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Talk:Duke issue 1

2024-02-21T16:34:21Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Issue Title? */

== Issue Title? ==

Seems to me the title of this issue would be "Man of Action", per page 2. Does anyone else agree? --[[User:Salt-Man Z|Salt-Man Z]] ([[User talk:Salt-Man Z|talk]]) 14:36, 29 January 2024 (EST)
:Hmm… Good question. I can't rightly tell. Has any other source referred to it that way? [[User:DancouMaryuu|Metro '36]] ([[User talk:DancouMaryuu|talk]]) 15:28, 29 January 2024 (EST)
:: It isn't really presented as a title, it's just said in a dramatic font. If issue 2 has a similarly-presented "title", we could consider it, but as-is I don't think it's meant as such. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 16:48, 29 January 2024 (EST)
::: Cobra Commander #1 uses the same dramatic font on its last page for "Cobra Commander", which one might also take to be that issue's title. And they're both written by Josh Williamson. I haven't read the second issue of either series, though, so I can't tell if they continue to do something similar. --[[User:Salt-Man Z|Salt-Man Z]] ([[User talk:Salt-Man Z|talk]]) 11:34, 21 February 2024 (EST)

Talk:Duke issue 1

2024-01-29T19:36:08Z

Salt-Man Z: issue name?

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2022-12-01T01:32:34Z

Salt-Man Z: Salt-Man Z uploaded a new version of "File:IDWSG 3 cvrRE.jpg": Scan of physical foil cover

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2022-12-01T01:31:49Z

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War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness

2021-05-28T21:40:46Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Other trivia */ digital actually came out May 26

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|title="War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness"
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|written by=[[Brian Ruckley]]
|art by=[[Anna Malkova]]
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'''Optimus makes one last attempt to make Megatron see the error of his ways—but when negotiations break down, Cyclonus finally gets his chance to avenge the past by killing Pyra Magna.'''

==Synopsis==
In the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] holds one last meeting with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the hopes that he can convince the Decepticon leader to change his ways. Using [[Pyra Magna]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] as intermediaries, the pair meet via hologram under the flag of a temporary truce; despite these niceties, however, Megatron has no patience for his old compatriot, nor the [[Matrix of Leadership]] he carries within him. ''Megatron'' has thousands of Cybertronians willing to fight for his vision of the future... and "Orion Pax" is nothing but a remnant of a Senate that no longer exists, a pretender to the throne with no authority to stop him.

''Pyra Magna can't believe that Optimus would jeopardize himself by holding a face-to-face meeting with Megatron, but Prime insists that agreeing to Megatron's offer might just prevent any further death and destruction. Pyra Magna simply points out that Megatron has already conquered Iacon and Tarn, seized the [[energon]] fields, control the arsenals, recruited monsters like [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and rallied just about every Cybertronian who ever craved violence to his cause. The Decepticons have all but won—he has no reason to cooperate with Optimus, and Optimus has nothing to back up his words. Optimus corrects her: he has nothing... except, perhaps, Pyra Magna herself.''

Optimus points out that the conflict has already taken a grave toll on their civilization, and that their most recent clash destroyed the [[Pyramid (Cybertron)|Pyramid]] responsible for creating all new Cybertronians. Megatron sneers that Optimus only cared about the nascent [[spark|Titanspark]]s hidden in the facility that the Autobot leader could have harvested and weaponized against the Decepticons had the battle at the Pyramid not ended with the loss of all sixteen sparks. Despite the missteps of his predecessors, Optimus has ''seen'' the path history takes if Megatron continues down this road; despite Megatron's mockery, Optimus warns him that he will not stand idly by; he ''will'' find a way to resist the Decepticons. That's all Megatron needed to hear; the Decepticon coldly orders Strika to cut his transmission and end the meeting. Strika does just that—but once Megatron's gone, she plants a [[suppressor spear]] into the ground to speak privately with her erstwhile comrade.

''On the way to the meeting place, Optimus asks if he can trust Pyra to follow his instructions; the former general admits that she has no idea, as she'd never ''met'' Optimus until now or been able to judge his character. Optimus cuts the subtlety and asks the question point blank: will she stop if he commands her to? During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Pyra did not stop when [[Nominus Prime]] ordered her to. Pyra admits that she deliberately violated his orders to capture [[Turmoil]]; when she and her crew pursued his warship into space, she only intended to disable his ship and rescue the prisoners he'd taken. Somehow, they wound up destroying Turmoil's warship and killing everyone aboard; despite everything, however she does not regret her actions. To regret is to ask for forgiveness, but Pyra views her situation as a crushing debt that must be worked off and repaid—with her life, if need be. To kill a monster, Pyra ''became'' a monster... and she grimly muses to Optimus that another monster will surely rise to destroy her.''

Although Strika warns Pyra that she's backing the wrong side this time, Pyra points out that they once fought together to defend a democratic government from a tyrant. But while Pyra Magna slept through the [[Nominus Edict]], Strika had time to re-evaluate her worldview and came to see the Autobot government as another kind of tyranny all together. Now that they're alone, and shielded from al sensors, Strika reveals she lured Pyra for another reason: on [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s orders, she's here to oversee Pyra's execution—a murder carried out by a vengeful [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]! Unfortunately for the Decepticons, the old general is cannier than they thought; on cue, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and the other veteran [[Companion]]s drop their concealing [[shimmer field]] and charge into battle. [[Scatterspike (G1)|Scatterspike]] calls for their reinforcements, and [[Red Wing]] assumes that the undertrained members of [[Security Operations]] will be easy pickings, but when [[Rust Dust]] drops [[Nautilator]], she realizes that they're dealing with highly-trained veteran soldiers. [[Jumpstream]] uses her teleportation power to take out [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] puts his magnetic arms to good use by crushing [[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]]'s chest from afar. Amidst the melee, Cyclonus squares up to fight Pyra, shouting that she went too far in spite of the amnesty... but these furious accusations provoke an unusual response from the general: she simply tells her attacker that she's been waiting for him. As Cyclonus readies his blade, Pyra kneels, ready to accept her fate...

''Despite Optimus's idealism, Pyra ''knows'' that Optimus has neither the manpower nor the strength to stand up Megatron and tells him as much. Pyra lays out her plan: while she and Strika act as holographic intermediaries, Optimus must gather his forces and retreat from Iacon. Pyra will lay down her life if need be, but points out to Optimus that wars create monsters. Optimus has other ideas, however; he grimly notes that if Megatron has his way and restarts the cycle of conquest and colonization, then he will unite the people of Cybertron in darkness and turn the galaxy against them. ''Someone'' must oppose this; whatever else they are meant to be, he notes, the people of Cybertron are not meant to be darkness.''

Cyclonus stands over his victim, ready to deliver the killing blow—but before he does so, a vision of [[Paragon]] suddenly appears over his shoulder to restrain him, and this vision draws the old soldier back from the brink. A moment passes before Pyra rises to her feet, and although the two share a brief moment of understanding, Pyra tells him that she can't tell him where to go or what to do next—only ''he'' can make that decision. As the other Compatriots mop up the stragglers, Jumpstream teleports to Pyra's side to point a gun at the grieving Cyclonus, but Pyra orders Jumpstream to leave him be for the time being. Pyra tells her soldiers to leave him be—the universe has granted her a momentary reprieve. As the Compatriots head out, and as Jumpstream asks if they'll be supporting Optimus, Pyra muses that the universe has seemingly offered her an opportunity to work off her debts—and anyways, she likes this new Prime more than any of the Decepticons. As it turns out, Optimus had long since abandoned Iacon before his meeting with Megatron; as his followers trek through the badlands that ring the [[Cybertronian Mountains]], the Autobot leader briefly halts the procession to scale the body of a long-dead [[Titan (group)|Titan]] and stare out at the ravaged city he once called home, a quiet moment of mourning for everything they've lost.

At [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]], Megatron rages that Optimus outplayed him: the Autobot leader and his followers are too far away to mount a surprise attack. [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] points out that they've got the city to themselves, but a furious Megatron cuts him off: if Optimus still lives, then they will never truly have control of Cybertron...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback or hallucinations. 
{{featuredcharacters
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* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Pyra Magna]] (3)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (22)
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (23)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (24)
* [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (25)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (26)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (27)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (28)
* [[Vibes]] (29)
* [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] (30)

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* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (4)
* [[Nautilator]] (14)
* [[Scatterspike (G1)|Scatterspike]] (15)
* [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] (16)
* [[Red Wing]] (17)
* [[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]] (18)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (31)
* [[Ion Storm]] (32)
* [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] (33)
* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (34)
* [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (35)
* [[Flywheels|Skytread]] (36)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (37)

|c4=
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (7)
* ''[[Demolisher]]'' (8)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (9)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (10)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (11)
* [[Rust Dust]] (12)
* [[Jumpstream]] (13)
* ''[[Paragon]]'' (19)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (20)
* [[Green]] (21)

'''Threefold Spark'''
* ''[[Megabolt]]'' (5)
* ''[[Turmoil]]'' (6)

}}

==Quotes==
"I became part-monster, but I cannot tell you I regret it, because that would be asking for forgiveness. And some monsters are beyond amnesty. I put myself in debt to fate. To justice. A couple of megacycles in stasis haven't cleared that debt. I was the universe's answer to Turmoil. I"m still waiting to see what answer the universe has to '''me'''. And whatever that answer may be I still cannot tell you I regret what they did."
:— '''Pyra Magna'''

"Windcharger? Nuh-uh. Didn't sign up for this. Get out of there, Nacelle!" 
"What? Who's Windcharger?" 
"Me, Seeker. '''ME.'''"
:— '''Red Wing''', '''Nacelle''', and '''Windcharger'''

"I am certain as I can be that if Megatron shapes Cybertron's destiny, he will turn it into a dark place. Intentionally or not, he will turn '''us''' into a darkness that will reach across the universe and consume others. His nature, and the force he unleashes, will insist upon it. And I am compelled to oppose it. We are not meant to be darkness. That is all."
:— '''Optimus Prime''' says the thing

"Not this cycle, then." 
"What do I do now?"
:— '''Pyra Magna''' and '''Cyclonus'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Pyra Magna notes that the Decepticons control almost all of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]. In [[Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|issue #19]], Megatron ordered [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] to prepare his followers in Tarn, and in [[War World: Awakenings|issue #26]], [[Andromeda (G1)|Andromeda]] was on her way there to investigate a mysterious communications blackout—the implication here is probably that Jhiaxus pulled off a coup akin to what went down in [[Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|#23]].
* Megatron notes the disappearance of the sixteen [[Spark|Titansparks]] Perceptor had stored away in [[War World: Titans|the previous issue]], and claims that they were lost when the [[Pyramid (Cybertron)|Pyramid]] was destroyed at its conclusion.
* Optimus refers to his time within the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which occurred in [[War World: Prime|issue #25]].
* Strika uses one of Soundwave's [[suppressor spear]]s to keep her conversation with Pyra Magna private; Soundwave used similar devices in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|issue #5]] and [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two|#14]] to keep his meetings private.
* After a long build-up the confrontation, we finally learn the whole story behind the relationship between Pyra Magna and Cyclonus: [[Paragon]] was aboard Turmoil's ship at the conclusion of the war, and was presumably killed when Pyra Magna pursued and killed him, though the reveal that his death was accidental is a new one.
* When [[Jumpstream]] reunited with Pyra Magna in issue #26, the general ordered her follower to reunite the [[Companion]]s left on Cybertron. Jumpstream has been doing just that off-panel, as she returns in this issue alongside Windcharger, Groundbreaker, Sunstreaker, and Rust Dust with her. Notably, Groundbreaker's painted green and red instead of his usual colours; as per #26, these colours were adopted by many Cybertronians as a sign of protest against the perceived injustice of Pyra Magna's imprisonment.
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s one-panel cameo in this issue features his pet [[flyt]] [[Green]] perched on his shoulder as he leaves Iacon.
* The final shot of Optimus staring out at the ravaged city of Iacon atop the head of an [[immersant]] [[Titan (group)|Titan]]; both this panel and the preceding closeup scene of him scaling the "mountain" are deliberate callbacks to the very first sequence in [[The World In Your Eyes Part One|issue #1]], which showed [[Rubble]] doing the same thing to take in the sight of a pristine pre-war Iacon.

===Transformers references===
* Pyra Magna describes Turmoil doing something unspeakable to the planet [[Neutronia]], an ill-fated Cybertronian colony planet that first appeared in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''.
* [[Turmoil]] first appeared in [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's first ''Transformers'' continuity]] as the main antagonist of ''[[Spotlight: Drift]]''. He's accompanied by [[Megabolt]], a Decepticon who originated in the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' toyline, although the lighting makes it difficult to distinguish his standard green-and-gold color scheme and, as a result, inadvertently makes him resemble the original "[[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megatron Megabolt]]" toy.
* [[Demolisher]] is a continuity-transplanted version of the [[Demolishor (Armada)|''Armada'' Decepticon]] who'd previously cameo'd in [[2005 IDW continuity|the previous IDW universe]] as well as the ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' crossover comic.
* Groundbreaker is shown dual-wielding a version of the crossbow weapon that came with his original 1988 toy.
* Obscure [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s in this issue include both [[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]] and [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]], who sport made-up bodies based on the [[Starscream_(G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' Starscream mold]].

===Errors===
*On page 8, panel 4, the UK spelling "pretence" slips through in Strika's speech bubble.

===Other trivia===
* Originally solicited for release on April 21st, this comic arrives nearly a month late, landing instead on the 19th of May. In a reversal of the norm, this comic came out in print form first, with the digital release following one week later on May 26th.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': A flower amidst the ashes, by [[Sefano Simeone]]
* '''Cover B''': Cyclonus and Pyra Magna, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Pyra versus Cyclonus, by [[Blacky Shepherd]] and [[Sid Ven Blu]]

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===Advertisements===
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===Reprints===
*'''''Transformers Volume 4: Declaration of War''''' ([[August 10]], 2021 **''scheduled''**) ISBN 1684058066 / ISBN 978-1684058068
**Hardcover.
**Collects ''Transformers'' issues #25–30, ''Transformers Valentine's Day Special'', and ''[[Transformers: Escape|Escape]]'' issues #1-5.
**Bonus material currently unknown, most likely alternate covers.

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image:TF-IDW-2019v4.jpg|'''''Volume 4: Declaration of War'''''; cover art by [[Cryssy Cheung]]
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==External links==
* [https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/05/idws-transformers-2019-comic-series-issue-30-itunes-preview-432905 Preview]

[[Category:Transformers (2019) issues]]

Sara Pitre-Durocher

2019-10-10T20:37:23Z

Salt-Man Z: /* IDW Publishing */ TF#12

[[Image:Sara Pitre-Durocher 2014.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sara Pitre-Durocher, rumored to be the illegitimate child of Ryan Gosling and a polar bear.]]
'''Sara Pitre-Durocher''' (born [[March 6]], [[1985]]) is a Canadian illustrator, game concept artist, and Art Director at [[Volta]]. She is a freelance illustrator for [[IDW Publishing]] and is among the artists providing art for the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. She has worked on multiple iOS titles for Nickelodeon, including ''TMNT: Rooftop Run'' and ''Spongebob Moves In'' as well as other browser games such as ''Super Brawl 3 - Good vs Evil'', ''TMNT: Dark Horizons'', and ''Shadow Heroes''. Other games she contributed to include ''Saints Row the Third'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', and ''Legends of Norrath''.

A bikini aficionado, she has been known to willfully deface comic covers by adding tasteful, yet somewhat out-of-place, bikinis to characters depicted thereon at signings.

==Published Transformers works==
===IDW Publishing===
* ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]'' (retail incentive covers)
* ''[[An Uneventful Night|Combiner Hunters]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers vol. 2]]'' [[Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|#46]]–[[Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|47]], [[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|#49]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' (all issues, except for [[Informed|Revolution tie-in]])
* ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Primeless, Part 1|#11]] (pg. 1–8), [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|#18]] (pg. 1–2, 19–20), [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|#19]], [[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|#21]] (pg. 12–13, 17–20), [[Unstopped and Unstoppable|#22]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light]]'' [[The_Ties_That_Bind|#14]] (pg. 1–8), [[Kill_All_%27Cons|#15]] (pg. 19–20)
* ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Nautica: Home|#12]]

===Packaging art===
*''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' (colors)

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*''[[:Category:Images by Sara Pitre-Durocher|Extended Sara Pitre-Durocher gallery]]''</center>

==External links==
*[http://yamiza.deviantart.com/ Yamiza] on DeviantArt
*[http://spewpew.tumblr.com/ Spewpew] on Tumblr
*[https://twitter.com/SaraLePew/ SaraLePew] on Twitter

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[[Category:Illustrators]]
[[Category:Painters]]

Anna Malkova

2019-06-12T22:20:19Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Interiors */ TF19 #7

'''Anna Malkova''' (Анна Малкова born [[September 9]], [[1991]]) is a Russian artist currently based in Cyprus. A graduate of the Moscow Architectural Institute, she is the lead visual development artist at RJ Games and an avid science fiction fan. In [[2019]], Malkova joined ''Transformers'' as a secondary artist for [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[Transformers (2019 comic)|ongoing ''Transformers'' comic series]].

==Published work==
===IDW Publishing===
====Interiors====
*''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[The World In Your Eyes Part Five|#5]]
*''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One|#7]]

====Covers====
*''Transformers'' [[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|#3]]

==Gallery==
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''[[:Category:Images by Anna Malkova|Extended Anna Malkova gallery]]''</center>

==External links==
*[http://a-malkova.com/ Official website]
*[https://twitter.com/Anna__Malkova Twitter account]

[[Category:IDW Publishing]]
[[Category:Illustrators]]

The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye

2016-08-18T18:55:22Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Collections */ vol 9 TPB

{{disambig3|More than Meets the Eye}}
[[File:MTMTE1 cvrE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|All of your favorite childhood heroes... and Drift.]]
'''''The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye''''' is an ongoing comic series published by [[IDW Publishing]], starting in January [[2012]]. This series follows the adventures of [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and his team as they travel through space, hunting for the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] and having adventures along the way. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging out pretending they have friends.

The series picks off from "[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]", the epilogue to the previous [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing]], and takes place at the same time as a second ongoing series, ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'', which together form the fourth major "act" of IDW's ongoing [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation 1 continuity]].

In 2014, it was nominated for three True Believer Awards (formerly the Eagle Awards): Favourite American Comic Book: Colour, Favourite Single Story ([[Cybertronian Homesick Blues|#13]]), and Favourite Continued Story (Remain in Light).<ref>[http://www.truebelieverscomicawards.com/nominees.html True Believers Comic Awards nominees]</ref>

The series is set to conclude with issue #57 and will relaunch as ''[[Transformers: Lost Light]]'' in December 2016.

{{quote
|"Everyone on board the ''Lost Light'' is '''cracked in the head!'''"

"Yeah, '''dysfunctional''' isn't the word! There isn't a '''normal''' 'bot among you!"

