TFCC - Cheap Shots

Staff

Writer: Forest Lee

Pencils: Dan Khanna

Inks: Jake Isenberg

Colours: Thomas Deer

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Editor in Chief: Brian Savage

Cover/Inside Cover: Thomas Deer

Timelines Creative Director: Lanny Lathem

Plot

Since the end of the war about 20 years ago, Nightbeat has gone off on his own with a small team of Autobots and organics to act as a Detective agency of sorts.

Nightbeat is drinking alone in a bar on Azure when he's approached by some aliens who ask him to come with them to speak with someone. Nightbeat mistakes this as a threat, as does his team (which includes two angry Dinobots) who beat up the aliens, throwing one through a wall. The remaining alien re-states that he just wants to escort Nightbeat to a someone who wants to use his services.

The team are taken to see the client, Amory, a Shi-Lai sentient Battleship who want's Nightbeat to find and rescue her bonded pilot, who was kidnapped on Purgatory, a settlement in an asteroid field, so they head there to investigate.

On Purgatory the team split up, Slag, Sludge and the organics started roughing up the locals to see if anyone knows where Phyrion (the pilot) is, whilst Nightbeat and Siren go to see the local magistrate to see if he knows anything. Neither road leads to anything though.

Later on Amory remembers that Phyrion received a message from an anonymous source before arriving on Purgatory, and knows where the message originated from. Later, Nightbeat and the others stake out the warehouse the message originated from, and wind up entering it, when inside they find Ruckus in command of a new version of the Mayhem Attack Squad, Ruckus reveals that he set all this up for revenge for how Nightbeat and the others ruined their plans back when they worked for Thunderwing, which starts an argument about what happened back then, and leads to an all out battle.

The battle is going in the Autobot's favor when Ruckus calls in reinforcements, Amory, who is forced to help them or Ruckus has said he'll kill Phyrion, and reveals that he brought Phyrion with him, which stuns everyone at his stupidity. Slag quickly slices off Ruckus' arm and frees Phyrion (and claims the arm as a trophy for himself).

Later Phyrion and Amory thank and pay Nightbeat, and take off into space. The team suddenly realize that they don't have a ship and are therefore stranded on Purgatory, but Nightbeat doesn't care, as he's sure someone around here needs a detective.

Characters

Autobot

Nightbeat - Sports Car

Siren - Emergency Car

Sludge - Apatosaurus

Slag - Triceratops

Hosehead (Mentioned) Dead

Decepticon

Ruckus - Baja Buggy

Needlenose - Jet

Octopunch - Crab

Strangehold - Rhino

Sunbeam - Gun

Zigzag - Gun

Thunderwing (Mentioned)

Bludgeon (Mentioned)

Other

Muzzle

Lug

Quig - Siren's Head

Minerva

Amory

Phyrion

Vorg (Azure Alien)

Narfl (Azure Alien)

Azure Residents

Purgatory Residents

Purgatory Magistrate

Notes

• Nightbeat's toy head not having ears is explained here as being because Siren made them explode
• Lug survived Hosehead's death during the Unicron War
• Quig is the only member of the team still bonded to his partner (Siren)
• SIREN IS CONSTANTLY SHOUTING IN THIS COMIC!
• Amory is probably based on Moira from Farscape, she even seems to do a Starburst on the last page!
• Minerva and Muzzle being in a relationship is kind of creepy when you think of it...they're repaints of each other in the toyline
• I wonder if Nightbeat and his crew got back to Earth before the whole "Universe being destroyed" thing from Invasion?

TFCC - A Flash Forward #4

Release Date: Aug/Sept 12
Issue Number: 46
Continuity: Post Generation Two Redux

Writers: Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair
Pencils & Inks: Matt Frank
Colours: Thomas Deer
Letters: Jesse Wittenrich
Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Story

On the planetary body Qre, the still amnesiac Side Burn is hanging out with the Battlechargers, who challenge him to a race (for fun) when the Autobot shuttle arrives on the planet. The Autobots are confused as to why Qre looks like Cybertron, rather than a rock, like it's supposed to be when they are attacked by some automated weapons. The Autobots fight off the guns but are over-powered.

Jhiaxus exits his base with some of his team and apologizes for his training program going off, and has Mirage (who doesn't seem to know who Cliffjumper or any Autobots are) turn off the guns, and the Autobots are brought inside for "tea" with Jhiaxus.

