IDW - Angry Birds Transformers #2

Title: Age of Eggstinction!

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Marcelo Ferreira

Colours by: Nikos Koutsis

Flats by: Mike Toris

Letters by: Shawn Lee

Edits by: David Hedgecock

Plot

The rest of the Angry Birds arrive at the Eggspark's location where they learn about it's ability to change them into Autobirds, and about the Deceptihog's existence, so they decide, despite the obvious mind-altering side effects, to also expose themselves to the egg, so they can fight back, and head off to the Deceptihog's location.

The Deceptihogs find themselves on top of a tower, when Galvatron Pig gets into a strop and smashes a hole at the top, causing them all to fall to the bottom (although Starscream Pig flies off to his own safety). Grimlock Bird finds himself at the tower as well, and decides to investigate it.

Very soon, Grimlock Bird smashes his way into the tower and starts fighting the Deceptihogs, but is taken down by their sheer force, luckily however, the rest of the Autobirds arrive to rescue their friend,a nd two factions fight it out.

After a short while though, the eggs start to transform themselves, and begin to run off with newly grown legs and weapons, which they soon find out is bad, as they have gained the ability to multiply and have overtaken Piggie Island (as reported by Starscream Pig).

Characters

Autobirds/The Flock

Optimus Prime Bird/Red - Truck Cab

Bumblebee Pig/Chuck - Car Vocal Processor Damaged by Megatron Pig

Grimlock Bird/Hal - Motorcycle/Wheel Barrel

Arcee Bird/Stella - Car

Heatwave Bird/Terence - Fire Truck

Jazz Bird/Bubbles - Car

Bluestreak Bird/Blues - Car

Drift Bird/Bomb - Car

Matilda (Mentioned)

Deceptihogs/Piggies

Megatron Pig - Tank

Galvatron Pig - Truck Cab

Soundwave Pig - Van

Starscream Pig - Jet

Lockdown Pig - Toilet/Car

Minion Pigs

Other

Eggbots

Notes

• The title of this issue is of course based on "Age of Extinction"
• Matilda, the only Angry Bird who isn't in Transformers/Angry Birds is mentioned today as being back home, somewhat explaining her absence
• It's implied here that the Angry Birds lose their previous personalities etc upon being turned into Autobirds (though the Deceptihogs seem to still have the same personalities etc)
• Bumblebee Bird's vocal processor is damaged here, much like his Movie and Aligned counterparts.
• The Eggbots have the ability to multiply
• Megatron Pig has a phone in his chest...he doesn't even need to yell out "Go Go Gadgetphone!", how privileged!

TFCC #60 - Alone Together #5

Title: Alone Together Chapter 5: Clarity

Writers: S. Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak

Pencils and Inks: Naoto Tsushima

Colours: Evan Gauntt

Letters: Jesse Wittenrich

Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Coordination: Phases

Plot

Rampage is having a great time killing scientists in a fiery landscape, until he is magically teleported to a restrained table and is killed (again), Rampage then wakes up in a waiting room, where he learns that he's just being worn down, and that his friend is being dealt with too, in her own mind as well.

In her own prison, Transmutate is being torn apart mentally, until Rampage manages to reach her, and they help each other out, and manage to smash out of Delirious' traps. Bruton and Medusa attack the duo, but are no match for them since they've been fully re-energized, unlike last time.

The Destructons leaave the planet, irritated by the Cybertronian's stubbornness, and leave them a distress call to call either friends or enemies, whilst the Destructons experiment with the Navicomp they stole earlier, and manage to unlock the secrets of Transforming with it.