"And that wouldn't be so bad if you actually '''made progress'''—but as far as I can make out, all you do is '''argue''', crack jokes, and get '''sidetracked''' doing pointless, silly things that only you find amusing!"
|Various members of the '''Circle of Light'''
|"[[Little Victories]]"
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|center=true
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{{chapters|series=mtmte|style=3 |prev=Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|next=Transformers: Lost Light|align=left|content=
*[[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]]
*[[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]]
*[[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|#3]]
*[[Life After the Big Bang|#4]]
*[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]
*[[Interiors|#6]]
*[[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]]
*[[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|Annual 2012]]
*[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]]
*[[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]
*[[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|#10]]
*[[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|#11]]
*[[Before & After|#12]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 13|#13]]
*[[Remembrance Day|#14]]
*[[Under Cold Blue Stars|#15]]
*[[The Gloaming|#16]]
*[[Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|#17]]
*[[Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|#18]]
*[[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|#19]]
*[[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|#20]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 21|#21]]
*[[Little Victories|#22]]
*[[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|#23]]
*[[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#24]]
*[[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|#25]]
*[[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|#26]]
*[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|#27]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|#29]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|#30]]
*[[Twenty Plus One|#31]]
*[[Slaughterhouse|#32]]
*[[slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|#33]]
*[[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|#34]]
*[[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|#35]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|#36]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|#37]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|#38]]
*[[The Permanent Revolution|#39]]
*[[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|#40]]
*[[The Sensuous Frame|#41]]
*[[The Frail Gaze|#42]]
*[[The One Where They Go to Earth|#43]]
*[[The Not Knowing|#44]]
*[[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|#45]]
*[[Animals|#46]]
*[[The Lopsided Triangle|#47]]
*[[Speak, Memory: Part 1|#48]]
*[[Speak, Memory! (Part 2)|#49]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 50|#50]]
*[[The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|#51]]
*[[The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|#52]]
*[[The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|#53]]
*[[The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|#54]]
*[[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|#55]]
*[[Ten to Midnight|#56]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 57|#57]]
}}

==Overview==
In contrast to the Cybertron-based setting of ''Robots in Disguise'', ''More than Meets the Eye'' is set predominantly within the walls of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', the spaceship captained by [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] that carries his crew on their expedition to locate the [[Knights of Cybertron]], a mythical group who left the planet ten million years prior to the present day to spread peace and enlightenment across the universe. The book features an ensemble cast, who come and go from the spotlight with each passing issue, made up in large part of characters who have been overlooked by past fiction.

The "main cast" at the series outset includes Rodimus himself, a daredevil egotist who could not be more ill-suited to command; his officious second-in-command [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], whose obsessive-compulsive traits make life on the ship difficult for everyone; third-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], now with a relentlessly positive outlook on life following a near-death experience; the talkative [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who immediately became a fan favorite; ship's doctor [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], now feeling his age and looking for something new in life; dangerously unhinged ex-[[Wrecker]] [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], who soon forms a murderous enmity with disillusioned ancient Cybertronian [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]; ship's security officer [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], even more paranoid then ever; timid psychiatrist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], who slowly seems to be more than he appears; and diminutive archivist [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], who would come to draw much attention as the first truly official "gay" romantic couple in Transformers fiction.<ref>Quote marks around "gay" 'cause IDW has previously established that Transformers are genderless in their continuity, but let's not kid ourselves here.</ref> In short order, the crew is joined by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], a naive Transformer who has been offline for the duration of the war and finds himself forced to choose a side, and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], a long-missing Autobot who reappears with amnesia and a bad attitude. As the series progresses, more Autobots come into focus on the fringes of the story, like the over-eager, luckless [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], and resentful, boozy, one-trick-pony [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. ''More than Meets the Eye'' uses its "quest" backdrop to tell multiple smaller adventures, throughout which are threaded many, ''many'' seeds for future stories, together forming a grand tapestry that has clearly been planned out ''very'' far in advance.

[[File:MTMTE28 subcvr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|All of your favorite childhood heroes... wait, what's ''he'' doing there?]]
===Season 1===
Following an unexpected [[Quantum generator|quantum jump]] upon launch, the ''Lost Light'' is hurled off into the depths of space, where the crew is joined by Skids and contends with a stowaway [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]. A visit to [[Delphi]] by Ratchet to help cure a plague introduces the threat of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], who then feature in a Decepticon-dedicated story menacing a [[Scavenger (group)|band of misfit Decepticons]], and also brings the facility's surviving patients and staff onto the ship—including [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], whose post-traumatic stress causes him to snap and nearly kill Rung. Hoping to cure Rung's damaged brain, Rewind gathers a small group together to recount a shared story from their past about [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] foiling a [[Senate]] plot to discredit the burgeoning Decepticon movement in the days of Functionism. Unfortunately, the little archivist is soon badly wounded in battle, sending Chromedome into a grief spiral that allows Drift to manipulate him into carrying out a plan laid out by [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]: using his mnemosurgery skills to tap the memories and learn the secrets of mass-murdering Decepticon [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], secretly hidden on board the ''Lost Light''. Unfortunately, Chromedome accidentally allows Overlord to escape, and Rewind has to sacrifice himself to jettison the monster from the ship. Ultra Magnus is also fatally wounded in the battle, but when his body disappears from the ship's Medibay, the crew track it to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where they discover and foil a twisted plot by [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]] to wipe out all those Transformers he sees as tainted by original sin.

The book then moves into the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] crossover with ''Robots in Disguise''. The ''Lost Light'' crew initially investigate a previous find that leads them to the Titan Metroplex, and Orion Pax's investigation into the Dead Universe's involvement in Shockwave's overall plot. The casts of both series finally meet again in [[Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|''Robots in Disguise'' #26]].

[[File:MTMTE40 Ten's mural.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|All of [[Ten]]'s favorite adulthood heroes.]]

===Season 2===
Following ''Dark Cybertron'''s conclusion, The cast undergoes a reshuffle, as tertiary crew members like [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]], as well as several newcomers, become the story's focus; [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], recently-resurrected detective; Skids' escapologist partner [[Getaway]], who takes an immediate shine to Tailgate; [[Caminus|Camien]] bibliophile and quantum mechanic [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]; and [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]], a neurotic [[M.T.O.]] Aquabot. The season kicks off with Megatron's trial and the events that lead to him captaining the ''Lost Light'' set in the six months between ''Dark Cybertron'' and Season 2. In the present day, the resumed voyage does not start well, with the arrival of a [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|coffin]], disappearing objects on the ship, and a chilling addendum to [[The Gloaming|Rewind's Message]]. Answers to the mysteries revolving around the coffin lead to the [[time travel|time-traveling]] "Elegant Chaos" arc, as the ''Lost Light''ers scramble after [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], who has gone back in time, bent on changing the future. Along the way, the gang inadvertently answers some of the series's longest-standing questions, including the events foreshadowed in season 1's ominous message from the future.

In the aftermath, several characters depart for other comics while new people [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] and [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] join the crew. The ''Lost Light'' discovers a message from [[Dominus Ambus|a dead spy]] within the DJD while helping Swerve with his self-worth issues, in a madcap adventure on a holomatter Earth. Following its directions to the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s [[Necroworld|planet]], they are met with a sobering reminder that all of them are killers and would one day have to face it. Megatron was particularly shaken by the visual representation of the billions of deaths he was responsible for. Mean while, the Scavengers return for another two-parter, feeling stagnant and dealing with a mentally disabled [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in a post-Great War world. Back aboard the ''Lost Light'', Getaway and [[Atomizer]]'s true agenda for Tailgate comes to light, and so do Skids' repressed memories — which had left him with deep scars and extinguished his previous faith. Elsewhere, the Decepticon Justice Division learn Megatron had called for an end to Decepticon warfare; they double down and join forces with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s splinter faction, determined to kill Megatron for heresy.

The fiftieth issue begins the season finale arc, "The Dying of the Light". Megatron, Rodimus, and the main cast are tricked into going to Necroworld, only to learn the entire Lost Light crew have mutinied under Getaway's lead. Sick of Megatron's presence and Rodimus' incompetent leadership, they intend to continue the Knightquest without them, having informed both the Decepticon Justice Division and the [[Galactic Council]] of Megatron's location. Shocking revelations are had, a bunch of old friends and an old enemy return, and a fierce battle is waged. Though the Decepticons are beaten, none of the crew escape unscathed—and some pay the ultimate price. Meanwhile, beneath Necroworld's hollow shell, Nightbeat and Rung discover the true purpose of the unusual planet...

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==Creative team==
[[File:Milne roberts.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Series artist [[Alex Milne]] (left) and writer [[James Roberts]] (right)]]
The series is written by [[James Roberts]], fresh from the critical success of ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''. Roberts had already been assigned the series when he wrote the two-part "Chaos Theory" in issues [[Chaos Theory Part 1|#22]] and [[Chaos Theory Part 2|#23]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]], and seeded many early plot points for the series into those two issues, including [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] as the prison guard. Also furthering the link between the ongoing and ''More than Meets the Eye'', when Roberts co-plotted "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]" with [[Mike Costa]], Costa let him script all of the Kimia escape shuttle scenes, populated with characters who would be aboard the [[Lost Light]].<ref name="Everything">From the 'Everything You Didn't Realize You Needed To Know About More Than Meets The Eye' section of the TPB</ref>

[[Alex Milne]] serves as the series regular artist, with colors by [[Josh Burcham]]. The visual "look" of ''More than Meets the Eye'' that the pair have created is very unique, with slightly exaggerated, cartoonishly stylized character models unlike anything in Milne's past work, cel-shaded with a textured, muted color palette that combines to create something quite unlike any modern Transformer comic. So key is this "visual identity" to the book that almost all other contributors who have worked on the title have striven to emulate it, adapting their own lineart and coloring styles to match the expected look and tone of the book. Frequent Roberts collaborator [[Nick Roche]] provided art for issues #1 and #6, as well as "B" covers for every issue, while [[Brendan Cahill]] co-pencilled #12, [[Guido Guidi]] stepped in for #13, [[Agustin Padilla]] filled in last-minute for #16, and [[James Raiz]] drew the lineart for #22. [[Joana Lafuente]] and [[Josh Perez]] have also lent their colors to the book, while [[Marcelo Matere]] regularly provides retailer incentive variant covers for the series. Following the "Dark Cybertron" crossover event, Burcham stepped down as the book's regular colorist, and Lafuente took his place, bringing a new palette and gradiated shading to the series.
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==Soundtrack==
[[File:Nautica-MTMTE42covercropped.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Pick up the latest issue of ''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Indie Disco!'']]
In a unique touch, writer James Roberts would visit the [http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/index.php IDW Publishing forums] shortly before the release of each issue and offer up a "teaser" post containing one or more songs that served as a "soundtrack" that would set the tonal and/or emotional stage for the upcoming issue, usually tending toward the independent- and folk-rock genres. This began at issue #2, with the songs for #1 being provided later; TFWiki lists these songs on each issue's respective article. Non-issue-specific songs for the series and its characters in general include:

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmZRO8XzyY "Lost Coastlines"] by [[Wikipedia:Okkervil River|Okkervil River]] — an overall anthem for the series
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLs3aLq8quw "I've Got a Plan"] by [[Wikipedia: My Friend the Chocolate Cake|My Friend the Chocolate Cake]] — [[theme song]] for Rodimus
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maZZOQ_hKA "I Would Fix You"] by [[Wikipedia:Kenickie|Kenickie]] — theme song for Chromedome and Rewind
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYbgWDA2U-M "Hello Cruel World"] by [[Wikipedia:Mark Oliver Everett|Mark Oliver Everett]] — theme song for Tailgate
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcX_JleLsbk "True Men"] by [[Wikipedia:Jon DeRosa|Jon DeRosa]] — theme song for Ultra Magnus
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Ae0TfhK8M "Let's Make This Precious"] by [[Wikipedia: Dexys Midnight Runners|Dexys Midnight Runners]] — anthem for the series' second season
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DpDxT2q9QE "The Old Man's Back Again"] by [[Wikipedia: Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] — theme song for Megatron
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKoS5X4SMrY "Irish Blood, English Heart"] by [[Wikipedia:Morrissey|Morrissey]] — another theme song for Megatron
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLkwnM0BJR4 "Speedway"] by [[Wikipedia:Morrissey|Morrissey]] — yet ''another'' theme song for Megatron
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcQFidfA9rU "Left to My Own Devices"] by [[Wikipedia:Pet Shop Boys|Pet Shop Boys]] — theme song for Brainstorm 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-cUdmdWgU "Chicago"] by [[Wikipedia:Sufjan Stevens|Sufjan Stevens]] — theme song for Cyclonus
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CETTzv3fTG0 "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)"] by [[Wikipedia:James (band)|James]] — theme song for Whirl

==Collections==
*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 1''''' ([[June 13]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613772351 / ISBN 978-1613772355 
:*Contains issues #1 to #3, as well as the preceding ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' one-shot.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, 12 promotional images, "Meet the Crew" page, design sketches from [[Alex Milne]] for various characters and ship locations, and a 2-page editor's comment with "behind the scenes" information about the series.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 2''''' ([[October 17]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613774982 / ISBN 978-1613774984 
:*Contains issues #4 to #8.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, "Meet the Crew" and "Meet the 'Cons" pages.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 3''''' ([[March 27]], [[2013]]) ISBN 161377592X / ISBN 978-1613775929 
:*Contains Annual 2012 and issues #9 to #11.
:*Bonus material includes "Meet the Crew", variant covers, and designs for the [[Guiding Hand]].

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 4''''' ([[July 17]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613776918 / ISBN 978-1613776919 
:*Contains issues #12 to #16.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[Signal to Noise]]''.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 5''''' ([[November 13]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613778023 / ISBN 978-1613778029 
:*Contains issues #17 to #22.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]''.

*'''''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|The Transformers: Dark Cybertron]] Volume 1''''' ([[April 16]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
:*Contains issues #23 to #25, as well as ''Dark Cybertron'' issue #1 and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23 and #24.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 1''''' (reissue) ([[May 21]], 2014) ISBN 1613779658 / ISBN 978-1613779651
:*Contains issues #1 to #3, as well as the preceding ''The Death of Optimus Prime'' one-shot.
:*New cover by [[Livio Ramondelli]].
:*Bonus material UNKNOWN

*'''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 2''''' ([[June 11]], 2014) ISBN 1613779984 / ISBN 978-1613779989
:*Contains ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #25–#27, ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #26–#27, and "Dark Cybertron: Finale".
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 1]]''''' ([[September 3]], 2014) ISBN 1631400401 / ISBN 978-1631400407
:*Includes "The Death of Optimus Prime", ''More than Meets the Eye'' #1–5 and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' #1–6.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 6''''' ([[December 10]], 2014) ISBN 163140184X / ISBN 978-1631401848
:*Contains issues #28 to #33.
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron''''' ([[February 11]], [[2015]]) ISBN 163140072X / ISBN 978-1631400728
:*Contains issues #23 to #27, as well as ''Dark Cybertron'' issue #1 ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23–#27 and "Dark Cybertron: Finale".
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' ([[May 13]], 2015) ISBN 1631403273 / ISBN 978-1631403279
:*Contains issues #34 to #38
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2]]''''' ([[August 12]], 2015) ISBN 1631403648 / ISBN 978-1631403644
:*Includes ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'', ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'', ''[[The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist]]'', ''More than Meets the Eye'' #6–8, ''Robots in Disguise'' #7–9 and ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]''
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 8''''' ([[October 21]], 2015) ISBN 1631404520 / ISBN 978-1631404528
:*Contains issues #39 to #44
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Box Set''''' ([[December 2]], 2015) ISBN 1631404741 / ISBN 978-1631404740
:*Includes ''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye'' Volumes 1 to 5
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

*'''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 3]]''''' ([[February 24]], [[2016]]) ISBN 1631405403 / ISBN 978-1631405402
:*Includes ''More than Meets the Eye'' Annual 2012 and #9–13, ''Robots in Disguise'' Annual 2012 and #10–11, "[[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]", "[[The Question|Spotlight: Bumblebee]]", "[[Spotlight: Megatron]]" and "[[Signal to Noise]]"
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 9''''' ([[May 4]], 2016) ISBN 1631406159 / ISBN 978-1631406157
:*Contains issues #45 to #49
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 10''''' (Scheduled for [[September 13]], 2016) ISBN 1631407163 / ISBN 978-1631407161
:*Contains issues #50 to #55
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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File:MTMTE vol1.jpg|Volume 1 cover by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:MTMTE vol2.jpg|Volume 2 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:MTMTE vol3.jpg|Volume 3 cover by Alex Milne and [[Joana Lafuente]]
File:MTMTE vol4.jpg|Volume 4 cover by Alex Milne and Joana Lafuente
File:MTMTE vol5.jpg|Volume 5 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:DC vol1.jpg|Dark Cybertron Volume 1 cover by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
File:MTMTE vol1 reissue.jpg|Volume 1 reissue cover by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
File:DC vol2.jpg|Dark Cybertron Volume 2 cover by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
File:IDWCollectionP2V1.jpg|IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol 1 cover by [[Sarah Stone]]
File:MTMTE vol6.jpg|Volume 6 cover by [[Casey Coller]] and Joana Lafuente
File:DC HC.jpg|Dark Cybertron Hardcover cover by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
File:MTMTE vol7.jpg|Volume 7 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:IDWCollectionP2V2.jpg|IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol 2 cover by Sarah Stone
File:MTMTE vol8.jpg|Volume 8 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:MTMTE vol9.jpg|Volume 9 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
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==In fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MTMTE43_subcvr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Your childhood's hero you pretended was your favourite after your gran bought it and not that Ultra Magnus you wanted.]]
{{quote|...I didn't say I didn't '''like''' it—I just don't understand all of the words, and it presumes a '''familiarity''' with the Autobot/Decepticon war that I '''still''' don't have...|[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]|"[[The One Where They Go to Earth]]"}}

After being exposed to [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]]'s [[Metafictional bomb|meta-bomb]] and [[Time case|briefcase]], the Autobot [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] somehow created a reiterative time-loop inside him, allowing his [[holomatter]] generator to create a life-sized replica of the planet [[Earth]] to which his mind retreated when he was dying from a rust infection. The only literature on "[[Swearth]]", as it was swiftly dubbed, was a comic book series called ''More than Meets the Eye'' that detailed the adventures of the ''[[Lost Light]]'''s crew up until that point, which [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] read in order to gain clues as to Swerve's location. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

==Recognition==
* #85 on [http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/cbrs-top-100-comics-of-2015-100-76#85 Comic Book Resource's top 100 Comics of 2015].
* Winner of Comics Alliance's [http://comicsalliance.com/comics-alliance-best-of-2015-continued-excellence-in-serial-comics/ Best of 2015: Continued Excellence in Serial Comics].

==Footnotes==
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[[File:MTMTE1 cvrE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|All of your favorite childhood heroes... and Drift.]]
'''''The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye''''' is an ongoing comic series published by [[IDW Publishing]], starting in January [[2012]]. This series follows the adventures of [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and his team as they travel through space, hunting for the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] and having adventures along the way. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging out pretending they have friends.

The series picks off from "[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]", the epilogue to the previous [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing]], and takes place at the same time as a second ongoing series, ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'', which together form the fourth major "act" of IDW's ongoing [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation 1 continuity]].

