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|image= | |image=TFvol1 17cvrB.jpg|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] | ||
|date=[[March 9]], [[2011]] | |date=[[March 9]], [[2011]] | ||
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|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]] | |editor=[[Andy Schmidt]] | ||
|continuity=[[ | |continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]] | ||
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]] | |chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]] | ||
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'''Things continue to go downhill for the Autobots, as Megatron holds Ultra Magnus hostage.''' | '''Things continue to go downhill for the Autobots, as Megatron holds Ultra Magnus hostage.''' | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
''Trapped underwater in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW | ''Trapped underwater in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s trailer, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike]] is unconvinced about the [[Autobot]]'s supposed ability to manufacture oxygen to keep the men alive. Spike then begins lamenting about being unable to contact his sister to his equally trapped [[Skywatch]] compatriots. As he says this, ocean water comes pouring through the gaps in the trailer.'' | ||
[[File:BurningChrome Prime shoots Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]] | [[File:BurningChrome Prime shoots Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]] | ||
Presently, Spike awakens in a sweat in Prime's cab, no longer underwater. After [[Joe Henderson]] asks about the health of his commanding officer, Spike comments that it's going to take some time for his brain to stop reliving their recent aquatic plight. Composing himself, Spike orders Henderson to check for communications from the Skywatch base in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]. Joe does so, and sees that in addition to the expected offline distress call, there is another message encoded underneath that Prime is going to want to see. | Presently, Spike awakens in a sweat in Prime's cab, no longer underwater. After [[Joe Henderson (G1)|Joe Henderson]] asks about the health of his commanding officer, Spike comments that it's going to take some time for his brain to stop reliving their recent aquatic plight. Composing himself, Spike orders Henderson to check for communications from the Skywatch base in [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]]. Joe does so, and sees that in addition to the expected offline distress call, there is another message encoded underneath that Prime is going to want to see. | ||
The message plays, and a projection of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW | The message plays, and a projection of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] appears, greeting Optimus Prime, who the [[Decepticon]] tyrant knows will still be alive to receive this message. The same cannot be said of some of the Autobot troops, notably [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and Skywatch personnel mustered against Megatron. Megatron ends the message by threatening not to kill Prime, but to destroy him, stating that the Autobots will know the difference. After Optimus verifies that the message came from near a population center, the Autobots and Skywatch personnel roll out, despite the ammo shortages, power depletion and fatigue affecting all of them. | ||
Outside of Albuquerque, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] is forced to abandon his prisoner, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW | Outside of Albuquerque, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] is forced to abandon his prisoner, [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], and take his wounded ally [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] to get repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. Not far away, Optimus Prime and his group of Autobots rendezvous with Megatron and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. Megatron tells Prime to lower his weapons as they can do no harm to the Decepticon leader's new form. Megatron then gloats that in the city, there are 46 people armed with weapons derived from his previous body, and hundreds more scattered across the planet. Optimus dismisses these people as renegades that mean nothing and claims the Cybertronians can learn much from the [[human]]s, an idea that Megatron scoffs at. Megatron claims that the only things the Autobots will learn is how they've brought ruin to themselves. Optimus Prime asks if this is how it's always going to be, a philosophical disagreement and then the punching starts. Megatron answers that this time, things have changed. Rather than kill Prime, he wants to destroy him. To this end, Megatron had dumped the wounded and incapacitated Autobots in the city fifteen minutes earlier. | ||
Knowing that if his troops take on non-military humans in their own cities they'll never be accepted on Earth, Prime sends Spike and [[Campolongo]] to find his cohorts, ordering Jazz to transport them as he's the fastest of the group. Prime admits to Megatron that he doesn't trust all humans, but he does trust Spike. | Knowing that if his troops take on non-military humans in their own cities they'll never be accepted on Earth, Prime sends Spike and [[Campolongo]] to find his cohorts, ordering Jazz to transport them as he's the fastest of the group. Prime admits to Megatron that he doesn't trust all humans, but he does trust Spike. | ||
Driving through the city, Spike hears via the radio that Megatron dumped the wounded Autobots on a school playground. At the playground, there are two men with Megatron-derived guns aiming at the Autobots. Several policemen with regular sidearms have the Megatron-gun wielders in their sights. [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] is trying to get the humans to stand down so that nobody on either side gets hurt, but the Autobot's message isn't getting through. Spike pulls up in [[Jazz (G1)/IDW | Driving through the city, Spike hears via the radio that Megatron dumped the wounded Autobots on a school playground. At the playground, there are two men with Megatron-derived guns aiming at the Autobots. Several policemen with regular sidearms have the Megatron-gun wielders in their sights. [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] is trying to get the humans to stand down so that nobody on either side gets hurt, but the Autobot's message isn't getting through. Spike pulls up in [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]], disembarks and tells the police that he's taking operational command and that the first priority is evacuating the area so that no people get hurt. An officer on the scene ignores Spike and orders the assembled police to hold their fire, despite protestations from a wounded elderly fellow officer. | ||
