Fun Pub - The Return of Blurr!!

Plot

Sari joins Arcee's class on a tour of Metroplex so she can learn more about her Cybertronian origins, however her new classmates, Siren, Nightbeat and Hosehead all seem a bit disgusted by her organic nature, and her eating habits.

Arcee takes the class through the Cybertronian Intelligence Division offices, and Sari notices a disposal hatch to dump the remains of her lunch in, when she falls through the hatch.

At the bottom of the hatch, she touches a blue cube, that reacts with her residual Allspark energy and reactivates the spark of Blurr inside. Blurr explains how Shockwave crushed him into a cube and had Cliffjumper unknowingly dispose of him down the hatch.

Sari uses her tech-savvy powers to find an exit to the incinerator, when she accidentally activates an old Decepticon trap called Kremzeek...

Arcee and the rest of the class are inside the Council Chambers and realize that Sari is missing. The group start to look for her, when they hear an announcement about an intruder in the recycling center, leading to the class assuming it to be Sari.

Sari and the Blurr cube find themselves on a conveyor belt in the recycling center. Kremzeek reveals himself, and activates the conveyor belt, sending the two heroes towards a furnace, luckily however, Arcee and the other students manage to rescue them before they get killed by jamming the belt and other machinery.

Arcee speaks with Sari and Blurr about what is happening, but before long Kremzeek jumps into Nightbeat and tries to use her to get himself to Fortress Maximus so he can destroy the Autobots. Arcee manages to use a control panel to lock down the room, then attacks her possessed pupil with her laser blades.

Kremzeek jumps out of Nightbeat and into Siren, who uses his sonic powers to blow a hole into the wall. Hosehead tries to stop him from escaping by using his foam cannons, but Kremzeek switches bodies to Hosehead and runs away through the hole in the wall.

Sari transforms her scooter into her jet pack and catches Hosehead before he can reach Fortress Maximus, however Kremzeek instead jumps into the jetpack, ejects Sari from it and takes off at top speed.

All seems lost until Sari uses her strange powers to plug Blurr into her backpack and take on his super-speed powers, and Arcee tags along by holding onto her.

Sari and Arcee speed through Cybertron, going past Cheetor and Sideswipe, who are on patrol at the time, and head towards Fortress Maximus.

At Trypticon prison, Shockwave realizes that Kremzeek has been activated and is about to destroy everything. Shockwave admits to Megatron that he didn't intend to be on Cybertron when he was activated, much to Megatron's disappointment.

Inside the control center at Fortress Maximus, Jetfire and Jetstorm are manning their posts with Sentinel Magnus when Kremzeek lands inside the Fortress and takes it over, and begins to activate the photon pulse cannon, and points it towards the city if Iacon.

Sari, Arcee and the Blurr cube enter the room, and Sari manages to force Kremzeek into her body, however due to her being Techo-Organic he cannot fully control her. Arcee tells Sari that they need to contain Kremzeek somewhere. Sari remembers the soda bottle that she forgot to dispose of earlier and spits Kremzeek inside it, and seals it up, saving the day!

Later, at the CyberNinja Dojo, Optimus and Jazz use the Allspark fragments inside the Matrix to fully repair Blurr's body. Sari's classmates all sum up what they learned from the experience and Blurr happily races around the dojo, trying to find out what to do next, now that he is fully formed (and TFA season 4 was never produced).

Characters

Autobot

Arcee - Cybertronian Sports Car

Hosehead - Pick Up Truck

Nightbeat - Cybertronian Sports Car

Siren - Hatchback

Blurr - Cybertronian Race Car

Cheetor - Cybertronian Race Car

Sideswipe - Cybertronian Sports Car

Sentinel Magnus - Pick Up Truck

Optimus Prime - Truck

Jazz - Sports Car

Jetfire - Cybertronian Jet

Jetstorm - Cybertronian Jet

Cliffjumper - Cybertronian Car (Mentioned)

Bumblebee - Hatchback (Mentioned)

Ratchet - Ambulance (Mentioned)

Bulkhead - SWAT Van (Mentioned)

Prowl - Police Motorcycle (Mentioned) Dead

Decepticon

Megatron - Helicopter Incarcerated in Trypticon

Shockwave/Longarm Prime - Cybertronian Tank/Crane Incarcerated in Trypticon

Starscream - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)

Skywarp - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)