In 2014, it was nominated for three True Believer Awards (formerly the Eagle Awards): Favourite American Comicbook: Colour, Favourite Single Story ([[Cybertronian Homesick Blues|#13]]), and Favourite Continued Story (Remain in Light).<ref>[http://www.truebelieverscomicawards.com/nominees.html True Believers Comic Awards nominees]</ref>

{{quote
|"Everyone on board the ''Lost Light'' is '''cracked in the head!'''"

"Yeah, '''dysfunctional''' isn't the word! There isn't a '''normal''' 'bot among you!"

"And that wouldn't be so bad if you actually '''made progress'''—but as far as I can make out, all you do is '''argue''', crack jokes, and get '''sidetracked''' doing pointless, silly things that only you find amusing!"
|Various members of the '''Circle of Light'''
|"[[Little Victories]]"
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{{chapters|series=mtmte|style=3 |prev=Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|next=|align=left|content=
*[[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]]
*[[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]]
*[[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|#3]]
*[[Life After the Big Bang|#4]]
*[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]
*[[Interiors|#6]]
*[[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]]
*[[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|Annual 2012]]
*[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]]
*[[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]
*[[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|#10]]
*[[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|#11]]
*[[Before & After|#12]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 13|#13]]
*[[Remembrance Day|#14]]
*[[Under Cold Blue Stars|#15]]
*[[The Gloaming|#16]]
*[[Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|#17]]
*[[Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|#18]]
*[[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|#19]]
*[[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|#20]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 21|#21]]
*[[Little Victories|#22]]
*[[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|#23]]
*[[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#24]]
*[[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|#25]]
*[[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|#26]]
*[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|#27]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|#29]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|#30]]
*[[Twenty Plus One|#31]]
*[[Slaughterhouse|#32]]
*[[slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|#33]]
*[[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|#34]]
*[[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|#35]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|#36]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|#37]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|#38]]
*[[The Permanent Revolution|#39]]
*[[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|#40]]
*[[The Sensuous Frame|#41]]
*[[The Frail Gaze|#42]]
*[[The One Where They Go to Earth|#43]]
*[[The Not Knowing|#44]]
*[[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|#45]]
*[[Animals|#46]]
*[[The Lopsided Triangle|#47]]
*[[Speak, Memory: Part 1|#48]]
*[[Speak, Memory: Part 2|#49]]
*[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye issue 50|#50]]
}}

==Overview==
In contrast to the Cybertron-based setting of ''Robots in Disguise'', ''More than Meets the Eye'' is set predominantly within the walls of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', the spaceship captained by [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] that carries his crew on their expedition to locate the [[Knights of Cybertron]], a mythical group who left the planet ten million years prior to the present day to spread peace and enlightenment across the universe. The book features an ensemble cast, who come and go from the spotlight with each passing issue, made up in large part of characters who have been overlooked by past fiction.

The "main cast" at the series outset includes Rodimus himself, a daredevil egotist who could not be more ill-suited to command; his officious second-in-command [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], whose obsessive-compulsive traits make life on the ship difficult for everyone; third-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], now with a relentlessly positive outlook on life following a near-death experience; the talkative [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who immediately became a fan favorite; ship's doctor [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], now feeling his age and looking for something new in life; dangerously unhinged ex-[[Wrecker]] [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], who soon forms a murderous enmity with disillusioned ancient Cybertronian [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]; ship's security officer [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], even more paranoid then ever; timid psychiatrist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], who slowly seems to be more than he appears; and diminutive archivist [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], who would come to draw much attention as the first truly official "gay" romantic couple in Transformers fiction.<ref>Quote marks around "gay" 'cause IDW has previously established that Transformers are genderless in their continuity, but let's not kid ourselves here.</ref> In short order, the crew is joined by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], a naive Transformer who has been offline for the duration of the war and finds himself forced to choose a side, and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], a long-missing Autobot who reappears with amnesia and a bad attitude. As the series progresses, more Autobots come into focus on the fringes of the story, like the over-eager, luckless [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], and resentful, boozy, one-trick-pony [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]].

[[File:MTMTE28 subcvr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|All of your favorite childhood heroes... wait, what's ''he'' doing there?]]
''More than Meets the Eye'' uses its "quest" backdrop to tell multiple smaller adventures, throughout which are threaded many, ''many'' seeds for future stories, together forming a grand tapestry that has clearly been planned out ''very'' far in advance. Following an unexpected [[quantum jump]] upon launch, the ''Lost Light'' is hurled off into the depths of space, where the crew is joined by Skids and contends with a stowaway [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]. A visit to [[Delphi]] by Ratchet to help cure a plague introduces the threat of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], who then feature in a Decepticon-dedicated story menacing a [[Scavenger (group)|band of misfit Decepticons]], and also brings the facility's surviving patients and staff onto the ship—including [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], whose post-traumatic stress causes him to snap and nearly kill Rung. Hoping to cure Rung's damaged brain, Rewind gathers a small group together to recount a shared story from their past about [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] foiling a [[Senate]] plot to discredit the burgeoning Decepticon movement in the days of Functionism. Unfortunately, the little archivist is soon badly wounded in battle, sending Chromedome into a grief spiral that allows Drift to manipulate him into carrying out a plan laid out by [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]: using his mnemosurgery skills to tap the memories and learn the secrets of mass-murdering Decepticon [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], secretly hidden on board the ''Lost Light''. Unfortunately, Chromedome accidentally allows Overlord to escape, and Rewind has to sacrifice himself to jettison the monster from the ship. Ultra Magnus is also fatally wounded in the battle, but when his body disappears from the ship's Medibay, the crew track it to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where they discover and foil a twisted plot by [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]] to wipe out all those Transformers he sees as tainted by original sin.

The book then goes into the "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]" crossover with ''Robots in Disguise'' with the ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues mainly dealing with the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quest to find and revive Metroplex and Orion Pax's investigation into the relation of the Dead Universe to Shockwave's overall plot. The casts of both series finally meet again in [[Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|''Robots in Disguise'' #26]].

[[File:MTMTE40 Ten's mural.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|All of [[Ten]]'s favorite adulthood heroes.]]
After the conclusion of "Dark Cybertron", "Season 2" of the series kicks off with a three part story arc involving Megatron's trial and the events that lead to him captaining the ''Lost Light'' set in the six months between Dark Cybertron and Season 2 while the present day story deals with the arrival of a [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|coffin]]; disappearing objects and a mystery involving [[The Gloaming|Rewind's Message]]. The cast underwent a reshuffle, as tertiary crew members like [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] were moved to the main cast and new crew members like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] were added. The new members included two new original characters, [[Nautica]] and [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]]. Answers to the mysteries revolving around the coffin led to the [[time travel|time-traveling]] "Elegant Chaos" arc, as the ''Lost Light''ers scramble after [[Brainstorm]], who has gone back in time bent on changing the future. Along the way, the gang inadvertently answers some of the series's longest-standing questions, as they discover that they can't fight fate.

In the aftermath, several characters departed for other comics while new people [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] and [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] joined the crew. Elsewhere, the Decepticon Justice Division learned Megatron had called for an end to Decepticon warfare; they doubled down and joined forces with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s splinter faction, determined to kill Megatron for heresy. The ''Lost Light'' discovered a message from [[Agent 113|a (dead) spy]] within the DJD while helping Swerve with his self-worth issues and followed its directions to the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s planet. It contained a sobering reminder that all of them were killers and would one day have to face it, and Megatron was shaken to see a visual representation of the billions he was responsible for.

{{--}}

==Creative team==
[[File:Milne roberts.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Series artist [[Alex Milne]] (left) and writer [[James Roberts]] (right)]]
The series is written by [[James Roberts]], fresh from the critical success of ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''. Roberts had already been assigned the series when he wrote the two-part "Chaos Theory" in issues [[Chaos Theory Part 1|#22]] and [[Chaos Theory Part 2|#23]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]], and seeded many early plot points for the series into those two issues, including [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] as the prison guard. Also furthering the link between the ongoing and ''More than Meets the Eye'', when Roberts co-plotted "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]" with [[Mike Costa]], Costa let him script all of the Kimia escape shuttle scenes, populated with characters who would be aboard the [[Lost Light]].<ref name="Everything">From the 'Everything You Didn't Realize You Needed To Know About More Than Meets The Eye' section of the TPB</ref>

[[Alex Milne]] serves as the series regular artist, with colors by [[Josh Burcham]]. The visual "look" of ''More than Meets the Eye'' that the pair have created is very unique, with slightly exaggerated, cartoonishly stylized character models unlike anything in Milne's past work, cel-shaded with a textured, muted color palette that combines to create something quite unlike any modern Transformer comic. So key is this "visual identity" to the book that almost all other contributors who have worked on the title have striven to emulate it, adapting their own lineart and coloring styles to match the expected look and tone of the book. Frequent Roberts collaborator [[Nick Roche]] provided art for issues #1 and #6, as well as "B" covers for every issue, while [[Brendan Cahill]] co-pencilled #12, [[Guido Guidi]] stepped in for #13, [[Agustin Padilla]] filled in last-minute for #16, and [[James Raiz]] drew the lineart for #22. [[Joana Lafuente]] and [[Josh Perez]] have also lent their colors to the book, while [[Marcelo Matere]] regularly provides retailer incentive variant covers for the series. Following the "Dark Cybertron" crossover event, Burcham stepped down as the book's regular colorist, and Lafuente took his place, bringing a new palette and gradiated shading to the series.
{{--}}

==Soundtrack==
[[File:Nautica-MTMTE42covercropped.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Pick up the latest issue of ''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Indie Disco!'']]
In a unique touch, writer James Roberts would visit the [http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/index.php IDW Publishing forums] shortly before the release of each issue and offer up a "teaser" post containing one or more songs that served as a "soundtrack" that would set the tonal and/or emotional stage for the upcoming issue, usually tending toward the independent- and folk-rock genres. This began at issue #2, with the songs for #1 being provided later; TFWiki lists these songs on each issue's respective article. Non-issue-specific songs for the series and its characters in general include:

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmZRO8XzyY "Lost Coastlines"] by [[Wikipedia:Okkervil River|Okkervil River]] — an overall anthem for the series
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLs3aLq8quw "I've Got a Plan"] by [[Wikipedia: My Friend the Chocolate Cake|My Friend the Chocolate Cake]] — [[theme song]] for Rodimus
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maZZOQ_hKA "I Would Fix You"] by [[Wikipedia:Kenickie|Kenickie]] — theme song for Chromedome and Rewind
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYbgWDA2U-M "Hello Cruel World"] by [[Wikipedia:Mark Oliver Everett|Mark Oliver Everett]] — theme song for Tailgate
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcX_JleLsbk "True Men"] by [[Wikipedia:Jon DeRosa|Jon DeRosa]] — theme song for Ultra Magnus

Songs for Season 2
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Ae0TfhK8M "Let's Make This Precious"] by [[Wikipedia: Dexys Midnight Runners|Dexys Midnight Runners]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DpDxT2q9QE "The Old Man's Back Again"] by [[Wikipedia: Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] - theme song for Megatron
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLkwnM0BJR4 "Speedway"] by [[Wikipedia:Morrissey|Morrissey]] - another theme song for Megatron
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcQFidfA9rU "Left to My Own Devices"] by [[Wikipedia:Pet Shop Boys|Pet Shop Boys]] - theme song for Brainstorm 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-cUdmdWgU "Chicago"] by [[Wikipedia:Sufjan Stevens|Sufjan Stevens]] - theme song for Cyclonus

==Collections==
*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 1''''' ([[June 13]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613772351 / ISBN 978-1613772355 
:*Contains issues #1 to #3, as well as the preceding ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' one-shot.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, 12 promotional images, "Meet the Crew" page, design sketches from [[Alex Milne]] for various characters and ship locations, and a 2-page editor's comment with "behind the scenes" information about the series.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 2''''' ([[October 17]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613774982 / ISBN 978-1613774984 
:*Contains issues #4 to #8.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, "Meet the Crew" and "Meet the 'Cons" pages.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 3''''' ([[March 27]], [[2013]]) ISBN 161377592X / ISBN 978-1613775929 
:*Contains Annual 2012 and issues #9 to #11.
:*Bonus material includes "Meet the Crew", variant covers, and designs for the [[Guiding Hand]].

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 4''''' ([[July 17]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613776918 / ISBN 978-1613776919 
:*Contains issues #12 to #16.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[Signal to Noise]]''.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 5''''' ([[November 13]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613778023 / ISBN 978-1613778029 
:*Contains issues #17 to #22.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]''.

*'''''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|The Transformers: Dark Cybertron]] Volume 1''''' ([[April 16]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
:*Contains issues #23 to #25, as well as ''Dark Cybertron'' issue #1 and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23 and #24.
:*Bonus material includes art from most covers.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 1''''' (reissue) ([[May 21]], 2014) ISBN 1613779658 / ISBN 978-1613779651
:*Contains issues #1 to #3, as well as the preceding ''The Death of Optimus Prime'' one-shot.
:*New cover by [[Livio Ramondelli]].
:*Bonus material UNKNOWN

*'''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 2''''' ([[June 11]], 2014) ISBN 1613779984 / ISBN 978-1613779989
:*Contains ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #25–#27, ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #26–#27, and "Dark Cybertron: Finale".
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 1]]''''' ([[September 3]], 2014) ISBN 1631400401 / ISBN 978-1631400407
:*Includes "The Death of Optimus Prime", ''More than Meets the Eye'' #1–5 and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' #1–6.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 6''''' ([[December 10]], 2014) ISBN 163140184X / ISBN 978-1631401848
:*Contains issues #28 to #33.
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron''''' ([[February 11]], [[2015]]) ISBN 163140072X / ISBN 978-1631400728
:*Contains issues #23 to #27, as well as ''Dark Cybertron'' issue #1 ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23–#27 and "Dark Cybertron: Finale".
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' ([[May 18]], 2015) ISBN 1631403273 / ISBN 978-1631403279
:*Contains issues #34 to #38
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2]]''''' ([[August 4]], 2015) ISBN 1631403648 / ISBN 978-1631403644
:*Includes ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'', ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'', ''[[The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist]]'', ''More than Meets the Eye'' #6–8, ''Robots in Disguise'' #7–9 and ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]''
:*Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 8''''' ([[November 5]], 2015) ISBN 1631404520 / ISBN 978-1631404528
:*Contains issues #39 to #44
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 9''''' ([[May 17]], 2016) ISBN 1631406159 / ISBN 978-1631406157
:*Contains issues #45 to #49
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

<gallery>
File:MTMTE vol1.jpg|Volume 1 cover by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:MTMTE vol2.jpg|Volume 2 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:MTMTE vol3.jpg|Volume 3 cover by Alex Milne and [[Joana Lafuente]]
File:MTMTE vol4.jpg|Volume 4 cover by Alex Milne and Joana Lafuente
File:MTMTE vol5.jpg|Volume 5 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:DC vol1.jpg|Dark Cybertron Volume 1 cover by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
File:MTMTE vol1 reissue.jpg|Volume 1 reissue cover by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
File:DC vol2.jpg|Dark Cybertron Volume 2 cover by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
File:IDWCollectionP2V1.jpg|IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol 1 cover by [[Sarah Stone]]
File:MTMTE vol6.jpg|Volume 6 cover by [[Casey Coller]] and Joana Lafuente
File:DC HC.jpg|Dark Cybertron Hardcover cover by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
File:MTMTE vol7.jpg|Volume 7 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:MTMTE vol8.jpg|Volume 8 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
</gallery>

==In fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MTMTE43_subcvr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Your childhood's hero you pretended was your favourite after your gran bought it and not that Ultra Magnus you wanted.]]
{{quote|...I didn't say I didn't '''like''' it—I just don't understand all of the words, and it presumes a '''familiarity''' with the Autobot/Decepticon war that I '''still''' don't have...|[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]|"[[The One Where They Go to Earth]]"}}

After being exposed to [[Brainstorm]]'s [[Metafictional bomb|meta-bomb]] and [[Time case|briefcase]], the Autobot [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] somehow created a reiterative time-loop inside him, allowing his [[holomatter]] generator to create a life-sized replica of the planet [[Earth]] to which his mind retreated when he was dying from a rust infection. The only literature on "[[Swearth]]", as it was swiftly dubbed, was a comic book series called ''More than Meets the Eye'' that detailed the adventures of the ''[[Lost Light]]'''s crew up until that point, which [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] read in order to gain clues as to Swerve's location. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

==Recognition==
* 85 on [http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/cbrs-top-100-comics-of-2015-100-76#85Comic Book Resource's top 100 Comics of 2015].
* Winner of Comics Alliance's [http://comicsalliance.com/comics-alliance-best-of-2015-continued-excellence-in-serial-comics/ Best of 2015: Continued Excellence in Serial Comics].

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

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[[File:MTMTE1 cvrE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|All of your favorite childhood heroes... and Drift.]]

'''''The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye''''' is an ongoing comic series published by [[IDW Publishing]], starting in January [[2012]]. This series follows the adventures of [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and his team as they travel through space, hunting for the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] and having adventures along the way. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging out pretending they have friends.

The series picks off from "[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]", the epilogue to the previous [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing]], and takes place at the same time as a second ongoing series, ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'', which together form the fourth major "act" of IDW's ongoing [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation 1 continuity]].

In 2014, it was nominated for three True Believer Awards (formerly the Eagle Awards): Favourite American Comicbook: Colour, Favourite Single Story ([[Cybertronian Homesick Blues|#13]]), and Favourite Continued Story (Remain in Light).<ref>[http://www.truebelieverscomicawards.com/nominees.html True Believers Comic Awards nominees]</ref>

{{quote
|"Everyone on board the ''Lost Light'' is '''cracked in the head!'''"

"Yeah, '''dysfunctional''' isn't the word! There isn't a '''normal''' 'bot among you!"

"And that wouldn't be so bad if you actually '''made progress'''—but as far as I can make out, all you do is '''argue''', crack jokes, and get '''sidetracked''' doing pointless, silly things that only you find amusing!"
|Various members of the '''Circle of Light'''
|"[[Little Victories]]"
|noquote=true
|center=true
}}

{{chapters|series=mtmte|style=3 |prev=Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|next=|align=left|content=
*[[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]]
*[[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]]
*[[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|#3]]
*[[Life After the Big Bang|#4]]
*[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]
*[[Interiors|#6]]
*[[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]]
*[[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|Annual 2012]]
*[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]]
*[[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]
*[[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|#10]]
*[[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|#11]]
*[[Before & After|#12]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 13|#13]]
*[[Remembrance Day|#14]]
*[[Under Cold Blue Stars|#15]]
*[[The Gloaming|#16]]
*[[Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|#17]]
*[[Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|#18]]
*[[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|#19]]
*[[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|#20]]
*[[More than Meets the Eye issue 21|#21]]
*[[Little Victories|#22]]
*[[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|#23]]
*[[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#24]]
*[[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|#25]]
*[[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|#26]]
*[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|#27]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|#29]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|#30]]
*[[Twenty Plus One|#31]]
*[[Slaughterhouse|#32]]
*[[slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|#33]]
*[[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|#34]]
*[[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|#35]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|#36]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|#37]]
*[[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|#38]]
*[[The Permanent Revolution|#39]]
*[[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|#40]]
*[[The Sensuous Frame|#41]]
*[[The Frail Gaze|#42]]
*[[The One Where They Go to Earth|#43]]
*[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye issue 44|#44]]
*[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye issue 45|#45]]
}}

==Overview==
In contrast to the Cybertron-based setting of ''Robots in Disguise'', ''More than Meets the Eye'' is set predominantly within the walls of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', the spaceship captained by [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] that carries his crew on their expedition to locate the [[Knights of Cybertron]], a mythical group who left the planet ten million years prior to the present day to spread peace and enlightenment across the universe. The book features an ensemble cast, who come and go from the spotlight with each passing issue, made up in large part of characters who have been overlooked by past fiction.

