IDW - Scarlett's Strike Force #3

Written by: Aubrey Sitterson

Art by: Nelson Daniel

Colours by: Ryan Hill

Letters by: Taylor Esposito

Editors: Tom Waltz & Chase Marotz

Publisher: Greg Goldstein

Plot

The Joes in the jungle-overgrown Arctic ride around, following a smaller team led by Spirit, trying to find the Cobra Temple, ultimately locating it, and finding a massive army of Vipers surrounding it.

The Joes attack the Vipers, but Quick Kick remains behind, with "Friday", when the former discovers Storm Shadow following him, and the two start to fight.

Quick kick appears to be winning the fight, until another ninja joins in, the female, former Storm Shadow, who has joined up with Storm Shadow as his sidekick, Tempest. The two escape with a ninja smoke ball, allowing them to escape, promising to fight him again later.

In the temple, Crystal Ball is putting the final touches on his master-plan, all whilst the Joes outside and tearing through the Vipers outside. Salvo and Spitfire defy orders and enter the temple, gunning down a bunch of Vipers performing some sort of ritual. Unfortunately this was part of their plan, as they bleed out, powering up an engraved mural of Golobulus, which lights up.

The temple starts to shake, as the Joes just manage to escape, the members of Cobra rise up on a meteor and plan to resurrect Golobulus from the stars, hoping for it to devour the planet below....

Back on the Lemuria, Helix and Snake Eyes are still in the brig, beginning a plan to start a game of D&D when the power goes out, forcing their energy-bar powered cells to go out, allowing the prisoners to escape.

Scarlett soon screams at Shipwreck for his new power source failing, and has him and Gung-Ho work on repairing it now.

The escapees soon come across Skywarp, who explains that he is the one who disabled the power grid, as a way to allow them to escape and join forces with Duke. The two are sent off to grab a vehicle to escape with...

Characters

GI Joe

Scarlett

Roadblock

Skywarp - Fighter Jet

Quick Kick

Salvo

Spitfire

Spirit

Cover Girl

Dial Tone

Shipwreck

Polly the Parrot

Gung-Ho

Snake-Eyes

Helix

Rock 'n Roll (Mentioned)

Cobra

Cobra Commander

Storm Shadow

Lady Storm Shadow/Tempest

Destro

Crystal Ball

Dr. Mindbender

Vipers Most Killed by GI Joe

Golobulus (Mural Only)

Other

"Friday"

Notes

• YAY! It's the last issue! And without failing to disappoint, it ends on a cliffhanger. Oddly this issue doesn't include any "The end" or "letter from the writer" section, as you would normally find in a final issue of a series. I guess IDW didn't want Sitterson to write something stupid again, like he did about 9/11 last year....
• Um....how did the Joes not notice the giant temple surrounded with snake monsters with a giant red sky around it? Did they really need to bring Spirit with them to find it?
• In case it wasn't clear, Helix is getting Snake Eyes to play Dungeons and Dragons (another Hasbro product) whilst in the brig.
• So...my only guess for why the hydrothermal generator scene was added last issue was so they had a reasonable method for Skywarp to disable it in this issue
• Quick Kick brings up how Storm Shadow owes him some teeth....then shows that his mouth has no missing teeth (certainly not the ones he was missing before anyway!)
• So...Lady Storm Shadow, a powerful warrior, who was upgraded with Dire Wraith technology, and was strong enough to disable a Eukarian, Antagony, all by herself, was apparently defeated by the Male Storm Shadow, and forced to be his sidekick....yeah I don't accept that!
• My guess last issue turns out to be wrong, Skywarp's assets to be given over to Duke were Helix and Snake Eyes, not the captive Dire Wraiths.
• Last issue, Crystal Ball appeared to be talking about using Rock 'n Roll's blood to power up the resurrection of Golobulu, but here they just use some of the Vipers instead....is this bad writing, or did Sitterson just change his mind?
• Cobra Commander screaming "Cobra-lalalalalala!" is a reference to the 80's GI Joe Movie.
• So....I know everyone has already brought this up, but why are Lady Storm Shadow, Destro and Dr Mindbender on Earth? They were all major parts of the Iron Ring's attack on Cybertron, and are all being held in cells on Cybertron. We know this issue is relatively contemporary to Optimus Prime, as both SSF#2 and Optimus Prime #15 mentioned/showed the newly opened Ore-13 mine in Kentucky, and we know from the latter that Colton, and his cohorts are still imprisoned at that time...so why are they here?!?!
• And in a scene that was cut from this issue, following the final page, the Solstar Order send a team to Earth to kill all the Dire Wraiths impersonating the Joes and Cobra members, freeing their captive real counterparts, allowing for this series to just be forgotten about in a later reboot :)

IDW - Aw Yeah Revolution! #3

Written and Drawn by: Art Baltazar

Edited by: David Hedgecock

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

The battle between the heroes and Cobra has begun. Snake Eyes is fighting with Storm Shadow and Rom traps some Cobra Troopers inside his force-field. Rom gets grabbed by the brainwashed Optimus Prime, who goes on to shoot Acroyear with his eye lasers (I guess he has those here). Rom gets an idea, and erects his force-field around himself and Optimus, and launches both into orbit, he breaks free from Optimus and lets him float away, hoping that he'll be far away from Cobra to break free from their control.

Rom notices that the asteroid filled with Dire Wraiths is heading towards Earth, so he tries to slow down and/or stop their travel.

Back on Earth, the rest of GI Joe are led towards the battle field by Space Glider, whilst Destro arrives through his MASS device, and meets with Karza and Cobra Commander, the former of which shows off his Orbsah powers and grows to the size of a Transformer. He's about to stop on everyone and win the fight, when the Dire Wraith asteroid hits him in the head and knocks him out. Acroyear takes the opportunity to remove the Gem from Karza, causing him to lose his new powers and return to his natural size. Karza produces his sword and fights with Acroyear one-on-one.