Other

Sari Sumdac - Human Girl

Kremzeek Trapped in Soda Bottle

Original Longarm (Mentioned) Disposed of by Shockwave

Ultra Magnus - Armoured Missile Truck (Mentioned) Near Death from Shockwave Attack

Tutor-Bot (Mentioned)

Isaac Sumdac (Mentioned)

Notes

• This storybook is based on the 2015 Botcon script reading
• Due to this being based on a live script reading, it includes various fourth wall breaks, I'll be ignoring them here where possible however, unless it seems pertinent for the plot etc.
• This story is set during the Stunti-con Job comic story.
• The "Headmaster Jrs" is a title normally given to the repaint variants of these characters from Japanese continuities (Shuta, Cab and Minerva)
• The three Headmaster Jrs use existing character models, like with many background characters in comics. Siren uses Bumblebee's body, Hosehead uses Sentinel Prime's, and Nightbeat uses Arcee's. Out of the three of them, only Nightbeat was fully revealed before this story as she appeared in the Complete Allspark Almanac.
• The trio also feature exaggerated gimmicks, Siren screams everything, Nightbeat tries to use her detective skills on everything, and Hosehead is Canadian....yup...that's the joke!
• This story shows that Blurr was probably killed when he was crushed by Shockwave, but Sari revived him with the Allspark Key energy residues inside her.
• In this continuity Kremzeek was a Trojan horse program made by Shockwave to disrupt Autobot systems and other technology....why is he a popular image amongst the Autobots in drinks etc then!?
• Arcee was given her laser blades (from the toy) from Ratchet, who was attempting to make her pointers for her lectures.
• This story indicates that the Fortress Maximus is not located in Iacon (as it aims it's gun towards the city)

IDW - Bots of Science

Plot

The Decepticons attack the Hydrax Plateau and the Autobots send in reinforcements to deal with them, shortly afterwards the Autobots lose contact with the troops stationed there, so Magnus sends Ratchet in to see if anyone is injured.

Ratchet arrives and finds everyone dead from Cosmic Rust exposure, but finds a Decepticon, Oil Slick alive amongst the bodies, Ratchet ignores Ultra Magnus' orders to leave him, as he's a Decepticon, but Ratchet doesn't listen, justifying it that the soldiers wouldn't have known the effects of cosmic rust.

Oil Slick reveals that he knows of a cure to Cosmic Rust, that he and Ratchet can create together to save him. The two of them work together to create the anti-virus and Ratchet uses it to cure his new friend, but after being cured Oil Slick attacks Ratchet and infects him, as he leaves however, Ratchet uses his magnets to steal the gun with the anti-virus in it and cures himself, then drives off back home, with the anti-virus in tow.

Characters

Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Truck

Ratchet - Treaded Vehicle

Brawn - Van

Hubcap - Car

Warpath - Sonic Tank

Wideload

Lightspeed

Strafe

Vroom

Nosecone

Whirl

Powerglide - Treaded Vehicle

Scattershot

Rapier - Car Killed by Cosmic Rust

Override Killed by Cosmic Rust

Scorch Killed by Cosmic Rust

Boss Killed by Cosmic Rust

Fire Convoy Killed by Cosmic Rust

Swerve Killed by Cosmic Rust

Slamdance Killed by Cosmic Rust

Slapdash Killed by Cosmic Rust

Sizzle Killed by Cosmic Rust

Red Scientist

Blue Scientist

Other Soldiers Killed by Cosmic Rust

Decepticon

Oil Slick - Motorcycle

Tarantulas Killed by Cosmic Rust

Snap Dragon Killed by Cosmic Rust

Motor Master Killed by Cosmic Rust - Later revived in Stunti-Con Job

Gigatron Killed by Cosmic Rust

Sentinel Supreme Killed by Cosmic Rust

Other Soldiers Killed by Cosmic Rust

Notes

• This story is mostly identical to the regular IDW Animated comic release of this same story, except that this version had a few extra pages as a prologue and has lots of narrative added (as this is an adventures in reading book)
• Wow! Lookit all those cameo characters! I look forward to seeing them all later in other med-Oh they're all dead....
• Some of the cameo characters (RID Optimus, Cybertron Megatron) already have existing counterparts in TFA, so I'll just use their Japanese names for the character lists instead
• Saying that though, Motormaster is later seen in the Botcon 2011 toyline and comic, and it was explained that following his "death" here he was repaired and placed in a new body
• The cosmic rust cure is later used off-screen on Rodimus after Oil Slick infected him in Season 3
• The Red scientist looks a bit like an altered Blurr, also one of the fighters looks like a yellow Blurr's vehicle mode.

