Editing Tales of the Fallen issue 1

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|seriesissue=''[[Tales of the Fallen|Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' #1
|prev=Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation issue 4
|next=Tales of the Fallen issue 2
|image=TalesoftheFallen1 CoverA.jpg
|caption=Alex Milne RULES.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 12]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=August 2009
|written by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|pencils by=[[Carlos Magno]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}

==Synopsis==
After the events of [[Alliance issue 4]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] returns to his role as guardian to [[Sam Witwicky]]. In doing so, 'Bee scares [[Mojo]] onto the front lawn, much to the displeasure of [[Ron Witwicky]], and a cat up into a tree. After Sam returns Mojo to the back yard, Bumblebee "helps" by shaking the tree until the traumatized cat is free.

After discovering that Bumblebee is there to watch over him, Sam uses the [[Autobot]] as his ride for a double date to the movies. Sam and [[Mikaela Banes| Mikaela]] are accompanied by [[Miles Lancaster]] and Mikaela's friend [[Lyndsey]]. On the way to the movie, Sam sees [[Trent DeMarco|Trent]]'s truck and totally freaks out. The movie night goes without a hitch, but it seems Bumblebee decided to overturn Trent's truck, much to the jock's consternation.

Without the guiding influence of the the other Autobots, Bumblebee grows more reckless and impulsive, running red lights and even flinging a random punk into the air with his vehicle doors.

Sam discusses his upcoming college plans with Bumblebee, explaining that the yellow guy might not be able to accompany him at school. Sam tries to persuade his parents to let Bumblebee stay in the garage while he's at school, but Ron rather strenuously rejects that notion, stating that 'Bee can only stay for the summer.

Frustrated, Sam decides to walk to Mikaela's to cool off, but twenty minutes in, Sam encounters a rather less friendly Cybertronian presence. Hours later as Bumblebee prepares to shut down for the night, Ron comes into the garage and explains that Sam never made it to Mikaela's.

Bumblebee zooms out of the garage and drives towards Mikaela's house but he hears a report of hacked highway matrix signs on the radio. The signs turn out to be a message in the Cybertronian alphabet "The [[All Spark]] for the boy."

"The boy" is chained up and hanging from a hook over a junkyard car crusher as he is being interrogated by [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. The Decepticon is trying to find the location of Bumblebee or the All Spark fragment. Sam, having no idea where this items are located, is being a less then stellar interviewee. Barricade makes preparations to drop the fleshling into the crusher, but is interrupted by Bumblebee leaping into. The Autobot's intervention is timely enough that Sam is able to fall onto a pile of tires while Barricade is taunting Bumblebee.

Barricade easily swats Bumblebee aside and begins to re-apprehend Sam using a shuriken like weapon. Bumblebee manages to pull himself out of the scrap and assaults Barricade once more. The two robots duke it out, with the Decepticon having the upper hand until Sam drives in with a crane. However, Sam is having trouble controlling the vehicle and Barricade snaps the chain-hook off and tosses it aside before charging at the crane's occupant. Bumblebee swings the abandoned chain-hook and knocks Barricade into a pool of gasoline.

Barricade rises from the gasoline pool and stalks towards Bumblebee. Bumblebee sends Sam off to a safer distance and fires his cannon at the gasoline-soaked Decepticon menace, causing a massive explosion. Bumblebee steps out of the explosion to pick up Sam, but makes it clear he doesn't think Barricade is finished. Sure, enough, this is confirmed as we see Barricade driving out of the flames.

==Featured characters==
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|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (2)
|c2=
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (5)
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (1)
*[[Ron Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Judy Witwicky]] (4)
}}

{{cleanup|October 2009|What about Miles, Mikaela's old boyfriend and anybody else that have been glossed over?}}
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==Quotes==
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==Errors==
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==Items of note==
* While not explicitly stated, this follows on from Bumblebee being reassigned to Sam at the end of [[Alliance issue 4|''Alliance'' #4]]. 
* This is now [[Alliance issue 1|the]] [[The Veiled Threat|fourth]] [[Transformers Comic issue 2.1#Law and Disorder|time]] that Barricade has turned up in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' prequel fiction, despite not being in the actual film and only having a handful of spin-off toys. Neither the book nor the IDW comics take the path of killing him off to explain his ROTF absence either, as he keeps escaping to fight another day. Apparently, everyone just loves Barricade!
* Sam's parents are already aware of Bumblebee, though like in the second film it's not stated when they became aware.
* It's possible that artist Carlos Magno wasn't allowed to draw [[Sam Witwicky]] to resemble actor [[Shia LaBeouf]]. It's rather unlikely that the extra body mass was part of this requirement, however.
* Bumblebee never puts on his battle mask during the entire fight with Barricade.
* Miles totally perved on Mikaela's friend and you know it.

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' Bumblebee and Sam by [[Alex Milne]]
*'''Cover B:''' Bumblebee protecting Sam by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Cover RI:''' Virgin cover of cover A
*'''Cover RE:''' [[wikipedia:Fan Expo Canada|Fan Expo Canada]] exclusive, press photo of [[Mikaela Banes]] next to one of the stone buildings. This edition came in a special polybag with a Fanexpo logo and was limited to 1000 copies. They did not sell out by the end of the convention.
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