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	Deducing that the pilots' brains are wired into the robot tanks to help them maintain an equilibrium, Simmons has Lupton lead the two tanks pursuing them through a dense crop of forest, where they fell all the trees in their wake. Simmons then strikes from behind, hoping to cause the robots to stumble over the collapsed trees, but only one tank falls, and the other continues to attack him. Lupton smashes his way into the fallen tank and seizes the manual controls from its pilot, bringing the robot's cannon to bear and taking down the other with a blast that also, unfortunately, severs Simmons's hand.		Deducing that the pilots' brains are wired into the robot tanks to help them maintain an equilibrium, Simmons has Lupton lead the two tanks pursuing them through a dense crop of forest, where they fell all the trees in their wake. Simmons then strikes from behind, hoping to cause the robots to stumble over the collapsed trees, but only one tank falls, and the other continues to attack him. Lupton smashes his way into the fallen tank and seizes the manual controls from its pilot, bringing the robot's cannon to bear and taking down the other with a blast that also, unfortunately, severs Simmons's hand.

	Simmons and Lupton conceal themselves in the captive tank and try using it to approach Castle Neuschwanstein by hiding in plain sight, but the tortured pilot's repeated pleading screams that they kill him tip off the castle guards. Abandoning stealth, the two men take the tank through the castle walls all guns blazing, prompting the scientists within to activate their ultimate creation: the "[[Panzer-Giganten]]", a huge robot that proceeds to smash the tank and kill Lupton. Simmons evades the robot and machine-guns his way through the ranks of Nazi soldiers that come at him, seizing a scientist and demanding answers. Getting only the standard "I was following orders!" response, he hurls the man out a window, but immediately regrets it, since he could have used his help in finding the captive N.B.E. The Panzer-Giganten comes crashing through the floor after Simmons, who hurls a satchel of explosives at it, only for the automaton to swat it aside. As luck would have it, the satchel blows open the cryo-containment chamber holding the captive N.B.E.—none other than [[Jetfire (~~ROTF~~)\|Jetfire]] himself! Sickened by the Panzer-Giganten, Jetfire drives his fist through the Nazi robot, tearing out its human components and causing it to drop to the floor, deactivated. Jetfire then turns on Simmons, demanding to know how his own kind could do so monstrous a thing. Simmons tries to explain that it was not his doing, and that he thought the bomb would kill them all, prompting Jetfire to question why he values his life so little. Simmons's retort that he values his life, but values freedom more, causes memories of Jetfire's rebellion against [[The Fallen]] to well up in the [[Seeker (ROTF)\|Seeker]]'s mind, and he tells Simmons that they are more alike than they may well realize.		Simmons and Lupton conceal themselves in the captive tank and try using it to approach Castle Neuschwanstein by hiding in plain sight, but the tortured pilot's repeated pleading screams that they kill him tip off the castle guards. Abandoning stealth, the two men take the tank through the castle walls all guns blazing, prompting the scientists within to activate their ultimate creation: the "[[Panzer-Giganten]]", a huge robot that proceeds to smash the tank and kill Lupton. Simmons evades the robot and machine-guns his way through the ranks of Nazi soldiers that come at him, seizing a scientist and demanding answers. Getting only the standard "I was following orders!" response, he hurls the man out a window, but immediately regrets it, since he could have used his help in finding the captive N.B.E. The Panzer-Giganten comes crashing through the floor after Simmons, who hurls a satchel of explosives at it, only for the automaton to swat it aside. As luck would have it, the satchel blows open the cryo-containment chamber holding the captive N.B.E.—none other than [[Jetfire (Movie)\|Jetfire]] himself! Sickened by the Panzer-Giganten, Jetfire drives his fist through the Nazi robot, tearing out its human components and causing it to drop to the floor, deactivated. Jetfire then turns on Simmons, demanding to know how his own kind could do so monstrous a thing. Simmons tries to explain that it was not his doing, and that he thought the bomb would kill them all, prompting Jetfire to question why he values his life so little. Simmons's retort that he values his life, but values freedom more, causes memories of Jetfire's rebellion against [[The Fallen]] to well up in the [[Seeker (ROTF)\|Seeker]]'s mind, and he tells Simmons that they are more alike than they may well realize.

