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Saix at 01:22, 28 March 2024

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	* ''[[Brisko]]'' (10)		* ''[[Brisko]]'' (10)
	* ''[[Wilder (G1)\|Wilder]]'' (11)		* ''[[Wilder (robot)\|Wilder]]'' (11)
	* ''[[Ransack (G2)\|Ransack]]'' (12)		* ''[[Ransack (G2)\|Ransack]]'' (12)
	* ''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)\|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)		* ''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)\|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)

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	===Real life references===		===Real life references===
	* Given Sandstorm's motivation and modus operandi, the title of ''Punishment'' would seem to be a reference to Marvel Comics' own one-man war on crime, the [[Punisher]].		* Given Sandstorm's motivation and modus operandi, the title of ''Punishment'' would seem to be a reference to Marvel Comics' own one-man war on crime, the [[Punisher]].

			===Foreign Localization===
			'''Swedish'''
			* ''Title:'' "'''För evigt är en lång tid'''" (Forever Is a Long Time")

	===Covers (2)===		===Covers (2)===

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	*[[Sludge (G1)\|Sludge]] (2)		* [[Sludge (G1)\|Sludge]] (2)
	*[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]] (3)		* [[Slag (G1)\|Slug]] (3)
	*[[Snarl (G1)\|Snarl]] (4)		* [[Snarl (G1)\|Snarl]] (4)
	*[[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] (7)		* [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] (7)
	*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (9)		* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (9)
	*''[[Lander]]'' (22)		* ''[[Lander]]'' (22)
	*''[[Fireball]]'' (23)		* ''[[Fireball]]'' (23)
	*''[[Skram (G2)\|Skram]]'' (24)		* ''[[Skram (G2)\|Skram]]'' (24)
	*''[[Diver (G1)\|Diver]]'' (25)		* ''[[Diver (G1)\|Diver]]'' (25)

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	*[[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]] (5)		* [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]] (5)
	*''[[Treadshot (IDW)\|Treadshot]]'' (9)		* ''[[Treadshot (IDW)\|Treadshot]]'' (9)
	*''[[Brisko]]'' (10)		* ''[[Brisko]]'' (10)
	*''[[Wilder (G1)\|Wilder]]'' (11)		* ''[[Wilder (G1)\|Wilder]]'' (11)
	*''[[Ransack (G2)\|Ransack]]'' (12)		* ''[[Ransack (G2)\|Ransack]]'' (12)
	*''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)\|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)		* ''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)\|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)
	*''[[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'' (14)		* ''[[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'' (14)
	*''[[Stratotronic]]'' (15)		* ''[[Stratotronic Jet\|Stratotronic]]'' (15)
	*''[[Morsa]]'' (16)		* ''[[Morsa]]'' (16)
	*''[[Blood]]'' (17)		* ''[[Blood]]'' (17)
	*''[[Skidmark (G1)\|Skidmark]]'' (18)		* ''[[Skidmark (G1)\|Skidmark]]'' (18)
	*''[[Sparkstalker]]'' (19)		* ''[[Sparkstalker]]'' (19)
	*''[[Flamefeather (G1)\|Flamefeather]]'' (20)		* ''[[Flamefeather (G1)\|Flamefeather]]'' (20)
	*''[[Cindersaur (G1)\|Cindersaur]]'' (21)		* ''[[Cindersaur (G1)\|Cindersaur]]'' (21)

