meanwhile on Nebulos, Ultra Magnus' team tracks down Galvatron, and manages to finally kill him, but not before Fort Max joins the fight, and has to be stopped as well

Rodimus, Spike and Optimus reappear inside Primus' Chamber, where Optimus dies from his ordeal, but tells Rodimus that what he has done has saved them all, and that now the dream can stay alive....

Many eons later Rodimus is the last Cybertronian alive, he looks back over his life and recalls how Optimus' plan for the Humans and Nebulans to blend their societies for both of their own goods came to happen, and over time their new civilization grew to flourish. He also looks back on how after the crack was sealed, Cybertron was cut off from Primus' power in the Multiverse, and so their days were numbered, they abandoned Cybertron to travel into the Universe and spread a message of peace. Now that it is his time to die, Rodimus has returned to the molten surface of his home world and walks along, until he collapses and hits the floor.

However, the Matrix energies from his now dead body spread out across the planet, cooling the molten planet down to normal again, and gives life to the cocoon forms of the Demons, who are reborn as a new generation of Cybertronian, showing us that it truly never ends.....

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus Prime - Caravan Last Cybertronian to die

Optimus Prime - Truck Dies from Injuries

Ultra Magnus - Car Carrier

Prowl - Police Car

Fortress Maximus - Battle Station Killed by Magnus' Team

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Swoop - Pteranodon

Slag - Triceratops

Blaster - Boom Box

Perceptor - Microscope

Blurr - Race Car

Jetfire - Jet

Wheeljack - Race Car

Nightbeat - Sports Car

Bumblebee - VW Beetle

Mirage - F1 Race Car

Highbrow - Helicopter

Jazz - Porsche

Red Alert - Emergency Sports Car

Hardhead - Tank

Topspin - Jet

Roadbuster - Jeep

Backstreet - Race Car

Hosehead - Fire Engine Killed by Shadow Leech

Slingshot - Fighter Jet Killed by Shadow Leech

Tailgate - Sports Car Killed by Shadow Leech

Streetwise - Police Car Killed by Shadow Leech

"IDW" Rodimus - Sports Car

"Animated" Rodimus - Sports Car

"Alternators" Rodimus Prime - Race Car

"Classics" Rodimus - Sports Car

"Galaxy Force" Hot Shot - Race Car

"G1 Cartoon" Rodimus Prime - Caravan

Other Rodimuses

"Original" Optimus Prime - Truck (Recreated by Matrix Spawn)

"Powermaster" Optimus Prime - Truck (Recreated by Matrix Spawn)

"Animated" Jetstorm - Jet (Seen in Crack)

"Cybertron" Leobreaker - Lion (Seen in Crack)

The Last Autobot - Space Ship (Flashback) Dead

Scattershot - Jet (Flashback) Turned into Shadow Leech

Star Chamber Staff (Flashback) Killed by Galvatron

Autobot Survivors

Decepticon

Galvatron - Laser Cannon Killed by Ultra Magnus

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Shockwave - Ray Gun

Ravage - Cassette

Iguanus - Recon Bike Turned into Shadow Leech

"Prime" Starscream - Fighter Jet (Seen in Crack)

Soundwave - Cassette Player (Flashback) Turned into Shadow Leech

Beast Box - Cassette (King of Shadows Only) Turned into Shadow Leech

Squawktalk - Cassette (King of Shadows Only) Turned into Shadow Leech

Howlback - Cassette (King of Shadows Only) Turned into Shadow Leech

Wingthing - Cassette (King of Shadows Only) Turned into Shadow Leech

Slugfest - Cassette (King of Shadows Only) Turned into Shadow Leech

Overkill - Cassette (King of Shadows Only) Turned into Shadow Leech

Runabout - Sports Car (Flashback) Killed by Demons

Dreadwind - Jet (Flashback)

Darkwing - Jet (Flashback)

Scorponok - Scorpion Tank (Mentioned) Dead

Cybertronian

Botanica - Living Plant

"Beast Wars" Black Arachnia - Spider (Seen in Crack)

"Robots in Disguise" Gas Skunk - Skunk (Seen in Crack)

All Cybertronians on Cybertron during Jhiaxus battle Turned into Shadow Leeches

Jhiaxus - Jet (Flashback) Dead

Demons (Flashback) Turned into New Generation of Cybertronians by Rodimus

Acolytes of Unicron (Flashback)

Human/Nebulan

Spike Witwicky/Circuit Smasher

Linda Chang

G.B. Blackrock

Gordon Kent

Borx

Human and Nebulan Survivors/Descendants

Sparkplug Witwicky (Illusion) Dead

Buster Witwicky (Mentioned) Dead

Other

Dark Matrix Creature Sealed Away

Shadow Leeches Allowed to pass on fully by Rodimus

"Clockwork Quintessons"

Primus (Mentioned) Locked out of this Universe

Unicron (Mentioned)

