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Talk:Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It

2012-01-11T22:50:48Z

98.207.95.165: /* Promos */

==Promos==
*http://tformers.com/transformers-exclusive-transformers-more-than-meets/16985/news.html
*http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/transformers-mtmte-1-promo-image---out-tomorrow-174117/
*http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/exclusive-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-promo-art/23642/
*http://www.allspark.com/content/view/9829/
*http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/idw-transformers-more-than-meets-eye-1-treasure-hunt-exclusive-image-2604/
*http://www.newsarama.com/comics/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-120110.html
*http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36350
*http://comics.ign.com/articles/121/1216240p1.html
I only managed to find 8 out of 12 of these things, but I was just wondering how we wanted to mention these, if at all. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 22:01, 10 January 2012 (EST)
:They could be mentioned in the notes section, I'd think. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:07, 10 January 2012 (EST)
::Most definitely. Hah, man, these are awesome. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:17, 10 January 2012 (EST)

* Wouldn't Tailgate be considered an (Other) like Cyclonus since he was supposed to join him on the original Ark launch before there were Autobot or Decepticon factions? --

Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome

2011-08-09T15:48:51Z

98.207.95.165: /* Errors */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #17
|prev=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies
|next=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine
|title="Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome"
|image=IDW TF 17b.jpg|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 9]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=March 2011
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Dalhouse]] and [[Romulo Fajardo]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''Things continue to go downhill for the Autobots, as Megatron holds Ultra Magnus hostage.'''

==Synopsis==
''Trapped underwater in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s trailer, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] is unconvinced about the [[Autobot]]'s supposed ability to manufacture oxygen to keep the men alive. Spike then begins lamenting about being unable to contact his sister to his equally trapped [[Skywatch]] compatriots. As he says this, ocean water comes pouring through the gaps in the trailer.''

Presently, Spike awakens in a sweat in Prime's cab, no longer underwater. After [[Joe Henderson]] asks about the health of his commanding officer, Spike comments that it's going to take some time for his brain to stop reliving their recent aquatic plight. Composing himself, Spike orders Henderson to check for communications from the Skywatch base in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]. Joe does so, and sees that in addition to the expected offline distress call, there is another message encoded underneath that Prime is going to want to see.

The message plays, and a projection of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] appears, greeting Optimus Prime, who the [[Decepticon]] tyrant knows will still be alive to receive this message. The same cannot be said of some of the Autobot troops, notably [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and Skywatch personnel mustered against Megatron. Megatron ends the message by threatening not to kill Prime, but to destroy him, stating that the Autobots will know the difference. After Optimus verifies that the message came from near a population center, the Autobots and Skywatch personnel roll out, despite the ammo shortages, power depletion and fatigue affecting all of them.

Outside of Albuquerque, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] is forced to abandon his prisoner, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and take his wounded ally [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to get repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Not far away, Optimus Prime and his group of Autobots rendezvous with Megatron and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Megatron tells Prime to lower his weapons as they can do no harm to the Decepticon leader's new form. Megatron then gloats that in the city, there are 46 people armed with weapons derived from his previous body, and hundreds more scattered across the planet. Optimus dismisses these people as renegades that mean nothing and claims the Cybertronians can learn much from the [[human]]s, an idea that Megatron scoffs at. Megatron claims that the only things the Autobots will learn is how they've brought ruin to themselves. Optimus Prime asks if this is how it's always going to be, a philosophical disagreement and then the punching starts. Megatron answers that this time, things have changed. Rather than kill Prime, he wants to destroy him. To this end, Megatron had dumped the wounded and incapacitated Autobots in the city fifteen minutes earlier.

Knowing that if his troops take on non-military humans in their own cities they'll never be accepted on Earth, Prime sends Spike and [[Campolongo]] to find his cohorts, ordering Jazz to transport them as he's the fastest of the group. Prime admits to Megatron that he doesn't trust all humans, but he does trust Spike.