IDW - Animated: The Arrival

Dispatches

Plot

Optimus and his team manage to defeat Megatron and keep the Matrix away from him by launching him out an airlock, causing him to burn up in orbit. Elsewhere the Auotbots and Decepticons all mourn their losses, and Isaac Sumdac finds Megatron's old head in a field.

At a later date, the Autobots have woken up, and save Detroit from a Nano-bot monster that was created by accident and become heroes and later become friends with the humans. Starscream picks up on footage of thise from his ship when Black Arachnia appears and they fight, leading to the Nemesis's crash on the Earth's moon. Black Arachnia however places a tracer on Starscream's back, so she can follow him to the Allspark's location (as he's found it).

The Autobots move into and old factory and during a ceremony, Starscream arrives and attacks them, leading to a fight between them for possession of the Allspark, which Optimus wins.

The activation of the Allspark alerts the Transformers elsewhere in the universe to the Allspark's location, and they start heading there.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck Cab (Former Cybertronian Truck Cab)
Bumblebee - Hatchback (Former Cybertronian Car)
Ratchet - Ambulance (Former Cybertronian Treaded Vehicle)
Prowl - Police Motorcycle (Former Cybertronian Motorcycle)
Bulkhead - SWAT Van (Former Cybertronian Bulldozer)
Ultra Magnus - Cybertronian Truck
Jazz - Cybertronian Car
Sentinel Prime - Cybertronian Plough
Longarm - Cybertronian Crane
Blurr - Cybertronian Race Car
Other Autobots

Decepticon

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet Reduced to a Head

Blitzwing

Lugnut

Black Arachnia - Spider

Starscream - Harrier Jet

Other Decepticons

Human

Sari Sumdac

Isaac Sumdac

Captain Fanzone

Mayor Edsel

Detroit Civilians

Other

Sparkplug

Notes

• This is set during the opening movie of Transformers Animated, showing the events from other perspectives
• Blurr is seen in this comic in various places, but usually from behind
• Sentinel and Longarm's insignia's were switched in this comic, Sentinel should have the Elite Guard one, and Longarm shouldn't have it
• Also it's implie din this comic that Sentinel fought in the great wars as well, even though he's too young, like Opitmus.
• The Nemesis crashes on Earth's moon because Starscream and Black Arachnia fought on it and caused it to crash, also Black Arachnia knows where Earth is because She placed a tracer on Starscream's back. It's shown how she reached the planet in a later issue.
• It seems that the Elite Guard picked up the Allspark's signal in this issue, but it takes them much longer to arrive on Earth than the Decepticons take.

Attention Surplus Disorder

Plot

Bumblebee and Prowl accidentally reveal that local super hero, The Wraith is a phony and uses holograms to fight crime, and he vows revenge on the Autobots. He tricks Bumblebee into ending up in a wheel clamp, and then uses his holograms to look like the Autobot and at.tack innocent people. Eventually Bumblebee gets free and exposes this, along with the other Autobots.

The Wraith ends up in a mental hospital.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Hatchback

Ratchet - Ambulance

Prowl - Police Motorcycle

Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Human

The Wraith

Angry Archer

Colossus Rhodes

Detroit Residents

Notes

• It seems that car wheel clamps can stop a Transformer from transforming...at least for a while...

Whatever Happened to Whatisname?

Plot

Starscream wakes up after the fight with Optimus in Detroit low on power when Professor Princess appears and helps to "fix" him by making him look more pretty. Starscream gets angry and Princess attacks him with her energy weapons, which repowers him, and he gets ready to kill her, when she shows him a recordng of him looking pretty, and says she'll send it to everyone (maybe even reaching th Decepticons). Starscream decides to leave, not knowing he still have some pretty pictures on his back.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck Cab (Flashback)

Decepticon

Starscream - Harrier Jet

Human

Professor Princess

Other

Powdered Sugar

Notes

• HA! Starscream in his prety colours is funny!
• Powdered Sugar seems to be somewhat sentient, as when Screamer grabs it, it's eyes go very wide and frightened

Stilletto

Plot

One of the Sumdac labs is ranacked by Stiletto, who has stolen and metal that can basically cut through anything, and goes on the run.

The Autobots chase her but manage to stop her on a bridge before she can do too much damage.

