Titan - Movie Volume 1 #25

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus and Megatron

Cover Artist: Barry Spiers & Jason Cardy

Cover Date: June 2009

Price: £2.99

Comic Title: Revolution Part 3

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Digikore

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Megatron instructs Starscream on how to revive his body, and so he does. Elsewhere the Decepticon Civil War continues at full pace. Stockade and his troops easily beat Blackout. Afterwards Stockade says that they'll go after Starscream's base, Overcast asks whether they'll honour their word to Optimus and just return it afterwards, and Stockade gives an indecisive answer.

Mikaela meets with Tom in Virginia, who says that he received a call from Ironhide a couple weeks ago to tell him that they feared the President might try to get rid of the Autobots soon and then reveals to her that the Autobots survived and are now back on Earth to finish the war.

Stockade and his troops arrive in Georgia and find the Decepticon Stronghold empty, then Megatron appears and attacks them from the sky. The Autobots head towards the Stronghold where Bumblebee reveals that the ship she saw destroyed was just a decoy, and their real ship was cloaked and hidden.

The Autobots arrive at the base and find Megatron and Stockade fighting it out, and the Autobots join the fight, in a way. They start shooting the Decepticons with devices, including the New Decepticons, which teleports them all away inside of Cybertron, which has been sealed off, and then transported itself far away, which burns out all the remaining fuel, trapping them inside the dead planet to die.

The Autobots are now stuck on Earth as well, but don't mind. Mikaela and Bumblebee drive off into the new peaceful world.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Arcee - Motorcycle

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Strongarm - Jeep

Decepticons - All Banished to Cybertron

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet

Starscream - F22 Jet

Payload Drones - Vans

Blackout - Military Helicopter (maybe killed by Stockade)

Scorponok (maybe killed by Stockade)

Crankcase - SUV

Dropkick - Pick Up Truck

Wreckage - Personnel Carrrier

"New Decepticons" - All Banished to Cybertron

Stockade - SUV

Fracture - F1 Race Car

Incinerator - Osprey Helicopter

Overcast - Fighter Jet

Storm Surge - Hovercraft

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Tom Banachek

Comic Notes

• This is sadly the last issue set in the alternate timeline :(
• Jazz doesn't appear in this story, so his story was left unresolved
• The Allspark fragment Starscream has at the start is most likely the same one that Ratchet used to revive Jazz
• Megatron's body was never taken out of Hoover Dam after his death in Issue 13
• It's not clear what happens to Blackout, he's seen cowering in front of Stockade, so he might have defected or been killed just afterwards.
• Stockade begins to consider betraying Optimus here, showing his true Decepticon colours.
• Strongarm now looks more like a real Jeep, unlike his toy and previous appearances
• The Autobots decided to get rid of the New Decepticons before they betrayed them.
• The last panel shows Mikaela and Bumblebee driving off into a peaceful sunny day, a stark contrast to how the series began, with them driving into a war zone at night.
• Oddly Ratchet was never seen in this issue or the previous one...possibly meaning that he died..or was just forgotten about.
• Amongst the Decepticons trapped on Cybertron appears to be a character using Divebomb's character model, and a G1 Seeker.

TFA Comic Title: The Race

Script: Robin Etherington

Pencils: John McCrea

Inks: Lee Bradley

Colours: Kat Nicholson

Lettering: Andrew James

Comic Plot

Bumblebee races to Sari with a pizza and gets tagged with a tracking and surveillance device by Black Arachnia. When he gets back to base he and Prowl argue over speed and skill and who is the fastest, so Sari suggests a race.

Black Arachnia meets up with Lugnut and Blitzwing and begins to plan an attack on them, using the race as the excuse, by getting them separated and picking them off one by one (since they keep winning thanks to teamwork)

The next day Sari has set up the race in the Crazy Coyote Canyon which Prowl and Bumblebee will need to navigate to win. Bulkhead decides to join in as well, just for fun. The race begins and Prowl starts showing off and promptly gets caught up in Black Arachnia's webbing.