Driving through the city, Spike hears via the radio that Megatron dumped the wounded Autobots on a school playground. At the playground, there are two men with Megatron-derived guns aiming at the Autobots. Several policemen with regular sidearms have the Megatron-gun wielders in their sights. [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] is trying to get the humans to stand down so that nobody on either side gets hurt, but the Autobot's message isn't getting through. Spike pulls up in [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], disembarks and tells the police that he's taking operational command and that the first priority is evacuating the area so that no people get hurt. An officer on the scene ignores Spike and orders the assembled police to hold their fire, despite protestations from a wounded elderly fellow officer.

Back outside the city, Megatron tells Optimus Prime that he can feel the renegade humans getting ready to fire on the Autobots. This leads Prime to conclude that the Decepticon hasn't left this to chance and must be communicating somehow through the Cybertronian weaponry. Prime charges up his [[ion blaster]]. Megatron reminds Optimus that it won't hurt him. Optimus knows and blasts Soundwave through the head, deactivating both the Decepticon communications officer and the signals broadcasting into the Megatron-guns. Megatron is predictably enraged, and threatens to destroy Optimus Prime's [[spark]] with his bare hands. Megatron stops himself, stating that while he may have lost one soldier, Prime is going to lose ''everything''. With that statement, Megatron then scoops up Soundwave's body and leaves.

Back in the city, the gun wielders are a little disoriented now that the "voices" have stopped. They are subsequently disarmed and detained rather easily. However, the policeman who gave the order to hold fire earlier now has one of the Megatron-guns and says that while the renegades may have been insane, they were not wrong, and points the Megatron-gun at [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee tries to reason with the man, but an impatient Jazz disobeys Prime's order to stand down, transforms and creeps up on the situation. Right as the man goes to squeeze the trigger on the Megatron-gun, Jazz fires his [[photon rifle]] at the human, engulfing him in flames. A horrified Bumblebee asks a shaken Jazz what he just did...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (6)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (11)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (13)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (14)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (17)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (20)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (21)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (22)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (23)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (18)
|c3=
* [[Campolongo]] (1)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
* [[Joe Henderson]] (3)
* [[Schwalbe]] (24)
* [[John Powell]] (25)
}}

==Notes==
* "Burning Chrome" is the name of a 1982 short story (and later written short story collection) by William Gibson.
* Red Alert is seen with Prime's team from [[Korea]], while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is nowhere to be found. It's possible the Korean unit reconnected with the other Autobots on Earth (besides those with Ultra Magnus) between this issue and the last, but this isn't clearly indicated from the context.

===Errors===
* Optimus is the only Autobot to have faction symbols on page 3.
* The first panel of page 12 is missing a dialog balloon before Megatron says "Or you can..." This was corrected in the trade paperback collection with the missing balloon and dialogue added in as: '''"Of course, if you're so committed to "learning" from these humans I'm sure you'll sit back and attend to this lesson."'''
* Blurr, Tracks, and Windcharger are mysteriously absent in the group that Megatron leaves on the school playground, even though were seen last issue.
* On page 14, third panel, Silverstreak's shoulder is mistakenly colored orange.
* And on the subject of colors, in the pages colored by Andrew Dalhouse, Jazz's visor is Generation 1 blue, but in the pages colored by Romulo Fajardo, they're colored like his [[Jazz (Movie)|movie counterpart's]]. Also, Red Alert's helmet is colored red (like in the cartoon), whereas the previous Earth-based story had him with a black helmet (his figure).

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Soundwave holding Ultra Magnus hostage; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Cover B:''' A devastated Jazz near a dead cop; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[James Brown|J. Brown]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Soundwave by Marcelo Matere.
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Image:IDW_TF_17a.jpg
Image:IDW_TF_17b.jpg
Image:IDW_TF_17ri.jpg
</gallery>

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Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome

2011-08-09T04:09:24Z

98.207.95.165: /* Errors */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #17
|prev=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies
|next=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine
|title="Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome"
|image=IDW TF 17b.jpg|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 9]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=March 2011
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Dalhouse]] and [[Romulo Fajardo]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''Things continue to go downhill for the Autobots, as Megatron holds Ultra Magnus hostage.'''

==Synopsis==
''Trapped underwater in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s trailer, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] is unconvinced about the [[Autobot]]'s supposed ability to manufacture oxygen to keep the men alive. Spike then begins lamenting about being unable to contact his sister to his equally trapped [[Skywatch]] compatriots. As he says this, ocean water comes pouring through the gaps in the trailer.''