	After destroying Castle Neuschwanstein and everyone in it, Jetfire flies Simmons to an Allied command post and departs without leaving any tangible evidence of his existence. One great mystery remains: a map of a cave system that Nazis had pried from Jetfire's mind. Although the copy in the castle was destroyed, Simmons fears that they may have duplicated the information, and requests permanent transfer to Sector Seven, at last understanding why someone, like his mother and grandfather before him, would so dedicate themselves to the organization.		After destroying Castle Neuschwanstein and everyone in it, Jetfire flies Simmons to an Allied command post and departs without leaving any tangible evidence of his existence. One great mystery remains: a map of a cave system that Nazis had pried from Jetfire's mind. Although the copy in the castle was destroyed, Simmons fears that they may have duplicated the information, and requests permanent transfer to Sector Seven, at last understanding why someone, like his mother and grandfather before him, would so dedicate themselves to the organization.
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TBR: /* Notes */

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	~~[[Image:Sector7issue4 early cover.jpg\|right\|thumb]]~~
	*This issue was originally promoted with a different standard cover featuring Jetfire, which was changed for the finished release.
	*Garcia and Horwitz's deaths are not explicit; they simply don't appear again after the team's plane is shot down.
	*Sector Seven is remarkably progressive on racial issues - the mainstream U.S. military would not integrate for another four years, and a black officer leading white troops was unheard of at the time the story is set.

	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===
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	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
			*Sector Seven is remarkably progressive on racial issues - the mainstream U.S. military would not integrate for another four years, and a black officer leading white troops was unheard of at the time the story is set.
	*Sector Seven is using the {{w\|Fulton surface-to-air recovery system\|Surface To Air Recovery System}} (STARS) nearly a decade before the CIA started using it in real-life. Here, it is merely known as "Fulton Recovery", after its creator, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.		*Sector Seven is using the {{w\|Fulton surface-to-air recovery system\|Surface To Air Recovery System}} (STARS) nearly a decade before the CIA started using it in real-life. Here, it is merely known as "Fulton Recovery", after its creator, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
	*{{w\|Neuschwanstein Castle}} is a real place, though it wasn't destroyed by a giant robot in real life.		*{{w\|Neuschwanstein Castle}} is a real place, though it wasn't destroyed by a giant robot in real life.
	*Despite what you might think, the Panzer-Giganten's war-cry, "Exterminieren", is ''not'' real-life German for "exterminate". It is, in fact, a made-up German-sounding word uttered by German-speaking [[Dalek]]s (in place of their regular English catchphrase of "Ex-ter-min-ate!") in the 2008 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode, "{{w\|Journey's End (Doctor Who)\|Journey's End}}".		*Despite what you might think, the Panzer-Giganten's war-cry, "Exterminieren", is ''not'' real-life German for "exterminate". It is, in fact, a made-up German-sounding word uttered by German-speaking [[Dalek]]s (in place of their regular English catchphrase of "Ex-ter-min-ate!") in the 2008 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode, "{{w\|Journey's End (Doctor Who)\|Journey's End}}".
	*Jetfire is sporting a {{w\|Lockheed P-38 Lightning}} alternate mode in this issue; the same type of plane flown by Barber's grandfather in the war.		*Jetfire is sporting a {{w\|Lockheed P-38 Lightning}} alternate mode in this issue; the same type of plane flown by Barber's grandfather in the war.

			===Other trivia===
			[[Image:Sector7issue4 early cover.jpg\|right\|thumb]]
			*This issue was originally promoted with a different standard cover featuring Jetfire, which was changed for the finished release.
			*Garcia and Horwitz's deaths are not explicit; they simply don't appear again after the team's plane is shot down.

