TFCC #63 - Another Light Part 3

Title: Memory's Splinter

Writers: Jesse Wittenrich and Pete Sinclair

Pencils and Inks: Eryck Webb

Colours: Evan Gauntt

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Plot

The Decepticons arrive on Earth to fight off the Autobots at Decepticon City, once there Grimlock and the Micromaster Predacons are deployed to take on the Micromaster combiner Superion. Grimlock is overwhelmed by Superion, but the Predacons manage to hold him off, allowing Grimlock to leave andd rejoin the battle with the others.

Galvatron lands and has Scourge and Cyclonus find Starscream to rally the troops, whilst he goes to join the battle.

Rodimus and his team see Galvatron flying into the battle, the team starts firing, but Rodimus stops them, as it's not their battle. Optimus agrees and attacks Galvatron. He seems to have the upper hand, but Rodimus goes to "help out" by holding Galvatron still for Optimus, whilst also sneakily dropping his gun for the Decepticon. Optimus orders Rodimus to leave, allowing Galvatron to grab the gun and aim it towards the Autobot leader...

Characters

SG Decepticon

Galvatron - Rescue Helicopter

Cyclonus - Space Jet

Scourge - Stealth Bomber

Dirge - VTOL Fighter Jet

Predaking - Dragon

Razorclaw - Wolf

Rampage - Tiger

Divebomb - Falcon

Unidentified Decepticons

Starscream - Tetrajet (Mentioned)

SG Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Rodimus - Sports Car

Superion - Micromaster Aerialbot Gestalt

Big Daddy - Muscle Car

Drift - Race Car

Swerve - Pick Up Truck

Tailgate - Sports Car

Cosmos - Orbiter Killed in Battle

Unidentified Autobots

Classics Autobot

Grimlock - Thunderous Lizardous

Other

The Thirteen (Mentioned)

Notes

• The Recordicons mini-comic shows that Rumble's head survived his smelting, but it gets left behind when Straxus rescues them.
• Hot Shot mistakes Tarantulas for Sideways due to their similarities...this could actually be true and Hot Shot simply created his worst nightmare!
• The Wreckers all give the same excuse for why they don't combine into Ruination...Whirl!
• The entire story here is a retelling of the battle of Autobot City from the 80's Transformers movie.
• The Predacons have added Predaking to their roster, in the form of Classics Nightscream, and seems to be in homage to his Prime series counterpart
• Superion is made from the Decepticon Sixwing repaint, which comes with 6 parts. Since the components aren't named here I'll just refer to them as their combined form.
• Although very distorted, the troops with Rodimus can be identified from their colours by simply reading the prequel story showing this story's aftermath, and the previously seen Big Daddy.
• The long running theory of Hot Rod causing Optimus' death in the movie is alluded to here again, by Rodimus dropping his gun for Galvatron to pick up.
• This issue ends in a very similar way to the previous one, with the Galvatron about to finish off Optimus, like Magnus was about to finish off his counterpart last issue.

Other Features

Interview with Will Friedle (RID2015 Bumblebee)
Article on Combiner Wars Brake-Down and Quickslinger

Hall of Fame Nominees announcement

History of Classics Grimlock

Classics Grimlock Profile

Hot Shot interviews Tarantulas 

Recordicons Ravage gets distracted and the Decepticons get dumped in a smelting pool

Bot on the Street The Wreckers are asked why they won't combine.

TFCC - Issue 61 Another Light: Falling into Place

Plot

Classics Blaster and SG Straxus are walking through the streets discussing Straxus' evil counterpart when suddenly a light suddenly shines and some strange Transformers with beast modes come through. The group recognizes Blaster as being from the Classics Universe too, and they regroup, and are introduced to the SG Universe.

The new arrivals are debriefed by Galvatron and Aquarius, saying that the Origin Matrix that Ultra Mammoth now holds is the ORIGINAL Matrix that Prima wielded, and forms the hilt of the Star Saber. Mammoth says he'll hold onto the Matrix until Nexus Prime returns, as he promised to it guardian, which Galvatron agrees to.

Cliffjumper gives the new arrivals to cliff notes to this new universe, and learns that Treadshot has a lead on the native Ultra Magnus on Earth. Galvatron says they can use the Stellar Spanner to go to Earth and help in the search.

The group leave the Decepticon's HQ where they find SG Spinister and Needlenose, who offer them new bodies, allowing them to not scare the native Humans with their giant beast modes.

