IDW - Optimus Prime #12

Title: Primeless Part 2

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Andrew Griffith

Colours by: Josh Burcham

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

Thundercracker and Buster arrive at Sanctuary Station where he finds Cosmos and the resident Decepticons all present, however Cosmos takes a headcount and finds that two shuttles are gone, one is accounted for, but the other is just gone...making everyone wonder who could have taken it...

In Mexico, Jazz is cornered by a bunch of humans with EDC weapons. The Colonists rush the scene to both protect Jazz and disarm the humans. They manage to scare off a bunch of the humans, and even capture some of their weapons, whilst also capturing one of their attackers too.

Jazz soon leads the Colonists across the border back into America where they are being led to the weapons dealers by their captive, where they wind up in a seemingly abandoned town.

Jazz gets the human to fetch the dealers, which he does, before escaping. The dealers begin to panic as the Transformers reveal themselves, with Jazz even crushing one of them...to reveal that he is actually a holomatter avatar, as Jazz had already figured out. The two avatars fade away and the Transformers tear apart the town, managing to find the weapons cache.

Soon a pair of motorcycles speed away, only to be stopped by Aileron, forcing the duo to reveal themselves to be Rumble and Frenzy, who surrender.

The team soon learn that Rumble and Frenzy have been supplying humans with ex-EDC weapons for money and out of boredom. Jazz asks if Optimus sent the Colonists after him, which Aileron denies, but suggests that Optimus would be glad to see him again. Jazz however isn't happy and feels that Optimus left him out to dry when he returned to Cybertron instead of helping him when he was ambushed before.

Soon another problem occurs to the group, if they arrest the Decepticons for their illegal weapons dealings, then the other Decepticons might get angry, and due to their current uneasy peace, it might be wise to just let them go unpunished. Slide is furious, and she knows that Optimus would suggest the same thing and sweep all these troubles under the carpet.

Jazz decides to stay on his own on Earth for a while and heads off, all whilst Slide continues to egg on Aileron and her duties...the Decepticons are happy to be let go though!

The Colonists return to Autobot City with most of the weapons, and tell Jetfire where the rest are for pick up, and are told that Soundwave ha left for Castle Destro. Aileron heads off to her room for some rest...but cannot settle down or sleep after today's events....

Characters

Autobot

Aileron - Space Shuttle

Jazz - Sports Car

Jetfire - Fighter Jet

Metrotitan - Autobot City

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (Mentioned)

Arcee - Sports Car (Mentioned)

Kup - Pick Up Truck (Mentioned)

Tracks - Muscle Car (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Rumble - Motorcycle

Frenzy - Motorcycle

Sky-Byte - Shark

Laserbeak - Cassette

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Needlenose - Fighter Jet

Slugslinger - Twin Nosed Fighter Jet

Squawkbox

Unidentified Decepticon

Soundwave - Cassette Player (Mentioned)

Galvatron - Tank (Mentioned) Dead

Acid Storm - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)

Squeezeplay - Crab Monster (Mentioned)

The Seekers (Mentioned) Defunct

Colonist

Slide - Rear of Oil Tanker

Gimlet - Lobster

Bump - Armadillo

Midnight Express - Bullet Train

Roulette - Muscle Car

Mistress of Flame (Mentioned)

Sterling - Car (Mentioned) Dead

Oiler - Front of Oil Tanker (Mentioned) Dead

Other Cybertronian

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet

Cosmos - Orbiter

Primus (Mentioned)

Council of Worlds (Mentioned)

The Thirteen Primes (Mentioned)

Solus Prime (Mentioned)

Junkions (Mentioned)

Human

Russell Hathaway

Patricia Heaton

Leon Weaver

Mateo Chavez

Lori Ho

Earl Howard

Mexican Vigilantes

Madame President (Mentioned)

Earth Defence Command (Mentioned) Defunct

Skywatch (Mentioned) Defunct

GI Joe (Mentioned)

United Nations (Mentioned)

Destro (Mentioned)