Characters

Cybertronian

Transmutate - Motorcycle

Rampage - Space Shuttle

Navicomp

Guys in Illusions

Destructon

Lord Imperious Delirious

Medusa Injured by Transmutate

Bruton Injured by Rampage

Psychokhan

Notes

• I would assume the guys at the start of the issue are based on the guys who experimented on Rampage in real life, but considering Rampage's..."mental issues"....it's possible they're just complete fabrications.
• Judging by them using the Navicomp at the end, and the dialogue, it seems that the Destructons can Trans-scan etc, just like Cybertronians (possibly indicating future toys)

Title: Another Light Prologue: Familiar Reflections
Writers: Jesse Wittenrich and Pete Sinclair
Pencils and Inks: Guido Guidi
Colours: Evan Guantt
Letters: Jessse Wittenrich
Managing Editor: Pete Sinclair

Plot

In 2015, following another failed attack on the Decepticons, the evil Autobots are returning back to Cybertron defeated, but Sky Lynx cannot continue the trip without them jettisoning some weight. Rodimus volunteers for the badly injured Autobots from the battle to be launched into space, which includes Optimus, which the rest of the crew are fine with.

Rodimus volunteers himself as the new leader, and the rest of the crew are totally fine with that too (no big battles inside the tiny ship this time!).

Optimus and the other "dead guys" float through space, when they are beckoned towards a strange voice, and a bright light, where they are greeted kindly by Unicron!

TO BE CONTINUED!!

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus Prime - Sports Car

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab Launched into Space

Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle

Drift - Race Car

Tailgate - Sports Car

Blaster - Boom Box

Trailbreaker - Van

Swerve - Pick Up Truck

Rewind - Cassette

Chromedome's Head

Ratchet - Ambulance Launched into Space

Prowl - Police Car Launched into Space

Inferno - Fire Engine Launched into Space

Brawn - Jeep Launched into Space

Other

Unicron - Ringed Planet

Notes

• This story of course parallels the events of the 1986 Animated movie
• Amongst the changes are Astrotrain being replaced with Sky Lynx, Rodimus and Optimus taking Starscream and Megatron's places, however Unicron is still the one who the evil leader encounters (though sounding nicer still)
• The crew aboard Sky Lynx is based on the crew of the Lost Light in IDW's G1 comics, bar Prowl and Optimus anyway.
• Chromedome has been reduced to just a head following his apparent demise much earlier, when he was mentioned as being a part of Optimus' trophy wall in Dungeons and Dinobots.

Other Features

Unreleased G2: The Lost Spectrum - Article on unreleased G2 figures

Transformers 30th Anniversary: Transformers Aligned: Putting the House in Order - Article on the Aligned continuity

Titan - Age of Extinction #5

Title: Creature of Chaos

Writer: Martin Fisher

Pencils: Horacio Domingues 

Colours: Perayer Nestor

Lettering: Comicraft

Cover Date: January/February 2015

Cover Price: £4.99

Poster: Optimus standing proud! 

Plot

Optimus and Crosshairs are hiding out in a town, when they hear about a strange metallic beast attacking residents of a local town, so they decide to investigate it.

Upon reaching their location they find a Turbofox, who they assume came from Lockdown's ship, and Crosshairs starts to freak out, due to a past experience with Turbofoxes. The Autobots ride off, until they can figure out what to do with the monster.

Lockdown has a flashback to an encounter with Turbofoxes, who killed his entire team whilst he was out scouting, but before long he and Optimus are attacked some more, and Optimus is pinned down. Crosshairs gets over his issues and kills the Turofox, and the two Autobots leave.

Back in the hiding spot, the Autobots learn that the Turbofox's remains were found by authorities and the town is safe again, allowing the Autobots to move on, but not without Crosshairs making a bunch of bad dog-puns along the way.

