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Starscream's search for more information on the Titan unearths a haunting prophecy, while Orion Pax and the crew of the Lost Light join forces to penetrate the Dead Universe.
Synopsis
[edit]On Cybertron, Bumblebee gets his Autobots organized in response to the sudden emergence of the undead "Necrotitan"; Ironhide is raring to go, Arcee is quietly sardonic, and the Dinobots are characteristically less than responsive to Bumblebee's commands. A verbal smackdown from Bumblebee leaves even Slag at a loss for words, and he begrudgingly falls into line. Unsure of exactly what to do, the team wonders if the Titan is the same one which proclaimed Starscream ruler of the planet...
On the Lost Light, Rodimus brings Orion Pax to Brainstorm's workshop, where they call upon him to put the data he has gathered studying the Dead Universe to use devising a means for them to enter it without it sensing their presence.
In Iacon, Starscream is in the process of loading up with advanced weapons in preparation for the attack he presumes the Titan will soon initiate. Rattrap, on the other hand, considers the notion of using conventional weapons on the Titan a mistake, and suggests Starscream try to get some information from the incarcerated Scoop, whose firm belief in the divine nature of the Titans can offer another perspective.
Orion and Rodimus meet Ultra Magnus for a drink in Swerve's, where he immediately questions the public nature of their meeting. Orion defers to Rodimus, and Magnus acquiesces, instead choosing to focus his ire on Swerve for taking pictures of the trio. Orion and Rodimus agree they can both feel a sense of foreboding and discussing the events that have led them to this point, including Starscream's election and Megatron's brief return. Presently, Brainstorm pages them down to his lab to present his latest invention: generators that project forcefields laced with the venom of the cyberwraith, a parasite from the Dead Universe, which will prevent the universe from recognizing them as outsiders. The pair recruit Hardhead and a momentarily-hesitant Cyclonus to join them on their mission, and after Whirl tries and fails to start a fight over the matter, everyone says their goodbyes. Rodimus charges Magnus and the Lost Light with finding Jhiaxus, reassuring the larger 'bot by showing him his palm, which contains something extra he will be bringing on the mission with him. The team then proceeds to depart the ship and travel through the portal created by the collapse of Gorlam Prime.
After managing to convince the reluctant Jazz to give him a few minutes alone with Scoop, Starscream is bewildered to discover that the construction 'bot still believes in him as his leader despite his orchestration of his unwarranted arrest. His patience wearying due to Scoop's religious dogma, Starscream is about to leave until the ex-Autobot begins reciting an ancient prophecy he discovered in the Covenant of Primes: a prophecy of an "uncreator" who will arrive with a Titan, and who will unmake the world. Holding up his datapad, Scoop shows Starscream the symbol of this "false prophet"... a hieroglyph of Shockwave's face.
In Crystal City, Shockwave calmly voices his surprise at seeing Nova Prime and Galvatron together, given their past disputes. Via communication from within the Dead Universe, the pair proclaim that those experiences have only strengthened their bond, though Nova is quick to lose patience with both his comrades when Shockwave informs him that the Titan's space bridge vanished upon its transformation, leaving him unable to open a portal to bring Nova through. But naturally, Shockwave has a plan...
Arriving in the Dead Universe, Orion's team observe that the whole universe is breaking up and contracting toward a specific point. Noticing Cyclonus has disappeared, they assume he has been accosted by a swarm of fully-grown cyberwraiths, which now descend on the group, believing them to be young cyberwraiths because of the venom in their forcefields and intending to eat them. When Cyclonus suddenly reappears, however, the beasts immediately flee—and when Cyclonus then vomits up a stream of black energon, it becomes apparent that something is very wrong. Cyclonus refuses to acknowledge the issue, though, so the team can only stick to the plan and head for the universe's contraction point... but once they have departed, a fifth figure emerges to examine the puddle of black energon Cyclonus left: Nightbeat!
Back on Cybertron, Bumblebee insists that he cannot make any moves without knowing what's happening, but Prowl contests that that slow-to-action attitude was the downfall of his leadership. Punctuating his words, the Decepticons suddenly crest a nearby ridge and charge forward, weapons blasting, with Soundwave at the fore, announcing the beginning of "Operation: Salvation"!