Back outside the city, Megatron tells Optimus Prime that he can feel the renegade humans getting ready to fire on the Autobots. This leads Prime to conclude that the Decepticon hasn't left this to chance and must be communicating somehow through the Cybertronian weaponry. Prime charges up his [[ion blaster]]. Megatron reminds Optimus that it won't hurt him. Optimus knows and blasts Soundwave through the head, deactivating both the Decepticon communications officer and the signals broadcasting into the Megatron-guns. Megatron is predictably enraged, and threatens to destroy Optimus Prime's [[spark]] with his bare hands. Megatron stops himself, stating that while he may have lost one soldier, Prime is going to lose ''everything''. With that statement, Megatron then scoops up Soundwave's body and leaves. | Back outside the city, Megatron tells Optimus Prime that he can feel the renegade humans getting ready to fire on the Autobots. This leads Prime to conclude that the Decepticon hasn't left this to chance and must be communicating somehow through the Cybertronian weaponry. Prime charges up his [[ion blaster]]. Megatron reminds Optimus that it won't hurt him. Optimus knows and blasts Soundwave through the head, deactivating both the Decepticon communications officer and the signals broadcasting into the Megatron-guns. Megatron is predictably enraged, and threatens to destroy Optimus Prime's [[spark]] with his bare hands. Megatron stops himself, stating that while he may have lost one soldier, Prime is going to lose ''everything''. With that statement, Megatron then scoops up Soundwave's body and leaves. | ||
Back in the city, the gun wielders are a little disoriented now that the "voices" have stopped. They are subsequently disarmed and detained rather easily. However, the policeman who gave the order to hold fire earlier now has one of the Megatron-guns and says that while the renegades may have been insane, they were not wrong, and points the Megatron-gun at [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW | Back in the city, the gun wielders are a little disoriented now that the "voices" have stopped. They are subsequently disarmed and detained rather easily. However, the policeman who gave the order to hold fire earlier now has one of the Megatron-guns and says that while the renegades may have been insane, they were not wrong, and points the Megatron-gun at [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee tries to reason with the man, but an impatient Jazz disobeys Prime's order to stand down, transforms and creeps up on the situation. Right as the man goes to squeeze the trigger on the Megatron-gun, Jazz fires his [[photon rifle]] at the human, engulfing him in flames. A horrified Bumblebee asks a shaken Jazz what he just did... | ||
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{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | {{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | ||
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW | * [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4) | ||
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW | * [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (6) | ||
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW | * [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] (7) | ||
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (8) | * [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (8) | ||
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW | * [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (9) | ||
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10) | * [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (10) | ||
*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW | * [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] (11) | ||
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12) | * [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12) | ||
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | {{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | ||
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW | * [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (13) | ||
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (14) | * [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (14) | ||
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (17) | * [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (17) | ||
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19) | * [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (19) | ||
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW | * [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] (20) | ||
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (21) | * [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (21) | ||
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (22) | * [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (22) | ||
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (23) | * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (23) | ||
{{!}}} | {{!}}} | ||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW | * [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (5) | ||
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW | * [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] (15) | ||
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW | * [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] (16) | ||
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW | * [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] (18) | ||
|c3= | |c3= | ||
*[[Campolongo]] (1) | * [[Campolongo]] (1) | ||
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW | * [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (2) | ||
*[[Joe Henderson]] (3) | * [[Joe Henderson (G1)|Joe Henderson]] (3) | ||
*[[Schwalbe]] (24) | * [[Schwalbe]] (24) | ||
*[[John Powell]] (25) | * [[John Powell]] (25) | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
*Spike mentions having a sister, a never-before-mentioned member of the Witwicky family of Generation 1. Interestingly, the idea of a younger sister ''was'' part of the early development of | * Spike mentions having a sister, a never-before-mentioned member of the Witwicky family of Generation 1. Interestingly, the idea of a younger sister ''was'' part of the early development of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Sunbow Generation 1 cartoon]].<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#151 Human Characters] in the G1 cartoon bible.</ref> | ||