Elsewhere, the crashed asteroid is opened up, and the Dire Wraiths pour out and attack Rom as one. Destro watches as the Wraiths attack Rom and the Cobra Troopers, when he notices the Orbsah Gem discarded on the floor, he takes it and gives himself the power.

Rom breaks free from the Wraiths and goes after Destro, intending to destroy the Gem, and it is causing all this trouble, however Destro uses the Gem to blast Rom back into the cosmos. Karza breaks away from his fight with Acroyear and demands that Destro give him the Gem back, however Destro dismisses him, and sends him, Acroyear and Space Glider back into Microspace.

The forces of Cobra appear to be about to win, with Destro planning to add the Wraith's power to Cobra's and conquer everything, until Optimus returns with a bunch of Autobots, ready to fight them as well...

Elsewhere in the universe, Rom is panicked as the Wraiths are still on Earth, so he races off towards Earth again, hoping to get back in time to save the planet and the universe from their threat....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime/Weapon Prime - Truck

Arcee - Sports Car

Jazz - Sports Car

Bumblebee - Hatchback Car

GI Joe

Snake-Eyes

Duke

Roadblock

Scarlett

Cobra

Cobra Commander

Destro

Storm Shadow

Cobra Troopers

Micronaut

Baron Karza Sent to Microspace by Destro

Acroyear Sent to Microspace by Destro

Space Glider Sent to Microspace by Destro

Other

Spaceman Rom Launched into Deep Space by Destro

Dire Wraiths

Notes

• So...this is a weird one...this is the last issue of the series, but definitely ends on a cliffhanger. You could argue that Rom being launched into the cosmos, and the Micronauts being sent home have put things back to the relative status-quo, but the Dire Wraiths are now on Earth, and the Orbsah Gem is in Destro's hands. My guess is that the remainder of this series will be released with the TPB, so if it is, then I'll upload my thoughts on those editions. Remember that the series was originally slated to be a five-part story, which was reduced to three, so this is quite likely.
• I would question how Karza knew who the Dire Wraiths were, but the comic did establish that he's read the actual Revolution comic already....so....well played!
• So, from Rom's claim that the Orbsah Gem is the reason their respective groups have come into conflict (which is true) it sounds like he's saying that crossovers are bad (since Orbsah is Hasbro backwards, and they created the main crossover series')
• Huh...despite it being badly damaged last issue, Microspace seems fine now! Good thing space displacement devastation isn't a long term problem huh?
• Jazz's design, briefly seen behind Optimus, appears to be based on his Robots in Disguise 2015 incarnation rather than the usual G1 version.

IDW - Transformers vs G.I. Joe #9

Title: Stick to your guns

Written, Drawn, Coloured and Letters by: Tom Scioli

Production by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Laird Mac Cullen, along with one of his loyal warriors and his mute brother visit a land where they seek to see some sleeping gods. The guards from a Serpent cult allow them to enter the cavern, but only if they promise to not touch anything within the cavern, or to disturb the gods.

Inside the cavern, the mute brother finds a small glowing cube on the floor and seems to be possessed by it, he inserts it into a slot, despite complaints from his brother and friend. This action actives Teletran-One, who sends out a Sky Spy drone to scan the trio of humans, who are stunned by the strange language it is speaking.

In the aftermath one of the "gods" wakes up, and scares the humans, causing them to attack it with their swords and flaming torches, during this attack, the energon cube inserted into the computer runs out, and the "god" and Sky Spy collapse. Afterwards, the humans salvage parts from the "god" assuming it was a test from the gods, and see this as their reward.

The trio leave the cavern, and are attacked by the serpents for stealing from the gods, and the Cullens are forced to flee on their boat.

The trio return to their land with their ship destroyed, and the loyal warrior dying from his injuries, once there however, the brother reveals that he has gained the ability to speak, and says that the gods have told them to "Transform".

Soon, the warrior dies from his injuries, and is given a funeral on a pyre, which lights up the night, revealing the Viking ships, who have come to invade the land are here.

The Vikings from the Giant Island Jotunheim invade the highlands, but are countered by Mac Cullen and his troops. Despite his confidence, having been gifted by the "gods" the Laird is killed by the Vikings. His brother goes to defend his body before the Vikings can get there, and uses his new invention, of a gun to kill one of the head Vikings, and he dons the stolen "god's" face before the Vikings flee the magical weapon.

Later, the brother, now identifying as Destro returns to the god's island where he learns that the serpents revealed the Highland's location to the Jotuns, as revenge for stealing from the gods. Destro uses his new gun to kill the serpents and takes over the land.

Over time, Destro has a castle built on the island, over the Ark and develops his technology there, and even uncovers the ability to surpass death by modifying his body to it's current form, and uses the technology he's acquired to supply weapons to both sides of every war since his empire was forged.

After World War 1, Destro had his castle moved to California, as he foresaw some new action happening in the near future.

Towards the end of the 20th Century Cobra Commander visits Destro and pays him off to only supply weapons to him and his Cobra army, meaning that he'll have the advantage in the war against GI Joe, to which Destro agrees