Notes

• SHOCKINGLY Nightbeat doesn't die in this issue!!
• The Transformers turning grey when attacked by the Shadow Leeches could be a reference to either how Tornadron left his victims in "Call of the Primitives" or just of how Transformers tended to turn greyscale when they died in the cartoon in general.
• Why does Rodimus assume his sword still exists on Cybertron after the planet is totally decayed?
• Tailgate's random death adds to the list of characters from More Than Meets the Eye who have died recently (Brainstorm, Misfire etc being earlier examples)
• It's revealed here that Sparkplug died during Megatron's attack - I don't think it was actually confirmed before now.
• It's revealed here that the Matrix Spawn is the one who revived Galvatron for his plans, therefore it's quite likely he was responsible for Megatron's revival on Earth as part of his plan to devastate Nebulos, Earth and Cybertron for his grand scheme.
• It's revealed that the violent actions of the Demons in the past were because they were controlled by the Matrix Spawn.
• It should be noted that Sludge is never seen with the other Dinobots here, meaning he was probably converted into a leech like the rest of the population :(
• The 3 versions of Optimus who appear in Zero Space are his original body, his Powermaster body and his current badly damaged body he abducted from Earth.
• The "Rodimus Corps" seen in the past return here after being contacted by this Rodimus Prime
• From IDW Rodimus' dialogue, it can be assumed that the it's the Red version of Hot Shot from Galaxy Force who appears and not his Hasbro counterpart Exillion.
• Ultra Magnus FINALLY finishes off Galvatron! Yay!
• Whilst not shown on page, it can be assumed that Fort Max was killed by the Autobots
• The heavily battered Rodimus shown at the beginning of this story arc is revealed to just be a heavily aged version of himself who has reached his natural end.
• Zero Space is revealed to be the void left behind when Primus was destroyed in this reality.
• With Primus gone, Cybertron was left dead and is unable to recover, until Rodimus' Matrix energies were released at the end that is.
• The demons' cocoon forms are shown to still exist on the dead Cybertron, and have given life to new Transformers, such as Botanica!
• It's mentioned that eons have passed at Rodimus' time of death, which means that the new generation of Cybertronians who are born are in a completely different situation that they were in Beast Wars (where only 200-300 years have passed)
• The clock-work looking beings Shockwave and his crew visit sure do look a lot like Quintessons huh?
• Rodimus' fate at the end here seems very fitting, as noted by the Demons when they saw him originally, he looks a lot like Primus, and here he is giving them new life as a creator would!
• Rodimus also basically does what Jhiaxus wanted him to do as well, he used his Matrix energies to power a new generation!

"Full Circle" Extra Content

King of Shadows by Simon Furman - Chronicles how Ravage survived the events on Cybertron

"Cybertron Needs You" Poster by Baskerville

It Never Ends?  by Andrew Wildman - His final words on the series

The Feeling by John-Paul Bove - His final words too

"Thanks" Poster by Jason Cardy

Cover Gallery - Chronicles all the US Marvel covers and the Regen One covers too

End Words by Simon Furman - His final words for the series as well

IDW - Robots in Disguise #27

Title: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11 - Black Planet

Written by: John Barber and James Roberts

Art by: Andrew Griffith

Colours by: Josh Perez

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Several months ago in Iacon, Brainstorm is giving Hardhead the once over before he leaves to take Jhiaxus away from Cybertron, and Brainstorm gives him a full bill of health, stating he's now completely free from the Dead Universe's effects. Whilst there Hardhead sees Nova Prime's dead body, and the two start to discuss it when a sudden discharge of energy hits Brainstorm. He claims to be okay, but his instrumentation says otherwise....

Back in the present, the Cybertronians fight off the invading Ammonites. The Lost Light starts to take off with the command inside planning to travel to every landing area on the planet, pick up as many people as they can and leave the planet to the Ammonites, but Perceptor reveals that the Ammonites aren't the only problem, as the space around Cybertron is starting to act weird too, meaning Shockwave is doing is final acts as they speak!

At Crystal City, Shockwave has Turmoil's old ship's time drive attached to himself and has Jhiaxus activate it, forcing Shockwave to relive his life and feel a great amount of pain, Jhiaxus has the rest of their team prepare for the inevitable attack from the other Cybertronians by sending Monstructor out to the city, and Bludgeon and Dreadwing to stand guard.

In Iacon again Magnus contacts Windblade inside Metroplex and manages to get Metroplex into action again, sending him to swat away the multitude of Ammonites (all 70 billion of them). Meanwhile the Lost Light lands again, with the crew inside ready with a new plan: Raid Shockwave's base, and deal with him, despite it being almost impossible. 

When they go outside they find Starscream with Metalhawk and the others, including Skywarp who can teleport some of them into the base. During the battle Monstructor arrives and is about to ambush and overwhelmed Metroplex when Prowl and the Constructicons merge into Devastator to engage him.

Skywarp can't teleport everyone who is needed for the mission, so some stay behind, he does manage to bring Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Ultra Magnus, Waspinator, Rattrap, Skids, Metalhawk and Braisntorm though.

Upon arrival in Crystal City Waspinator is skewered by Bludgeon, whom is then kept occupied by Ultra Magnus, Skids and Brainstorm. Metalhawk, Rattrap and Starscream head off to deal with Jhiaxus, as they think he's the key to everything, whilst Bumblebee and Megatron go to confront Shockwave himself.

Metalhawk and the others find Jhiaxus, but he's wearing a reactive armour that changes to match his opponent's abilities and skills.

At Shockwave's lab, Megatron and Bumblebee are confronted by a scared Dreadwing, whom Megatron simply blasts away, they find an injured Galvatron nearby, and Megatron tries to kill him for all he did to him earlier, but Bumblebee manages to calm him down and makes him try to make peace and asks Galvatron to join them.

Then Shockwave shoots Bumblebee in the back and kills him....

Megatron looks over the body of his new ally and in a fit of rage attacks Shockwave, who is much more powerful now, and tells Megatron that HE is saving the universe by freezing it entirely, and soon death will be another forgotten concept.

Elsewhere, Bludgeon is soundly beating the Autobots when Brainstorm suddenly feels very unwell and collapses, suddenly a hand starts reaching out of his chest...Optimus Prime and his team have used the Dead Universe created portal inside Brainstorm to escape the decaying universe!!

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Rodimus - Car

Bumblebee - Muscle Car Killed by Shockwave

Metroplex - Space Ship/City

Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport

Prowl - Emergency Car

Hound - Jeep

Ratchet - Ambulance

Perceptor

Kup - Pick-Up Truck

Nightbeat - Car

Brainstorm - Jet

Skids - Van Stabbed by Bludgeon

Getaway

Mainframe

Windblade - Jet
Chromia
Nautica
Arcee - Car
Rung
Cosmos - Orbiter
Jetfire - Jet
Whirl - Osprey Helicopter
Swerve - Van
Ironhide - Van
Warpath - Tank
Sideswipe - Car
Crosscut - Van
Snarl - Stegosaurus
Sludge - Apatosaurus
Slug - Triceratops
Swoop - Pteranodon

Highbrow - Helicopter

Windmill - Helicopter

Grotusque - Winged Saber Tooth Cat

Gripper - Baja Buggy

Hosehead - Fire Engine

Rumbler (and his Exo-Suit!!)