*Red Alert is seen with Prime's team from [[South Korea|Korea]], while [[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW | * Red Alert is seen with Prime's team from [[South Korea|Korea]], while [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] is nowhere to be found. It's possible the Korean unit reconnected with the other Autobots on Earth (besides those with Ultra Magnus) between this issue and the last, but this isn't clearly indicated from the context. | ||
*As Prime and Megatron trade insults, Ultra Magnus is conscious and up to something, take note, that may be important later... | * As Prime and Megatron trade insults, Ultra Magnus is conscious and up to something, take note, that may be important later... | ||
===Real-world references=== | ===Real-world references=== | ||
*"{{w|Burning Chrome}}" is the name of a 1982 short story (and later written short story collection) by {{w|William Gibson}}. | * "{{w|Burning Chrome}}" is the name of a 1982 short story (and later written short story collection) by {{w|William Gibson}}. | ||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
*Optimus is the only Autobot to have a faction symbol on page 4... and it is photoshopped at the wrong angle. | * Optimus is the only Autobot to have a faction symbol on page 4... and it is photoshopped at the wrong angle. | ||
*''Everyone'' is missing their faction symbols on the subsequent page. | * ''Everyone'' is missing their faction symbols on the subsequent page. | ||
*On page 10, "possess" is misspelled "posses". | * On page 10, "possess" is misspelled "posses". | ||
*The first panel of page 12 is missing a dialog balloon before Megatron says "Or you can..." This was corrected in the trade paperback collection with the missing balloon and dialogue added in as: '''"Of course, if you're so committed to "learning" from these humans I'm sure you'll sit back and attend to this lesson."''' | * The first panel of page 12 is missing a dialog balloon before Megatron says "Or you can..." This was corrected in the trade paperback collection with the missing balloon and dialogue added in as: '''"Of course, if you're so committed to "learning" from these humans I'm sure you'll sit back and attend to this lesson."''' | ||
*[[Blurr (G1) | * [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] are mysteriously absent in the group that Megatron leaves on the school playground on page 14, even though they were seen last issue. | ||
*Also on page 14, third panel, Silverstreak's shoulder is mistakenly colored orange. This was fixed for the trade paperback collection. | * Also on page 14, third panel, Silverstreak's shoulder is mistakenly colored orange. This was fixed for the trade paperback collection. | ||
*And on the subject of colors, on the pages colored by Andrew Dalhouse at the beginning of the issue, Jazz's visor is Generation 1 blue, but on the pages colored by Romulo Fajardo at the end of the issue, it's colored silver like his [[Jazz (Movie)|movie counterpart's]]. Also, Red Alert's helmet is colored red (like in the cartoon), whereas the previous Earth-based story had him with a black helmet (like his toy). | * And on the subject of colors, on the pages colored by Andrew Dalhouse at the beginning of the issue, Jazz's visor is Generation 1 blue, but on the pages colored by Romulo Fajardo at the end of the issue, it's colored silver like his [[Jazz (Movie)|movie counterpart's]]. Also, Red Alert's helmet is colored red (like in the cartoon), whereas the previous Earth-based story had him with a black helmet (like his toy). | ||
===Other trivia=== | |||
* Milne draws Smokescreen's alternate form as its ''Universe'' design, differing slightly from his previous depictions in the series. | |||
===Covers (3)=== | ===Covers (3)=== | ||
*'''Cover A:''' Soundwave holding Ultra Magnus hostage; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]] | * '''Cover A:''' Soundwave holding Ultra Magnus hostage; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]] | ||
*'''Cover B:''' A devastated Jazz near a dead cop; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[James Brown|J. Brown]]. | * '''Cover B:''' A devastated Jazz near a dead cop; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[James Brown|J. Brown]]. | ||
*'''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Soundwave by Marcelo Matere. | * '''Cover RI:''' Concept art of Soundwave by Marcelo Matere. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:TFvol1 17cvrA.jpg|"You will deal with me NOW, Magnus!" | ||
File: | File:TFvol1 17cvrB.jpg|He's dead, Jazz. | ||
File: | File:TFvol1 17cvrRI.jpg|Soundwave's an iPod, amirite? | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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** Collects ''The Transformers'' (2009) issues #13–18. | |||
** Bonus material includes art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa and [[Marcelo Matere]]. | |||
** Trade paperback format. | |||
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** Hardcover format. | |||
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** Collects ''The Transformers'' (2009) issues #13–18, and ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]: [[Spotlight: Megatron|Megatron]]''. | |||
** Bonus material includes a ''Spotlight: Megatron'' sketchbook. | |||
** Hardcover format. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:IDW ongoing tpb3.jpg|'''''Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Andrew Dalhouse]] | |||
File:IDWCollection7.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Volume Seven''''' – cover art by [[E. J. Su]] | |||
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v48.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 48: Revenge of the Decepticons''''' – cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Nick Roche]] and [[Len O'Grady]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| "Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 9, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | March 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Mike Costa | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Alex Milne | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Andrew Dalhouse and Romulo Fajardo | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Shawn Lee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 2005 IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2011) | ||||||||||||
Things continue to go downhill for the Autobots, as Megatron holds Ultra Magnus hostage.