Suddenly Cyclonus arrives and passes on a message from Soundwave to Galvatron, saying that the Autobots are attacking Decepticon City on Earth (SG Earth). Galvatron has Blast Off set up a shuttle to take them there for the battle....

Characters

SG Decepticon

Galvatron - Rescue Helicopter

Cyclonus - Jet

Spinister - Helicopter

Needlenose - Jet

Straxus - Tank

Soundwave - Cassette Player (Voice)

Megatron - Jet (Mentioned) Killed, turned into Galvatron

Starscream - Jet (Mentioned)

Treadshot - Sports Car (Mentioned)

Blast Off - Space Shuttle (Mentioned)

Stonecruncher - Crane (Mentioned)

Excavator - Crane (Mentioned)

SG Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (Mentioned)

Ultra Magnus - Truck Cab (Mentioned)

Ironhide - Van (Mentioned) Dead

Scrounges - Battle Wheels (Mentioned)

Autobot

Ultra Mammoth - Mammoth

Grimlock - Velociraptor

Ironhide - Elephant

Prowl - Lion

Silverbolt - Eagle

Cliffjumper - Sports Car

Blaster - Boom Box

Nexus Prime - Gestalt (Mentioned)

Scrounge - Wheel (Mentioned) Dead

Decepticon

Straxus - Flying Cannon (Mentioned)

Other

Aquarius

Beta Maxx - Jet

Depth Charge - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)

Origin Matrix's Guardian (Mentioned)

Side Burn - Muscle Car (Mentioned)

Demolishor - Battle Tank (Mentioned)

Unicron (Mentioned)

Primus (Mentioned)

The Thirteen (Mentioned)

Prima (Mentioned)

Notes

• Ultra Mammoth and the other "Maximals" are sent to the Shattered Glass universe now, after their adventures on the prehistoric SG Earth.....where are the "Predacons" exactly though?
• Grimlock attacked Blaster, despite knowing he was the "real" one, most likely due to their rivalry during the Marvel run.
• Aquarius has returned to the SG universe after his time on Axiom Nexus
• Grimlock is absent from the debriefing of the new arrivals, and the measurements scene..wonder where he went to?
• Out of Silverbolt, Prowl and Ironhide, only Silverbolt has a new toy out, so we can probably guess that he'll have his Combiner Wars character model, but what about Prowl and Ironhide? Will they take on their Prime counterpart's forms?
• Also, Ultra "Mammoth" is keeping his prehistoric body...strange that the only TFCC exclusive of the bunch would do that huh?
• The end of this story shows that a counterpart to the Battle of Autobot City (Decepticon City here) from the 80's Movie is about to happen. This was hinted at last issue with the prologue showing the Autobots defeated and returning to space.
• I'm assuming that Soundwave is still in his Cassette Player body from Solar Requiem since he's still on Earth.
• The Recordicons comic was most likely written when Rewind was still "dead" in MTMTE. I know it's most likely going to be explained away as being because this ISN'T set in the IDW universe, but it's still most likely the reason.
• Side Burn and Demolishor are mentioned in reference to the Underbase storyline...which has yet to be resolved for us in the real world as it's story keeps getting delayed/cancelled.

Other Features

Rubber Soul - Article on Decoy figures and their follow ups
Toy Fair 2015 - Advert (though it arrived AFTER the event for me....
Lio Convoy Advert - Recruitment drive for the Club!
Cliffjumper's Cliff Notes! - Cliffjumper summarizes what's happened to him in this universe
Fun Pub Creative Team bios - Meet the creative team for the magazine this year.
Lio Convoy Profile
Broken Windshields Preview
Hot Shot's Thoughts - Armada Hot Shot interviews other Transformers
Bot on the Street - Random characters are asked what they would change their alt mode to
Recordicons - Mini-comic with Brainstorm setting Chromedome up with Eject.

TFCC - Beast Wars Shattered Glass Chapter One: Shattered Time

Plot

The Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus destroys the Classicsverse with the Terminus Blade, however an Autobot and Decepticon ship escaped through a hole in space and both crashland on a planet, with their engines blown out.

After waking up from the crash, Girmlock goes out to investigate, but immediately seizes up due to the intense Energon in the area, elsewhere Megatron sends Nautilator and Tentakil out to investigate, and they too are seized up due to the Energon radiation, however they also get trampled and smashed apart by some local bisons.

