Editing Transformers Comic issue 2.13

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|seriesissue=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers'']] #13
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 2.12
|next=Transformers Comic issue 2.14
|image=Tf mag 13 2010.JPG
|caption=''Three [[Lio Convoy|lions]] on a shirt...
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]]
|date=[[May 20|20 May]] [[2010]]
|editor=[[Steve White]]
|deputy editor=[[Den Patrick]]
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Curtis]]
|price=£2.50
}}

'''Decepticons 1, Autobots 0!'''

==Inside Out!==

* '''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]
* '''Art:''' [[Jon Davis-Hunt]]
* '''Colours:''' [[Hi-Fi Design]]
* '''Lettering:''' [[Den Patrick]]
* '''Continuity:''' [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] (sequel)

In Bloenfontein, [[South Africa]], ''most'' people are paying attention to the final of the 2010 [[World Cup]] at Free State Stadium. But at the local [[NEST]] maximum security holding facility for captured [[Decepticon]]s, [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] is paying attention to getting out. [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]] is paying attention to needling the dangerous killing machine, mocking him for being beaten by [[Jolt (ROTF)|a cadet]] and mocking the idea he ''let'' himself get caught. Bludgeon, however, releases [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] from a hidden compartment to slice through his locks, and points out that there's nowhere better to recruit a Decepticon splinter faction than a jail full of angry, murderous mechs...

As Bludgeon is set loose, declares war on humanity, and begins to spring his fellow prisoners, NEST calls in the Autobots [[Wideload (ROTF)|Wideload]], [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]] and [[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]], who are on post. While they're en route, the liberated Brakedown hurriedly tries to apologise to Bludgeon... only to find out he was let go so he could be murdered, as an example to any other dissenters!

The Autobots take up positions: Brawn warns things will get ugly, while Smokescreen realises the Decepticons will be disabling the clamps that restrict their weaponry and alt modes. The group of five Decepticons breals through the walls and Wideload is immediately sent flying towards the stadium. With back-up ten minutes away, Brawn orders Smokescreen to take cover behind him, as he can take more punishm- wait, no, he takes damage too and Smokescreen is smashed backwards into the stadium by an irate [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. Brawn tries futilely to stop Bludgeon but to no avail, about to get killed... when [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]] and [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]] arrive to save him!

But that done, they inform him that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] has ordered them to allow the Decepticons to leave: there are too many civilians around. Brawn protests, pointing out the human media will just see them letting the enemy go, whatever their reasons, but Gears tells him that they have no choice. Their pride is not worth more than human lives.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]] (7)
*[[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]] (8)
*[[Wideload (ROTF)|Wideload]] (9)
*[[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]] (14)
*[[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]] (15)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (16)
|c2=
*[[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] (1)
*[[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]] (2)
*[[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]] (3)
*[[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] (5)
*[[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]] (10)
*[[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] (11)
*[[Skywarp (ROTF)|Skywarp]] (12)
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] (13)
|c3=
*Football spectators (4)
*[[NEST]] members (6)
}}

===Quotes===

"Time I was getting out of here."
:—'''Bludgeon'''


"Imagine for a moment that you wished to build your ''own'' splinter group of Decepticons. Where better to start a recruitment drive... than in a holding pen full to ''bursting'' with embittered captives?"
:—'''Bludgeon'''


"You're.... going... back... to... your.... nice... warm... cells..."<br>
"I think ''not''."
:—'''Brawn''' pushes through '''Bludgeon's''' cannonfire


"Whatever our reasons, it'll look like we lost. Or worse... that we were ''scared''."<br>
"I know. But when it comes to saving lives we have to shelve our pride. Sometimes, Brawn, the hardest thing of all... is doing nothing."
:—'''Brawn''' and '''Gears'''


===Errors===

* The World Cup was actually played in Johannesburg, at the Soccer City stadium. 

* The shot of the Decepticon gang is... confusing, as [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]] is the wrong colour and Bludgeon's line is given to an identical but differently coloured tank. ''Who'' that tank should be is not clear; it could be [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]] but the colour is wrong there too. 

* Lockdown is gold with blue car parts, which makes it initially tricky to tell it's him.

