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2011-04-04T17:41:27Z

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The Ascending issue 4

2011-04-04T17:38:25Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Ascending|''Transformers:<br/>Beast Wars:<br/>The Ascending'']] #4
|prev=The Ascending issue 3
|image=BWAscending-04B.jpg
|caption=Hardhead likes the view, yes he does.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 9]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=November 2007
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|colors assist by=[[Andrew Elder]], [[Liam Shalloo]] and [[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Maximals and Predacons unite on two worlds to stop Shokaract and the rise of Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
Under Shokaract's instruction, [[Herald of Shokaract|his Heralds]] distribute [[Angolmois]] capsules to the crazed masses of Cybertron, with the intention of using the chaos and negative feelings to power the [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]] in Shokaract's chest. Observing the chaos is Big Convoy, who meets Bump, a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterward, Big Convoy and his soldiers meet the [[Pack]], along with immigrants from Earth, including Ravage. Ravage chronally displaces himself to consult the time-lost Magmatron. Meanwhile, Lio Convoy requests that Bump study the Angolmois and create a retrovirus to counteract it—enough of it for all of Cybertron. In the netherspace, Magamtron proposes to Ravage a plan: Bring Shokaract to him so that he may be shown the true purpose of his "Ascending". He suggests getting a Maximal to do the suicide mission of placing the [[chronal phase facilitator]] on Shokaract himself.

On Earth, the Angolmois-drunk Razorbeast continues to battle the [[Blendtron]]s. Refusing to let the Blendtrons destroy them all, the left-behind Predacon and Maximal forces unite to take down the gigantic and powerful attackers. Optimus Minor checks on Razorbeast; he is still rational, but the Angolmois threatens his sanity. He tells Optimus Minor that he knows what to do then.

On Cybertron, Ravage has filled in the others about Magmatron's plan. Prowl II and Snarl are tasked with attaching the facilitator onto Shokaract, while others attack him to distract him. In the following battle, many die by Shokaract's hand. Back on Earth, Elephorca is destroyed by Razorbeast and Drancron is kicked into Rartorata's stinger, annihilating the both of them. The only challenge left is Razorbeast, who has now lost his inhibitions. Optimus Minor pleads with Razorbeast to not force his hand.

The battle against Shokaract goes as planned; Snarl and Prowl approach Shokaract while invisible, allowing Snarl to use the facilitator to transport Shokaract into Magmatron's netherspace. Shokaract's Heralds, baffled by his disappearance, are distracted long enough for Ravage to throw a grenade their way, scattering them. Magmatron shows Shokaract his true propose: to be a vessel of [[Unicron]]. Aghast at this revelation, Shokaract rips the Anti-Matrix from his chest, committing "spectacular suicide". This causes a "timelash" that sets Magmatron back into normal space on Cybertron. He delivers the sad news—Razorbeast was euthanized.

Bump delivers the first batch of the anti-Angolmois retrovirus, but he needs a proper lab to mass-produce it. Observing the sorry state of Cybertron, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hope that no threat comes up while they're focused on rebuilding.

Unfortunately, Megatron has [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|arrived]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Rockbuster]] (11)
* [[Santon]] (12)
* [[Scuba]] (13)
* [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] (10)
* [[Tako Tank]] (14)
* [[Tonbot]] (15)
* [[Gimlet]] (16)
* [[Sharp Edge (BWN)|Sharp Edge]] (17)
* [[Bump]] (18)
* [[Big Convoy]] (19)
* [[Cohrada]] (20)
* [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] (22)
* [[Survive]] (21)
* [[Apache]] (23)
* [[Break]] (24)
* [[Drill Nuts]] (25)
* [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] (26)
* [[Lio Convoy]] (27)
* [[Razorbeast]] (31)
* [[Armordillo]] (34)
* [[Bantor]] (35)
* [[Claw Jaw]] (36)
* [[Cybershark]] (37)
* [[Optimus Minor]] (38)
* [[Ramulus]] (39)
* [[B'Boom]] (44)
* [[Stinkbomb]] (46)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (51)
* [[Prowl II]] (52)
* [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] (53)
* [[Air Hammer]] (54)
* [[Noctorro]] (56)
* [[Mach Kick]] (59)
* [[Torca]] (60)
* [[K-9]] (62)
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] (63)
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] (64)
* [[Polar Claw]] (66)
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Archadis]] (7)
* [[Autocrasher]] (8)
* [[Crazybolt]] (9)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)
* [[Magmatron]] (29)
* [[Retrax]] (40)
* [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] (41)
* [[Terragator]] (42)
* [[Manterror]] (43)
* [[Jetstorm (BW)|Jetstorm]] (45)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] (47)
* [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] (48)
* [[Powerpinch]] (49)
* [[Snapper]] (50)
* [[Injector]] (55)
* [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] (57)
* [[Transquito]] (58)
* [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]] (61)
* [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]] (65)
* [[Lazorbeak]] (67)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (69)
|c4=
* [[Shokaract]] (1)
* [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] (2)
* [[Antagony]] (3)
* [[BB|Max-B]] (4)
* [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] (5)
* [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]] (6)
* [[Elephorca]] (30)
* [[Drancron]] (32)
* [[Rartorata]] (33)
* [[Unicron]] (68)
}}

==Errors==
* Snapper is mistakenly colored as Armordillo in the first panel on page 9.
* Drill Nuts is mistakenly colored as Drill Bit in one scene as Shokaract's Heralds attack him and Polar Claw.