Presently, Spike awakens in a sweat in Prime's cab, no longer underwater. After [[Joe Henderson]] asks about the health of his commanding officer, Spike comments that it's going to take some time for his brain to stop reliving their recent aquatic plight. Composing himself, Spike orders Henderson to check for communications from the Skywatch base in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]. Joe does so, and sees that in addition to the expected offline distress call, there is another message encoded underneath that Prime is going to want to see.

The message plays, and a projection of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] appears, greeting Optimus Prime, who the [[Decepticon]] tyrant knows will still be alive to receive this message. The same cannot be said of some of the Autobot troops, notably [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and Skywatch personnel mustered against Megatron. Megatron ends the message by threatening not to kill Prime, but to destroy him, stating that the Autobots will know the difference. After Optimus verifies that the message came from near a population center, the Autobots and Skywatch personnel roll out, despite the ammo shortages, power depletion and fatigue affecting all of them.

Outside of Albuquerque, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] is forced to abandon his prisoner, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and take his wounded ally [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to get repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Not far away, Optimus Prime and his group of Autobots rendezvous with Megatron and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Megatron tells Prime to lower his weapons as they can do no harm to the Decepticon leader's new form. Megatron then gloats that in the city, there are 46 people armed with weapons derived from his previous body, and hundreds more scattered across the planet. Optimus dismisses these people as renegades that mean nothing and claims the Cybertronians can learn much from the [[human]]s, an idea that Megatron scoffs at. Megatron claims that the only things the Autobots will learn is how they've brought ruin to themselves. Optimus Prime asks if this is how it's always going to be, a philosophical disagreement and then the punching starts. Megatron answers that this time, things have changed. Rather than kill Prime, he wants to destroy him. To this end, Megatron had dumped the wounded and incapacitated Autobots in the city fifteen minutes earlier.

Knowing that if his troops take on non-military humans in their own cities they'll never be accepted on Earth, Prime sends Spike and [[Campolongo]] to find his cohorts, ordering Jazz to transport them as he's the fastest of the group. Prime admits to Megatron that he doesn't trust all humans, but he does trust Spike.

Driving through the city, Spike hears via the radio that Megatron dumped the wounded Autobots on a school playground. At the playground, there are two men with Megatron-derived guns aiming at the Autobots. Several policemen with regular sidearms have the Megatron-gun wielders in their sights. [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] is trying to get the humans to stand down so that nobody on either side gets hurt, but the Autobot's message isn't getting through. Spike pulls up in [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], disembarks and tells the police that he's taking operational command and that the first priority is evacuating the area so that no people get hurt. An officer on the scene ignores Spike and orders the assembled police to hold their fire, despite protestations from a wounded elderly fellow officer.

Back outside the city, Megatron tells Optimus Prime that he can feel the renegade humans getting ready to fire on the Autobots. This leads Prime to conclude that the Decepticon hasn't left this to chance and must be communicating somehow through the Cybertronian weaponry. Prime charges up his [[ion blaster]]. Megatron reminds Optimus that it won't hurt him. Optimus knows and blasts Soundwave through the head, deactivating both the Decepticon communications officer and the signals broadcasting into the Megatron-guns. Megatron is predictably enraged, and threatens to destroy Optimus Prime's [[spark]] with his bare hands. Megatron stops himself, stating that while he may have lost one soldier, Prime is going to lose ''everything''. With that statement, Megatron then scoops up Soundwave's body and leaves.

Back in the city, the gun wielders are a little disoriented now that the "voices" have stopped. They are subsequently disarmed and detained rather easily. However, the policeman who gave the order to hold fire earlier now has one of the Megatron-guns and says that while the renegades may have been insane, they were not wrong, and points the Megatron-gun at [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee tries to reason with the man, but an impatient Jazz disobeys Prime's order to stand down, transforms and creeps up on the situation. Right as the man goes to squeeze the trigger on the Megatron-gun, Jazz fires his [[photon rifle]] at the human, engulfing him in flames. A horrified Bumblebee asks a shaken Jazz what he just did...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (6)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (11)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (13)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (14)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (17)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (20)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (21)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (22)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (23)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (18)
|c3=
* [[Campolongo]] (1)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
* [[Joe Henderson]] (3)
* [[Schwalbe]] (24)
* [[John Powell]] (25)
}}

==Notes==
* "Burning Chrome" is the name of a 1982 short story (and later written short story collection) by William Gibson.
* Red Alert is seen with Prime's team from [[Korea]], while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is nowhere to be found. It's possible the Korean unit reconnected with the other Autobots on Earth (besides those with Ultra Magnus) between this issue and the last, but this isn't clearly indicated from the context.

