Pax Megatronus - Revision history

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	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
			*"Pax Megatronus" appears to be based on ''{{w\|Pax Romana}}''. Its [[Latin language\|Latin]] is off, though. ''Romana'' is an adjective and "Megatronus" is not and therefore cannot be in the same case as ''pax''. Better Latin would be ''Pax Megatroni'' to reflect "Peace of Megatronus".
	*Though the poses don't match, Cobra Commander and his retinue certainly seem to be evoking {{w\|The Last Supper}} with their "dinner party" on the first page. On the wall behind them is {{w\|Benjamin Franklin}}'s political cartoon, "{{w\|Join, or Die}}".		*Though the poses don't match, Cobra Commander and his retinue certainly seem to be evoking {{w\|The Last Supper}} with their "dinner party" on the first page. On the wall behind them is {{w\|Benjamin Franklin}}'s political cartoon, "{{w\|Join, or Die}}".
	*When Megatron and Optimus battle, their combat begins like a beat-'em-up video game, starting with a display of the two franchises' Japanese logos, then the Japanese characters for "Fight!".		*When Megatron and Optimus battle, their combat begins like a beat-'em-up video game, starting with a display of the two franchises' Japanese logos, then the Japanese characters for "Fight!".

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	*[[Stalker (G.I. Joe)\|Stalker]] (35)		*[[Stalker (G.I. Joe)\|Stalker]] (35)
	*[[Sci-Fi]] (36)		*[[Sci-Fi]] (36)
	*[[Gung-Ho]] (37)		*[[Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)\|Gung-Ho]] (37)
	*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (38)		*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (38)
	*[[Beachhead]] (39)		*[[Beachhead]] (39)

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	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===
	*'''Standard cover:''' [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] and Flash zoom through space from Earth to Cybertron, by [[Tom Scioli]]		*'''Standard cover:''' [[Arcee (G1)\|Arcee]] and Flash zoom through space from Earth to Cybertron, by [[Tom Scioli]], a homage to the cover of DC Comics' [https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Mystery_in_Space_Vol_1_90 ''Mystery in Space'' issue #90] from 1964, by {{w\|Carmine Infantino}} and {{w\|Murphy Anderson}}
	*'''Subscription cover:''' [[Seaspray (G1)\|Seaspray]] and [[Shipwreck]] by [[Andy Suriano]]		*'''Subscription cover:''' [[Seaspray (G1)\|Seaspray]] and [[Shipwreck]] by [[Andy Suriano]]
	*'''Cover RI:''' Megatron and [[Destro]] by [[Artyom Trakhanov]]		*'''Cover RI:''' Megatron and [[Destro]] by [[Artyom Trakhanov]]

Ookalf at 22:01, 13 November 2025

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	==Reprints==		==Reprints==
			* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''''' Volume 2
	* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection''''' Hardcover		* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection''''' Hardcover
	* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 74: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Part 2'''''		* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 74: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Part 2'''''

	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:IDW-TFvsJoeV2.jpg\|'''Volume 2'''; cover art by [[Tom Scioli]]
	File:IDW-TFvsJoeQC.jpg\|'''''Quintessential Collection'''''; cover art by Scioli		File:IDW-TFvsJoeQC.jpg\|'''''Quintessential Collection'''''; cover art by Scioli
	File:DefinitiveG1Collection v74.jpg\|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Vol. 74: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Pt. 2'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and Scioli		File:DefinitiveG1Collection v74.jpg\|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Vol. 74: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Pt. 2'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and Scioli
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	*[[An Uneventful Night\|''Combiner Hunters'' #1]]		*[[An Uneventful Night\|''Combiner Hunters'' #1]]
	*IDW EC Comics variant cover month checklist (back cover)		*IDW EC Comics variant cover month checklist (back cover)

			==Reprints==
			* '''''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection''''' Hardcover
			* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 74: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Part 2'''''

			<gallery>
			File:IDW-TFvsJoeQC.jpg\|'''''Quintessential Collection'''''; cover art by Scioli
			File:DefinitiveG1Collection v74.jpg\|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Vol. 74: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Pt. 2'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] and Scioli
			</gallery>

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 05:15, 25 December 2019

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	[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.		[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.