The "main cast" at the series outset includes Rodimus himself, a daredevil egotist who could not be more ill-suited to command; his officious second-in-command [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], whose obsessive-compulsive traits make life on the ship difficult for everyone; third-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], now with a relentlessly positive outlook on life following a near-death experience; the talkative [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who immediately became a fan favorite; ship's doctor [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], now feeling his age and looking for something new in life; dangerously unhinged ex-[[Wrecker]] [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], who soon forms a murderous enmity with disillusioned ancient Cybertronian [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]; ship's security officer [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], even more paranoid then ever; timid psychiatrist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], who slowly seems to be more than he appears; and diminutive archivist [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], who would come to draw much attention as the first truly official "gay" romantic couple in Transformers fiction.<ref>Quote marks around "gay" 'cause IDW has previously established that Transformers are genderless in their continuity, but let's not kid ourselves here.</ref> In short order, the crew is joined by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], a naive Transformer who has been offline for the duration of the war and finds himself forced to choose a side, and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], a long-missing Autobot who reappears with amnesia and a bad attitude. As the series progresses, more Autobots come into focus on the fringes of the story, like the over-eager, luckless [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], and resentful, boozy, one-trick-pony [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]].

[[File:MTMTE28 subcvr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|All of your favorite childhood heroes... wait, what's ''he'' doing there?]]
''More than Meets the Eye'' uses its "quest" backdrop to tell multiple smaller adventures, throughout which are threaded many, ''many'' seeds for future stories, together forming a grand tapestry that has clearly been planned out ''very'' far in advance. Following an unexpected [[quantum jump]] upon launch, the ''Lost Light'' is hurled off into the depths of space, where the crew is joined by Skids and contends with a stowaway [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]. A visit to [[Delphi]] by Ratchet to help cure a plague introduces the threat of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], who then feature in a Decepticon-dedicated story menacing a [[Scavenger (group)|band of misfit Decepticons]], and also brings the facility's surviving patients and staff onto the ship—including [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], whose post-traumatic stress causes him to snap and nearly kill Rung. Hoping to cure Rung's damaged brain, Rewind gathers a small group together to recount a shared story from their past about [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] foiling a [[Senate]] plot to discredit the burgeoning Decepticon movement in the days of Functionism. Unfortunately, the little archivist is soon badly wounded in battle, sending Chromedome into a grief spiral that allows Drift to manipulate him into carrying out a plan laid out by [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]: using his mnemosurgery skills to tap the memories and learn the secrets of mass-murdering Decepticon [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], secretly hidden on board the ''Lost Light''. Unfortunately, Chromedome accidentally allows Overlord to escape, and Rewind has to sacrifice himself to jettison the monster from the ship. Ultra Magnus is also fatally wounded in the battle, but when his body disappears from the ship's Medibay, the crew track it to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where they discover and foil a twisted plot by [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]] to wipe out all those Transformers he sees as tainted by original sin.

The book then goes into the "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]" crossover with ''Robots in Disguise'' with the ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues mainly dealing with the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quest to find and revive Metroplex and Orion Pax's investigation into the relation of the Dead Universe to Shockwave's overall plot. The casts of both series finally meet again in [[Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|''Robots in Disguise'' #26]].

[[File:MTMTE40 Ten's mural.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|All of [[Ten]]'s favorite adulthood heroes.]]

After the conclusion of "Dark Cybertron", "Season 2" of the series kicks off with a three part story arc involving Megatron's trial and the events that lead to him captaining the ''Lost Light'' set in the six months between Dark Cybertron and Season 2 while the present day story deals with the arrival of a [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|coffin]]; disappearing objects and a mystery involving [[The Gloaming|Rewind's Message]]. The cast underwent a reshuffle, as tertiary crew members like [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] were moved to the main cast and new crew members like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] were added. The new members included two new original characters, [[Nautica]] and [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]]. Answers to the mysteries revolving around the coffin led to the [[time travel|time-traveling]] "Elegant Chaos" arc, as the ''Lost Light''ers scramble after [[Brainstorm]], who has gone back in time bent on changing the future. Along the way, the gang inadvertently answers some of the series's longest-standing questions, as they discover that they can't fight fate.

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==Creative team==
[[File:Milne roberts.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Series artist [[Alex Milne]] (left) and writer [[James Roberts]] (right)]]
The series is written by [[James Roberts]], fresh from the critical success of ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''. Roberts had already been assigned the series when he wrote the two-part "Chaos Theory" in issues [[Chaos Theory Part 1|#22]] and [[Chaos Theory Part 2|#23]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]], and seeded many early plot points for the series into those two issues, including [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] as the prison guard. Also furthering the link between the ongoing and ''More than Meets the Eye'', when Roberts co-plotted "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]" with [[Mike Costa]], Costa let him script all of the Kimia escape shuttle scenes, populated with characters who would be aboard the [[Lost Light]].<ref name="Everything">From the 'Everything You Didn't Realize You Needed To Know About More Than Meets The Eye' section of the TPB</ref>

[[Alex Milne]] serves as the series regular artist, with colors by [[Josh Burcham]]. The visual "look" of ''More than Meets the Eye'' that the pair have created is very unique, with slightly exaggerated, cartoonishly stylized character models unlike anything in Milne's past work, cel-shaded with a textured, muted color palette that combines to create something quite unlike any modern Transformer comic. So key is this "visual identity" to the book that almost all other contributors who have worked on the title have striven to emulate it, adapting their own lineart and coloring styles to match the expected look and tone of the book. Frequent Roberts collaborator [[Nick Roche]] provided art for issues #1 and #6, as well as "B" covers for every issue, while [[Brendan Cahill]] co-pencilled #12, [[Guido Guidi]] stepped in for #13, [[Agustin Padilla]] filled in last-minute for #16, and [[James Raiz]] drew the lineart for #22. [[Joana Lafuente]] and [[Josh Perez]] have also lent their colors to the book, while [[Marcelo Matere]] regularly provides retailer incentive variant covers for the series. Following the "Dark Cybertron" crossover event, Burcham stepped down as the book's regular colorist, and Lafuente took his place, bringing a new palette and gradiated shading to the series.
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==Soundtrack==
In a unique touch, writer James Roberts would visit the [http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/index.php IDW Publishing forums] shortly before the release of each issue and offer up a "teaser" post containing one or more songs that served as a "soundtrack" that would set the tonal and/or emotional stage for the upcoming issue, usually tending toward the independent- and folk-rock genres. This began at issue #2, with the songs for #1 being provided later; TFWiki lists these songs on each issue's respective article. Non-issue-specific songs for the series and its characters in general include:

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmZRO8XzyY "Lost Coastlines"] by [[Wikipedia:Okkervil River|Okkervil River]] — an overall anthem for the series
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLs3aLq8quw "I've Got a Plan"] by [[Wikipedia: My Friend the Chocolate Cake|My Friend the Chocolate Cake]] — [[theme song]] for Rodimus
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maZZOQ_hKA "I Would Fix You"] by [[Wikipedia:Kenickie|Kenickie]] — theme song for Chromedome and Rewind
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYbgWDA2U-M "Hello Cruel World"] by [[Wikipedia:Mark Oliver Everett|Mark Oliver Everett]] — theme song for Tailgate
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcX_JleLsbk "True Men"] by [[Wikipedia:Jon DeRosa|Jon DeRosa]] — theme song for Ultra Magnus

Songs for Season 2
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Ae0TfhK8M "Let's Make This Precious"] by [[Wikipedia: Dexys Midnight Runners|Dexys Midnight Runners]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45vgN4F_6bk "A Question of Trust"] by [[Wikipedia: Their Hearts Were Full of Spring|Their Hearts Were Full of Spring]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPqsDU0j2I "Mr. Blue Sky"] by [[Wikipedia:Electric Light Orchestra|Electric Light Orchestra]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlX0Hfh1_3Y "Let's Get Started"] by [[Wikipedia: Frisbie (band)|Frisbie]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DpDxT2q9QE "The Old Man's Back Again"] by [[Wikipedia: Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] - theme song for Megatron

==Collections==
* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 1''''' ([[June 13]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613772351 / ISBN 978-1613772355 
:* Contains issues #1 to #3, as well as the preceding ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' one-shot.
:* Bonus material includes art from most covers, 12 promotional images, "Meet the Crew" page, design sketches from [[Alex Milne]] for various characters and ship locations, and a 2-page editor's comment with "behind the scenes" information about the series.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 2''''' ([[October 17]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613774982 / ISBN 978-1613774984 
:* Contains issues #4 to #8.
:* Bonus material includes art from most covers, "Meet the Crew" and "Meet the 'Cons" pages.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 3''''' ([[March 27]], [[2013]]) ISBN 161377592X / ISBN 978-1613775929 
:* Contains Annual 2012 and issues #9 to #11.
:* Bonus material includes "Meet the Crew", variant covers, and designs for the [[Guiding Hand]].

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 4''''' ([[July 17]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613776918 / ISBN 978-1613776919 
:* Contains issues #12 to #16.
:* Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[Signal to Noise]]''.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 5''''' ([[November 13]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613778023 / ISBN 978-1613778029 
:* Contains issues #17 to #22.
:* Bonus material includes art from most covers, and the prose story ''[[The Sound of Breaking Glass]]''.

* '''''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|The Transformers: Dark Cybertron]] Volume 1''''' ([[April 16]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
:* Contains issues #23 to #25, as well as ''Dark Cybertron'' issue #1 and ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23 and #24.
:* Bonus material includes art from most covers.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 1''''' (reissue) ([[May 21]], 2014) ISBN 1613779658 / ISBN 978-1613779651
:* Contains issues #1 to #3, as well as the preceding ''The Death of Optimus Prime'' one-shot.
:* New cover by [[Livio Ramondelli]].
:* Bonus material UNKNOWN

* '''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 2''''' ([[June 11]], 2014) ISBN 1613779984 / ISBN 978-1613779989
:* Contains ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #25–#27, ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #26–#27, and "Dark Cybertron: Finale".
:* Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 1]]''''' ([[September 3]], 2014) ISBN 1631400401 / ISBN 978-1631400407
:*Includes "The Death of Optimus Prime", ''More than Meets the Eye'' #1–5 and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' #1–6.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 6''''' ([[December 10]], 2014) ISBN 163140184X / ISBN 978-1631401848
:* Contains issues #28 to #33.
:* Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

* '''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron''''' ([[February 11]], [[2015]]) ISBN 163140072X / ISBN 978-1631400728
:* Contains issues #23 to #27, as well as ''Dark Cybertron'' issue #1 ''Robots in Disguise'' issues #23–#27 and "Dark Cybertron: Finale".
:* Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 7''''' ([[May 18]], 2015) ISBN 1631403273 / ISBN 978-1631403279
:* Contains issues #34 to #38
:* Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2]]''''' ([[August 4]], 2015) ISBN 1631403648 / ISBN 978-1631403644
:*Includes ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'', ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'', ''[[The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist]]'', ''More than Meets the Eye'' #6–8, ''Robots in Disguise'' #7–9 and ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]''
:* Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

* '''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 8''''' ([[October 7]], 2015) ''SCHEDULED by AMAZON'' ISBN 1631404520 / ISBN 978-1631404528
:* Contains issues #39 to #44
:* Bonus content UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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File:MTMTE vol1.jpg|Volume 1 cover by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:MTMTE vol2.jpg|Volume 2 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:MTMTE vol3.jpg|Volume 3 cover by Alex Milne and [[Joana Lafuente]]
File:MTMTE vol4.jpg|Volume 4 cover by Alex Milne and Joana Lafuente
File:MTMTE vol5.jpg|Volume 5 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
File:DC vol1.jpg|Dark Cybertron Volume 1 cover by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
File:MTMTE vol1 reissue.jpg|Volume 1 reissue cover by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
File:DC vol2.jpg|Dark Cybertron Volume 2 cover by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
File:IDWCollectionP2V1.jpg|IDW Collection Phase 2 Vol 1 cover by [[Sarah Stone]]
File:MTMTE vol6.jpg|Volume 6 cover by [[Casey Coller]] and Joana Lafuente
File:DC HC.jpg|Dark Cybertron Hardcover cover by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
File:MTMTE vol7.jpg|Volume 7 cover by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
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==Footnotes==
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Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3

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{{disambig2|the ''Legends'' event|the Generation 1 cartoon episode|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}
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'''Galvatron forges an alliance with the Quintessons to destroy the Autobots.'''

==Synopsis==
Desperate to eliminate the Autobots, the Quintessons trick Galvatron with tales of a [[Decepticon Matrix]]. The Decepticon leader is soon leading his army in a two-pronged attack on both [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Earth]], swiftly overwhelming all opposition. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] undertakes a journey within the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to find out why the Quintessons seek to destroy the Autobots, and in the process learns the origins of both the Autobot and Decepticon factions.

When [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] learns that the Decepticon Matrix doesn't exist and the Quintessons intend to activate an ancient device to wipe out all Transformers, he is compelled to join forces with the Autobots.

{{note|You play as the Autobots.}}

==Featured characters==
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==Notes==
*This is a raid event.
*Deliberata is misspelled as "Deilberata".

==External links==
*TBA

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Retail cover to ''Timelines'' #8, "[[Termination]]".
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Dark Cybertron (IDW)

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'''"Dark Cybertron"''' is an "event" storyline published across 2013–2014 by [[IDW Publishing]]. A simultaneous celebration of the [[Transformers brand]]'s 30th anniversary and the second anniversary of IDW's most recent relaunch of their Transformers comic books, the storyline takes place in alternating issues of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'', with special one-shots released for the first and final chapters. It was produced in conjunction with Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Generations]]'' toyline, with many new action figures from the series appearing in both the build-up to the event and the story itself, while the comics themselves are also being made available as pack-ins with the figures.

{{bigquote|THE END OF EVERYTHING! SHOCKWAVE makes a move millions of years in the planning—an ultimate plan to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons! The biggest Transformers event in comic book history!|IDW's hyperbolic promotion for "Dark Cybertron" makes some big promises!}}
 
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<div class="list-header">"Syndromica"</div>
* [[Syndromica (1)]]
* [[Syndromica (2)]]

 <div class="list-header">"Dark Prelude"</div>
* [[Omega's Conundrum|Orion Pax]]
* [[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Spotlight: Megatron|Megatron]]
* [[The Question|Bumblebee]]
* [[The Reluctant Specialist|Trailcutter]]
* [[The Waiting Game|Hoist]]

 <div class="list-header">"Dark Cybertron Prelude"</div>
*''Robots in Disguise'' [[Shockwaves|#17]]
*[[Second Exodus|#18]]
*[[Homecoming (IDW)|#19]]
*[[Three Monologues|#20]]
*[[Shockpoint|#21]]
*[[Soundwaves (issue)|#22]]
*''More than Meets the Eye'' [[Little Victories|#22]]

 <div class="list-header">"Dark Cybertron"</div>
*[[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|#1]]
*[[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|#2]]
*[[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|#3]]
*[[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#4]]
*[[Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|#5]]
*[[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|#6]]
*[[Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|#7]]
*[[Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|#8]]
*[[Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|#9]]
*[[Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|#10]]
*[[Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|#11]]
*[[Dark Cybertron Chapter 12|#12]]
}}
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==Prequels==
[[File:SLHoist cvrA.jpg|left|thumb|The revived ''Spotlight'' series began planting seeds regarding the Metrotitans.]]
The storyline of "Dark Cybertron" was built to almost from the inception of the ''More than Meets the Eye'' and ''Robots in Disguise'' comics—specifically, in "Syndromica", the side-plot occurring in occasional issues of ''Robots in Disguise'' which focused on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] as he pursued [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] across the galaxy. In these issues, unexplored and unfinished plot threads from [[Simon Furman]]'s time as chief architect of the IDW universe six years prior came to the fore, as the extent of [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s [[Regenesis]] program was explored and characters that had fallen by the wayside like [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] returned.

Build-up increased at the end of 2012 with the return of the ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' series of one-shots, which soon revealed themselves to be pack-ins for upcoming ''Generations'' toys, and which all shared, to some extent, the common thread of the mysterious [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitans]] and their [[space bridge]] capabilities (in turn, of course, serving to [[To sell toys|promote]] the new [[Metroplex (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Metroplex]] toy). That these issues were preludes to "Dark Cybertron" was not immediately apparent, but became so when the title of the trade paperback collecting them was revealed as "Dark Prelude".

Following the conclusion of ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first long-form story arc with its [[Heavy Is the Head|sixteenth issue]], active promotion for the story's imminent beginning commenced, with all six of the subsequent issues of the title bearing a "Dark Cybertron Prelude" cover box. In addition to returning to the Prime side-plot, expanding on Shockwave's involvement in it, and bringing the [[Dead Universe]] into the narrative, these stories moved the other characters into position in preparation for the event, and introduced the next batch of new ''Generations'' toy characters into the storyline. At the same time as this was happening, ''More than Meets the Eye'' brought its own first "season" to a close, then followed up with a single "Dark Cybertron Prelude" issue of its own, before both series dived into the crossover.

==Overview==

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==Creative team==

"Dark Cybertron" is co-written by ''Robots in Disguise'' and ''More than Meets the Eye'' authors [[John Barber]] and [[James Roberts]], with art from many contributors, including regular ''RiD'' and ''MtMtE'' pencillers [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Alex Milne]], as well as frequent collaborators [[Brendan Cahill]], [[Livio Ramondelli]], and [[Nick Roche]], comparatively new arrivals to the IDW Transformers family [[Atilio Rojo]] and [[James Raiz]], and brand-new artist [[Robert Gill]]. Much was made of the involvement of preeminent mainstream comic book artist [[Phil Jimenez]], who collaborated with Roberts and Barber on the plot, provided layouts for Chapter 1 (finished by Griffith), and drew several pieces of package art for the ''Generations'' toys that were used as "Retailer Incentive" and subscription variant covers for the various comics.

[[Casey Coller]] provides a cover for each issue, usually in the regular cover slot, with additional subscription and RI covers provided by a variety of artists, including [[E. J. Su]], Nick Roche, James Raiz, [[Marcelo Matere]] and Brendan Cahill.

