Talk:Legion of the Lost!

2021-05-20T12:13:25Z

Stevil2001: Created page with "I take exception to one of the complaints listed here: :Flame's backstory is difficult to fit into what has previously been revealed about the war on Cybertron. Xaaron was sho..."

I take exception to one of the complaints listed here:
:Flame's backstory is difficult to fit into what has previously been revealed about the war on Cybertron. Xaaron was shown as one of the Council of Elders at the start of the war, so it's hard for him to have been a university contemporary of someone who sought to revive a scheme of Megatron, whilst four million years seems a long time to have been working underground.
My impression was that Xaaron and Flame were both on the ''faculty'' at the Institute, not students. (Flame complains about funding, for example.) It seems reasonable that Xaaron could be both on the Council of Elders and a professor (or even Board member) at the Institute. --[[User:Stevil2001|Stevil2001]] ([[User talk:Stevil2001|talk]]) 08:13, 20 May 2021 (EDT)

All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights

2018-01-27T00:12:28Z

Stevil2001: band name "Prick" was changed to "Prowl" for some reason

{{Comicstory
|series=exrid|issueno=55
|prev=All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below
|next=White Light
|seriesissue2=''[[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]]''
|next2=The Last Autobot
|caption=
|image=TF55 cvrRI.jpg
|title="All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 27]], [[2016]] (digital)
|coverdate=July 2016
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]]
|colors=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''Galvatron faces down Optimus, Soundwave, and Arcee in final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] is horrified to recognize the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] which [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] has raised from beneath the [[Earth]] as [[Metrotitan (Zone)|the same one]] which dubbed him the "Chosen One." [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] bursts into the room to summon Starscream to an emergency meeting of the [[Council of Worlds]]; thanks to the reporters Starscream sent to Earth, all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has just seen a live broadcast of the Titan's emergence, and the tide of public opinion is quickly turning.

On Earth, [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] teleports himself, [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]], [[Marissa Faireborn|Faireborn]], and [[Ayana Jones|Jones]] to the [[White House]], much to the consternation of the [[President of the United States|President]]. Blackrock puts on his game face, boastfully assuring the President that with his help, they will be able to prevent war from breaking out with the Cybertronians. When the President inquires about the Titan, Skywarp tries to explain their holiness in Cybertronian culture, but the President isn't interested in philosophy; rather, she wants tangible assets, including whatever they can recover from the [[Autobot]]s' and [[Decepticon]]s' recent battle beneath the [[Indian Ocean]].

After surveying the underwater battlefield, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] responds to [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]'s order to surface. Cosmos assumes she wants him to go on yet another observation mission, so he is surprised when she grabs onto him and orders him to take off after [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], revealing that Prime has ordered them to take out [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] once and for all. The four Transformers brave the rigors of superluminal spaceflight as they engage in a dogfight that leads them to the vicinity of [[Jupiter]], whereupon Galvatron is able to cripple Cosmos with a cannon blast. Realizing that Galvatron is heading for [[Sanctuary Station]], Cosmos uses the last of his energy to blast Astrotrain's engine, sending him and Galvatron plummeting towards Jupiter. Cosmos urges Arcee to leave him behind and finish Galvatron in order to save [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]'s dream of peace; Arcee is a little reluctant at first but does as he says when [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] show up to take Cosmos to Sanctuary Station for repairs.