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	*[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]] (6)		* [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]] (6)
	*[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]] (8)		* [[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]] (8)
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	*When Sandstorm talks about the things he saw as a Wrecker, he mentions "killing unarmed prisoners"—a clear allusion to the deaths of [[Squadron X]] by [[Impactor (G1)\|Impactor]]'s hand, as seen in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]]. Previously, the prose story "[[Zero Point]]" had depicted Sandstorm as the only Wrecker who ''didn't'' try to get [[Springer (G1)\|Springer]] to absolve the team of any role in the killings, suggesting that unlike his teammates he did not approve. Foreshadowing!		* When Sandstorm talks about the things he saw as a Wrecker, he mentions "killing unarmed prisoners"—a clear allusion to the deaths of [[Squadron X]] by [[Impactor (G1)\|Impactor]]'s hand, as seen in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]]. Previously, the prose story "[[Zero Point]]" had depicted Sandstorm as the only Wrecker who ''didn't'' try to get [[Springer (G1)\|Springer]] to absolve the team of any role in the killings, suggesting that unlike his teammates he did not approve. Foreshadowing!
	*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.		* In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.
	*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.		* Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.
	*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].		* The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].
	*Prime visits the [[~~Undergrid~~]] where he found the Matrix, as chronicled in [[Transformation (issue)\|''Autocracy'' #9]].		* Prime visits the [[Underworld]] where he found the Matrix, as chronicled in [[Transformation (issue)\|''Autocracy'' #9]].
	*This issue continues directly into [[First Contact (IDW)\|''The Transformers'' #39]].		* This issue continues directly into [[First Contact (IDW)\|''The Transformers'' #39]].

	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===
	*This issue is named after the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)\|Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".		* This issue is named after the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)\|Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]".

	===Real life references===		===Real life references===
	*Given Sandstorm's motivation and modus operandi, the title of ''Punishment'' would seem to be a reference to Marvel Comics' own one-man war on crime, the [[Punisher]].		* Given Sandstorm's motivation and modus operandi, the title of ''Punishment'' would seem to be a reference to Marvel Comics' own one-man war on crime, the [[Punisher]].

	===Covers (2)===		===Covers (2)===
	*'''Digital cover:''' Optimus Prime's decapitated statue, from the issue's first page, by [[Livio Ramondelli]]		* '''Digital cover:''' Optimus Prime's decapitated statue, from the issue's first page, by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
	*'''Print cover:''' Optimus Prime and the Dinobots, by Ramondelli		* '''Print cover:''' Optimus Prime and the Dinobots, by Ramondelli

	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Punishment5 Madefirecvr.jpg		File:Punishment5 Madefirecvr.jpg
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	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	* '''''[[The Transformers: The ~~IDW Collection Phase Two~~: ~~Volume 8~~\|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8]]''''' <small>([[December 19]], [[2018]]) ISBN 1684053722 / ISBN 978-1684053728</small>		* '''''The Transformers: Punishment''''' <small>([[January 21]], [[2015]])</small>
	:* ~~Contains~~ ''More than Meets the Eye'' #35 to #40, ''Robots in Disguise'' #35 to #38, ''[[The Transformers: Punishment]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: ~~Drift~~ - ~~Empire~~ of ~~Stone~~]]''.		** Collects ''Punishment'' issues #1–5.
			** One-shot format.

			* '''''[[The Transformers: Redemption of the Dinobots]]''''' <small>([[March 14]], [[2018]]) ISBN 1684051835 / ISBN 978-1684051830</small>
			** Collects ''Punishment'' issues #1–5, ''[[The Transformers: Redemption\|Redemption]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Salvation\|Salvation]]''.
			** Bonus material includes a cover gallery.
			** Trade paperback format.

			* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8]]''''' <small>([[December 5]], 2018) ISBN 1684053722 / ISBN 978-1684053728</small>
			** Collects ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|More than Meets the Eye]]'' issues [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue\|#35]]–[[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide\|38]] & [[The Permanent Revolution\|#39]]–[[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme\|40]], [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise\|''The Transformers'' (2012)]] issues [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches\|#35]]–[[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati\|38]], ''Punishment'' issues #1–5, and ''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone\|Drift - Empire of Stone]]'' issues [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 1\|#1]]–[[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|4]].
			** Hardcover format.

			* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 70: Punishment''''' <small>([[October 30]], [[2019]])</small>
			** Collects ''Punishment'' issues #1–5, ''Redemption'', and ''Salvation''.
			** Bonus material includes an article about the Motion Book Tool app used for the digital version of ''Punishment'', a "Brief History of the (IDW) Dinobots", and a Livio Ramondelli sketchbook, a cover gallery and an introduction by [[Simon Furman]].
			** Hardcover format.

