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Destiny, Part Five

2022-09-12T17:08:19Z

ACozeyDunt: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory|
|series=rg1|issueno=95
|prev=Less Than Zero
|next=The War to End All Wars, Part 1
|title="Destiny" Part Five
|image=RG1 95 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 23]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=October 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Guido Guidi]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''As battle rages on Cybertron's surface, the Wreckers infiltrate the Warworld, but when their confrontation with Bludgeon goes wrong, help arrives in a most unexpected form!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Blitz engines autobots destiny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is a battlefield: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] grapple, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] engage in a sonic duel, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] leads the charge against the army of [[Blitz Engine]]s, and the airborne [[Autobot]]s unleash their combined firepower against the [[Warworld]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] permits the [[Decepticon]]s to join the fighting themselves, but surprises them by electing to remain on the Warworld, secretly aware that the [[Wrecker]]s have managed to land a ship on the giant craft's surface and have penetrated its hull.

In the [[Primus]] chamber, deep within Cybertron, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] awakens, free of possession by Primus and needing to be brought up to date by his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. As they attempt to talk, the [[demon]]s come spilling into the chamber, and a furious Grimlock, his eyes glowing with the power of Primus, transforms to dinosaur mode. The roar he unleashes takes the fight right out of the creatures and sends them into genuflections. The Dinobots proceed to head back to the surface, and the demons loyally follow their new master, prompting [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] to recall [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]'s plan to reintegrate the Cybertronian race, and Grimlock to speculate that this is all part of some grand plan...

Aboard the Warworld, Bludgeon launches a sudden, vicious solo attack on the Wreckers, affecting their perceptions with his [[Metallikato]] mind-tricks and walking all over them. [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] urges [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] to escape and locate their primary target—the reservoir of [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] energy animating the Blitz Engines—but Bludgeon pursues the elderly Autobot as he makes for the craft's bridge on a rail-transport car.

Down on the planet's surface, the Decepticons join the fight, pushing the Autobots back even further. [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] is not optimistic for the conflict's outcome, but Ultra Magnus holds out hope for a miracle, even as the bridge his team is standing on is blown out from under them. But he is not wrong to hope: that miracle soon arrives in the form of the Dinobots, who, along with the loyal demons, tear into the Decepticons and their weapons of war. The tide of battle is turning, as Blaster claims victory over Soundwave, circumventing his opponent's senses-distorting sonic trickery by simply bombarding him with face-rocking tunes.

[[File:Destinypt5 one last charge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
On the Warworld's bridge, Bludgeon stands over a fallen Kup, preparing to deliver a killing stroke with his sword, when suddenly, in a flash of light, Hot Rod returns from his trip through [[Zero Space]], now transformed by the power of the Matrix into Rodimus Prime! Stunned by Rodimus's ability to snatch his sword out of the air, Bludgeon realizes that Rodimus is the opponent who is fated to destroy him, and demands that he grant him his destined death. Rodimus is only too happy to oblige, seizing the skeletal samurai's leg and hurling him through the Warworld's "windshield". Sent hurtling down to Cybertron's surface, Bludgeon burns up as enters the planet's atmosphere, and dramatically explodes on impact. Just when Rodimus and Kup think they have a moment's respite, however, the Warworld begins to quake: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], urged on by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], has had an attack of conscience, and has returned with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to bring the legendary vessel's firepower to bear on Bludgeon's ship! As the Warworld comes apart around them, the Wreckers race to abandon ship.

Down below, the fight has definitively tipped in the Autobots' favor: with the Warworld crumbling, the flow of Matrix energy being projected to the Blitz Engines ceases, and the drones begin staying down under the Dinobots' and demons' assault. Magnus leads one last mighty push back against the Decepticons, and Omega Supreme triumphs over Monstructor, blasting him to bits. The Warworld explodes, filling the sky with fire, but as the onlooking Autobots cheer, aboard the Wreckers' craft—safely making its way back to the planet's surface—Rodimus Prime is not yet ready to celebrate. The visions shown to him by Primus in Zero Space still haunt his memory... as within Cybertron, the face of the Transformers' creator-god begins to glow...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks or visions.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|3|
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (1)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Doubleheader]] (8)
*[[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (9)
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (10)
*[[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]] (11)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (12)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (13)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (14)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (15)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (16)
*[[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (17)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (27)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (28)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (29)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack 'n' Ruin]] (30)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (31)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (32)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (33)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (34)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (35)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (36)
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] (41)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (42)
*[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (43)
*red and blue generic? (44)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (45)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (47)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (49)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (50)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (51)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (52)
*green generic? (53)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (54)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (55)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (56)
}}
|c2=
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (18)
*[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] (19)
*[[Stranglehold]] (20)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (21)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (22)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (23)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (24)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (25)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (26)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (39)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (40)
*[[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]] (46)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (48)
*''[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]'' (59)
|c3=
*''[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'' (58)
|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Demon]]s (37)
*[[Primus]] (38)
*''[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'' (57)
}}