===Errors===
* Optimus is the only Autobot to have faction symbols on page 3.
* The first panel of page 12 is missing a dialog balloon before Megatron says "Or you can..." NOTE: This was corrected in the trade paperback collection with the missing balloon and dialogue added in.
* Blurr, Tracks, and Windcharger are mysteriously absent in the group that Megatron leaves on the school playground, even though were seen last issue.
* On page 14, third panel, Silverstreak's shoulder is mistakenly colored orange.
* And on the subject of colors, in the pages colored by Andrew Dalhouse, Jazz's visor is Generation 1 blue, but in the pages colored by Romulo Fajardo, they're colored like his [[Jazz (Movie)|movie counterpart's]]. Also, Red Alert's helmet is colored red (like in the cartoon), whereas the previous Earth-based story had him with a black helmet (his figure).

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Soundwave holding Ultra Magnus hostage; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Cover B:''' A devastated Jazz near a dead cop; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[James Brown|J. Brown]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Soundwave by Marcelo Matere.
<gallery>
Image:IDW_TF_17a.jpg
Image:IDW_TF_17b.jpg
Image:IDW_TF_17ri.jpg
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
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* ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Tales from the Cobra Wars''
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* ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' comics
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Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome

2011-08-09T04:06:50Z

98.207.95.165: /* Errors */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #17
|prev=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies
|next=Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine
|title="Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome"
|image=IDW TF 17b.jpg|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 9]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=March 2011
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Dalhouse]] and [[Romulo Fajardo]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}

'''Things continue to go downhill for the Autobots, as Megatron holds Ultra Magnus hostage.'''

==Synopsis==
''Trapped underwater in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s trailer, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] is unconvinced about the [[Autobot]]'s supposed ability to manufacture oxygen to keep the men alive. Spike then begins lamenting about being unable to contact his sister to his equally trapped [[Skywatch]] compatriots. As he says this, ocean water comes pouring through the gaps in the trailer.''

Presently, Spike awakens in a sweat in Prime's cab, no longer underwater. After [[Joe Henderson]] asks about the health of his commanding officer, Spike comments that it's going to take some time for his brain to stop reliving their recent aquatic plight. Composing himself, Spike orders Henderson to check for communications from the Skywatch base in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]. Joe does so, and sees that in addition to the expected offline distress call, there is another message encoded underneath that Prime is going to want to see.

The message plays, and a projection of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] appears, greeting Optimus Prime, who the [[Decepticon]] tyrant knows will still be alive to receive this message. The same cannot be said of some of the Autobot troops, notably [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and Skywatch personnel mustered against Megatron. Megatron ends the message by threatening not to kill Prime, but to destroy him, stating that the Autobots will know the difference. After Optimus verifies that the message came from near a population center, the Autobots and Skywatch personnel roll out, despite the ammo shortages, power depletion and fatigue affecting all of them.

Outside of Albuquerque, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] is forced to abandon his prisoner, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and take his wounded ally [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to get repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Not far away, Optimus Prime and his group of Autobots rendezvous with Megatron and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Megatron tells Prime to lower his weapons as they can do no harm to the Decepticon leader's new form. Megatron then gloats that in the city, there are 46 people armed with weapons derived from his previous body, and hundreds more scattered across the planet. Optimus dismisses these people as renegades that mean nothing and claims the Cybertronians can learn much from the [[human]]s, an idea that Megatron scoffs at. Megatron claims that the only things the Autobots will learn is how they've brought ruin to themselves. Optimus Prime asks if this is how it's always going to be, a philosophical disagreement and then the punching starts. Megatron answers that this time, things have changed. Rather than kill Prime, he wants to destroy him. To this end, Megatron had dumped the wounded and incapacitated Autobots in the city fifteen minutes earlier.

