Titan - Prime Volume 4 #9

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Bumblebee

Cover Date: June 2012

Price: £3.99

Poster: Soundwave, Ratchet

Comic Title: The Novo Incident

Script: Chris Cooper

Art: Dario Brizuela

Lettering: Comicraft

Plot

MECH investigates the junk yard where Knock Out captured Optimus last issue where Agent Novo finds the device and works out what it's for. Before he can capture it Bulkhead and Bumblebee arrive via Ground Bridge and take it back to base, along with Novo, who stowed away. Novo downloads a copy of the program onto a portable device and then takes Miko hostage so he can force the Autobots to open the bridge so he can escape back to China. The Autobots let him leave with Miko, and he drops some grenades to slow them down.

At MECH's Chinese base Novo returns with the program and Miko as a hostage, Miko is taken away and Novo is rewarded with the opportunity to have his mind transplanted into a robotic body using the program, which they learn they can duplicate.

Later the Autobots arrive in China to hunt for Miko, whilst Novo's mind is transplanted into the robot. During the procedure the scientist claims that Novo's mind may be damaged during the transfer, but Silas claims he doesn't care. Novo hears this and goes on a rampage, turning against his old team mates and boss and starts destroying the base and the transfer systems. Novo rescues Miko and leaves the base with her, meeting with the Autobots, where he apologizes to them for all he'd done to them.

MECH prepare to attack the Autobots and Novo, and Novo tells the Autobots to leave with Miko whilst he deals with MECH and destroys the technology that created him. The Autobots leave and return to base, where they see the location of the base is just a large crater now, and Miko wonders whether if Novo could have survived...whilst in China Novo walks away from the crater.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Sports Car

Bulkhead - Off Road Vehicle

Arcee - Motorcycle

Ratchet - Ambulance

Human

Miko

Silas

MECH Soldiers

Agent Novo Put into a robot body

Other

Novo/Project Mechanoid

Notes

• This story is set after the previous month's issue
• Wonder if Novo's storyline will be picked up again?
• The story shows this continuity is separate to the TV series now, as Silas is still alive (or moving anyway) and they have successfully made a Cybertronian looking robot
• Why did Novo remove his mask? I thought these guys needed to hide their faces for legal reasons?
• I wonder...what happened to Novo's human body? Did Novo destroy it, or did MECH keep it for some reason?

Other Features

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Dark Energon...HUNT! - Clue based puzzle to solve

Mega Mouth - Arcee and Megatron read the fan mail

MECH Spy Maze! - Yet another puzzle

Weaponry Wordsearch! - Guess what it is...

Prime Targets! - Cut out targets for you to shoot with one of your many projectile guns

Titan - Prime Volume 4 #5

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Stock image of Arcee and Ratchet

Cover Date: March 2012

Price: £2.65
Poster: Autobot Group Shot

Comic Title: School is... Out!

Script: Robin Etherington

Art: Horacio Domingues 

Inks: Ruben Gonzalez 

Colours: Nestor Pereya

Lettering: Comicraft

Comic Plot

Several schools in Jasper County are being destroyed (after being evacuated) and the police have no idea who's causing it. The Autobots decide to investigate as they find it a bit odd that it's happening so near their base, so they tell the kids to stay away from school until it is all resolved.

Shortly afterwards Arcee and Jack are staking out Franklin High where the school is being evacuated and MECH suddenly appear on the scene. Arcee reports this to Optimus, who tells her that MECH are attacking the other schools in the area where the other Autobots are staking out as well, so they can't have any back-up. Jack says that he wants revenge for what Silas did to him and his mother last time.

Jack infiltrates the school but is quickly captured thanks to the security system, when Silas reveals that they've been blowing up the schools to try and find Jack and his friends. Silas starts to set off explosives, and tells Jack that he's to be left inside whilst it blows up, whilst MECH can escape on a helicopter. Arcee however rams into the building and defends Jack from the MECH soldiers and Silas reaches the roof.

On the roof Jack reaches them and knocks down Silas, and Arcee rounds up the MECH soldiers, however Silas is rescued by some more of his soldiers and leave son a helicopter and gloats that they're going to die on that roof, however Arcee transforms and revs Jack off the roof to safety, and Arcee just comments about how much she would do to protect those she cares for, like Jack and...wait...did they leave the MECH soldiers on the roof to die as the school blazes up!??!?! DUDE!!!!!

Comic Characters

Autobot


Optimus Prime - Truck Cab
Arcee - Motorcycle
Ratchet - Ambulance (Green Version)

Decepticon


Airachnid - Helicopter (Mentioned)


Human


Jack
Miko
Raf
Silas
Sterling Spoon
Bliss Meadow
June (Mentioned)
MECH Soldiers
School Kids
School Staff

Comic Notes

• In Ratchet's only appearance in this comic he's coloured like Bulkhead...colouring mistake? Or an attempt at a new character for the comics like Hoist?
• Sterling Spoon and Bliss Meadow are likely references to former Marvel UK characters Irwin Spoon and Joy Meadows - If not then they are some BIZARRE coincidences....
• This story is set after Crisscross (which hasn't been released on UK TV at the time of printing)

Extra Features

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Episode Guide: Volume 1 - Darkness Rising Part 5

Starscream's Stumpers - Puzzles from Starscream

A Walk on the Wicked Side - Soundwave does a Crossword

Mega-Mouth- Megatron and Arcee do the fan mail page