John Powell (Mentioned) Dead

Other

Buster the Dog

Notes

• Shockingly this issue isn't drawn by Kei Zama but rather Andrew Griffith, the original artist for the Robots in Disguise series, which this series is the successor to. He is really good at emulating her style!
• Cosmos' subtitle in this issue is "Autobot Ally" implying that he has left the faction following his previous appearance in the series.
• The two weapons dealers that Rumble and Frenzy are posing as use the likeness of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction.
• And lo and behold it is revealed that the guys involved in spreading EDC weapons to the humans were Rumble and Frenzy all along...they are jerks!
• Jazz seems under the impression that Optimus just left him to fend for himself when he was ambushed by GI Joe....did he forget that Optimus sent him a warning?! I know most others wont know about that, but surely Jazz would!
• Midnight Express claims that the colonies can do well by themselves....uh...bullshit? You are from Caminus, a colony that was on the verge of death due to a lack of resources. It got so bad you sent random teams into space to hope to find Cybertron....
• Metrotitan/Autobot City is shown to be at the Arctic Circle by the end of this issue. This was where we found it when GI Joe came to ask Soundwave for help in the main First Strike story.
• From the Colonist's interview panels it seems like Slide has developed a two-faced personality and is talking up Optimus in public, but sowing seeds of doubt behind the scenes...sounds sort of like her apparent idol Pyra Magna...

IDW - Transformers vs G.I. Joe #1

Title: I Saw Three Ships

Written by: Tom Scioli and John Barber

Art, Colours and Lettering by: Tom Scioli

Production by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: Carlos Guzman

Plot

General Flagg shouts at Snake-Eyes, whilst he's living out a peaceful life in solitude and basically forces him to re-enlist in GI Joe.

The Joes go full out in a battle with a Cobra group, led by Tomax and Xamot, but which ends with the Twins being captured by the Joes. Elsewhere, Destro wants to send in reinforcements, but the new Cobra leader, Serpentress tells him not to, as she wants the Joes to believe that Cobra is disorganized following Cobra Commander's death.

Duke and Scarlett travel to a mystery location to discuss with the heads of GI Joe about an incoming asteroid, which they know to be an alien species from a planet called Cybertron, and that the aliens within want a meeting.

Later, three alien ships appear and Hawk meets with the aliens inside. One of them, Ravage, talks with Hawk about the humans surrendering to the Decepticons. Before long Snake-Eyes for some reason shoots Hawk from afar (but doesn't kill or seemingly hurt him at all) and a fight breaks out. The ships turn into giant robots (Starscream, Shockwave and Soundwave) and start attacking the Joes.

It's revealed that earlier the Joes remembered the fight from Issue #0 and the robots who were involved, and decide to get the Colton Bolt ready for usage if needed. The battle continues in the present, and the Joes run away at the last second before the Colton Bolt shoots down a death beam from space and bits the larger Transformers which Laserbeak and Rumble fly away, only to be captured by Cobra in a ship of their own, and are offered sanctuary with them.

Later the Joes return to base, when Flagg receives a message from Scarelett and her team on the ship, Defiant, where they are approaching Cybertron, intending to invade it....yeah....

Characters

Decepticon

Soundwave - Space Ship Maybe Killed by Colton Bolt

Shockwave - Space Ship Maybe Killed by Colton Bolt

Starscream - Skystriker Jet (Formerly Space Ship) Maybe Killed by Colton Bolt

Ravage Maybe Killed by Hawk's Magic Tomahawk

Rumble

Laserbeak

Megatron (Mentioned)

GI Joe

General Flagg

General Austin

Snake-Eyes

Duke

Hawk

Lady-Jaye

Scarlett

Flint

Gung--Ho

Spirit

Dial Tone

Roadblock

Beachhead

Mutt and Junkyard

Flash

Ace

Joseph Colton (Flashback or Hologram)

Way too many Joes to name...