Bumblebee starts to wonder where Prowl got to and decides to take a shortcut, where he suddenly finds a cavern where Prowl is being held by the Decepticons. Bumblebee tries to contact Optimus, but the canyon's reception is very bad. Bumblebee finds the tracking device on his ass and gets an idea.

Bumblebee sneaks into the base and rescues Prowl and they use teamwork to trick the Decepticons into causing a cave-in and trapping themselves.

Bumblebee and Prowl finish the race with Bumblebee coming first, but then he sees that Bulkhead actually won a short while ago and congratulates him.

In the cave Black Arachnia begins to track Bumblebee again, but the tracker says that he's in the cave with them...then she notices the tracker on Lugnut.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Hatchback

Prowl - Police Motorcycle

Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Ratchet - Ambulance

Decepticons

Megatron - Osprey Helicopter (mentioned)

Black Arachnia - Spider

Blitzwing - Tank/Jet

Lugnut - Bomber Plane

Humans

Sari Sumdac

Isaac Sumdac (mentioned)

Comic Notes

• This comic has what could be easily seen as a front cover in front of it, despite the previous issue not having one. It could mean that either this cover was made especially for this printing or the previous issue was a newly made comic to just end the Afterburn storyline.
• Black Arachnia is not usually seen with the other Decepticons
• Black Arachnia promoting that the Decepticons should start working as a team like the Autobots do may be a reference to her being a former Autobot
• In one scene where Bumblebee is in heavy shadow (randomly) he sort of resembles his Elite Guard toy
• Lugnut has a "Robo-Butt"
• When he says that, that's obviously when Bumblebee implants the tracking device
• Lugnut's "stick" is a stalactite (judging from how he's holding it anyway)
• This story must be a few weeks after the last issue since the base looks fully repaired
• Optimus is seen on a billboard advertising something (probably oil)

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - 12th and Final Part

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - 12th and Final Part

Top Gear - Look at and win things

Star Screams - Starscream's last hurrah!

Arcee's Soulmates - More from Pimp Momma Arcee

Relaunch Announcemnt - The next issue is the start of the ROTF volume (2)

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #24

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Starscream and Megatron

Cover Artist: Jon Davis-Hunt & Jason Cardy

Cover Date: May 2009

Price: £2.99

Comic Title: Revolution Part 2

Script: Simon Furman

Pencils: Andrew Griffiths

Inks: Gary Erskine

Colours: Digikore

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Starscream informs his troops that the Autobots are all dead, and sends them out to retake Earth for the Decepticons. At her home in Falls Church, Mikaela is depressed whilst watching footage of the ship's destruction.

The Decepticons begin a rampage, and none of the Military are allowed to intervene due to the mind control devices on their commanders, all hope is lost.

That is..until Stockade and his New Decepticons arrive. Stockade confronts Hardtop, who is powerless against the powerful Decepticon. Stockade has his team located the Fulcrum unit to Hardtop's team and has Fracture take control of it, turning all of Hardtop's Payload troops against him. Hardtop surrenders to Stockade and joins forces with him against Starscream.

Blackout reports Hardtop's defection to Starscream and says that Mudflap has either defected as well or was killed. Starscream is losing it at his base when suddenly he envisions Megatron telling him to revive him.

On Cybertron/Unicron the Autobots, having survived the explosion, have set up lights and are working on something inside the planet.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Longarm - Tow Truck

Strongarm - Jeep

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Armorhide? - Truck Cab?