Inside, the Autobots are attacked and captured by the Sharkticons and Jhiaxus and are put into some special cells that inhibit their Forestonite powers, there Jhiaxus monologues about how he left clues as to his whereabouts to force the Autobots to follow him and offers the Autobots the chance to join his new team, as a separate faction to the Autobots and Decepticons, to truly be at peace and to turn them against Optimus....

Characters

Autobot

Pyro - Fire Truck

Hubcap - Smooth Talking Drifter

Streetwise - Police Car

Side Burn - Blue Flame Speeder

Aquafend - Radical Racer

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Blaze - Car

Windbreaker - Serene Shifter

Electro - Pick Up Truck

Optimus Prime (Mentioned)

Cliffjumper (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Jhiaxus - Fiery Flier

Runabout - Black Tasty Tuner

Runamuck - White Tasty Tuner

Cindersaur - Raptor

Flamefeather - Brutal Bird

Sparkstalker - Insect Monster

Generation Two Clones

Mirage - F1 Race Car
Soundwave - Sports Car
Frenzy - Sports Car

Other

Sky Byte - Shark Submarine (Mentioned)

Sharkticons - Shark Submarines

Notes

• Planetary Body Qre has been cyberformed into a Cybertron-like planetoid
• Pyro's powers to forsee the future are useless when there's too many targets
• It seems like the Generation 2 transformers are clones of older, possibly dead guys (base don what is said in Nightracer's profile)
• Hubcap, who now looks sort of like Cliffjumper even quotes him when calling Mirage a Traitor

Other Features

San Diego Comic Con Feature

Interview with Kohjin Ohno

Hubcap Profile

Nightracer Profile

Figure Subscription Service Article

Recordicons Mini-Comic

Transformers Quiz and review

TFCC - A Flash Forward #3

Release Date: June/July 2012

Issue Number: 45

Continuity: Post Generation Two Redux

Writers: Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair

Pencils & Inks: Matt Frank

Colours: Thomas Deer

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Story

On Cybertron the Battlechargers roll up to Jhiaxus with an amnesiac Side Burn in tow and is brought into the fold for Jhiaxus' plans. In space Pyro and his team (minus Sizzle who wanted to stay on Earth for some reasons) when they have a distress signal from Nebulos. They go to investigate.

Spike, Carly and Chip greet the Autobots on Nebulos and they learn that a top scientist, Hi-Q has gone missing. Hubcap learns from Hi-Test that Hi-Q had his room under surveillance. The film shows the Battlechargers responsible for the kidnapping, the Autobots wonder why two thugs are kidnapping a scientist, but Pyro's glad, since they're too stupid to have covered their tracks well enough, so they may be able to find him easily.

Elsewhere, Jhiaxus has used Hi-Q's mind to create his own "Second Generation" to compete against the "Generation 2" created on Earth.

Characters

Autobot

Pyro - Fire Truck

Streetwise - Police Car

Blaze - Car

Hubcap - Car

Sideswipe - Sports Car

Windbreaker - Serene Shifter

Side Burn - Blue Flame Speedster Amnesiac 

Highbrow - Helicopter

Brainstorm - Jet

Chromedome - Car

Crosshairs - Van Buggy

Sizzle - Green Machine (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Jhiaxus - Fiery Flier