Badly damaged and falling through Jupiter's atmosphere, Astrotrain suggests to Galvatron that they separate, but Galvatron has other plans: he takes hold of the shuttle-mode Astrotrain and hurls him at the pursuing Arcee, who remorselessly hacks him to pieces to clear her path. She and Galvatron engage in close-quarters combat once more, as Galvatron mocks her faith in Prime, believing he will eventually betray all who follow him. But as Arcee points out, Galvatron has ''already'' betrayed everyone on ''his'' side, which is why he now stands alone... while Arcee stands with Optimus Prime and Soundwave, who now emerge from Jupiter's gas clouds to join the fight. Outraged at their temerity, Galvatron engages all three of his opponents, holding his own until Soundwave shoots him in the back. Galvatron is surprised by the "dishonorable" move; Prime tells him that this fight is not about "honor," but about ensuring Galvatron will never threaten anyone again. Prime and Galvatron grapple, with Galvatron wrenching Prime's [[mouthplate]] off, until Arcee swoops in and sinks her swords into Galvatron's cannon. The cannon explodes, taking Galvatron's arm and most of the right side of his body with it, and finally knocking the fight out of him. Soundwave entreats Galvatron to see things as he has come to, to realize that the Decepticon ideal of equality extends to all races, but Galvatron laughs in his face. Far worse things are coming, Galvatron warns: their battles on Earth have proven that his ancient enemies, [[Thirteen|the Primes]], still exist somewhere in the galaxy, and that [[Onyx Prime]] will soon arrive. For ''that'' reason, he will ally with them, not in the name of equality, but to fight a greater threat. Optimus somberly corrects Galvatron—nobody said anything about an alliance. Unlike Soundwave and himself, Galvatron has always put himself above everything else, including even his own ideals. Galvatron sees little difference between himself and what Prime has done on Earth; snatching his faceplate back and reattaching it, Prime tells Galvatron that if he was ''truly'' the same as him, if he thought only of himself, he would never be able to act in the greater good, or to do what he is about to do. Terrifying realization suddenly strikes Galvatron, and he declares that he unconditionally surrenders... at which point Prime blasts him point blank through what's left of his torso. Galvatron's body disintegrates, and Optimus grimly plucks the ancient Decepticon's lifeless head from his crumbling remains.

Back in the White House, the President prepares to depart for a [[United Nations]] meeting, warning Faireborn that, as soon-to-be-former director of the [[Earth Defense Command]], the failures of the last few days are likely to fall on her head. Jones tries to point out the positives, but the President won't hear it and storms out the door... straight into the shadow of the waiting Optimus Prime. Prime places Galvatron's severed head on the lawn, announcing that the Decepticon threat is over and reiterating that he comes in the name of peace. The raising of the Titan has inextricably linked Cybertron and Earth in a way that cannot be ignored, and Prime stands ready to commence diplomatic relations with the rest of the world, using the city-mode Titan as an embassy—an [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]].

On Cybertron, Starscream endures the council meeting, frustrated and impotent, his "holy appointment" as the Chosen One all but forgotten now that the presence of a Titan on Earth seems to prove it as a colony planet, and Optimus's ability to raise it apparently authenticates the divine rightness of his actions as a "true" Prime. The hallucinatory [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] appears to him once again to gloat, reminding him that he always warned him that Optimus Prime would triumph.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (4)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (11)
*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (12)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (13)
*? (14)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (16)
*[[Jumpstream]] (17)*
*[[Dust Up]] (18)*
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] (19)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] (20)
*[[Stormclash]] or [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (21)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (22)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (28)
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (31)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] hallucination (41)

|c2=
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] (6)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (23)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (24)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (25)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (26)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (27)

|c3=
*[[Zilong Qian]] (8)
*[[President of the United States]] (9)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (10)
*[[Ayana Jones]] (29)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (40)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] (3)
*[[Seeker clone]]s (5)
*[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] (7)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] (15)
*[[Aileron]] (30)
*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (32)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (33)
*[[Tigatron]] (34)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (35)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (36)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (37)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (38)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (39)
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Tough to tell which is which.

