IDW - Bumblebee - Go for the Gold!

Written by: James Asmus

Art by: Marcelo Ferreira

Inks by: Maria Keane

Colours by: Valentina Pinto

Cover by: Nicoletta Baldari

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: David Mariotte

Publisher: Greg Goldstein

Plot

One day, a meteorite, made partly of Cybertonium strikes the Earth, attracting a team of Autobots and Decepticons to it's location to retrieve it. A fight quickly breaks out between the two groups, during which, Bumblebee keeps getting sidelined due to him not being the fastest, strongest etc.

Bee gets sent out to rescue some Humans that were driven away by the Decepticons when they tried to examine the meteorite, so he gets them to a safe area, and contacts the authorities to pick them up, before running back to the fight.

At the battle, the situation is getting worse when it is discovered that the meteorite is destabilizing from the firefight, and Starscream keeps shooting it to make things worse. Devastator grabs a piece of the meteorite, but it explodes before they can get away, forcing him to decombine, but Hook manages to recover a small piece and throws it to Screamer to escape with. Bee manages to grab Starscream and the explosive material in the air, but is sent falling, with it by Starscream, who shoots him, setting off the meteorite again.

The Decepticons escape inside Astrotrain, whilst the Autobots find an injured Bumblebee, who they take home for repairs, and Optimus considers how to make Bee realise his true worth, without comparing himself to the other Autobots

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Bumblebee - VW Beetle Badly Injured

Windblade - VTOL Fighter Jet

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Wheeljack - Race Car

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Decepticon

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Skywarp - Fighter Jet

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet

Astrotrain - Space Shuttle/Train

Hook - Crane

Scrapper - Front End Loader

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer

Scavenger - Excavator

Mixmaster - Cement Mixer

Long Haul - Dump Truck

Devastator - Constructicon Gestalt

Human

Trio of Scientists

Notes

• This story is a short prequel to the previously released "Bumblebee: Win if you Dare" comic, and explains how Bumblebee got injured, which was referenced in the previous release.
• You may have guessed, but this comic was released to coincide with the release of the Bumblebee Movie.
• Wheeljack is shown to have a display screen of some sort attached to his chest, that he can remove to show others things (though this does expose his inner-wires, which would be dumb to do in battle I'd say!)
• The three humans shown in this story seem to not know what Autobots are, but are seemingly easily persuaded to trust Bee, making this unlikely to actually be set in the G1 cartoon (ish) universe...though Humans were shown to be quite dumb in that continuity...
• Despite Bumblebee being so injured that he needed a new body...he doesn't look too messed up at the end of this issue...
• The front cover includes a tape cassette designed to look like Bumblebee's face. It's pretty cool, HASBRO! GET ON THIS!!!