It's revealed after the fact that Megatron hired Stiletto to test out the metal on the bridge for him to use for his  new sword when he gets a body back.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck Cab
Bumblebee - Hatchback
Ratchet - Ambulance
Prowl - Police Motorcycle
Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Decepticon

Megatron (Head only)

Human

Isaac Sumdac

Captain Fanzone

Stiletto

Detroit Police

Notes

• Despite being the (mis-spelt) titular character, Stiletto doesn't actually talk
• Stiletto's heels are made of the same metal later used for Megatron's swords
• The bike Stiletto steals seems to be based on Movie Arcee

'Bots of Science

Plot

Ratchet is sent into a warzone where everyone is dead, thanks to an outbreak of Cosmic Rust. He finds a Decepticons survivor, Oil Slick, who helps him design an anti-dote, which saves Oil Slick's life, however Oil Slick thanks him by infecting him and well and drives away at full speed.

Rtachet manages to use his electromagnetic abilities to grab the antidote again and cures himself, and drives back home with it for future use.

Characters

Autobot

Ratchet - Cybertronian Treaded Vehicle

Ultra Magnus (Voice)

Decepticon

Oil Slick - Cybertronian Motorcycle

Other

Dead Guys Killed by Cosmic Rust

Notes

• This comic was later adapted into another book for an even younger audience, and featured many recognizable cameos
• This comic also introduces Cosmic Rust and Oil Slick into the Animated continuity, both would later appear in Transwarped. This comic also shows that there is a cure to Cosmic Rust, so fans of Rodimus should be happier about that appearance.

The Insincerest Form of Flattery

Plot

Porter C. Powell starts rebranding some vehicles based on Bulkhead's vehicle mode as "The bulkhead" and makes them very popular, much to Bulkhead's annoyance. Later when chasing Angry Archer and Professor Princess he discovers that the vehicles are really dangerous and explode with very little cause.

Powell sets up a contest where people customize theit vehicles, which Sari and Bulkhead enter in disguise, and kidnap Powell, forcing him to reveal the faults in the engines on live TV, forcing him to end this line of vehicles.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck Cab
Bumblebee - Hatchback
Ratchet - Ambulance
Prowl - Police Motorcycle
Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Human

Sari Sumdac

Porter C. Powell

Angry Archer

Professor Princess

Carly

Spike

Daniel

Civilians

Other

Powdered Sugar

Notes

• This comic shows a lot of possible repaints of Bulkhead
• A nice little added piece in this comic is that when Bulkhead transforms from his repainted vehicle mode, the paint is still on his robot mode (which is something that sometimes gets forgotten in comics.
• I wonder is his paint job was thanks to Electronic Paint, or just normal?

A Few Loose Strands

Plot

Lockdown arrives on the Moon at the Nemesis' wreckage and starts looking for more clues about where Optimus is (as he's been hired to find the one who destroyed Megatron) and he finds Black Arachnia, and the two fight it out, resulting in Black Arachnia winning.

Lockdown later wakes up and finds the fem-bot gone, but decies to ignore it and ehads to Earth, takes on an alternate mode and goes to hunt Optimus down. Black Arachnia leaves the ship and goes into the city herself as well, looking forward to seeing Opitmus once again.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime (On Screen)

Bumblebee (On Screen)

Ratchet (On Screen)

Bulkhead (On Screen)

Decepticon

Black Arachnia - Spider

Blitzwing (Flashback)

Lugnut (Flashback)

Oilslick - Cybertronian Motorcycle (Flashback)

Megatron (Mentioned)

Starscream (Mentioned)

Other

Lockdown - Muscle Car

Notes

• This issue shows Lockdown and Black Arachnia arriving on Earth, in time for their appearances in the series.
• The Nemesis computer shows the Ark's crew as missing Prowl, this is appropriate because he joined the crew AFTER the mission began and was just a tag-along.
• Black Arachnia absorbs a load of Lockdown's upgrades, and it hurts her

Survival Skills

Plot

Optimus is in a simulated environment on a test and fights Megatron, the Decepticon in the end wins, but Ultra Magnus congratulates the cadet on his good work.