Cliffjumper - Car

Hurricane - Race Car

Hardhead - Personnel Carrier (Prologue Only)

Blaster (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Shockwave - Flying Artillery 

Megatron

Bludgeon - Tank

Dreadwing - Stealth Bomber Blasted by Megatron

Monstructor - Gestalt

Skywarp - Jet

Waspinator - Wasp Stabbed by Bludgeon

Soundwave - Van

Ravage - Cassette

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Laserbeak - Data Disk

Frenzy - Tank

Rumble - Tank

Hook - Crane

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck

Scavenger - Excavator

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer

Long Haul - Dump Truck

Devastator - Constructicon and Prowl Gestalt

Cutthroat - Winged Monster

Astrotrain - Space Shuttle/Train

Blitzwing - Jet/Tank

United Cybertron

Starscream - Jet

Rattrap - Mole Rat

Scoop - Front End Loader Blasted by Ammonites

Tankor - Tank

Cybertronian

Jhiaxus - Jet

Galvatron - Laser Tank

Cyclonus - Jet

Metalhawk - Jet

Nova Prime - Truck (Prologue Only) Empty Shell in Brainstorm's care

Knights of Cybertron (Mentioned)

Other

70 Billion Ammonites

Mini Cyber-Wraith (Prologue Only) In Brainstorm's care

Notes

• The prologue scene is set during the first couple of pages of More Than Meets the Eye #1
• Nova's "Nemesis Prime" body is shown to be in Brainstorm's care at the start as well, and explains that his essence was sent back to the Dead Universe, explaining how he got back there for Heart of Darkness and Dark Cybertron, despite being killed on Garrus-9 during Revelation.
• Brainstorm being "dead" all this time explains a few things throughout the series, such as the Sparkeater actively ignoring him during his rampage, and the off life readings on the Rodpod earlier in Dark Cybertron.
• Brainstorm owning a Cyber Wraith is also explained, as he probably uses it to keep him from dying in the regular universe.
• Rivet's Field is revealed here to be the launch site of the Lost Light and the original Ark, it was revealed earlier to be Tailgate's birthplace as well.
• It's shown here that Turmoil's time ship is being used as the drive to freeze time in place, finally explaining why Shockwave needed it originally
• When Shockwave links with the "Time Drive" he relives the time around his empurata, friendship with Orion Pax and recruitment into the Decepticons.
• Jhiaxus shows here that he's following Shockwave, despite being his mentor in the past, because he feels Shockwave is the ultimate intelligence now.
• The battle against the Ammonites shows a few uncommon appreances, like the rarely seen Windmill, and NEVER seen Gripper!
• Jetfire is shown in what appears to be his upcoming Generations toy (after he was badly injured earlier of course)
• Prowl finally gives up and lets himself merge with the Constructicons again. 
• Devastator fighting with Monstructor is somewhat fitting, being the first combiner against the first PERFECT combiner.
• Waspinator's shock at being alive still is perfect considering his characters history of blowing up throughout the franchise...then he gets stabbed!
• Jhiaxus' reactive armour is used here to make him look more like his upcoming Generations toy.
• Metalhawk's actions earlier in Dark Cybertron are shown to have been due to Jhiaxus controlling him to an extent.
• Megatron preparing to be allies with Galvatron is a bit funny considering in most continuities they're the same guy.
• Bumblebee's death here is VERY similar to his death in GI Joe vs the Transformers: Art of war by Devil Due Press in that he was killed just basically because he was in the way, or just there, his killer is emotionless, and his death caused a great deal of anger from his allies, and also because it seems to be permanent.
• Bludgeon comments that Skids' Metallikato is mimicked and not properly learned, unlike his...question is, where did he copy it from?
• The music heard in the Dead Universe from the previous issue is revealed to have been the singing in Swerve's bar being carried through a small portal inside Brainstorm's body.
• Cyclonus and Rodimus sure look a lot healthier that they did in the last issue don't they?
• For the first time this whole series, only one artist and one colourist are on duty!

IDW - More Than Meets The Eye #27

Written by: James Roberts and John Barber

Art by: Alex Milne, Brendan Cahill and Livio Ramondelli

Additional Inks by: Brian Shearer

Colours by: Josh Perez and Livio Ramondelli

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Optimus Prime and his team leave Nova's castle to find their portal home has collapsed leaving them separated from Wheelie and Garnak at the Gorlam Prime entrance. Nightbeat manages to find a small tear in the sky however, but it's much too small to fit through...then the entire Dead Universe begins to collapse in on itself...

At Crystal City on Cybertron Shockwave has Galvatron restrained and is using him to draw out the energies from the Dead Universe into himself for his master plan.

At Iacon, the battle with the Necrotitan is over, Metroplex is resting whilst the rest of the Cybertronians, including the returned Lost Lighters are starting to celebrate and begin repairs on themselves. Bumblebee tells Ratchet to make Megatron's repairs a priority as he did save them all with his actions, and begins to wonder about the new arrivals who are using feminine pronouns

During the celebrations Prowl gets annoyed by his Constructicon fanboys, and tries to concentrate on them finishing off Shockwave, but Bumblebee tells him to take a moment to relax, as there must be someone he wants to speak to from the Lost Light.

Meanwhile Ultra Magnus meets with Chromedome at Metroplex and asks him to inject into his brain to help repair his mind following his illness, but Chromedome refuses as he promised Rewind he'd stop doing it.

Ratchet takes Megatron on board the Lost Light and begins repairing him in his medi-bay, during the process Megatron compliments Ratchet on his skills, and even admits that he originally wanted to be a doctor, but didn't have the patience.