Featured characters
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!! style="background:#ffdddd;" | Autobots }}{{#if:* Shockwave (29)
- Megatron (32, hologram)
- Blitzwing (34)
- Ravage (35)
- Soundwave (36)
- Needlenose (37)
- Astrotrain (38)|
!! style="background:#ededff" | Decepticons }}{{#if:| !! style="background:#fbefde;" | Humans }}{{#if:* Necrotitan (7)
- Rattrap (13)
- Starscream (14)
- Cyclonus (24)
- Garnak (26)
- Jazz (27)
- Scoop (28)
- Galvatron (30)
- Nova Prime (31)|
!! style="background:#ffeeb8;" | Others }}{{#if:| !! style="background:#d5e6d5;" | Misc }}{{#if:| !! style="background:#fedeb5;" | Misc }} |- {{#if:{|border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent" |- |style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"|
- Slag (1)
- Swoop (2)
- Prowl (3)
- Bumblebee (4)
- Arcee (5)
- Ironhide (6)
- Snarl (8)
- Sludge (9)
- Brainstorm (10)
- Rodimus (11)
- Orion Pax (12)
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- Ultra Magnus (15)
- Rung (16)
- Chromedome (17)
- Swerve (18)
- Wheelie (19)
- Skids (20)
- Atomizer (21)
- Whirl (22)
- Hardhead (23)
- Mainframe (25)
- Nightbeat (33)
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- Megatron (32, hologram)
- Blitzwing (34)
- Ravage (35)
- Soundwave (36)
- Needlenose (37)
- Astrotrain (38)|
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- Shockwave (29)
- Megatron (32, hologram)
- Blitzwing (34)
- Ravage (35)
- Soundwave (36)
- Needlenose (37)
- Astrotrain (38) }}{{#if:|
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}}{{#if:* Necrotitan (7)
- Rattrap (13)
- Starscream (14)
- Cyclonus (24)
- Garnak (26)
- Jazz (27)
- Scoop (28)
- Galvatron (30)
- Nova Prime (31)|
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- Necrotitan (7)
- Rattrap (13)
- Starscream (14)
- Cyclonus (24)
- Garnak (26)
- Jazz (27)
- Scoop (28)
- Galvatron (30)
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Quotes
[edit]"Nobody orders Dinobots but Dinobots, Goldenrod. Anyway... not gonna make much difference what we do."
"No. What you do is the only thing that makes a difference. Take point and get your troops in a perimeter around that giant—if you want to be an Autobot. And if you don't want that—then get the hell off my battlefield."
- —Slag finally causes Bumblebee to grow some bearings
"The Dead Universe is a parallel reality—a rival reality—one that operates on competing theoretical principles. Bit more than that, it's sentient. Not just sentient—omnicognizant. And hypermalevolent. And other words I haven't even made up yet."
- —Brainstorm
"That apprehension... that sense of—of death deferred? That's Megatron. Back of the neck, tops of the fingers, edge of my spark. That's him. That's always him. Is he behind this? Only inasmuch as he's behind everything."
- —Orion Pax
Hardhead: "Hands up if you're a coward, right, Cyclonus?"
Whirl: "Ooooh! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Cyclonus: "No one's—"
Whirl: "Fight!"
Cyclonus: "—no one's fighting anyone, Whirl."
Whirl: "Fight?"
"Not going with them, Brainstorm?"
"Can't. I'm allergic to hostile environments."
- —Chromedome and Brainstorm
"At least you believed in me."
"Believed in you? Seriously? You don't understand me at all. I still believe in you."
"Well, you're right about that. I absolutely do not understand you."
"That's only because you don't believe in anything."
- —Starscream and Scoop
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Various characters wonder if the Necrotitan is the same Metrotitan that appears in the 2012 More than Meets the Eye and Robots in Disguise annuals. We know it's not, though it is colored like that Titan as a result of confusion on the part of the artists.
- Brainstorm recalls Cloudburst and Waverider's trip into the Dead Universe from Spotlight: Sideswipe, and name-checks the polydermal armor they used to make the journey.
- The cyberwraith could previously be spotted in Brainstorm's lab aaaaall the way back in issue #7. A small round object that might be the forcefield generator is also visible in this issue; something similar can also be glimpsed in issue #14, but of course, those are a lot harder to identify definitively.
- The banner in Swerve's reads: "Welcome Aboard, Thunderclash", having obviously been meant to celebrate the visit of that 'bot last issue. "Thunderclash" has been crossed out and replaced with "Orion Pax", but not before Swerve started writing "Optimu" and had to cross that out too!
- Starscream had Scoop locked up in Robots in Disguise #20.
- Nightbeat was last seen five years ago in Spotlight: Hardhead, in which he was killed by Hardhead himself and collapsed at the edge of a portal to the Dead Universe.
- Whirl suggests Cyclonus at the very least promise to kill Hardhead when he least expects it, nodding to their old, now resolved feud that began in "Hangers On" with the same promise.
Transformers references
[edit]- The two massive guns that Starscream tools up with are colored in homage to Armada Optimus Prime's rifle and the Requiem Blaster.
- The "Covenant of Primes" evokes memories of the Covenant of Primus. The change was probably a pre-emptive move by the writers given the introduction of the Thirteen Primes to IDW continuity the following year.