==Quotes==
"Why are we even still here?" 
"For the simple reason, Starscream, you have yet to specify a new flight plan."
:—'''Starscream''' being clueless and '''Shockwave''' being logical. Some things never change.

"Maybe you're right Soundwave. Compared to you, I ''am'' just a blunt instrument. But my philosophy... 
'''KERAAANNNNG!!!''' 
"...is play to your strengths!"
:—'''Blaster''' turns the volume ''up'' and wins the final round of Guitar Hero from Soundwave

"Final computation: I have taken your measure, gestalt...and found it wanting!"
:—'''Omega Supreme''', delivering the killing blast through Monstructor's midsection

"Autobots--one last charge! Those...creatures are fighting and dying for Cybertron! Can ''we'' do less?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''', maybe there was something to Hot Rod's Plan to bring the Demons to the surface after all

"Well, that's just prime!"
:-'''Rodimus''', stealing the catchphrase of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]].

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
*In his appearance on the Warworld's bridge, Skullcruncher is almost completely miscolored. His face is colored green, instead of the toy and comics' gold. In addition to his arms sporting the same shade of green, it's a much lighter green than he was portrayed with in the original Marvel run, and there's no pink to be found.

===Continuity errors===

===Continuity notes===
*Snarl's popped back up after being oddly absent from [[Destiny, Part Four|issue #94]]; guess he was just off-panel for the whole thing!
*We saw Bludgeon's vision of his own death in [[Destiny, Part Three|issue #93]]. That seemed to imply he had died on the battlefield, but that's not quite how things unfold here.
*Blaster, in defeating Soundwave, notes that "The flip-side to hyper-senses [is] hyper-pain". This was, of course, the nucleon-derived affliction Blaster himself suffered from during his time in the [[Nursery (Cybertron)|Nursery]], as seen in [[Natural Selection, Part One|#86]].
*Tailgate makes his first appearance in Marvel U.S. G1 continuity, but is only shown for one panel, getting blasted by Needlenose. However, his toy was used as a model for [[Wipe-Out]], who appeared waaaay back in issue [[King of the Hill!|#27]].
*Let's be straight-up, here: Blaster and Soundwave never had any kind of rivalry in the Marvel comics. Their grudge match here, along with Omega's throwdown with Monstructor, feels a lot more like Simon Furman tying off stories he started over in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]—specifically, in ''[[Spotlight: Blaster]]'' and ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'', respectively—that he never got to bring to a conclusion before his time on those books ended. However, Soundwave's attempt to assassinate Blaster in [[Destiny, Part Two|issue #92]] certainly supplies a score to be settled, while Monstructor may well be the only Decepticon combiner left after the zombie Predacons, Terrorcons, and Seacons were vaporized in [[Natural Selection, Part One|issue #86]]. The Constructicons (and thus, Devastator) last put an appearance in in [[Totaled!|issue #41]], but were never seen again in the original Marvel Comics run, nor Regeneration One.
*The more detailed rendering we get of the partially-reconstructed Thunderwing lets us see his inner robot within his [[Pretender]] shell, something that never appeared in the Marvel US comics (but did put in a brief appearance in the UK series).
*On page 12, Monstructor clobbers Omega with a statue of [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]].
**Star Saber himself would later make a full appearance in the Marvel G1 continuity via the prequel miniseries, [[Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies| Secrets and Lies]].
*Magnus squeezes two [[Furmanism]]s into one speech balloon as he declares the demons are "[[Furmanism#FIGHT AND DIE|fighting and dying]] for Cybertron! [[Furmanism#CAN I DO LESS?|Can '''we''' do less?]]"

