3H - Reaching the Omega Point

Title: Terminus

Story: Simon Furman with Glen Hallit

Script: Simon Furman

Pencils/Inks: Geoff Senior

Computer Colouring/Effects: Andrew Wildman

Lettering: Richard Starkings and Comicraft

Plot

The evil tyrant from the future, Shokaract has made his way into the distant past of Earth, during the Beast Wars, so he can secure the essence of Unicron's evil that is seeded on the planet. Upon arriving, he attacks the local Maximals, who are joined by Windrazor, who is a resident of Shokaract's dark future. The Maximals are badly outmatched against the much more advanced Cybertronian.

Megatron is watching the battle with glee, as he gets to see his adversaries killed, and Apelinq, another time traveller from the "present day" Cybertron that the Beast Warriors are from watching as well, as he finds it fascinating, despite him needing to return to Cybertron with the antidote to the transformation virus on the planet.

Suddenly, a portal opens up and the Covenant of Primus arrive from their secluded hideout and immediately start attacking Shockaract, as they have been training to from their creation, however even they are no match for Shokaract and he kills most of them.

Apelinq grows tired of just watching, and decides to join in with the fight, despite it jeopardizing his mission back home. Megatron, noticing that space and time is beginning to warp around him, due to the battle, also decides to join the fight.

Shokaract is in trouble now, so he revives his two loyal heralds, Antagony and Cataclysm to aid him in the battle.

From no-where, Sandstorm, another Transformer from Shokaract's future, arrives and explains to Optimus and Windrazor that this battle is at the epicentre of a massive time storm that is merging several time lines, and that he was unsuccessful in getting help from J'nwan in the future.

Suddenly more beast warriors from other universes and time lines start to appear in this time and join the battle against Shokaract. With their help, Antagony and Cataclysm are destroyed, but Shokaract taps into his Matrix of Conquest, and annihilates most of the newcomers.

Soon, Sandstorm joins the battle against Shokaract and is revealed to be another member of the Covenant, who was sent undercover to the future to try and stop Shokaract.

In anger, Shokaracts fully taps into the powers of the Matrix of Conquest, grows to a greater size and destroys Sandstorm/Scorpius. Everyone else continues their attacks on the tyrant, and the remaining Covenant members use the last of their powers to combine into an energy being, and enter the Matrix of Conquest, where they fight with the embodiment of Unicron inside the Matrix.

Outside the Matrix, another portal opens, and the people of J'nwan, including the original Optimus and Megatron, arrive and join the battle. Both inside and outside the Matrix, the heroes win the battle, the essence of Unicron is destroyed and Shokaract explodes, ending the Omega Point, and erasing it from history.

In another time and place, the Predacon who would later become the tyrant Shokaract is running for his life, he makes his way to the pool where he was destined to locate the essence of Unicron, but he finds nothing there....he is left to his death by his pursuers instead.

Characters

Maximal

Optimus Primal - Ape/Treaded Vehicle/Jet

Windrazor - Winged Wolf Lost in Time Storm

Apelinq - Ape

Polar Claw - Polar Bear Killed by Shokaract

B'Boom - Mandrill Killed by Shokaract

Air Hammer - Owl-Hammerhead Shark Killed by Shokaract

Blackarachnia - Spider

Cheetor - Cheetah

Rattrap - Rat

Rhinox - Rhino

Primal Prime - Ape/Treaded Vehicle/Jet (Mentioned)

Predacon

Shokaract/Hunter - Crab Defeated by the Covenant and others

Megatron - Dragon

Antagony - Ant Killed by Apelinq and Covenant Members

Cataclysm - Cheetah Killed by Apelinq and Covenant Members

Drill Bit - Boll Weevil Killed by Shokaract

Transquito - Mosquito Killed by Shokaract

Covenant of Primus*All erased from history after Omega Point

Leonicus - Lion

Scorpius/Sandstorm - Scorpion Killed by Shokaract

Taurotron - Bull Killed by Shokaract

Ariex - Ram

Geminator Killed by Shokaract

Piscor

Aquator

Cancix

Librus

Sagittarii

Virgol

Capricun

J'nwan

Optimus Prime - Truck

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Megatron - Gun

Soundwave - Cassette Player

Other

Unicron Defeated by the Covenant and others

Primus

Other Beast Warriors

Chronarchitect (Flashback)

Notes

• The prelude storyline (and apparently the comic itself too) is available here: http://botcon.com/archive/story/index.html
• I won't be talking about the prelude text stories here, as they are pretty much rehashed in the comic itself, if you wish to read them, then you can see it at the above link.
• This was the storyline for Botcon 2000
• The storyline with Shokaract before his transformation was later rehashed for Fun Pub's "Hoist the Flag" comic.
• The events of this comic take place within the last few episodes of the Beast Wars cartoon, as Megatron has his new dragon body, but Tigerhawk hasn't made an appearance yet.
• The substance that Apelinq went to Earth for was a cure to Megatron's transformation virus from the Beast Machines series...one has to wonder why he doesn't take this opportunity to simply kill Megatron here and now, before he can conquer Cybertron?
• As should be obvious, the members of the Covenant are named after the constellations.
• The Covenant members aren't very easy to identify in this comic, but there does at least appear to be 12 separate character models, so they're all there!
• Sandstorm's true identity as a Scorpius is kind of spoiled when he is shown in a flashback early in the comic in his noticeable colours and alternate mode.
• Also, Scorpius joins the battle fairly early on, but isn't introduced into the story, or is noticed by Shokaract until very late on....this could be a mistake, or due to the time-warp thingie.
• The location 'J'nwan" is based on the term "Gen One" aka, Generation One. This is further added to when it's denizens include the original Optimus and Megatron, amongst other G1 characters.
• So yeah...the beast warriors summoned from the multiverse (or whatever) can shoot lasers from just about every body part....odd.
• The combined form of the energies of the Covenant resembles the version of Primus shown in the Marvel comics, thus it looks somewhat like Rodimus as well.
• After this comic ends, we learn that Apelinq returned to Cybertron through a portal before the Omega Point is erased, explaining how he remembers the events.
• Windrazor is later mentioned to have been rescued by Apelinq, but is ultimately erased from history, but due to his actions, Primus allows him to exist, but only as an in-between guide for other Transformers to travel between universes or something.