Salvage - Pick Up Truck

Evac - Rescue Helicopter

Grindcore - Front End Loader

Camshaft - Sports Car

Skyblast - Jet

Arcee - Motorcycle

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Elita One - Motorcycle

Decepticons

Megatron (Ghost)

Starscream - F22 Jet

Thundercracker - F22 Jet

Mudflap - Crane (either killed by or defected to New Decepticons)

Hardtop - Military Buggy (defects to New Decepticons)

Barricade - Police Car

Blackout - Military Helicopter

Payload Drones - Vans (some defected to New Decepticons)

"New Decepticons"

Stockade - SUV

Overcast - Fighter Jet

Storm Surge - Hovercraft

Incinerator - Osprey Helicopter

Fracture - F1 Race Car

Humans

Mikaela Banes

General Seward

President Allen (mentioned)

Comic Notes

• Blackout was coloured like Evac in one scene...which is very confusing in the situation...
• Also Thundercracker was coloured like Dreadwing in the same panel...ANNOYING!!!
• And Hardtop like Brawl.....ARGGGHHH!!!!
• Mikaela is drawn VERY unhealthy looking in her scenes...well maybe she's been crying?
• The mind controlled humans are stopping any military from taking action against the Decepticons.
• Stockade and his New Decepticons finally arrive on Earth, but they attack Starscream's forces (under Optimus Prime's suggestion)
• Stockade and his team are still powered up with Nucleon
• Fracture can use her powers to take apart a Fulcrum (command) drone and reassemble it under her control (thus taking over all it's subsidiary troops
• Hardtop and maybe Mudflap have defected to the New Decepticons, otherwise Mudflap was killed.
• Starscream has had statues made up with his head on them in his base.
• This is the first named Decepticon Civil War since Marvel
• Megatron's intentions are made clear here, when he convinces Starscream to revive him.
• The Autobots are hiding out on Cybertron and are refitting it for something.....
• The Autobots in the last 2 panels are either in the wrong colours or aren't drawn in too much detail (they are background characters after all) But it IS possible to work out who is who from the available cast
• The scanning beam from Overcast is pure black...this was likely meant to be a different colour originally
• Storm Surge can fly....
• Remember the red variant Payloads from the early issues in this timeline? Well now they have green, purple and grey ones!

TFA Comic Title: Megatron's Revenge

Script: Simon Furman

Pencils & Inks: John McCrea

Colours: John Burns

Lettering: Andrew James

Comic Plot

Megatron is inside Autobot HQ and has just killed Afterburn, and reveals to Bumblebee that Afterburn was just a spy drone that he's created. Then he turns on attacking Bumblebee who has juts been joined by Sari and the other Autobots.

The Autobots attack Megatron, and start to get the upper hand, when Megatron calls for Starscream, Lugnut and Blitzwing to help him. Optimus begins to set up a plan, when Bumblebee attacks Megatron head on, whilst the Autobots and Deceptiocns continue their fight, and Starscream gets a plan.

Sari heals up Bumblebee with her key and the Autobots start to win the fight. Nearby Starscream takes advantage of this by blasting a metal scaffold which falls onto Megatron, aiming to kill him, but then decides to take advantage of the situation and pretends to rescue Megatron, regaining his trust somewhat. The Decepticons retreat on Starscream's orders, taking Megatron with them.

In the aftermath Optimus wonders if anything was really accomplished, with their base destroyed and exposed (Ratchet moans that it'll take weeks to fix up). Optimus congratulates Bumblebee on his actions today, whilst Bumblebee silently mourns Afterburn.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Hatchback

Prowl - Police Motorcycle

Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Ratchet - Ambulance

Afterburn - Off Road Car (killed by Megatron)

Decepticons

Megatron - Osprey Helicopter (injured by Starscream)

Starscream - Harrier Jet

Blitzwing - Jet/Tank

Lugnut - Bomber Plane

Humans

Sari Sumdac

Comic Notes

• There is no additional front cover inside this issue for this comic, and the lettering is done by a different person than usual, both indications that this wasn't completely finished at the end of TFA's run, but was completed especially for this printing.
• Did...did Megatron load Afterburn into his cannon and fire it? DUDE!!!
• It's revealed here that Afterburn was a spark-less drone and never truly existed...despite him having feelings and so on
• Megatron seems to act more like a stereotypical villain in this issue rather than his normal portrayal
• Bumblebee seems really upset over Afterburn's death and even calls him his friend...despite the two not seeming to get along at all before hand
• Starscream is back with the Decepticons...despite being a fugitive in Season 2 and a talking head in Season 3...
• Optimus seems a bit cold here as well, as he basically tells Bumblebee to forget about "that drone"

Extra Features

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Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part 11

Web Word - Black Arachnia's crossword puzzle

The Purple & the Red - Colour in the Front Cover from issue 20

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews some games

Mystic Megatron's Transformers Horror Scope! - Megatron gets out his tarot cards

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part 11

Top Gear - Win stuff and look at it!