Back at the Graviton (Autobot ship) the Autobots use Pretender and Powermaster technology to graft some organic modes based on some local lifeforms, and head out. Meanwhile at the Talon (Decepticon ship) Megatron has decided to use an experimental Energon-Absorbing armor instead so they can retain some mechanical dignity and has his remaining crew get ready for battle.

Characters

Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Mammoth (Former Truck Cab)

Grimlock - Raptor (Former Tyrannosaurus Rex)

Ironhide - Elephant (Former Van)

Prowl - Lion (Former Police Car)

Silverbolt - Eagle (Former Concorde Jet)

Decepticon

Megatron - Tank (Former Gun)

Dirge - Fighter Jet

Snaptrap - Snapping Turtle

Overbite - Shark

Seawing - Manta Ray

Skalor - Coelacanth

Nautilator - Lobster Killed by Bison Herd

Tentakil - Squid Killed by Bison Herd

SG Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Truck Cab

Notes

• This story follows the final scenes of Invasion, showing 2 of the surviving ships from that universe (it's not clear yet if they know they just narrowly escaped an exploding universe)
• The Decepticon ship, the Talon, looks like a creepy evil face...Now I won't sleep tonight!
• The Ultra Mammoth toy revealed for the 2013 Sub Service from the TFCC is confirmed here as being just a beast mode for G1 Ultra Magnus here
• The other Autobot alternate modes are based on some toys from the Beast Wars toyline who shared the same character names
• Dirge and the surviving Seacon's character model is based on their counterparts from Beast Wars II, and Megatron uses the body from his purple tank G2 toy, who sometimes came sold as Archforce. 
• The Lobster and Squid Seacons were "killed off" here because there was no Lobster counetrpart in BWII, and the Squid one was female.
• It's weird to me that Prowl, Ironhide and Silverbolt, who were from the Classicsverse, weren't in their Universe toy models...since some other characters were....
• Wonder where the rest of the Graviton crew are....
• Judging by the beast modes available this planet is likely an alternate Earth where that Matrix thingie was shipped off to.
• The floating computer that works on Megatron seems to be a NAVI of some sort

Other Features

Adverts

A U.S. Transformers Fan in Japan! Article

The TCC Overview of the Classicsverse 2007-2012 Brief summary of the Classicsverse

The Transformers Menagerie Part 1: Cassette Technology Info on the Cassettes

Optimus "Hero Prime" Prime (Primax 895.0 Gamma) Profile

Depth Charge (Primax 209.0 Gamma) Profile

Transformers I.Q. Quiz

Recordicons Mini-Comic

Transformers I.Q. Trivia Bonus - Lio Convoy data

TFCC - Invasion

Invasion Prologue

Staff

Writers: Jesse Wittenrich and Pete Sinclair

Pencils: Will Mangin

Inks: Jake Isenberg

Colours: Josh Burcham

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Plot

In Axiom Nexus Rhinox detects multiple phenomena occuring from everywhere and even the resurrection of a previously dead universe. He and the otehr Transtechs determine that the situation began in the Classicsverse, where they look back over it's recent history and watch a raid by Gigatron's Decepticons against the Autobots at Ironworks. The Transtechs speed forward past the battle and see some unidentified figures arriving through a hole in the sky.

Optimus Prime walks into the room and tells everyone that the "visitors" to the Classicsverse are from the Negative Polarity Universe (Shattered Glass) and tells them that the balance of everything is in danger now, as these two universes are mirrors of eachother, and introduces the Transtechs to his team, made of various Optimus Primes and other similar characters from across the Multiverse

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck (Transtech)

Rhinox (Transtech)

Prowl (Transtech)

Ursa Magnus (Transtech)

Metalhawk - Fighter Jet (Classics)

Rad (Classics)

Mainframe (Classics)

Ironworks (Classics)

Ultra Magnus - Truck Cab (Shattered Glass)

Tracks - Sports Car (Shattered Glass)

Wheeljack - Race Car (Shattered Glass)

Sentinel Maximus - Truck (Universe)

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck (Robots in Disguise)

Optimus Prime - Truck (G2 Hero)

Leo Prime - Lion (Beast Wars???)