	In [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]] and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] arrive at the [[White House]] to arrest [[General Flagg]], who has just overthrown the [[President of the United States\|President]]. Flagg convinces them that he is the best man to lead the fight against the approaching Cybertron; after some arguing, Hawk's team agree, and together with Flagg, they set out to search for an Autobot sleeper agent who has been laying dormant on Earth for ages. While heading down Highway Omega, they come under attack from [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] and [[Viper]], but are saved when the Autobot they are looking for turns out to actually ''be'' the very highway they are driving on—the titanic [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]], who awakens in time to dispatch their pursuers, then transforms into his rocket mode and carries them into space toward Cybertron. Omega is intercepted part-way by his old foe, [[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]], and the pair engage in battle, but before long, Omega triumphs, bringing himself, Astrotrain, and Flagg's team down to Cybertron with meteoric force.		In [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] arrive at the [[White House]] to arrest [[General Flagg]], who has just overthrown the [[President of the United States\|President]]. Flagg convinces them that he is the best man to lead the fight against the approaching Cybertron; after some arguing, Hawk's team agree, and together with Flagg, they set out to search for an Autobot sleeper agent who has been laying dormant on Earth for ages. While heading down Highway Omega, they come under attack from [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] and [[Viper]], but are saved when the Autobot they are looking for turns out to actually ''be'' the very highway they are driving on—the titanic [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]], who awakens in time to dispatch their pursuers, then transforms into his rocket mode and carries them into space toward Cybertron. Omega is intercepted part-way by his old foe, [[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]], and the pair engage in battle, but before long, Omega triumphs, bringing himself, Astrotrain, and Flagg's team down to Cybertron with meteoric force.

	The group finds a Cybertron in chaos. Word of the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]], and his taming of [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] and restoration of [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'s body, has spread like wildfire around the planet, inciting the cowed Autobot populace to rebellion. While the Autobot masses, led by [[Kup (G1)\|Kup]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)\|Wreck-Gar]], follow Omega to Optimus, Flagg's team set out to search for the rest of the Joes on the planet, taking in the many strange sights: from the fully terraformed and now-overgrown [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], to a trio of "[[Pretender]]s", robots created by the Decepticons to emulate human form.		The group finds a Cybertron in chaos. Word of the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]], and his taming of [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] and restoration of [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'s body, has spread like wildfire around the planet, inciting the cowed Autobot populace to rebellion. While the Autobot masses, led by [[Kup (G1)\|Kup]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)\|Wreck-Gar]], follow Omega to Optimus, Flagg's team set out to search for the rest of the Joes on the planet, taking in the many strange sights: from the fully terraformed and now-overgrown [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], to a trio of "[[Pretender]]s", robots created by the Decepticons to emulate human form.

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

	[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.		[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.

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	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===
	*New ''[[Combiner Wars]]'' toy [[Viper]] gets to put in an appropriate cameo appearance, described on his "file card" as the "DeceptiCobra Alliance Incarnate". He transforms into a Cobra [[Rattler]], see.		*New ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)\|Combiner Wars]]'' toy [[Viper]] gets to put in an appropriate cameo appearance, described on his "file card" as the "DeceptiCobra Alliance Incarnate". He transforms into a Cobra [[Rattler]], see.
	*Wreck-Gar refers to having taken [[Dark Energon]] and [[Nucleon Nail]]s as part of a drug metaphor (cos he's a ''Junkie''-on, get it?).		*Wreck-Gar refers to having taken [[Dark Energon]] and [[Nucleon Nail]]s as part of a drug metaphor (cos he's a ''Junkie''-on, get it?).
	*Lots of generic [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seekers]] going on this issue, but the one who tries to put down the Autobot uprising seems to take his color scheme cues from ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)\|Ramjet]].		*Lots of generic [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seekers]] going on this issue, but the one who tries to put down the Autobot uprising seems to take his color scheme cues from ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)\|Ramjet]].