Knowing that if his troops take on non-military humans in their own cities they'll never be accepted on Earth, Prime sends Spike and [[Campolongo]] to find his cohorts, ordering Jazz to transport them as he's the fastest of the group. Prime admits to Megatron that he doesn't trust all humans, but he does trust Spike.

Driving through the city, Spike hears via the radio that Megatron dumped the wounded Autobots on a school playground. At the playground, there are two men with Megatron-derived guns aiming at the Autobots. Several policemen with regular sidearms have the Megatron-gun wielders in their sights. [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] is trying to get the humans to stand down so that nobody on either side gets hurt, but the Autobot's message isn't getting through. Spike pulls up in [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], disembarks and tells the police that he's taking operational command and that the first priority is evacuating the area so that no people get hurt. An officer on the scene ignores Spike and orders the assembled police to hold their fire, despite protestations from a wounded elderly fellow officer.

Back outside the city, Megatron tells Optimus Prime that he can feel the renegade humans getting ready to fire on the Autobots. This leads Prime to conclude that the Decepticon hasn't left this to chance and must be communicating somehow through the Cybertronian weaponry. Prime charges up his [[ion blaster]]. Megatron reminds Optimus that it won't hurt him. Optimus knows and blasts Soundwave through the head, deactivating both the Decepticon communications officer and the signals broadcasting into the Megatron-guns. Megatron is predictably enraged, and threatens to destroy Optimus Prime's [[spark]] with his bare hands. Megatron stops himself, stating that while he may have lost one soldier, Prime is going to lose ''everything''. With that statement, Megatron then scoops up Soundwave's body and leaves.

Back in the city, the gun wielders are a little disoriented now that the "voices" have stopped. They are subsequently disarmed and detained rather easily. However, the policeman who gave the order to hold fire earlier now has one of the Megatron-guns and says that while the renegades may have been insane, they were not wrong, and points the Megatron-gun at [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee tries to reason with the man, but an impatient Jazz disobeys Prime's order to stand down, transforms and creeps up on the situation. Right as the man goes to squeeze the trigger on the Megatron-gun, Jazz fires his [[photon rifle]] at the human, engulfing him in flames. A horrified Bumblebee asks a shaken Jazz what he just did...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (6)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (11)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (13)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (14)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (17)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (20)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (21)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (22)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (23)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (18)
|c3=
* [[Campolongo]] (1)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
* [[Joe Henderson]] (3)
* [[Schwalbe]] (24)
* [[John Powell]] (25)
}}

==Notes==
* "Burning Chrome" is the name of a 1982 short story (and later written short story collection) by William Gibson.
* Red Alert is seen with Prime's team from [[Korea]], while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is nowhere to be found. It's possible the Korean unit reconnected with the other Autobots on Earth (besides those with Ultra Magnus) between this issue and the last, but this isn't clearly indicated from the context.

===Errors===
* Optimus is the only Autobot to have faction symbols on page 3.
* The first panel of page 12 seems to be either missing a dialog balloon before Megatron says "Or you can..." NOTE: This was corrected in the trade paperback collection.
* Blurr, Tracks, and Windcharger are mysteriously absent in the group that Megatron leaves on the school playground, even though were seen last issue.
* On page 14, third panel, Silverstreak's shoulder is mistakenly colored orange.
* And on the subject of colors, in the pages colored by Andrew Dalhouse, Jazz's visor is Generation 1 blue, but in the pages colored by Romulo Fajardo, they're colored like his [[Jazz (Movie)|movie counterpart's]]. Also, Red Alert's helmet is colored red (like in the cartoon), whereas the previous Earth-based story had him with a black helmet (his figure).