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

Cyberlink420 at 19:23, 13 September 2018

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	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
	*Sector Seven is using the ~~[[Wikipedia:Fulton_surface~~-to-~~air_recovery_system~~\|Surface To Air Recovery System]] (STARS) nearly a decade before the CIA started using it in real-life. Here, it is merely known as "Fulton Recovery", after its creator, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.		*Sector Seven is using the {{w\|Fulton surface-to-air recovery system\|Surface To Air Recovery System}} (STARS) nearly a decade before the CIA started using it in real-life. Here, it is merely known as "Fulton Recovery", after its creator, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
	*{{w\|Neuschwanstein Castle}} is a real place, though it wasn't destroyed by a giant robot in real life.		*{{w\|Neuschwanstein Castle}} is a real place, though it wasn't destroyed by a giant robot in real life.
	*Despite what you might think, the Panzer-Giganten's war-cry, "Exterminieren", is ''not'' real-life German for "exterminate". It is, in fact, a made-up German-sounding word uttered by German-speaking [[Dalek]]s (in place of their regular English catchphrase of "Ex-ter-min-ate!") in the 2008 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode, "{{w\|Journey's End (Doctor Who)\|Journey's End}}".		*Despite what you might think, the Panzer-Giganten's war-cry, "Exterminieren", is ''not'' real-life German for "exterminate". It is, in fact, a made-up German-sounding word uttered by German-speaking [[Dalek]]s (in place of their regular English catchphrase of "Ex-ter-min-ate!") in the 2008 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode, "{{w\|Journey's End (Doctor Who)\|Journey's End}}".

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 08:35, 2 September 2018

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Zodberg at 08:35, 31 May 2017

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	*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from [[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|''Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.		*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from [[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|''Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.
	*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.		*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.
	*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off ~~Banacheck~~'s claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].		*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banachek's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].

	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 22:11, 27 March 2016

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	'''1944 — At the height of World War II, the Allies' worst fears are realized: the Nazis have captured a Transformer!'''		'''1944 — At the height of World War II, the Allies' worst fears are realized: the Nazis have captured a Transformer!'''

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Ookalf: /* Transformers references */

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	*When describing the [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial\|N.B.E.]] in the Nazis' custody, Walter Simmons refers to it not as a "Non-Biological Extraterrestrial", but instead uses the occasionally-seen variant term, "Non-Biological Entity". Barber's notes explain that this usage is deliberate, since Simmons cannot be sure if the creature is [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]], and that this variant eventually became interchangeable among other agents down through the years.		*When describing the [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial\|N.B.E.]] in the Nazis' custody, Walter Simmons refers to it not as a "Non-Biological Extraterrestrial", but instead uses the occasionally-seen variant term, "Non-Biological Entity". Barber's notes explain that this usage is deliberate, since Simmons cannot be sure if the creature is [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]], and that this variant eventually became interchangeable among other agents down through the years.
	*Jetfire was last seen teleporting off to parts unknown after being exposed to the [[AllSpark]] in [[Irreplaceable\|issue #2]].		*Jetfire was last seen teleporting off to parts unknown after being exposed to the [[AllSpark]] in [[Irreplaceable\|issue #2]].
	*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from ''[[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.		*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from [[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|''Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.
	*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.		*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.
	*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banacheck's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].		*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banacheck's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].

Hooper X: /* Notes */

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	*This issue was originally promoted with a different standard cover featuring Jetfire, which was changed for the finished release.		*This issue was originally promoted with a different standard cover featuring Jetfire, which was changed for the finished release.
	*Garcia and Horwitz's deaths are not explicit; they simply don't appear again after the team's plane is shot down.		*Garcia and Horwitz's deaths are not explicit; they simply don't appear again after the team's plane is shot down.
	*Sector Seven is remarkably progressive - the mainstream U.S. military would not integrate for another four years, and a black officer leading white troops was unheard of at the time the story is set.		*Sector Seven is remarkably progressive on racial issues - the mainstream U.S. military would not integrate for another four years, and a black officer leading white troops was unheard of at the time the story is set.

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

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	*When describing the [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial\|N.B.E.]] in the Nazis' custody, Walter Simmons refers to it not as a "Non-Biological Extraterrestrial", but instead uses the occasionally-seen variant term, "Non-Biological Entity". Barber's notes explain that this usage is deliberate, since Simmons cannot be sure if the creature is [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]], and that this variant eventually became interchangeable among other agents down through the years.		*When describing the [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial\|N.B.E.]] in the Nazis' custody, Walter Simmons refers to it not as a "Non-Biological Extraterrestrial", but instead uses the occasionally-seen variant term, "Non-Biological Entity". Barber's notes explain that this usage is deliberate, since Simmons cannot be sure if the creature is [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertronian]], and that this variant eventually became interchangeable among other agents down through the years.
	*Jetfire was last seen teleporting off to parts unknown after being exposed to the [[AllSpark]] in [[Irreplaceable\|issue #2]].		*Jetfire was last seen teleporting off to parts unknown after being exposed to the [[AllSpark]] in [[Irreplaceable\|issue #2]].
	*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from ''[[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.		*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from [[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|''Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.
	*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.		*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.
	*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banacheck's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].		*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banacheck's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