* We never see Optimus play [[mecha-soccer|football]] like the cover promises! :(

===Notes===

* Having Decepticon prisoners ''online'' is odd, but [[Shut Up!|seen]] [[Decepticon Air|before]]. The former was even seen in a story where [[Bludgeon (G1)|a Bludgeon]] escaped!
** Similarly, G1 Bludgeon has also become a [[Decepticon leader]]. 

* Bludgeon's gang includes [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], Lockdown, [[Skywarp (ROTF)|Skywarp]], a grey-and-purple tank that we assume must've been [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], and [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] (we can't see him here but he has to escape). Reverb will turn out to have quit later on.

* Scalpel was blasted to scrap in the official movie adaptations {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 2}}, but his [[death]] wasn't in the film itself. So he's alive here! Yay!

* South Africa is established as a NEST member-state. 

* Furman's [[Nefarious issue 2]] ''also'' introduced Brakedown, only to kill him. Guess no one likes Brakedown!

* [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]] is shown as being alive [[The Reign of Starscream issue 3|and not dead]], not the first time Titan's clashed with IDW's 'official' Movie comics.

==Contents==

===Articles and Features===

* Get Shirty: Design your own Autobot and Decepticon football T-shirts!
* The Beautiful Game: brief quiz about the World Cup, with a bonus "find [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]" challenge
* Way Past Cool: game reviews. 
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] Guide: The Solar System. Various facts about Mercury by Bumblebee, as well as five hidden Bumblebee's to find.
* Competitions.
* Poster of the cover. 


===Free gifts===

* "FREE! Stationary!"


===Law and Disorder===


"I wasn't 'destroyed' in the first film, merely inconvenienced. So there! [[Movie Adaptation issue 4|Anyone who says different]] sucks coolant."<br>
:—'''Barricade'''


"What is it with you people and [[Unicron]]? He's the destroyer of worlds, the infinite darkness, he ushers in the end times, I tell you. THE END! And you want to see him in a movie, as a piece of sideshow entertainment? I despair, I really do."<br>
"Hmmmm, I think I'm going to have to agree with 'Cade on this one ... Unicron is the dark lord of the TRANSFORMERS; he's like Simon Cowell, George Bush and a Tyrannosaurus Rex, all rolled into one...
:—'''Barricade''' and '''Ironhide''' paint a grim picture


"[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] can be anything from six, seven or even nine separate 'bots! However, I blame those pitiful minions, White (Editor) and Patrick (Deputy), for this oversight, and have reduced their beer rations accordingly."
:—'''Barricade''' 


"Is there going to be a third TRANSFORMERS movie?"<br>
"Gemma, there is a thing called the [[internet]]. If you use it, and perhaps a search engine.."
:—'''A teenaged fan''' and '''Barricade'''


====Starscream's Stars====

"CANCER (22 JUN - 22 JUL): The Stars have promised that your special someone is just around the corner. Well that's great but which one? Can't the Stars give you a reference from the A-Z, just so you know where to be at the right time? And what time should you be there anyway? The Stars aren't actually being of any help."


"VIRGO (23 AUG - 22 SEPT): Oh, now the Stars are moaning because they're saying you don't appreciate their help."


"LIBRA (23 SEPT - 23 OCT): You have defriended the Stars from Facebook."


"SCORPONOK (24 OCT - 21 NOV): The Stars have deleted your number from their mobile."


"PISCES (19 FEB - 20 MAR): Run into the Stars at McDonalds. It all gets a bit awkward but there are apologies and hugs. Stars give you their mobile number again."

==Errors==
 
* Contents page forgets to mention The Beautiful Game quiz.
* Ironhide capitalises the "r" in rex.

==Notes==

* The comic blatantly ties into the contemporary 2010 World Cup. That starts in ''June'' rather than May though, so #13 is a bit early. This story was originally meant to be in #14, the June issue. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/updates/]
* Barricade and Ironhide cover both the number of Decepticons in Devastator (however many Dev wants), whether the three [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] robots are sisters (they're not), ''and'' who the [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon]] was (Ironhide isn't sure but says he's just a [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] imposter). Those guys like it tough!
* Ironhide also mentions a new, never seen character, [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe's]] [[Relatives|brother]] [[Sunstreaker (ROTF)|Sunstreaker]]
* The comic got so many entries for the Build A Bot competition that it's still printing some of the honourable mentions!
* This is the first time Starscream's Stars told a narrative.

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