IDW - Deviations: Transformers

Written by: Brandon Easton

Art by: Priscilla Tramontano

Colours by: Priscilla Tramontano & John-Paul Bove

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Edits by: John Barber

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

As usual, the battle of Autobot City commences with the Decepticons invading on a hi-jacked Autobot shuttle, and several Autobots are killed in the battle. Optimus arrives to take on Megatron one-on-one, but Hot Rod gets the urge to help his leader win. However, unlike what should happen, Kup manages to tackle the younger Autobot, and stops him from joining the battle, and becoming a hostage, allowing Optimus to finally kill Megatron.

Following his death, the Decepticons escape on Astrotrain, with Starscream taking command of the Decepticons, with no challenges. On the way back to Cybertron, Astrotrain needs them to lose some mass so he can continue the journey, resulting in the injured Decepticons being jettisoned, however without Megatron amongst them, they are simply devoured by Unicron, who is on his way to Cybertron as well...

Back on Earth, the Autobots mourn the dead, and Optimus decides to lead a mission to Cybertron to finish the Decepticons whilst they are weakened. Hot Rod starts to feel like something is wrong, but is being ignored due to him causing problems lately, with him attempting to join the battle against Megatron, and other things. Hot Rod is placed under Magnus' command on his shuttle, and charged with protecting Daniel until they reach Moon Base Two so he can be reunited with his father.

On Cybertron, Starscream is officially crowned the Decepticon leader, but during the ceremony, Unicron appears and orders Starscream to destroy the Matrix for him, as it is the one thing that can harm him. Starscream gets upgraded by Unicron, but begins to annoy the deity when he keeps asking for more things.

Shortly afterwards, on Magnus' shuttle, Hot Rod is talking to Daniel where he admits that he's been seeing visions of Optimus dying, and thinks that something is trying to tell him something. Magnus overhears this and believes Hot Rod is planning treason, but before anything can happen, the shuttle is attacked by "Megascream" and his loyal Seekers. During the battle, Magnus is badly injured by an exploding console, and Hot Rod attempts to save the day by stalling the engines, like he has a hunch to, but unfortunately it just causes the engines to blow out, sending them flying.

Megascream prepares to turn his attention to Optimus' ship, but Soundwave contacts him informing him that Unicron is eating Moon Base One. Megascream now angrily heads back to Cybertron.

Optimus wonders why Megascream left so fast, but they then set their attentions to the other shuttle, which has been flung off further than it ever should have. Optimus decides to land on the nearby planet of Quintessa for repairs.

On Quintessa, the Autobots are approached by a hoard of Sharticons, who almost immediately attack them. Optimus decides that they have no time for this, and orders the Autobots to defeat them. The crew enter the main court room of the planet, and promptly scare off the Quintessons and free their prisoners. There, they meet Kranix, who tells them about Unicron, and how he just ate his planet of Lithone. Knowing the planet isn't too far away from Cybertron, Optimus figures that that may have been the reason for Megascream's retreat before, and decides to return to Cybertron too, after rescuing Magnus and the others.

Magnus' shuttle is in a terrible condition, but Hot Rod is ordered into the last working escape pod with Daniel and manages to escape to the Planet of Junk's surface safely, whilst the shuttle crashes, and kills the rest of the Autobots.

Back at Cybertron, Megascream confronts Unicron, who tells him that he has grown tired of his whining, and has decided to destroy Cybertron now, transforming into his robot mode, and starts his violent assault.

Optimus' shuttle arrives at the Planet of Junk, and rescues Hot Rod and Daniel. On the way back to Cybertron, Hot Rod apologizes for his causing the deaths of Magnus and the others, but Optimus tells him that they will mourn later, as they need to concentrate on the upcoming battle.

The shuttle arrives at Moon Base Two, where Daniel is reunited with his father, and the Autobots begin to rally. Optimus announces that he believes the power of the Matrix will defeat Unicron, and heads to the monster alone in a shuttle.

On Unicron's surface, Optimus is confronted by Megascream, who tells Optimus to give him the Matrix, and combines with four other Decepticons to attack the Autobot leader, and take it from him. Megascream is about to crush Optimus, when suddenly Hot Rod appears, having snuck aboard the shuttle and knocks Optimus out of Megascream's hand. He takes the Matrix from the injured Optimus, explaining that he KNOWS this is meant to happen, he places a teleportation disk on him from Wheeljack's lab, and sends him safely back to Moon Base Two.

Hot Rod briefly fights the giant Decepticon, but manages to unleash the power of the Matrix, and ascends to his true form, Rodimus Prime, and kills himself, Megascream, and Unicron in the process.

In the aftermath, the Autobots return to Cybertron and celebrate the end of the Cybertronian wars. Optimus looks up, and promises to Alpha Trion, and the briefly lived Rodimus Prime that he will never question the will of the Matrix ever again (which is good since it's BEEN BLOWN UP!!)

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Hot Rod - Sports Car Ascended into Rodimus Prime

Rodimus Prime - Caravan Killed in Matrix Explosion

Ultra Magnus - Car Carrier Killed in Shuttle Crash

Springer - Rocket Car/Helicopter Killed in Shuttle Crash

Arcee - Sports Car Killed in Shuttle Crash

Perceptor - Microscope Killed in Shuttle Crash

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Blurr - Race Car

Blaster - Boom Box

Bumblebee - VW Beetle

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Slag - Triceratops

Ironhide - Van Dead

Prowl - Police Car Dead

Wheeljack - Race Car Dead

Windcharger - Sports Car Dead

Scrounge - Wheel

Alpha Trion (Vision)

Other Autobots

Decepticon

Megatron - Gun Killed by Optimus Prime

Starscream/Megascream - Fighter Jet Killed in Matrix Explosion

Soundwave - Cassette Player Died as Part of Megascream Gestalt

Astrotrain - Train/Space Shuttle Died as Part of Megascream Gestalt

Thrust - Fighter Jet Died as Part of Megascream Gestalt

Dirge - Fighter Jet Died as Part of Megascream Gestalt

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet

Sunstorm - Fighter Jet

Acid Storm - Fighter Jet

Ramjet - Fighter Jet

Blitzwing - Tank/Fighter Jet

Laserbeak - Cassette

Rumble - Cassette

Shockwave - Ray Gun

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck

Long Haul - Dump Truck

Scrapper - Front End Loader

Skywarp - Fighter Jet Devoured by Unicron

Bombshell - Boll Weevil Devoured by Unicron

Shrapnel - Stag Beetle Devoured by Unicron

Kickback - Locust Devoured by Unicron

Gladiaron (Statue Only)

Floron (Statue Only)

Dery (Statue Only)

Ghoulon (Statue Only)