Synopsis
[edit]Trapped underwater in Optimus Prime's trailer, Spike is unconvinced about the Autobot's supposed ability to manufacture oxygen to keep the men alive. Spike then begins lamenting about being unable to contact his sister to his equally trapped Skywatch compatriots. As he says this, ocean water comes pouring through the gaps in the trailer.
Presently, Spike awakens in a sweat in Prime's cab, no longer underwater. After Joe Henderson asks about the health of his commanding officer, Spike comments that it's going to take some time for his brain to stop reliving their recent aquatic plight. Composing himself, Spike orders Henderson to check for communications from the Skywatch base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Joe does so, and sees that in addition to the expected offline distress call, there is another message encoded underneath that Prime is going to want to see.
The message plays, and a projection of Megatron appears, greeting Optimus Prime, who the Decepticon tyrant knows will still be alive to receive this message. The same cannot be said of some of the Autobot troops, notably Ultra Magnus, and Skywatch personnel mustered against Megatron. Megatron ends the message by threatening not to kill Prime, but to destroy him, stating that the Autobots will know the difference. After Optimus verifies that the message came from near a population center, the Autobots and Skywatch personnel roll out, despite the ammo shortages, power depletion and fatigue affecting all of them.
Outside of Albuquerque, Brawn is forced to abandon his prisoner, Starscream, and take his wounded ally Thundercracker to get repairs from Ratchet. Not far away, Optimus Prime and his group of Autobots rendezvous with Megatron and Soundwave. Megatron tells Prime to lower his weapons as they can do no harm to the Decepticon leader's new form. Megatron then gloats that in the city, there are 46 people armed with weapons derived from his previous body, and hundreds more scattered across the planet. Optimus dismisses these people as renegades that mean nothing and claims the Cybertronians can learn much from the humans, an idea that Megatron scoffs at. Megatron claims that the only things the Autobots will learn is how they've brought ruin to themselves. Optimus Prime asks if this is how it's always going to be, a philosophical disagreement and then the punching starts. Megatron answers that this time, things have changed. Rather than kill Prime, he wants to destroy him. To this end, Megatron had dumped the wounded and incapacitated Autobots in the city fifteen minutes earlier.
Knowing that if his troops take on non-military humans in their own cities they'll never be accepted on Earth, Prime sends Spike and Campolongo to find his cohorts, ordering Jazz to transport them as he's the fastest of the group. Prime admits to Megatron that he doesn't trust all humans, but he does trust Spike.
Driving through the city, Spike hears via the radio that Megatron dumped the wounded Autobots on a school playground. At the playground, there are two men with Megatron-derived guns aiming at the Autobots. Several policemen with regular sidearms have the Megatron-gun wielders in their sights. Gears is trying to get the humans to stand down so that nobody on either side gets hurt, but the Autobot's message isn't getting through. Spike pulls up in Jazz, disembarks and tells the police that he's taking operational command and that the first priority is evacuating the area so that no people get hurt. An officer on the scene ignores Spike and orders the assembled police to hold their fire, despite protestations from a wounded elderly fellow officer.