Cobra

Serpentress

Destro

Tomax Captured by GI Joe

Xamot Captured by GI Joe

Cobra Troops

Cobra Commannder (Mentioned) Dead

Other

Street Prophet

Notes

• I would just like to begin these notes by mentioning that I am not really a major GI Joe fan, so I have NO idea who a lot of the unnamed characters are in this comic (and the bad art doesn't help much with identification)
• A lot of scenes seem to suddenly jump from one scene to another without any sort of narrative (such as the non-transition between page 1 and 2)
• The Serpentress (named in the after-commentary) seems very clear to be the Baroness having survived the explosion in issue #0. The name and design are in homage to Serpentor.
• Wow, those are some terrible looking Spaceships the Decepticons turn into huh?!
• Also, the Decepticons all seem to be acting very oddly, they all seem to ACTUALLY worship Megatron as a god, even Starscream....
• Starscream demonstrates scanning a new alternate mode here when he takes on a Skystriker jet as a new mode (then randomly starts "merping"...I dunno why)
• I'd guess from the piledrivers that it is Rumble who appears here, despite him having the cartoon's colouring mistake of making him look like Frenzy
• Hawk's Tomahawk does something to Ravage, again due to the art it's unclear but it seems to have slashed into his head...the characters don't even seem to know what's going on here
• So the Joes have death rays in orbit around Earth and have built spaceships with the intention of invading an alien world....are we SURE these are the good guys?
• Also, why do the humans have technology that allows for any of that, including the means to communicate instantly from another planet?!
• Seriously, I hope there's no oxygen on Cybertron when they land at this rate!
• Snake-Eyes appears to have broken things off with Scarlett after his injury.
• I would assume that the bulk of the Joe's spaceship is made from the remains of Bumblebee's spaceship from Issue #0

IDW - Robots in Disguise #22

Title: Soundwaves

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Andrew Griffith (Present Day) and Livio Ramondelli (Past)

Colours by: Priscilla Tranontano (Present Day) and Livio Ramondelli (Past)

Letters by: Shawn Lee

Editor: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Four million years ago, Soundwave is transplanting former Sennator Ratbat's brain module from his body, and taking it into his custody, when Shockwave arrives and asks what he intends to do with Ratbat now, they comment on how the massacre of the Senate is a massive event in history, and Shockwave comments on how Megatron is how battling Sentinel Prime, and offers to create Ratbat's new body for him.

In the present, Soundwave and Shockwave start too battle, with Soundwave disgusted with his lack of loyalty, Shockwave reveals that he knows Soundwave is alone, and tells him that he shouldn't have come here, however Soundwave reveals that all his cassettes are with him, and calls them out.

Before the revolution, Soundwave and Megatron meet up, and discuss the future of the Decepticons and the government in general. Soundwave suggests to Megatron to allow his Decepticons to be captured by the senate and sent to Kaon, where the senate would hold an emergency session, called by Ratbat, at Soundwave's behest, so they can attack them from the inside, and wipe them out.

In the present, Soundwave and his cassettes fight Shockwave and Dreadwing, but due to the Ore-14 in the caverns neither side can win, and everyone who is killed is instantly revived again.

In the past, Megatron welcomes Senator Shockwave to his forces, and has Soundwave act as his handler. Soundwave takes an instant disliking to him and even tells Megatron that one day he'll need to kill him. Further in the past, Megatron meets with Soundwave in the Gladiator pits on Ratbat''s orders to make an alliance with him. Soundwave is having problems with his abilities with so many people near him, but Megatron impresses him with his truthfulness and his attitude towards the cassettes being equal beings, unlike how the rest of the world sees them (with Functionalists being prevalent still). Soundwave understands Megatron's real goal - he want's equality.

In the present again, Soundwave and his friends are allowed to leave, as Shockwave knows how pointless a battle with no possible victor is, and he knows Soundwave cannot stop him anyway. He contacts Jhiaxus and has him transport the Metrotitan from Gorlam Prime to him.

In the distant past, Ratbat finds Soundwave and his cassettes hiding out underground, where Soundwave is trying to isolate himself due to his abilities. Ratbat promises him various things, but in the process insults Ravage and the others.

In the present again, Soundwave returns to the Decepticon camp and tells them of what Shockwave is up to, or at least what he knows about it, and tells them that a major battle is about to start, just as a bright light comes from the Crystal City again.