==Items of note==
* Guido Guidi was tasked with the art for this issue due to the departure of [[Don Figueroa]] from [[IDW Publishing]]. Don provided the art for a cover before he left, however.
* On page 13, in the panel below the one in which Shokaract says "It begins." the head and shoulder of movie Optimus Prime is clearly visible.
* Ramulus's line "Let us throw ourselves headlong into the fray!" somewhat parallels a line he spoke in "[[Primeval Dawn]]"—"Lead me to the fray!" As well, Shokaract's line "Heralds... attend me!" is a direct quote from his previous iteration in [[Terminus]].
* Optimus Minor's line "Better to burn out than to fade away" is a quote from the Neil Young song "My My Hey Hey" and was also made famous in the first Highlander film.
* Back when he wrote the ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' section of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', Simon Furman noted that Megatron was able to escape his shackles on the Maximals' shuttle because it hit a "time disturbance." While there is nothing in the actual ''show'' that supports this notion, it is apparent that the "timelash" induced by Shokaract's suicide in this issue is the disturbance in question.
* Negative feedback on this issue from a IDW Forum poster caused the usually amiable Furman to snap "No please, don't hold back. I'm starting to understand why Don [Figueroa] quit." He later clarified he didn't mean Don had quit because of negative feedback, but "when you work long and bl**dy hard on something and the first comment you read is that one, it's enough to make a person think, 'why do I even bother'. Don quit for Don's reasons. I'm just saying it's stuff like that makes me think long and hard about the future, that's all." [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3025].

===Deaths===
In typical Furman fashion, many characters die in the battles against the Blendtrons and Shokaract. Those who die are:
*[[Noctorro]], [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]], [[K-9]],and [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] by Shokaract's claw cannons.
*[[Elephorca]], by Razorbeast's mauling.
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] and an unidentified character, by Rartorata's vomit.
*Possibly [[Bantor]] and [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]], being crushed by Drancron.
*[[Drancron]], [[Lazorbeak]], [[Rartorata]], and [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] with Drancron being forced into Rartorata's stinger, causing an explosion that destroys all of them.
*[[Prowl II]], by a stray beam.
*[[Shokaract]], committing suicide by ripping the Anti-Matrix out of his chest.
*[[Razorbeast]], fatally shot by Optimus Minor.

===Covers (4)===
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* '''Cover A:''' Shokaract; art by [[Nick Roche]].
* '''Cover B:''' Shokaract and minions; art by [[Don Figueroa]].
* '''Cover RIA:''' Uncolored version of cover A
* '''Cover RIB:''' Uncolored version of cover B

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Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"

2011-04-04T17:03:43Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #5
|prev=Seasons in Flight
|next=Earthworks
|title="Enemies of the System"
|image=IDW TF 5A.jpg
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date= [[March 31]], [[2010]]
|coverdate=March 2010
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Don Figueroa]]
|colors by=[[James Brown]]
|letters by= [[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''As Prime and Spike talk (still), things go from bad to worse when Ultra Magnus leads a team to arrest "Rodimus Prime"...'''

==Synopsis==
Spike and Optimus continue their chat; Prime admits that he felt he was an ineffective leader once the Decepticons left. He also tells Spike how he admires the human race and their wisdom. He hopes his men will transform without him.

Ultra Magnus returns to the Autobots' cave and immediately states his intentions to assemble a team to arrest "Rodimus Prime". Bumblebee questions this, as well as Magnus' choice of the recently traumatized Blurr, but Magnus will have none of it and supersedes Bumblebee's complaints.

Spike takes a ride in Breakdown to clear his head, but is soon sideswiped by Drag Strip. He, along with Wildrider had been looking for their fellow Stunticon and are disgusted that he's being driven by a human. They decide that they will wreck Breakdown in order to kill Spike, because Breakdown can be repaired later. Wildrider rams him next, but Spike retaliates with a weapon he brought along. He tries to lead the two 'Cons back to Skywatch, but Motormaster appears traveling in the opposite direction and runs Spike off the road, where he dives into a ravine. As Spike requests a pick up from Skywatch, Breakdown is recovered and brought back to Hot Rod's site.

At the site, Swindle spends a bit of time repairing Breakdown, and it attracts attention from Silverstreak, but Hot Rod dismisses his concerns. Ultra Magnus and his team arrive to arrest Rodimus, who explains that he isn't committing treason since the war is over. He tries to appeal to Bumblebee, but Magnus interrupts him. Just then, Swindle walks over and says that he'll take over now. Rodimus says that he has things under control, but Swindle drops the charade and says he plans to take the ship off the planet, and kill as many Autobots as he can before that. Magnus counters that the Autobots have him outnumbered, but Swindle gives the order for the Stunticons to merge into Menasor... his newest creation. Swindle tells Menasor to kill Magnus first...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (4)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (6)
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (7)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (13)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod/"Rodimus Prime"]] (14)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (16)
|c2=
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (9)
* [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (10)
* [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (11)
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (12)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (15)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (17)
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (18)
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (19)
|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (1)
* [[Joe Henderson]] (8)
}}

== Quotes ==
"How fast do you think I'd have to go to squirt the human out of the window from a broadside? I say 200 mph."<br>
:—'''Wildrider''', posing a simple math word problem. And they say education is dull.

== Items of Note ==
* On page 16, bottom panel, Ultra Magnus' plate reads: "STACK04". This is a nod to [[Robert Stack]], who provided the voice of Ultra Magnus in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Bumblebee is in his new body. This, along with Rodimus' comment regarding Colonel Horiuchi, places this issue after ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'' concludes. Quite how Rodimus knows about the dealings with Horiuchi, well... Maybe 'Bee is an avid [[Autopedia]] updater?

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' The Stunticons; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and colors by [[James Brown]].
* '''Cover B:''' Ultra Magnus investigating some ruins; art by [[Andrew Wildman]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Bumblebee (based off the first three issues); art by Don Figueroa.

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