			* '''''Transformers: Optimus Prime - Tillbaka till jorden''''' <small>([[February 15]], [[2023]])</small>
			** Collects ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise\|Robots in Disguise]]'' issues [[Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World\|#28]]–[[Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires\|32]] & [[The Crucible\|#34]]–38, and ''Punishment'' issues #1–5.
			** Swedish reprint. Hardcover format.

			<gallery>
			File:TFPunishment.jpg\|'''''Punishment''''' – cover art by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
			File:Redemption-of-the-Dinobots.jpg\|'''''Redemption of the Dinobots''''' – cover art by Livio Ramondelli
			File:IDWCollectionP2V8.jpg\|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]]
			File:DefinitiveG1Collection v70.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 70: Punishment''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Snarl) and Livio Ramondelli
			RID SWE 01.jpg\|'''''Optimus Prime - Tillbaka till jorden''''' – cover art by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
			</gallery>

	[[Category:Punishment issues]]		[[Category:Punishment issues]]

Causeway: /* Notes */ noting reprint in The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8

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			===Reprints===
			* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8\|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8]]''''' <small>([[December 19]], [[2018]]) ISBN 1684053722 / ISBN 978-1684053728</small>
			:* Contains ''More than Meets the Eye'' #35 to #40, ''Robots in Disguise'' #35 to #38, ''[[The Transformers: Punishment]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone]]''.

	[[Category:Punishment issues]]		[[Category:Punishment issues]]

Saix: /* Featured characters */clean up, replaced: Diver (Masterforce) → Diver (G1), Wilder (Masterforce) → Wilder (G1)

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Featured characters: clean up, replaced: Diver (Masterforce) → Diver (G1), Wilder (Masterforce) → Wilder (G1)

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	*''[[Skram (G2)\|Skram]]'' (24)		*''[[Skram (G2)\|Skram]]'' (24)
	*''[[Diver (~~Masterforce~~)\|Diver]]'' (25)		*''[[Diver (G1)\|Diver]]'' (25)
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	*[[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]] (5)		*[[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]] (5)
	*''[[Treadshot (IDW)\|Treadshot]]'' (9)		*''[[Treadshot (IDW)\|Treadshot]]'' (9)
	*''[[Brisko]]'' (10)		*''[[Brisko]]'' (10)
	*''[[Wilder (~~Masterforce~~)\|Wilder]]'' (11)		*''[[Wilder (G1)\|Wilder]]'' (11)
	*''[[Ransack (G2)\|Ransack]]'' (12)		*''[[Ransack (G2)\|Ransack]]'' (12)
	*''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)\|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)		*''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)\|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)

Khajidha: /* Synopsis */ redundant

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Synopsis: redundant

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	[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]].		[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]].

	All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had ~~all~~ committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".		All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".

	The murders solved, Optimus goes on his personal errand: bringing the remaining half of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to the site where he received it all those years ago. It is the anniversary of when he became Prime. Optimus shares with Windblade that he was honest about his calling out of the Dinobots, believing that bots like them who refuse to change are the greatest threat to the future; but still, he has faith that the future can be a peaceful one.		The murders solved, Optimus goes on his personal errand: bringing the remaining half of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to the site where he received it all those years ago. It is the anniversary of when he became Prime. Optimus shares with Windblade that he was honest about his calling out of the Dinobots, believing that bots like them who refuse to change are the greatest threat to the future; but still, he has faith that the future can be a peaceful one.

DDog at 15:51, 23 May 2019

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	\|chronology=[[IDW timeline\|Current era (2014)]]		\|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline#2014\|Current era (2014)]]
	\|price=Free (Windows 8 Madefire app, initial)<br>??? (Other digital platforms)		\|price=Free (Windows 8 Madefire app, initial)<br>??? (Other digital platforms)
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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Starscream]].		[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]].