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Soundwave holding Ultra Magnus hostage; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Cover B:''' A devastated Jazz near a dead cop; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[James Brown|J. Brown]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Soundwave by Marcelo Matere.
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Talk:Chaos Theory Part 1

2011-07-30T01:22:54Z

98.207.95.165:

Omega Supreme's first appearance in this issue was at the top of page three. The order of appearance on the page is wrong. [[Special:Contributions/95.151.252.162|95.151.252.162]] 06:59, 25 July 2011 (EDT)

Speaking of the line-up, isn't that Jetfire not Broadside on Panel 5 of pg 6? And who is the black and gray guy above Huffer? -

Transformers Vault

2011-06-16T23:37:40Z

98.207.95.165: /* Errors */

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|seriesissue=''Transformers Vault''
|title=The Complete Transformers Universe Showcasing Rare Collectibles and Memorabilia
|image=TransformersVault cover.jpg
|caption=
|next=
|publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams]] (United States), [[Ice Water Press]] (Australia)
|written by=[[Pablo Hidalgo]],<br>[[Peter Cullen]] (foreword)
|date=[[May 23]], [[2011]]
|pagecount=160
|ISBN=ISBN 0810998688<br>
ISBN 978-0810998681
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'''''Transformers Vault: The Complete Transformers Universe Showcasing Rare Collectibles and Memorabilia''''' is surely the most comprehensive and accurate English-language licensed guidebook to explore the history of the entire [[Transformers brand]]. The book recounts the original development of the [[pre-Transformer]] toylines, the conception of the foundational storyline and marketing elements in the 1980s, and then each successive incarnation of the international toylines, media, and merchandising, with spotlights on important [[character]]s, [[:Category:Creators|creators]], and [[franchise]] milestones.

==Interactive content==
''Vault'' contains seven pieces of interactive memorabilia, reproductions of artifacts and artwork from throughout Transformer history, some removable that are stored in pockets built into the pages, while others are bound into the book or attached to the pages. These include:
* The [[1984]] [[United Kingdom]] ''Transformers'' toy catalogue.
* A sheet of [[Tech Spec]]s for [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], along with Tech Spec reader.
* Lineart of [[Casey Coller]]'s winning entry from IDW's Cover Contest, which won him his first job with the company, contained in a page pocket of the same artwork, colored by [[Josh Burcham]].
* An animation cel of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
* The cover to the Japanese laserdisk release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* A double-sided [[character model]] sheet for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], featuring a casting sheet on the reverse that includes a description of the character and sample dialogue from a scene not in the film.
* A ticket for the June 22, 2009 premiere of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.

==Covers==
'''United States'''
*'''Slipcase:''' Hasbro stock images of Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (on front) and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (on back) by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''Front cover:''' [[Powermaster]] Optimus Prime [[package art]], [[Optimus Primal]] by [[Don Figueroa]] from ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'', and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action Optimus Prime]] package art (composited from Battle Blades and Battle Hooks artwork).
*'''Back cover:''' Generation 1 Megatron package art, [[Megatron (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Megatron]] by [[Guido Guidi]] from ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'', and [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action Megatron]] ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' promotional render.

'''Australia'''
*'''Slipcase:''' Autobot symbol (on front) and Generation 1 Optimus Prime (on back) by Andrew Griffith
*'''Front cover:''' Decepticon symbol
*'''Back cover:''' Generation 1 Megatron by Andrew Griffith.

==Errors==
*p.76-77: [[Spotlight: Doubledealer|Spotlight: Doubledealer's]] cover art is credited to Dan Khanna instead of E.J. Su.
*p.114: [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] is referred to as "Longneck"
*p.117: [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] is referred to as "Strike"
*p.126: [[Digitalscape]] is described as being the animators of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'', not [[Polygon Pictures]]
*p.130: The initial treatment of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' is credited to [[Don Murphy]], not [[Tom DeSanto]]

==External link==
*[http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Transformers_Vault-9780810998681.html Transformers Vault on Abrams Books's site]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMPgpV30tbM&feature=channel_video_title Abrams Book video preview]

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Transformers: Sector 7

2011-04-26T01:41:00Z

98.207.95.165: /* Collections */

[[Image:Sector7 tp.jpg|thumb|250px|]]

'''''Transformers: Sector 7''''' is a 5-issue comic-book mini-series published by [[IDW Publishing]] in 2010,<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/idw-transformers-solicitations-for-october-2010-170246/ IDW Solicitations for October 2010. TFW2005 July 21, 2010]</ref> telling the story of secretive [[Sector Seven]]. It has been billed as the first prequel to ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', but by all appearances, it doesn't really have anything to do with it.