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Continuity notes

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	*Megatron is still wearing the slain [[Grimlock (G1)\|Grimlock]]'s head over his hand in emulation of [[Megatron (BW)\|''Beast Wars'' Megatron]].		*Megatron is still wearing the slain [[Grimlock (G1)\|Grimlock]]'s head over his hand in emulation of [[Megatron (BW)\|''Beast Wars'' Megatron]].
	*We learned that Megatron had somehow perverted [[Primus]] in issue #6; in this issue, we learn he used the captured and corrupted Matrix to do so.		*We learned that Megatron had somehow perverted [[Primus]] in issue #6; in this issue, we learn he used the captured and corrupted Matrix to do so.
			* A pile of dead Autobot heads passed by the Joes includes Cliffjumper, Warpath, and Bluestreak.

	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===

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	*[[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] (33)		*[[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] (33)
	*[[Trypticon (G1)\|Trypticon]] (34)		*[[Trypticon (G1)\|Trypticon]] (34)
	* Unnamed Seeker.

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	[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.		[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.

	In [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]] and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] arrive at the [[White House]] to arrest [[General Flagg]], who has just overthrown the [[President of the United States\|President]]. Flagg convinces them that he is the best man to lead the fight against the approaching Cybertron; after some arguing, Hawk's team agree, and together with Flagg, they set out to search for an Autobot sleeper agent who has been laying dormant on Earth for ages. While heading down Highway Omega, they come under attack from [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] and [[Viper]], but are saved when the Autobot they are looking for turns out to actually ''be'' the very highway they are driving on—the titanic [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]], who awakens in time to dispatch their pursuers, then transforms into his rocket mode and carries them into space toward Cybertron. Omega is intercepted part-way by his old foe, [[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]], and the pair engage in battle, but before long, Omega triumphs, bringing himself, Astrotrain, and Flagg's team down to Cybertron with meteoric force.		In [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] arrive at the [[White House]] to arrest [[General Flagg]], who has just overthrown the [[President of the United States\|President]]. Flagg convinces them that he is the best man to lead the fight against the approaching Cybertron; after some arguing, Hawk's team agree, and together with Flagg, they set out to search for an Autobot sleeper agent who has been laying dormant on Earth for ages. While heading down Highway Omega, they come under attack from [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] and [[Viper]], but are saved when the Autobot they are looking for turns out to actually ''be'' the very highway they are driving on—the titanic [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]], who awakens in time to dispatch their pursuers, then transforms into his rocket mode and carries them into space toward Cybertron. Omega is intercepted part-way by his old foe, [[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]], and the pair engage in battle, but before long, Omega triumphs, bringing himself, Astrotrain, and Flagg's team down to Cybertron with meteoric force.

	The group finds a Cybertron in chaos. Word of the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]], and his taming of [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] and restoration of [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'s body, has spread like wildfire around the planet, inciting the cowed Autobot populace to rebellion. While the Autobot masses, led by [[Kup (G1)\|Kup]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)\|Wreck-Gar]], follow Omega to Optimus, Flagg's team set out to search for the rest of the Joes on the planet, taking in the many strange sights: from the fully terraformed and now-overgrown [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], to a trio of "[[Pretender]]s", robots created by the Decepticons to emulate human form.		The group finds a Cybertron in chaos. Word of the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]], and his taming of [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] and restoration of [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'s body, has spread like wildfire around the planet, inciting the cowed Autobot populace to rebellion. While the Autobot masses, led by [[Kup (G1)\|Kup]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)\|Wreck-Gar]], follow Omega to Optimus, Flagg's team set out to search for the rest of the Joes on the planet, taking in the many strange sights: from the fully terraformed and now-overgrown [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], to a trio of "[[Pretender]]s", robots created by the Decepticons to emulate human form.

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	*[[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] (33)		*[[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] (33)
	*[[Trypticon (G1)\|Trypticon]] (34)		*[[Trypticon (G1)\|Trypticon]] (34)
	* Unnamed Seeker.