Runamuck - White Tasty Tuner

Runabout - Black Tasty Tuner

Second Generation

Go-Bot Mirage - F1 Race Car

Go-Bot Bumblebee - Sports Car

Go-Bot Ironhide - Pick Up Truck

Go-Bot Soundwave - Sports Car

Go-Bot Frenzy - Sports Car

Go-Bot Nightracer - Sports Car

Go-Bot "Detectas" - Race Car In Pod

Go-Bot "Side Burn" - Muscle Car In Pod

Go-Bot "Side Swipe" - Hot Rod Car In Pod

Go-Bot "Prowl 2" - Police Car In Pod

Human

Spike Witwicky

Carly Witwicky

Chip Chase

Nebulon

Hi-Q

Hi-Test

Other Nebulons

Notes

• Side Burn has lost his memories, most likely due to being left in his stasis pod for so long
• Fizzle seems to have recently changed his name to Blaze for some reason
• The Witwickys and Chip seem to live on Nebulos now
• Nebulos sure has changed from being a forest-based world to a technological one hasn't it?
• Hubcap's power seems to be to force others to tell the truth
• The Second Generation is made up of the 3rd wave of Go-Bots from G2's toy line (minus Sideswipe), Nightracer (an exclusive toy) and four currently in-stasis robots that used the four unreleased Go-bOt molds that would later be used in RID instead.
• Jhiaxus being the leader of a Second Generation of Cybertronians seems very familiar....
• Images of Soundwave and Frenzy were seen in the last issue on screens...coincidentally what seems to be clones of them are seem here now. Also Nightbird is seen, which could be the basis for Nightracer too. The other 3 are Autobots traditionally, and in the toy line...very confusing....
• Hi-Q's project was the Powermaster Process, which wasn't seen in the cartoon
• In the Allspark Addendum, Strika's missiles are shown coming from her chest....this conjures up some inappropriate thoughts....
• The Back Cover also shows an image of Erector fighting the Constructicons which I don't recognize from anywhere else.

The Allspark Addendum

Sky-Byte by Strika

Mindwipe by Megatron

Blot by Starscream

Decepticon Weaponry by Ironfist

Other Features

Botcon 2012 Re-Cap!

Windbreaker Profile

Flamefeather Profile

Transformers I.Q.

Recordicons Mini-Comic

TFCC - A Flash Forward #1

Release Date: Feb/Mar 2012
Issue Number: 43
Continuity: G1 TV Series, Post Generation 2: Redux


2005 Intro Writer: Flint Dille
2005 Intro Pencils: Dan Khanna
2005 Intro Inks: Josh Warner
Writers: Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair
Pencils & Inks: Matt Frank
Colours: Thomas Deer
Letters: Jesse Wittenrich
Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Story

In 2005 Devastator has just defeated the Dinobots and is rampaging through Autobot City during Megatron's attack when Ultra Magnus, Sideswipe, Red Alert and Tracks confront him, and manage to force him to de-combine. The Comstructicons attack the Autobots and manage to take down Red Alert whilst the others run away and regroup. Megatron watches on in glee.

In the present day the Battlechargers are telling this story and continue to say how Optimus and Megatron fought next leading to Megatron's death and return as Galvatron. Their audience, whom is revealed to be Jhiaxus finds this all very interesting and declares that he shall rebuild the Cybertronian Empire with himself as it's sole attendant.

Characters

Autobot

Ultra Magnus - Mighty Hauler (2005 only)

Sideswipe - Lamborghini Sports Car (2005 only)

Red Alert - Lamborghini Emergency Car (2005 only) Seemingly killed by Constructicons

Tracks - Stingray Muscle Car (2005 only)

Optimus Prime - Truck (Mentioned)

Dinobots (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Jhiaxus - Jet

Runabout - Black Tasty Tuner

Runamuck - White Tasty Tuner

Megatron - Gun (2005 only) Rebuilt as Galvatron

Galvatron - Tank (Mentioned)

Astrotrain - Space Shuttle/Train (Mentioned)

Sounwave - Cassette Player (Mentioned)

Hook - Crane (2005 only)

Mixmaster - Mixing Truck (2005 only)

Long Haul - Dump Truck (2005 only)

Scavenger - Excavator (2005 only)

Scrapper - Front End Loader (2005 only)

Bonecrusher - Bulldozer (2005 only)

Devastator - Constructicon Gestalt (2005 only)

Notes

• The first four pages of this issue are based on a deleted scene from the 1986 Movie (the storyboard can be seen in various special editions of the DVD)
• The Character Profiles have started using just photographs of the toys with some photo manipulation instead of creating artwork for them
• Jhiaxus' character model seems to be based on his Universe toy
• The Battlecharger's have changed their character models since we last saw them (this is currently unexplained)
• Runabout and Runamuck didn't go off with Galvatron and his troops into space (as mentioned in Generation 2: Redux) because they think he's crazy.
• I've put Galvatron's alternate mode as Tank here due to it being shown as his Universe toy in Generation 2: Redux, and thus was his alternate mode always in this continuity
• As with my own conventions, I'm naming the alternate modes with the TFCC's own names from profiles if available, so I'm assuming Runabout will be the same as Runamuck's
• The hammer Ultra Magnus is holding in his profile is based on his TFA Counterpart's weapon (and despite it being very noticeable it's not mentioned in his weapon's section)