Back outside the city, Megatron tells Optimus Prime that he can feel the renegade humans getting ready to fire on the Autobots. This leads Prime to conclude that the Decepticon hasn't left this to chance and must be communicating somehow through the Cybertronian weaponry. Prime charges up his ion blaster. Megatron reminds Optimus that it won't hurt him. Optimus knows and blasts Soundwave through the head, deactivating both the Decepticon communications officer and the signals broadcasting into the Megatron-guns. Megatron is predictably enraged, and threatens to destroy Optimus Prime's spark with his bare hands. Megatron stops himself, stating that while he may have lost one soldier, Prime is going to lose everything. With that statement, Megatron then scoops up Soundwave's body and leaves.
Back in the city, the gun wielders are a little disoriented now that the "voices" have stopped. They are subsequently disarmed and detained rather easily. However, the policeman who gave the order to hold fire earlier now has one of the Megatron-guns and says that while the renegades may have been insane, they were not wrong, and points the Megatron-gun at Bumblebee. Bumblebee tries to reason with the man, but an impatient Jazz disobeys Prime's order to stand down, transforms and creeps up on the situation. Right as the man goes to squeeze the trigger on the Megatron-gun, Jazz fires his photon rifle at the human, engulfing him in flames. A horrified Bumblebee asks a shaken Jazz what he just did...
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Spike mentions having a sister, a never-before-mentioned member of the Witwicky family of Generation 1. Interestingly, the idea of a younger sister was part of the early development of Sunbow Generation 1 cartoon.[1]
- Red Alert is seen with Prime's team from Korea, while Wheeljack is nowhere to be found. It's possible the Korean unit reconnected with the other Autobots on Earth (besides those with Ultra Magnus) between this issue and the last, but this isn't clearly indicated from the context.
- As Prime and Megatron trade insults, Ultra Magnus is conscious and up to something, take note, that may be important later...
Real-world references
[edit]- "Burning Chrome" is the name of a 1982 short story (and later written short story collection) by William Gibson.
Errors
[edit]- Optimus is the only Autobot to have a faction symbol on page 4... and it is photoshopped at the wrong angle.
- Everyone is missing their faction symbols on the subsequent page.
- On page 10, "possess" is misspelled "posses".
- The first panel of page 12 is missing a dialog balloon before Megatron says "Or you can..." This was corrected in the trade paperback collection with the missing balloon and dialogue added in as: "Of course, if you're so committed to "learning" from these humans I'm sure you'll sit back and attend to this lesson."
- Blurr, Tracks, and Windcharger are mysteriously absent in the group that Megatron leaves on the school playground on page 14, even though they were seen last issue.
- Also on page 14, third panel, Silverstreak's shoulder is mistakenly colored orange. This was fixed for the trade paperback collection.
- And on the subject of colors, on the pages colored by Andrew Dalhouse at the beginning of the issue, Jazz's visor is Generation 1 blue, but on the pages colored by Romulo Fajardo at the end of the issue, it's colored silver like his movie counterpart's. Also, Red Alert's helmet is colored red (like in the cartoon), whereas the previous Earth-based story had him with a black helmet (like his toy).
Other trivia
[edit]- Milne draws Smokescreen's alternate form as its Universe design, differing slightly from his previous depictions in the series.
Covers (3)
[edit]- Cover A: Soundwave holding Ultra Magnus hostage; art by Marcelo Matere and colors by Priscilla Tramontano
- Cover B: A devastated Jazz near a dead cop; art by Nick Roche and colors by J. Brown.
- Cover RI: Concept art of Soundwave by Marcelo Matere.
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"You will deal with me NOW, Magnus!" -
He's dead, Jazz. -
Soundwave's an iPod, amirite?
Advertisements
[edit]- The Transformers #18
- IDWords ads for Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Suicide Girls, Genius Isolated: The Life & Art of Alex Toth, and Danger Girl comics
- Superstar comic
- The Transformers: Heart of Darkness
- G.I. Joe: Tales from the Cobra Wars
- Suicide Girls
- Infestation comics
- Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters (back cover)
Reprints
[edit]- The Transformers, Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons (July 27, 2011) ISBN 1600109810 / ISBN 978-1600109812
- Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #13–18.
- Bonus material includes art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa and Marcelo Matere.
- Trade paperback format.
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Seven (October 17, 2012) ISBN 1613774060 / ISBN 978-1613774069
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 48: Revenge of the Decepticons (April 17, 2019)
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Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Andrew Dalhouse -
The IDW Collection Volume Seven – cover art by E. J. Su -
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 48: Revenge of the Decepticons – cover art by Don Figueroa, Nick Roche and Len O'Grady
References
[edit]- ↑ Human Characters in the G1 cartoon bible.