Star Screams - Starscream's fan mail page

Arcee's Soulmates - Arcee's running out of eligible bachelors

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #23

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Brawl

Cover Artist: Jon Davis-Hunt & Jason Cardy

Cover Date: Spring 2009

Price: £2.99

Comic Title: Revolution Part 1

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Lee Bradley

Colours: Jason Cardy

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

The Decepticons are attacking all across America again, demanding that the Autobots be forced off of Earth or they'll continue. General Seward informs Optimus that the President wants to cave in to the Decepticon's demands, to no one's surprise. Optimus tells Ironhide to prepare and he does.

President Allen tells America that he is giving into the Decepticon's demands and is forcing the Autobots off world. Starscream (with Megatron in his head) is glad and prepares his army to begin a full scale invasion again.

Mikaela and Bumblebee say goodbye in Falls Church (Mikaela's home) when Dropkick arrives and interrupts them. Bumblebee forces Dropkick into chasing him, where he tricks the Decepticon into flipping himself.

Later Bumblebee and Mikaela arrive at Andrew's Air Base, where the other Autobots are waiting and they leave on a space ship. President Allen orders a Patriot Missile to be launched at the ship and it detonates, seemingly killing all the Autobots, to Mikaela and Seward's great shock.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Evac - Rescue Helicopter

Skyblast - Jet

Arcee - Motorcycle

Longarm - Tow Truck

Salvage - Pick Up Truck

Salvage - Sports Car

Decepticons

Megatron (Ghost)

Starscream - F22 Jet

Brawl - Tank

Wreckage - Personnel Carrier

Barricade - Police Car

Mudflap - Crane

Hardtop - Military Buggy

Blackout - Military Helicopter

Thundercracker - F22 Jet

Dreadwing - Fighter Jet

Crankcase - SUV

Payload Drones - Vans

Dropkick - Pick Up Truck (injured by Bumblebee)

Humans

Mikaela Banes

General Seward

President Allen

Comic Notes

• Despite being the prominent feature of the front cover, Brawl only appears in one scene
• General Seward was the guy from Hard Spark who learns with Optimus about Allen's true allegiance.
• I like how all but six of Starscream's troops at his base in Georgia are all Payloads....
• The truck Dropkick drives past when chasing Bumblebee is based on G1 Optimus
• The Autobots escaping in a ship and faking their deaths (SPOILER!) is similar to what happened in DOTM
• Noooo...The Mudflap here isn't the same guy as the Twin..

TFA Comic Title: Divebomb

Script: Simon Furman

Pencils & Inks: John McCrea

Colours: John Burns

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Swoop and Grimlock have a fight, and Swoop leaves. He harasses some Human Jets and get's the Autobots moaned at by General Macadam. Swoop arrives at Autobot base to see if he can stay there, but upon getting shouted at by Optimus, he leaves again in a huff.

The next day Macadam is overseeing the test of the Wraith-X jet when Starscream attacks the base and takes control of the Jet, sets it's coordinates to Autobot HQ and activates it's warhead.

Macadam calls Optimus to warn him about the warhead and to ask for his help, when Optimus learns that there's a transmission leaking from the base. Bumblebee goes out to find Swoop to help them, which he agrees to do since Afterburn helped him out in the past.