Human

Daniel Witwicky

Spike Witwicky

Other

Unicron - Ringed Planet Killed in Matrix Explosion

Quintessons

Sharkticons - Sharks

Kranix

Other Quintesson Prisoners

Notes

• This special is part of the 2016 IDW cross-line event, in the same vein as "Infestation" or "Mars Attacks <insert name here>". This year's theme is based on the "What If...?" line from Marvel.
• This is actually NOT the first time that we've had an alternate version of what happened during the Movie. In the Marvel days we had Rhythms of Darkness, which showed that Galvatron won the events of the movie, and in Regeneration One we actually see the final battle from that story.
• Also, in the Regenerations One scene, the Autobot shuttle crashed on the Planet of Junk and killed the crew, much like what happened here.
• The recap page for this comic actually comes from the IDW adaptation of the movie, rather than screenshots from the film.
• The fateful moment that was changed in this story, was that Hot Rod was stopped by Kup from interfering with Optimus and Megatron's battle. So in a way, all the bad things that happened here are Kup's fault!
• Amongst the dead bodies in this story is an Transformers: Animated Autotrooper....weird...
• Apparently if Hot Rod never interfered then Megatron would be a terrible shot as he completely misses Optimus' head.
• Following the shock of Megatron's death, no one challenges Starscream's plan to take leadership.
• Ultra Magnus' attitude with Hot Rod is based on an abandoned plot line from the script of the movie where he was going to reprimand him for breaking Kup's cordon on Lookout Mountain during the start of the film.
• Optimus takes Hot Rod's place on Kup's shuttle, with Optimus going on Magnus' too.
• It's actually mentioned here that the reason not all the Autobots are joining the shuttle trips back to Cybertron because they are part of a clean-up crew for the city.
• Despite not touching the Matrix or being exposed to it, like in the movie, Hot Rod appears to be receiving messages from it, further cementing his position as the "Chosen One"
• It's actually brought up that Daniel being exposed to a horrible war with people dying all around him MAY have affected him negatively.
• Starscream has to discard his cape and crown when he transforms. Nice touch. Though I guess a jet with a cape would look a bit stupid.
• Because he never stopped to observe Optimus' death and had his bargaining debate with Megatron, Unicron arrived at Cybertron DURING Starscream's coronation.
• Starscream isn't as good of a negotiator as Megatron was, all he got was a modified body, gave the ability to combine with him to 4 other random Decepticons, and that is it....YAY!
• Starscream's new "Megascream" body appears to be loosely based on Leozack's body, and likewise his combined form looks somewhat like Liokaiser's design. Hopefully this is a hint for a Liokaiser set coming out in Combiner Wars :)
• The Sharkticons "greet" the Autobots on Quintessa, in the actual film it was the Allicons.
• Amongst the prisoners freed on Quintessa is Scrounge...THROW HIM TO THE SHARKTICONS!!!!
• Arcee never speaks in this comic.
• Why couldn't more of the Autobots fit inside that escape pod with Hot Rod and Daniel?! From what we see of it, it looks large enough for at least a couple more!
• In the actual movie, Unicron attacks Cybertron after Galvatron tries to blackmail him with the Matrix, here he just does it because Starscream annoys him.
• The Autobots resolved their issues on Quintessa so fast, that they never encountered Wheelie, and because the Autobots on the Planet of Junk never went scavenging for parts, they never bothered the Junkions, so they were never met either!
• Starscream confronts Unicron before he can eat Moonbase Two, so the Autobot's base there is left intact.
• Thinking about that though, since the Autobots never enter Unicron here, does that mean Jazz and Cliffjumper, and the rest of the Moonbase One Autobots were killed either in his digestive system or the explosion?
• Despite being modified for combination, none of the other Decepticons have been modified appearance-wise.
• Optimus mentions how he questioned the ways of the Matrix, does that mean the Matrix told him to give it to Hot Rod so he could fulfil his destiny?
• Oh, and the Matrix appears to he blown up with Rodimus Prime here...let's hope there's no hate plague round the corner!!

IDW - More Than Meets The Eye #50

Main Story Title: The Dying of the Light Part 1: How Bright their Frail Deeds

Written by: James Roberts

Art by: Alex Milne

Additional Inks by: Brian Shearer

Colours by: Joana LaFuente, Priscilla Tramontano,& John-Paul Bove

Side Story Title: No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases

Art by: Brendan Cahill

Colours by: Joana LaFuente

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: John Barber

Publisher: Ted Adams

Main Story Plot

Optimus and Jetfire on Earth pick up a communication from the Lost Lighters, which displays the last wills and words of several crew members. Optimus is disturbed and asks Jetfire who else knows about it.

Like that, all across the galaxy Cybertronians are picking up the messages too, and all reacting to them in their natural manners, entertainment, fear, worry. When Jetfire tells Optimus that he can't get in contact with the Lost Light, Optimus is determined to save his friends, and orders for the space bridge to link up to the Lost Light, and use their quantum engines for a power source, but Jetfire bursts that bubble when he reveals that the messages were sent three weeks earlier...

Three weeks earlier, the Lost Lighters liberate the planet Miliarium from the Rust Giants, and are gathering a good reputation from the local galactic media. The crew returns to the ship, where Megatron hosts one of his classes on the Knights of Cybertron, where he discovers that the crew have encountered a strange gear symbol in the past, and as a group they determine that it must belong to one of the Knights, as a coat of arms, however during the class, Megatron falls ill and briefly attacks Minimus Ambus. He promptly leaves and heads to the Medibay.

At the Medibay, Megatron receives his "fools Energon" from Velocity, and she warns him about his usage of the substance as it may have unknown side-effects, beyond it weakening him, but Megatron claims that he's fine, and has never been happier.

velocity examines Megatron's head when she notices some dents on his helmet, and he explains that it was just a headache when he heard screaming. Suddenly she receives a message from Swerve, claiming that he and several other crew members also suffered the same weird phenomenon.

Later, all the affected crew members are gathered by Rodimus, who, along with Rung and Brainstorm explains that they were all attacked by a cerebral weapon of some sort from an unidentified location. So they're going to investigate it as a team.

Soon, the affected crew members, along with Rodimus, Velocity and Whirl for added muscle, take the Rodpod out towards the location, and use the new "teleport drive" on the ship to reach the destination instantly, but find themselves inside a large dark sphere. They use the drive again to reach the surface of the sphere, which they discover to be the Necrobot's planet.

The crew take in the sight, but not for long. Suddenly the team are attacked by several attack craft, forcing them back to the Rodpod. Rodimus discovers that the engines of the ship have been drained, despite there beiug enough to power two long distance teleports. The crew instead decides to head to the Necrobot's "fortress" where they plan to hold their ground.