Characters

Human

Destro/Mac Cullen's Brother

Laird Mac Cullen Killed by GI Jotuns

Mac Cullen Clan Warrior Killed by Serpent Druids

Aberneth the Hawk-Helmed

Thor FalkenHauser Killed by Future Destro

Cobra Commander

Baroness Swin Suit Models

Cobra Vipers

Mac Cullen's People

Giant Island Jotunheim Vikings

Cybertronian

Mini-Cassette Guy Destroyed by Mac Cullen and team

Teletran-One

Inert Transformers on the Ark

Other

Serpent Druids

Notes

• Surprisingly, this issue is probably the best of the series...that doesn't mean it's good, it just isn't as brain-smackingly bad as the rest so far.
• Once again, the front cover has absolutely nothing to do with the contents.
• The Cobra cult guys are most likely related to Koh-Buru-Lah in some way.
• The Ark's location and condition is very similar to it's G1 cartoon counterpart.
• The Transformers in the Ark use familiar character models, but due to colours they are unidentifiable
• One of the things stolen by Mac Cullen is a Transformer's face, which is later used for Destro's robotic face.
• It's unclear how future Destro gained the ability to speak...it may be due to the Sky Spy unit, but it seems unlikely since there's no reason for it's scan to fix his muteness.
• The ancient Joes (from Giant Island Jotunheim) are shown to be an invading Viking army who like to kill and even have some very rapey faces when they prepare to finish off Destro and his brother.
• How did Destro get the time to design and build his gun? The Vikings appeared just after the funeral, which appears to have happened just after they returned home!
• It turns out Destro's whole empire of weapons production etc has been made from using the technology he's claimed from the Ark.
• The ladies on the last page all look like Baroness, but in swim-suits, much like how similarly dressed women are used in (mostly) American TV shows to show off glamorous prizes.

IDW - Transformers vs G.I. Joe #3

Title: Funeral for a Friend

Written by: Tom Scioli and John Barber

Art, Colours and Lettering by: Tom Scioli

Production by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: Carlos Guzman

Plot

The Joes have their prisoner Dr. Venom working on building the Joes some B.A.T.'s to fight Cobra with, whilst the rest of the troops are attending a funeral for Hawk, who has apparently died from gangrene (though not really,,, as everyone, including Venom knows it's a trap for Cobra).

During the "funeral" Cobra arrives and attacks the funeral, and within a few seconds Hawk appears from his coffin and joins the fight (.....yeah). During the battle Starscream and Shockwave emerge from the water to reveal that they somehow survived being hit by the Joe's death ray, and joined forces with Cobra.

Meanwhile on Cybertron, Perceptor and his team bring the captured Joes to see Grimlock, who decides to throw them to the Sharkticons. Arcee throws them some of their ammuniion to give them a fighting chance, and Jinx manages to kill the Sharkticons with bombs (without killing herself or the others in the process of course)

Back on Earth, the Decepticons tear into the ship and let Cobra troops in, they're looking for Soundwave and Venom, but cannot find the former, they manage to find Venom, and shoot his guards to not-death, and try to take him with them. However Venom turns sides officially and kills Buzzer with his own gun, staying the Joes.

Meanwhile, Duke infiltrates the retreating Cobras by wearing one of their uniforms and coming back to their back with them (great security guys!). When at the Cobra base he sees Snake-Eyes randomly there, and assumes he's jumped sides, and witnesses as Destro and some of his guards head through a portal...

Destro arrives on Cybertron through the protal, but all his human troops have died in the process, with him surviving due to him being a cyborg. Megatron is impressed by the human who has perfected "real life" (ie being a robot) and agrees to work with Cobra in exchange for help ridding Cybertron of the Creeper-Vines.

At the Joe's base in Iacon, the team are dissecting Wheeljack, despite his protests, but after he plays a message from the President Scarlett calls for the procedure to stop. Suddenly Brawn and the others turn up and start fighting the Joes, until both sides are knocked out (or hopefully killed) by their opposing weapons.

Back on Earth, Venom is given the mission to rebuild Soundwave as a Joe-controlled robot (sure...nothing can go wrong there right?)

Characters

Autobot

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Slag - Triceratops

Swoop - Pteranodon

Arcee

Wheeljack - Car

Brawn - Van

Mirage - Car

Perceptor - Tank

Metroplex - Moving Battle Platform/Slug Thing?

Bumblebee - VW Beetle Dead - Head with Megatron, Body with Joes as Battle Suit

Decepticon

Megatron - Gun

Shockwave

Starscream

Laserbeak

Cyclonus

Darkwing

Straxus

Scorponok - Scorpion

Trypticon - Battle Platform

A Conehead

Soundwave Dead, being rebuilt by G.I. Joe

Sharkticons - Sharks Killed by Jinx

G.I. Joe

General Flagg

General Austin

Dr. Venom

Hawk

Breaker

Clutch

Jinx

Cover Girl

Spirit

Duke

Scarlet

Lady Jaye

Torpedo

Dial-Tone Shot by Cobra

Shipwreck Shot by Cobra

Shipwreck's Birdie Shot by Cobra

B.A.T.'s Under Construction

Far, far too many to even care about

Cobra

Serpentress
Destro
Snake-Eyes
Buzzer Killed by Dr. Venom

Cobra Troopers

Other

Notes

• UGH! More of this tripe!
• The BAT's that Venom is working on, despite being made for the Joes clearly have Cobra insignias on their chests (with even space for a Decepticon insignia inside too)
• So Hawk is dead? Who cares!
• Oh wait he's alive actually....wow....
• Shockwave and Starscream somehow survived the attack from the Colton Bolt...how did the Joes not notice that their bodies went missing?!
• Metroplex is a giant slug it seems....(my guess is that he is a mobile city as the Decepticons run the whole planet, but from the art it looks like a weird large slug...
• Despite most of the other Autobots looking like they are based on their toys, Grimlock seems to have a random robot mode design.
• One of the Sharkticons has a Decepticcon logo on his fin, whilst this was true for the toy line, there's no need for it here.
• How did the humans survive the explosions that killed the Sharkticons exactly?
• Dial-Tone, Shipwreck and his birdie all get badly shot up here by Cobra...yet they all seem fine by the end of the scene....wonder if Buzzer will turn up after surviving his head exploding too?
• So Snake-Eyes has randomly joined Cobra? Despite their former leader being the reason his face is destroyed, him attacking their new allies and there being no evidence of this before this issue...right....
• Why is Darkwing randomly hanging out with the high ranking Decepticons?
• The Joes are literally tearing Wheeljack apart to see how he works, despite him screaming and pleading for help....THESE ARE THE HEROES?!?!
• Also, Flagg has a battle suit made out of Bumblebee's corpse....remember that Megatron also has his head around his neck...any similarities here guys?
• I so hope that that explosion caused by the Energon Bomb and Green Arrow (helpfully named on panel as there's no way we could tell what they were supposed to be otherwise) killed all the characters assembled...
• Wow the scale and perspective in this thing is messed up!