	All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".		All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".
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	*[[Snarl (G1)\|Snarl]] (4)		*[[Snarl (G1)\|Snarl]] (4)
	*[[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] (7)		*[[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] (7)
	*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (9)		*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (9)
	*''[[Lander]]'' (22)		*''[[Lander]]'' (22)
	*''[[Fireball]]'' (23)		*''[[Fireball]]'' (23)
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	*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Starscream]] (6)		*[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]] (6)
	*[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]] (8)		*[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]] (8)
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	*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.		*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.
	*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.		*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.
	*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].		*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].
	*Prime visits the [[Undergrid]] where he found the Matrix, as chronicled in [[Transformation (issue)\|''Autocracy'' #9]].		*Prime visits the [[Undergrid]] where he found the Matrix, as chronicled in [[Transformation (issue)\|''Autocracy'' #9]].
	*This issue continues directly into [[First Contact (IDW)\|''The Transformers'' #39]].		*This issue continues directly into [[First Contact (IDW)\|''The Transformers'' #39]].

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (G1)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Starscream]].		[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Starscream]].

	All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".		All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".
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	*[[Barricade (G1)\|Barricade]] (5)		*[[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]] (5)
	*''[[Treadshot (IDW)\|Treadshot]]'' (9)		*''[[Treadshot (IDW)\|Treadshot]]'' (9)
	*''[[Brisko]]'' (10)		*''[[Brisko]]'' (10)

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	*When Sandstorm talks about the things he saw as a Wrecker, he mentions "killing unarmed prisoners"—a clear allusion to the deaths of [[Squadron X]] by [[Impactor (G1)\|Impactor]]'s hand, as seen in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]]. Previously, the prose story "[[Zero Point]]" had depicted Sandstorm as the only Wrecker who ''didn't'' try to get [[Springer (G1)\|Springer]] to absolve the team of any role in the killings, suggesting that unlike his teammates he did not approve. Foreshadowing!		*When Sandstorm talks about the things he saw as a Wrecker, he mentions "killing unarmed prisoners"—a clear allusion to the deaths of [[Squadron X]] by [[Impactor (G1)\|Impactor]]'s hand, as seen in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5\|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]]. Previously, the prose story "[[Zero Point]]" had depicted Sandstorm as the only Wrecker who ''didn't'' try to get [[Springer (G1)\|Springer]] to absolve the team of any role in the killings, suggesting that unlike his teammates he did not approve. Foreshadowing!
	*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)<Thrilling 30]]'' toy.		*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.
	*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.		*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.
	*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].		*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Starscream]].		[[Slag (G1)\|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (IDW)\|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)\|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]].

	All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".		All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)\|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)\|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".
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	*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (9)		*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (9)
	*''[[Lander]]'' (22)		*''[[Lander]]'' (22)
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	*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.		*In the panel where Sandstorm recalls this, he's correctly drawn to the specifications of his ''Last Stand'' design, looking very different to his appearances in the rest of this mini-series, which is based on his ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)\|Thrilling 30]]'' toy.
	*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.		*Heavy Barrel and team's crime was the siphoning of "pseudo-[[energon]]" from a mechanoid world; it's not really been elaborated upon, but that seems to be a not-really-the-real-thing variant of energon that occurs on other planets, which we saw before in ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)\|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]''.
	*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].		*The Matrix half was given to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] by Prime back in ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime\|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' (the other half was given to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]] and wound up being destroyed in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life\|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]). Prime reclaimed 'Bee's half in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard\|''Robots in Disguise'' #29]].
	*Prime visits the [[Undergrid]] where he found the Matrix, as chronicled in [[Transformation (issue)\|''Autocracy'' #9]].		*Prime visits the [[Undergrid]] where he found the Matrix, as chronicled in [[Transformation (issue)\|''Autocracy'' #9]].
	*This issue continues directly into [[First Contact (IDW)\|''The Transformers'' #39]].		*This issue continues directly into [[First Contact (IDW)\|''The Transformers'' #39]].