A long time ago, Ravage, Lasserbeak and Buzzsaw are hanging out when they come across a distraught Soundwave struggling with his abilities. They start to help him by giving him something to focus on, and focus his powers onto as well...forging an eternal bond.

Characters

Autobot/Future Autobot

Grimlock - Armoured Truck (Flashback)

Sentinel Prime - Truck (Flashback - Hologram Only)

Orion Pax - Truck (Mentioned)

Decepticon/Future Decepticon

Soundwave - Van

Ravage - Cassette

Buzzsaw - Cassette

Laserbeak - Data Disk

Rumble - Tank

Frenzy - Tank

Shockwave - Flying Artillery

Dreadwing - Stealth Bomber

Astrotrain - Space Shuttle/Train

Blitzwing - Jet/Tank

Needlenose - Jet

Waspinator - Wasp

Megatron - Tank (Flashback)

Senator Ratbat (Flashback)

Thundercracker - Jet (Flashback)

Skywarp - Jet (Flashback)

Blackwall (Flashback)

Scorponok (Flashback)

Other Decepticons (Flashback)

Other

Jhiaxus

Gorlam Titan

Cybertronian Senate (Flashback) Killed by the Decepticons

Gladiator Audience (Flashback)

Monstructor - Gestalt (Mentioned)

Senator Proteus (Mentioned)

Senator Decimus (Mentioned)

Ratioists (Mentioned)

Functionalists (Mentioned)

Notes

• This is the last prequel story to the Dark Cybertron event
• The flashbacks spliced into this story are in reverse chronological order.
• This story shows that when Soundwave transplanted Ratbat's spark into a cassette he also took the brain module too. It also shows that the cassette wasn't his new body, but just a storage device, as Shockwave says he'll design him a new body.
• Shockwave reveals that the pointless battle between Dreadwing and Soundwave was just to test if he had his cassettes with him, as he assumed he'd call on them if they were.
• It's revealed here that the plan to allow the Decepticons to be captured by the Senate was Soundwave's, and that he was manipulating Ratbat all along as he never liked him.
• Grimlock and Scorponok are shown fighting in the Gladiator pits, showing us a part of their unseen history.
• It's revealed that Soundwave joined Megatron originally because he didn't see his cassettes as inferior, or as beasts, like the others did, but as equals.
• It's also shown here that Soundwave is an Outlier of sorts, but learned his control from Ravage (who is able to smell unlike anyone else), which is why he cares so much for his cassettes, as they saved him.
• Rumble and Frenzy are still able to be stored within Soundwave, despite being tanks now.
• The Ratioists are most likely something to do with the Original Thirteen, as it's been mentioned that all Transformers are descended from them, and that they all represented a different type of Transformer (bestial robots, female etc)

IDW - Movie Adaptation

Plot

Megatron is found in the Arctic Circle by Captian Witwicky, and he shoots a laser at the human, which scorches his glasses and blinds him. Decades later an unidentified helicopter lands in the Qatar base and turns into a giant robot, destroying the faciltiy, leaving a small group to escape with an image of him. The robot, Blackout sends out Scorponok to hunt down the survivors.

Elsewhere, in Tranquility Sam Witwicky buys an old Camaro, with a strange insignia on the steering wheel. In Qatar, the army guys look at the image and head out to find some way to warn the US about this attack, not knowing Scorponok is behind them. In Tranquility, Sam goes to the lake in his car, and starts bonding with Mikaela.

Frenzy, on Air Force One hacks into the military database and manages to get most of the data whilst also planting a virus and learns of the name Archibald Witwicky, all whilst killing some secret service guys. Sam's car goes out for a drive on it's own, which Sam follows, assuming it's being stolen, which leads him to find the car turning into a robot (Bumblebee), which is sending out a signal into the sky. Sam is attacked by some dogs, but Bumblebee rescues him, and goes into hiding before the police arrive, who believe Sam broke into the area.