Swoop counters the jet, redirects the trajectory and forces it into the water to explode away from anyone. Swoop is held up as a hero and is allowed to sly around Detroit all he wants to

Later, Afterburn has returned to base after a Special Ops mission and contacts Megatron, saying that he's communications are being detected and that people are questioning his background story, when Bumblebee walks in and sees Megatron blast his way into the base to kill Afterburn in person.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Hatchback

Ratchet - Ambulance

Prowl - Police Motorcycle

Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon

Snarl - Triceratops

Afterburn - Off Road Car

Decepticons

Megatron - Osprey Helicopter

Starscream - Harrier Jet

Humans

General Macadam

Simmons (Army)

Sari (mentioned)

Comic Notes

• Divebomb was Swoop's original name in Marvel UK and Dreamwave
• This comic was originally meant to be Issue 4 of the TFA magazine, but it was cancelled at the last minute, so this issue, and the next two were printed up in the last 3 issues of Volume 1 of the Movie comics
• Swoop joins the main Autobot cast in this comic, yet is never seen from again in this comic series (even the next issue which is set moments after this one ends
• This comic is the only one of the "leftover" TFA comics that uses the usual lettering system, most likely because it was the only one completed when the comic was cancelled. It's also the only one with a complete-looking "front cover"
• Swoop and Grimlock's big fight is over the answer to a TV show (which Grimlock was wrong on)
• Snarl never speaks, but Swoop talks offscreen
• Swoop has a Batman thing going on in this issue
• Macadam is clearly a reference to Maccadam's Old Oil House (just spelt differently)
• Bumblebee can go upside down using just his feet
• Afterburn was a spy all along? E-GADS!
• The Jet's name (Wraith-X) may be a reference to the IDW TFA hero/villain called The Wraith

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part 10

Cybertronian Residency Exam - See if you can be a Cybertronian

Trans Doku - TFA themed Sudoku...it's...bizarre....

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews games

Character Profile - Magmatron

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part 10

Top Gear - More expensive things to try and win and lust over

Autobots Assemble! - Transformers Drawing contest

Star Screams - Screamer's losing his rag...

Arcee's Soulmates - Laugh at the poor saps who write into her column!

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #22

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime, Starscream, Thundercracker and Dreadwing(??)

Cover Artist: Jason Cardy

Cover Date: April 2009

Price: £2.70

Poster: Optimus ducks some low-flying jets

Comic Title: The Decepticon who Haunted Himself

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Cosmo White

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Starscream starts acting odd, which the Decepticons start to worry about, when Optimus and the Autobots invade their former base.

The Autobots manage to get to Mikaela and free her from her mind control. Later the Autobots begin their plans to deal with the Decepticons once and for all.

Meanwhile Starscream starts hearing Megatron, and realizes that he has been downloaded into his body when he took over the Decepticons.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Entry Pod

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Arcee - Motorcycle

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Evac - Rescue Helicopter

Grindcore - Front End Loader

Salvage - Pick Up Truck

Camshaft - Sports Car

Skyblast - Jet

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet (Ghost)

Starscream - F22 Jet

Swindle - Sports Car

Swindle Drones - Sports Cars

Crankcase - SUV

Blackout - Military Helicopter

Thundercracker - F22 Jet

Dreadwing - Fighter Jet

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Comic Notes

• The third jet on the front cover seems to be using Divebomb's character model...despite him being dead, and not a part of Starscream's troops (plus he's the wrong colours as well). Though it could be meant to be Dreadwing from the colours....
• The Autobot's knowing how to disable Cerebro Shells was shown off in issue 15...why can't they do this to Allen and the others then?!?
• Optimus takes on his Entry Pod mode to attack the Decepticon's base, like he did in Issue 1
• Grindcore is coloured yellow instead of green here
• It's revealed that the device Megatron ejected in issue 13 and Starscream picked up, and subsequently downloaded contained Megatron's mind, which Megatron has been "haunting" since.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part 9

Character Profile - Longrack

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews games

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part 9

Top Gear - New things to add to the "want list"!