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|title=''Transformers: Sector 7'' issues: |content=
* [[Original|#1]]
* [[Irreplaceable|#2]]
* [[Together|#3]]
* [[Weapon (issue)|#4]]
* [[Frozen|#5]]
}}

==Overview==
{{quote|At last—the secret history of the Transformers is finally revealed, through the multigenerational saga of the clandestine spy group code-named SECTOR 7. Events in this series tie directly into all of the massive hit Transformers movies, but trust us when we say—there has never been a movie-tie in comic like this before!}}

''Sector 7'' follows the Simmons lineage down through the years, beginning with [[Walter Simmons]] in 1898, the discovery of the frozen [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the founding of the organization that will become Sector Seven. Simmons is consumed by the alien wonders that Megatron—and later the [[AllSpark]]—present, slipping into a self-destructive decline that initially pushes his family away, only to slowly, inevitably, draw them back into an all-consuming obsession that defines the Simmons legacy through to the present day. The only hope for breaking the cycle lies with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], wandering the Earth after his abandonment by the [[The Fallen]], whose path continuously finds itself intersecting with that of Simmons and his descendants.

The series pays particular attention to the fragmented continuity of the live-action movie [[continuity family]], doing its best to forge connections with disparate pieces of fiction (including the films themselves, IDW's own comics, and surprisingly, the ''[[Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel), as well as to address and smooth over any obvious continuity errors. Real-world history is also folded in where appropriate, including events such as the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and World War II, and the lives of historical figures like [[Herbert Hoover|Herbet]] and [[Lou Hoover]], and [[Bonnie Parker|Bonnie]] and [[Clyde Barrow|Clyde]]. Every issue features a page of notes by the author to highlight and further explain in detail both the Transformers continuity and real-world references.

==Creative team==
''Transformers: Sector 7'' is written by [[John Barber]], with a different artist providing artwork for each of the different eras the story focuses on across its timeline: [[Joe Suitor]] illustrates the adventures of Walter Simmons in issues #1 and 2, [[Chee Yang Ong]] draws the tale of [[Margaret Simmons|Margo Simmons]] in #3, [[Jou Kang]] steps in to cover [[William Simmons|Billy Simmons]]'s wartime escapades in #4, and [[Jon Davis-Hunt]] rounds out the saga with #5. Regular covers for the series were produced by [[Brian Rood]], with Suitor creating a series of five interconnecting retailer incentive variants.

==Collections==
* ''Transformers: Sector 7'' TPB <small>(released [[April 6]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1600109136 / ISBN 978-1600109133</small>
**Bonus material includes all cover art and the text entries from each issue.
**Neither Chee Yang Ong or Jon Davis-Hunt are credited for their art duties and Joe Suitor is listed as "Joe Suito."

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://rantcomics.livejournal.com/236682.html Neil Kleid's rejected pitch]

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Heart of Darkness issue 1

2011-04-20T01:37:38Z

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|next=Heart of Darkness issue 2
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 23]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=April 2011
|written by=[[Dan Abnett]] & [[Andy Lanning]]
|art by=[[Ulises Farinas]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Crossley]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
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'''Galvatron and his minions investigate the mysterious disappearance of Gorlam Prime's population.'''
==Synopsis==
''[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] thinks of [[Gorlam Prime]] during its peak, with mechanical citizens bustling through the cities that cover its surface. According to Galvatron, it always was this way... ''

Galvatron stands in a decimated city on Gorlam Prime. The dead litter the street, and Galvatron compares the state of the city and the entire planet to "an intricate mechanism that has wound down and broken". As Galvatron studies the landscape, perplexed at how this might have happened, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] return and report to Galvatron that Gorlam Prime is completely devoid of life, "cybertronic or otherwise". Galvatron compares Gorlam Prime to the Marie Celeste before transforming and ordering Cyclonus and Scourge to follow him.