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck Cab

Crosshairs - Stock Car

Past Autobots (Flashback) Killed by Turbofoxes

Cybertronian

Turbofox Killed by Crosshairs

Past Turbofoxes (Flashback)

Lockdown - Car (Mentioned)

Other

Orange Truck Driver

Mercenaries (Mentioned)

Notes

• This issue seems to be implied to be the final issue of the series (with the soppy message at the front, and the "Roll Out" image on the inside back cover) We'll have to wait and see though to see what happens.
• From Optimus recognizing the Turbofox as being amongst the Mercenaries, this comic appears to be set AFTER Age of Extinction, however...didn't Optimus rocket off into space at the end of that film?
• All of Crosshairs' team in the flashback pretty much share his colourscheme...maybe it's a uniform?
• Are Optimus and Crosshairs stalking the guy in the orange van? They're hanging out with him at the start and the end of the comic
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Other Features

Competition

Adverts

Primed for Action! - Article on Optimus' new weapons

The Lowdown on...Bumblebee - Data on Bumblebee

Double Turbo - Spot the Difference on the Turbofox from this issue

The Trans Files - Data on Transformium

The Ultimate Smacck Down! - Slog vs Slug datafile

Crosshairs' Conundrums - Puzzles

Lockdown'ss Letterbox - Lockdown and Crosshairs read the mail

Stinger's Wordsearch

IDW - More Than Meets The Eye #35

Title: The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue

Written by: James Roberts

Pencils by: Alex Milne

Inks by: Alex Milne & Brian Shearer

Colours by: Joana LaFuente

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: John Barber

Plot

Minimus Ambus has returned to Cybertron following the disbanding of the Primal Vanguard and meets with Rewind, hoping to meet with his brother Dominus. The duo are stopped and examined by a Functionary, when suddenly a Lunabot, who have all apparently been "recalled" runs past and knocks the Functionary over. However before long, the Lunabot is executed, as part of the recall, all whilst everyone continues with their day, ignoring the murder.

As is to be expected, on PRESENT DAY CYBERTRON!

On the Lost Light, Rewind wakes up from a memory of the Laser Pointer disposables, but Chromedome, who breaks into the room, having taken a split from rewind due to them both being unsure how to act together following their rebirths, and points out that that never happened, confusing both of them, since Rewind's database has it on record, despite neither remembering it.

Megatron is in the Morgue, and examines Trailcutter's body, having been returned to thee ship, and Rodimus tells him about how Brainstorm poisoned the crew to stop them from stopping him from his mission, and managed to escape into what Perceptor believes to be a time machine, which he plans to change the future so the Decepticons win the war (which as we know by now, didn't happen).

Back on Cybertron, Rewind brings Minimus back to his and Dominus' home, and shows him some footage of protesters being killed for disobeying the Council's wishes, and Minimus suddenly realizes that Rewind and Dominjus are rebels against the Council, and soon realizes why, Dominus appears, having undergone Empurata with his head replaced with a computer screen and his words replaced by text on a screen.

Rewind asks Minimus to join them in taking down the Council, but he needs to think about it, and leaves to go to a meeting with the rest of the Primal Vanguard for their re-employment.

Elsewhere, at the Cog, the Funstionist Council's HQ, the Council discuss the next occupation to be "recalled" which they decide to be the Data Slugs.

Back on the Lost Light, Perceptor shows Rodimus, Magnus and Megatron Brainstorm's time machine, made of his multiple briefcases and explains that the way it's designed means that to by-pass the Grandfather Paradox, it slowly replaced the current history with a new one. He also reveals that Nightbeat found one of Brainstorm's briefcases on the other Lost Light, which has the control device inside it, meaning they can send someone back to solve whatever he is doing 4 million years in the past.

Megatron theorizes that Brainstorm plans to kill Orion Pax before he can become Optimus Prime.

On Cybertron, Minimus is racing back to Rewind's home, whilst witnessing the deaths of the Data Slugs, but finds Rewind still alive and well back at his home, since Dominus removed his Obsolescence Chip earlier, which would have killed him too. Rewind then reveals that Dominus has had his mind altered now, so that his words have been taken away, when suddenly the Council starts communicating with the two of them through Dominus, where they reveal that they've been watching them, through minimus, whom they have upgraded secretly on his way back to Cybertron with cameras in his eyes, along with the rest of the Vanguard, and now plan to do the same to everyone.