DW - Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front #1

Staff

Title: Targets of Opportunity

Dedicated to: Larry Hama

Writers: James McDonough and Adam Patyk

Pencils: Pat Lee (Hiiiisssssss)

Breakdowns: Nick Kilislian

Background: Edwin Garcia

Inks: Rob Armstrong

Colours: Anthony Washington and Alan Wang

Letters: Ben Lee

Plot

At a harbor in New York City, GI Joe attack a Cobra team, led by Destro, raiding the harbor for some reason, it seems to be going well until Cobra starts using their high tech weapons and vehicles against the Joes and start chasing them off. Destro starts to retreat but one of the troopers tries to take his place in a flight pod. Scrap-Iron kills the trooper and allows himself and Destro to escape, leaving a missile for the Joes to deal with.

The next day, Flint is back at the Utah Joe HQ where he has a talk with Duke about his recent run of bad missions, and he's told to go to The Pit for some R&R. Later a small spaceship crashes into a forest near Mount St. Hilary in Oregon, which Cobra detects and has a local team look into the crash./

Over Cobra Island, Starscream, in a new F015 Jet mode is flying around watching the Cobras move out to the crash-site, and he plans to use the ship as a means to escape Earth in his energy depleted state, when they bring it back to base.

Flint is working out in the weight room, when he gets a call in about the crash and is called out to lead a team to Oregon, along with a new team led by Spirit, who were training in the area at the time.

The two groups meet up in the forest and immediately start attacking the Cobras, who have something under a tarp being airlifted away. The Joes cause the helicopter to explode, and the cargo falls, unveiling two robots, Perceptor and Blaster, unconscious.

Later the Joes return to base with their cargo, where Flint and Spirit are taken to meet with Duke, Scarlett and Stalker, who were all in the team from the Fera Islands in 1939, and they're told about the Transformers and about how Cobra was formed....

and then the company went down, and the series was cancelled.....FUN!!!

Characters

G.I. Joe

Duke

Scarlett

Stalker

Flint

Spirit

Shipwreck

Snake-Eyes

Cover Girl

Gung-Ho

Clutch

Rock 'N' Roll

Blowtorch

Grand Slam

Quick Kick

Airtight

Bazooka

Doc

Wild Bill

Alpine

Barbecue

Mutt

Junkyard

Cobra

Cobra Commander

Destro

Scrap-Iron

Agent Smith

Cobra Troops

Autobot

Perceptor Unconscious from Crash

Blaster Unconscious from Crash

Optimus Prime (Footage Only)

Decepticon

Starscream - F-15 Jet

Megatron - Gun (Footage Only)

Notes

• Yeah...there was only one issue of this series due to Dreamwave imploding in on itself
• Most likely characters like Flint, Destro and Snake Eyes are related in some way to the characters in the first G.I. Joe crossover from Dreamwave
• Whilst the artwork in this comic is nicer than that of the previous series...it's still not very nice...most of the human characters look like they're melting or something
• Pretty much every time they show a reflection of something it's just a reprinting of an image seen elsewhere in the comic...it just seems lazy to me
• Starscream being the only Decepticon shown active in this comic may have been because he was disabled before the Matrix blast...but of course there's no way to find out now...
• Yeah...the scene in the weight room is just weird.....(see above picture for most of it)
• Flint doesn't seem to be as good as the Flint from the first crossover
• It seems that one of the Joes on the Fera Islands must have had a camera since they have footage of Optimus and Megatron fighting.

DW - Transformers/G.I. Joe

Plot

Cobra attacks the Fera Islands in the winter of 1938, where during their raid they awaken Megatron who was hidden behind a wall behind a statue and makes contact with Major Bludd, and starts re-activating his fellow Decepticons.

A year later in the summer of 1939 in Virginia several highly trained soldiers are brought together and are debriefed about the recent attacks by Cobra in several countries, with several people going missing in the process. The assembled soldiers are all brought together as a new team: G.I. Joe, who are set to take down Cobra, and it's revealed they have their location, during the meeting Snake-Eyes notices a strange creature in the rafters, and everyone starts shooting at it (Laserbeak) who easily escapes.

The next day Laserbeak returns to Soundwave at the Terrordrome on the Fera Islands. Cobra Commander is trying to be in charge still, despite being surrounded by giant killing robots and other strong Cobra members like Destro. Cobra doesn't care about the Joes being formed as no one knows where they are, and even if they do come, they have the Decepticons to defend them (which Commander has in check with the Matrix he wears around his neck)

At the Joe's launch point in the Shetland Islands and Jaye and Scarlett reveal that they have a map to the Terrordrome, which was scrawled into the hull of a ship. The team head towards the Fera Islands. Meanwhile, some of the Decepticons are in the English Channel discussing their plans to kill Cobra Commander and take the Matrix from him, and then proceed to attack a batch of local aircraft and then raid a power plant of some sort for energy.

Later the Joes airdrop onto the Fera Islands and are immediately attacked by Stormshadow, who challenges Snake-Eyes to a fight due to their past. The rest of the Joes escape and are split up, one group walks into the ruins on the island, and come face to face with a big deactivated robot's head.

The Joes investigate the "dead" robots and accidentally activate the Sky Spy probe, which shoots into the air, scans the local vehicles and remains of vehicles, and proceeds to repair and reactivate the deactivated Autobots and gives them local alternate modes. The Joes get scared and attack the giant monster robot, but end up ceasing when Ironhide saves them from killing themselves with the ricocheting bullets.

Snake-Eyes and Stormshadow continue their fight, Snake-Eyes has his face sliced up, but he's spared death when Stalker saves himwith his gun, chasing off Stormshadow. However rather than regrouping with the others, Snake-Eyes decides to follow Stormshadow again.

