IDW - Transformers #27

Title: War World: Moon

Written by: Brian Ruckley

Art by: Fico Ossio

Colours by: David Garcia Cruz

Letters & Design by: Jake M. Wood

Editor: David Mariotte

Assistant Editor: Riley Farmer

Supervising Editor: Tom Waltz

Plot

Novastar's team, on board Sky Lynx, approach the Winged Moon, which has been attacked by the Decepticons, using the element of surprise due to the Moon having communications problems.

On the surface, Team Stream are trying to break into the inner facilities, but the engineers left on the Moon to try and save it have managed to barricade themselves in securely.

Shadow Striker leads some of the team, via a drill, directly into Enemy's holding cell, unaware that he was even stationed there, much to the Infiltration Trooper's annoyance.

On the surface, Astrotrain detects Sky Lynx approaching, and goes after him, however he doesn't know that only half of the giant Autobot is approaching, his other half has already landed carrying the Autobot team, who attack the Decepticons, and seem to have the upper hand.

Inside, the Decepticons sneak around to find the Energon stores, but find the corridors booby-trapped, so go after Systems Control instead, to take the whole Moon instead if just the Energon.

Sunstirm tries to break in, but the engineers rig the Energon supplies to detonate, sending Sunstorm into orbit, irradiating him in the process.

Seeing this, Slipstream calls for a retreat, and they collect the now glowing Sunstirm, mumbling about seeing something, and head back to Cybertron.

Back on the Moon, Sky Lynx collects the Autobots and engineers to return them to Cybertron too, but Cosmos opts to remain on the Moon to defend it from further attacks, but asks Lancer to deliver a message to Blast-Off, inviting him to join him....

Characters

Autobot/Security Forces/Senate Guard

Novastar - Car

Windblade - VTOL Jet

Springer - Car/Helicopter

Sureshot - Buggy

Smokescreen - Car

Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle

Decepticon/The Rise

Slipstream - Jet

Shadow Striker - Car

Flamewar - Motorcycle

Astrotrain - Trackless Train/Space Shuttle

Sunstorm - Jet Irradiated by Energon Explosion

Hotlink - Jet

Hyperdrive - Car

Blackjack - Car

Tracer - Helicopter

Enemy - Cassette Missing In Action

Shockwave - Flying Artillery (Mentioned)

Blast-Off - Space Shuttle (Mentioned)

Other Cybertronian

Cosmos - Orbiter

Huffer - Truck

Gears - Van

Lancer - Car

Wheeljack - Race Car (Mentioned)

Notes

• This issue's story presumably takes place just following Novastar leaving during the crisis meeting in issue 25, meaning it is likely occuring during the previous issue's events.
• Fico Ossio was the main artist for the Revolutionaries series as well as a few other series in the old IDW continuity, this is his first appearance on interiors in the new continuity.
• The engineer team refer to the Decepticons as "Risers" here. This is due to them not knowing about Megatron's uprising and their true nature yet.
• Sunstorm's newly irradiated firm is most likely a reference to his Dreamwave character, especially with his comments about seeing something afterwards. Maybe we'll finally get some proper use out of the character this time around!
• Enemy disappears from the Decepticon team before they can leave the Winged Moon, my guess is that this will be a recurring joke for the poor guy in this series...always getting left behind in horrible situations.
• It's unclear yet if Cosmos knows that Blast-Off is a member of the Decepticons or not.