==Collections==
* '''''The Transformers: Dark Prelude''''' ([[August 14]], [[2013]]) ISBN 1613777167 / ISBN 978-1613777169
** Collects ''Orion Pax, Thundercracker, Megatron, Bumblebee, Trailcutter'' and ''Hoist.''
** New cover art by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Perez]].
** Each of the characters receiving the Spotlight also had new Deluxe Class toys as part of the 2012–2013 ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' line, '[[Thrilling 30]]'.
** Cover gallery
* '''''The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 1''''' ([[April 22]], [[2014]] ''Amazon scheduled date'') ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
**Bonus content is not known at this time.

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Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1

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'''''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1]]''''', published in 2010, is a 368-page [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] hardcover reprint of the following series:

*''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]''
*''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation|Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''

==Overview==
"Now available in one handsome, hardcover collection, get all the action surrounding the first ''Transformers'' film. This volume includes the ''Transformers Movie Prequel'', ''Movie Adaptation'', and the sequel, ''The Reign of Starscream''." (Amazon.com review)

A paperback version, with a different cover, was released [[June 5]], [[2013]].

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|price=$50.00 US
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106439 ISBN 978-1600106439
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'''''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1]]''''', published in 2010, is a 368-page [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] hardcover reprint of the following series:

*''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]''
*''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation|Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''

==Overview==
"Now available in one handsome, hardcover collection, get all the action surrounding the first ''Transformers'' film. This volume includes the ''Transformers Movie Prequel'', ''Movie Adaptation'', and the sequel, ''The Reign of Starscream''." (Amazon.com review)

A paperback version, with a different cover, was released [[June 5]], [[2013]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Movie Collection 1}}
[[Category:Adaptations]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Movie comics]]

Transformers Movie Collection Volume 2

2013-10-16T19:46:06Z

Salt-Man Z: template link to volume 1

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|writer=[[Chris Mowry]], [[Simon Furman]], based upon a screenplay by [[Roberto Orci]], [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Ehren Kruger]].
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'''''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 2]]''''', published in 2010, is a 320-page [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] hardcover reprint of the following series:

*''[[Transformers: Defiance|Defiance]]''
*''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]''
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation]]''

An art gallery is also included.

==Overview==
"The action for the 2009 blockbuster ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' comes to bookshelves in this collector's edition hardcover! Included are the two movie prequel stories ''Alliance'' and ''Defiance'', as well as the official movie adaptation ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''." (Amazon.com review)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Movie Collection 2}}
[[Category:Adaptations]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen comics]]

Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1

2013-10-16T19:45:30Z

Salt-Man Z: template link to volume 2

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'''''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1]]''''', published in 2010, is a 368-page [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] hardcover reprint of the following series:

*''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]''
*''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation|Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''

==Overview==
"Now available in one handsome, hardcover collection, get all the action surrounding the first ''Transformers'' film. This volume includes the ''Transformers Movie Prequel'', ''Movie Adaptation'', and the sequel, ''The Reign of Starscream''." (Amazon.com review)

A new version, with a different cover, was released [[June 5]], [[2013]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Movie Collection 1}}
[[Category:Adaptations]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Movie comics]]

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)

2013-09-26T15:45:57Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Home video releases */ Shout! Factory DVD release

{{disambig3|Victory}}

{{nav-victory}}

'''''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory''''' (戦え!超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーV ''Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformers Victory'') ran from [[March 14]], [[1989]] to [[December 19]], [[1989]] in Japan for 38 broadcast episodes, in support of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (toyline)|toyline]] of the same name. "[[Transformer V]]" is the opening theme and "[[Cybertron Banzai]]" as its ending theme.

== Overview ==
[[Image:VictoryPoster1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|By the power of Grayskull, I have...THE POWER!!!!!.]]
After the conclusion of the daring, unusual ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''Victory'' took the continuing animated saga of the Transformers back to a much more basic approach, restoring an unmoving status quo of small groups of [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s battling over energy on [[Earth]]. Like ''Masterforce'' before it, the series takes a fresh-start approach, focusing on a cast of entirely new characters, although the connections between the previous series are a lot more clearly drawn than they were between ''Masterforce'' and ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', with repeated appearances by members of its cast.

For an unknown reason—be it a rushed schedule, a diminishing budget (perhaps caused by ''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s uncommonly well-done animation) or something else—''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 38-episode run features a full six clip shows, containing no new footage or story at all. As if that wasn't enough, a ''further'' six were released directly to video after the end of the series, bringing the total up to 44.

''Victory'' was planned out by [[Masumi Kaneda]], who had also been responsible for ''The Headmasters'' and ''Super-God Masterforce'', but in this instance, his involvement with the actual production of the show appears to have been comparatively less, with [[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]] credited as the head writer. Kaneda did, however, work on the ''Victory'' [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|manga]], with the massive storytelling gulf between it and the anime illustrating how few of Kaneda's ideas for the series actually made it into the anime.

==Storyline==
In the year 2025, following the defeat of the [[Decepticon]]s on [[Earth]] in the [[Masterforce War]], the villains have begun aggressively attacking other planets in the universe. To counter this threat, the [[Autobot]]s join with many other civilizations and lifeforms (including [[Human|Humanity]]) to form the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], which strikes back against the Decepticons with its military [[Galactic Defense Force]]. Recently appointed [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots, [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] heads up the Sector One Defense Force, backed up by the [[Brainmaster]]s and [[Multiforce]], while [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] takes charge of Sector Two.

Seeking the energy necessary to free his massive [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] from imprisonment in the [[Dark Nebula]] where Star Saber sealed it years ago, the Decepticons' new [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], attacks Earth with his [[Dinoforce]], prompting Star Saber and his team to set up residence on the planet. Accompanying them is [[Jean Minakaze]], Star Saber's adopted human son, whose parents died in a Decepticon attack when he was just a baby, and [[Holi]], head of the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]], who soon arrive on Earth to be with their leader. The Decepticons, meanwhile, are progressively joined by more and more members of the elite [[Breastforce]] squad, including their scheming leader [[Leozack]], who seeks to take leadership of the Decepticons from Deathsaurus, and the sneaky [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], who's only looking out for himself.

After a series of energy-raiding adventures on Earth, the Breastforce target the Micromasters' homeworld of planet [[Micro]], where they liberate their teammate, [[Guyhawk]], enabling the team to combine into the mighty [[Liokaiser]] and finally defeat Star Saber in battle for the first time. Despite the addition of the six-changing samurai [[Greatshot]] to their ranks, the Autobots are weakened by this turn of events, and when God Ginrai arrives on Earth to aid them, he is fatally wounded by Deathsaurus and recreated as [[Victory Leo]]. When Deathsaurus finally reactivates his fortress and turns it upon the Earth, Star Saber and Victory Leo combine together into [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]] to end the threat of Deathsaurus once and for all.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Victory episodes}}
{{collist|3|
# [[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber]]
# [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]]
# [[Attack! Leozack]]
# [[Unite!! Multiforce]]
# [[Move Out! Rescue Team]]
# [[Infiltration... The Uranium Mine]]
# [[Explosion!! The Energy Base]]
# [[Big City - Underground Terror]]
# [[Clash!! Two Great Heroes]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The New Warrior - Hellbat]]
# [[Attack the Shuttle Base!!]]
# [[Tanker Hijack Operation]]
# [[Move Out!! Breastforce]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Rescue Jean!!]]
# [[Mach and Tackle]]
# [[A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid]]
# [[Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior]]
# [[Rescue! Guyhawk]]
# [[Unite! Liokaiser]]
# [[Assemble! Combiner Warriors]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]
# [[Battle Up of Wrath!!]]
# [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]
# [[Crisis! Ambush in the Desert]]
# [[A Deadly Battle]]
# [[Ginrai Dies!!]]
# [[Fight!! Victory Leo]]
# [[Ultimate Crisis!! Autobots]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Awaken! Victory Leo]]
# [[The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification]]
# [[Jean - Defend the Campus!!]]
# [[A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs]]
# [[The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!]]
# [[The Strongest! Victory Saber]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves]]
# [[The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!]]
# [[Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification]]
# [[Autobots Forever]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Radiant! Victorious Planet]]{{dag|red}}
# [[The Emperor of Destruction Wins!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[SOS! Global Defense Directive]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Micromasters!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Victory Attack of Friendship!]]{{dag|red}}
# [[Echo Across the Galaxy! Bell of Love!!]]{{dag|red}}
}}
{{dag|red}} ''[[Clip show]]''

==Main cast==
{{featuredcharacters
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'''[[Brainmaster]]s'''
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber/Victory Saber]] ([[Hideyuki Tanaka]])
*[[Road Caesar]] ([[Kōji Totani]])
**[[Blacker]] ([[Kōji Totani]])
**[[Braver]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
**[[Laster]] ([[Shingo Hiromori]])
'''[[Multiforce]]'''
*[[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Wingwaver]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Dashtacker]] ([[Yoshikazu Hirano]])
**[[Machtackle]] ([[Yūki Satō|Hiroyuki Satō]])
'''[[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]]'''
*[[Holi]] ([[Kyōko Tongū]])
*[[Boater]] ([[Aya Hisakawa]])
*[[Fire]] ([[Tomoko Maruo]])
*[[Pīpō]] ([[Hinako Yoshino|Hinako Kanamaru]])
'''Others'''
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] ([[Shingo Hiromori]])
*[[Greatshot]] ([[Michihiro Ikemizu]])
*[[Victory Leo]] ([[Hiroshi Takemura]])

|c2=
'''[[Breastforce]]'''
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] ([[Takeshi Aono]])
*[[Liokaiser]] ([[Keiichi Nanba]])
**[[Leozack]] ([[Keiichi Nanba]])
**[[Drillhorn]] ([[Masato Hirano]])
**[[Guyhawk]] ([[Hōchū Ōtsuka]])
**[[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] ([[Yoku Shioya]])
**[[Jallguar]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
**[[Killbison]] ([[Kazumi Tanaka]])
'''[[Dinoforce]]'''
*[[Dinoking]] ([[Daisuke Gōri]])
**[[Goryu (Victory)|Goryu]] ([[Daisuke Gōri]])
**[[Doryu]] ([[Masashi Hironaka]])
**[[Gairyu]] ([[Yūki Satō|Hiroyuki Satō]])
**[[Kakuryu]] ([[Masato Hirano]])
**[[Rairyu]] ([[Shinobu Satouchi]])
**[[Yokuryu]] ([[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] ([[Miyako Endō]])
*[[Illumina]] ([[Yumi Tōma]])
|nonumbering=true

}}

==Home video releases==
[[Image:MadmanVictory.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Australian DVD release]]
===Japan===
{{main|Geneon Universal Entertainment}}
*''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 (2003)
*''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 02 (2003)

===United Kingdom===
{{main|Metrodome}}
*The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' (2006)
*''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (2007)

===Australia===
{{main|Madman Entertainment}}
*''The Transformers: Victory'' (2008)
*''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (2009)

===United States===
{{main|Shout! Factory}}
*The Japanese Collection — ''Transformers: Victory'' (2012)
{{-}}

==External links==
* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%A6%E3%81%88!%E8%B6%85%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E7%94%9F%E5%91%BD%E4%BD%93_%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BCV ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory'' at the Japanese Wikipedia]

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Talk:Eggleo

2013-07-11T21:51:36Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Yellow or orange? */

== Yellow or orange? ==

I've added in the colours for the other eggbeasts to their toy sections but this guy is a bit of a problem. Depending on what site you look up photos of Eggleo, he either looks orange or yellow. It's the exact same problem with descriptions of the toy too.

Anybody own this little beastie and can say for certain what colour it is?[[User:RavenG|RavenG]] 09:27, 2 June 2013 (EDT)
:He is a yellow-orange color any two people are likely to disagree about the proper name for, but closer to yellow to my eye. -[[User:LV|LV]] 12:55, 2 June 2013 (EDT)
:: Thanks. I went ahead and added it to the page.[[User:RavenG|RavenG]] 01:40, 5 June 2013 (EDT)
:Yeah, I'd definitely call mine yellow. He's not really particularly orange-y. --[[User:Salt-Man Z|Salt-Man Z]] 17:51, 11 July 2013 (EDT)

File:WW v3-1b.jpg

2012-11-28T22:49:38Z

Salt-Man Z: uploaded a new version of "Image:WW v3-1b.jpg": Scan from personal collection.

Cover for [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The War Within: The Age of Wrath]]'' issue #1.
* '''Pencils:''' [[Joe Ng]]
* '''Inks:''' ???
* '''Colors:''' ???
{{comiccover}}

Transformers: Saga of the Allspark

2012-11-26T03:35:10Z

Salt-Man Z: issue #2 covers

[[Image:SagaallsparkTPBcover.jpg|180px|thumb|right|]]
{{picsneeded|Covers}}
'''''Saga of the Allspark''''' is a four-issue series published by [[IDW Publishing]], starting in July 2008, and set in the [[Movie continuity]]. The series reprints stories from the UK-based [[Titan Books|Titan]]'s [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers'' magazine]], at 2 stories per issue.

==Issue #1==
Release date: July 9, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Prime vs Megatron. Art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* Cover B: Optimus Prime, Art by ???, colors by ???.

==="[[Transformers Comic issue 1|Optimus Prime]]"===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Geoff Senior]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]

==="[[Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron]]"===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Nick Roche]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Liam Shalloo]]

===Notes===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'''s, "The Wait" and "The Passenger"

===Advertisements===
==Issue #2==
[[Image:SagaOfTheAllspark2A.jpg|180px|thumb|right|]]
[[Image:SagaOfTheAllspark2B.jpg|180px|thumb|right|]]
Release date: August 6, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Ratchet and Jazz in battle. Art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* Cover B: Ratchet, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 3|"Lost in Space Part 1"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Andrew Wildman]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 4|"Lost in Space Part 2"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Don Figueroa]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Notes===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', "Dark Visionary"

===Advertisements===
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' #3
* [[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|''The Reign of Starscream'' #5]]
* ''Epilogue'' comic (also in [[IDWords]] section)
* ''Galaxy Quest'' comic series
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''New Classics of the Fantastic: Nightwings''
* ''Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown''
* ''The Art of Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse''
* ''Welcome to Hoxford''
* CGC Grading, feat. Grimlock
* "[[Transform and Roll Out]]" DVD
* ''Pristeen 16'' (back page)

==Issue #3==
Release date: September 3, 2008 
IDW production: [[Chris Mowry]] 
IDW edits: [[Denton J. Tipton]]

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Jazz, credits not listed.
* Cover B: Ironhide, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 5|"Lost in Space Part 3"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Guido Guidi]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Jason Cardy]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 6|"Lost in Space Part 4"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Marcelo Matere]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Liam Shalloo]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Notes===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', "Creation Matrix"

===Advertisements===
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' #4
* [[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|''The Reign of Starscream'' #5]]
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' figures
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' comic
* ''Galaxy Quest'' comic series
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' comics
* ''Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown''
* ''Igor Movie Prequel''
* ''Adventures in Oz''
* CGC Grading
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''
* ''[[Spotlight: Sideswipe]]'' (back page)

==Issue #4==
Release date: October 1, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Optimus Prime, credits not listed.
* Cover B: Starscream, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 7|"Starscream's Militia"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Boo]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 8|"Scorpion Sting"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Staz Johnson]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Kris Carter]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Notes===
* The lack of a preview for the next issue implies that this is the last one.

===Advertisements===
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' TPB
* ''Presidential Material'' comics and merchandise
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' figures
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' series
* ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]''
* ''Ghostbusters: The Other Side''
* ''Love and Capes'' TPB
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' series
* ''Star Trek: Romulans''
* ''Igor Movie Prequel''
* ''Adventures in Oz''
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''
* ''Pirat Tales'' (back cover)

==Collections==
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' TPB (January 29, 2009) ISBN 9781600103582

===Bonus Material===
*Cover art gallery
*Seven-page preview of [[The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1]]

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[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Movie comics]]

File:SagaOfTheAllspark2B.jpg

2012-11-26T03:34:11Z

Salt-Man Z:

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File:SagaOfTheAllspark2A.jpg

2012-11-26T03:33:24Z

Salt-Man Z:

{{IDWliveactionfilmcover
|description='''''Saga of the Allspark''''' issue 2, Cover A
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|series=saga
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File:SagaOfTheAllspark2B.jpg

2012-11-26T03:30:36Z

Salt-Man Z: {{IDWliveactionfilmcover |description='''''Saga of the Allspark''''' issue 2, Cover B {{art|art=Nick Roche}} |series=saga |franchise=movie |year=08}}

{{IDWliveactionfilmcover
|description='''''Saga of the Allspark''''' issue 2, Cover B
{{art|art=[[Nick Roche]]}}
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2012-11-26T03:29:42Z

Salt-Man Z: {{IDWliveactionfilmcover |description='''''Saga of the Allspark''''' issue 2, Cover A {{art|pencils=|inks=|lineart=}} |series=saga |franchise=movie |year=08}}

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Transformers: Saga of the Allspark

2012-11-01T16:07:31Z

Salt-Man Z: /* "Scorpion Sting" */ corrected art credits

[[Image:SagaallsparkTPBcover.jpg|180px|thumb|right|]]
{{picsneeded|Covers}}
'''''Saga of the Allspark''''' is a four-issue series published by [[IDW Publishing]], starting in July 2008, and set in the [[Movie continuity]]. The series reprints stories from the UK-based [[Titan Books|Titan]]'s [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers'' magazine]], at 2 stories per issue.

==Issue #1==
Release date: July 9, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Prime vs Megatron. Art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* Cover B: Optimus Prime, Art by ???, colors by ???.

==="[[Transformers Comic issue 1|Optimus Prime]]"===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Geoff Senior]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]

==="[[Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron]]"===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Nick Roche]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Liam Shalloo]]

===Notes===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'''s, "The Wait" and "The Passenger"

===Advertisements===
==Issue #2==
Release date: August 6, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Ratchet and Jazz in battle. Art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* Cover B: Ratchet, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 3|"Lost in Space Part 1"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Andrew Wildman]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 4|"Lost in Space Part 2"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Don Figueroa]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Notes===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', "Dark Visionary"

===Advertisements===
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' #3
* [[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|''The Reign of Starscream'' #5]]
* ''Epilogue'' comic (also in [[IDWords]] section)
* ''Galaxy Quest'' comic series
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''New Classics of the Fantastic: Nightwings''
* ''Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown''
* ''The Art of Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse''
* ''Welcome to Hoxford''
* CGC Grading, feat. Grimlock
* "[[Transform and Roll Out]]" DVD
* ''Pristeen 16'' (back page)

==Issue #3==
Release date: September 3, 2008 
IDW production: [[Chris Mowry]] 
IDW edits: [[Denton J. Tipton]]

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Jazz, credits not listed.
* Cover B: Ironhide, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 5|"Lost in Space Part 3"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Guido Guidi]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Jason Cardy]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 6|"Lost in Space Part 4"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Marcelo Matere]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Liam Shalloo]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Notes===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', "Creation Matrix"

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==Issue #4==
Release date: October 1, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Optimus Prime, credits not listed.
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===[[Transformers Comic issue 7|"Starscream's Militia"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Boo]]
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* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 8|"Scorpion Sting"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Staz Johnson]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Kris Carter]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
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===Notes===
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===Bonus Material===
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Invasion (issue)

2012-10-17T00:53:24Z

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'''An evil Ultra Magnus and his army invade an unwitting alternate universe, threatening all existence.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Invasion-Magnusportal.jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''More''' Bad guys!]]

