IDW - Transformers/My Little Pony: The Magic of Cybertron #4

The Mightiest Dinobot

Writer: Ian Flynn

Artist: Casey W. Coller

Colours: Joana LaFuente

Letterer: Jake M. Wood

Finale

Writer: James Asmus

Artist: Jack Lawrence

Colours: Luis Antonio Delgado

Letterer: Neil Uyetake

Editor: Megan Brown

Consulting Editor: David Mariotte

"The Mightiest Dinobot" Plot

Spike brings his friend Smolder to visit his Cybertronian friend Grimlock and the other Dinobot's. While Grimlock is still impressed with Spike due to their previous experiences, the other Dinobot's don't see him as impressive, especially compared to the other dragon.

Suddenly, the mind controlled Superion appears and attacks the Dinobot's on Sombra's orders, and easily subdues them.

spike realizes however that Combiners are usually unstable, but Superion isn't, meaning Sombra's mind control is what is keeping them together.

Spike and Smolder fly around the combiner, with Spike using his knowledge of Cybertronians to tap into all the components personalities, and causes them to fall apart.

The spell not strong enough to control all five of them parts when separated, the Aerialbots are freed of their mind control and everyone celebrates Spike as the hero, and as an honorary Dinobot.

"Finale" Plot

Optimus and his team have tracked the mind controlled Cybertronians and Equestrians to a desolate area of Cybertron, where they find them trying to excavate something. Optimus calls in for reinforcements and attacks the group early, it's soon revealed why Optimus was in such a rush, when Sombra merges himself with a long hidden underground Titan, Scorponok!

Just after the combination, the reinforcements arrive, which includes s new set of exosuits for the Equestrians which can be used to attack the mind controlled with Equestrian-powered weapons to break the mind control, as discovered by Ratchet and his team earlier.

Soon all the bots and horses who were mind controlled are freed and turn against "Sombranok", causing the controlled Titan to explode, and dazing the king.

Soon a truce is upheld, and Megatron agrees not to try and abuse Equestrian magic again, as it doesn't meld well with Cybertron, but does agree that if anyone else wants to interact with Equestria, he won't get in their way, leading to the ponies to hug him as their new friend.

Elsewhere, the scene is being watched by a Quintesson, who judges the ponies as 'innocent'.....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Elita-1 - Car

Mirage - Race Car

Cliffjumper - Car

Bumblebee - Car

Trailbreaker - Van

Arcee - Car

Ratchet - Ambulance

Wheeljack - Race Car

Blades - Rescue Helicopter

Cosmos - Orbiter 

Greenlight - Car 

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon

Sludge - Apatosaurus 

Slug - Triceratops

Snarl - Stegosaurus

Silverbolt - Passenger Jet Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Slingshot - Fighter Jet Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Air Raid - Fighter Jet Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Skydive - Fighter Jet Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Fireflight - Fighter Jet Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Superion - Aerialbot Combiner Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Jetfire - Jet Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Clampdown - Emergency Vehicle Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Afterburner - Speedbike Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Huffer - Truck Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Warpath - Tank Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Doublecross - Two Headed Dragon Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Decepticon

Megatron - Tank Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Shockwave - Flying Artillery

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Soundwave - Cassette Player

Snapdragon - Jet/Dragon

Breakdown - Armoured Van

Skytread - Tank and Jet

Slipstream - Fighter Jet

Shadow Striker - Car 

Ravage - Cassette

Frenzy - Cassette

Rumble - Cassette Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Bombshell - Boll Weevil Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Ruckus - Buggy Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Squeezeplay - Crab Monster Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Caliburst - Gun Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Refraktor - Hovercraft Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Other Cybertronian

Scorponok - Scorpion Destroyed

Equestrian

Princess Twilight Sparkle Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Pinkie Pie Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Fluttershy Mind Controlled by Sombra, later Freed 

Rarity

Applejack

Rainbow Dash

Spike

Smolder 

King Sombra Defeated and Captured

Octavia Melody

Blaze

Wave Chill

Soarin

Fleetfoot

Surprise

Queen Chrysalis (Mentioned)

Yona (Mentioned)

Sandbar (Mentioned)

Other Young Sixers (Mentioned)

Other

Quintesson Judge

Scorponok's Controller (Mentioned)

Notes

• Despite being correct in the comic itself, the main cover features the enslaved characters with purple glowing eyes instead of green...very odd.
• Following his adventure in the original crossover, Spike decided to research all of the Transformers...he's a nerd!
• It's kind of shocking to me that in a comic that features all the Dinobot's and a combiner, we didn't see Volcanicus being formed!
• It's implied here that Optimus and the other main Autobots weren't seen in this series to this point because they were following the possessed bots to keep track of them.
• The exosuits used by the ponies are designed to be able to transform into weapons, unlike the design shown briefly in the previous crossover, making them a similar technology to the Western version of the G1 Targetmasters.
• The weaponry that the Equestrians transform into are a hammer for Applejack, an axe for Rainbow Dash, a sword for Twilight Sparkle, a party cannon for Pinkie Pie, a flamethrower for Spike and a shield for both Rarity and Fluttershy. Fluttershy's shield is only seen briefly being weilded by Ratchet in a background shot.
• Rarity jokes that it's been about 20 minutes since Twilight was mind controlled. This is a reference to how an MLP episode usually takes place over 20 minutes. It's POSSIBLE that these events could have taken place over that short time frame, but it would be very tight...
• The Refraktor shown being freed by Arcee has blue eyes, but later he has red eyes...maybe she accidentally turned one of them into an Autobot?
• Scorponok exploding at the climax of this story is the first confirmed, named character to be killed off in the MLP crossover continuity.
• Most of the Cybertronians shown in this issue are based on recent toys or prominent characters...so why is Clampdown there? Is this an early look at a future Selects toy?
• The end of this issue shows a Quintesson Judge taking an interest in the Equestrians, hinting at a future crossover plot, however, due to Generation 5 starting soon for MLP it's possible that Friendship is Magic will be abandoned for the new continuity. Time will tell I guess!