IDW - Upgrade

Written by: Sean Ryan

Art by: Robert Atkins

Colours by: Jorge Sutil

Letters by: Tom B Long

Edits by: David Mariotte & David Hedgecock

Plot

Kup encounters a rogue Decepticon, Transit, in London, and goes in to subdue him, but due to the Decepticon's strength, Kup suffers some major damage to his chest and even loses a hand when punching him. Kup manages to launch the Decepticon away, and collapses on himself due to his injuries.

One of Kup's new allies from the Action Man Programme, Bryce Chan, appears and performs a patch-up job on the Autobot. Suddenly, Transit returns in his double decker bus modem, and he goes after Bryce for helping Kup. He corners him, but is blasted away by the newly upgraded Kup, and sends him flying across the city, right through the London Eye.

Kup is impressed with the upgrades, and lets Bryce continue his upgrades back at the base...

Characters

Autobot

Kup - Pick Up Truck

Decepticon

Transit - Double Decker Bus

Monstructor - Monster Gestalt (Mentioned)

Human

Bryce Chan

Queen Elizabeth (Mentioned)

Notes

• This comic came with Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2. I guess the next issue will have a Micronauts/Rom comic included.
• Transit is a direct transplant from the Aligned continuity's Robots in Disguise Animated comic, albeit with a new colour scheme.
• This story acts to explain why Kup has a drastic character model change between the Revolution event and the start of Revolutionaries (where in the real world it was due to the new Titans Return toy).
• Kup is revealed to be a part of the Action Man programme in the UK, this is likely due to his friendship with Action Man himself.
• Bryce makes a "clever" pun by commenting that Kup is now "More Than Meets the Eye". Though the joke he was making was because he launched Transit through the London Eye, not because of the classic Tagline for the franchise.