The Rodpod is destroyed by the attack craft, but the crew manage to escape to the fortress, inside Nightbeat quickly finds the body of Censerre, the Necrobot dead, and stuffed with several of his flowers. Velocity can't determine whether he was killed by the gun shots or being overloaded by the energon flowers.

Ravage leaves the fortress to investigate one of the crashed attack crafts to determine who attacked them, whilst the rest of the crew work on the Necrobot's communications array. They manage to get it working and contact the Lost Light, however the call is answered by Getaway, who reveals that he was released by the crew, as they've decided to perform a mutiny on their captains, due to Megatron being a monster and not deserving redemption like High Command wants, and Getaway thinks Rodimus is a terrible commander.

Getaway explains that he and Atomizer have been trying to take down Rodimus and Megatron since they returned to Cybertron for Dark Cybertron, and have been using Getaway's Nudge Gun to ask people how they would react to a mutiny, and if they didn't like the answers, then they would have their memories wiped of the conversation.

Getaway ends the call, just as he coyly hints that they will be visited by the DJD soon. Ravage returns to the fortress, having been attacked by Tarn, and reports that there's hundreds of other Decepticons with Tarn this time.

The crew await their deaths....

Side Story Plot

Shock and Ore make their way into the empty bar of the Lost Light before it's launch and Shock is sure it's the same ship they were meant to serve on a long time ago, and even finds a tag he left under the bar's counter. The Duobots are ordered by Prowl to attach Overlord's cell onto the ship's hull, as a spectral version of Skids watches them...

A little later on, Skids opens up the bar as "Swerve's" and hosts a secret grand opening party, whilst there, Pipes and Drift sit together and Pipes tells Drift about his desire to find a lover, and Drift suggests Tailgate to him, which Pipes seems interested in, as a shocked, and invisible Tailgate watches them...

Later, following the Messatine visit, Ambulon asks First Aid to keep his embarrassing leg-alternate mode a secret, but First Aid points out that Swerve has an obsession with alternate modes, just as he throws a ball at his head, and forces him into leg mode, causing Swerve to make fun of him. Velocity and a diagnostic drone watch on from another time and place....

A little later on, Rewind has Rung set up in the bar, ready for another story-telling session that he's hoping will wake up the comatose psychiatrist, so he can ask him about the still missing Dominus Ambus. Out of his view, a grieving Chromedome is watching him tearfully, whilst Rung tells him that his time is up....

During Overlord's rampage, Perceptor rushes into the bar, which is being used as a triage station, since the Medibay is blocked, and he brings Tripodeca to Hoist for repairs, Perceptor leaves to rejoin the fight, ut is immediately grabbed by Overlord. Nearby, another Perceptor silently watches as Tripodeca dies on the bar....

Following the Legislator's attack on the ship, Swerve is trying to repair the damaged bar, but is joined by several crew members who bargain with him to keep the place open, if they all help him to fix the place, which he agrees to. Swerve then asks for them to keep an eye out for a salvageable Legislator for him to use as a bouncer, which is soon found by Jackpot. Ten watches as he is dug out of the rubble, looking happy....

Before the ship takes off following Dark Cybertron, the new crew members are taken on a tour of the ship, including the bar, where they meet their new friends, unaware that they're all being watched by the crew in secret from another time..

Perceptor brings the crew back from their trips, and explains to Minimus Ambus that Brainstorm's time cases had a side-effect, creating some holes in time that the crew can use to look back at the past in certain areas, one being in the bar. They can only observe, so their presence cannot affect the past, so this is just for interest, and to pay final tributes to their fallen friends.

Rodimus suggests to Ambus that he should use the time hole himself before it closes, but Perceptor corrects him that it's not closing, just fluctuating. Even after it is gone, it will return one day. Rodimus looks forward to that, and raises a toast to their fallen friends...

Unknown to them, Getaway is using the time hole in the future, saying farewell to the soon-to-be dead crew members himself.....

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus - Car

Megatron - Tank

Ultra Magnus/Minimus Ambus - Vehicle Transport/Minesweeper

Nautica - Submarine

Swerve - Van

Skids - Van

Chromedome - Car

Rewind - Data Slug

Rung

Whirl - Osprey Helicopter

Nightbeat - Car

Brainstorm - Jet

Velocity - Race Car

Tailgate - Car

Getaway - Car

Atomizer - Buggy

Mainframe

Thunderclash - Truck

Perceptor - Tank

Blaster - Acoustic Tank

Crossblades - Helicopter

Slamdance - Cassettes

Riptide - Boat

Hound - Jeep

Xaaron

Grapple - Crane

Crosscut - Van

Jackpot - Car

Bluestreak - Car

Hoist - Crane

Siren - Car

Brawn - Van

Inferno - Fire Truck

Fervor

Grotusque - Cat Monster

Highbrow - Helicopter

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Jetfire - Fighter Jet

Metroplex - City/Space Ship

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Fortress Maximus - Tank

Red Alert - Car

Wheeljack - Race Car

Windblade - VTOL Fighter Jet

Other Lost Lighters

Original Rewind - Data Slug (Only in Time Holes)

First Aid - Ambulance (Only in Time Holes)

Ambulon - Leg (Only in Time Holes)

Ratchet - Ambulance (Only in Time Holes)

Powerglide - Jet (Only in Time Holes)

Mirage - F1 Race Car (Only in Time Holes)

Sunstreaker - Sports Car (Only in Time Holes)

Blades - Helicopter (Only in Time Holes)

Ore - Treaded Vehicle (Only in Time Holes)

Shock - Treaded Vehicle (Only in Time Holes)

Gears - Van (Only in Time Holes)

Smokescreen - Car (Only in Time Holes)

Trailcutter - Van (Only in Time Holes)

Pipes - Truck (Only in Time Holes)

Drift - Race Car (Only in Time Holes)

Sandstorm - Buggy/Helicopter (Only in Time Holes)

Toaster - Toaster (Only in Time Holes)

Tripodeca - Tripod (Only in Time Holes)

Dipstick - Car (Only in Time Holes)

Waverider - Submarine (Only in Time Holes)

Rad - Car (Only in Time Holes)

Crosshairs - Van (Only in Time Holes)

Aquafend - Buggy (Only in Time Holes)

Joyride - Buggy (Only in Time Holes)

Landmine - ATV (Only in Time Holes)

Sprocket (Only in Time Holes)

Skater (Only in Time Holes)

Flex (Only in Time Holes)

Borer (Only in Time Holes)

Doubletap (Only in Time Holes)