===Real-life references===
*When Roadbuster's right arm is chopped off by Bludgeon, it continues to fire as it hits the ground, homaging the fate of Dillon in 1987's ''{{w|Predator (film)|Predator}}''.
*Grimlock quips that he "never look gift dinohippus in mouth". The ''{{w|Dinohippus}}'' was a kind of prehistoric horse; see, 'cause he's, like, a ''dinosaur'', so he talks about prehistoric equivalent of [[wiktionary:don't look a gift horse in the mouth|looking a gift horse in the mouth]].
*When Blaster unleashes the sonic blast that fells Soundwave, he strikes an {{w|air guitar}} pose. The sound effect that accompanies this, "Keraaaannng!", is of course an onomatopoeic rendering of an electric guitar power chord, but is also likely a reference to UK rock music magazine ''{{w|Kerrang!}}''.

===Other trivia===

===Transformers references===
[[File:Rodimusprimerequestdenied.jpg|thumb|275px]]
*When Bludgeon demands death, Rodimus responds with a grim "Request granted." This echoes back to one of his more famous scenes in the Marvel UK series (pictured), from [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|issue #114]], when he slew a Decepticon begging for mercy with a roar of "Request denied!"
*Grimlock instructs the demons to "munch metal", one of his more famous quotes from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Furminated===
*A couple of generics, and Tailgate, take hits from the Blitz Engines. Tailgate survives, only to be killed off for real in #100.
*Bludgeon gets tossed out of the Warworld, but next issue reveals that he survived - just barely.

===Covers (3)===
<gallery>
File:RG1 95 cvrA.jpg|
File:RG1 95 cvrB.jpg|
File:RG1 95 cvrRI.jpg|
</gallery>
*'''Cover A:''' Rodimus versus Bludgeon, by [[Andrew Wildman]] and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Blaster versus (purple!) Soundwave, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Grimlock and the demons versus a Blitz Engine, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].

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==External links==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Destiny, Part 5}}

Destiny, Part Five

2022-09-12T16:52:51Z

ACozeyDunt: /*Little bit of continuity between RG1 and TF'84*/

{{Comicstory|
|series=rg1|issueno=95
|prev=Less Than Zero
|next=The War to End All Wars, Part 1
|title="Destiny" Part Five
|image=RG1 95 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 23]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=October 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Guido Guidi]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''As battle rages on Cybertron's surface, the Wreckers infiltrate the Warworld, but when their confrontation with Bludgeon goes wrong, help arrives in a most unexpected form!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Blitz engines autobots destiny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is a battlefield: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] grapple, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] engage in a sonic duel, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] leads the charge against the army of [[Blitz Engine]]s, and the airborne [[Autobot]]s unleash their combined firepower against the [[Warworld]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] permits the [[Decepticon]]s to join the fighting themselves, but surprises them by electing to remain on the Warworld, secretly aware that the [[Wrecker]]s have managed to land a ship on the giant craft's surface and have penetrated its hull.

In the [[Primus]] chamber, deep within Cybertron, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] awakens, free of possession by Primus and needing to be brought up to date by his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. As they attempt to talk, the [[demon]]s come spilling into the chamber, and a furious Grimlock, his eyes glowing with the power of Primus, transforms to dinosaur mode. The roar he unleashes takes the fight right out of the creatures and sends them into genuflections. The Dinobots proceed to head back to the surface, and the demons loyally follow their new master, prompting [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] to recall [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]'s plan to reintegrate the Cybertronian race, and Grimlock to speculate that this is all part of some grand plan...

Aboard the Warworld, Bludgeon launches a sudden, vicious solo attack on the Wreckers, affecting their perceptions with his [[Metallikato]] mind-tricks and walking all over them. [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] urges [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] to escape and locate their primary target—the reservoir of [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] energy animating the Blitz Engines—but Bludgeon pursues the elderly Autobot as he makes for the craft's bridge on a rail-transport car.

Down on the planet's surface, the Decepticons join the fight, pushing the Autobots back even further. [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] is not optimistic for the conflict's outcome, but Ultra Magnus holds out hope for a miracle, even as the bridge his team is standing on is blown out from under them. But he is not wrong to hope: that miracle soon arrives in the form of the Dinobots, who, along with the loyal demons, tear into the Decepticons and their weapons of war. The tide of battle is turning, as Blaster claims victory over Soundwave, circumventing his opponent's senses-distorting sonic trickery by simply bombarding him with face-rocking tunes.