Characters

Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Cybertronian Truck

Optimus - Cybertronian Truck Cab

Elita - Cybertronian Car

Sentinel - Cybertronian Plough

Decepticon

Megatron - Cybertronian Jet (Virtual)

Notes

• Most of this issue is set in a virtual reality setting

Everything Must Go

Plot

Blitzwing is contacted by Lockdown, who has captured Opitmus Prime, and Lugnut gets angry that his partner hired a bounty hunter, despite their lack of honour. The two of them keep having all out battles, with Swindle arriving and outfitting both of them with over-the-top weapons to keep fighting. In the end the two realize that Swindle is just escalating their fighting for a profit, so they turn on him, and leave him in a crumpled mess on the floor.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Fire Truck Cab (On Screen)

Decepticon

Blitzwing

Lugnut

Swindle

Megatron (Mentioned)

Other

Lockdown - Muscle Car (On Screen)

Notes

• This issue introduces Swindle long before he'd appear in the TV series (continuity wise)
• Swindle has many, many weapons that he sells to the two Decepticons, many seem to be based on previous weapons in the franchise
• This issue shows the other side of the conversation seen in Thrill of the Hunt between Blitzwing and Lockdown over the communicator

First (and Second) in Flight

Plot

The Autobot Elite Guard have captured Starscream and take scans, however Starscream escapes shortly. The guard then begin a new prject to create Auotbots with flight capabilities. They take in the almost dead bodies of two twins, who are refitted with the flight capabilities they scanned from Starscream.

The twins are taken through traing, where they quickly become arrogant, but with due reason to be.They run out of training exercizes, so Perceptor designs a virtual exercize using Starscream's data to create a virtual enemy for them, however the program starts to take over the program, which begins to overload.

In the "game" the twins learn how to use their elemental abilities and even how to combine into Safeguard as well, and defeat the programs, freeing themselves.

After they finish they are promoted into the Elite Guard and sent with Sentinel and Jazz to Earth to hunt down the fugitive Wasp.

Characters

Autobot

Jetfire - Jet

Jetstorm - Jet

Safeguard - Gestalt Jet

Ultra Magnus - Rocket Truck

Jazz - Sports Car

Sentinel Prime - Snow Plough

Perceptor - Cybertronian Mobile Lab

Wheeljack - Cybertronian Race Car

Red Alert - Cybertronian Race Car

Horsepower - Cybertronian Motorcycle

Sparkride - Cybertronian Motorcycle

Pre-Jet Twins - Cars Rebuilt as Jetfire and Jetstorm

Other Autobots

Decepticon

Starscream - Harrier Jet

Starscream Program - Harrier Jet Destroyed by Jet Twins

Other

Wasp - Cybertronian Car

Notes

• This story shows how the Elite Guard used Starscream's data to create Jetfire and Jetstorm from two "dead" Autobots, and also shows their whole accelerated training, and their mission of hunting Wasp down begins
• This was originally sold only with the Safeguard toy set, but was included in this comic TPB
• Sentinel wanted to call both the twins "Jetfire" originally, but this mistake was pointed out to him by Jetfire himself.

TFCC - The Stunti-Con Job

Comic Staff

Story - Marty Isenberg, Derrick J. Wyatt & Matt Youngberg

Writer - Marty Isenberg

Pencils/Inks - Marcelo Matere

Colours - Thomas Deer & Jesse Wittenrich

Letters - Jesse Wittenrich

Storyline

Shortly after Optimus Prime and his team return to Cybertron with the Allspark and Megatron and his troops as prisoners and the Decepticons are imprisoned in their old fortress Trypticon in Kaon.

In Iacon Sideswipe is working as a beat cop, approaching the end of his career and retirement to the Energon Farms, but he needs to solve this one last case, which regards some stolen modifications. Whilst out on the street looking into a lead Sideswipe and his new partner Cheetor take down Rattletrap, who has Optimus Prime's axe on him, he says that he gave it to him, so Sideswipe calls his bluff. The three of them go to see Optimus who shows them his axe, and Rattletrap admits that the one he has is a copy and was found at the Motor Master's Stunt Convoy's rehearsal. Sideswipe has Rattletrap taken to the stockades for peddling stolen merchandise.

Cheetor and Sideswipe head to the Stunt Convoy's practice area (a former gladiator arena in Kaon, next to Trypticon) when Cheetor spots some Decepticons and goes to attack them, only to be stopped by Wildrider, when he learns that the Decepticons are actually just actors performing into a show for Sentinel "Magnus". The Stunt Convoy rehearse their show and pander up to Sentinel, who's only upset that the hologram of his head used in the show isn't bigger (as he wants Megatron to see it from his cell). The rehearsal ends when Toxitron reveals he lost his axe, which Sideswipe says he has, and then proceeds to look through their props as he thinks there's more stolen modifications there, but finds nothing and is escorted off the site by some Autotroopers on Sentinel's orders.