The Allspark Addendum

Road Rage by Lockdown

Chromia by Rattletrap

Flashpoint by Minerva

Rosanna Live Poster (includes image of Manatronatee the Minesweeper, he new pet and other Easter Eggs)

Other Features

Hasbro Interview

LeVar Burton Interview

Ultra Magnus Profile

Runamuck Profile
Transformers I.Q. (A quiz)
Featured Fan Art
Recordicons Mini-Comic

TFCC - Generation 2: Redux

Comic Staff

Writer: Greg Sepelak & Trent Troop

Pencils: Robby Musso

Inks: Robby Musso, Frank Milkovich & John Warner

Colours: Evan Gauntt, Jesse Wittenrich & S. Trent Troop

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Editor/In Chief: Brian Savage

Creative Director:Lanny Lathem

Storyline

Since 2006 when the Rebirth happened things have changed, Earth has begun creating new Transofmrers who have taken on the Autobot and Decepticon mantles as well and joined the war as a Second Generation. Optimus and most of the older Transformers are in space fighting Galvatron and his troops, whilst the newer ones fight it out on Earth.
The Decepticons under Clench's command chase off the Autobots under Pyro's command from the Large Hadron Collider with the help of Sky-Byte and his Sharkticons. Pyro is captured by Clench. 10 miles and 5 minutes later the Autobots regroup and plans a counter attack, whilst also calling for backup from Autobot City.
Back at the LHC Pyro is taken inside the building where he gets Clench to reveal his plan for the Collider, which rather than causing a Big Bang effect (which is a ridiculous plan) is being used to refine the Forestonite found on Earth to be used to power up the Decepticons. Clench has Cindersaur test it out, who eats it and mutates into a much larger and more powerful form, which impresses the Decepticons. He then has the others start testing it as well.
Later Double Punch, Slicer, Calcar and some Sharkticons are standing guard when the Autobots launch their attack on them. Clench and some of his troops join the fight, including the now powered up Firecons (with only Cindersaur being hideously mutated), and the Decepticons start beating down the Autobots using their Forestonite gained powers to overwhelm them.
Elsewhere Streetwise, Rapido and Meanstreak break in through the back door and make their way to the room where Pyro is being restrained and the Forestonite is being stored when a newly powered up Breakdown, Sky-Byte and Roadblock and they start to get beaten down by them. Outside again the Autobots are helped out by the Autobot reinforcements arriving, but they're still being overwhelmed nonetheless. Back in the LHC Pyro has freed himself from his bonds and goes to grab the Forestonite so the Decepticons can't use it, when Breakdown shoots it, intending for it to explode, but instead it just expels gas that affects all the assembled Transformers and gives them powers.
Outside the Autobots are starting to get the upper hand, and some of them start to enter the LHC to look for the human hostages and the missing Autobots. The gas starts to seep throughout the base and affects all the Transformers inside and gives them new powers. The Autobots start to master their abilities and use them to fight off the Decepticons, and rejoin the fight outside and clearly turn the tide of the battle for them.
The LHC building starts to collapse around the fighters, so the Decepticons and Sharkticons decide to retreat with the Forestonite that they can carry.
In the aftermath the Autobots help the humans to rebuild the LHC building and Pyro welcomes Streetwise onto his team as they need to recover a few missing canisters of Forestonite that the Decepticons stole.
Two days later, in France Slicer rendezvous with his future self from the year 5,000 and give shim a canister of Forestonite in exchange for some data from the future. Once Slicer leaves, future Slicer removes his fake Decepticon insignia and reveals himself to be Shattered Glass Wheeljack, who contacts his universe's Rodimus and says that he couldn't find Nexus Prime, but he found a compound they can use back home. Rodimus says he's done well and tells him to come home.