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	[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.		[[Billy (G.I. Joe)\|Billy]] has escaped [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and returned to [[Earth]] with a prize: the bloodied body of [[Snake-Eyes]], which he now lays before his very-much alive father, [[Cobra Commander]]! Though he is impressed by his son's accomplishment, the cybernetic limbs that are now a part of Billy raise the ire of the terrible [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)\|Koh-Buru-Lah]], and the Commander concedes that it is better that Billy die than live with the "stink of the machine" on him. His prostheses transform to try and fight back, but the eldritch horror tears the boy limb from limb.

	In [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] arrive at the [[White House]] to arrest [[General Flagg]], who has just overthrown the [[President of the United States\|President]]. Flagg convinces them that he is the best man to lead the fight against the approaching Cybertron; after some arguing, Hawk's team agree, and together with Flagg, they set out to search for an Autobot sleeper agent who has been laying dormant on Earth for ages. While heading down Highway Omega, they come under attack from [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] and [[Viper]], but are saved when the Autobot they are looking for turns out to actually ''be'' the very highway they are driving on—the titanic [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]], who awakens in time to dispatch their pursuers, then transforms into his rocket mode and carries them into space toward Cybertron. Omega is intercepted part-way by his old foe, [[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]], and the pair engage in battle, but before long, Omega triumphs, bringing himself, Astrotrain, and Flagg's team down to Cybertron with meteoric force.		In [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)\|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]], and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)\|Flash]] arrive at the [[White House]] to arrest [[General Flagg]], who has just overthrown the [[President of the United States\|President]]. Flagg convinces them that he is the best man to lead the fight against the approaching Cybertron; after some arguing, Hawk's team agree, and together with Flagg, they set out to search for an Autobot sleeper agent who has been laying dormant on Earth for ages. While heading down Highway Omega, they come under attack from [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] and [[Viper (CW)\|Viper]], but are saved when the Autobot they are looking for turns out to actually ''be'' the very highway they are driving on—the titanic [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]], who awakens in time to dispatch their pursuers, then transforms into his rocket mode and carries them into space toward Cybertron. Omega is intercepted part-way by his old foe, [[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]], and the pair engage in battle, but before long, Omega triumphs, bringing himself, Astrotrain, and Flagg's team down to Cybertron with meteoric force.

	The group finds a Cybertron in chaos. Word of the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]], and his taming of [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] and restoration of [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'s body, has spread like wildfire around the planet, inciting the cowed Autobot populace to rebellion. While the Autobot masses, led by [[Kup (G1)\|Kup]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)\|Wreck-Gar]], follow Omega to Optimus, Flagg's team set out to search for the rest of the Joes on the planet, taking in the many strange sights: from the fully terraformed and now-overgrown [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], to a trio of "[[Pretender]]s", robots created by the Decepticons to emulate human form.		The group finds a Cybertron in chaos. Word of the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]], and his taming of [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] and restoration of [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'s body, has spread like wildfire around the planet, inciting the cowed Autobot populace to rebellion. While the Autobot masses, led by [[Kup (G1)\|Kup]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)\|Wreck-Gar]], follow Omega to Optimus, Flagg's team set out to search for the rest of the Joes on the planet, taking in the many strange sights: from the fully terraformed and now-overgrown [[Iacon (polity)\|Iacon]], to a trio of "[[Pretender]]s", robots created by the Decepticons to emulate human form.
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	Back on Earth, Cobra Commander prepares to unmask Snake-Eyes for his minions, in order to show off the damage he did to the ninja's face. Just before his mask is removed, however, Snake-Eyes springs to life, his near-death state an apparent ruse. He is immediately surrounded by the Commander's troops, including Koh-Buru-Lah's reptilian spawn, but quickly evades them and escapes outside.		Back on Earth, Cobra Commander prepares to unmask Snake-Eyes for his minions, in order to show off the damage he did to the ninja's face. Just before his mask is removed, however, Snake-Eyes springs to life, his near-death state an apparent ruse. He is immediately surrounded by the Commander's troops, including Koh-Buru-Lah's reptilian spawn, but quickly evades them and escapes outside.