In the Dead Universe the team are running from the collapsing universe, and begin thinking of plans to escape, Nightbeat suggests they use the spacebridge inside himself (as he's realised that all Dead Universe denizens must have a spacebridge inside them like Kup, Nova etc) but Optimus refuses to allow anyone to kill themselves to save anyone else, then he and the others start to notice some music coming from somewhere...

Back on the Lost Light Hound is shocked that after all there years of war, the Autobots and Decepticons appear to be at peace, and all drinking and singing in a bar together of all things! At the bar itself Brainstorm is grumpy and complains of a sparkache making him feel ill, then annoys Bluestreak with his mispronunciation of the word "Necrotitan" before Blurr walks into the bar, making Swerve fangirl out. Skids manages to convince Swerve to just talk to Blurr and be casual with him...instead Swerve shakes him hand for several minutes, babbles on about being his stalker and creeping him out entirely.

At Crystal City, Shockwave finishes explaining everything to Galvatron, including about how he was never truly loyal to Megatron and his troops, but just uses them for his own goals, unknowingly also telling Waspinator and Metalhawk the same things from their hiding place high-up. Skywarp arrives and takes the two eaves droppers away so they can tell the others about what they've learned, but leaving before they hear his last comment about how he plans to bring time itself to an end.

Prowl is on the Lost Light and winds up at the medi-bay where he finds Arcee in her new body following her battle damage and pays her a compliment on how nice it is, she doesn't care, then Ratchet tells Prowl that if he's looking for Bumblebee, he's with Megatron, and they're laughing!

Inside his room, Megatron and Bumblebee are having a discussion, on how Megatron thinks they're both similar, since they both had Cybertron in their grasps, but lost it to Starscream. Megatron then admits that he regrets the war, and that he feels that the moment he stopped being a revolutionary and started being a warrior, he lost the people's hearts.

Prowl finds Chromedome outside, and confronts him on how he messed with his head before leaving on the Lost Light, then makes a snipe quip about Rewind's death. Chromedome loses it and throws him off the cliff they're standing on.

Inside Metroplex, Magnus goes to see Windblade to ask how Metroplex is doing, she reports that he's unable to talk still, except through his pattern method which she can understand. Magnus gets to what he wants to asks really though, and asks if Windblade can ask Metroplex about the Knights of Cybertron, but Nautica reveals that they themselves asked him weeks earlier, and he said that none of them deserved to know. Magnus receives a report of Prowl and Chromedome's fight outside and goes to deal with it.

Magnus manages to break up the fight, but also gives Prowl a verbal beatdown on all the evil and amoral things he's done in the past, and that he shouldn't be surprised when others begin to fight back, then leaves him to the company of his new "friends" the Constructicons.

Elsewhere in the ruined Iacon Starscream and Rattrap go to see a despondent Scoop and learn that he heard the whole prophecy from Shockwave before the war even started, suddenly Skywarp appears with Metalhawk and Waspinator to report what they've learned, but not before Metalhawk shoots Starscream for killing him, then moves on...

All the meanwhile Shockwave begins the final phase of his plan to make everything stand still at one point in time, and never change again, thus creating perfect order by calling in his biggest weapon...

Outside the Cybertronians all notice the stars beginning to go out...then they realize that that's not what's happening, the stars are being blocked out by the 70 billion Ammonites who have been summoned by Shockwave, who are there to stop anyone from stopping him in the last crucial stages!

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Rodimus - Car

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Nightbeat - Car

Bumblebee - Muscle Car

Metroplex - Space Ship/City Damaged

Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport

Hound - Jeep

Prowl - Emergency Car

Windblade - Jet

Chromia

Nautica

Arcee - Car

Slug - Triceratops

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Swoop - Pteranodon

Chromedome - Car

Ratchet - Ambulance

Swerve - Van

Bluestreak - Car

Brainstorm - Jet

Crosscut - Van

Fixit - Ambulance

Perceptor

Whirl - Osprey Helicopter

Skids - Van

Getaway

Mirage - Race Car

Ironhide - Van

Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle

Sideswipe - Car

Sunstreaker - Car

Huffer - Truck

Gears - Van

Hoist - Crane

Brawn - Van

Atomizer

Blaster

Slapdash

Xaaron

Cosmos - Orbiter

Dogfight - Jet

Rung

Trailcutter - Van

Siren

Rollout

Wheelie - Car (Voice Only)

Rewind (Mentioned) Dead

Decepticon

Shockwave - Flying Artillery

Bludgeon - Tank

Dreadwing - Stealth Bomber

Monstructor -Gestalt 

Megatron

Waspinator - Wasp

Skywarp - Jet

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer

Scavenger - Excavator

Hook - Crane

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck

Long Haul - Dump Truck

Soundwave - Van

Ravage - Cassette

Rumble - Tank

Frenzy - Tank

Astrotrain - Space Shuttle/Train

Blitzwing - Jet/Tank

Overlord (Mentioned)

Devastator (Mentioned)

United Cybertron

Starscream - Jet

Rattrap - Mole Rat

Scoop - Front End Loader

Metalhawk - Jet

Flatline - Van

Blurr - Race Car

Jazz - Car

Sky-Byte - Flying Shark

Quickmix - Mixing Truck

Landfill - Dump Truck

Tracer - Gun

Holepunch - Gun

Ricochet - Gun

Boomer - Gun

Cybertronian

Cyclonus - Jet Dying

Galvatron - Laser Tank

Jhiaxus - Jet

Bob

Other Cybertronians

Necrotitan - Space Ship/City (Footage) Dead

Nova Prime - Truck (Mentioned) Dead

The Thirteen Tribes (Mentioned)

Knights of Cybertron (Mentioned)

Tyrest (Mentioned)

Others

Ammonite Army

Centuritron - Ammonite Gestalt

Swerve's Serving Droid

Garnak (Mentioned)