Rewind tells the Council that he will reveal everything to the population, but they reveal to him that he has a backup chip in his head too, and activates it, killing the last of the Data Slugs to Minimus' horror.

Characters

Autobot

Rodimus - Car

Megatron - Tank

Ultra Magnus/Minimus Ambus - Vehicle Transport

Perceptor

Chromedome - Car

Rewind - Data Slug

Nightbeat - Car

Trailcutter - Van Dead

Bluestreak - Car (Flashback)

Mainframe (Flashback)

First Aid - Ambulance (Flashback)

Rung (Flashback)

Repugnus (Flashback)

Doublecross (Flashback)

Shimmerstick - Laser Pointed (Mentioned)

Swerve - Van (Mentioned)

Optimus Prime/Orion Pax - Truck (Mentioned)

Decepticon

Brainstorm - Jet (Flashback)

Decepticon Justice Division (Mentioned)

Cybertronian

Adaptus (Mentioned)

The Guiding Hand (Mentioned)

Knights of Cybertron (Mentioned)

Alternate Cybertronian

Rewind - Data Slug Killed by Functionist Council

Minimus Ambus - Minesweeper

Dominus Ambus

One-of-Twelve

Two-of-Twelve

Three-of-Twelve

Four-of-Twelve

Five-of-Twelve

Six-of-Twelve

Seven-of-Twelve

Eight-of-Twelve

Nine-of-Twelve

Ten-of-Twelve

Eleven-of-Twelve

Twelve-of-Twelve

Hot  Shot - Car

Bulkhead - Van

Ratchet - Ambulance

Pharma - Jet

Functionary Officers

The Data Slugs Killed by Functionist Council

Last Lunabot - Space Shuttle Killed by Functionaries

Present Day Cybertronians

Female Protester (Footage) Killed by Functionaries

The Primal Vanguard (Mentioned) Disbanded

The Senate (Mentioned) Disbanded

The Cold Constructed (Mentioned) Deported

Other

Black Box Consortia (Mentioned)

Notes

• Brainstorm's actions in the past (whatever they are) have resulted in Functionism never becoming defunct, the Cybertronian population expanding, and even female Transformers existing on Cybertron.
• One has to wonder whether Nova Prime and the Expansion still happened to some extent in this new timeline?
• Most of the cameos seen on Cybertron are from the Unicron Trilogy (there's TOO MANY to name in the character list, especially since most are reuses of established character names in this continuity).
• Something of note: Rung has avoided being cloned for the new timeline again, maybe another clue to his uniqueness.
• We actually see Minimus Ambus' alternate mode for the first time!
• Chromedome and Rewind are having problems adjusting to having eachother back, especially since they had different experiences for a while before their respective deaths.
• Trailcuttter is confirmed to have died at Kaon's hands last issue, it's also shown that the DJD rigged the shuttle his group arrived on to explode, attempting to kill them too.
• Brainstorm has been spiking the Lost Light's Engex for a few months (most likely since the relaunch) and his briefcase simply activated the poison to knock out the crew who were present at the time.
• In the new timeline Empurata (and presumably Shadowplay) has evolved significantly.
• The Council member with the designation Three of Twelve looks different to the one we saw in the past, implying that it is simply a rank, and this is a different guy to the original. (Like what we have with the DJD)
• We also find out that all twelve members of the council have a specific role to perform.
• Brainstorm is revealed to have dozens of identical briefcases, which he had stashed across the Lost Light, which create a time machine when connected (the components are built into the walls). The time machine features an anti-paradox device, which could explain why the briefcase and Rewind from the alternate Lost Light were able to survive the rest of the ship's deletion.
• Perceptor claims that parallel universes were dismissed as a fact some time ago. However, by simply following the Transformers franchise, you know there are MANY parallel universes in play (with the Mirage Spotlight being the perfect example of one active in the IDW-verse, and even Rodimus having his mini-adventure in Regeneration One)
• Considering that the concurrent Robots in Disguise has no indications of edits to history showing, and the knowledge of the upcoming Combiner Wars and Windblade series' in this continuity, I feel safe to assume that Brainstorm's new future will be deleted before long...