Optimus Prime - Ape (Jungle Planet - Cybertron)

Decepticon

Megatron - Tank (Transtech)

Gigatron, the Overlord - Tank (Classics)

Thrust - Fighter Jet (Classics)

Skullgrin - Tank (Classics)

Octopunch - Crab (Classics)

Stranglehold - Rhino (Classics)

Snarler - Drill-Boar (Classics)

Carnivac - Wolf (Classics)

Horri-Bull - Bull (Classics)

Other

RUNT Mech and Pilot

Various Multiversal Cameos

Notes

• The universe of "Another Time and Place" was noted to be destroyed in "Withered Hope", it has been restored here (I wonder what this means for the Gobots Universe)
• The Transtechs note that the Classics Overlord/Gigatron is shorter than usual, which is very true!
• This story ends during the beginning of of Invasion
• The collection of Optimus' and similar is sort of reminiscent of the Captain Britain Corps from Marvel comics
• The images on the screens in Axiom Nexus are all from existing comics and TV series.
• Foreign Optimus Prime's aren't usually allowed in Axiom Nexus, however you can see they have a small device on them, which much protect them from being removed.

Invasion

Staff

Writers: Benson Yee and Pete Sinclair
Pencils: Dan Khanna
Inks: Jake Isenberg
Colours: Josh Perez, Thomas Deer and Jesse Wittenrich
Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Plot

In the Shattered Glass Universe, Ultra Magnus is broken out of his jail on the prison world, Paradron thanks to help by Wheeljack, Tracks and the Junkions. Magnus contacts Optimus and taunts him regarding his upcoming victory, as he kills the jailers, including Ironhide. Magnus leaves the prison through a portable Stellar Spanner Wheeljack possesses, and travels to another Universe. Optimus acivate's the prisons distress beacon, knowing that even though hecan't follow his brother, he knows a Decepticon who can.

In the Classicsverse, the Autobots are repairing the Ironworks base after the battle with Gigatron when the sky opens up and some strange snake-like devices exit it and attach to three Autobots, who quickly mutate into more Junkions and start attacking their former friends. Magnus and his team also exit the Space Bridge/Stellar Spanner and join the battle too, whilst the Junkions turn three more Autobots into Junkions as well. Rad and Kick-Off run back towards the base, but Rad is attacked by a Junkion, however he's able to blast the door controls as Kick-Off enters the base, saving his friend.

Inside the base, Kick-Off heads to the weapons store whilst Metalhawk and a small team of surviving Autobots prepare to take on these evil Autobots. Magnus tears through the doors with his Terminus Blade, a sacred artifact from his Universe and proceeds to take down Wheeljack, Warpath, Tracks and Jazz before another Space Bridge opens and Treadshot and group of SG Decepticons come through and attack the evil Autobots on sight. Magnus uses the Terminus Blade to transport himself and his team elsewhere.

Metalhawk demands an explanation as to what's happening, so Soundwave and Treadshot give them a brief history of their universe and who Magnus is. Kick-Off returns from the armory with more weapons and says he doesn't care who they are, they need to be stopped. Treadshot and Metalhawk's forces join forces to take on the evil Autobots, but Treadshot goes after Magnus, whilst Octopunch and Scoop go to find Wheeljack, as they know those 2 are the main problem.

Spinister spies on the battle outside Ironworks and reports it to Gigatron, saying that the Autobots seem to be teamed up with some Decepticons. Gigatron sends Octopunch and Skullgrin ahead to see what's going on.

Under Ironworks Wheeljack has set up a device that taps into the Rarifed Energon of this Earth and sets up a forcefield around the device so no-one can stop his plans. Octopunch, Skullgrin, Scoop and SG Octopunch all arrive under Ironworks about the same time (Scoop having assumed something would happen there as there's nothing else of any worth nearby) and the two groups start fighting underground. Scoop quickly defeats Skullgrin, and has his two Nubulon partners take a look at the forcefield to see if they can turn it off.

Treadshot finds Magnus inside the Ironworks base, but the Autobot plants his Terminus Blade into another device set up there, which reacts with the Rarified Energon sending a blast of energy into the atmosphere, causing disruptions across the planet, with the other Autobots worldwide dealing with the troubles.

Under the Ironworks base SG Octopunch realizes that he's been fighting his evil counterpart and decides to not even try and think about it and swiftly defeats his counterpart. Magnus and Treadshot leave the building fighting, with Kick-Off joining the battle as well. Magnus reveals that he doesn't expect Earth to survive his plans in one piece, so Soundwave goes to try and save the day, when he's attacked by the Junkions and almost turned as well, just as the Classics Decepticons arrive and join the battle, fighting to protect the Earth as well (as Gigatron wants to conquer it himself) and Soundwave is free to continue on his way.

