IDW - Transformers #35

Title: Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Andrew Griffith

Colours by: Josh Perez

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Garrison Blackrock is unveiling his new "Onyx Interface" in Japan, whilst Spike Witwicky and Jimmy Pink track down and disable a Mini-Constructicon, and hack into the presentation, trying to reveal that Blackrock and the EDC are involved with Cybertronians on Earth again, leading to Blackrock to call for Faireborn's help.

Elsewhere, Cosmos is observing the EDC's situation at Bikini Atoll, but is now under attack by the EDC's missiles (his stealth paint has failed for him). He is saved fairly quickly though by Sky Lynx and Sideswipe. Cosmos receives a message from Prowl, saying he's had a "Google alert" (regarding Spike), and the Autobots head off back to the Moon.

Inside the EDC base, Sanjay reports the incident with Cosmos to Marrissa, who is heading out to Japan with Jones to deal with Blackrock, and is a bit anxious to deal with Spike as well

Optimus speaks with Alpha Trion on Ark-7, before heading out to Cybertron to look for more clues about the Enigma of Combination (and for his anniversary of becoming Prime). Optimus leaves Prowl in charge, but tells him not to do anything too rash, despite his recent actions.

As he leaves on the Skyroller, Optimus calls Arcee and asks her to keep an eye on Prowl. Meanwhile, Prowl is having a table-flipping tantrum and suffers from another one of his strange "nose-bleeds" until the Constructicons interrupt him. Prowl then informs them that Spike has resurfaced, and they're going to go after him (as he's the one Human they all hate)

In Japan, Spike and Jimmy change out of their military clothes and into civilian outfits to blend in with the tourists, and Spike gets a text saying someone will see him later....

The EDC team arrive at the Onyx Interface presentation, where Blackrock has claimed that Spike's video was just leaked footage from a new game he's releasing. Blackrock then threatens that if Spike isn't dealt with, and if his company is harmed by this, then he's taking the EDC down with him.

At the Nemesis, Galvatron is thinking out loud about how Spike may know something about the Enigma of Combination, he's interrupted by Scoop, who says Soundwave wants to speak to him. Soundwave tells him that he's going on a personal errand, which Galvatron doesn't care about, and allows him to go.

Once he is out of the way however, he approaches the other Decepticons about joining him on a hunt for Spike, which they agree to...

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Prowl - Police Car

Arcee - Sports Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Cosmos - Orbiter

Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle

Jetfire - Jet

Alpha Trion Being Repaired

Decepticon

Galvatron - Tank

Soundwave - Personnel Carrier

Laserbeak - Cassette

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Rumble - Cassette

Frenzy - Cassette

Blitzwing - Tank/Jet

Mini-Constructicon Killed by Spike

Skywarp - Cybertronian Jet Hooked up to Nemesis

Scrapper - Front End Loader (Mentioned) Dead

Cybertronian

Scoop - Front End Loader

Hook - Crane

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer

Long Haul - Dump Truck

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck

Scavenger - Excavator

D.O.C.

Starscream (Mentioned)

Alchemist Prime (Mentioned)

Sharkticons (Mentioned)

Human

Marissa Fairborne

Garrison B. Blackrock

Jones

Sanjay Bharwanay

Spike Witwicky

Jimmy Pink

Yasawy Maki

EDC Troops

Onyx Interface Party Attendees

Daniel Witwicky (Mentioned) Dead

Hunter O'Nion (Mentioned) Dead

Other

Onyx Interface Droid

EDC Transformer Army (Mentioned)

Notes

• This is the Robots in Disguise comic with the new simplified "Transformers" title. Most likely due to the upcoming Robots in Disguise TV series.
• G.B. Blackrock is finally given a first name!
• The Mini-Constructicon was last seen in Spotlight: Ramjet...looks like he's been kept on Earth and studied since then!
• Jimmy Pink has returned! Looks like he's not happy with being forgotten about by everyone either.
• Speaking of Jimmy, he's certainly changed his appearance a fair bit since we last saw him briefly in Maximum Dinobots, hasn't he?
• Sideswipe now has a jet pack built into his new robot mode (apparently it's new)
• Optimus' trip to Cybertron is shown in the Punishment comic.
• WHY ARE YOU GIVING PROWL COMMAND OF THE AUTOBOTS PRIME?!?!
• Oh OK, Arcee's gunna watch him? Yeah she'll just murder him if he gets out of hand!
• Galvatron seems to think that Spike knows something about the Enigma of Combination...why?
• Scoop was revealed to be on Earth earlier from Starscream's point of view, as a spy for him.
• Soundwave claims to be heading to Jupiter to check up on the Human's progress on the Decepticon's new home...wonder if he'll turn up in MTMTE with Ravage instead some point soon?
• So Spike is being chased now by Prowl and his Constructicons, Galvatron and his Decepticons, and Marissa and her EDC troops? Wonder how long he'll survive?
• Blackrock is revealed to have built the army of Thrusts and Ramjets in the EDC basement.
• Prowl's unprompted comment of "get out of my head" when a Constructicon knocks on his door implies that he's having issues with their Gestalt form still.
• The Decepticon warship is named as the Nemesis here, after the Decepticon's original ship in the G1 cartoon.
• Galvatron implies that Alchemist Prime was drunk when he made up the prophecy of the Chosen One, showcased in Dark Cybertron.
• Optimus hasn't told his crew about the Enigma of Combination or Alpha Trion's other revelations, despite him hinting that he would last issue.
• Scoop not knowing who Alchemist Prime is, despite having studied his prophecy so intently is a bit worrying huh?