Later Sideswipe and Cheetor are looking into the Stunt Convoy members but find no records of them at all, when an Autotrooper walks in and tells them that Ironfist's lab's been broken into. The two cops head out to help Ironfistand they find his lab ransacked and him unconscious, but they wake him and he points out a silhouette, who looks like Optimus, but they quickly discover that it's Toxitron! Cheetor attacks him and manages to take him down, but angers Sideswipe in the process by risking killing them all by shooting a laser in a lab with explosive materials in it.
Toxitron is taken in for questioning, but isn't able to given any coherent answers so he's let go. Afterwards Sideswipe and Cheetor look into it some more and realise that due to some excavation and demolitions equipment also go missing that means that the Stunt Convoy are planning a break out from the prison next to their arena, and he realizes that the Stunt Convoy must be Decepticons as well because of this.
Strika has Wildrider and his Stunticon team report about the mission and they confirm that the prison will be broken into when the arena is destroyed during their show's finale.
The show starts and the arena is filled with Autobots when Cheetor and Sideswipe rush in and stop the show, but the Stunticons fight back, with Sentinel actually believing this to be part of the show. The Stunticons have the two cops cornered, but then Toxitron comes out from the wings and causes a part of the stadium to collapse and crush the Decepticons, Toxitron transforms and is revealed to be Optimus using Electronic paint, much to Sentinel's surprise. Optimus plays a recording of the report to Strika, which he was posing as Toxitron during and reveals that he had the real Toxitron captured and had Ironfist do his paint job for this plan as he was suspicious of the Convoy.
Motor Master gets himself free somehow and threatens to blow up the entire stadium and has Sideswipe at point blank range, Sideswipe grabs an axe from the ground and launches it, sending him and Motor Master flying into the wall and he grabs the detonator from him. Cheetor shouts at Sideswipe for risking blowing up everyone (as Cheetor did earlier himself) and Sideswipe says that NO ONE will stop his retirement.
The Stunticons are taken into Trypticon to be imprisoned right next to Megatron and the others, and Sideswipe finally retires to the Energon farm, he relaxes and watches a meteor shower in the sky...until he realises the shower is another Decepticon team lad by Strika!

Characters

Autobot

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Cheetor - Race Car

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Sentinel Prime/Magnus

Autotroopers - Treaded Vehicles 

Rattletrap - Speedbike

Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Ratchet - Ambulance

Bumblebee - Hatchback

Arcee - Sports Car

Omega Supreme - Orion Space Shuttle

Jazz - Sports Car

Jetfire - Jet

Jetstorm - Jet

Alpha Trion

Perceptor - Mobile Laboratory

Blurr - Race Car Cubed

Cliffjumper - Small Car

Botanica - Coupe

Brawn - Treaded Van

Ironhide - Treaded Vehicle

Rodimus - Sports Car

Red Alert - Ambulance

Hot Shot - Sports Car

Grandus - Mobile Platform

Erector

Warpath - Tank

Hubcap - Small Car

Bumper - Small Car

Sedan - Small Car

Tap-Out - Small Car

Chase - Small Car

Searchlight - Small Car

Freeway - Small Car

Wheelie - Small Car

Powerglide - Treaded Vehicle

Pipes - Treaded Truck

Huffer - Treaded Truck

Chromia - Sports Car

Minerva - Sports Car

Tracks - Sports Car

Mirage - Race Car

Wheeljack - Race Car

Cosmos - Observatory Buggy

Flareup - Motorcycle

Longrack

Rosanna

Lightbright - Submersible Hovercraft

Lickety-Split - Motor Trike 

Beachcomber (File Image)

Scrounge - Wheel (File Image)

Jackpot (File Image)

Decepticon

The Motor Master - Truck Cab Imprisoned in Trypticon

Wildrider - Muscle Car Imprisoned in Trypticon

Drag Strip - Sports Car Imprisoned in Trypticon

Dead End - Sports Car Imprisoned in Trypticon

Breakdown - Sports Car Imprisoned in Trypticon

Toxitron - Truck Cab Imprisoned in Trypticon

Strika - Armoured Battle Tank

Blot - Tank

Sky-Byte - Bomber Plane

Mindwipe - Jet

Oil Slick - Motorcycle

Scalpel - Microscope

Megatron - Osprey Helicopter Imprisoned in Trypticon

Shockwave - Tank/Crane/Longarm Imprisoned in Trypticon

Lugnut - Bomber Plane Imprisoned in Trypticon

Mini-Con

High Wire

Leader-1

Grindor

Sureshock

Reachout

DUCK-E

Other

Sari Sumdac - Human Woman

Mudflap (File Image)