Air Force One lands and Frenzy meets up with Barricade, telling him about Witwicky, and they track down Sam Witwicky, his descendant, whom has just been released from the police. In Qatar the team approaches a town when they are attacked by Scorponok, who kills some of the team, they make it to the town where they call in for help with an airstrike which blasts Scorponok, tearing off his tail, whilst he escapes.

Later, Barricade arrives in Tranquility, having tracked down Sam, whom is being followed by Bumblebee, freaking him out, Mikaela see's this and goes to see what's going on. Barricade catches Sam in a building and transforms, beginning to ask him where the glasses are (which he learned of through Sam's sales page on Ebay). San runs away and runs into Mikaela, both of them are rescued by Bumblebee who fights off the Decepticon in robot mode. Barricade sends out Frenzy to deal with the humans, afte a short battle, Frenzy is decapitated by Mikaela, whilst Barricade is thrown down a hole by Bumblebee.

Frenzy's head wakes up and it scans Mikaela's phone, taking it's place, whilst Bumblebee takes Sam and Mikaela  with him. On the way, Bumblebee updates his alternate mode to a more modern version of a Camaro, when they see the other Autobots arrive on the planet in their comet forms. The Autobots take on their local alternate modes and meet up with Bumblebee and his human friends.

Optimus introduces the Autobots to the humans, and gives them a quick history lesson about Megatron and the Allspark, and tell Sam that his glasses hold the location to the Allspark that Megatron engraved on them. On the way home from Qatar, the survivors of the base attack realize that the sabot rounds are the only thing able to damage these things, and send that info to home base.

Sam returns home with the Autobots hiding around outside his house, causing some havoc, like damaging power lines etc, he finds the glasses, but Sector Seven appear and arrest him and his family. Frenzy's virus kicks in, and causes an information blackout on Earth, Sam and Mikaela are rescued by the Autobots from Sector Seven, but during the escape, Sam, Mikaela and Bumblebee are captured again, the Autobots find the glasses on the floor and Optimus decides to unite the Allspark with his spark if he cannot get it away from the Decepticons otherwise.

At the Pentagon, Keller is told all about S7 and the Transformers and has everyone involved in these events sent to Hoover Dam. Frenzy arrives at the dam in Mikaela's bag and escapes, sending out a call to the other Decepticons to come to his location. Everyone taken to Hoover Dam are brought to see Megatron's frozen body, where it's revealed that he's the source of all modern technology is derived from Megatron, and they learn that the Allspark is also there.

After a short while, the Decepticons arrive at the dam and attacks it. Megatron wakes up and goes looking for the Allspark. Bumblebee is freed from captivity, and he contracts the Allspark to a smaller form, and takes it with several Humans for safety into a city nearby. Megatron meest up with his Decepticons and has them chase Bumblebee. Barricade is knocked out on the highway, and Bonecrusher is killed by Optimus on the way. In the city, Lennox calls in for help in extracting the cube whilst a huge battle begins. 

Bumblebee's legs are blasted off by Starscream and Megatron kills Jazz, before engaging Optimus in battle, Sam is given the Allspark to take to a high building for extraction, but is chased by Decepticons, Megatron fends off Optimus and then goes after Sam, smashing through buildings to get to him. Elsewhere, Bumblebee and Mikaela team up and manage to kill Brawl whilst Lennox uses a rocket launcher to kill Blackout.

Megatron corners Sam and the Allspark and smashes them off a building. Optimus catches him, but Megatron approaches them again, thinking fast though Sam thrusts the Allspark into Megatron's spark, killing him.