Prowl - Police Vehicle (Statue)

Huffer - Truck (Footage)

Boss - Car (Footage)

Firestar (Communications Screen)

Autobot High Command (Mentioned)

Dominus Ambus (Mentioned)

Hubcap - Car (Mentioned)

Quark - Electron Microscope (Mentioned)

Slapdash - F1 Race Car (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Ravage - Cassette

Misfire - Jet

Krok

Crankcase - Van

Fulcrum - Bomb

Spinister - Helicopter

Tarn - Tank

Tesarus - Grinding Device

Helex - Smelting Pod

Vos - Rifle

Kaon - Variable Volt Harness

The Pet

Deathsaurus

Blue Bacchus - Helicopter

Killbison - Tank

Drillhorn - Drill Tank

Leozack - Jet

Guyhawk - Jet

Other members of Deathsaurus' crew

Overlord - Jet and Tank (Only in Time Holes)

Kicker - Leg (Mentioned)

Swing - Arm (Mentioned)

Arm-Or - Arm (Mentioned)

Abdominus - Torso (Mentioned)

United Cybertron

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Scoop - Front End Loader

Other Cybertronian

Cyclonus - Jet

Ten

Censerre Killed by the DJD

Legislators (Only in Time Holes) Dead

Bob the Insecticon (Only in Time Holes)

Diagnostic Drone

Chief Justice Tyrest (Mentioned)

Circle of Light (Mentioned)

Knights of Cybertron (Mentioned)

Scraplets (Mentioned)

Other

Rust Giants Defeated by Lost Lighters

Miliarians

Galactic Council (Mentioned)

Notes

• Presumably, the beginning section of the comic takes place about the same time as the end of Transformers #50, but Wheeljack should be on Earth, not on Cybertron. Unless he got the space bridge working properly in that time?
• Rung appears to be more afraid of his alternate mode than before, maybe something happens in the time between the main part of the story and making the message to the future again.
• Both Optimus and Megatron give the same responses when another character says no one is answering from the Lost Light.
• Riptide's disliking of tests was previously mentioned during their time travelling adventures
• The Mystery Gear symbol is bought up again here, where Nautica explains that a curator told her it was a coat of arms of some sort, much like the Autobot and Decepticon insignias are.
• The Galactic Council apparently like to experiment with cerebral weaponry, much like the Mind Bomb created by Blackrock in Transformers...hmm.....
• The Necrobot uses technology that is based on the Aequitas device from Garrus-9, so he can determine who was responsible for which death for his flower hobby...how did he get that?
• I'll be very shocked if ALL of the Lost Lighters not in the Rodpod team were willing to go through with a mutiny against Rodimus and the others, and leave them to be killed by the DJD. More than likely some of them, like Perceptor, Thunderclash and others, are just pretending and plan to betray Getaway.
• I mean seriously! If this is true then about 200 Autobots are going to be court-marshalled by Optimus or something when they eventually turn up after locating the Knights!
• If you remember, one of the effects of the Nudge Gun is to push someone into thinking something differently...maybe that's what happened to some of the crew?
• Deathsaurus' sword appears to be based on the Star Saber sword from the Prime cartoon.
• Ten found the time to collect an armful of the Necrobot's flowers...n'awwww!
• The side story acts as a celebration of the series so far, and gives us some bittersweet moments with some of the deceased characters from the series.
• Shock and Ore were supposed to be on the U-1/Unitrex-1/Lost Light when it was first launched, but it went missing, thanks to the Lost Lighters, before it's first launch, we also see the other side of the conversation that Prowl had on his communicator all the way back in issue 1
• It's revealed that Pipes was so eager to make new friends because he was looking for a lover, and he was actually interested in Tailgate thanks to a recommendation from Drift.
• Pipes confirms that the Hubcap that he knew and was good friends with is the same one who is currently starring in Sins of the Wreckers.
• Pipes comments that he could have had a big crush on Drift.....he would later be HORRIBLY MURDERED BY BEING CRUSHED!!!
• The combiner team that Ambulon was a part of is revealed to be called the "Combicons", but we don't know what the gestalt's name was yet :(
• Ambulon's leg mode is seen for the first time, and it even has a peg like the ones seen in the Combiner Wars toys, however it remains the same size as Ambulon, meaning he wasn't fitted with a mass-shifting device like the main ones appear to.
• Swerve's alt mode curiosity has been shown several times in the series, where he begged Tailgate to transform for him, and his quest to identify Rung's alternate mode before Dark Cybertron too.
• It's revealed that Rewind wanted Rung to have his brain fixed early in the series because he wanted to ask him about Dominus Ambus....did they know each other?
• Also, from Chromedome's reactions to him, it seems to be from before they found the other Rewind, meaning the time-hole was there in "Season One", but the hole was created by Brainstorm's time cases....maybe it's a timey wimey thing!?
• Tripodeca is revealed to turn into a tripod...poor fella....a BMX, like the robot he's based on (Armada High Wire) might have been better....JUST!
• Swerve's decision to reopen the bar, even after he was determined to close it before the "Remain in Light" storyline is explained here.
• Perceptor finding Quark's head funny is interesting, since it was based on his Transformers: Animated counterpart's design.
• Also, Brainstorm has his faceplate off and the briefcase attached to his arm....first off, that's where his Decepticon insignia is hidden. Silly double agent! And the briefcase should have been confiscated at the door due to the bar's rules.
• Sandstorm is shown amongst the bar patrons in the last time jump, meaning the events take place just before the ship takes off following Dark Cybertron.
• The "present" scene is set during the Holiday Special, as evident by the "Christmas lights" that are still hung up.
• The "present" also dates the Holiday Special as being set between issue 49 and 50, since Thunderclash and Tailgate are both up and about, wow that's cutting it close!
• Mirage comments that Swerve's bar is a dump, foreshadowing his decision to open his own bar.
• HOLY FUCK THIS ONE TOOK ME AGES TO DO!!!

IDW - Transformers #50

Main Story Title: All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Andrew Griffith

Colours by: Josh Burcham (1-15), John-Paul Bove (16-20), & Josh Perez (21-30)

Side Story Title: New Worlds Order

Pencils: Casey W. Coller

Inks: Jamie Snell

Colours: Joana LaFuente

Letters: Tom B. Long & Chris Mowry

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Publisher: Ted Adams

Main Story Plot

The Autobots, led by Optimus are face to face with Galvatron's Decepticons in Shanghai and an all-out battle begins. Galvatron soon reasons that the humans will soon activate their mindbomb again to stop the fight, and has Blackrock, who designed it, give Mindwipe the system's code so he can create a defence against it.