Notes

• Rattletrap asks Cheetor and him can work together, the latter says maybe in another lifetime...hmmmm...
• Motormaster and his team look like some of the Autobots because they were cloned from them
• Cheetor uses two of his weapons in one scene...you only get one with the toy :(
• Blurr is seen in cube form in the large crowd scene...so he wasn't incinerated!
• The Stunt Convoy's banner shows an image of the 2011 Botcon toy set's box art
• Oil Slick has a new weapon attached to him, which is clearer to see in the Addendum
• Wildrider uses Lockdown's character model, which implies (since all the others use Autobot bodies) that he was an Autobot originally before going freelance
• After he dons his cape, helmet and shoulder pads Sentinel seems to loose his vehicle mode kibble, implying that he has a new alternate mode...maybe we'll find out what that is in a later comic?
• Erector has a Cy-Gar...hope he's not crazy as well (like Kup)

Prologue: Moving Viloations

Comic Staff

Writers - Greg Sepelak & S. Trent Troop

Pencils/Inks - Greg Sepelak

Colours - S. Trent Troop

Letters - Jesse Wittenrich

Storyline

Cheetor chases Crumplezone and Ransack through a street on Cybertron for a moving violation, but ends up causing havok and ends up causing Crumplezone to create a large crater in the middle of the street.

Later Cheetor is berated by Chief Depth Charge who demotes him to a beat cop in Iacon for his actions (leading to the events of the main comic)

Characters

Autobot


Cheetor - Race Car
Depth Charge - Submersible Vehicle
Crumplezone - Rocket Car
Ransack - Speedbike
Pipes - Treaded Truck
Huffer - Treaded Truck
Road Rage - Sports Car
Excellion - Sports Car
Chromia - Sports Car
Glyph - Small Car
Moscardo - Small Car
Volks - Small Car
Chase - Small Car
Tap-Out - Small Car
Stampy - Speedbike
Flashpoint - Van
Strongarm - Treaded Van
Air Raid - Treaded Vehicle
Autotrooper - Treaded Vehicle
Dug Base - Mobile Platform
Stungun - Wheeled Vehicle
Hubcap - Small Car
Jackpot
Rosanna
Saur
Ramhorn
Autobot Workers (2)
Blurr - Race Car (Mentioned)

Other


The Motor Master - Truck Cab (Picture)
Wasp - Small Car (Wanted Poster)
Mudflap (Wanted Poster)

Notes

• Crumplezone is based on the Dark Crumplezone toy from the Cybertron series (most likely to distinguish him from Bulkhead)
• Cheetor gets splattered in black paint here, which explains why they are on his toy
• For a two page comic there sure are a lot of cameos here...
• Jackpot and Hubcap being spoken to by Stungun is a reference to Gone too Far
• There are no Decepticons (well except for a picture of Motor Master) in this comic as they were banished from Cybertron, Wasp is unalligned, and Mudflap's faction is unknown (and they're just on posters anyway)
• Jackpot is clearly based on Jazz, but appears in a Cybertronian mode, which wasn't shown before for Jazz, so this issue effectively reveals Jazz's Cybertronian form as well, but not his alternate mode of course <<
• Also, due to Ransack sharing a character mode with Rattletrap, this story also reveals his alternate mode (as well as Stampy's)
• Also there are many new character sin this comic that share character models with older characters, but rather than going on about all of them, I'll leave you guys to look them up yourselves (as I'm lazy)

Allspark Almanac Addendum

Cheetor Profile by Ironfist

Ironfist Profile by Swindle

Sideswipe Profile by Ransack and Crumplezone

Depth Charge Profile by Cheetor

Ransack Profile by Depth Charge

Crumplezone Profile by Sideswipe

The Motor Master Profile by Wildrider

Wildrider Profile by Drag Strip

Drag Strip Profile by Breakdown

Breakdown Profile by Dead End

Dead End Profile by Toxitron

Toxitron Profile by The Motor master

Moving Violations summary by Depth Charge

The Stunti-Con Job summary by Strika

Trypticon Prison information by Sideswipe (with info on Mini-Cons)

Botcon 2011 summary (with images of the TFA toys from that convention)

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

Adverts

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 #17

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Ironhide and Bumblebee

Cover Artist: Cosmo White

Cover Date: November 2008

Price: £2.99

Poster: "The Many Faces of Optimus Prime Part 1", Ironhide and Bumblebee vs Zombies

Comic Title: Return to Cybertron Part 1

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Jon Davis-Hunt

Colours: Hi-Fi Designs

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Having finally arrived on Earth, the Specialist team are put to work on trying to calm down the planet's eruptions of Energon, but aren't doing so well, with the town of Sylacauga being destroyed from an eruption.