In the [[Shattered Glass]] universe, Ultra Magnus has just succeeded in removing himself from his dirty prison cell on [[Paradron]], in addition to Wreck-Gar and his Junkions, thanks to the efforts of Wheeljack and Tracks. He's raised his brother Optimus on the monitors so he can gloat and tease his ultimate plan, which will involve destruction on a cosmic scale. As Optimus seethes in fury, Ultra Magnus kills the last remaining guard, Ironhide, who was Optimus's most trusted soldier. Wheeljack has opened a portal with his new hand-held [[Stellar Spanner]], and through it the escapees and traitors step. Magnus reminds his brother that he was always [[Alpha Trion (SG)|father's]] favorite, and soon Optimus would realize why.

After they disappear through the portal, Optimus Prime remotely activates Paradron's distress beacon, knowing that a certain someone would follow Magnus's trail anywhere.

Meanwhile, in the [[Classicverse]], Autobots in Oregon are cleaning up their Ironworks headquarters following a Decepticon attack led by Gigatron. The attack had been repelled successfully, leaving the [[Rarified Energon]] Ironworks guarded intact. Inside Ironworks, Commander Rad and visiting Pretender Commander Metalhawk telecommunicate with Autobots in other areas of the world, informing them of Gigatron's recent attack. But the report is interrupted by an alert from outside. Kick-Off tells Rad that a portal in the sky was opening, possibly foretelling another invasion. Metalhawk offers his assistance outside, but Rad insists he and his troops have this covered.

[[Image:Invasion-cannotwillnot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Good guys.]]

But Rad has greatly underestimated the forces at work, and by the time he arrives outside, Sandstorm, Slapdash, and Broadside have been corrupted and reformatted into evil Junkions. Once converted, these Junkions quickly turn on their former comrades Mainframe, Outback, and Roll-Out. Above, the evil Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Tracks, and the original Junkions burst through the portal and join the battle below. As more Autobots are reformatted into evil Junkions, Rad and Kick-Off have no choice but try to make it back inside Ironworks. Rad is tackled by a Junkion at the last moment, and he activates the door after Kick-Off runs through it, sacrificing himself so that Kick-Off may live.

The closed door doesn't stop Ultra Magnus for long, and his [[Terminus Blade]] slices through it easily. He's met by Metalhawk and other Autobot reinforcements. However, Magnus strikes down Warpath, Wheeljack, Tracks, and Jazz, leaving only Scoop and Metalhawk alive. Before they share the fate of the fallen, another portal opens up, through which heroic Decepticons arrive: Treadshot, Soundwave, Octopunch, and Straxus. With a blinding flash from the Terminus Blade, Magnus and his evil Autobots disappear.

Sir Soundwave explains his universe to the heroic Autobots, but Kick-Off isn't interested in the details. He just wants justice. Octopunch and Scoop are sent after Wheeljack, Treadshot puts himself in charge of finding Ultra Magnus, and the rest are responsible for the Junkion hive.

[[Image:Invasion-whatamess.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Good guys?]]

Meanwhile, outside of Ironworks, Gigatron and his Decepticons have been keeping watch since their defeat. Spinister reports that the Autobots have teamed up with strange visitors. Gigatron concludes that this distraction is perfect for another attempt on the Rarified Energon.

Underneath Ironworks, Wheeljack sets up machinery that will send the Rarified Energon up into Ironworks, plus a force field that will prevent the machinery's destruction. After Wheeljack leaves, evil Octopunch and Skullgrin converge on the protected machinery at the same time as heroic Octopunch and Scoop. Both factions battle, and Skullgrin is quickly defeated.

Aboveground, inside Ironworks, Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus are working the computers when Treadshot approaches. Quickly, Magnus inserts the Terminus Blade into a computer port, and a rift of space time opens in the sky. Cataclysms occur worldwide as Autobots in Japan, Canada, and South America help evacuate civilians from problem areas.

After heroic and evil Octopunches realize they are counterparts, heroic Octopunch finally defeats his opposite number, just as Scoop realizes there's nothing the two can do to reverse Wheeljack's handiwork. They return to the surface.

[[Image:Invasion-destroythem.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bad guys.]]

Aboveground, Treadshot and Kick-Off tackle Ultra Magnus while Soundwave decides he should try to reconfigure Wheeljack's machinery himself. On his way, he encounters and is overcome by the Junkion Hive, and is spared only by the timely arrival of Gigatron's evil Decepticons. Gigatron doesn't like these evil Autobots who threaten to destroy everything before he can conquer it himself, and so he joins the fray and lets Soundwave go. Gigatron and Metalhawk team up against Ultra Magnus, causing him severe damage. Soundwave returns from his work below and announces that Ultra Magnus's plan is foiled! Soundwave totally jacked up the forcefield below to cover the entire planet! Earth is saved!

Ultra Magnus laughs, noting that he wasn't trying to blow up Earth. Sure, it would probably be destroyed, but only as a side effect of his larger aim, which was moving this Earth to his own universe, into the orbit of his own Cybertron. Ultra Magnus and his evil Autobots flee, victorious.

After Earth arrives safely in the Shattered Glass universe, protected by the forcefield, their old universe self-destructs behind them, destroyed forever. Heroic Autobot, evil Decepticon, and heroic Decepticon all stare up into the sky in horror and wonder, into this new universe, mourning the countless dead. Straxus stands before them, glowing, and bids them to not despair. He recites for them words from one of their great progenitors, and suggests that not all is lost and there is still much left to do.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=SG Decepticons
|c1=
* [[Sir Soundwave]] (37)
* [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] (38)
* [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] (39)
* [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] (40)
* [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]] (41) (flashback)

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* [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] (3)
* [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
* [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]] (5)
* [[Junkheap]] (6)
* [[Scrap Iron (SG)|Scrap Iron]] (7)
* [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (SG)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]] (42) (flashback)
* [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] (43) (flashback)
{{!}}}
|h3=[[Classicsverse]] Autobots
|c3=
* [[Ironworks]] (10)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (11)
* [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] (12)
* [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (13)
* [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (14)
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (15)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (16)
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (17)
* [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (18)
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (19)
* [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (20)
* [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] (21)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (22)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (23)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (26)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (27)
* [[Rad]] (28)
* [[Metalhawk]] (30)
* [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] (31)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (32)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (33)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (34)
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (35)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (36)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (44) (flashback)
* [[Rescue Roy]] (59)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (60)

|h4=Classicsverse Decepticons
|c4=
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (45)
* [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (46)
* [[Skullgrin]] (47)
* [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] (48)
* [[Weirdwolf]] (61)
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (62)
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (63)
* [[Snarler]] (64)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (65)
* [[Horri-Bull]] (66)
* [[Stranglehold]] (67)
|h5=Humans
|c5=
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (24)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (29)
* [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] (49)
* [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]] (50)
* [[Robot-Master]] (51)
* [[Simon Furman]] (52)
* [[Spider-Man]] (53)
* Power Man (54)
* Invisible Woman (55)
* [[Sari Sumdac (G1)|Sari Sumdac]] (56)
* [[Isaac Sumdac (G1)|Isaac Sumdac]] (57)
* Elektra (58)
}}

==Quotes==
"Every one of them will pay for how they laughed at our plans! Or how they would have laughed had they known. Either way... '''BOOM!'''"
:— '''SG Wheeljack'''

"Oh, dear '''Treadshot''', you delightful Decepticon scum! I can't '''tell''' you how much I '''missed''' you trying to kill me."
:— '''Ultra Magnus''' has a special relationship with Treadshot

"'''Magnus! You coward!''' Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are '''nothing!''' I will hunt you to the ends of time! I will '''burn your empire''' to the ground I... I... '''I fraggin' hate that guy.'''"
:— '''Treadshot''' has a special relationship with Ultra Magnus

==Notes==
* At the end of this story, it seems that anyone in the Classicsverse who wasn't on Earth was destroyed. As [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had left Earth in "[[At Fight's End]]" with a ship full of Decepticons, that likely suggests their demise, as well as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s group which left Earth at the end of "[[Games of Deception]]." And let's not forget [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]'s detective agency on [[Azure]]. Comments made at [[BotCon 2012]] imply that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was also off-planet at the time. However, other statements suggest that anyone not on Earth is not necessarily dead, hinting at the club magazine storyline for 2013. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86669&st=0&p=2061951&#entry2061951 Comments from Pete Sinclair]</ref>
*The convention edition cover came about because [[User:Monzo|someone]] linked the organizers to a ComicsAlliance article about Dave Perillo's work via Twitter. <ref>https://twitter.com/Monzo12782/status/146764169339863040</ref>
===Errors===
* Lotsa missing commas and some comma splices. Example: "I am one of Gigatron's personal guards, you have no hope of defeating Octopunch!"
* On page 13, SG Octopunch has purple Decepticon symbols.
* Fortress Maximus is said to be stationed in [[South America]], but the civilians he rescue speak in Yucatec Maya, which is a language spoken on the Yucatan Peninsula and in Belize, which are in North America.

===Continuity errors===
* Depending on the canonicity of 2007's Classicverse Lithograph, Perceptor should probably be in his [[Perceptor_%28G1%29#Classics|''Classics'' Legends Class body]], not his original body.

===Real-world references===
* As storms threaten Earth's existence, modern-day South Americans worry their ancestors were right about [[2012]].
* Ultra Magnus and Tracks quip that the ''Classicsverse'' Autobots' resistance is "clearly futile", referencing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29| Borg] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek| Star Trek] (on whom the [[Junkion (SG)|Junkions]] are based).

===Transformers references===
* Ultra Magnus kills Ironhide in a way similar to Ironhide's death in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]].'' "Such pitiful nonsense!"
* Ultra Magnus and the Terminus Blade were mentioned briefly in earlier stories, and both are only now being given center stage. The Stellar Spanner was also introduced earlier, but had a much larger role.
* Ratchet is still in the new body he acquired in "[[At Fight's End]]," but now it's colored like the North American release versus the Japanese release.
* The "Canada" panel on page 16 is full of tiny Marvel Superhero cameos. And Simon Furman. Also ... Robot-Master? ...and Rescue Roy???
* Octopunch mentions that he survived the Unicron War.
* There are three inverted [[Furmanism]]s. First is Wheeljack's "Sow the edy!", second is Magnus's "My time is about to start! Begin!" and the third is Treadshot's "Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are nothing!"
* ''Shattered'' Straxus's speech at the end mirrors [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s reassurance at the end of "[[All Fall Down]]."
* Many visual details throughout the story cement the main setting as a Marvel-style universe, such as Blaster, Wheeljack, and Octopunch's colors and Broadside's character model. Slapdash's head is based on the round, helmeted face seen in his ''Transformers: Universe'' profile, not the square-ish helmet seen in the comics themselves.

===Covers===
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* '''BotCon Edition:''' Art deco depicting the 4 alignments featured in the issue; art by [[Dave Perillo]].
* '''Retail Edition:''' Optimus Prime stares at his enemies through a shattered glass; art by [[Dan Khanna]], colors by [[Thomas Deer]].
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==References==
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2012-10-17T00:52:22Z

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Invasion (issue)

2012-10-16T18:39:40Z

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'''An evil Ultra Magnus and his army invade an unwitting alternate universe, threatening all existence.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Invasion-Magnusportal.jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''More''' Bad guys!]]

In the [[Shattered Glass]] universe, Ultra Magnus has just succeeded in removing himself from his dirty prison cell on [[Paradron]], in addition to Wreck-Gar and his Junkions, thanks to the efforts of Wheeljack and Tracks. He's raised his brother Optimus on the monitors so he can gloat and tease his ultimate plan, which will involve destruction on a cosmic scale. As Optimus seethes in fury, Ultra Magnus kills the last remaining guard, Ironhide, who was Optimus's most trusted soldier. Wheeljack has opened a portal with his new hand-held [[Stellar Spanner]], and through it the escapees and traitors step. Magnus reminds his brother that he was always [[Alpha Trion (SG)|father's]] favorite, and soon Optimus would realize why.

After they disappear through the portal, Optimus Prime remotely activates Paradron's distress beacon, knowing that a certain someone would follow Magnus's trail anywhere.

Meanwhile, in the [[Classicverse]], Autobots in Oregon are cleaning up their Ironworks headquarters following a Decepticon attack led by Gigatron. The attack had been repelled successfully, leaving the [[Rarified Energon]] Ironworks guarded intact. Inside Ironworks, Commander Rad and visiting Pretender Commander Metalhawk telecommunicate with Autobots in other areas of the world, informing them of Gigatron's recent attack. But the report is interrupted by an alert from outside. Kick-Off tells Rad that a portal in the sky was opening, possibly foretelling another invasion. Metalhawk offers his assistance outside, but Rad insists he and his troops have this covered.

[[Image:Invasion-cannotwillnot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Good guys.]]

But Rad has greatly underestimated the forces at work, and by the time he arrives outside, Sandstorm, Slapdash, and Broadside have been corrupted and reformatted into evil Junkions. Once converted, these Junkions quickly turn on their former comrades Mainframe, Outback, and Roll-Out. Above, the evil Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Tracks, and the original Junkions burst through the portal and join the battle below. As more Autobots are reformatted into evil Junkions, Rad and Kick-Off have no choice but try to make it back inside Ironworks. Rad is tackled by a Junkion at the last moment, and he activates the door after Kick-Off runs through it, sacrificing himself so that Kick-Off may live.

The closed door doesn't stop Ultra Magnus for long, and his [[Terminus Blade]] slices through it easily. He's met by Metalhawk and other Autobot reinforcements. However, Magnus strikes down Warpath, Wheeljack, Tracks, and Jazz, leaving only Scoop and Metalhawk alive. Before they share the fate of the fallen, another portal opens up, through which heroic Decepticons arrive: Treadshot, Soundwave, Octopunch, and Straxus. With a blinding flash from the Terminus Blade, Magnus and his evil Autobots disappear.

Sir Soundwave explains his universe to the heroic Autobots, but Kick-Off isn't interested in the details. He just wants justice. Octopunch and Scoop are sent after Wheeljack, Treadshot puts himself in charge of finding Ultra Magnus, and the rest are responsible for the Junkion hive.

[[Image:Invasion-whatamess.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Good guys?]]

Meanwhile, outside of Ironworks, Gigatron and his Decepticons have been keeping watch since their defeat. Spinister reports that the Autobots have teamed up with strange visitors. Gigatron concludes that this distraction is perfect for another attempt on the Rarified Energon.

Underneath Ironworks, Wheeljack sets up machinery that will send the Rarified Energon up into Ironworks, plus a force field that will prevent the machinery's destruction. After Wheeljack leaves, evil Octopunch and Skullgrin converge on the protected machinery at the same time as heroic Octopunch and Scoop. Both factions battle, and Skullgrin is quickly defeated.

Aboveground, inside Ironworks, Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus are working the computers when Treadshot approaches. Quickly, Magnus inserts the Terminus Blade into a computer port, and a rift of space time opens in the sky. Cataclysms occur worldwide as Autobots in Japan, Canada, and South America help evacuate civilians from problem areas.

After heroic and evil Octopunches realize they are counterparts, heroic Octopunch finally defeats his opposite number, just as Scoop realizes there's nothing the two can do to reverse Wheeljack's handiwork. They return to the surface.

[[Image:Invasion-destroythem.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bad guys.]]

Aboveground, Treadshot and Kick-Off tackle Ultra Magnus while Soundwave decides he should try to reconfigure Wheeljack's machinery himself. On his way, he encounters and is overcome by the Junkion Hive, and is spared only by the timely arrival of Gigatron's evil Decepticons. Gigatron doesn't like these evil Autobots who threaten to destroy everything before he can conquer it himself, and so he joins the fray and lets Soundwave go. Gigatron and Metalhawk team up against Ultra Magnus, causing him severe damage. Soundwave returns from his work below and announces that Ultra Magnus's plan is foiled! Soundwave totally jacked up the forcefield below to cover the entire planet! Earth is saved!

Ultra Magnus laughs, noting that he wasn't trying to blow up Earth. Sure, it would probably be destroyed, but only as a side effect of his larger aim, which was moving this Earth to his own universe, into the orbit of his own Cybertron. Ultra Magnus and his evil Autobots flee, victorious.

After Earth arrives safely in the Shattered Glass universe, protected by the forcefield, their old universe self-destructs behind them, destroyed forever. Heroic Autobot, evil Decepticon, and heroic Decepticon all stare up into the sky in horror and wonder, into this new universe, mourning the countless dead. Straxus stands before them, glowing, and bids them to not despair. He recites for them words from one of their great progenitors, and suggests that not all is lost and there is still much left to do.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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|c1=
* [[Sir Soundwave]] (37)
* [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] (38)
* [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] (39)
* [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] (40)
* [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]] (41) (flashback)

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* [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] (3)
* [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
* [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]] (5)
* [[Junkheap]] (6)
* [[Scrap Iron (SG)|Scrap Iron]] (7)
* [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (SG)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]] (42) (flashback)
* [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] (43) (flashback)
{{!}}}
|h3=[[Classicsverse]] Autobots
|c3=
* [[Ironworks]] (10)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (11)
* [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] (12)
* [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (13)
* [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (14)
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (15)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (16)
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (17)
* [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (18)
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (19)
* [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (20)
* [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] (21)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (22)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (23)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (26)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (27)
* [[Rad]] (28)
* [[Metalhawk]] (30)
* [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] (31)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (32)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (33)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (34)
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (35)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (36)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (44) (flashback)
* [[Rescue Roy]] (59)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (60)

|h4=Classicsverse Decepticons
|c4=
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (45)
* [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (46)
* [[Skullgrin]] (47)
* [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] (48)
* [[Weirdwolf]] (61)
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (62)
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (63)
* [[Snarler]] (64)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (65)
* [[Horri-Bull]] (66)
* [[Stranglehold]] (67)
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* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (24)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (29)
* [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] (49)
* [[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]] (50)
* [[Robot-Master]] (51)
* [[Simon Furman]] (52)
* [[Spider-Man]] (53)
* Power Man (54)
* Invisible Woman (55)
* [[Sari Sumdac (G1)|Sari Sumdac]] (56)
* [[Isaac Sumdac (G1)|Isaac Sumdac]] (57)
* Elektra (58)
}}

==Quotes==
"Every one of them will pay for how they laughed at our plans! Or how they would have laughed had they known. Either way... '''BOOM!'''"
:— '''SG Wheeljack'''

"Oh, dear '''Treadshot''', you delightful Decepticon scum! I can't '''tell''' you how much I '''missed''' you trying to kill me."
:— '''Ultra Magnus''' has a special relationship with Treadshot

"'''Magnus! You coward!''' Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are '''nothing!''' I will hunt you to the ends of time! I will '''burn your empire''' to the ground I... I... '''I fraggin' hate that guy.'''"
:— '''Treadshot''' has a special relationship with Ultra Magnus

==Notes==
* At the end of this story, it seems that anyone in the Classicsverse who wasn't on Earth was destroyed. As [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had left Earth in "[[At Fight's End]]" with a ship full of Decepticons, that likely suggests their demise, as well as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s group which left Earth at the end of "[[Games of Deception]]." And let's not forget [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]'s detective agency on [[Azure]]. Comments made at [[BotCon 2012]] imply that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was also off-planet at the time. However, other statements suggest that anyone not on Earth is not necessarily dead, hinting at the club magazine storyline for 2013. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=86669&st=0&p=2061951&#entry2061951 Comments from Pete Sinclair]</ref>
*The convention edition cover came about because [[User:Monzo|someone]] linked the organizers to a ComicsAlliance article about Dave Perillo's work via Twitter. <ref>https://twitter.com/Monzo12782/status/146764169339863040</ref>
===Errors===
* Lotsa missing commas and some comma splices. Example: "I am one of Gigatron's personal guards, you have no hope of defeating Octopunch!"
* On page 13, SG Octopunch has purple Decepticon symbols.
* Fortress Maximus is said to be stationed in [[South America]], but the civilians he rescue speak in Yucatec Maya, which is a language spoken on the Yucatan Peninsula and in Belize, which are in North America.