Soundwave reaches the control panel and finds it's too late to turn off the device as the planet sized portal's been created already, and turning it off will tear the planet up. Wheeljack appears behind him, but he's knocked out by Octopunch. Soundwave tries to figure out what to do.

Magnus leaves the battle by smashing through the collected Cybertronians and tries to stop Soundwave from potentially stopping him when he's blasted by Metalhawk and Gigatron, who stop him from stopping Soundwave from overpowering the forcefield generator below to maximize it around the planet, protecting it from being torn apart from the portal.

Magnus, upon hearing this is glad, as he never cared about Earth, his intention was for it to just be transported to his Universe, he doesn't care if it's in one piece or not, so he and his team ride off. The planet passes the portal and the energy discharge spreads out and destroys everything else in the Classicsverse that remains, one by one. The Classics Transformers on Earth look up in horror as their universe is gone, and they arrive in orbit around the Cybertron of the Shattered Glass Universe, and Straxus recites a comforting poem for them (it's probably not THAT comforting considering their universe just blew up though!)

Characters

Classics Autobot

Metalhawk - Fighter Jet

Kick-Off - Sports Car

Scoop - Front End Loader

Ironworks

Warpath - Tank Slashed by Ultra Magnus

Jazz - Sports Car Slashed by Ultra Magnus

Tracks - Muscle Car Slashed by Ultra Magnus

Wheeljack - Race Car Slashed by Ultra Magnus

Rad Assimilated into a Junkion

Sandstorm - Buggy/Helicopter Assimilated into a Junkion

Broadside - Jet/Aircraft Carrier Assimilated into a Junkion

Slapdash - F1 Race Car Assimilated into a Junkion

Mainframe Assimilated into a Junkion

Rollout Assimilated into a Junkion

Outback - SUV Assimilated into a Junkion

Skyhammer - Car

Crossblades - Jet

Vroom - Dragster

Perceptor - Microscope

Sunstreaker - Sports Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Ratchet - Ambulance

Blaster - Boom Box

Cerebros - Fortress Maximus' Head

Fortress Maximus - Base

Rescue Roy - Fire Engine

Cliffjumper - Hatchback (Flashback)

Classics Decepticon

Gigatron - Tank

Spinister - Helicopter

Skullgrin - Tank Defeated by Scoop

Octopunch - Crab Defeated by SG Octopunch

Weirdwolf - Wolf

Snarler - Drill-Boar

Carnivac - Wolf

Stranglehold - Rhino

Horri-Bull - Bull

Thrust - Fighter Jet

Dreadwind - Fighter Jet

SG Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Truck Cab

Tracks - Sports Car

Wheeljack - Race Car Knocked Out by SG Octopunch

Wreck-Gar - Motorcycle

Junkheap - Motorcycle

Scrap Iron - Motorcycle

Junkion Hive - Motorcycles

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Van Killed by Ultra Magnus

Sunstreaker - Sports Car Killed by Magnus and crew

Paradron Staff Killed by Magnus and crew

Jetfire - Fighter Jet (Flashback)

Ricochet - Sports Car (Flashback)

Alpha Trion - Space Shuttle (Mentioned)

Rodimus "Prime" - Sports Car (Mentioned)

SG Decepticon

Treadshot - Sports Car

Soundwave - Van

Octopunch - Hovercraft

Straxus - Battle Tank

Galvatron - Rescue Helicopter (Flashback)

Starscream - Tetra Jet (Mentioned)

Ravage - Cassette (Mentioned)