Characters

Autobot


Pyro - Fire Engine
Scorch - Military Jeep
Streetwise - Police Car
Rapido - Sports Car
Motor Mouth - Pick Up Truck
Gobots - Sports Car
Meanstreak - Race Car
Sideswipe - Sports Car
Road Rocket - Motorcycle
Aquafend - Baja Buggy
Drench - Race Car
Leadfoot - F1 Race Car
Manta Ray - Hovercraft
Double Clutch - F1 Race Car
Turbofire - Pick Up Truck
Windbreaker - Sports Car
Blowout - Sports Car
Gearhead - Sports Car
Firecracker - Sports Car
High Beam - Sports Car
Jazz - Porsche
Seaspray - Hovercraft
Hubcap - Sports Car
Electro -Hot Rod Pick Up Truck
Volt - Hot Rod Sports Car
Fizzle - Baja Buggy
Beachcomber - Buggy
Bumblebee - VW Beetle
Wheeljack - Race Car (Shattered Glass version)
Rodimus Prime - Sports Car (Monitor Only - Shattered Glass version)
Nexus Prime (Mentioned)
Optimus Prime - Truck (Flashback)
Hot Spot - Fire Engine (Flashback) Dead
Blades - Rescue Helicopter (Flashback) Dead
Groove - Police Motorcycle (Flashback) Dead
First Aid - Ambulance (Flashback) Dead
Defensor - Protectobot Gestalt (Flashback) Dead

Decepticon


Clench - Armoured Truck
Double Punch - Scorpion/Jet
Slicer - Race Car
Breakdown - Sports Car
Cindersaur - Tyrannosaurus Rex (former Lizard Monster)
Flamefeather - Bird Monster
Sparkstalker - Insect Monster
Skyjack - Jet
Dirtbag - Dump Truck
Roadblock - Front End Loader
Afterburner - Jet
Eagle Eye - Jet
Terradive - Jet
Windrazor - Jet
Hooligan - Jet
Space Case - Jet
Jetstorm - Baja Buggy
Deluge - Race Car
Jolt - Hot Rod Car
Sizzle - Hot Rod Car
Powerdive - Helicopter
Ransack - Propeller Plane
Starscream - Jet (Flashback)
Galvatron - Tank (Flashback)
Scourge - Space Shuttle (Flashback)
Cyclonus - Space Jet (Flashback)
Scorponok - Scorpion/Base (Flashback)
Zarak - Scorponok's Head (Flashback)
Runabout - Sports Car (Flashback)
Runamuck - Sports Car (Flashback)
Motor Master - Truck (Flashback) Dead
Drag Strip - F1 Race Car (Flashback) Dead
Dead End - Sports Car (Flashback) Dead
Wildrider - Sports Car (Flashback) Dead
Menasor - Stunticon Gestalt (Flashback) Dead

Other


Sky-Byte - Submarine
Sharkticons - Submarines
Quintessons (Mentioned)
LHC Workers

Notes

• Rather than using their original character models from the series, Galvatron and Cyclonus use their Universe toy models, and Scourge uses his Botcon toy model, as well as some other characters in the story like Skyfall using his new character model from a newer toyline.
• The only toy from the 2010 Botcon collection not to appear here is Ravage, since he's an SG character
• The Stunticons and Protectobots (bar Breakdown and Streetwise) were killed in battle in the missing four years.
• Cindersaur has a major character model change because he actually ate the Forestonite, unlike the others.
• The Sharkticons have learned to not trust it when someone others a bribe and the Universal Greeting
• Jetstorm and Deluge confirm in this comic that this is in the same continuity as the Wings of Honour storyline
• When he gets affected by the Forestonite Sideswipe morphs from his old G1 toyline based body to his new Botcon Custom Class design, rather than him originating in his Universe toy mold like Streetwise and Breakdown did
• It's never stated that Bumblebee actually is Bumblebee (due to him being Goldbug at the end of the US series) and his face seems to imply that he is still Goldbug (having a visor and mouthplate etc) but I'm naming him Bumblebee here still due to him being called that in the toyline
• The Diamond Edition includes an additional page that has Wheeljack from the Shattered Glass Universe appearing and tricking his coincidental doppelganger Slicer into giving him some Forestonite for a currently unknown plan. This is a reference to how they share the same character model and basis, plus also to how the "Slice" toy has a molded Autobot insignia on his chest due to the mold itself.
• Due to Wheeljack coming to this universe, it seems like the SG Autobots have worked out a new Stellar Spanner that can travel between dimensions
• Slicer really is an idiot....Wheeljack's ship has a GIANT AUTOBOT INSIGNIA ON IT!!!!