	On [[April 3]], [[1944]], [[Walter Simmons]] summons his grandson, Private [[Bill Simmons\|Billy Simmons]], to the [[Sector Seven]] beta command post at the [[Hoover Dam]], having orchestrated his transfer from his military unit to the Sector Seven forces. Billy is not happy with the situation, preferring to be out facing the ~~Nazis~~ on the battlefield, but as his grandfather reveals the secret history of Sector Seven to him, it becomes apparent that that's exactly where he's going: behind enemy lines to destroy an [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial\|N.B.E.]] that the Nazis have captured and are reverse-engineering to create incredible weapons of war!		On [[April 3]], [[1944]], [[Walter Simmons]] summons his grandson, Private [[Bill Simmons\|Billy Simmons]], to the [[Sector Seven]] beta command post at the [[Hoover Dam]], having orchestrated his transfer from his military unit to the Sector Seven forces. Billy is not happy with the situation, preferring to be out facing the [[Nazi]]s on the battlefield, but as his grandfather reveals the secret history of Sector Seven to him, it becomes apparent that that's exactly where he's going: behind enemy lines to destroy an [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial\|N.B.E.]] that the Nazis have captured and are reverse-engineering to create incredible weapons of war!

	Together with [[Donavan\|Sergeant Donavan]], hand-to-hand expert [[Horwitz]], infiltrations specialist [[Louie Corliss]], machine-gunner [[Garcia (DOTM)\|Garcia]], intelligence officer [[Newcombe]] and sniper [[Lupton]] (nicknamed "The Kid" because he lied about his age to join the army), Billy departs for an air-drop into Nazi territory, close to [[Castle Neuschwanstein]] where the N.B.E. is being kept. The heavy-handed speeches of Donavan and the joking of Corliss get the mission off to an uneasy start, but things suddenly get exponentially worse when the team's plane is shot down by Nazi laser-tanks! Simmons, Donavan, Newcombe and Lupton are the only ones to survive the fall, managing to deploy their parachutes, but Newcombe doesn't last long on the ground, crushed by one of the freakish tanks as it comes rolling in pursuit of the soldiers. The three remaining men take cover in a ditch, reasoning that the tank will not be able to follow... only for the tank to transform into a humanoid mode! Luckily, the tank's conversion time gives Donavan a chance to load a bazooka and topple the tank-robot, which is revealed to have a human pilot wired into its systems. The pilot pleads for Simmons to kill him in German, and Simmons does so—but not out of mercy, since he doesn't ''speak'' German. Detecting the approach of more tanks, the men prepare to leave, but Simmons and Lupton discover that Donavan has been fatally wounded by blow-back from the bazooka, and obey his wishes to leave him.		Together with [[Donavan\|Sergeant Donavan]], hand-to-hand expert [[Horwitz]], infiltrations specialist [[Louie Corliss]], machine-gunner [[Garcia (DOTM)\|Garcia]], intelligence officer [[Newcombe]], and sniper [[Lupton]] (nicknamed "The Kid" because he lied about his age to join [[United States Army\|the army]]), Billy departs for an air-drop into [[Germany\|Nazi territory]], close to [[Castle Neuschwanstein]] where the N.B.E. is being kept. The heavy-handed speeches of Donavan and the joking of Corliss get the mission off to an uneasy start, but things suddenly get exponentially worse when the team's plane is shot down by Nazi laser-tanks! Simmons, Donavan, Newcombe, and Lupton are the only ones to survive the fall, managing to deploy their parachutes, but Newcombe doesn't last long on the ground, crushed by one of the freakish tanks as it comes rolling in pursuit of the soldiers. The three remaining men take cover in a ditch, reasoning that the tank will not be able to follow... only for the tank to transform into a humanoid mode! Luckily, the tank's conversion time gives Donavan a chance to load a bazooka and topple the tank-robot, which is revealed to have a human pilot wired into its systems. The pilot pleads for Simmons to kill him in German, and Simmons does so—but not out of mercy, since he doesn't ''speak'' German. Detecting the approach of more tanks, the men prepare to leave, but Simmons and Lupton discover that Donavan has been fatally wounded by blow-back from the bazooka, and obey his wishes to leave him.

