Devastation issue 4

2008-01-24T07:34:11Z

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[[Image:Dev_04_EJ.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Nice jugs... I mean, watch out, giant robots fighting!]]
{{comicnav | Devastation | 4 | seriesname=''The Transformers: Devastation''| prev=Devastation issue 3 | next=Devastation issue 5}}
'''It's a battle royal when Sixshot takes on the Autobots, including Optimus Prime.'''

==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Robby Musso]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Zac Atkinson]] and [[Liam Shalloo]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Amauri Osorio]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Andrew Steven Harris]]<br>
* ''Originally published:'' January 16, 2008
* ''Continuity:'' [[IDW continuity]]

===Major characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (6)
* [[Hot Rod]] (15)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (10)
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (11)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (19)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (16)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (22)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (23)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (3)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (21)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (2)
* [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (5)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (20)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (4)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (24)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
* [[Verity Carlo]] (14)
* [[Hunter O'Nion]] (18)
* [[Jimmy Pink]] (13)

'''Guests'''
* [[Agent Red]] (1)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
* [[Headmaster]]s (17)
* [[Reapers]] (21)
|}

== Synopsis ==
{{spoiler}}
[[Skywatch]] wishes to recall their "Seekers", Ravage and Laserbeak, but cannot due to a competing signal from Soundwave, still in cassette player mode and in the bedroom of the boy who purchased him.

Meanwhile, the battle between Sixshot and the Autobots heats up. Bumblebee is injured and Ratchet sees to him while Nightbeat tries to ready the ''[[Ark-32]]'' for an [[orbital bounce]]. Verity and Jimmy notice that the battle is far from secret as a news helicopter investigates. The military is also alerted and send in a bomber force to obliterate all combatants.

Wheeljack and Hot Rod arrive with minutes to spare at the impound lot. They break in but realize that the lot is huge and may have a hard time locating [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. The [[Headmaster]]s have lost track of them but continue to search. They pick up on a police signal alerting them of the impound lot break-in. Speaking of Headmasters, Hunter and Sunstreaker initiate the painful process to plug Hunter into Sunstreaker's mind.

Verity and Jimmy try to tell a cop that there are good and evil robots but he doesn't want to hear it. They steal his megaphone and later a speedboat to warn the Autobots about the air strike. As Sixshot rips off Jazz's arm and engages Prime directly, Ratchet tells Prime of the humans' warning and he has the other Autobots bounced to the ''Ark-32'' while he remains behind to be sure of Sixshot's defeat. Unfortunately the orbital jump seems to have killed Verity and Jimmy.

The Reapers arrive and immediately attack Decepticon headquarters. They recall Sixshot so Prime orders Nightbeat to bounce him out, just in the nick of time before the bombs drop. The Decepticons are called to arms but Astrotrain (under the protest of Blitzwing) checks on the now-revived Starscream, who now seems confident enough to take on anyone.

== Errors ==
* Ratchet's head and chevron color change throughout the issue. This has been a recurring error in several issues.

==Items of note==
* The long-absent Decepticomments section returns, introduced by [[Chris Ryall|ChrisCharger]]. New editor [[Andrew Steven Harris]] answers mail and announces a contest to give him a Transformers name.
* On last page before the rear cover, ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' issue "Ghost in the Machine" is featured.
* A few [[Easter Egg]]s are featured in this issue. Skywatch refers to Ravage and Laserbeak as their "[[Seeker]]s". Soundwave's owner has a poster of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|movie Bumblebee]] in his room. The K-[[IDW]] news helicopter is seen flying overhead. Also, the impound lot named "Wreck-n-Rule", a reference to a slogan used by the [[Wreckers]].
* Soundwave's owner is totally lost in the 1980s. Not only does he have the early-80s micro-cassette player Soundwave, he's got a poster for Journey's 1981 album, ''[[Wiki:Escape (Journey album)|Escape]]'' on his wall.
* Sixshot is REALLY BIG compared to most of the Autobots, besides Prime. The other Autobots barely come up to his waist.
*Jazz has his arm ripped off by Sixshot similar to how Megatron ripped him in half in the Transformers movie. Apparently Jazz is made of weaker material the other Autobots.

===Covers (3)===
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* '''Cover A''': Optimus Prime vs Sixshot by [[E. J. Su]]
* '''Cover B''': Hunter becomes a Headmaster by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''RI''': Sketch cover (black and white of cover B)

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