Transformers Comic issue 4.2

2011-12-04T19:02:46Z

86.132.157.237: Wrong word order?

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|seriesissue=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers: Prime'']] #2
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|next=Transformers Comic issue 4.3
|image=Tf mag 6 2011.jpg
|caption=In a flashback!
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]]
|date=[[November 10|10 November]] [[2011]]
|editor=[[Rona Simpson]]
|senior editor=[[Steve White]]
|designer=[[Dan Bura]]
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Tothill]]
|price=£3.99
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'''Optimus steals Kup's thunder.'''

==War Story==
* '''Script:''' [[Robin Etherington]]
* '''Art:''' [[Horacio Domingues]]
* '''Colour:''' [[Nestor Pereyra]]
* '''Lettering:''' [[Comicraft]]
* '''Continuity:''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''
The [[Autobot]]s are taking time out, hanging out at the [[Valley of Fire State Park]] with the three kids. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] has been researching the park by reading the guidebook, which prompts [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] to nag [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] to tell them a story from the [[Great War (Prime)|war]]. Prime decides to tell them about one time when [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] was brave and compassionate. No, really.

:''It is the middle of the war, and the [[Decepticon]]s have conquered [[city-state]] after city-state. Their next target is [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and soon a small team led by Megatron himself invades the [[Iacon Energon Refinery]]. No sooner has Megatron planted the first explosive than [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] alerts him to the fact they've been spotted. The team dives for cover as they're fired on. Megatron tells his men to flank left and right, but Optimus has already anticipated this move, and the three Decepticons are gunned down.''

:''Not ready to give up, Megatron tosses Soundwave a bomb to plant and then goes to distract the Autobots by shooting at them. While several of the Autobots are gunned down, Optimus manages to hit Soundwave as the Decepticon runs to plant the bomb. He expects Megatron to retreat, but is surprised when instead Megatron mounts a rescue mission, firing on the Autobots while helping up the wounded Decepticons. As Megatron's team begins to withdraw, Optimus has a clear shot at the Decepticon leader's back, but hesitates... and Megatron sets off the one bomb that got planted. The Decepticons escape in the aftermath of the explosion and the cops blame Optimus .''

Miko is unimpressed that Optimus let Megatron escape, but Optimus believes he upheld the true values of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and next time he gets the chance, Megatron won't be so lucky.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (6)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (8)
|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (9, flashback)
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (10, flashback)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai|Miko Nakaki]] (3)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (4)
*[[Jack Darby]] (5)

}}

===Quotes===
"If finding out stuff makes one "geeky", then I am Autobot geek and proud."
:—'''Ratchet'''

"I may have made a ''slight miscalculation''."<br>
"You mean being fired upon ''isn't'' part of the plan?"<br>
"Careful, Soundwave - Sarcasm is Starscream's forte."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Soundwave''' under fire.

"You mean you let that metal-headed moron escape!!"
:—'''Miko'''

===Notes===
*City-states name-checked as having been conquered by the Decepticons are [[Kalis]], [[Tarn]] and [[Vos]].
*Soundwave talks. And appears at several points to have a face!

==Contents==
===Articles and features===
*Use Raf's codebreaker to crack the Cybertronian codes in this comic!
*Team Prime: The Humans: Jack, Raf and Miko
*Episode Guide: Volume 1: [[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]
*Go Go! Energon Game! — use counters and a die to reenact the mine fight from Darkness Rising!
*Pullout poster of Megatron looking terrifying. Dare you pin it on your wall?
*Competitions! Win ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'' on DVD, [[Kre-O]] toys, [[Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012|an Annual]], or ''Mars - The Ultimate Adventure''.
*Find Miko! — Miko's lost in the city, translate the code to guide Bulkhead to find her!
*Mega-Mouth: [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] answer your letters.
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s wordsearch! Starscream's favourite phrases for shouting at minions.

===Free Gift!===
*Missile launcher

===Mega-Mouth===
"Any cheek out of your this month, Arcee, and you will feel my wrath."<br>
"Oooh - you are so tough, Mega pants! Scareeeey. Not."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Arcee'''

Reader: "Megatron, why were those Insecticons eating your head? I thought you were their leader?"<br>
"Perhaps they were just trying to gain access to my brain; the most powerful organ in the known universe? And who would blame them?"
:—'''Megatron''' answering more questions about ''Dark of the Moon''.

==Errors==
*Miko gets her first name corrected to Miko in this issue after having been "Mika" in the previous one. Unfortunately instead her last name gets misspelled in the Team Prime feature as "Nakaki". D'oh!
*Nestor Pereyra is credited as "Perayra Nestor"
*In an opening panel, Bulkhead is drawn at the same height as Bumblebee, despite the latter being much shorter than the former. Similarly, Ratchet is a head taller than Bulkhead, when both are roughly the same height.

==Notes==
*Featuring one episode per issue in their episode guide is going to mean "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]" is going to be featured some time in 2013!
*In Mega-mouth, Arcee responds to a reader's question about Junkions and Wreckers and seemingly confirms the existence of both [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s and [[Junkion (planet)|their planet]] in the [[live-action film series|live-action movie continuity]].

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