Artobots - Artwork from readers

Star Screams - Screamer chats with the readers

Arcee's Soulmates - Arcee pimps out other bots

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #21

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Jazz, Arcee and Bumblebee

Cover Artist: Jason Cardy

Cover Date: March 2009

Price: £2.70

Poster: Jazz beats up some Autobots

Comic Title: Hard Target

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Casey Collier

Colours: Jodie Azhar

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

The Autobots come back from Cybertron to find their base under Decepticon control and are attacked on sight, they head off to Washington but are redirected for a meeting with the President at Andrews Air Base.

Optimus is separated from the other Autobots and is attacked by Jazz, who's been hired to kill Optimus. Optimus fights with Jazz and tries to make him see reason when a Decepticon appears to try and kill Optimus as well, so Jazz kills the Decepticon (Kullt) for trying to take his kill from him.

Optimus tries to reason with Jazz again, but the rogue Autobot just drives off, vowing to show Optimus that he's wrong about him. Later the President claims that he didn't have any knowledge of the meeting and that they must have been tricked, however Optimus realizes that Allen must be under Decepticon control, like Mikaela.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Jazz - Sports Car (rogue)

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Elita One - Motorcycle

Armorhide - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Longarm - Tow Truck

Skyblast - Jet

Arcee - Motorcycle

Strongarm - Jeep

Decepticons

Starscream - F22 Jet

Payload Drones - Vans

Kullt - Jet (Killed by Jazz)

Humans

Mikaela Banes

President Allen

General Seward

Hogan (Army Guy)

Comic Notes

• Jazz's storyline is never resolved...unless he was shipped off in the final issue as well....
• The Decepticons now have control of the Autobot's base
• Jazz has become a gun-for-hire since going rogue
• Hey look a guy with no toy! Guess how long he lasts?
• Jazz's two weapons are based on the different weapons that come with his Deluxe toys (basic Jazz and Final Battle version)
• Optimus finally realizes that Mikaela and Allen are under Decepticon control
• Jazz claims he hasn't been corrupted, but liberated by the Allspark
• If you look very carefully on the second comic page you can see some tiny Payloads on the ground.
• It's implied here that Starscream or another Decepticon at least hired Jazz for this job

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part 8

10 Reasons why I like being a Saleen S281 - Barricade justifies his alt mode

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews video games

Character Profile - Arcee (actually uses pictures of G1 Arcee and Titan Elita One)

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part 8

Top Gear - New stuff to oggle

Artobots - Fan Arts

Star Screams - Starscream shouts at children

Arcee's Soulmates - Lonely Hearts Club

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #18

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Artist: John Watson

Cover Date: December 2008

Price: £2.60

Poster: Optimus Prime Want's YOU!

Comic Title: Return to Cybertron Part 2

Script: Simon Furman

Pencils: Dan Khanna

Inks: Frank Milkovich

Colours: Hi-Fi Designs

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

On Cybertron, Ironhide and his team are helpless to stop Stockade and his team from going about their business thanks to the Nucleon, and they explain that they summoned the Entity to Cybertron as it seems to be related to the Allspark in some way.

On Earth Camshaft reports how the situation is getting worse and how they can't handle it all. Back on Cybertron the Autobots decide to distract the Decepticons and disrupt the array from transferring Nucleon into the entity, before the entity can enter Cybertron. Ironhide rams into Divebomb and the others go for a ride around, getting the Decepticons to follow them, whilst Bumblebee heads to the control panel to stop the Nucleon flow in the entity.

Back on Earth, Mikaela is taken to meet with President Allen under the guise of helping to identify something, but instead he has her restrained, and implants a Cerebro-Shell onto her, so she can spy on the Autobots for the Decepticons

Back on Cybertron, the Decepticons manage to end the Autobot's distraction, but the Nucleon transfer already ended, though enough was transferred and the entity, Unicron is now inside Cybertron.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Armorhide - Truck Cab

Arcee - Motorcycle

Camshaft - Sports Car

Salvage - Pick Up Truck

Grindcore - Front End Loader

Evac - Rescue Helicopter

"New Decepticons"

