IDW - Micronauts Wrath of Karza #5

Written by: Cullen Bunn & Jimmy Johnston

Art by: Andrew Griffith & Ron Joseph

Colours by: David Garcia Cruz

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Assistant Editor: David Mariotte

Editor: David Hedgecock

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

Shazraella, now Enerchanged with the Mad Time Traveler takes the battle in her own hands, she quickly destroys Microtron's Tron army and prepares to go after the remaining Micronauts.

Optimus and the Autobots arrive at the fight area, where Optimus grabs Karza to pay him back for his previous attack and imprisonment of him, Arcee and Jazz, however Karza accesses Micronus' body again and grows to a giant size, attacking the Autobots all at once again.

The Micronauts fight through the Ministry of War troops to get to Shazraella, whom is marching through the battlefield, using the Time Traveler's powers to both mess with time, and spread the Entropy Cloud. Oz charges towards Shazraella to stop her once and for all, but she simply dissolves him, leaving only the Time Mask behind.

Upon his death, Oz is sent back to his previous death, and his conversation with a Time Traveler, where he reveals that the war on Earth is needed, and Oz himself needs to embrace time itself in order to win the war...

Elsewhere on the battlefield, Karza notices that Shazraella is spreading Entropy across this planet now, and knowing how devastating that will be orders a truce between him and the Autobots to stop her, which Optimus agrees to.

The Autobots and Karza charge towards Shazraella, with Karza at first trying to talk her down, she takes offence to his defiance of her, and forces her husband to split from Micronus Prime, and sends the Prime far away, greatly weakening the Baron. She allows him to fall to the ground, but their daughter, Larissa catches him with her shield generator.

The assembled Micronauts, Autobots and Karza prepare to fight Shazraella in the final showdown, however are stopped when the Time Travelers, now led by an ascended Oz confront her, Oz merged with the Time Mask and the Travelers surround Shazraella, and begin dragging her into a Time Casket as punishment.

Before she is locked up, the Time Traveler de-Enerchanges from her and is forced himself in the Casket, before he can be trapped though he warps Shazraella and Karza away, so they won't be imprisoned too.

Following the battle, Oz joins the other Time Travelers to repair Microspace and even rescue the people trapped inside the Entropy Cloud. They easily reverse the effects on Earth, and sets up permanent space bridges between Microspace and Earth, in order to allow better relations between the two universes. Oz leaves with the others, but does promise to reunite with his friends again soon...

In the aftermath, the Micronauts go looking for Acroyear, who is still fighting with Raith and wonder if they can find a new ship...

Elsewhere, Karza arrives in Illinois, and considers how he can save his people now, whilst Shazraella arrives in San Francisco and starts work on her next plans....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Arcee - Sports Car

Jazz - Sports Car

Micronaut

Oziron Rael Became a Time Traveler, Merged with Time Mask

Time Mask Merged with Oziron Rael

Larissa

Phenolo-Phi

Acroyear

Biotron

Microtron

Alphatron Destroyed by Shazraella

Betatron Destroyed by Shazraella

Gammatron Destroyed by Shazraella

Ministry of War

Baron Karza Sent to Illinois by Entropy Time Traveler

Shazraella Sent to San Francisco by Entropy Time Traveler

Commander Raith

Army Remnants 

Other Microspace

Entropy Time Traveler Trapped inside a Time Chamber

Time Travelers

Other Cybertronian

Micronus Prime Sent Far From Now by Shazraella

Notes

• Omegatron isn't seen amongst the dead "Trons" this issue, but since he doesn't appear in the First Strike tie-in, I'm gunna assume he's dead too...pity...
• Similarly, Commander Raith's fate is left unknown, he was last shown fighting with Acroyear, and it was mentioned that they were making friends, but he doesn't appear in First Strike...guess he died too?
• Whilst the Micronaut's new bodies are all new designs, the Transformer redesigns when Shazraella messes with time include Hearts of Steel based bodies at first, and later Optimus in his Pre-Earth body, Jazz in his Costa Ongoing body, and Arcee in her Robots in Disguise Pre-Earth body
• Oz's repressed discussion with the Time Traveler is a continuation of the conversation he had during his brief "death" during the finale of the first arc of the Micronauts comic.
• It was mentioned earlier in this very series that the Mad Time Traveler was the one who caused the Entropy Cloud, Shazraella causing it to spread to Earth when fused with him is a direct nod to this.
• Micronus Prime's body is  send "far from now" most likely so they don't have another Prime running around in the main storyline...we have a few right now after all.
• Shazraella ending up in San Francisco leads directly to her being discovered by Miles Mayhem and Baron Ironblood in the Origins story in First Strike #4, whilst Karza's landing in Smithton, Illinois, wondering how to save his people now is likely to be a plot point for the upcoming Rom and the Micronauts series, set after First Strike concludes.
• Remember that Karza was warped away BEFORE he learned that the Entropy Cloud is now being dealt with, so he is unaware that he doesn't HAVE to save his people any more...