Stormshadow orders some Cobra troops to kill Snake-Eyes when he follows him, but the Joe ninja sneaks up on the troops and kills them instead, leaving Stormshadow without backup. Snake-Eyes staunches his wounds and burns his face.

At the site of the Ark's ruins, where the Autobots have just been awoken they tell the Joes about their past and connection with the Decepticons, and make peace with them. The Joes leave to deal with Cobra and the Decepticons, and the Autobots decide to join them.

Megatron learns of the Autobots being revived when he sees the Sky Spy returning. Elsewhere, things aren't going well for Cobra, as the Commander and the others inside the Terrordrome can't contact their troops outside, even Stormshadow. The Commander decides to call in Zartan, despite him being a psychopath.

Elsewhere, the Joes are travelling on foot, when some Decepticon Seekers attack them. Grimlock smashes out of the ground and attacks the Decepticons in his new tank mode.

Snake-Eyes continues to slaughter Cobra troopers in the ruins whilst following Stormshadow, when he finds him, and the giant robotic jaguar Ravage ready to fight him.

The second team of Joes are hiding from some Decepticon Seekers. Elsewhere Stalker is being followed by a Cobra trooper, but manages to kill him and continues looking for the rest of his team, when he encounters an Aerialbot and the rest of the Autobots and Joes from his earlier team, when more Seekers start attacking again.

Elsewhere, Megatron tries to end his partnership with Cobra, but the Commander uses the Matrix to hurt him instead, revealing that he knows the Matrix isn't just some symbol of authority, but capable of hurting Transformers too.

Snake-Eyes fights with Ravage and manages to send him over the edge of the cliff they're on, and drops a grenade on him, knocking him out, he then proceeds to kill the other Cobra troopers in the area, then begins fighting Stormshadow all over again.

A short while away Breaker watches an explosion from the ruins when Zartan appears behind him, shortly "Breaker" finds Flint and asks him to explain their mission plan again. The Autobots and Joes are tearing through some Cobra troops when they encounter Rumble in a Cobra uniform, who uses his pile-drivers to smash up the ground in front of them.

Flint realizes that Breaker is an impostor when he uses the wrong radio to try and call in some reinforcements, and Zartan reveals that he killed Breaker, Soundwave appears from seemingly nowhere and abducts Flint, and attacks the remaining Joes in the area. Zartan and Sounwave fly off with Flint as a prisoner. The rest of the Joes continue with their mission and find a Cobra Airfield.

On another island Rumble is tearing the place up, sending everyone flying. Everyone is overwhelmed, but Scarlett rides Bumblebee above Rumble and drops a grenade on him, disabling him. The Autobots free themselves from the area, but Grimlock's having problems and is falling into a sinkhole. Optimus has the Aerialbots combine into Superion to save him.

The two ninja continue their fight, which ends up in the water, where Stormshadow is attacked by a shark. At the Terrordrome Destro and Starscream look upon their joint project, Bruticus who may need to be activated if the Autobots and Joes continue their mission.

Inside one of the ships at the Cobra airfield, Beach Head tries to get access to the ship's systems, when he's attacked by Frenzy. Beach Head grabs some powercables from the power box on the ship to use as a weapon against the Decepticon.

Outside Lady Jayes sees an explosion from the ship and hopes Beach Head is okay, then enters one of the Cobra planes and starts flying it, with the Cobra pilot Wild Weasel following her in the air.

Snake-Eyes comes out of the water with Stormshadow in his arms, and he dies after acknowledging that Snake-Eyes is a true warrior. Snake-Eyes then finds Ravage injured nearby, so he skewers his head with his blade.

In the Terrordrome, Flint is being held prisoner and is tortured and interrogated by Dr Mindbender and Baroness. At the Airfield,  Beach Head and Frenzy both escape the ship without the explosion causing any damage really, Frenzy is led into an ambush where the Joes shoot at a plane he's near and cause it to explode, badly injuring the Decepticon.

In the air nearby, Wild Weasel goes after Jaye in her plane, but she outmaneuvers him and shoots him out of the sky herself. The team regroup with the Autobots and the other Joes at last.

In the remains of the town of Torhavn near the Terrordrome, Cobra Commander orders that everyone there is to be rounded up and used as a human shield around the base, to stop the Joes and Autobots from attacking.

Back with the Joes and the Autobots, Snake-Eyes, long thought to be dead now, returns and has an emotional moment with Scarlett.

The Autobots and Joes proceed towards the Terrordrome through the water, glad to see there are people being used as slaves there, as that means the Cobras didn't just kill all their prisoners.

Megatron has Shockwave convert to his warship mode and has him shoot at the Autobots, blasting Superion in the process.

The Autobots and Joes are under fire from Shockwave, which causes some of their makeshift boats sink, resulting in Grunt drowning. Jaye and Duke wind on one of the shores and find Major Bludd and the Dreadnoks waiting for them, but they're dispatched by Flint, however Jaye knows that he's a faker, Zartan, and throws a sharp branch at his face, killing him.

The Autobots and some Joes reach the shore as well and engage the Decepticons and Cobras. Megatron reveals that using Shockwave's weapon so much has caused him internal damage, but if the Commander uses the Matrix on him he can be fixed, but Commander doesn't care, and refuses.

Snake-Eyes and Scarlett arrive on the shore together and start off to try and regroup with the others again, when they find Bruticus in the scaffolding of the Terrordrome. Starscream sees Baroness, who reveals that she and Destro are working together against Cobra for their own goals, then she shoots Starscream with a special weapon which disables him. Destro activates Bruticus and has him attack anyone who gets in his way.

Bruticus' awakening causes the mountain to break apart, and traps Cobra Commander under a landslide, his legs are now trapped and he can't get free. Megatron offers to help him by converting into his gun mode, and lands right next to him. Everyone starts attacking Bruticus as he's against everyone.