Other

Holepunch - Scoop's Gun

Tracer - Scoop's Gun

Spike Witwicky - Cerebros' Head

Buster Witwicky

Robot Master

Simon Furman

Spider-Man

Power Man

Invisible Woman

Sari Sumdac

Isaac Sumdac

Elektra

Scared Humans

Notes

• There are several nods to the G1 Movie in this comic, including Ironhide's death and Soundwave's reflection in Magnus' grill
• The Junkions are very similar to the Borg from Star Trek
• I wonder...if the Junkions "assimilate" a larger or smaller Transformer will the Junkion created be large or tiny, or the regular size?
• It's not shown, but it's likely Rad was "assimilated" as well
• It can't just be a coincidence that the four guys Ultra Magnus took down just happen to have newish toys in a Classics-type toyline (which most of them happen to have their molds used in this very comic)
• Very oddly for a comic like this...there are no potential future repaints shown in this comic (unless you count Ironhide, which was seen before anyway)
• Ricochet is coloured wrong in this comic, and also has the wrong body type (unless he changed his body between the flashback here and his first actual appearance)
• The Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory is referenced (and sort of comes true) in this comic
• Octopunch gets a bit freaked out when he fights his evil counterpart here
• Weirdwolf, Thrust and Dreadwind have joined with Gigatron's forces on Earth...wonder if Bug Bite is anywhere nearby too? (or the other Gobots who appeared on this Earth at the end of "Withered Hope").
• Wonder if the Decepticons and Autobots from the now destroyed Classicsverse will stay as a unified force in their new Universe.
• The SG Decepticons arrive on Earth by Soundwave mimicking the coordinates the Autobots used to get there before.
• Despite Metalhawk not seeming to actually be a Pretender (he just transforms) the other Pretenders shown are shown to have the ability to separate from their shells (unless this Metalhawk design is just his outer shell's robot and vehicle mode as well)

TFCC - Cheap Shots

Staff

Writer: Forest Lee

Pencils: Dan Khanna

Inks: Jake Isenberg

Colours: Thomas Deer

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Editor in Chief: Brian Savage

Cover/Inside Cover: Thomas Deer

Timelines Creative Director: Lanny Lathem

Plot

Since the end of the war about 20 years ago, Nightbeat has gone off on his own with a small team of Autobots and organics to act as a Detective agency of sorts.

Nightbeat is drinking alone in a bar on Azure when he's approached by some aliens who ask him to come with them to speak with someone. Nightbeat mistakes this as a threat, as does his team (which includes two angry Dinobots) who beat up the aliens, throwing one through a wall. The remaining alien re-states that he just wants to escort Nightbeat to a someone who wants to use his services.

The team are taken to see the client, Amory, a Shi-Lai sentient Battleship who want's Nightbeat to find and rescue her bonded pilot, who was kidnapped on Purgatory, a settlement in an asteroid field, so they head there to investigate.

On Purgatory the team split up, Slag, Sludge and the organics started roughing up the locals to see if anyone knows where Phyrion (the pilot) is, whilst Nightbeat and Siren go to see the local magistrate to see if he knows anything. Neither road leads to anything though.

Later on Amory remembers that Phyrion received a message from an anonymous source before arriving on Purgatory, and knows where the message originated from. Later, Nightbeat and the others stake out the warehouse the message originated from, and wind up entering it, when inside they find Ruckus in command of a new version of the Mayhem Attack Squad, Ruckus reveals that he set all this up for revenge for how Nightbeat and the others ruined their plans back when they worked for Thunderwing, which starts an argument about what happened back then, and leads to an all out battle.

The battle is going in the Autobot's favor when Ruckus calls in reinforcements, Amory, who is forced to help them or Ruckus has said he'll kill Phyrion, and reveals that he brought Phyrion with him, which stuns everyone at his stupidity. Slag quickly slices off Ruckus' arm and frees Phyrion (and claims the arm as a trophy for himself).

Later Phyrion and Amory thank and pay Nightbeat, and take off into space. The team suddenly realize that they don't have a ship and are therefore stranded on Purgatory, but Nightbeat doesn't care, as he's sure someone around here needs a detective.

Characters

Autobot

Nightbeat - Sports Car

Siren - Emergency Car

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Slag - Triceratops

Hosehead (Mentioned) Dead

Decepticon

Ruckus - Baja Buggy

Needlenose - Jet

Octopunch - Crab

Strangehold - Rhino

Sunbeam - Gun

Zigzag - Gun

Thunderwing (Mentioned)

Bludgeon (Mentioned)

Other

Muzzle

Lug

Quig - Siren's Head

Minerva

Amory

Phyrion

Vorg (Azure Alien)

Narfl (Azure Alien)

Azure Residents

Purgatory Residents

Purgatory Magistrate

Notes

• Nightbeat's toy head not having ears is explained here as being because Siren made them explode
• Lug survived Hosehead's death during the Unicron War
• Quig is the only member of the team still bonded to his partner (Siren)
• SIREN IS CONSTANTLY SHOUTING IN THIS COMIC!
• Amory is probably based on Moira from Farscape, she even seems to do a Starburst on the last page!
• Minerva and Muzzle being in a relationship is kind of creepy when you think of it...they're repaints of each other in the toyline
• I wonder if Nightbeat and his crew got back to Earth before the whole "Universe being destroyed" thing from Invasion?