Notes

• Kup asks questions about Wheelie's rhyming, which Rodimus claims he can't help. This reinforces the fact that Kup has been gone since JUST before Wheelie was recovered by Rodimus
• In a nice bit of detailing, Monstructor uses his second set of arms to hold Galvatron in place.
• Shockwave explains that his plan was to have all of his ores return to Cybertron, as they all act as counterbalances to each other, and cause strange effects, which he plans to use to freeze all time into one point, with him ruling over it all.
• The giant 2 page spread of the aftermath of the battle with the Necrotitan is just beautiful!
• Metroplex is revealed to still be a bit iffy after the battle, as the regenerative ore he absorbed has become inert.
• You have to wonder, what if Flatline was just outside the door when he compliments Ratchet as being "better than my best"
• The Autobots, Decepticons and NAIL's all join together to sing and relax in Swerve's bar on the Lost Light (most likely since Maccadam's is still burned down)
• Swerve finally gets to meet Blurr properly (and Blurr hates him for it)
• Blurr and Crosscut seem to be on familiar terms, this would make sense since both are basically celebrities
• Skywarp is shown to have survived the explosion from before, but he seems unable to stay in a corporeal form for too long, though his teleportational powers seems to be stronger now
• Arcee's new body would appear to be her upcoming, currently unseen Generations toy
• Aww how cute, Flatline has his hand across Ratchet's shoulder whilst they look at Arcee (I think I caught the "fangirl" bug from somewhere...)
• It was hinted at in Shadowplay and with some of the discussions about Prowl throughout More Than Meets The Eye that he and Chromedome had a past relationship, it seems all but confirmed here with his smirk about Rewind's death, essentially at his own hands 
• Metroplex is revealed to have contracted his illness by some Ammonites who attacked him on Shockwave's orders for the ore he had within him (which he jettisoned within his thumb which the Lost Light found), and he escaped them, and slowed the infection by teleporting to Hydrophena (the red ocean planet)
• It's revealed that Scoop heard the entire Dark Cybertron prophecy from Senator Shockwave before his empurata when he was at the Acadaemy, meaning that it was possibly made up by him for some reason (he wasn't mad back then) or he decided to make the prophecy happen afterwards.
• What is it with Soundwave always holding Ravage like a pet cat? I thought they thought of each other as equals?!
• It's revealed that when Metroplex acted as the Autobot HQ in the early war he was asked about the Knights of Cybertron by some Autobots, but he refused to answer any questions about them.
• When Skywarp teleports in, Waspinator is upsidedown and seems to be panicking...poor fella!
• The Thirteen Tribes are most likely something to do with "The Thirteen", like tribes who followed their individual ideals etc
• Nautica expresses an interest in the Knights of Cybertron and legends etc here, considering she is absent from the previews of the upcoming Windblade series it seems likely she'll be joining the Lost Light in "season 2"

TFCC #55 - Alone Together: Prologue

Writers: Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair

Pencils & Inks: Naoto Tsushima

Colours: Evan Gauntt

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Coordination: Phases

Plot

Botanica leads a team of Maximals to break the imprisoned Dynobot out of jail, as part of their revolution against the unfairness of their lives, being born just to continue a fight they didn't start. Dynobot was imprisoned at some point due to being outspoken, and they need to rescue him to use him in their plight.

Along the way the team are stopped by the thought-to-be-dead Rattrap, who manages to see through their Imperception Shield (it makes them invisible) as he knows all of it's inventor's (Rhinox) design flaws.

The team approach the cells when Transmutate hears someone speaking to her, one of the prisoners seems to know her, and about her inner turmoil. The team manage to break Dynobot out, and the prisoner, Rampage, tells her to leave, as he's sure they'll meet again one day....

Characters

Maximal

Transmutate - Good Motor Scooter

Botanica - UAV

Botanica's Drone - Chest Plate

Rattrap - Sports Car

Jawbreaker - Van

Gecko-Bot - Race Car

Dynobot - Helicopter/Rocket Car

Torca - Armoured Artillery Truck

Rhinox (Mentioned)

Other

Rampage - Flight of Fear Jet

Alpha Trion (Mentioned)

"The Builders"/Autobots and Decepticons (Mentioned)

Notes

• This story is set in the same universe that Depth Charge from the previous story came from originally, AND where the imposter Black Arachnia and Nightscream from Reunification came from as well.
• It's not clear whether this story takes place before or after they left the universe however, though Botanica's drone does look a bit Nightscream-ish...
• Because of his omission from The Gathering and The Ascending, I believe this is the first time Jawbreaker has appeared in an official comic! (Albeit in a pre-beast body)
• All the characters here use existing toy models with remolded heads in some places, and therefore COULD be used as future toys (Rampage and Transmutate of course are getting this anyway)
• Rampage and Transmutate in the regular continuity wouldn't have these names until they arrived on Earth, but since this is set in an alternate universe it doesn't matter really
• Speaking of names, Rampage is named Rampage here, rather than protoform X, like his toy will be...I think the Club are trying to confuse me again....IT'S NOT DIFFICULT!! STOP IT!!!
• The spear weapon that comes with the Wheeljack mold is used here as the "Imperception Shield"
• Botanica's drone thingie actually uses Laserbeak's model as the basis, however her body is based on Beast Hunters Soundwave, which came with Ravage
• Rattrap and Botanica appear to have a past relationship here, like they did at the end of Beast Machines
• Rampage's interest in Transmutate is a clear reference to his friendship with her in Beast Wars
• Rampage isn't shown with a Predacon symbol here, and his profile page shows a Protoform X insignia instead, so I guess he follows the other Rampage's origins as a Maximal experiment of some sort.
• Given that the Maximals are mostly using Transformers Prime toys as their basis, I'd guess that the unseen Rhinox would use Bulkhead's model.