The Commander can't bring himself to commit suicide, but Baroness arrives, grabs Megatron and kills the Cobra Commander for him. Scarlett then appears behind her and forces her to surrender, dropping Megatron, who transforms again and is attacked by Opitmus before he can grab the Matrix. Snake-Eyes grabs the artifact and Optimus tells him to smash it, as the energy could destroy Bruticus. Snake-Eyes does so and causes a bright explosion.

Destro and Baroness are taken into custody by GI Joe and the Joes look out at the Autobots, who are also dead, with the Matrix having killed them too, and they realize that Optimus knew what would happen all along. Scarlett weeps in Snake-Eyes' arms.

Characters

Autobot - All killed by Matrix Blast

Optimus Prime

Ironhide - Tank

Grimlock - Tank

Bumblebee - Motorcycle with Sidecar

Jazz

Prowl

Ratchet

Wheeljack

Hound - Jeep

Aerialbots - Propeller Planes

Superion - Aerialbot Gestalt

Decepticon - All killed by Matrix Blast

Megatron - Gun

Starscream - Propeller Plane Disabled by Baroness

Shockwave - War Ship

Soundwave 

Laserbeak

Ravage Killed by Snake-Eyes

Rumble Killed by Scarlett

Frenzy - Part of a ship Killed by Joes

Skywarp - Propeller Plane

Seekers - Propeller Plane

G.I.Joe

Flint Killed by Zartan/Mindbender/Baroness

Snake-Eyes

Duke

General Hawk

Lady Jaye

Scarlett

Stalker

Roadblock

Beach Head

Leatherneck

Lifeline

Grunt Drowned

Breaker Killed by Zartan

Other Joes

Cobra - Either Killed offscreen or arrested

Cobra Commander Killed by Baroness

Baroness

Destro

Storm Shadow Killed by Snake-Eyes and a Shark

Zartan Killed by Lady Jaye

Wild Weasel Killed by Lady Jaye

Major Bludd

Dr Mindbender

Cobra Troops

Dreadnoks

Other

Bruticus Killed in Matrix Blast

Sky Spy

Fera Island Monks

Fera Island Slaves/Prisoners

Arashikage Clan (Mentioned)

Notes

• This series is similar in design and basic concept (the Transformers in an older setting on Earth) to those seen in IDW's Hearts of Steel and Sector Seven comics. And like those comics, the artwork and designs are very annoying....
• Snake-Eyes got his name from his throwing dice at people, and it landing as two 1's (ie Snake Eyes) or so it seems from this comic
• From the looks of it, Cobra were a pre-cursor to the Nazi's (unless the Nazi's didn't exist in this continuity, and Cobra takes their place...we'll never know of course).
• The Cobra members seem to keep talking about "the Americans" which implies that Cobra is a foreign organization to the USA.
• Snake-Eyes' bad facial scars were caused in this continuity by him pouring gunpowder from his bullets onto his face and then setting it alight, to staunch his bleeding face
• Cobra Commander must have stolen the "Matrix" (which looks more like just a fragment of it to me) from that statue at the start of the comic, as it has a similar glow on it's chest. It also for some reason can hurt Transformers when in it's presence....I'm thinking it was actually something else, but again, we'll never know due to the collapse of Dreamwave.
• Bruticus is a Cobra invention in this continuity, and Starscream had a hand in his creation...sort of similar to his creation in the G1 Cartoon
• Baroness's weapon was most likely designed through studying the Matrix that Cobra Commander owns, as it seems to disable Starscream with great ease
• Ravage seems to be wearing a parachute when he's first seen, implying that he was airdropped in from one of the Seekers.
• I've decided since the sequel series ended after one issue, that if anyone seems to die in this story, and they aren't seen alive in the sequel, then I'll just say they're dead here...simple enough.

DDP - GI Joe vs The Transformers

Plot

Cobra Commander leads a team of his new terrorist group, Cobra on a mission and finds a crashed space shuttle named the Ark, full of deactivated robots, the Transformers. The group investigate the robots, and one of them wakes up very briefly to announce that he still functions.

A short time later the military is patrolling the area around the Peace Talks happening in the area, to defend it against protesters  when suddenly Cobra attacks with their strange new vehicles. The military try to stop them, but are easily over powered by the machines, even more so when they start turning into giant robots, piloted by Cobra agents as well. The terrorists leave after leaving their mark on the media and military, and Snake Eyes' face is horribly burned during the attack.

A while later General Flagg calls in Lady Jaye, Flint and Hawk and announced that they're to set up a new group to combat Cobra, called G.I. Joe, with Hawk as their leader.

On Cobra Island in the Caribbean, Cobra are maintaining the robots, with the Commander complaining about how Optimus Prime won't respond well to his orders for terrorism and seems to be fighting the control systems.

A now bandaged up, and voluntarily mute Snake-Eyes joins the new Joe team along with several others. Meanwhile in a city Bumblebee and Wheeljack, who managed to avoid being captured by Cobra, by being in another part of the ship are beginning to hunt down their comrades to try and rescue them from themselves.

On Cobra Island, Mindbender is examining Optimus, and hooks him into the main computers, however Optimus manages to upload a virus into the computer and deactivates himself as well. Cobra Commander isn't happy.

Mainframe, at NSA HQ is made aware of some new developments and end sup joining the now growing Joe team. Mercer, a former Cobra agent joins a well, and debriefs the team on what the robots are...sentient aliens, and also reveals that he knows where the Cobra army is going to strike next.

Destro arrives at Cobra Island to inspect the development of the BAT's (the Transformers) with Cobra Commander showing off his skills at commanding Starscream's body. Destro is shown around and shown the robots they've managed to refit, and even Soundwave and his menagerie

Destro is impressed with the Transformers and other machines created, including new battle suits called SNAKES, and explain that they've designed the smaller cassettes who come with Soundwave can be controlled from him as well. Destro decides that he wants to pilot the Soundwave module to attack the SPS center (the next target for their plan), and the Commander reluctantly agrees.