[[File:Destinypt5 one last charge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
On the Warworld's bridge, Bludgeon stands over a fallen Kup, preparing to deliver a killing stroke with his sword, when suddenly, in a flash of light, Hot Rod returns from his trip through [[Zero Space]], now transformed by the power of the Matrix into Rodimus Prime! Stunned by Rodimus's ability to snatch his sword out of the air, Bludgeon realizes that Rodimus is the opponent who is fated to destroy him, and demands that he grant him his destined death. Rodimus is only too happy to oblige, seizing the skeletal samurai's leg and hurling him through the Warworld's "windshield". Sent hurtling down to Cybertron's surface, Bludgeon burns up as enters the planet's atmosphere, and dramatically explodes on impact. Just when Rodimus and Kup think they have a moment's respite, however, the Warworld begins to quake: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], urged on by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], has had an attack of conscience, and has returned with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to bring the legendary vessel's firepower to bear on Bludgeon's ship! As the Warworld comes apart around them, the Wreckers race to abandon ship.

Down below, the fight has definitively tipped in the Autobots' favor: with the Warworld crumbling, the flow of Matrix energy being projected to the Blitz Engines ceases, and the drones begin staying down under the Dinobots' and demons' assault. Magnus leads one last mighty push back against the Decepticons, and Omega Supreme triumphs over Monstructor, blasting him to bits. The Warworld explodes, filling the sky with fire, but as the onlooking Autobots cheer, aboard the Wreckers' craft—safely making its way back to the planet's surface—Rodimus Prime is not yet ready to celebrate. The visions shown to him by Primus in Zero Space still haunt his memory... as within Cybertron, the face of the Transformers' creator-god begins to glow...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks or visions.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|3|
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (1)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (7)
*[[Doubleheader]] (8)
*[[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (9)
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (10)
*[[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]] (11)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (12)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (13)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (14)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (15)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (16)
*[[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (17)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (27)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (28)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (29)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack 'n' Ruin]] (30)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (31)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (32)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (33)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (34)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (35)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (36)
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] (41)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (42)
*[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (43)
*red and blue generic? (44)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (45)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (47)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (49)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (50)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (51)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (52)
*green generic? (53)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (54)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (55)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (56)
}}
|c2=
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (18)
*[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] (19)
*[[Stranglehold]] (20)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (21)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (22)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (23)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (24)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (25)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (26)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (39)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (40)
*[[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]] (46)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (48)
*''[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]'' (59)
|c3=
*''[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'' (58)
|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Demon]]s (37)
*[[Primus]] (38)
*''[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'' (57)
}}

==Quotes==
"Why are we even still here?" 
"For the simple reason, Starscream, you have yet to specify a new flight plan."
:—'''Starscream''' being clueless and '''Shockwave''' being logical. Some things never change.

"Maybe you're right Soundwave. Compared to you, I ''am'' just a blunt instrument. But my philosophy... 
'''KERAAANNNNG!!!''' 
"...is play to your strengths!"
:—'''Blaster''' turns the volume ''up'' and wins the final round of Guitar Hero from Soundwave

"Final computation: I have taken your measure, gestalt...and found it wanting!"
:—'''Omega Supreme''', delivering the killing blast through Monstructor's midsection

"Autobots--one last charge! Those...creatures are fighting and dying for Cybertron! Can ''we'' do less?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''', maybe there was something to Hot Rod's Plan to bring the Demons to the surface after all

"Well, that's just prime!"
:-'''Rodimus''', stealing the catchphrase of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]].

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
*In his appearance on the Warworld's bridge, Skullcruncher is almost completely miscolored. His face is colored green, instead of the toy and comics' gold. In addition to his arms sporting the same shade of green, it's a much lighter green than he was portrayed with in the original Marvel run, and there's no pink to be found.