Stockade - SUV

Fracture - Race Car

Storm Surge - Hovercraft

Incinerator - Helicopter

Overcast - Jet

Divebomb - Jet

Decepticons

Megatron (mentioned)

Human

President Allen

Mikaela Banes

Other

Unicron - Planet Cybertron

Comic Notes

• Armorhide's blue now! (based on his Cybertron toy, rather than his movie repaint)
• Stockade reveals that he and his team aren't affiliated with Megatron
• Stockade and his team created an import valve into Cybertron for the entity to enter through
• The Entity is supposedly related to the Allspark in some way (Unicron is Primus' brother)
• Stockade's alternate mode doesn't look like his toy's, meaning that it is a Cybertronian mode

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part 5

Team Titan! - Comic News

Top Gear - New TFA toys get advertised and are up for grabs

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part 5

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews new games

Artobots - Fan arts

Star Screams - Starscream moans about life

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #15

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Optimus Prime

Cover Artist: Jon Davis-Hunt & Jason Cardy

Cover Date: September 2008

Price: £2.60

Poster: Optimus attacked by the Army

Comic Title: Aftermath Part 2

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Kieran McKeown

Inks: Kias Justice

Colours: Jason Cardy

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Optimus and the Autobots are being attacked by the Humans due to the misunderstanding, whilst both are being attacked by Decepticons. Starscream continues to control some humans with his Cerebro Shells.

Tom Banachek meets with the current Vice President and asks him to stop the military action being taken there because the Autobots aren't evil. He agrees and calls for a cease-fire, however the controlled soldier disobeys and continues the fight.

Mikaela and Bumblebee work out that this is what's happening and go to stop him. One of the Decepticon drones chases Bumblebee and Mikaela, but fails to stop them. Bumblebee disables the Cerebro Shell and the soldier goes back to normal. The Autobots surrender to end the fight, with Optimus wondering what's going to happen next.

Elsewhere, the Vice President, Theodore F. Allen is named the new President, and unknown to everyone else, he has a Cerebro Shell on the back of his head.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Strongarm - Jeep

Arcee - Motorcycle

Elita One - Motorcycle

Skyblast - Jet

Decepticons

Starscream - F22 Jet

Dreadwing Drones - Fighter Jet

Insecticons - Tiny bugs

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Tom Banachek

Collins (army guy)

President Theodore F. Allen

Jimmy (Allen's aide)

Comic Notes

• The Autobots are unaware that Starscream is now the Decepticon leader
• Mikaela has a gun!
• Theodore F. Allen has no relationship with The Fallen
• The Decepticon drone who chases Bumblebee and Mikaela seems to use a made up model
• For some reason Armorhide doesn't appear in this issue.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part of the reprint

Team Titan - Comic News

Character Profile - Ravage (Beast Era)

Beast Wars: The Ascending - Next part of the reprinting

How to Draw... - Frenzy

Artobots - Fab Fan Art

Star Screams - Screamer chats to his fans

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #14

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Starscream

Cover Artist: Jon Davis-Hunt & Kris Carter

Cover Date: August 2008

Price: £2.60

Poster: Starscream attacks a factory, TFA Bumblebee

Comic Title: Aftermath Part 1

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Gary Erskine

Colours: Kris Carter

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

After the destruction of the Allspark and Megatron's death the Autobots and Humans are slowly trying to work together, but after a lengthy occupation the Humans aren't quite so willing to accept their alien "friends", especially with Starscream and his troops attacking Humans everywhere.

The new governments aren't too happy with the Autobots still being on Earth, whilst Mikaela is looking into an illness that's causing people to rapidly loose their energy. At the old site of the Allspark energy distribution hub, Skyblast finds a shard of the Allspark that is placed in Ratchet's care (in case it was corrupted by Megatron).

That night, the Decepticons make another attack, which the Autobots roll out to try and stop, and to protect the nearby human shelter, but end up frightening the humans again.