IDW - Drift: Empire of Stone #1

Written by: Shane McCarthy

Pencils by: Guido Guidi

Inks by: Stephen Baskerville

Colours by: John-Paul Bove

Letters by: Tom B. Long

Editor: John Barber

Plot

Drift, now exiled and a Neutral Cybetronian again is fighting with some Decepticons on a planet they have enslaved, and manages to defeat them, taking them prisoner on board his shuttle. The Decepticons expect him to take them back to Cybertron for a trial, but instead he says he's handing them over to the Galactic Council, who detest Cybertronians.

Drift arrives on a Galactic Council Outpost, where he finds Ratchet waiting for him, planning to bring him back to the Lost Light with him. Drift refuses, and Ratchet is shocked that Drift plans to hand over some Cybertronians to the Council, with Drift saying that he plans to catch all the remnants of the Decepticons at the Galactic Rim, to which Grit, one of the Decepticons, laughs and says he's badly misinformed if h thinks there's just remnants out there. He refuses to say anything else, but his cohorts tell Drift about a Decepticon outpost, in exchange for them being taken back to Cybertron instead.

They head out to the outpost world, but are quickly shot down by weapons-fire, and crash, with only Ratchet, Drift and Grit surviving the fall, upon leaving the wreckage of their shuttle, the group are attacked by a large group of Decepticons, with Grit about to be killed by the Decepticons for travelling with some Autobots, but Drift and Ratchet save him, much to his shock.

Unfortunately the duo are soon forced to stop when more Decepticons arrive, and are placed into cuffs. The group are taken  to a stone castle that Drift recognizes, and are taken inside, to a Decepticon leader, who greets Drift as Deadlock, and wants his help to take the system they are in apart....

Characters

Autobot

Ratchet - Ambulance

Decepticon

Gigatron

Hellscream - Jet

Vanquish - Jet

Grit - Truck

Desperados Killed in Shuttle Crash

Gigatron's Troops

Overlord (Mentioned)

Cybertronian

Drift - Car

Other

Blue Aliens

Galactic Council Outpost Denizens

Galactic Council (Mentioned)

Notes

• This series follows what Drift has been up to since his self-imposed exile from the Lost Light
• There are a lot of generic characters from the Victory anime appearing in this issue (and Hellscream from the Victory comic too!)
• The unnamed leader of the Decepticons in this story is based on Robots in Disguise Megatron. Since it is unlikely that he'd be called Megatron as well, I'm assuming that he'll be using his Japanese name, Gigatron.
• Drift appears to recognize the castle on the planet, but doesn't appear to recognize the planet itself implying that this is just a mass-produced castle used by "Gigatron", or it's a mobile base of some sort.

IDW - Angry Birds Transformers #1

Written by: John Barber

Art by: Livio Ramondelli (Pages 01-05) and Marcelo Ferreira (Pages 05-20)

Colours by: Livio Ramondelli (Pages 01-05) and Nikos Koutsis (Pages 05-20)

Letters by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: David Hedgecock

Plot

The Autobots, leaded by Optimus Prime are travelling through space, intending to hide the Allspark, the source of their war with the Decepticons, but before they are able to, the ship is under attack by the Decepticons. Optimus gives the Allspark to Bumblebee to take care of, whilst the rest of the crew handle the Decepticon invaders.

Starscream, taking advantage of the chaos of the battle, hunts down Bumblebee and tries to get the Allspark from him, but during their encounter, the Quantum Engines are damaged, and the Allspark is hurled away.