Other Features

"Thrilling 30" Interview with Flint Dille

Preview of 2014 Botcon figure Cannonball

Transformers at 30: Flashback by Jim Sorenson

Celebrity Fan Spotlight (interview with pro-boxer Marina Isami, a Transformers fan!

Rampage Profile

Transmutate Profile

Transformers I.Q. focusing on Autobot commanders

Transformers I.Q. Trivia Bonus focusing on the universe visited in today's comic!

Recordicons - Buzzsaw taunts Overkill

TFCC #54 - BWSG Shattered Destiny

Writers: Benson Yee & Pete Sinclair with Matt Frank

Pencils & Inks: Evan Gauntt

Colours: Thomas Deer

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Plot

The Maximals attack Megatron in his Gigastorm armour, but their attacks do absolutely nothing, in response Megatron has his Predacons attack the Maximals all at once. Megatron confronts Magnus and demands he hands over the Matrix to him, but Magnus refuses, loads the Matrix into his cannon and uses it to blast open a dimensional gateway which sucks everyone nearby into it.

Magnus and Depth Charge get ready to leave through the portal too (how do they know where it goes? It could be oblivion fellas!!) but 2 other space ships fall through as well. Depth Charge tells Magnus to leave without him as he'll deal with the new arrivals. With that Magnus leaves, and the portal closes.

Depth Charge finds where one of the ships has crashed in a beautiful lake, when he lands though he's shocked to find a group of friendly looking Predacons led by a black, white and red Megatron....

In the future of the Shattered Glass Universe Aquarius and his small friend are confused as to why they are there and not where they planned to go (to the smaller robot's home instead of Aquarius') Aquarius assumes this may be "The Big Guy's" work, just as Ultra Magnus walks though a portal with the Origin Matrix, the final piece of the Star Saber!!

Characters

Maximal/Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Big Blue Beast

Depth Charge - Frequent Flyer Jet

Grimlock - Raging Raptor

Prowl - Lion

Ironhide - Elephant

Silverbolt - Eagle

Magnaboss - Gestalt

Predacon/Decepticon

Megatron - Terrible Tank

Gigastorm Armour - Battle Platform

Dirge - Sky Terror Jet

Autojetter - Winged Warrier Jet

Autolauncher - Terrible Tank

Seawing - Manta Ray

Scylla - Beastly Bottom Feeder

Snaptrap - Snapping Turtle

Skalor - Coelacanth

Overbite - Shark

God Neptune - Gestalt

Shattered Glass Predacon

Megatron - Tyrannosaurus Rex (10th Anniversary body with Optimus Primal's colours)

Waspinator - Wasp (Generations body with Fox Kids variant colours)

Dinobot - Raptor (Universe 2008 body)

Terrorsaur - Pteranodon (BW Lazorbeak body)

Tarrantulas - Tarrantula (Fox Kids variant body)

Scorponok - Scorpion (Botcon Sandstorm body)

Other

Aquarius

Small Bot

Notes

• This issue took MONTHS to finally arrive for us international members...but it's here now!! HAHA!! I can put the Sharkticons away now!!
• The Gigastorm armour is named here, and is shown to have Gigastorm's regular alternate mode too. ALSO, Megatron has seemingly merged himself with it, essentially mimicking Megastorm/Gigastorm from Beast Wars II even more.
• I'm not really sure what happens towards the end here...Magnus' weapon seems to miss Gigastorm, yet he's surrounded by rubble after the dimensional rift is caused.
• The Axalon and Darkseid have each other's normal colourschemes.
• Seriously, we get to the end of "Beast Wars Shattered Glass" and the guys we expect to find appear on the very last page?!
• The Predacons who emerge from the Darkseid use variants of their toy molds, upgraded versions, or new colourschemes for newer toys to make them slightly different from their positive counterparts.
• Rhinox's profile shows that his toy would be a remolded Generations Darkmount with a crane instead of a cannon....sneaky new toy reveal perhaps?
• I wonder if there's a purple monkey running around on the Axalon too?
• In the Trivia Bonus section is is revealed that the Origin Matrix is actually the last piece of the Star Saber that Aquarius has been looking for
• Due to Nexus Prime being taken over by Hasbro itself and not the Club it seems they've relegated his storyline to create the Star Saber to Aquarius in these side stories (most likely so it can be used in the main story for the big story arc that seems to be building up)

Other Features

Transformers Prime interview and advert for Darkness Rising DVD

The Transformers Menagerie  Part 5: The Predacons (G1 guys, not Beast Era ones)

Preview of Rattrap, Tankor and Crosscut's Generations toys

Transtech Rhinox profile

God Neptune profile

Transformers I.Q. (focusing on the Omega Point storyline from 3H)

Recordicons (Bat-Bot and Nightprowler vs Howlback)

IDW - Regeneration One #99

Title: The war to end all wars Part 4

Writer: Simon Furman

Breakdowns: Guido Guidi

Finishes: Stephen Baskeville

Colourist: John-Paul Bove

Letterer: Chris Mowry

Editor: John Barber

Editor-in-Chief: Chris Ryall

Plot

In Zero Space Spike is being held captive by Primus, who wishes to use his unique body (part Human, Nebulon and Cybertronian) for his grand scheme. As a part of this he takes on the form of Buster, and mentally traumatizes Spike over letting him die at the Decepticon's hands.

Rodimus Prime is taken to see Jhiaxus on the Hub's Throneworld, where he asks the Autobot leader to join him freely in building up his empire, or he'll start killing his captured allies.

Elsewhere in the Hub, the Wreckers are attacking the connections between the worlds and causing massive problems. Rook reports this to Jhiaxus, who starts killing Autobots (those who have been altered by external forces - Headmasters, Pretenders etc) to force Rodimus to tell them to stop, however Rodimus points out that if it's the Wreckers then they won't stoop until their dead anyway. Jhiaxus has a battalion chase after them.

Meanwhile, Shockwave and the possessed Starscream decide to take action as well, with Starscream going after Jhiaxus himself.

