Loose Ends, Part 2

2012-08-01T14:47:56Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' #82
|prev=Loose Ends, Part 1
|next=Loose Ends, Part 3
|title="Loose Ends" Part 2
|image=RG1 82 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 1]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=August 2012
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[Jean-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Wreckers face Megatron on Earth, while Grimlock has troubles on Nebulos.'''

==Synopsis==

As [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fires upon their ship, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined [[Earth]] in the middle of the [[Mojave desert]]. They quickly depart their landing site, but with [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] injured and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of [[Decepticon]]s. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual [[zombie]]s, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!

Across the galaxy, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] arrives in the vicinity of [[Nebulos]] on his quest to find a cure for the effects of [[Nucleon]]. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", an attempt by Nebulon senior scientist [[Borx]] to reconnect the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters']] original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the [[Unicron]] war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Upon setting down in [[Koraja]], however, Grimlock finds the city deserted, and is attacked and taken down by mesmerized Nebulons in jet fighters.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] informs [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he ''wants'' to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.

Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in [[Goldstone]], intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], Kup is felled when [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some ''attention''! He ''wants'' the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will finally come and face him!

Back in the relative safety of the desert, where [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of human pass by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (13)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (14)
*[[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (15)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (16)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (17)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (18)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] (19)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (20)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (21)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (22)
*[[Brainstorm]] (24)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (25)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Hun-Grrr]] (1)
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]] (2)
*[[Octane]] (3)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (4)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (6)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (7)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (8)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Borx]] (23)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] (27)

|c4=

}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Notes==
*TBD

===Errors===
*The cover checklist is missing from the inner front cover.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Grimlock being attacked by Nebulans, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
* '''Cover B:''' Grimlock in dinosaur mode, by [[Guido Guidi]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Dinosaur-mode Grimlock crushing robot-mode Grimlock, by [[Geoff Senior]]
<gallery>
Image:RG1 82 cvrA.jpg|Cover A
Image:RG1 82 cvrB.jpg|Cover B
Image:RG1 82 cvrRI.jpg|Cover RI
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
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==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-regeneration-one-82-preview/25508/ Preview]

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Regeneration One issues]]

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