===Continuity errors===
* Depending on the canonicity of 2007's Classicverse Lithograph, Perceptor should probably be in his [[Perceptor_%28G1%29#Classics|''Classics'' Legends Class body]], not his original body.

===Real-world references===
* As storms threaten Earth's existence, modern-day South Americans worry their ancestors were right about [[2012]].
* Ultra Magnus and Tracks quip that the ''Classicsverse'' Autobots' resistance is "clearly futile", referencing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29| Borg] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek| Star Trek] (on whom the [[Junkion (SG)|Junkions]] are based).

===Transformers references===
* Ultra Magnus kills Ironhide in a way similar to Ironhide's death in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]].'' "Such pitiful nonsense!"
* Ultra Magnus and the Terminus Blade were mentioned briefly in earlier stories, and both are only now being given center stage. The Stellar Spanner was also introduced earlier, but had a much larger role.
* Ratchet is still in the new body he acquired in "[[At Fight's End]]," but now it's colored like the North American release versus the Japanese release.
* The "Canada" panel on page 16 is full of tiny Marvel Superhero cameos. And Simon Furman. Also ... Robot-Master? ...and Rescue Roy???
* Octopunch mentions that he survived the Unicron War.
* There are three inverted [[Furmanism]]s. First is Wheeljack's "Sow the edy!", second is Magnus's "My time is about to start! Begin!" and the third is Treadshot's "Like a small, herbivorous shrew, you are nothing!"
* ''Shattered'' Straxus's speech at the end mirrors [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s reassurance at the end of "[[All Fall Down]]."
* Many visual details throughout the story cement the main setting as a Marvel-style universe, such as Blaster, Wheeljack, and Octopunch's colors and Broadside's character model. Slapdash's head is based on the round, helmeted face seen in his ''Transformers: Universe'' profile, not the square-ish helmet seen in the comics themselves.

===Covers===
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* '''BotCon Edition:''' Art deco depicting the 4 alignments featured in the issue; art by [[Dave Perillo]].
* '''Retail Edition:''' Optimus Prime stares at his enemies through a shattered glass; art by [[Dan Khanna]].

==References==
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Loose Ends, Part 3

2012-09-11T03:47:22Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Covers (3) */ cover B scan

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'''The Wreckers join up with some old allies on Earth, while Optimus Prime and Bludgeon gather their forces.'''

==Synopsis==

In the [[Mojave Desert]] on [[Earth]], the cybernetic [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] attacks and fells [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]], and then turns on [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]. The [[Jumpstarter]] recognizes the human as former [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] Spike Witwicky, and keeps him talking long enough for the other [[Wrecker]]s to surround him. Topspin proposes an alliance, and Spike's friend [[Gordon Kent]] encourages him to agree. Spike leads the assembled group through the Argus mountains, angrily explaining how the current state of Earth is the Autobots' fault for leaving the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] behind on Earth. He and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] were initially able to protect it, but when a group of humans were able to penetrate the ship in 1994, Megatron was reactivated and began laying waste to the Earth. Humanity resorted to nuclear tactics, but Megatron was able to hack the missiles and use them to destroy major human population centers, after which he revived the various dead Transformers that had been kept in the Ark as a zombie army to eradicate what resistance remained. [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] wonders where Megatron got the tech and know-how to accomplish these many feats, but Spike has no answer, and at this stage, does not particularly care. Presently, the group arrive at [[Argus Base]], former headquarters of an ultra-secret government combat group which the rebels have taken as their own. Here, Spike introduces the Autobots to the man behind their organization, and the creator of Argus Base's tech: their old ally, [[G.B. Blackrock]]!

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] gives [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] a talk on making decisions and living with their consequences, admitting that he is probably trying too hard to cling to the current peace. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] then arrive with evidence that [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] has gone to Earth, and two transmissions they have consequently picked up from the planet after turning their attention to it: the distress call sent by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and a message that has been repeating for years, from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], demanding Prime's presence. There can be no hesitating now—Prime orders the Autobots to Earth.

In Argus Base, Springer and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] attend a meeting with Spike, Blackrock and Kent via remote hologram projection to co-ordinate a strike against the Ark in order to take out Megatron's power base. Spike explains his transformation into Circuit Smasher: Fortress Maximus died in the conflict with Megatron, leaving Spike's mind and nervous system shut down, but his body alive. Reminded of a [[Circuit Breaker|former employee]] with a similar condition, Blackrock used a cybernetic process she had developed to revive Spike. As the discussion continues, a message arrives from Megatron in [[Washington, D.C.]], demanding the Wreckers leave the planet or be hunted down. Before leaving, however, they must collect Kup, in Megatron's clutches and infected with [[Scraplet]]s—an obvious trap, but one that means Megatron's attention will be focused away from the Ark, giving Springer an idea...

As an Autobot battle unit boards a shuttle bound for Earth, Optimus Prime instructs Hot Rod to stay behind, sensing in him a greatness that must be protected. Prime and Magnus are the last to board, and as the ship leaves, Hot Rod turns to go, and bumps into [[Dirtbag]]. Excusing himself, the young Autobot leaves... and Dirtbag radios [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] that the Autobots have left. In turn, Soundwave makes contact with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], whose forces are busy razing the planet [[Torkulon]], informing him that Cybertron is now under-protected... and the opportunity to rescue the remains of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] has arisen!

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
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*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (3)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] (4)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (5)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (6)
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*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (8)
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*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]? (22)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]? (23)
*? (24)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]? (25)
*? (26)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]? (27)
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*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (14)
*''[[Hun-Gurrr]]'' (15)
*''[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'' (16)
*''[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'' (17)
*[[Dirtbag]] (28)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (29)
*[[Weirdwolf]] (30)
*[[Stranglehold]] (31)
*[[Skullcruncher]] (32)
*[[Squeezeplay]] (33)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (34)
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*[[Gordon Kent]] (9)
*''[[Circuit Breaker]]'' (18)
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
*The idea of Megatron taking the nuclear weapons fired by the world and using it against them is eerily similar to Galvatron's plan in the classic story "[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]". Also, that idea, combined with machines seeking out the remaining human resistance, is very similar to the ''Terminator'' franchise, which Furman has also written for.
*Unnamed and not drawn in detail for fear of legal terrors, Circuit Breaker can be spotted flying into battle alongside Fortress Maximus on page 9.
*The Decepticon casualties of the [[Underbase Saga]] are revealed to have been gathered up by the Autobots and kept in the Ark. This appears to contradict the finale of the saga itself, though, as both factions claimed they would be collecting their own fallen.
*The precise identity of the former owners of Argus Base is not divulged (and there are a few candidates in Marvel continuity, such as [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]), but the presence of a large eagle-head sigil on the conference desk seems to implicitly identify the team as [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], who gained a similar avian symbol with [[2009]]'s ''Rise of Cobra'' series.
*On a similar note, while they go unnamed, the yellow costumes and implicit motivation of the group who inadvertently revive Megatron bear a distinct resemblance to the Marvel Comics terrorist group AIM (arch-enemies of [[Nicholas Fury|Nick Fury]] and [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], who appeared in [[Prisoner of War!|issue 3]] of the Marvel ''Transformers'' (US) series). But this might just be coincidence; the characters are just wearing yellow hazmat suits, complete with backpacks and hazard markings, rather than the distinctive "beekeeper" AIM outfits.
*The robotic battlesuits lined up in Argus Base are based on [[Buster's battlesuit]] from the Marvel UK story, "[[Robot Buster!]]".
*The Ark's computer is referred to with its original name, [[Aunty|Auntie]], for the first time in Marvel US continuity since its [[The Transformers (issue)|very first issue]]. The only other time this happened was in the UK story, "[[Raiders of the Last Ark]]".
*The planet [[Torkulon]] originated with the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Webworld]]", but aside from having native lifeforms that include vaguely spidery-thing that have something to do with brains, this depiction of the world seems to owe virtually nothing to its cartoon predecessor.
*The term "[[Scramble City (disambiguation)|Scramble City]]" has been used for a bunch of things in its time, but with this issue, it is first used as the name of a city on Cybertron.
*Bludgeon's forces appear to be travelling aboard the [[Warworld]], just as in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''.

===Errors===

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Circuit Smasher zaps the Wreckers, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' The Ex-Bots loom over Kup, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Zombie Starscream, Razorclaw and Blitzwing stomp through Washington, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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Dawn of Future's Past

2011-11-13T19:54:53Z

Salt-Man Z: Shout! Factory DVD comic cover

{{comicstory
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|prev=Descent into Evil
|next=Games of Deception
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|title="Dawn of Future's Past"
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|date=[[September 28]], 2006 ([[BotCon 2006]])
|coverdate=Fall '06
|story=[[Pete Sinclair]]
|story consultants=[[Bob Forward]] and [[Ben Yee|Benson Yee]]
|writers=[[Forest Lee]], [[Pete Sinclair]]
|pencils=[[Dan Khanna]], [[Alex Milne]], and [[Marcelo Matere]]
|inks=[[Jake Isenberg]] and [[Terry Pallot]]
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'''A rogue Predacon steals a Maximal relic. A group of Maximal explorers must pursue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Nitrostreak|Unit 1]] and [[Tigatron|Unit 2]] speed to intercept [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], who is in the process of stealing the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]. Unit 1 is incapacitated. After a disagreement with one of his [[Dinobot (BW)|troops]] about honor, Megatron and his forces retreat with their prize.

In the shadows of [[Cybertropolis]], [[Divebomb (G1)|a mysterious figure]] orders [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to assist Megatron secretly in his escape. Meanwhile, Megatron's troops have succeeded in heisting a ship, the ''[[Darksyde]]''. This forces Unit 2 to commandeer his own, the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', although her [[Airazor (BW)| pilot]] insists on doing the flying.

Inside the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]], three [[Maximal]]s meet to discuss the situation. After a briefing, they decide to send the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' after Megatron. On a space station, [[Rattrap|one of the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew]] complains to [[Cheetor (BW)|another]] about delays. [[Rhinox (BW)|Yet another]] scolds them. [[Optimus Primal]] sees to [[Rampage (BW)|his cargo]].

After the ''Axalon'' departs, she receives her mission to stop Megatron. Just then, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw attack in [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|their ship]]. The ''Chromia 10'' arrives to help, but both of these ships are destroyed. Unit 2 and the pilot, however, are brought aboard the ''Axalon'' by remote [[spark core transfer]].

[[Tarantulas (BW)|A crew member]] of the ''Darksyde'' secretly transmits data from the Golden Disk to an [[Tripredacus Council|unseen recipient]]. As the ''Axalon'' closes in, Megatron again flogs his honor-bound subordinate before greeting the Maximals with an array of ammunition. The ''Darksyde'' escapes into a [[transwarp]] portal, followed closely by the ''Axalon''. ''[[Beast Wars (Part 1)|To be continued!]]''

Much later, after [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Megatron's techo-superiority reign]], [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] vows that the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s will defeat the Maximals.

==Featured characters==
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* [[Nitrostreak|Unit 1]] (1)
* [[Tigatron|Unit 2]] (2)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Chromia 10 pilot]] (10)
* [[Maximal Command Security Force]] officers (11)
* "[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]" (12)
* [[Optimus Primal]] (13)
* "[[Rattrap]]" (14)
* "[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]" (15)

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* "[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]" (3)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (4)
* "[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]" (5)
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (6)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (7)
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (8)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)
* "[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]" (16)
* [[Cicadacon]] (17)
* "[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]" (18)
* "[[Waspinator]]" (19)
* [[Headstrong]] (20)
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (21)
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (22)
* [[Tantrum]] (23)
}}

==Notes==
* The mass-retail release of this comic featured several pages of bonus material: some sketches by Marcelo Matere, and profiles for Optimus, Megatron, Cheetor, and the [[Maximal Command Security Force]].

===Errors===
* Early in the comic, it is established Terrorsaur gave the ''Darksyde'' its name. Divebomb is seen referring to the ship by that name too not much later, despite that he can not know it.

===Transformers references===
* Rattrap calls Rhinox a "rhinoceros". In "[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]", he calls Rhinox a "bulldozer".

* On the space station, Rhinox and a group of armed guards can be seen loading [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]]'s stasis pod onto the ''Axalon''.

* One of the Maximals in the Defense Command Center has the head of [[Blurr (Armada)|''Armada'' Blurr]].

* [[Cicadacon]] can be seen in the reflection on Tarantulas's head.

* The ''Timelines'' Megatron toy is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], but here it is revealed that that body is actually a suit of armor, accounting for why the BotCon toy looks different from the pre-beast Megatron seen in "Beast Wars (Part 1)". This could also explain why Megatron's Tail Weapon was removable.

* Razorclaw's appearance is based on the [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] toy with a new head. He also sports a [[Insignia|new Predacon symbol]]. The Transformers standing behind Razorclaw seem to be based on [[Transmetal 2]] Cheetor, [[Longhorn (BM)|Longhorn]], and [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]], though artist Dan Khanna says these resemblances were not intentional. This scene was said by Pete Sinclair to take place 50–100 years after ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. He also stated that the original Rampage, Tantrum, and Headstrong died at the end of the Great War, and the guys standing behind Razorclaw are their [[Relatives|descendants]].

* Waspinator wants to call the ship [[Buzzer-Bot]].

===Covers===
* '''BotCon Edition:''' Pre-beast mode Maximals versus Predacons; art by [[Joe Ng]].
* '''Shout! Factory DVD Edition:''' The Maximals have Megatron surrounded; by [[Makoto Ono]].
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===Trivia===
* The title is similar to [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s "[[Wikia:c:Marvel:Days of Future Past|Days of Future Past]]".
* The comic was re-released in 2011 as part of the [[Shout! Factory]] ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' online exclusive complete series box set. The comic itself measures a measly 4.75" x 7.125".

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Humanization

2011-09-02T18:47:38Z

Salt-Man Z: /* Crying */ Ratchet in Marvel G1 #7

Throughout the various Transformers canon, there have been several instances of Transformers with humanistic traits and having very human actions that possibly conflict with their status as mechanical robots. Many of these instances can be dismissed as stylistic choices by the artists or as gags not to be taken seriously.

==Glandular, digestive, and respiratory==
===Sweating===
[[Image:LandsharkWOH-energondelivery.jpg|right|thumb|180px|]]

* In [[Prime Time!|issue twelve]] of the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' comic]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] is seen leaking lubricant from his head during a stressful confrontation with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (as Shockwave points out), in a manner resembling sweating.
* Numerous times in the Marvel UK comic, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] can be seen "sweating".
* ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' featured Transformers displaying the traditional anime "sweat drop", a giant bead of liquid appearing at the side of the head to convey embarrassment or exasperation.
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] sweatdrops upon seeing a particularly scary expression on [[Lori]]'s face. {{storylink|Ambush}}
* [[Leozack]] sweatdrops oil when [[Landshark]] attacks him. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

===Coughing===
* In the G1 episode "[[Roll for It]]", when the Autobots emerge from the ruins of a demolished [[antimatter]] laboratory, they are coughing.
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] coughs when [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] surrounds him with smoke.{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] coughs while infected with Cosmic Rust. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}
* In "[[Call of the Primitives]]", a fiery blast from [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] causes both the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to cough.
* In ''Beast Wars'', [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] begins to cough for no reason while making a triumphant speech. Much like Powerglide's "heart", this could be a one-shot joke. He also coughs while sleeping, and when amidst the smoky remains of an electrical fire.
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fake-coughed in the episode "[[Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege]]" of the [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|''Beast machines'' cartoon]] to draw [[Optimus Primal]]'s attention to the matter of [[Noble]].
* In the ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Secret Weapon: D-5]]", [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], and [[Dark Scream]] all cough after inhaling smoke.
* In the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Mortal Combat]]", right after Optimus Prime says "I wish I could accommodate you," he coughs silently.
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] visibly coughs after [[Sam Witwicky]] uses the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to restore him to life in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', even expelling what appears to be dust.
* On [[Rock Bottom]], [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] coughs after escaping the collapsed mine. Ironically, Bulkhead later claims ''in the same episode'' that Autobots don't need to breathe.

===Breathing===
On ''[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation]'', it was explained that the android [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Data Data]'s breathing served to cool his inner components, but mostly so that he doesn't appear unnatural to the humans he was designed to resemble. He also blinks for this reason. It could be argued that breathing serves the same "cooling" purpose in Transformers, but this explanation is always going to smack of desperation.

* In an ''Energon'' episode, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] instructs [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] that they have to synchronize their breathing before they can [[Powerlinx|powerlink]].
* At the climax of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] tries to strangle [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], complete with sounds of Hot Rod gagging and struggling to breathe. It's possible that Galvatron was trying to compress Hot Rod's neck until the Autobot's head popped off, but that isn't likely.
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], calling for help as a python constricts him, says he can't breathe. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] is shown to be breathing heavily after trying to chase down Blurr, even though he quips in a previous episode that not needing to breathe is useful for an Autobot. {{storylink|Velocity}}
* On the [[Nemesis (ROTF)| Nemesis]], [[Megatron (Movie)| Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)| Starscream's]] breath can be seen due to condensation in the cold ship. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] breathes heavily as he runs in fear from [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]] and the slave mines on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] is visibly breathing while in stasis. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}
* "[[A Team Effort]]" comfirms that Transformers require ventilation airways in their neck to prevent system overheating, as when [[Charger]] strangles [[Roadgrabber]] in a fit of rage.