Meanwhile, on Piggy Island the Angry Birds are getting ready to rescue their stolen eggs from the Pigs, barely even noticing the Allspark, now in an egg shape, land nearby.

The Birds attack the Pig's fortress and cause massive damage, forcing the Pigs to run. The Birds regroup and prepare to go after the Pigs and their stolen eggs again.

Elsewhere, the Pigs have set up camp, ready to build a new base, when they find the Allspark egg, unsure of what it is, they send one of the Minion Pigs to investigate the egg (they threw him at it) and he is mutated into Starscream Pig, with knowledge of the Allspark embedded in his mind, and with the ability to transform into a jet!

Hal and the Blues are in the area, and see the Starscream jet, but before long they also encounter all of the Pigs turned into Deceptihogs, thanks to the Allspark. The Blues head out to seek help from the rest of the Angry Birds, and they send Chuck out ahead, thanks to his speed. Unfortunately though, Chuck is TOO fast and smacks right into Hal, sending both hurtling into the Allspark egg, mutating them into Bumblebee Bird and Grimlock Bird, allowing them to overwhelm the Deceptihogs, and force them to run away, with the eggs.

Unknown, seemingly by all, the stolen eggs are also affected by the Allspark too, and start to hatch into Eggbots....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Bumblebee - Car

Arcee - Car

Heatwave - Fire Engine

Jazz - Car

Drift - Car

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Decepticon

Megatron - Gun

Soundwave - Cassette Player

Starscream - Jet

Thundercracker - Jet

Skywarp - Jet

Ramjet - Jet

Shockwave - Ray Gun

Lockdown - Car

Laserbeak - Cassette

Angry Birds/Autobirds

Red

Chuck/Bumblebee Bird - Car

Hal/Grimlock Bird - Cycle

Blues

Stella

Bomb

Terence

Bubbles

Pigs/Deceptihogs

King Pig/Megatron Pig - Tank

Minion Pig/Starscream Pig - Jack-in-the-Box/Jet

Corporal Pig/Galvatron Pig - Truck Cab

Chef Pig/Soundwave Pig - Van

Foreman Pig/Lockdown Pig - Toilet

Other Minion Pigs

Notes

• The Transformers section of this story uses mostly G1 style character models, but with some outsiders included (like Movie Drift, and a G1 version of Rescue Bots Heatwave)
• The Allspark initially looks like a combination of the Movie and Animated versions, being a shape-shifting cube, but with handles on the sides.
• The Pigs appear to have trouble figuring out transformations, as both Starscream Pig and Lockdown Pig both mis-transform themselves into some other object
• It's a bit of a weird coincidence that the first Pig, and the first Bird who touch the Allspark egg turned into the Starscream and Bumblebee counterparts, considering those two were the reason the Allspark was lost in the first place...

IDW - Transformers vs G.I. Joe #4

Title: Form Follows Function

Written by: Tom Scioli and John Barber

Art, Colours and Lettering by: Tom Scioli

Production by: Chris Mowry

Edits by: Carlos Guzman

Plot

Duke is discovered as a GI Joe spy, but he manages to defeat all the guys who confront him, on his way out of the base he runs into Snake Eyes and they start fighting next to the Space Bridge.

Elsewhere, Dr Venom is doing some voodoo looking stuff with Soundwave's body, a creepy book, some Joe soldiers and the Bumblecycle.

Elsewhere again, a Joe spaceship piloted by the Joe's pets (.....) is heading towards Cybertron with some more of their eco-terrorist weapons when they are stopped by a Cobra ship piloted by the Oktober Guard (no idea who they are). They start fighting, but are soon stopped by Fort Max grabs them and gobbles them up for fuel.

On Cybertron, Psyche-Out is leading a team to explore Cybertron, but are captured by Rodimus for some reason, and drives off with them towards the Decepticons, where he is met by Blaster, who attacks him as a traitor. Rodimus manages to defeat Blaster, and Apeface and Demolishor turn up and say that Megatron has been hoping someone would capture Blaster before long.