In the aftermath everyone is happy, despite Jazz's death, and Sam and Mikaela start to date. Sector 7 is decided to be disbanded at some point later, and the dead Transformers are dropped into the ocean. Optimus then sends out a message to the stars for any remaining Autobots out there to come to Earth.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (Formerly Comet)

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro (Formerly Classic Camaro)

Ratchet - Emergency Humver (Formerly Comet)

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck (Formerly Comet)

Jazz - Pontiac (Formerly Comet) Killed by Megatron

Decepticon

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet Killed by Sam and Allspark

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Blackout - Military Helicopter Killed by Lennox

Scorponok - Part of Helicopter Injured in Qatar Airstrike

Barricade - Police Car Injured by Optimus Prime

Frenzy - Mikaela's Phone (Formerly CD Player)

Bonecrusher - Mine Clearing Vehicle Killed by Opitmus Prime

Brawl - Tank Killed by Bumblebee

Human

Sam Witwicky

Mikaela Banes

Seymour Simmons

Lennox

Epps

General Keller

Tom Banachek

Ron Witwicky

Judy Witwicky

Miles

Fig

Donnelly Killed by Scorponok

Bobby Bolivia

Trent

Maggie Madsen

Lennox's Wife (Mentioned)

Lennox's Daughter (Mentioned)

Sector Seven

SOCCENT Base Staff Killed by Blackout

Captain Witwicky Died of Old Age

Captain Witwicky's Crew

Tranquility Police Force

POTUS

Air Force One Staff

Notes

• Being an adaptation, this comic basically follows the plot of the 2007 movie, but edits it to work better as a comic, some plot lines and characters were removed, like Glenn and Maggie's parts.
• As well as this, some scenes are edited to speed them up, or seem to be based on earlier concepts etc.
• Frenzy's fate is shown in Reign of Starscream

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #12

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Bonecrusher and Ironhide

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Jason Cardy

Cover Date: June 2008

Price: £2.60

Poster: Bonecrusher vs Ironhide, TFA Megatron and Starscream

Comic Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 4

Script: Simon Furman

Pencils: Paul Aidgon

Inks: Andy Lanning

Colours: Jason Cardy

Letters: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

At the Allspark Power Distribution Hub in Georgia it's an all-out battle and then some meteors arrive on the site. Mikaela fights off Frenzy in the Cryo-Control room and tricks him into rupturing the coolant containers, freezing himself and begins defrosting Optimus.

Megatron is whooping Bumblebee when three Meteors attack the Decepticons, revealing themselves to be Elita One, Skyblast and Strongarm. Mikaela gets directed to a device at the base by Tom whilst the battles continue.

In Georgia, Longarm, Armorhide and Arcc have joined the fight on Ratchet and Ironhide's side, where Longarm is injured. Back in Hoover Dam, Optimus Prime has awoken and goes straight for Megatron.

Outside Starscream decides to wait out the fights so he can take over later.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (defrosted)

Ironhide - Van

Ratchet - Van

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro (injured by Megatron)

Strongarm - Entry Pod

Elita One - Entry Pod

Skyblast - Entry Pod

Longarm - Entry Pod (Injured by Decepticons)

Arcee - Entry Pod

Armorhide - Entry Pod

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet

Starscream - F22 Jet

Bonecrusher - Mine Clearing Vehicle

Red Payload Drones - Vans

Frenzy (frozen by Mikaela)

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Tom Banachek

Comic Notes

• Ratchet and Ironhide ditched their weapons so they could fit into their new alternate modes, they can remake new ones by scanning ores etc.
• Longarm's injuries are shown to be much worse than they look in this issue later, since he is offline for several issues after this
• The device Mikaela takes in this issue is revealed in part 5
• It appears that Strongarm is the one who rams into Megatron in Entry Pod mode (base don who he throughs away a little later)
• Optimus previously used his Entry Pod mode as a ramming weapon in the very first issue of Titan UK.

Extra Features

Adverts - More and More

Competitions - So many things to win..yet I never do!!!

Movie Prequel reprint - VERY almost done now!

Bad Boyz Two! - Article on TFA Megatron and Starscream

Beast Wars: The Gathering reprint - Almost over now :(

How to Draw... - Blackout!

Top Gear - What's around and how to buy it

Artobots - Artwork from the kiddies of Britain

Star Screams - Starscream shouts a lot!

