IDW - Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #1

Written by: Cullen Bunn and Jimmy Johnston

Art by: Andrew Griffith and Ron Joseph

Colours by: David Garcia Cruz

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Assistant Editor: David Mariotte

Editor: David Hedgecock

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

Meanwhile, in Microspace, Karza meets with his wife Shazraella, and recounts to her how he travelled to Earth and lost to the combined might of the forces of the planet's protectors, but they seem confident that Karza will succeed THIS time, due to him not being alone this time.

Karza explains that during his time in the Entropy Cloud, he witnessed several of his own lifespans all at once, and found that the species living in there are living out of sync with the rest of reality, being from various points in time. He also confirms that the Time Travelers accidentally created the Entropy Cloud when they tried, and failed to Enerchange with time itself, but also led to him finding Micronus Prime, the creator of their universe, at the centre of it.

The MASK team head to Ferren Woods, a small settlement in the middle of nowhere to meet with a contact of Brad Turner's, but soon discover that he isn't there. As they begin to leave however, they discover that their masks and vehicles aren't working together properly any more, only barely noticing a large "bug" leaving their vehicles...

Scarlett's GI Joe team arrive at a cottage near Aberdeen, where they break in and find a small group of Dire Wraiths hiding out, they are soon taken down, but before the Joes can head off further, Skywarp is attacked by a small drone, and is forced to shut down to auto-repair, causing the team to take shelter and wait for his repairs to complete.

A small team of Autobots head to the former site of Autobot City in Monument Valley, where they argue about why Optimus is bothering to seek atonement from the humans for what was partially their own fault with the Ore-13 causing problems during the Revolution. Optimus reveals that he has detected a disturbance in space-time here, which he has been monitoring since the incident and received a signal recently. He determines that this must just be a mistake, and plans to leave, only for them to be defeated easily but a giant Karza, who has Enerchanged with Micronus Prime's inert body.

Karza returns to Microspace again, and admits to his wife that every time he combines with Micronus, he feels a part of himself getting lost too, despite all the knowledge he is gaining about the Cybertronians and others through it, and so, despite the difficulties he still plans to lead the army on Earth, to conquer it for Microspace to use as a new home, due to their own universe being slowly destroyed, however he still has one concern to deal with...Oz's team of Micronauts....

Characters

Micronauts

Oziron Rael

Larissa

Phenolo-Phi

Acroyear

Biotron

Microtron

Other Microspace Denizens

Baron Kazra

Shazraella

Ministry of Defense Army

Baron Daegon (Flashback) Defeated

Doomed Microspace Denizens (Flashback)

The Reptos (Flashback) Trapped in Entropy Cloud

Alternate Versions of Baron Karza (Flashback)

Time Travelers (Flashback)

Ministry of Science (Mentioned) Defeated

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab Defeated by Baron Karza

Arcee - Sports Car Defeated by Baron Karza

Jazz - Sports Car Defeated by Baron Karza

M.A.S.K.

Matt Trakker/Spectrum

Julio Lopez/Gulliver

Brad Turner/Eclipse

Gloria Baker/Aura

G.I. Joe

Skywarp - Fighter Jet Defeated by Baron Karza's Troops

Scarlett

Snake Eyes

Rock 'n' Roll

Grand Slam (Mentioned)

Cybertronian

Micronus Prime Near Death

The Thirteen Primes (Mentioned)

Other

Old Mitch

Two Dire Wraiths Killed by GI Joe

Rom the Space Knight (Flashback)

Mitch the Butcher (Mentioned)

Rodrigo Gutierrez (Mentioned)

Notes

• This comic continues on from the recently seemingly concluded Micronauts comic line...hopefully it'll continue on after this storyline though
• Despite being shown in the flashback, Karza doesn't seem to consider Rom or the Space Knights a threat to his plans so he doesn't send his troops after any of them.
• The crater that Optimus visits in this issue was the former location of Autobot City, before Metrotitan took to the air to keep them mobile and to get away from the Ore-13 and Spacebridge explosion.
• So...turns out Micronus Prime may be larger than the regular Transformers, judging by the Enerchanged version of him with Karza, despite him being the original Mini-Con, aka, a tiny robot.
• Karza mentions that he now has some of Micronus' memories after Enerchanging with him, and likens him to a god for the Transformers, but without any mention of the OTHER twelve Primes
• Karza's army is comprised of some Acroyears, Giant Acroyears, Biotrons and several animal themed vehicles...following the revelation of the new breed of Acroyear being fully mechanical, I think his army is made up fully of machines
• Still no confirmation yet on if Baron Daegon was killed by Karza or not.