On Earth, Blackrock is working on repairing Optimus following his quick battle with Fort Max. Linda just wants Optimus to be operational enough to find out where Max took Spike, so they can recover him, then destroy the space bridge and cut off all connection to the outside universe for good.

On Cybertron, the Dinobots witness the surviving Demons wrap themselves in a cocoon of some sort, as it waiting for something to happen, when Grimlock starts to get his memories that Primus erased back and starts babbling about how he was used, and about VsQs.

Elsewhere at the Star Chamber Galvatron attacks the Autobot scientists trying to contact Optimus or Quickmix, who have both gone quiet, and kills them all.

The Wreckers are tearing apart the Hub's connectors and causing massive damage all across, along with the aid of Shockwave and the Ark (which he still controls) Jhiaxus has Rodimus sent away to the prisons by 2 guards, who Rodimus easily takes down.

Jhiaxus is panicking over his crumbling empire and prepares to leave when Starscream arrives and re-introduces Jhiaxus to the Senators he killed during the Underbase's creation. Jhiaxus' mind is then painfully absorbed into Starscream (and the Underbase itself). Jhiaxus screams for Rook's help, but his loyal servant just runs away.

Rodimus frees the captured Autobots who join in with the battle. Shockwave arrives at the Throneworld and recovers Starscream's exhausted body from the collapsing construct, despite it being totally illogical - he starts to wonder if this is what emotion is. The attackers all leave as the Hub crumples into itself.

On the way back to Cybertron, Rodimus wonders about some things, all Jhiaxus was doing was trying to create order out of the chaos of the Universe, which is exactly Primus' function...so what if Primus isn't as benevolent as they all think?

On Cybertron a Dark Matrix creature leaps out of an Energon Pool....

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus Prime - Caravan

Optimus Prime - Truck Near Death

Ultra Magnus - Car Transport

Prowl - Police Car

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - VW Beetle

Roadbuster - Jeep

Whirl - Helicopter

Rack N' Ruin

Topspin - Jet

Sandstorm - Helicopter/Buggy

Broadside - Battleship/Jet

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Slag - Triceratops

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Swoop - Pteranodon

Blurr - Race Car

Blaster - Boom Box

Hardhead - Tank

Chromedome - Car

Jetfire - Jet

Joyride - Baja Buggy Killed by Jhiaxus

Sky High - Helicopter Killed by Jhiaxus

Crosshairs - Off-Road Van Killed by Jhiaxus

Brainstorm - Jet Killed by Jhiaxus

Kick-Off

Star Chamber Staff Killed by Galvatron

Nightbeat - Car (Mentioned)

Quickmix - Mixing Truck (Mentioned)

Fortress Maximus (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Starscream - Jet Possessed by "The Four"

Shockwave - Ray Gun

Galvatron - Laser Cannon Possessed by Primus

Axer

Gutcruncher

Cybertronian Empire

Jhiaxus - Jet Absorbed by "The Four"

Rook - Jet

Other Members - Jets Mostly Dead

Human

Spike Witwicky/Circuit Smasher Captured by Primus

Linda Chang

G.B. Blackrock

Other Human Survivors

Buster Witwicky (Illusion Only)

Other

Primus

Dark Matrix Creature

Demons Entering Cocoon Stage

Boltax Part of Underbase

Decanus Part of Underbase

Tallus Part of Underbase

Rokan Part of Underbase

Other Cybertronians

Notes

• This is the penultimate issue of this series!
• Doesn't it feel like the whole Jhiaxus/Hub storyline was a bit shoehorned in or rushed?
• I mean seriously, last issue they were crushing the Autobots, now the Wreckers basically destroy them in a couple of minutes!
• With Galvatron's new attitude and his previous location near Primus, I think it's safe to say that he did what he's doing to Spike to Galvatron off screen, and this process will drive Spike mad(der) in time for next issue.
• Jhiaxus plans to use the Matrix energies inside Rodimus to power a new generation of Cybertronians, this is similar to Bludgeon's plans to use the Matrix to power his new generation of Transformers in the G2 series.
• Grimlock remembers the Dark Matrix creature from VsQs in the Marvel run, which is implied to be one with Primus as well here, which would mean that whatever Primus is up to has been planned for some time now.
• "The Four" are fully named here as Boltax, Decanus, Tallus and Rokan, the last 2 were unnamed in issue #0.
• Shockwave's scene with Starscream (see above) seems like it's just bait for the fangirls to fawn over honestly.
• Cybertron is shown to have some Decepticcons and Autobots wandering around on the surface...why wasn't every able-bodied Autobot/Decepticon brought in to counter this massive threat against their homeworld?!
• The Dark Matrix creature is shown to be in an energon pool at the end of this issue, but last time we saw it, it was entering Fort Max's mind...maybe there's more than one of them?
• Think about it this way...the individuals shown to Rodimus on his time trip by Primus are now all in his grasp. Fort Max, the Matrix Creature and Galvatron are under his power and Spike has been taken captive. The only wild-card (as pointed out earlier in the series) was Jhiaxus, who has now been taken out just in time for Primus' big push...seems like the trip was used to force Rodimus to help Primus out secretly for whatever he's doing.
• This could also mean that the Demon's attempts to keep people away from Primus' chamber were to try and stop him from being revived again.

IDW - The X-Files Conspiracy: The Transformers

Written by: Paul Crilley

Pencils by: Dheeraj Verma

Colours by: Joana LaFuente

Letters by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: John Barber and Denton J. Tipton

Plot

The Lone Gunmen are waiting for the arrival of some informants they have about Skylogic's work with the virus they are investigating, when they arrive though, they notice the vehicles they came in have no drivers. Suddenly the duo transform into Optimus Prime and Bumblebee who demand to know where Ratchet is. It's quickly deduces that there's been a mix-up, as the Autobots believe the Gunmen have kidnapped Ratchet as they were searching for any connection to Skylogic, which led to their investigations.

