Title: End of Time
Written by: Brian Ruckley
Art by: Anna Malkova, Juan Samu, Ed Pirrie & Blacky Shepherd
Colours by: David Garcia Cruz & Heather Breckel
Letters by: Jake M. Wood & Nathan Widick
Editor: David Mariotte
Assistant Editor: Riley Farmer
Supervising Editor: Tom Waltz
Plot
The battle for survival I'd in full swing
Outside Darkmount, the Autobots are fighting off the Insecticlones, with the scientists trying to get one live sample, to plant a spike with a data bomb in it for their big plan.
Seeing the Hugh swarm of Insecticlones approaching the city, forcing Termagax to sacrifice her mobile "House" by sending it into the swarm, and overloading the power core, taking out a large chunk of the swarm.
At the Insecticon hideout, in a dead Titan, Novastar's team infiltrate the facility, fighting off the remaining Insecticlones in the facility, and make their way to the Insecticons themselves.
In the hub of the Titan, the Insecticons are gorging themselves on their clones, and overenergizing themselves, allowing the Autobots to easily ambush them, and Novastar implants a receiver for the data bomb into Bombshell's head.
Whilst they are waiting for the data bomb to work, they fight off the remaining Insecticlones.
Meanwhile, in the wilderness, Optimus and his team fight back the Rust Worms, who are still encroaching upon them, with Jhiaxus' forces still boxing them in.
When all hope seems lost, the Insecticlones fly past the Autobots, who are now devouring the Rust Worms, as the data bomb reprogrammed them to do, mostly solving both world-eating problems.
Soon, Optimus and his crew head through the desert towards Darkmount, when they are encountered by Skywarp, who teleports in, riding an Imploder, the most dangerous Cybertronian weapon ever, and tells them to wait there, until Megatron comes to speak to them....
Characters
Autobot
Optimus Prime/Orion Pax - Truck
Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport
Kup - Pickup Truck
Ironhide - Van
Chromia - Car
Bumblebee - Winged Hovercraft
Subsea - Submarine
Pipes - Truck
Backstreet - Race Car
Sideswipe - Car
Bumper - Car
Strongarm - Police Van
Vibes
Stakeout - Police Car
Wheeljack - Race Car
Highbrow - Helicopter
Perceptor
Blaster
Hound - Jeep
Road Rage - Flying Car
Tap-Out - Winged Hovercraft
Novastar - Car
Smokescreen - Car
Windblade - VTOL Jet
Springer - Car/Helicopter
Blades - Helicopter
Cromar - Jet/Weapons Embankment
Javelin - Car
Other Autobot Soldiers
Glyph - Car (Mentioned)
Jumpstream - Car (Mentioned)
Scattershot - Jet (Mentioned)
Other Technobots (Mentioned)
Autobot Fliers (Mentioned)
Decepticon
Megatron - Tank
Shockwave - Flying Artillery
Strika - Battle Tank
Obsidian - Dual Propeller Plane
Blitzwing - Tank/Jet
Nova Storm - Jet
Ion Storm - Jet
Acid Storm - Jet
Bombshell - Boll Weevil
Skrapnel - Stag Beetle
Kickback - Locust
Red Wing - Jet
Windsweeper - Jet
Thundercracker - Jet
Other Seekers - Jets
Other Cybertronian
Termagax - Van
Skywarp - Jet
"House" Self-Destructed
Mountain Titan Long Dead
Insecticlone Swarm Reprogrammed to Devour Rust Worms, Many Destroyed
Prima (Flashback Only)
Liege Maximo (Flashback Only)
Solus Prime (Flashback Only)
Megatronus (Flashback Only)
The Firstforged (Flashback Only)
Nominus Prime - Jet (Flashback Only)
Sentinel Prime - Shuttle (Flashback Only)
Codexa (Flashback Only)
Big Bang (Flashback Only)
Halonix Maximus (Flashback Only)
Gaidora - Dragon (Flashback Only)
Turbofoxes (Flashback Only)
Primus (Mentioned)
The Other Primes (Mentioned)
Proxima (Mentioned)
Froid - Jet (Mentioned)
Lodestar - Titan Ship (Mentioned) Undergoing Repairs
Titan Sparks (Mentioned)
The Senate (Mentioned)
Other
Rust Worms Being Devoured by Insecticlones
Notes
- This is the finale issue of the main Transformers series, with Wars End #4 and The Fate of Cybertron to wrap up the series afterwards.
- Among the feral Turbofoxes in the flashback is Gaidora, a Predacon from the Aligned continuity, implying that the prehistoric dragon-like Predacons may have existed in Cybertron's past like in that continuity.
- Cromar combines with Javelin as a weapons embankment, much like how his Siege toy is able to (though since Javelin hasn't had a recent toy, she technically can't weild him :p)
- We see "House" destroyed this issue, but we never learned what exactly it was. I still believe it was a hidden Titan Spark or some very advanced A.I. that was an artificial Cybertronian (like Springer in IDW1)
- We don't see the mind controlled Skystalker in the Insecticon hideout, possible meaning, in their feeding frenzy, they may have devoured him.
- Even though Skywarp appears to be holding the Autobots hostage at the end for the Decepticons. I believe he's just fueling the chaos more, rather than trying to help Megatron here.
- Skywarp steals the Imploder he is seen riding this issue in Wars End #4, which was released shortly after this issue was released.
- Smokescreen admits that he doesn't remember who he works for anymore, as he's been moved around, behind the scenes so much, he just does what he feels is right in the situation.