At Joe HQ Flint and Jaye are watching a news report about an image of a Transformer appearing in Emails worldwide, with strange writing accompanying it (which is what Mainframe saw before). A meeting is held, with the Joes planning the defense of the SPS center, which thanks to Mercer is known to be the next target by Cobra.

Cobra and their controlled Transformers approach the center from the sky, but are attacked by the Joes from the ground, who easily take out Frenzy and Ratbat. Laserbeak infiltrates the building, but is shortly taken down by Snake Eyes, whilst the others fight outside. Before Sideswipe and Sunstreaker can ram into the building in their STINGER modes, they are knocked away by Wheeljack, who appears from no-where, and Bumblebee, who starts taking down Rumble and some others, protecting the Joes.

Inside the center, Mutt, Junkyard and Quick Kick are attacked by Zartan and are knocked unconcious, whilst he walks into the control room, whilst Firefly sets explosives inside the building. Outside, Bumblebee and Wheeljack are mistaken for more Cobra Mechs, even when defending the Humans, but Sci-Fi explains that they're good.

Quick Kick and Mutt wake up inside the base to see Zartan escaping and are distracted by Ravage, whilst the rest of Cobra escape, having gained control of the SPS. Ravage leaves and the base explodes, catching Quick Kick and Mutt (who survive somehow) in the blast, but everyone else escapes in time.

Bumblebee and Wheeljack "surrender" to the Joes, so they can join forces and even bring some of the dead Decepticons with them as a piece offering. Wheeljack is shown the image of Soundwave that was distributed and translates the writing as coordinates and says that there's a virus implanted as well, all sent by Optimus, whilst still deactivated, which Wheeljack activates and revives all the Transformers back to sentience.

On Cobra Island the Constructicons, who were being ordered by Mindbender to build something suddenly wake up and turn on the human, tear the place apart. Mindbender calls the Commander to announce this event, whom is dealing with his own problems, as Optimus is staring at him from the window...

The Transformers on Cobra Island are running amok and are attacking the Cobra warriors who have been using them as tools. Soundwave goes looking for Megatron. Optimus tears off the window to Cobra Commander's office and tells him he's going to take him to the authorities. The Commander tries to use Megatron as a gun, but he refuses to fire for him, forcing him to release Megatron from his mode-lock and allowing him to fight Optimus himself.

The Autobots on the island start to wake up too, and try to look for Optimus for help. Major Bludd tries to leave the island on a Rattler, but sadly he chose to ride in Skywarp, who transforms and squishes him inside his cockpit.

The Joes and Autobots prepare to leave for Cobra Island, but are greeted by some Generals who inform them that they've decided to nuke the island instead and that they're supposed to disable the Autobots they have already. Hawk does so, unhappily, but Wheeljack warns Hawk that using Nukes on the island will be catastrophic, as Cobra must be manufacturing Energon to power the Transformers, and if the two substances react, it'll cause a Nuclear Winter, and all life will be wiped off the planet.

Optimus and Megatron fight on the Island, but both are soon joined by the rest of their armies, with Starscream even trying to take leadership from Megatron once more. Cobra Commander tries to leave the island on a boat, but Brawn and Gears destroy the boat, however before they can deal with the Human, Storm Shadow appears and distracts them. Elsewhere Rumble chases Zartan and Destro through the forest, but is crushed by Baroness in her SNAKE armour, and suggests the two others get inside some armour as well.

Elsewhere, the Constructicons are torturing Mindbender, but Soundwave tells them to keep him alive, as Megatron needs him to help run the SPS system so they can use the energy to create more Energon. In Washington, the Generals are informed the GI Joe have disobeyed their orders and are heading to Cobra Island, with the 2 Autobots as well.

The Joes and 2 Autobots arrive at Cobra Island and find it an absolute warzone, with robots and Cobra agents fighting all across it. The Joes join the battle and start fighting the ones who seem to be Decepticons and Cobra agents. In Washington, the order for the nuking, even with the Joes on the Island is still being discussed.

Megatron and his Decepticons have taken control of he SPS controls and begin using it to create Energon to fuel them to victory. The Constructicons combine into Devastator during the battle and kill Hound, leading to him being focused on by the other combatants. Elsewhere, Snake Eyes locates Starscream, slashes his eye open and plants a grenade inside it, leading to Starscream falling down a waterfall.

The Autobots regroup with Optimus, who decides that they need to go to the fight before the Decepticons and Cobra can succeed in their use of the SPS. The Autobots take on the Cobra agents in their SNAKE armour, whilst Cobra Commander runs for his life, again.

Optimus smashes into the SPS building and easily takes out Soundwave, Ravage and the Reflector Trio, and then chases Megatron into the main Island.

The Joes and Autobots have defeated Devastator, but receive word from Flagg that the generals have decided to Nuke the island after all, and there's no way for them to get to safety in time.

The Nukes are launched, but Mianframe gets an idea on how to stop them, he and a team, including Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Sci-Fi head to the SPS control building where they find Mindbender hiding under the controls. They begin to redirect the SPS to destroy the Nukes before they detonate, when Storm Shadow and his team break in. Bumblebee, Wheeljack and some of the Joes fight them off, just as the science guys succeed and destroy the Nukes. Unfortunately a random blast from a Cobra agent hits the controls, and causes the SPS to start firing at random, taking down several combatants.

During the random firing Cobra Commander finds Starscream, who asks the human to help him with the grenade, in exchange to helping him off the island.

The Joes find Megatron and start fighting him, but the SPS blasts are making things much harder, one of the blasts kills Mercer and burns off one of Megatron's arms (his energon weapon arm) which distracts him enough that the Joes can injure him. Optimus joins the fight and manages to defeat Megatron and takes his gun, loads it up with some of the SPS Energon and aims for the satellite, destroying it in orbit.