	Deducing that the pilots' brains are wired into the robot tanks to help them maintain an equilibrium, Simmons has Lupton lead the two tanks pursuing them through a dense crop of forest, where they fell all the trees in their wake. Simmons then strikes from behind, hoping to cause the robots to stumble over the collapsed trees, but only one tank falls, and the other continues to attack him. Lupton smashes his way into the fallen tank and seizes the manual controls from its pilot, bringing the robot's cannon to bear and taking down the other with a blast that also, unfortunately, severs Simmons's hand.		Deducing that the pilots' brains are wired into the robot tanks to help them maintain an equilibrium, Simmons has Lupton lead the two tanks pursuing them through a dense crop of forest, where they fell all the trees in their wake. Simmons then strikes from behind, hoping to cause the robots to stumble over the collapsed trees, but only one tank falls, and the other continues to attack him. Lupton smashes his way into the fallen tank and seizes the manual controls from its pilot, bringing the robot's cannon to bear and taking down the other with a blast that also, unfortunately, severs Simmons's hand.
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	*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from [[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|''Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.		*Jetfire recalls his rebellion against The Fallen from [[Tales of the Fallen issue 3\|''Tales of the Fallen'' #3]], complete with cribbed dialogue from that issue.
	*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.		*The cave system that the Nazis have mapped is the same one previously seen in the first two issues of this series, which Jetfire spent over a decade crawling around in.
	*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's [[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]] series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banachek's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].		*In the first [[Transformers (film)\|live-action film]], [[Tom Banachek]] claimed that Megatron was moved to the [[Hoover Dam]] in 1934, a fact contradicted by both IDW's ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel \|Movie Prequel]]'' series (which showed that he had not been moved by 1935, but that preparations were under way to receive him) and the ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday\| Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' prequel novel (which had him being moved in 1969). In his notes, Barber foregoes any real attempt at smoothing over this continuity error, and just writes off Banachek's claim as a lie; not hard to do, given that construction of the Hoover Dam hadn't been ''finished'' in 1934. The outbreak of [[World War II]] is credited for the delay in Megatron's move from the late 30s to 1969; presumably, this has in turn delayed Walter Simmons's retirement, which he claimed he was on the cusp of in [[Movie Prequel issue 3\|Movie Prequel #3]].

	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===

	*Sector Seven is using the [[Wikipedia:Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system\|Surface To Air Recovery System]] (STARS) nearly a decade before the CIA started using it in real-life. Here, it is merely known as "Fulton Recovery", after its creator, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.		*Sector Seven is using the [[Wikipedia:Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system\|Surface To Air Recovery System]] (STARS) nearly a decade before the CIA started using it in real-life. Here, it is merely known as "Fulton Recovery", after its creator, Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
	*~~[[Wikipedia:Neuschwanstein_Castle~~\|Neuschwanstein Castle]] is a real place, though it wasn't destroyed by a giant robot in real life.		*{{w\|Neuschwanstein Castle}} is a real place, though it wasn't destroyed by a giant robot in real life.
	*Despite what you might think, the Panzer-Giganten's war-cry, "Exterminieren", is ''not'' real-life German for "exterminate". It is, in fact, a made-up German-sounding word uttered by German-speaking [[Dalek]]s (in place of their regular English catchphrase of "Ex-ter-min-ate!") in the 2008 ''[[~~Doctor\|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode, "Journey's End".		*Despite what you might think, the Panzer-Giganten's war-cry, "Exterminieren", is ''not'' real-life German for "exterminate". It is, in fact, a made-up German-sounding word uttered by German-speaking [[Dalek]]s (in place of their regular English catchphrase of "Ex-ter-min-ate!") in the 2008 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode, "{{w\|Journey's End (Doctor Who)\|Journey's End}}".
	*Jetfire is sporting a Lockheed P-38 Lightning alternate mode in this issue; the same type of plane flown by Barber's grandfather in the war.		*Jetfire is sporting a {{w\|Lockheed P-38 Lightning}} alternate mode in this issue; the same type of plane flown by Barber's grandfather in the war.

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