At the EDC base, Marissa refuses to allow Thundercracker to join in the battle, as she doesn't want him to die, meanwhile the rest of the team prepare to activate the mindbomb, as Galvatron predicted.

At the Jupiter commune, Soundwave contacts Galvatron to ask why he's invading Earth, which Galvatron simply shrugs off as being his plan all along. Soundwave in turn renounces Galvatron and his plans, and decides to lead a team to rescue the stranded Decepticons, who were just following Galvatron's orders.

Back on Earth, the EDC activate the mindbomb, and Mindwipe manages to block the signal to a small group of Decepticons, but is unable to protect all of them, causing most to be knocked out. The Autobots protect themselves thanks to a device Wheeljack developed to defend them against the weapon, since the Autobots had experienced it in the past. The Autobots prepare to take down the still standing Decepticons, but they teleport away thanks to Skywarp, just as the Chinese military arrive in their own transforming jets made from stolen Cybertronian technology.

The Chinese military, along with some human-owned satellites in orbit attack the remaining Decepticons, and kill several, including Aileron's friend Sterling, angering her. Instead however, Optimus has Aileron go into orbit, using her space shuttle mode, as take down the weapons satellites.

As Aileron begins her attack, the Decepticons led by Soundwave arrive at Earth and begins picking up the surviving Decepticons, but Soundwave refuses to allow any Autobots who follow Optimus to join them. Hearing this, Cosmos decides to remain on Earth, as the Decepticons fly off to safety.

Aileron finishes her mission, and returns to the planet to find another problem, the space bridge is running out of power, and the portal to Cybertron is shrinking, but some of the Autobots are still trapped on the crashed Ark. Aileron dives through the portal with a plan, but finds herself in the middle of a battle between the Autobots and some escaping Decepticons. She ignores the fight, and flies off to her target...

The Autobots on Earth are holding off the Chinese military, with Victorion using her abilities to scramble their jet's circuits. The group manage to rescue Arcee, Alpha Trion and Sideswipe from the crashed ship, and they begin to plan to leave the city on foot, since the portal is too small to travel safely now. At the last moment however, Aileron returns through the portal, having acquired Optimus' personal shuttle, the Skyroller, and picks up the Autobots, and the space bridge, ready to depart. Optimus sets the Ark to self-destruct, to help stop the continued corruption of their technology, and the Skyroller flies off to their next target, the EDC base.

The Skyroller soon arrives at the EDC base, but rather than fight, Marissa simply returns their "prisoners" to the Autobots, and briefly explains how Blackrock was responsible for all of this. Thundercracker decides to leave with the Autobots, taking his dog Buster with him, as he no longer feels safe with the EDC.

Optimus, now at their temporary base, Thundercracker's old "house", has a series of visions, and hears a recitation of the Dark Cybertron prophecy that shows Earth heavily damages, Aileron as the Mistress of Flame, the Jupiter Commune crashing out of orbit, and seemingly the Camiens betraying the Autobots, along with himself having killed Galvatron and conquered Earth.

Optimus wakes up to Aileron and the team are repairing their injured crew members and preparing their next steps.

Optimus has Jetfire help him send out a message to the Universe, first apologizing for the damage caused in Shanghai, but also stating that he plans to protect Earth, whether it wants it or not, he wants to help the humans for their own sakes, and wants Earth to join in the global community.

Everyone reacts to this news somewhat badly, but Galvatron finds it amusing....

Side Story Plot

Faireborn and Jones are summoned to the White House to discuss some changes in policy, and they're worried about what she plans to change.

The Decepticons rescued by Soundwave return to Jupiter, where Swift is angry with them for not telling her that she was fighting against a Prime. The Decepticons claim that he's not a real Prime, and just a pretender, and still as corrupt as a predecessors. Soundwave also adds that he no longer wishes to follow anyone, after being betrayed by both Megatron and Galvatron, and now he'll be running their missions.

On Cybertron, the Council of Worlds has been called together to discuss Optimus' annex of Earth. They decide to allow him to make his case when he can make contact, but Starscream is concerned as Prime's idea sounds a lot like Megatron planning to conquer a planet as well, which even the ghost of Bumblebee can't really deny.

On Earth, Galvatron's small team are hiding on the sunken shuttle, where Mindwipe performs a biopsy on Blackrock, confirming that he is Cybertronian, but not in any way they he's ever seen before, as he perfectly replicates a human, except for his mechanical innards. Galvatron thanks him for his assistance, and reveals that he now has access to the full Onyx systems, which includes the security cameras in the White House...

At the White House, the President reveals that she has released Spike and Jimmy, and that Spike will now act as her representative at the EDC, along with some other member countries also being more involved than previously. She eplains that she now sees this as a situation of Earth vs all aliens, and they plan to win. Galvatron gloats to Blackrock's detached, but functioning head, that all his enemies are doing their work for them.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Windblade - VTOL Fighter Jet

Superion - Aerialbot Gestalt

Victorion - Torchbearer Gestalt

Pyra Magna - Emergency Truck

Skyburst - Helicopter

Stormclash - Helicopter

Dustup - Sports Car

Jumpstream - Sports Car

Rust Dust - Motorcycle (Only as part of Victorion)

Alpha Trion - Tumbler

Arcee - Sports Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car Badly Injured

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Jetfire - Fighter Jet

Jazz - Sports Car

Cosmos - Orbiter

Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet

Sunstreaker - Sports Car

Ironhide - Van

Wheeljack - Race Car

Chromia - Speedbike

Cliffjumper - Car

Prowl - Police Vehicle

Bumblebee - Car (Ghost)

Megatron - Tank (Mentioned)

Sentinel Prime - Truck (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Galvatron - Tank

Soundwave - Personnel Carrier

Astrotrain - Space Shuttle/Train

Skywarp - Cybertronian Jet

Blitzwing - Tank/Fighter Jet

Mindwipe - Bat

Needlenose - Fighter Jet

Brawl - Tank

Rumble - Motorcycle

Frenzy - Motorcycle

Laserbeak - Cassette

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Sky-Byte - Flying Shark

Slugslinger - Dual Cockpit Jet

Razorclaw - Treaded Vehicle

Rampage - Treaded Vehicle

Tantrum - Treaded Vehicle

Headstrong - Treaded Vehicle

Squawktalk - Cassette

Beastbox - Cassette

Redwing - Fighter Jet

Acid Storm - Fighter Jet

Cindersaur - Lizard Monster

Cutthroat - Winged Monster

Other Decepticon Troops

Barricade - Car (Mentioned) Dead

United Cybertron

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Rattrap - Rat

Devastator - Constructicon Gestalt

Cybertronian Colonists

Aileron - Spaceship

Sterling - Car Killed by Human Satellite

Swift - Helicopter

Fireshot - Part of Jet

Vanquish - Part of Jet

Moonracer - Sports Car

Knock Out - Sports Car

Obsidian - Osprey Helicopter

Strika - Battle Tank

Tigatron - Tiger

Airazor - Eagle

Human

Marissa Faireborn

Ayana Jones

Sanjay Bharwaney

Spike Witwicky

Zilong Qian

President of the United States

POTUS Security Guards

EDC Personnel

General Witwicky (Mentioned) Dead

Jimmy Pink (Mentioned)

Other

Garrison Blackrock

Buster the Dog

Bob the Insecticon

D.O.C.