Two weeks later the Autobots are preparing to leave Earth on a new Ark, built with the help of the Joes to hopefully return home (if Cybertron even exists). The Autobots have helped the Joes by building them Battle Suits to combat Cobra's ones. The Autobots leave and hope to see their human allies again one day. In the Florida Keys Cobra Commander and Starscream are stuck with each other and try to rebuild Cobra. In New Mexico, Megatron, Soundwave and some of the other dead Decepticons are being kept disassembled in a lab, being examined by some humans....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Red HISS Tank

Bumblebee - VW Beetle

Wheeljack - Race Car

Ironhide - HISS Tank

Ratchet - HISS Tank

Jazz - Cobra STUN

Mirage - FERRET ATV

Sunstreaker - Cobra STINGER

Sideswipe - Cobra STINGER

Trailbreaker - Cobra STINGER

Beachcomber - Cobra STINGER

Gears - Cobra Flight Pod

Brawn - Cobra Flight Pod

Prowl - Firebat

Bluestreak - Firebat

Hound - Jeep

Cliffjumper

Cosmos

Other Autobots

Decepticon

Megatron - Pistol Defeated by Optimus Prime

Starscream - Blackbird

Soundwave Killed by Optimus Prime

Laserbeak - Cassette Killed by Snake Eyes

Ravage - Cassette Killed by Optimus Prime

Rumble - Cassette Killed by Baroness (in SNAKE)

Frenzy  - Cassette Killed by Sci-Fi

Ratbat - Cassette Killed by GI Joe

Skywarp - Cobra RATTLER Killed by SPS

Thundercracker - Cobra RATTLER Killed by SPS

A Conehead - Cobra RATTLER Killed by SPS

Spectro Killed by Optimus Prime

Viewfinder Killed by Optimus Prime

Spyglass Killed by Optimus Prime

Hook - Crane Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots, as Devastator

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots, as Devastator

Long Haul - Dump Truck Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots, as Devastator

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots, as Devastator

Scrapper - Front End Loader Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots, as Devastator

Scavenger - Excavator Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots, as Devastator

Devastator - Gestalt Defeated by GI Joe and Autobots

Other Decepticons

GI Joe

Hawk

General Flagg

Flint

Lady Jaye

Duke

Snake Eyes

Stalker

Cover Girl

Breaker

Dial Tone 

Flash

Scarlett

Doc

Gung Ho

Sci-Fi

Mainframe

Mutt In Critical Condition

Junkyard Killed in SPS Center Explosion

Quick Kick

Mercer Killed by SPS

Ace

Wild Bill

Blowtorch

Spirit

Life Line

Clutch

Leatherneck

Barbecue 

Roadblock

Shipwreck

Rock 'N Roll

Bazooka

Barrel Roll

Spike (on Sheet)

Battle Suits

Other Joes

Cobra

Cobra Commander

Baroness

Destro

Dr. Mindbender

Zartan

Firefly

Storm Shadow

Wild Weasel

Major Bludd Killed by Skywarp

Diamond Back

Tele-Vipers

S.N.A.K.E.S.

Iron Grenadiers

Cobra Troops

Other Humans

General Renegar

General Horn

General Frankel

General Izzo

General Lane

President of US

Army Members

NSA Staff

Peace Talk Representatives

Protesters

Area 52 Staff

Michael (NSA)

Mr Mitchell (USS Kohler)

Snake Eyes' Family (Mentioned) Killed in Cobra attack

Other

Teletran-One (Mentioned)

Notes

• The Transformers have been reformatted into Cobra vehicles, with some obvious exceptions, like Bumblebee, Wheeljack, the Constructicons and Megatron
• Some of the transformers aren't in their normal colours, opting for traditional Cobra vehicle colours instead, which makes identifying characters a bit harder (ie Thundercracker and Skywarp are both blue, Starscream is black and so on, even though it was fine for Optimus to remain red, unlike the usual HISS tanks.
• This storyline is separate to the main GI Joe storyline that was happening at the same time as this comic, and thus gives a new origin for the team. Such as Snake-Eyes' family being killed during the initial Cobra attack.
• Spike Witwicky is given as the name of one of the GI Joe recruits (with the imaginative call-sign of Spike)
• Some deaths in this comic would seem to be reversed by the next storyline and others, such as with the Cassettes in particular
• In this series Rumble is the blue one
• Junkyard (Mutt's doggie) seems to have been killed in this storyline by Cobra (BASTARDS!)
• Also in a similar vein, it looks like Mutt and Quick Kick are killed here, but much like in the GI Joe movie, their deaths were changed to "coma" or injured
• All the Transformers insignias are replaced with Cobra ones (at least the ones who were captured anyway) except Megatron
• Apparently Energon and Nuclear weapons don't mix too well, and would cause a Nuclear Winter if detonated together (of course in Rescue Bots these two substances were put together in the season one finale double, and didn't cause a bad reaction to the area)
• When Optimus punches through Soundwave's chest he notes that he won't die from his injuries (most likely another "fix" like with the Mutt and Quick Kick thing) but this seems pointless as he's dissected by the end of the story
• Cobra Commander and Starscream, who have both shared a voice actor in many continuities both team up together by the end of this story
• The only GI Joe or Autobot who seems to be killed by the random laser-fire from the SPS seems to be Mercer, compared to the dozens of Decepticons who shared his fate (maybe the good guys are being looked after by Primus?)
• Before leaving for Cybertron on the new Ark, Optimus changes his Cobra insignia for an Autobot one...but doesn't take on a new alternate mode....
• The end of this story with the Decepticons being stored in Area 52 is of course fore-shadowing to the events of The Art of War (the 3rd series of this crossover)
• Bumblebee and Wheeljack use Mirage's hologram emitters to create their holo-drivers.
• Cobra found 37 Transformers on the Ark
• Human's can't stay inside the Transformers during Transformation (as shown with Major Bludd)
• Starscream having an explosive device planted into his eye is a plot reused in DOTM