Police Action: Prologue
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Prowl has plans.
Synopsis
[edit]Before Optimus Prime's group leaves aboard Omega Supreme, Prowl asks Optimus for some words with Megatron. Prowl questions Megatron about his "damaging information". After Prime relays this to Bumblebee, Thundercracker defiantly leaves Prowl and the base, warning them against provoking him. Bumblebee tells Prowl that he reports to Magnus, who in turn reports to Bumblebee. As Prowl returns to base, Spike requests that he be kept involved, and Prowl muses over how "involved" Spike really is.
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Quotes
[edit]- TBD
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Sitting on Prowl's desk on the last page of the story is Ironfist's data slug from Last Stand of the Wreckers, confirming that Prowl did not destroy it as the last issue of that mini implied he was contemplating.
Covers (3)
[edit]- Cover A: Bumblebee looks emo whilst Rodimus shows off the matrix in the background; art by Marcelo Matere.
- Cover B: Optimus is given the matrix by the hands of Rodimus; art by Guido Guidi and colors by Joana Lafuente.
- Cover RI: Prowl and Megatron have a staring contest; art by Brendan Cahill and colors by Priscilla Tramontano
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Cover A - I need attention! -
Cover B - Ohh, shiny -
Cover RI - Give us a kiss
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Reprints
[edit]- The Transformers, Volume 5: Chaos Theory (November 2, 2011) ISBN 1613770901 / ISBN 978-1613770900
- Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #19–23.
- Bonus material includes art from most covers.
- Trade paperback format.
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Eight (May 7, 2013) ISBN 1613776276 / ISBN 978-1613776278
- Collects Heart of Darkness issues #1–4, and The Transformers (2009) issues #19–31.
- Hardcover format.
- The Transformers: Chaos Theory (February 28, 2018) ISBN 978-4-86491-370-6
- Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #19–23, #25, #27 & #29.
- Trade paperback format.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 51: Chaos Theory (December 11, 2019)
- Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #21: "Police Action: Prologue", #22–23, #25, #27 & #29, and Spotlight: Bumblebee.
- Bonus material includes a one-page article exploring the origins of the "Chaos" arc and beyond, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.
- Hardcover format.
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Volume 5: Chaos Theory – cover art by Nick Roche -
The IDW Collection Volume Eight – cover art by E. J. Su -
Chaos Theory – cover art by Kazumasa Yasukuni -
The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 51: Chaos Theory – cover art by Don Figueroa and Alex Milne