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #11

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Megatron and Bumblebee

Cover Art: Gary Erskine & Chris Sotomayer

Cover Date: May 2008

Price: £2.60

Poster: Megatron vs Bumblebee, The TFA Autobots

Comic Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 3

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Fabio Makoto Ono

Colours: Ryan Button

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Starscream and Scorponok attack the Moon-based Autobots so they switch to their alternate modes and head to Earth to escape them (and reunite with the others). Meanwhile, at Hoover Dam Megatron and Bumblebee come face to face and fight whilst Mikaela is attacked by Frenzy in the Cryo-Control room.

Ironhide and Ratchet arrive in Savannah, Georgia in their Payload disguises and find the Allspark connected to a converter which is slowly converting Earth into a metallic world. They begin to tamper with the converter when Bonecrusher and his troops appear, saying that they tripped an alarm.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (frozen)

Arcee - Entry Pod

Elita One - Entry Pod

Armorhide - Entry Pod

Skyblast - Entry Pod

Strongarm - Entry Pod

Longarm - Entry Pod

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ironhide - Van

Ratchet - Van

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet

Starscream - F22 Jet

Scorponok

Frenzy

Bonecrusher - Mine Clearing Vehicle

Red Payload Drones - Vans

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Comic Notes

• Obviously there's no Ark, Sentinel Prime or resting Decepticons on the Moon in this timeline
• The Moon Autobot's Entry Pod modes are designed to resemble their future Earth modes...only smooshed up
• The drones at the Allspark converter facility are in Payload's design, with Swindle's colours, so they might have been originally meant to be Swindles.

Extra Features

Adverts - Things for sale!!!

Competitions - Win some things that are for sale!!!

Movie Prequel reprint - More from the Prequel...almost done!

Prime Candidates - Meet the Autobots from TFA!

Beast Wars: The Gathering reprint - More beasties

How to Draw... - Barricade vs Ironhide...yeah it's a fight scene!!! (and then colour it in!!)

Top Gear - New products to win and buy

Artobots - Artwork from fans

Star Screams - Screamer screams at screaming kids!

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #10

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Starscream

Cover Art: Nick Roche & Kris Carter

Cover Date: April 2008

Price: £2.60

Poster: Starscream vs the Navy

Comic Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 2

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jeremy Tiongson

Colours: Jason Cardy

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Megatron goes hunting for the intruders. Bumblebee is hiding from him whilst Mikaela goes to the Cryo-Control room to try and unfreeze Optimus, not knowing that Frenzy is stalking him.

In Paris the free nations are coordinating an attack on America, but their attack fleet that's approaching America is attacked by Starscream and his jet troops is destroyed. On top of that Dreadwing arrives in Paris and destroy's their base, with the leaders of the free nations still inside.

In Georgia Ironhide and Ratchet attack a Decepticon convoy and scan some of them to take their places as part of a mission to the Allspark containment facility.

On the Moon, the Autobots are attacked by Starscream.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab (frozen)

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee, Van

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck, Van

Arcee - Entry Pod

Elita One - Entry Pod

Skyblast - Entry Pod

Armorhide - Entry Pod

Strongarm - Entry Pod

Longarm - Entry Pod

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet

Frenzy

Starscream - F22 Jet

Thundercracker - F22 Jet

Thundercracker Drones - F22 Jets

Dreadwing - Fighter Jet

Dreadwing Drones - Fighter Jets

Payload Drones - Vans (2 killed by Ratchet and Ironhide)

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Tom Banachek

Free Leaders (killed by Dreadwing)

Comic Notes

• The Decepticon's main base is the Hoover Dam base
• Tom Banachek is helping Mikaela and the Autobots now
• Paris has been attacked, but the Decepticons haven't found the leaders...until now
• Starscream appears in the group shot in what looks like his G1 jet mode
• Starscream looks a bit demented in the last panel of the comic

Extra Features

Adverts - Loads

Competitions - A fair few

Transformers Animated - Feature on the (then) new series

Movie Prequel reprint - More from the prequel

Beast Wars: The Gathering reprint - More IDW stuff

Design your own Transformer - Special Contest

The Purple & the Red - Colourless version of the cover (for colouring in!)

Top Gear - More new things to win and buy

Star Screams - Starscream is still angry!!