Real-life references
[edit]- "[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Black metal|{{#if:||Black metal}}]]" is a sub-genre of heavy metal music.
Errors
[edit]- On the pages by James Raiz, Hardhead is still being drawn in the almost-totally-made-up model that first appeared in issue #19 of Robots in Disguise. He's drawn correctly on the pages by Livio Ramondelli.
- On panel 1 of page 12, Wheelie has been miscolored as Swerve.
- On page 21, all the speech bubbles in panel 3 are semi-transparent, with the artwork behind them being partially visible. This was not fixed for the Dark Cybertron vol. 1 trade paperback collection or the version of the comic included with the Generations Deluxe Class Autobot Scoop toy.
- Also on page 21, the line begun by Hardhead in panel 3 is attributed to Cyclonus in panel 4. This might not be an error, but rather Cyclonus finishing his sentence, but it's unclear either way.
- Not an error within the actual issue itself, but the subscription cover drawn by E. J. Su depicts Bumblebee in the body he had during the previous ongoing instead of the "Goldfire shielding" based on it he's been sporting since Robots in Disguise #18.
Edits
[edit]- Similar to the pack-in versions of various other existing IDW comics, the version of this issue available with the Generations Deluxe Class Autobot Scoop toy was also subject to some changes, most of them being instances of censorship:
- Bumblebee's very first speech bubble on page 1, panel 1 is changed from "Guns up, everybody" to "Weapons ready, everybody".
- On page 2, panel 1, Bumblebee's speech bubble "And if you don't want that—then get the hell off my battlefield" is shortened by the two words "the hell".
- On page 5, panel 3, the last portion of Brainstorm's description of the Dead Universe's effects, "If you go into the Dead Universe, it will sense you and it will kill you", is changed to "it will destroy you".
- A rather bizarre change: On page 10, panel 4, Rodimus's third speech bubble is enlarged, as is the size of the text except for the last word ("scheme-y"), resulting in it only taking up six instead of seven lines. The text itself is unaltered.
- On page 11, panel 3, Brainstorm states that he found the Cyberwraith inside a "downed" rather than a "dead" Sweep.
- On page 12, panel 1, the word "kill" in Whirl's last speech bubble is changed to "destroy".
Trivia
[edit]- Artist breakdown: Rojo illustrates the scenes set on Cybertron; Raiz covers the Lost Light; and Ramondelli handles the Dead Universe pages.
- Note how all of the Dinobots get their names rattled off in a big roll-call... except for Slag. Is this the story's way of getting around Hasbro's need to have the character labelled "Slug" in the cast page, without contradicting IDW continuity up until now?
- In the Dead Universe panels, the backgrounds were taken from Hubble Space Telescope images of the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Mystic Mountain|{{#if:||Mystic Mountain}}]] region in the Carina Nebula.
Covers (4)
[edit]- Cover A: Orion Pax and Rodimus leap from the Lost Light, by Casey Coller and Thomas Deer (miscredited to Joana Lafuente[1]).
- Sub cover: Soundwave fires on Bumblebee, by E. J. Su
- Cover RI: Scoop and his Targetmasters, by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
- Hasbro exclusive cover: Cropped version of cover RI, exclusively available with Generations Deluxe Class Autobot Scoop.
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Jump around! Jump around! -
"Bumblebee: Overused. Operation: Elimination." -
Why the heck does Scoop get a cover? -
Oh yeah, he has a new toy out.
Advertisements
[edit]- "Dark Cybertron" checklist, highlighting Robots in Disguise #23
- Thanks to VIP Attendees to IDW Studios during BotCon 2013
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Vol. 2
- IDW Ben 10 comic (back cover)
Reprints
[edit]- The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 1 (April 16, 2014) ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
- Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–25, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–24.
- Bonus material includes art from most covers.
- Trade paperback format.
- The Transformers: Dark Cybertron (February 11, 2015) ISBN 163140072X / ISBN 978-1631400728
- Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–27, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–27, and Dark Cybertron Finale.
- Bonus material unknown at this time.
- Hardcover format.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1 (June 14, 2017)
- Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–25, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–24.
- Bonus material includes a bio on the Titans, the making of Dark Cybertron with John Barber and James Roberts, a cover gallery and a forward by Simon Furman.
- Hardcover format.
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 (October 18, 2017) ISBN 1684050855 / ISBN 978-1684050857
- Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–27, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–27, Dark Cybertron Finale, and Windblade (2014) issues #1–4.
- Hardcover format.
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Dark Cybertron Volume 1 – cover art by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr. -
Dark Cybertron – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente -
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1 – cover art by Guido Guidi (Ratchet) and Phil Jimenez/Andrew Griffith (retro) -
The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long
