IDW - Angry Birds Transformers #1

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Livio Ramondelli (Pages 01-05) and Marcelo Ferreira (Pages 05-20)

Colours by: Livio Ramondelli (Pages 01-05) and Nikos Koutsis (Pages 05-20)

Letters by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: David Hedgecock

Plot

The Autobots, leaded by Optimus Prime are travelling through space, intending to hide the Allspark, the source of their war with the Decepticons, but before they are able to, the ship is under attack by the Decepticons. Optimus gives the Allspark to Bumblebee to take care of, whilst the rest of the crew handle the Decepticon invaders.

Starscream, taking advantage of the chaos of the battle, hunts down Bumblebee and tries to get the Allspark from him, but during their encounter, the Quantum Engines are damaged, and the Allspark is hurled away.

Meanwhile, on Piggy Island the Angry Birds are getting ready to rescue their stolen eggs from the Pigs, barely even noticing the Allspark, now in an egg shape, land nearby.

The Birds attack the Pig's fortress and cause massive damage, forcing the Pigs to run. The Birds regroup and prepare to go after the Pigs and their stolen eggs again.

Elsewhere, the Pigs have set up camp, ready to build a new base, when they find the Allspark egg, unsure of what it is, they send one of the Minion Pigs to investigate the egg (they threw him at it) and he is mutated into Starscream Pig, with knowledge of the Allspark embedded in his mind, and with the ability to transform into a jet!

Hal and the Blues are in the area, and see the Starscream jet, but before long they also encounter all of the Pigs turned into Deceptihogs, thanks to the Allspark. The Blues head out to seek help from the rest of the Angry Birds, and they send Chuck out ahead, thanks to his speed. Unfortunately though, Chuck is TOO fast and smacks right into Hal, sending both hurtling into the Allspark egg, mutating them into Bumblebee Bird and Grimlock Bird, allowing them to overwhelm the Deceptihogs, and force them to run away, with the eggs.

Unknown, seemingly by all, the stolen eggs are also affected by the Allspark too, and start to hatch into Eggbots....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Bumblebee - Car

Arcee - Car

Heatwave - Fire Engine

Jazz - Car

Drift - Car

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Decepticon

Megatron - Gun

Soundwave - Cassette Player

Starscream - Jet

Thundercracker - Jet

Skywarp - Jet

Ramjet - Jet

Shockwave - Ray Gun

Lockdown - Car

Laserbeak - Cassette

Angry Birds/Autobirds

Red

Chuck/Bumblebee Bird - Car

Hal/Grimlock Bird - Cycle

Blues

Stella

Bomb

Terence

Bubbles

Pigs/Deceptihogs

King Pig/Megatron Pig - Tank

Minion Pig/Starscream Pig - Jack-in-the-Box/Jet

Corporal Pig/Galvatron Pig - Truck Cab

Chef Pig/Soundwave Pig - Van

Foreman Pig/Lockdown Pig - Toilet

Other Minion Pigs

Notes

• The Transformers section of this story uses mostly G1 style character models, but with some outsiders included (like Movie Drift, and a G1 version of Rescue Bots Heatwave)
• The Allspark initially looks like a combination of the Movie and Animated versions, being a shape-shifting cube, but with handles on the sides.
• The Pigs appear to have trouble figuring out transformations, as both Starscream Pig and Lockdown Pig both mis-transform themselves into some other object
• It's a bit of a weird coincidence that the first Pig, and the first Bird who touch the Allspark egg turned into the Starscream and Bumblebee counterparts, considering those two were the reason the Allspark was lost in the first place...