Optimus informs President Allen that Earth's problems are running core deep now, but doesn't tell him that he has a plan to use Nucleon from Cybertron to calm down the planet.

Ironhide and his team head to Cybertron on a ship and begin searching for Nucleon, unaware that there are other Transformers already on the planet. Whilst searching, the Autobots find a dish array that looks out of place and start investigating it, when suddenly Stockade and his "New Decepticons" appear and attack them.

Stockade easily beats Ironhide in a hand to hand fight, and explains that he and his team are all powered up by Nucleon. Bumblebee realises that that's what they're there to recover when suddenly an anomaly appears in the sky, attracted by the dish array, in hopes that it can re-energise Cybertron for them.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Camshaft - Sports Car

Evac - Rescue Helicopter

Salvage - Pick Up Truck

Grindcore - Front End Loader

Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Bumblebee - Concept Camaro

Arcee - Motorcycle

Armorhide - Truck Cab

"New Decepticons"

Stockade - SUV

Storm Surge - Hovercraft

Fracture - Race Car

Incinerator - Helicopter

Overcast - Jet

Divebomb - Jet

Decepticons

Megatron (mentioned)

Other

President Allen

"The Entity"

Comic Notes

• The front cover lies to us. There are no zombies involved in this story...though since this was released near Halloween, it's totally possible that that's why they had a zombie cover.
• The specialist team mentioned in the previous issue is made up of Camshaft, Evac, Salvage and Grindcore...that's right, a team of repaints!
• Wasn't it a bit obvious that just capping an exploding source of Energon would just cause a back-log and explosion? Some "specialists"!!
• The Allspark has been revealed to have infected the core of the planet
• Nucleon is different here from other continuities...it seems more like the Plasma Energy from Exodus than the G1 version
• The Autobot's ship looks a bit phallic....
• Cybertron is shown as being abandoned, bar a few Decepticons, yet in IDW and Volume 2 of Titan it's shown that others live on the planet by this point
• Armorhide is shown in Strongarm's colours here, even when in vehicle mode
• On the last page of the comic, there is one EXTREMELY big tower building
• This is the first Titan UK comic to be drawn by Jon Davis-Hunt, who later becomes the full time artist in Volume 2
• The ship that the Autobots suddenly have is likely to have been what brought Evac and the others to Earth

TFA Comic Title: Dino-Might!

Script: Simon Furman

Art: Lee Bradley

Colours: Kris Carter

Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

Comic Plot

Starscream and his clones have attacked and defeated the Autobots and taken on their base. Sari goes to Dinobot Island and enlists the Dinobots' help.

Back in Detroit, the Dinobots attack Starscream's clones whilst Sari rescues the Autobots, Starscream gets scared and flies off, leaving the Autobots to act as hosts to the Dinobots who agreed to help on the condition that they could stay at the base whilst it rains, which is now.

Comic Characters

Autobots

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Bumblebee - Hatchback

Ratchet - Ambulance

Bulkhead - SWAT Van

Prowl - Police Motorcycle

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Swoop - Pteranodon

Snarl - Triceratops

Decepticons

Starscream - Harrier Jet

Starscream Clones - Harrier Jets

Megatron - Osprey Helicopter (mentioned)

Other

Sari Sumdac

Sparkplug (robot dog)

Comic Notes

• This comic is to advertise the upcoming TFA comic series by Titan
• Starscream's clones are in his own colours rather than different ones like in the series
• This comic is set in Season Two
• The first page is based on a cover involving Galvatron from Marvel UK
• Sparkplug being with Sari seems a bit out of continuity
• Snarl and Swoop can talk here
• Snarl shouldn't be named until Season Three when Scrapper names him that.

Extra Features

Adverts

Competitions

Megatron Origin reprint - Part four

Starscream's 10 rules on ruling - Starscream gives his advice for future tyrants

How to Draw... - Scorponok

Way Past Cool! - Bumblebee reviews some new video games

Beast Wars: The Ascending reprint - Part four

Character Profile - Lio Convoy

Top Gear - New stuff to look at and win

Artobots - Artwork

Star Screams - Screamer is an angry host