Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine

2011-04-17T23:17:15Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #18
|prev=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome
|next=The Transformers issue 19
|title="Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: The Demolished Man"
|image=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 13]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=April 2011
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Dalhouse]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''Optimus Prime confronts Megatron, but the words of his nemesis cause him to question his trust in humanity.'''

==Synopsis==
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==Featured characters==

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (7)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (9)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (10)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (11)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (1)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (12)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (15)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (16)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (17)
*[[Octane|Tankor]] (18)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (19)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (20)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (21)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (22)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (23)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (24)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (25)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (26)

|c3=
*[[John Powell]] (4)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (8)
*[[Pennington]] (28)
*[[Campologno]] (29)
*[[Joe Henderson]] (30)
*[[Ben Simpson]] (31)

}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Errors==
*On page 9, panel 2, Tankor is colored as Prowl.

==Items of note==
*This issue shares a title with [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|issue 14]], and is as such named after [[wikipedia:The Demolished Man|the same novel]].
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] are mentioned, but not seen.
*The three placard-bearing activists who appear on a monitor screen on page 19 are Transformers fans David "Kalelprime" Wallace, founder of the [http://www.fullmetalhero.com Moonbase 2 Podcast], and Aimee "Ladywreck" Morgan and Matt "KingGrimlock" Messenger, hosts of the Moonbase's sister show, the comic-book centric Underbase Podcast. In reference to this, Matt's shirt bears an "MB2" logo.
*Megatron's new body was built using, among other things, [[Ore-13]].
*Ravage is back, despite Spike claiming to have killed him in ''[[All Hail Megatron issue 16|The Man of Steel]]''.
*Skywarp is also back, last seen prior to the EMP detonation at the end of [[Wings of Wax|the ''Bumblebee'' mini]].

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Closeup of Shockwave; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Cover B:''' Megatron hovering over a defeated Optimus Prime; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[James Brown|J. Brown]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Shockwave by Marcelo Matere.

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