==Quotes==
"Lookee here. The big green '''cookie's''' got a '''hole''' in him." 
"'''Squak!''' Guess that makes him a '''doughnut.'''" 
"He actually reminds me of a '''combiner'''." 
"Why is '''that'''?" 
"Because the '''hole's''' better than the '''parts.'''"
:—'''Laserbeak''' and '''Buzzsaw'''

"'''HELP ME!''' I can't '''stop!'''" 
"You could have stopped '''years''' ago." 
''(SHUNK)''
:—'''Astrotrain's''' last words, and '''Arcee's''' riposte

"Today—'''one''' shall stand, and '''two''' shall fall!" 
''(WRUNK)'' 
"No cliches, Galvatron."
:—'''Galvatron''' trots out an old line, but '''Optimus''' isn't having it

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Starscream identifies the Titan found on Earth last issue as the same one who dubbed him the Chosen One in the [[Primus: All Good Things|2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], and confirms last issue's implied retcon that the species name has been reduced from "Metrotitan" to just "Titan," and that ''this'' Titan is actually ''named'' [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. In actuality, though, this "retcon" was suggested as early as [[The End of the Beginning of the World|issue #11]], in which "Metrotitan" was used as a proper noun for the character—it's just that nobody noticed!
*Bumblebee notes that Starscream never believed Metrotitan's claim that he was Chosen One. We saw Starscream expressing this disbelief right away, in issue #11.

===Transformers references===
*You don't need us to point out the overused line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' that Galvatron quotes, above, 'cause Optimus is as sick of it as we are.
*The President mistakenly called Skywarp "[[Spacewarp]]."

===Real-life references===
*The title of this issue comes from the {{w|Prick (band)|Prick}} song of the same name.

===Errors===
*Optimus's left arm is in full-color again; it should still be unpainted grey, as seen in the last couple of issues, as the next two issues also show it unpainted.
*The Torchbearer copter-twin who appears on page 3, panel 1, looks to have her helicopter rotors hanging ''down'' her back, from her shoulder blades, rather than sticking ''up'' from her lower back. [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], who was present at the scene last issue, has blades like this, but it doesn't look like it's supposed to be her.

===Other trivia===
*Originally intended for release on July 27, physical copies of this issue were delayed at the last minute. The issue was released on multiple digital platforms as normal, though not all, and was even later removed from some... so, uh, maybe don't read this article for a week?
*This issue also contains the first part of the "[[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Revolution Prelude]]", a four-page back-up strip laying the groundwork for September's ''[[Revolution]]'' crossover which appears in several of IDW's July titles.
*You might think that Galvatron's death by decapitation, with his head surviving the destruction of his body, might be a tie-in to his ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toy with its [[Titan Master|removable head]]... but apparently it was a coincidence, with John Barber forgetting that he was getting a ''Titans Return'' toy until it was too late to change it.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/540ch7/we_are_john_barber_cullen_bunn_fico_ossio_chris/d7xwgzo Q&A reply from John Barber on Reddit]</ref> At least the option's there if you need it, John!

===Soundtrack===
Writer John Barber followed in [[James Roberts]]'s footsteps by tweeting the book's "first ever playlist," "in honor of the end of All Hail Optimus."

*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZNjKskk4mI Chimes Broken]" by {{w|Holy Fuck|Holy F**k}} (''Language'', John!)
*"Stomach It" by {{w|Olga Bell}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_4ItfeIE80 No Fair Fights]" by {{w|Prick (band)|Prick}}

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Optimus Prime, Arcee, Soundwave, and Cosmos rocket through space, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' The Autobots and [[Rom|Rom the Space Knight]], by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]] (miscredited as [[Joana Lafuente]]); part of a series of Rom-themed covers featured on numerous IDW titles in July, in celebration of the launch of the character's new ongoing series.
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Optimus versus Galvatron, by [[Carlos Valenzuela]]
<gallery>
File:TF55 regcvr.jpg|The good, the bad, the lady and the flying doorbell.
File:TF55 subcvr.jpg|If only Rom could transform.
File:TF55 cvrRI.jpg|One shall stand, and one shall fall. Guess who?
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*''The Transformers'' #56
*''[[Revolution]]'' checklist
*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past'' game (back cover)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nerdspan.com/july-27th-idw-previews-rom-1-x-files-annual-2016-micronauts-4/ Preview]

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