===Spitting===
* Throughout his term on the Marvel UK comic letters page, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] would regularly say "(Puttup)" after mentioning the Autobots or an Autobot's name to represent him spitting in disgust. This habit made an in-story appearance, with him spitting at [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] despite his [[mouthplate]]. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}
* After [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] escapes from the Decepticons's New Jersey base via a sewer, he spits as he complains about their poor choice of back door.{{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
* In the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Tangled Web]]", [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] "spits" after reissuing his challenge to tangle with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], despite the fact that, like Soundwave, he has no apparent mouth.
*In ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] repeatedly spits while talking to [[Sam Witwicky]] and his companions. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] also has to spit his mouth clean after being blasted across a forest by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] spits twice: once at Sam while in the [[Broadwater Metal Works]] foundry, and again when he mentions Prime's name. [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] also spits, albeit for no real reason, when addressing Sam and the humans outside of [[Chicago]] in ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]].''
* [[Galvatron II|Galvatron II]] is seen spitting and drooling while explaining the situation.{{storylink|Out of Time!}} Both Megatron and Galvatron II are seen both spitting on each other. Gross!.{{storylink|Exodus!}}

===Crying===
[[Image:Omega Supreme tears up.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Tissue: desired.]]

* A twinkle of light that may not literally be a tear, but is clearly intended to imply one, can be seen in [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s eye at the end of "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".

* When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] dies in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is seen to dab at her eyes.

* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] told his colleagues he was about to "leak optical lubricant" when they wouldn't stop about giving up on [[Operation: Volcano]]. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

* In "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]", [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] has tears falling from his eyes, presumably in pain, during his monstrous disfigurement after he gains the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].

* There is a teardrop on young [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]'s face after being beaten by Deathsaurus. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

* At the end of "[[Heroic! The Victory War]]", some Decepticons are crying over their defeat.

* As he mourns his dead friend [[Snowstalker]] and decides he can never fight again, [[Tigatron]] cries a single tear in beast mode.

* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] wiped a fake tear when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] put on the heroic act. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

* When pondering [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s fate in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] is shown to shed a single tear from one of her spider eyes. This may be due to her technoganic nature though. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}}

[[Image:Bw2 ep6 twinwaterfalls.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Surf's up—and I'm talkin' ''up''!]]

* Throughout ''[[Beast Wars II (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'', and occasionally in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, several characters are seen crying in hyperbolic anime fashion.

* Tears can be seen welling up in [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s eyes and falling to the ground in ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' as he mourns a fallen comrade.

* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] told [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] to "cry him a river". {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

* Ratchet ''actually'' cries tears of defeat when outwitted by Megatron. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}

* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] cries over [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death in [[The Art of War issue 5|''The Art of War'' #5]].

* In ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers: Animated]]'', [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] cries, though this "ability" could be part of her partially organic nature. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] cries after [[Sam Witwicky]] tells him cars are not allowed on campus, although he was exaggerating his sorrow and was likely deliberately leaking fluids to enhance the visual. ''{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}''

* [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was crying in the corner for not being in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]] game. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] had to talk to him. Again. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12#Law and Disorder|Law and Disorder}}

===Eating===
[[Image:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Probably contains [[energon (fuel)|energon goodies]] in the shape of a happy face.]]

* There are references to [[Cybertronian food]].

* [[Skullcruncher]] has been known to eat Autobots as well as humans and other organics, despite not needing to do so to survive. Other Decepticons are disgusted by this practice.

* There are Pepsi and [[Destron Pizza|pizza]] in the refrigerator in [[Pepsi Convoy]]'s home.

* In ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', the Maximals and Predacons are shown to eat:
**[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] even displays something of a voracious appetite, eating rats and leaving webs to catch prey. At one point, he captures Cheetor and prepares to drain the Maximal's fluids, claiming that it is the act he prefers over the nourishment (which adds just another level of creepy to the already creepy Tarantulas). {{storylink|The Web}}
**[[Rattrap]] eats apples. {{storylink|The Web}}
**And garbage {{storylink|The Web}}
**[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] eats a bird. {{storylink|Power Surge}}
**[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] eats [[Clone One|his clone]]. [[Optimus Primal]] remarks that he is "disgusting". {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}
**While suffering from an [[Energon discharge virus]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] eats wild beans to build up his power. This later ends disastrously for [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Low Road}}
* In ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Optimus Primal]] wants to eat the underground tree's fruit; [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] protests that "we don't eat food, we process [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]—PERIOD!", but is overruled. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}
* According to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] eats [[Autobot]] [[Protoform]]s for breakfast. But of course that could just be a rumour. {{Storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

===Flatulence===
* In the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[The Low Road]]", Rhinox lets out an extreme amount of flatulence after consuming wild bean vines. This could be due to Maximals having organic parts in their makeup.
* In the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Bad Spark]]", [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] also lets out flatulence, blaming it on a large buildup of energy from his [[Transmetal]] body.
* Just go watch ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Happens every five minutes. You can set a clock by it.
* One of the [[Mini-Constructicon]]s "cuts one", causing the others to laugh and request someone to open a window in "[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]".

===Urination===
* [[Tasmania Kid]] urinates (in beast mode) to put out a fire.
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] performs a similar action on [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] by popping off his automobile oil filter in robot mode. Optimus Prime claims that 'Bee is just leaking lubricants on him. Presumably, this action was inspired from witnessing a [[Mojo|similar incident]].
* [[Scoop (SG)|Scoop]] apparently urinates himself in [[Do Over]]
* In Beast Wars II, [[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] is known for wetting himself whenever he drinks too much oil.

===Defecation===
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] defecates on [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' from Marvel UK issue [[Robo-Capers issue 87|#87]].

===Intoxication===
* In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episode "[[Microbots]]", the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] behaving in a noticeably intoxicated fashion after consuming high-grade [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] refers to this as "over-energizing".
* In the UK comic, the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] frequent a "bar" on Cybertron called [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where they consume high-grade energon, presumably for the purposes of getting intoxicated. [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]] pay a visit to this establishment in a later story, and get so hammered that they don't even notice [[Quickswitch]] fighting with some [[Mecannibal]]s.
* In ''Beast Wars II'', [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] gets "drunk" on numerous occasions.
* In the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, [[Lio Convoy]] gets drunk once and messes up [[Apache]]'s room.
* The [[Constructicon (Animated) |Constructicons]] in ''Animated'', whose personalities are shout-outs to construction worker stereotypes, seem to drink oil the way humans drink beer. However, they never actually get drunk.

===Miscellaneous===
[[Image:Cigarchomping.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Bet it's imported from Cubatron.]]
* [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] once gets a cold, causing him to cough and have a fever, in an issue of the [[Victory (manga)|''Victory'' manga]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

* [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] got a bump on his head after being hit by Deathsaurus with a staff when they were young boys. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

* In ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'', [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] chomps on a [[cigar|cy-gar]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron}}

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]] has bandages wrapped around his middle after Sari is knocked out and the Autobots return to their base. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] wore a cast over his arm after being hit by a falling building. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

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==Body parts==
===Mouths/teeth/tongues===
{{Main|Teeth}}
{{Main|Tongue}}
{{Main|Mouthplate}}

* The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon series]] is the only major piece of fiction to ''not'' present Transformers as possessing [[teeth]] and/or [[Tongue|tongues]]. The features appear in both the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comics, [[The Battlestars (manga)|''The Battlestars'' manga]], the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' animated series (where teeth would even be knocked out on occasion), the ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon, and the [[Unicron Trilogy]] cartoons and comics.

* In an episode of [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]], [[Browning]] sticks his tongue out at [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] after they insult [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]].

*In the [[live-action film series]], the more human-like the robot, the more they are likely to have teeth. In the case of, say, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], his teeth are mechanical cubes overlaid on each other, while [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] has bona fide fangs. Optimus spits out a piece of his shattered faceplate in the second film, which is intended to resemble a boxer spitting out a tooth after a brutal match. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

* One of the most prevalent examples of this tradition is the [[Kiss Players (manga)|''Kiss Players'' manga]], in which a [[Legion]] character is equipped with a distinctive prehensile (and phallic) tongue.

===Eyeballs/eyelashes===
[[Image:AutoBerserk OptimusPrime closedeyes.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Oh, my eyes!!]]

* Most Transformers have eyes. They see with them.

* In the episode "[[Auto Berserk]]", Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke) much like a human's when the Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke of the Negavator's destruction.

* While dying from life force depletion, [[Elita One]] occasionally closed her eyes. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

* Cyclonus also closes his eyes when Galvatron is about to go through the [[Alya]] treatment and he cannot bear to watch. {{storylink|Webworld}}

* [[Lyzack]] sports some pretty heavy-duty eyelashes for her brief appearance in the ''[[Victory (manga)|Victory]]'' manga. So does [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]]. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

* In [[Spotlight: Hot Rod]], Hot Rod is shown to have what appears to be blast shields for his optics when he passes out after landing. Dealer's optics are mostly covered by his eyelids, so he looks half-passed out. ''Per an email query to IDW, their response is that Transformers do not have eyelids, that it's just artistic license.''

* The robots in the [[live-action film series]] have eyes designed to resemble cameras, enabling them to dilate and blink.

* ''Animated'' [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] has eyelids. He also blinks frequently.

* The cyborg [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]], as portrayed in the animated cartoon, do in fact possess eyelids (when the eyes aren't covered by a visor) and frequently blink. Some also have visible pupils.

* Most robots in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' possess camera-like eyes similar to those seen in the live-action films, which dilate, contract, and blink in a highly human-like fashion. Notably, they also replicate the involuntary, back-and-forth movements of the human eye when idle.

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Image:Esmeral-manga.jpg
Image:LyzackEyelashes01.jpg|About 15 gallons of mascara for those things.
Image:HotRodOpticShields.jpg|Hey, wake up!
Image:Dealerseyelids.jpg|Got munchies?
</gallery></center>

===Obesity===
Although Transformers come in all shapes and sizes anyway, some characters have particularly round appearances that suggest something equivalent to human obesity.

* In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams #94]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] mentioned that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] weighs a little over 90 tons and "could stand to lose a little around the fuel storage system".
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] complained that the Decepticons had grown "fat and complacent" under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s rule. {{storylink|Surrender!}}
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] is virtually as wide as he is tall and is depicted as extremely round, with very short, stubby legs. It gives him more than a passing resemblance to a heavily obese person, or at best one of those huge, flabby, off-season wrestlers.
* Much the same could be said of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Being big-chassised is no excuse to let yourself go.
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|''Animated'' Ratchet]] has a prominent gut that resembles a human paunch. Although ordinarily this might be considered merely a feature of his transformation scheme (ala [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]), he is specifically designed to be a crotchety "old man" character, and in flashback sequences to his younger days in the Great War, he notably ''lacks'' said paunch.
* [[Gnaw]]. Well, all the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], really, but seriously. It's kind of comically appropriate that the robots which do absolutely nothing but hang out and eat stuff all day are so roly-poly.
* [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] has a set of metal plates that form the front of his Alt-mode forming a sort of "beer gut" on his abdomen.

===Masculine characteristics===
====Facial hair====
{{Main|Facial hair}}

* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Unicron]], and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] all sport "facial hair" in the G1 cartoon. In addition to that, ''Energon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]], the films' Optimus (who has a goatee), [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]], [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]], and [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|the other Wreck-Gar]] all have varying amounts of facial hair. (The last of these was modeled after [["Weird Al" Yankovic|his voice actor's]] own, prior to his appearance's overhaul.) The Shattered Glass versions of [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Rodimus Prime (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] also have "facial hair", probably as a homage to Evil Spock's appearance in Star Trek.

====Nuts, Bolts and Screws====
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
* [[Gilmer]] got rammed in his crotch by [[Lightfoot]], causing it to become red and Gilmer to clutch it, groaning he got "kicked in the balls". {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

* [[Rattrap]] kicks [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] in the groin, causing apparent pain and giving him a high-pitched voice. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}

* [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] once suggested a kick to the "unmentionables" as a workable battle tactic. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

* [[Heinrad]] has a set in [[Beast mode|tanuki mode]]. Since tanuki are known for their massive testicles, his equipment's existence actually makes sense.

* [[Flareup (Timelines)|Flareup]] interpreted the word "[[AllSpark Key|key]]" in "[[Wikipedia:Ghostbusters|keymaster]]" a little differently than [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] intended. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}

* [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] has a pair of dangling wrecking balls in a... very unfortunate place. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

* [[Dickbot the blender guy|Blenderbot]] has a... well... [[:Image:Appliancebots2.jpg|just look for yourself (NSFW?)]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Feminine characteristics===
[[Image:CrossingtheRubicron-newbody.jpg|right|230px|thumb|I'd tap it like the fist of an angry god.]]
{{main|Female Transformer}}

====Breasts====
Some female Transformers, such as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Elita One]] (not to mention the ''other'' [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]]) have a protruding chest area that bears no apparent relation to their alt mode [[kibble]], but bears some vague resemblance to clothed human breasts, or a "monoboob", if you will. Some females even have two separate and even more distinctly rounded breast-like protuberances, particularly in their fictional depictions. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] and [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] all fall into this category. One, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)| Thunderblast]], even has [[:Image:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|visible nipples]]. ''(You're going to look, aren't you...?)''

====Lips====
[[Image:G1 Silverbolt cartoon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Though not female, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s got <s>sexy</s> nice lips.]]
Another common feature to denote gender in female Transformers is distinctly fuller, plumper lips than is standard, such as Blackarachnia's in ''Beast Wars''. Sometimes, however, they will additionally have red or otherwise different/darker coloration to their lips, with an evident similarity to human lipstick. Such paint-mouthed femmes include Blackarachnia in ''Beast Machines'', her [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|''Animated'' cousin]], and the [[Female Autobots|G1 Female Autobots]].

As far as males go, none of them have differently colored lips, but some do have noticeably thicker lips. Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[Shōki]], for instance, have lips that can easily compete with the females', as does [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]].

====Hips====
[[Image:SpacePirates Arcee Bunsofsteel.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Dan Reed, you perv.]]

Alike to humans, many a female Transformer has a distinctly more curving hipstructure.

:''See also the '''[[Humanization#Sexuality|Sexuality]]''' section below.

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===Questionable body parts===
[[Image:Powerglide heart.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Not [[Wikipedia:Astroboy|Astroboy]], we swear!]]

* Nearly all Transformers seem to possess noses for no discernible functional reason, ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' characters and movieverse [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being exceptions. Movie [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also notes that he can smell [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] when the latter is trying to escape from him, and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] remarks that he can "smell" [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. This would seem to imply that movieverse Transformers have a form of olfactory systems. The idea of noses is somewhat 'fixed' in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers Prime]]'' by having the noses be a visible part of the robot's helmet as opposed to being part of their face.

* At the end of the G1 episode "[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]", [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] is seen to have the LED outline of a cartoon heart within his chassis. This is somewhat nonsensical even within in the context of the show (the contents of Transformers chest cavities had been shown several times before), and is doubtless merely meant as a one-off sight gag.

* Although listed separately above, breasts and "nuts, bolts and screws" would also fit under this category quite well, seeing as there doesn't appear to be any use for them on Transformers, other than to show them off.

;Brains
[[Image:PredaBrain1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Predaking: All brawn AND brains!]]

* [[Predaking]] has an organic brain when he is sliced in half in the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' cartoon]].

* [[Unicron]] also has an organic brain in the G.I. Joe crossover, [[Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2|Black Horizon Part 2]]. Later handwaved by explaining that the particular Unicron in the crossover came from the [[universal stream]] Gargent 984.08 Alpha and had taken on an organic brain in a similar fashion as the native [[Go-Bots]].
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==Other biological functions==
===Sleep===
* In the G1 comic, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] plays a prank on [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] while he is in "rest mode." {{storylink|Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Trailbreaker's ''Universe'' profile}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] falls asleep and dreams (or rather, has a nightmare), an experience Prime refers to as an "involuntary systems shutdown". {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Kup later attempts to rouse a vision-struck Optimus Prime by urging him to "wake up"—then reminds himself that "we don't sleep!" {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} When [[Donny Finkleberg]] remarks that unlike machines, humans need to rest, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] informs him Transformers need to as well to conserve fuel. Skids also has an on/off button in his dashboard. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}
* In the Japanese [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] is able to use a form of hypnotism on the Autobots, which can include lulling them to sleep.
* This ability is also shown by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] in the [[Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'' cartoon]].
* In ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', it has been firmly established that (perhaps partially due to their organic components), all Transformers within the cartoon sleep. Some prime examples of this are:
**Megatron has been shown to sleep in the command chair of the ''Darksyde'', while his dino head mounted on the end of his arm stays awake, looks around, and smiles slyly. Wonder what it thinks about...
** Cheetor has been shown asleep at many points, complete with (occasionally prophetic) dreams. In "[[Feral Scream Part 2]]", he also purrs when he's asleep. How cute!
** In "[[Call of the Wild]]", the Maximals are kept awake for two days by the Predacons' non-stop attacks on their base, which exacerbate their beast instincts overriding their logic circuits.
* In ''Beast Wars II'', [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] often nods off in a narcoleptic-like fashion.
* In the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, Lio Convoy sleeps and has a nightmare at one point.
* ''Armada'' [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] is quite fond of catching forty winks when possible. [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] does the same on one occasion. Armada Megatron is also seen asleep twice in the episode "Rebellion".
* ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] enters a form of sleep he calls a "stasis nap", during which he gets several parking tickets. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}
* Also in ''Animated'', when the Autobots feel tired after drinking an oil-nog (which Soundwave had spiked), they decide to go to sleep, pardon, to take a stasis nap. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] even yawns. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

===Aging===
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Some Transformers have been depicted as aging.

* [[Image:Alpha Trion through the epochs.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]][[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] has been depicted in three different eras: 11 million years in the past, 9 million years in the past, and the present day. Though his [[character model]] undergoes many changes, his facial hair changes seem to mimic human aging. In his (chronologically) earliest depiction, he has a small black mustache. In his second depiction, his mustache has turned white. By the modern era, he sports a long mustache and beard.

* The [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] was so old that his body needed a regular energy supply to keep him functioning. {{storylink|State Games}}

[[Image:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Young and Innocent]]
* [[Xaaron]] couldn't transform anymore because he was old.

* In an issue of the Marvel UK G1 comics, Kup's systems are going to shut down because he is too old.

* [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] are depicted as "child" Transformers, complete with childlike temperaments, in flashbacks. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

* [[Cohrada]] is depicted as "child" in his flashback in the issue "[[A Battle Fought Alone]]".

* Movieverse [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] has a cane and is rusting. Some parts even fall off him when he transforms!

* [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] claimed to have been a classic car when he was younger, and a tricycle when he was younger. While he was lying, his story was plausible enough for [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. On the other hand, Slapper is an idiot.

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===Sexuality===
[[Image:Sideburnhearts.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Sorry, Side Burn, I don't think Wedge rolls that way.]]
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{{Main|Reproduction}}

One of the most controversial aspects of Transformers is the idea of sexuality. While it is established in most continuities that Transformers do not reproduce sexually, most continuities nonetheless have distinctive male and [[Female Transformer|female characters]] and sometimes drops a hint Transformers may engage in (recreational) sex.

The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] brought the first official female Transformers into the canon, including [[Elita One]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. The characters are noticeably more feminine in design and some have clearly defined romantic relationships with male Transformers. In contrast, such relations between two individuals of the same gender are [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|virtually]] unheard of.

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==Accents==
{{Main|Accents}}

==See also==
* [[:Category:Transformer anatomy|Transformer anatomy]]
* [[Anatomic euphemism]]
* [[Relatives]]
* [[Transformer clothing|Clothing]]

==External links==
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=106&page=5 Transformers #94 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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