Near Marathon Starscream begins one of his new plans, where he activates a Cerebro Shell, that takes control of one of the human commanders and sends him to attack the Autobots.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Skyblast - Jet

Strongarm - Jeep

Arcee - Motorcycle

Armorhide - Truck Cab

Elita One - Motorcycle

Decepticons

Starscream - F22 Jet

Dreadwing - Fighter Jet

Dreadwing Drones - Fighter Jets

Megatron (dead, flashback)

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Tom Banachek

Comic Notes

• The reinforcement Autobots have now taken on Earth modes
• Starscream is now the Decepticon commander
• Earth is slowly rebuilding a government and bases again
• The Allspark's effect on Earth is still continuing despite it's destruction. This will continue until a later issue
• The corrupted Allspark shard will be used at a later date.
• Elita One moans about Armorhide's "bitching"
• The Cerebro Shells are a reference to Bombshell's signature weapons in G1.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part of a new reprint

Character Profile - Grimlock (Beast Era)

Beast Wars: The Ascending - Part of a new reprint

Team Titan - Comic News

Top Gear - New Transformers items to win and buy

Artobots - Fan art

Star Screams - Starscream talks to the fans

Titan - Movie Volume 1 #13

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Megatron

Cover Art: Gary Erskine & Jason Cardy

Cover Date: July 2008

Price: £2.99

Poster: King Megatron vs the Jets, TFA Optimus Prime, Bulkhead and Bumblebee

Comic Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 5

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Marcelo Matere

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Optimus and Megatron have their fight with the Autobots watching on, but Megatron has been powered up with the Allspark since he got it. Mikaela gives Bumblebee the virus weapon Tom directed her to and he volunteers to activate it.

In Georgia the Autobots are pinned down and fear that they're too late to stop the Cyber-forming when Ratchet gets an idea.

Bumblebee activates the virus and launches it at Megatron, which causes him to burn up from the Allspark's power, meanwhile Ratchet fires a shot off at the Allspark itself and causes it to explode, just as Megatron dies in Hoover Dam, after launching a small device off his body first.

The Georgia base explodes just after the Autobots escape, and the Autobots celebrate, whilst Starscream recovers the device Megatron ejected just before his death.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Strongarm - Entry Pod

Elita One - Entry Pod

Skyblast - Entry Pod

Ironhide - Van

Ratchet - Van

Arcee - Entry Pod

Armorhide - Entry Pod

Longarm - Entry Pod (Injured by Decepticons)

Decepticons

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet (Killed by Nano-Virus)

Starscream - F22 Jet

Bonecrusher - Mine Clearing Vehicle (Killed in Allspark Explosion)

Payload Drones - Vans

Humans

Mikaela Banes

Comic Notes

• The front cover seems to be an homage to King Kong
• Optimus has an energy shield here
• Megatron connected himself to the Allspark somehow...this is picked up on again in a later issue
• The device from last issue to revealed to contain a virus that infects the Allspark, and since Megatron has connected himself to it...well...he's kinda dead
• Ironhide and Ratchet still have their Van modes...good work artists!!! (now if only the robots can look the same each issue!!)
• The small item Starscream claims from the Hoover Dam base is explained in a later issue
• The Payload Drones are blue now....

Extra Features

Adverts - Telling us about new stuff

Competitions - WIN NEW STUFF!!!!

Movie Prequel reprint - IT'S OVER!!!!!

Transformers Animated Pull Out Special - Mini comic, tells us about the exciting new comic series (which was cancelled 3 months after starting) Introduces the Dinobots, Decepticons, shows off the toys and humans

9 reasons why I love being an MH-53 Pave Low - Blackout speaks up

Top Gear - Shows you new stuff and tempts you with them

10 reasons why I love being an F-22 Raptor - Starscream's turn...

Beast Wars: The Gathering reprint - It ends (until The Ascending starts)

How to Draw - A Battle Scene...lots of robots fight here...GOOD LUCK!!!

Artobots - Pics by Kids

Star Screams - Starscream rounds out the year with his rantings

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!!