In Iacon, the Autobots and Joes get over their deadly illnesses, just in time for Metroplex to turn up, and Grimlock announces peace between the Joes and Autobots (presumably because of the Joes fighting the Sharkticons last issue). During the party that follows the unison, Bazooka decides to eat some of the Technorganic plants that are growing on the planet now and has a vision of Primus, but mis-translates it as "Prime Us", and asks Grimlock who Prime is. (meanwhile, Rodimus betrays the Decepticons and starts driving off with Blaster back to Metroplex) Grimlock explains that Optimus Prime was their leader, but he left because Megatron defeated him in a battle, and left Rodimus in charge, but Grimlock deposed him and took over.

Arcee counters that no one knows why Optimus left, and the others state that until they see otehrwise they believe Optimus is still alive out there somewhere, planning something.

Meanwhile Snake Eyes and Duke are fighting in Space-Time (yup) when they come across Optimus combined with his other modular parts, also stuck in space-time.

Characters

Autobot

Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex

Rodimus - Hauling Truck

Blaster

Arcee

Brawn - Van

Wheeljack - Car

Mirage - Car

Perceptor - Tank

Slag - Triceratops

Swoop - Pteranodon

Fortress Maximus

Metroplex - Slug Thing

Optimus Prime - Truck

Omega Supreme - Rocket and Base (Drawing)

Bumblebee Corpse seen as Bumblecycle

Decepticon

Frenzy (Or Rumble) - Cassette Blown up by Duke

Apeface Dropped in Smelting Pool by Rodimus

Demolishor  Dropped in Smelting Pool by Rodimus

Soundwave Corpse shown with Joes

Megatron (Drawing)

GI Joe

Duke

Scarlett

Dr Venom

Shipwreck

Psyche Out

Frostbite

Barbecue

Chuckles

Mainframe

Lt. Falcon

Bazooka

Tripwire

Cover Girl

Jinx

Dusty

Order

Seasick

Junkyard

Max

Clyde

Sandstorm

Freedom

Too Many Generic Joes

Joe Colton (Mentioned)

Cobra

Snake Eyes

Big Boa Killed by Duke

Cobra Troops

Oktober Guard

S.H.R.I.E.K.

Colonel Breakoff

Horrorshow

Denia

Dragun

Munchnik

Other

Notes

• Ugh
• Why does Frenzy (or Rumble?) just let Duke put a bomb in his mouth?
• And why does Duke have a shirt under his UNDERCOVER disguise saying his name on it?!
• ...there is literally a scene with animal soldiers fighting Halloween reject soldiers....and yet it's still a meh issue...
• Fortress Maximus's "function" as "The Living Prison" may be a reference to his former role in IDW's main comics as the prison warden at Garrus-9...thought he wasn't eating the Joe's pets in that series....
• Blaster's role as a "Freedom Fighter" is likely a nod to his origins in the Marvel comics in the same way.
• One of Rodimus' Decepticon "friends" is Armada Demolishor
• The dialogue in the past has indicted that the Terraformed part of Cybertron is Iacon, but it's shown here to be on the southern side of Cybertron, despite Iacon normally being the very north-point of the planet.
• The whole scene with Grimlock leaving Metroplex and the Autobots and Joes having a random dance party are lifted from the 80's animated movie.
• ...The bit with Bazooka getting high on the Technorganic leaves is new though...
• Its revealed here that Grimlock deposed Rodimus as the Autobot's "King" after Optimus left for some undisclosed reason, and then Rodimus went rogue and started hunting or working with the Decepticons or something.
• So Duke and Snake Eyes somehow end up in the Space/Time void, and run into Optimus in a weird semi-transformed mode.
• Why is Duke now wearing Boa's helmet? That seems a bit strange....
• What am I saying? This whole series is strange!