''As Galvatron and the Seekers travel to parts unknown, Galvatron muses on the power that he had found when Optimus Prime tossed him into a solar polar. Galvatron thought at first that the sheer amount of energy would kill him, but instead, it awakened the power of the Dead Universe's Anti-Matrix which had been dormant inside of him. The Anti-Matrix joined to him and became "The Heart of Darkness". After gaining this power, Galvatron climbed out of the solar-pool and was discovered by two [[Garrus-9]] guards. However, they were terrified by his power, and let Galvatron leave. Galvatron took a ship and traveled to Gorlam Prime to seek guidance from his fellow Seekers.

''Once he had arrived, Galvatron found Scourge and Cyclonus on the brink of death. During his time in the solar-pool, years had passed, and after being separated from the [[Dead Universe]], they had begun to waste away. Galvatron revived them using the power of the Heart of Darkness and told them they had a new mission as "catalysts of change". Immediately, Scourge sent out his [[Sweep]]s to find the cause of Gorlam Prime's emptiness, as Scourge and Cyclonus had no memory of the events which had left Gorlam Prime so deserted due to their degenerative state. ''
''

Once the Seekers reached their destination, Excavation Site 4, Galvatron explains his plan- if they can't find the cause of the disappearance of all life signs on Gorlam Prime, they would find Jhiaxus and the trans-dimensional portal. Cyclonus finds the entrance to the portal buried beneath the rubble and the bodies of several Micromasters. Galvatron tells Cyclonus to stand aside and blasts away the rubble in his tank form. Cyclonus, who had not stood aside before Galvatron began blasting, is helped to his feet by Scourge. Cyclonus then leans against the wall and begins to say they should examine the Micromaster remains before being cut off by Scourge and the rock slide caused by Cyclonus's carelessness. Galvatron holds up the collapsing tunnel, however, and asks if Scourge and Cyclonus could get a move on.

As they approach the excavation site, Cyclonus notes the way back is blocked. Galvatron tells him they're clear it on the way out, and as Seekers, never worry about what's behind them. When they enter the excavation site, they find the portal to the Dead Universe gone. Cyclonus remarks that the excavation is empty. A badly damaged [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] taps Cyclonus and the shoulder and states its not quite empty and asks to be killed. He then explains how Arcee spent years beating him to a pulp because of what he he had done and then disappeared with [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] in a flash of light. Galvatron orders Scourge and Cyclonus to grab the broken pieces of Jhiaxus and put them near him. Then, using the power of the darkness, Galvatron reassembles Jhiaxus. Jhiaxus is amaze at his new form and begins to ask Galvatron how he could ever repay him. Galvatron cuts him off and tells him to help him to find the portal. Jhiaxus sets down a tunnel and the Seekers (Cyclonus somewhat reluctantly) follow. The tunnel leads into a humongous cavern filled with ancient carvings and statues. At the center of the cavern is a sphere made of the same quicksilver material as the Dead Universe portal.

Galvatron extends his hand and tries to touch the portal. Before he can, however, he is shot in the back, and Arcee and Hardhead begin to blast at the Seekers, Arcee telling Hardhead to destroy them all...

==Featured characters==

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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*Garrus-9 guards (5)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (8)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (9)
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*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (1)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (2)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (3)
*[[Sweep]]s (6)
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBD

==Errors==
*As with a lot of recent IDW books, the timings given here are a ''little'' wonky. As this is set pre-''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'', presumably either during or before the first arc of the ongoing, it's been at most three or four years since Galvatron was thrown into the solar pool. When last seen during the ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' arc, Gorlam Prime was shown as still being in transition. This seems like a mightily small amount of time for it to become one of "the pinnacles of cyber-organic culture in the Galaxy".

==Items of note==
*Galvatron compares Gorlam Prime to the human ghost ship ''[[wikipedia:Mary Celeste|Marie Celeste]]''. though it's unclear when he had time to delve into [[human]] culture like that.
*Being dead seems to agree with Hardhead as he got an extra cannon out of the deal!

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Galvatron; art by [[Ulises Farinas]] and colors by [[Andrew Crossley]].
* '''Cover B:''' Scourge, Galvatron and Cyclonus; art by [[Casey Coller]] and colors by [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI-A:''' Uncolored version of Cover A.
* '''Cover RI-B:''' Signed version of Cover A.

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