The groups join forces to both rescue Ratchet and look into Skylogic's actions, and together they manage to identify someone in some footage the Gunmen have, and manage to identify and track him down. They manage to get Skylogic's address out of their target and infiltrate it.

Inside they find Ratchet being and free him, but then the Skylogic personnel start to fight back (using weapon I'd assume were made by studying Ratchet's systems). They manage to get out by jumping out the windows of the building, then being caught by Ratchet who transforms around them, keeping them safe. The Autobots then drive off with the humans in tow to safety.

Later the Autobots gift some technology to the Gunmen so they can use it to hopefully work on an anti-virus before it's too late, then they drive off, hoping to make the Skyogic teams follow them instead of the Gunmen for a while at least

Later the Gunmen are getting ready to head off to Atlanta to meet up with Scully at the CDC, but unknown to them several individual in dark outfits (Skylogic?) are waiting outside...

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (Train in Flashback)

Bumblebee - Sports Car (Temporarily Military SUV)

Ratchet - Ambulance

Human

Richard Langly

Melvin Frohike

John Byers

Fox Mulder

David Simmons

Skylogic Personnel

Dana Scully (Mentioned)

The Ghostbusters (Mentioned)

Other

Elder God (Flashback)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mentioned)

Notes

• This is the 2014 big crossover event for IDW, however this one is different from the previous ones (Infestation, Mars Attacks etc) due to this one being ALL set in one continuity
• It's revealed here that this continuity is the future of the Hearts of Steel continuity! That was a shocker!
• Optimus and Bumblebee's modern incarnation look sort of like the last Earth modes of their IDW G1 counterparts, whilst Ratchet looks exactly like his Prime counterpart
• It appears that the alien virus (or whatever it is the Gunmen are looking for, I honestly haven't been following this series in general - I will read the whole thing when the TPB comes out though.) was cultivated at least in part from Ratchet.
• Bumblebee is shown entering the complex using an SUV alternate mode, yet leaves using his normal sports car mode....yup
• It's implied here that the Decepticons are still out of commission in this continuity

Titan - Transformers Prime #4.19

Title: Smoked Out

Script: Chris Cooper

Art: Andres Ponce

Lettering: Comicraft

Cover Date: Mar/Apr 2014

Cover Price: £3.99

Poster: A mess of a Poster of the cast (see notes below for my moans)

Plot

Smokescreen is having a nice drive around a mountain road when he's attacked by a patrol of Vehicons and Skylynx, he easily takes down the Decepticons, but decides to run from Skylynx, however he gets damaged whilst driving away and winds up in a river which takes him to Jackdaw city where he finds a small garage to hide in and attempts repairs, when there he finds he's unable to transform and his weapons are offline, just then the garage's owner (Joe) arrives and is shocked to find a talking car.

Joe quickly realizes that Smokescreen is one of the rumoured alien robots from the internet, but decides to help him anyway, just to get him out of there, though he does intend to charge him a lot of his services afterwards.

By the next morning Joe's mostly finished, but he hears from his police radio (he has to so he can get to accidents to help with repairs quicker) that a large metal dragon (Skylynx) is attacking the city. Smokescreen is still unable to transform, so Joe helps him by forcing a chainsaw into his seems and forcing him to transform that way.

Soon Smokescreen is riding in the back of Joe's tow truck and swings the attached chain at Skylynx, drags him away and dumps him in the ocean. Afterwards Joe decides not to charge Smokescreen for the parts.

Characters

Autobot

Smokescreen - Race Car

Predacon

Skylynx - Winged Dragon

Decepticon

Vehicons - Muscle Cars

Human

Joe

Jackdaw Citizens

Notes

• I think I'm the only one buying this comic now....
• As promised above, here are my moans about the poster, it features 6 of the main Autobots: Optimus, Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead, Ratchet and Wheeljack, HOWEVER it shows Bumblebee in his season 1-2 colours and Optimus in his Beast Hunters body...now how was this "picture" taken exactly? This is also annoying because Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus aren't included despite being main characters in Season 3 (Beast Hunters) AND because Smokescreen is in fact thee main focus of this very comic issue!!
• All of the screenshots and CGI images of Smokescreen in the magazine are of him in his white and blue colours, but the comic has him wearing the blue and yellow version...
• The images of Skylynx and Darksteel in their profile page appear to be taken straight from the Art of Prime book
• AGAIN! Skylynx shouldn't be a) on Earth or b) aligned with the Decepticons!
• It's mentioned several times in the comic that Smokescreen was badly dinged up etc during his accident, yet all I can notice are a could of paint scratches!
• Joe the Mechanic sort of resembles Sparkplug Witwicky from the Marvel series.
• Smokescreen has a cartoonish sweat-mark when Joe tells him he's never tried prying open a Transformer manually before.
• It appears that more humans know about Transformers, or that Raf has been slacking a bit as some reports of them have been on the internet according to Joe.
• Smokescreen revealing himself to Joe ISN'T unprecedented in the Aligned continuity (besides the 3 kids in Prime) as the Rescue Bots were permitted to reveal their true natures as living robots, so long as there was no other way to save lives otherwise.
• Why didn't Skylynx bite the chain away or fly off ratehr than being dragged along to the ocean and dumped there?
• Yeah...I can just imagine Skylynx coming back for revenge just after the last panel of this comic....

Other Features

Adverts Galore!

Competition! You can win some old Transformers products (judging by the image!)

All about...SMOKESCREEN

Best of 'Bots! Quiz (Find out which Prime Autobot you are most like - I'm Bumblebee apparently....boo)

Double Trouble! Spot the difference game

The Trans Files Fun Facts about Darksteel and Skylynx

Soundwave's Stumpers! Puzzles from Soundwave

Relic Race A cut out board game (which would ruin the comic)

Mega Mouth Megatron and Arcee read the reader mail...guess I'm NOT the only reader after all!