	Simultaneously, on Cybertron, Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)\|Megatron]] face off as their assembled troops watch in awe. Though Prime appears to turn the fight in his favour when a blade-strike cleaves Megatron's chest open, what the wound reveals is more emotionally crippling to Optimus than any physical injury incurred in the combat: the [[Matrix of Leadership]], stolen by Megatron so long ago, bonded to the Decepticon leader's [[black hole]]-heart to become the unholy tool with which he subjugated the will of [[Primus]] himself. Content that the most devastating blow possible has been stuck by this revelation, and concerned with far greater matters than a nostalgic bout with an old enemy, Megatron declares the duel over, and unperturbed by notions of "fairness," simply orders has his Decepticons to overrun the Autobots. Now, Megatron turns his attention toward his ultimate goal—for at last, the gap between Earth and Cybertron has closed, and the gigantic, horn-like mega-mountains that have grown from the metal world's surface now stab into Earth's crust with the force of uncountable atomic bombs! The Joes on Cybertron try to contact their homeworld, but there is no sign of response, and they can only watch as Optimus Prime is dragged to the edge of a pit and sent plunging to oblivion by a point-blank [[fusion cannon]] blast from Megatron, right through his chest!		Simultaneously, on Cybertron, Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)\|Megatron]] face off as their assembled troops watch in awe. Though Prime appears to turn the fight in his favour when a blade-strike cleaves Megatron's chest open, what the wound reveals is more emotionally crippling to Optimus than any physical injury incurred in the combat: the [[Matrix of Leadership]], stolen by Megatron so long ago, bonded to the Decepticon leader's [[Black hole (phenomenon)\|black hole]]-heart to become the unholy tool with which he subjugated the will of [[Primus]] himself. Content that the most devastating blow possible has been stuck by this revelation, and concerned with far greater matters than a nostalgic bout with an old enemy, Megatron declares the duel over, and unperturbed by notions of "fairness," simply orders has his Decepticons to overrun the Autobots. Now, Megatron turns his attention toward his ultimate goal—for at last, the gap between Earth and Cybertron has closed, and the gigantic, horn-like mega-mountains that have grown from the metal world's surface now stab into Earth's crust with the force of uncountable atomic bombs! The Joes on Cybertron try to contact their homeworld, but there is no sign of response, and they can only watch as Optimus Prime is dragged to the edge of a pit and sent plunging to oblivion by a point-blank [[fusion cannon]] blast from Megatron, right through his chest!

	==Featured characters==		==Featured characters==
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	*[[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] (14)		*[[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]] (14)
	*[[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] (21)		*[[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] (21)
	*[[Viper]] (22)		*[[Viper (CW)\|Viper]] (22)
	*[[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]] (24)		*[[Astrotrain (G1)\|Astrotrain]] (24)
	*[[Mindwipe (G1)\|Mindwipe]] (29)		*[[Mindwipe (G1)\|Mindwipe]] (29)
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	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===
	*New ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)\|Combiner Wars]]'' toy [[Viper]] gets to put in an appropriate cameo appearance, described on his "file card" as the "DeceptiCobra Alliance Incarnate". He transforms into a Cobra [[Rattler]], see.		*New ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)\|Combiner Wars]]'' toy [[Viper (CW)\|Viper]] gets to put in an appropriate cameo appearance, described on his "file card" as the "DeceptiCobra Alliance Incarnate". He transforms into a Cobra [[Rattler]], see.
	*Wreck-Gar refers to having taken [[Dark Energon]] and [[Nucleon Nail]]s as part of a drug metaphor (cos he's a ''Junkie''-on, get it?).		*Wreck-Gar refers to having taken [[Dark Energon]] and [[Nucleon Nail]]s as part of a drug metaphor (cos he's a ''Junkie''-on, get it?).
	*Lots of generic [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seekers]] going on this issue, but the one who tries to put down the Autobot uprising seems to take his color scheme cues from ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)\|Ramjet]].		*Lots of generic [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seekers]] going on this issue, but the one who tries to put down the Autobot uprising seems to take his color scheme cues from ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)\|Ramjet]].