Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet

2011-06-05T07:27:30Z

67.100.96.60: /* Notes */

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|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #20
|prev=Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination
|next=Prelude to Chaos
|title="Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet"
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 1]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=June 2011
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''Rodimus and Wheelie return to Cybertron and reunite with Ironhide and Sunstreaker, who have been busy fighting an old enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (1)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (4)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Sweep]] (7)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (8)

|c4=
*[[Garnak]] (2)
*[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Notes==
* This story is named after ''[[wikipedia:Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet]]'', a 1938 space fiction novel by C.S. Lewis.

===Errors===
*This issue is given the title "Act 2" while the last one was "Part 1".
*Garnak refers to the planet everyone was stranded on last issue as LV-118, but it was named [[LV-117]] back in ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]''.
*Sunstreaker knows Hot Rod as "Rodimus", despite not being present when he took on his new name.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Ironhide and Rodimus stare at eachother with Wheelie stuck in the middle; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Rodimus and Wheelie watch Galvatron as he stands over an injured Sweep; art by [[Guido Guidi]] and colors by [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored version of Cover A.

===Advertisements===
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2011-06-02T03:31:19Z

67.100.96.60: /* Convention-exclusive toys */

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