Chinese Mechs - Ret Jets

Ramjet Drone - Fighter Jet

Thrust Drone - Fighter Jet

Titan in Vision (Vision Only)

Ramjet-Thrust Combiners - Giant Jets (Mentioned)

The Primes (Mentioned)

Solus Prime (Mentioned)

Primus (Mentioned)

Notes

• Rust Dust is never seen outside of her chest-plate mode as part of Victorion...poor boob lady!
• Huh, Mindwipe sure has appeared out of nowhere right? Wonder if he has a new toy coming out later this year?
• Aww Marissa really does love Thundercracker after all...then he runs away!
• Several Decepticons appear in this issue in generic designs. One does look a lot like a black version of Whirl though.
• Soundwave claims to wish to rescue their "brothers and sisters" from Galvatron, but has no intention of saving any of the Autobots....does he think Swift is multiple bots?
• Again, despite Camiens being known for not liking projectile weapons due to them being wasteful, Aileron is shown here using a gun and having inbuilt guns in her space ship mode.
• It appears that due to the crudely drawn Autobot insignias on them, the Torchbearers have now officially joined the Autobots. This symbol is similar to what Rodimus attempted to do with Tailgate in the MTMTE Annual. This of course now aligns them with their upcoming toys.
• So, despite him being utterly blown up and shot seemingly to death last issue, Sideswipe seems to be relatively in one piece here. I mean he is said to be only just hanging on, but STILL!
• Thundercracker finally joins the Autobots after originally declining Drift's offer at the climax of All Hail Megatron, the series that this story line was named for.
• Also, Thundercracker tries to explain to Optimus what a handshake is, as if it were a human custom, but it's clearly known of to Cybertronians...Drift even offered his hand when he invited Thundercracker to the Autobots!
• Bob is revealed to have a retractable face plate that shows mandibles to scare puppies!
• Victorion is also shown at different points to have a retractable faceplate as well!
• The EDC were apparently unaware of Blackrock's combiner drones.
• Brawl is shown returning to Cybertron so he can be a part of the upcoming "Til all are one" series, along with the other Combaticons.
• A running joke in this comic is that no-one, bar Optimus, knows who Aileron is. Despite this, Optimus' vision implies that she'll become the new Mistress of Flame at some point.
• This comic was released before the final two issues of Sins of the Wreckers, meaning that it spoils that Prowl will survive that story :(
• Also, Jimmy Pink is mentioned as being released now too. I wonder what he'll do now? Reunite with Verity (assuming she survives Sins of the Wreckers too)
• In all seriousness though, if Verity dies from her mystery illness, and Prowl is allowed to live despite all he's done, then I may just rage!
• The White House has a pair of Blackrock's drone Cybertronians guarding it...how has this not caused a panic yet?
• Cybertron appears to be going under some more repairs now, either there's an attack that hasn't been shown yet in continuity, or they're actually building new buildings on the planet!
• It's mentioned somewhat off-hand that Sentinel Prime once claimed another populated planet, but was topped when the "peasants" revolted against him. I wonder if this plot line will be brought up in the upcoming Titans Return plot line, considering Sentinel is one of the centrepiece figures.
• The president is revealed to be a black woman. That's very nicely progressive IDW! *pats heads*
• It was mentioned offhand once that the Jupiter Commune is powered using the Onyx system...I wonder if Galvatron having control over that, and Optimus' vision of the Commune crashing have any connection?
• The last panel of the side story shows footage of the Autobots taken directly from the main story, placing this story at that same moment...although Prime hasn't made his message to the Universe yet...so how do the Council of Worlds already know about it?

Sig Pub - Robots in Disguise #6

Notes

• This magazine features a reprint of issue 5 of the IDW RID comic. My review for that can be found here: http://aesircomic-books.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/idw-robots-in-disguise-animated-5.html
• The comic is given the title of "Steeljaw's Revenge"
• The Minicon Challenge section actually gives us some decent images of the Mini-cons like Bludgeon, Rat Bat etc
• I really wonder what they'll do when they run out of IDW comics to reprint after next month. Maybe we'll get some actual original content?

Features

Identify the Autobot - Help Russell to identify one of his friends!!

Battle of the Bots - Learn about Bumblebee and Steeljaw and decide who is better!

Colouring - Colour in a picture of Optimus Prime!

Reader Survey - Fill in a survey and win some toys!....This'll be fun :)

Observation Test Time Spot the Difference!

Posters! - Yay....

Minicon Challenge - Do some Mini-con based puzzles!

More Puzzles! - Guess!

Reader Mail! - Send in mail and pictures to win a Mini-Con Deployer figure

Competition Time! - Win some Legion Figures

IDW - More Than Meets The Eye #49

Title: Speak, Memory! (Part 2)

Written by: James Roberts

Art by: Hayato Sakamoto

Coordination by: Phases

Colours by: Joana LaFuente

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: John Barber

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

Sunder continues his attack on Skids' mind, and forces him to relive his time at Grindcore prison.

At the prison, Skids is revealed to have repaired the prison's transport generators, which will allow the prison to send it's prisoners to other locations for hard-labour. Skids is returned to his cell, where Quark moans at him for helping the Decepticons, but Skids justifies t by pointing out that because of him, fifty of the prisoners are to be shipped off soon, which means they're going to be off this horrible place. The two are stopped in their conversation when Tarn starts to play the Empyrean Suite over the intercom....

Back in the present, Rung blocks Sunder's gaze, and stops the memories, in the meanwhile, Froid opens Sunder's cell and unshackles the mad-man (for some reason he never really explains). The guards, Fervor and Kindle rush into the ship and order him to stand down and return to the cell, but Sunder simply uses his full Mnemosurgery kills to attack the duo, shocking both Skids and Rung in the process. Rung sends off a transmission to someone....