===Continuity errors===

===Continuity notes===
*Snarl's popped back up after being oddly absent from [[Destiny, Part Four|issue #94]]; guess he was just off-panel for the whole thing!
*We saw Bludgeon's vision of his own death in [[Destiny, Part Three|issue #93]]. That seemed to imply he had died on the battlefield, but that's not quite how things unfold here.
*Blaster, in defeating Soundwave, notes that "The flip-side to hyper-senses [is] hyper-pain". This was, of course, the nucleon-derived affliction Blaster himself suffered from during his time in the [[Nursery (Cybertron)|Nursery]], as seen in [[Natural Selection, Part One|#86]].
*Tailgate makes his first appearance in Marvel U.S. G1 continuity, but is only shown for one panel, getting blasted by Needlenose. However, his toy was used as a model for [[Wipe-Out]], who appeared waaaay back in issue [[King of the Hill!|#27]].
*Let's be straight-up, here: Blaster and Soundwave never had any kind of rivalry in the Marvel comics. Their grudge match here, along with Omega's throwdown with Monstructor, feels a lot more like Simon Furman tying off stories he started over in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]—specifically, in ''[[Spotlight: Blaster]]'' and ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'', respectively—that he never got to bring to a conclusion before his time on those books ended. However, Soundwave's attempt to assassinate Blaster in [[Destiny, Part Two|issue #92]] certainly supplies a score to be settled, while Monstructor may well be the only Decepticon combiner left after the zombie Predacons, Terrorcons, and Seacons were vaporized in [[Natural Selection, Part One|issue #86]]. The Constructicons (and thus, Devastator) last put an appearance in in [[Totaled!|issue #41]], but were never seen again in the original Marvel Comics run, nor Regeneration One.
*The more detailed rendering we get of the partially-reconstructed Thunderwing lets us see his inner robot within his [[Pretender]] shell, something that never appeared in the Marvel US comics (but did put in a brief appearance in the UK series).
*On page 12, Monstructor clobbers Omega with a statue of [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]].
**Star Saber himself would later make a full appearance in the prequel miniseries, [[Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies| Secrets and Lies]].
*Magnus squeezes two [[Furmanism]]s into one speech balloon as he declares the demons are "[[Furmanism#FIGHT AND DIE|fighting and dying]] for Cybertron! [[Furmanism#CAN I DO LESS?|Can '''we''' do less?]]"

===Real-life references===
*When Roadbuster's right arm is chopped off by Bludgeon, it continues to fire as it hits the ground, homaging the fate of Dillon in 1987's ''{{w|Predator (film)|Predator}}''.
*Grimlock quips that he "never look gift dinohippus in mouth". The ''{{w|Dinohippus}}'' was a kind of prehistoric horse; see, 'cause he's, like, a ''dinosaur'', so he talks about prehistoric equivalent of [[wiktionary:don't look a gift horse in the mouth|looking a gift horse in the mouth]].
*When Blaster unleashes the sonic blast that fells Soundwave, he strikes an {{w|air guitar}} pose. The sound effect that accompanies this, "Keraaaannng!", is of course an onomatopoeic rendering of an electric guitar power chord, but is also likely a reference to UK rock music magazine ''{{w|Kerrang!}}''.

===Other trivia===

===Transformers references===
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*When Bludgeon demands death, Rodimus responds with a grim "Request granted." This echoes back to one of his more famous scenes in the Marvel UK series (pictured), from [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|issue #114]], when he slew a Decepticon begging for mercy with a roar of "Request denied!"
*Grimlock instructs the demons to "munch metal", one of his more famous quotes from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Furminated===
*A couple of generics, and Tailgate, take hits from the Blitz Engines. Tailgate survives, only to be killed off for real in #100.
*Bludgeon gets tossed out of the Warworld, but next issue reveals that he survived - just barely.

===Covers (3)===
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*'''Cover A:''' Rodimus versus Bludgeon, by [[Andrew Wildman]] and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Blaster versus (purple!) Soundwave, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Grimlock and the demons versus a Blitz Engine, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].

===Advertisements===
*''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Soundwaves (issue)|#22]]
*''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Little Victories|#22]]
*''[[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|The Transformers: Dark Cybertron'' #1]]
*''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime]]''
*IDW ''Samurai Jack'' comic
*Halloween ComicFest 2013
*''[[Star Trek]]: Khan'' (back cover)

==External links==
*[https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/script-wrap-tf-regeneration-one-95/ Simon Furman's Script (W)rap]

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