Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #14

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Devastator, Random Drones

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: July 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Devastator wants to eat you!

Comic Title: Head in the Clouds

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Stratosphere is flying around British Columbia in Canada on a surveillance sweep when he suddenly finds himself in a cloud and then attacked by Devastator, who damages his wing, forcing him to crash.

At CFB Comox, Captain Fraser informs the Cadets where Stratosphere was last heard from and sends them out to find him, they roll out.

Back in the mountain range where he crashed, Stratosphere slowly wakes up and goes back to robot mode, he sees Devastator being rebuilt nearby, and learns that his communications are down. He waks over to the behemoth.

Stratosphere gets to the building site to find Skywarp and some drones rebuilding Devastator under cover from a smoke-cloud generator and decides to stop them, since Devastator is too powerful and dangerous to have running around.

Stratosphere attacks the group ad kills some of the drones. Stratosphere manages to knock over Skywarp and destroys the jamming device, which allows him to tell NEST about Devastator and gets the to come in with an air-strike.

Skywarp recovers and tries to fly off to safety, but Stratosphere redirects the cloud generator to Skywarp's path and causes him to crash into a cliff-face.

The Cadets arrive and the air-strike hits Devastator, destroying the beast. Stratosphere says they should all return to base now

Comic Characters

Autobots

Stratosphere - C-17 Jet

Jolt - Electric Car

Rollbar - Truck

Dune Runner - Military Buggy

Decepticons

Devastator - Construction Vehicles (Destroyed in Air Strike)

Skywarp - F22 Jet (Injured by Stratosphere)

Construction Drones - Excavators/Front End Loaders (Killed by Stratosphere)

Other

Captain Fraser

Comic Notes

• This comic features some random Payload/Swindle looking drones on the cover and poster, but in the comic itself they are replaced with some made up in design construction vehicle drones (Excavators if the vehicles shown are anything to go by)
• This is the first, and currently only piece of fiction with Stratosphere in it.
• Devastator is shown to have survived the events of ROTF
• Devastator being rebuild in a remote location is reminiscent of the Marvel UK story "Desert Island Risks"
• It's a Cadets story again!
• In this story Skywarp is shown being defeated. Though it's not shown here, it's likely that he would be captured at the end, and then being released by Bludgeon in the previous issue (this is notable because Skywarp is shown in later issues as being free still)
• This was the last Cadet story :(

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

War Machine - War For Cybertron preview

Megatron's Mind Maulers - Puzzles

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Venus

Out of this World - Puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide's fan mail

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #12

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Bumblebee

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: May 2010

Price: £2.50

Poster: Bumblebee has Missiles!

Comic Title: Rules of Engagement

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

Springer is training the Cadets in Monument Valley, Utah and trying to teach them how to handle difficult situations.

Three days later Tankor has taken prisoners at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas so NEST and the Autobots are called in. Springer tries to take on Tankor from the sky, so Tankor fights him in tank mode whilst the Cadets are breaking into the Alamo to rescue the hostages. Suddenly they realise that Tankor has reinforcements and that Springer may be in trouble.

As predicted Dirge appears on the scene and attacks Springer, causing him to begin to crash. Just before Tankor is able to get a shot off at Springer Jolt uses his whips to redirect Tankor's barrel and causes him to shoot Dirge, making the other Decepticon retreat for repairs.

Afterwards Springer moans at Jolt for leaving his post but Jolt says that he did what he had to, which Springer couldn't really argue with as Tankor is taken away.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Springer - Osprey Helicopter

Jolt - Electric Car

Dune Runner - Military Buggy

Rollbar - Truck

Decepticons

Tankor - Tank (Captured by NEST)

Dirge - Fighter Jet (injured by Tankor)

Comic Notes

• Bumblebee's in a war scene on the front...yet he appears no where in the story...(AGAIN!)
• Interestingly, two of the character introduced in this comic, Springer and Tankor are both legends class figures in the toyline with no larger toys.
• They have of course scaled the characters up to normal size, rather than having them as tiny as their toys...
• Tankor's first appearance in this comic shows him in a green colour, but then he changes to his normal blue later. This is most likely an accidental mis-colour and was confused with Springer, but it's notable because this toy was an homage to Tankor from Beast Machines, who in turn was based on The Hulk, who was green.
• Of some note: This issue came out at about the same time as Last Stand of the Wreckers was underway, which also featured Springer as the leader of a group, including some newbies...
• Tankor being forced to redirect his attack by an Autobot and shooting a fellow Decepticon is very similar to what Kup did to Blitzwing in the G1 movie, which was in turn homaged by Jazz against Brawl in the 2007 movie.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Build a 'Bot!/Design a Decepticon! gallery - Some of the entries for the contest

Way Past Cool! - Game reviews by Bumblebee

Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System - Solar System info

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide chat away

Starscream's Stars - Horoscope feature

Titan - ROTF Volume 2 #11

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Dead End

Cover Art: Barry Spiers & Lee Duhig/GURU-eFX

Cover Date: April 2010

Price: £2.75

Poster: Zombie Dead End in the Old West

Comic Title: Spare Parts!

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Lettering: Den Patrick

Comic Plot

The Cadets are in Death Valley on a training session when Dead End suddenly appears and begins to stalk the trio. The three lament how all the action is already over and all that's left to do is train and do clean up jobs (like catching the rogue Decepticons).

The three of them arrive in a ghost town to find an emergency recharge pack left by Bumblebee for them so they split up. The three of them split up and Jolt is attacked by Dead End, who tears off his left arm. Dead End then attacks the other two Autobots and injured his right arm, but just slots Jolt's arm in and has it act as a replacement.

Whilst the fight takes place Jolt finds the recharge pack and powers himself up, he then uses one of his whips to grab hold of Dead End and electrocutes him, knocking him out.

Two days later at Diego Garcia Dead End has been repaired and Ratchet explains that he had a regeneration circuit inside him that kept him alive, despite him being supposed to be dead, and then commends the trio as true Autobots for rescuing the Decepticon.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Jolt - Electric Car

Dune Runner - Military Buggy

Rollbar - Truck

Ratchet - Emergency Humvee

Bumblebee -Concept Camaro (mentioned)

Sideswipe - Concept Corvette (flashback)

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck (flashback)

Hoist - Tow Truck (flashback, being captured)

Decepticons

Dead End - Audi R8

Comic Notes

• The last Volume 2 comic with the annoying extended cover!
• This story introduces the Cadet's team (Jolt, Rollbar, Dune Runner)
• Dead End is a zombie/vampire type creature
• When Dead End absorbs a body piece, it changes colour to resemble his own
• Hoist is shown as one of the Decepticons being rounded up....HUH?!?! Maybe he's just a rogue Autobot?
• When Dead End is restored at the end he looks more like his toy again
• Ratchet seems oddly happy that Megatron is experimenting on his troops....

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Perplexing and Hexing - Word Search

Cover Version - Colour in your own version of the poster (despite saying it's the cover)

Soundwave's Space Shots - Views of TF locations from space

Gallery of Glory - Design and Transformer entries showcase

More than meets the eye - Transformer puzzles

Law & Disorder - Barricade and Ironhide host a letters page!

Starscream's Stars - Starscream's horoscope column