A little while later, Tailgate has woken up from his coma, and is exploring the Lost Light for any signs of people, finds all the lights turned off, and several orbs lining the corridors. He finds himself in the brig, where he tries to get Getaway to explain what happened, but he gets no response from the prisoner, and gets angry, not knowing that Getaway has been stripped of his limbs and mouth as part of his punishment.

Soon, Tailgate encounters Rung, Froid and Skids who explain about Sunder being on the loose, and his ability to trick a Transformer into thinking the best option to defend against him is to transform, but also makes them forget how to transform properly, forcing them into an orb shape. Rung explains that the crew have been locked in their rooms, and the lights were turned off to help slow down Sunder, but they're looking for Chromedome to help lock down the memories in Skids' head before he is mentally scarred. Sunder creeps up on the group and Skids begins to remember again...

Back in the past, Tarn thanks Skids for his help, and confirms that the prisoners were transported to the Manganese Mountains. Skids tries to bargain for more prisoners to be sent off-world again, but Tarn tells him that he doesn't need his help any more, since he had Snare learn how to make the repairs by watching Skids previously, but does plan to send Skids on the next transport tomorrow. Skids is interested, but asks if someone else can take his place....

Rung forces himself and Froid in front of Sunder to block the memories again, but in the process Froid is inverted into a sphere too. After his inversion Sunder is shot by the newly arrived Thunderclash. Thunderclash, along with Megatron give chase to Sunder, who is now heading to the shuttle bay again, whilst the similarly newly arrived Chromedome quickly seals up Skids' open memories. Rung and Tailgate head off to join the others whilst Chromedome works on Skids.

Sunder returns to his and Froid's shuttle, which Megatron recognizes are being his long dead brother, Sceptre. Sunder transforms the shuttle into a battle-suit for protect himself, and uses his powers on Thudnerclash, turning him into a sphere. Before he can do the same to Megatron however, Rung appears with his model ships and uses them to attack Sunder, taking out his eyes, and disabling his abilities.

Tailgate prompts Megatron to pick up Thunderclash's gun and shoot Sunder, but Megatron instead tries to talk down the mad-man. Tailgate however decides to not try to reason with him, picks up the Rodpod, and throws it t the battle-suit bound robot, knocking him out, much to everyone's shock.

Later, on the bridge, Rung hands in his resignation to Megatron, pointing out that despite him disagreeing with the tribunal's decision in the past, he was struck off, he will tell the crew, but won't allow them to change his decision.

Rodimus then comes to the bridge, having been returned to normal, and Rodimus shares Velocity's report on Tailgate's new abilities, saying that due to his agitated nature and stress, in combination with the radiation from their time travelling in the past caused Tailgate to become a new Outlier with increased strength, speed and invulnerability. Rodimus asks Megatron why he refused to shoot Sunder, which Megatron reveals is due to his new decision, that following recent events, he has decided to defy violence, and will never harm another living creature, ever again...

Back in the past at Grindcore, Skids and Quark are both led into the transport chamber, since Tarn was so "touched" by Skids' actions that he let him go too, along with his friend Quark. The entire group are led into the chamber, and the door is locked, and they find the entire room very...hot...

Skids soon notices that the floors are engraved with drainage ducts, which he quickly understands the purpose for.

Suddenly the room's temperature rises and the Empyrean Suite places extremely loud, causing everyone in the room pain. Skids is suddenly teleported out, and finds himself in Tarn's office again. Once there, Tarn reveals that Megatron needs the raw materials from the Autobots to make new MTO soldiers for the war, so he's been using the euphemism of a teleporter to get people to queue up for it. Tarn coaxes Skids to his window, where he tells Skids that he doesn't believe in heaven, but he does believe in a hell...as they watch over the melting and screaming bodies below them.....(and now I throw up!)

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus - Car

Megatron - Tank

Thunderclash - Truck

Tailgate - Car

Rung

Skids - Van

Chromedome - Car

Kindle

Fervor

Sunder - Car Captured or Killed by Tailgate

Sceptre - Space Shuttle/Battle Suit Dead

Getaway - Car Imprisoned in Brig

Quark - Electron Microscope (Flashback) Smelted in Grindcore

Grindcore Prisoners (Flashback) Smelted in Grindcore

Velocity - Race Car (Mentioned)

Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport (Mentioned)

Decepticon

"Tarn" - Tank (Flashback)

Talon - Jet (Flashback)

Snare - Jet (Flashback)

Cybertronian

Froid - Jet

Cyclonus - Jet (Mentioned)

Primus (Mentioned)

The Necrobot (Mentioned)

Mortilus (Mentioned)

Notes

• Tarn is never called "Tarn" in this story or the previous one, similarly to Chromedome's original name and Shockwave's identity in previous past-set comics. This somewhat adds to the idea that he is really Roller in disguise, and this is before he joined the DJD
• Tarn is shown having his transformation addiction even this early on in his career.
• From the tyres on his wrists, it's safe to assume that Sunder turns into a car or land vehicle of some sort.
• Either Sunder is taking the time to write down "Mortilus Saves" after inverting crew members, or someone else is following him. Either way it's kinda odd.
• Getaway's imprisonment is designed to be escape proof, due to him being a famed escapologist. His limbs are removed for obvious reasons, but his mouth and voice box are removed to stop him from manipulating people with his "silver tongue".
• Tarn is shown with several corpses displayed on his office walls...I'm afraid....
• Tarn is so obsessed with the Decepticons that his Engex bottle has a Decepticon insignia stopper.
• It's unclear if Froid survived his inversion, but let's hope he died for his black-mails etc.
• Based on Sceptre's ship-mode's insignia, it's very likely that he and Sunder are actually Autobots.
• It's revealed that Rung has outfitted his model ships with working engines and weaponry...wonder if the Lost Light model has a working miniature Quantum Engine?
• How on Cybertron did Tailgate get the idea to even TRY and pick up the Rodpod?!
• During their time travelling adventures, it was discovered that Sentinel Prime tried to use radiation to create artificial Outliers, it's revealed here that his theory was correct, but he was simply using the wrong type of radiation.
• Sunder's "Mortilus impression" is represented by a black text-box, his normal voice uses a regular white one.
• The horrible memory that Skids has repressed, his loss of faith in Primus, and his interest in music and the Empyrean Suite are all revealed to the audience, but not Skids himself here.
• I'm going to admit something here, originally I considered using the final panel for one of my screenshots here...but it has been giving me nightmares since I saw it D: