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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
In the wilderness of Cybertron, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] demands [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] to verify the rumors of [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s assassination, telling his unbelieving bodyguard that his death changes everything. Suddenly, [[Warpath (SG)|Warpath]], [[Kup (SG)|Kup]], [[Camshaft (SG)|Camshaft]], and [[Hound (SG)|Hound]] drive up, despite being assigned elsewhere. Prime quickly realizes they're here to assassinate him as well, and gives them a chance to run away. Refusing, Warpath fires on Optimus Prime, but the Autobot commander uses Ricochet as a shield. Tossing his deceased bodyguard aside, Prime rushes forth against [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]' agents, crushing Warpath's cannon and throwing him into Hound. Decapitating Camshaft with his cannon, Prime grabs Kup, remarking on the pity of losing the old soldier, and crushes his head in his hands. Suddenly, Prime is accosted by [[Alpha Trion#Shattered Glass|Alpha Trion]], who, along with [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], has come to ensure Prime's death. | |||
At Decepticon headquarters, the ranting [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] is arrested, as [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] threatens to kill him. [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] despairs over the corpse of [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], while [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] asks the unsure [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] what they should do. [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] believes they should try to bring Megatron back, telling Landquake that their attempts to revive [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] failed because he was offline for a long amount of time, while Megatron has only been offline for a few minutes. Breakaway asks Heatwave if he has any special abilities like the rest, and when the Decepticon tells him he can talk to non-sentient machines, Breakaway tells him that he intends to bring Megatron back to life. | |||
Greeting his old mentor, Optimus Prime shows Alpha Trion the new Autobot superweapon, [[Omega Doom]]. Omega Doom unleashes a blast that seemingly destroys Alpha Trion and a mile of the Cybertron landscape. Pleased, Prime orders his weapon to destroy the Decepticons while he deals with Trion subordinates... | |||
Attempting to use their powers on Megatron, the four find the world fragmenting around them, as visions from the past, old friends, and other universes appear to them, before the four are joined by Skyfall in a shared mindscape. The four are greeted by the voice of [[Primus]], who tells them while this one is farther than most, all Cybertrons are theirs, and that their reunification is at hand. Primus gives them the option to remain individuals, or to die and be reborn, more powerful than ever. The five make an unspoken agreement, and Primus tells his child, [[Nexus Prime]], to arise. | |||
==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
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*[[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] (12) | *[[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] (12) | ||
*[[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] ( | *[[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] (13) | ||
*[[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] ( | *[[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] (14) | ||
*Two unknown Decepticons ( | *[[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] (15) | ||
*Two unknown Decepticons (16) | |||
|h2=[[Autobot]]s||c2= | |h2=[[Autobot]]s||c2= | ||
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*[[Camshaft (SG)|Camshaft]] (6) | *[[Camshaft (SG)|Camshaft]] (6) | ||
*[[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] (7) | *[[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] (7) | ||
*[[Alpha Trion | *[[Alpha Trion#Shattered Glass|Alpha Trion]] (8) | ||
*[[Omega Doom]] ( | *[[Omega Doom]] (18) | ||
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*[[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] (10) | *[[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] (10) | ||
*[[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] (11) | *[[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] (11) | ||
*[[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] ( | *[[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] (17) | ||
*[[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] ( | *[[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] (19) | ||
*''[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] ( | *''[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (20)'' | ||
*''[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] ( | *''[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (21)'' (see "Errors") | ||
*''[[Sentinel Maximus]] ( | *''[[Sentinel Maximus]] (22)'' | ||
*[[Primus]] ( | *[[Primus]] (23) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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'''Primus''': "TO DIE. TO BE REBORN. OR TO LIVE AND FADE AWAY."<br /> | '''Primus''': "TO DIE. TO BE REBORN. OR TO LIVE AND FADE AWAY."<br /> | ||
'''Skyfall''': "I'm ''already'' dead. That's a sucky choice." | '''Skyfall''': "I'm ''already'' dead. That's a sucky choice." | ||
:—Primus explains the concept of | :—Primus explains the concept of {{w|Catch-22 (logic)|Catch-22}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Warpath, | * Characters mentioned but not seen include: [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] and [[Nexus Prime]]. | ||
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===Continuty notes=== | |||
* Hound, Warpath, Kup, and Camshaft were all previously seen together in "[[Do Over]]". | |||
* Skyfall's corpse is surrounded by the heads of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime, ''Energon'' Downshift (see "Errors", however), and Sentinel Maximus, who he met in the "Revelations" storyline. | |||
* Skyfall remembers Trion stabbing him at the end of the "[[Transcendent]]" storyline. | |||
===Transformers references=== | |||
* A few more new characters are introduced this issue, along with Hound finally making a visual appearance in-story after his profile was published earlier in the issue: | |||
** Kup, who's based on [[BotCon 2009]] [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] in the colors of fellow exclusive [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]; his [[Elite Guard]] symbol comes from that year's customization class toy, ''Shattered Glass'' [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]]. | |||
** Warpath is based on ''Universe'' Legends-class [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] in the colors of ''GoBots'' Tank. He still has his positive-universe counterpart's tendency to add explosive onomatopoeia to his speech. | |||
** Camshaft is repurposed from ''Universe'' Spychanger [[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]]. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* ''Generation 1'' [[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]]'s head has been drawn in place of ''Energon'' Downshift's. | * ''Generation 1'' [[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]]'s head has been drawn in place of ''Energon'' Downshift's. | ||
[[Category:Shattered Glass issues]] | [[Category:Shattered Glass issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:01, 29 June 2025
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| "Reunification: Part 5" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #29 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Forest Lee | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Robby Musso | ||||||||||||
| Inks by | Robby Musso | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Josh Perez | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Shattered Glass | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (20xx) | ||||||||||||
Optimus Prime deals with Trion's assassination attempt, while the finally reunited Nexus Prime members attempt to revive Megatron.
Synopsis
[edit]In the wilderness of Cybertron, Optimus Prime demands Ricochet to verify the rumors of Megatron's assassination, telling his unbelieving bodyguard that his death changes everything. Suddenly, Warpath, Kup, Camshaft, and Hound drive up, despite being assigned elsewhere. Prime quickly realizes they're here to assassinate him as well, and gives them a chance to run away. Refusing, Warpath fires on Optimus Prime, but the Autobot commander uses Ricochet as a shield. Tossing his deceased bodyguard aside, Prime rushes forth against Rodimus' agents, crushing Warpath's cannon and throwing him into Hound. Decapitating Camshaft with his cannon, Prime grabs Kup, remarking on the pity of losing the old soldier, and crushes his head in his hands. Suddenly, Prime is accosted by Alpha Trion, who, along with Sky Lynx and Nightscream, has come to ensure Prime's death.
At Decepticon headquarters, the ranting Cyclonus is arrested, as Heatwave threatens to kill him. Starscream despairs over the corpse of Megatron, while Topspin asks the unsure Landquake what they should do. Breakaway believes they should try to bring Megatron back, telling Landquake that their attempts to revive Skyfall failed because he was offline for a long amount of time, while Megatron has only been offline for a few minutes. Breakaway asks Heatwave if he has any special abilities like the rest, and when the Decepticon tells him he can talk to non-sentient machines, Breakaway tells him that he intends to bring Megatron back to life.
Greeting his old mentor, Optimus Prime shows Alpha Trion the new Autobot superweapon, Omega Doom. Omega Doom unleashes a blast that seemingly destroys Alpha Trion and a mile of the Cybertron landscape. Pleased, Prime orders his weapon to destroy the Decepticons while he deals with Trion subordinates...
Attempting to use their powers on Megatron, the four find the world fragmenting around them, as visions from the past, old friends, and other universes appear to them, before the four are joined by Skyfall in a shared mindscape. The four are greeted by the voice of Primus, who tells them while this one is farther than most, all Cybertrons are theirs, and that their reunification is at hand. Primus gives them the option to remain individuals, or to die and be reborn, more powerful than ever. The five make an unspoken agreement, and Primus tells his child, Nexus Prime, to arise.
Featured characters
[edit](Characters in italic text appear only in flashback.)
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
[edit]"Long live Rodimus!"
"Rodimus? Please. Rodimus couldn't lead his way out of a foil factory."
- —Hound fails to impress Optimus Prime with his rallying cries.
"Skyfall! You're alive!"
"Yeah. I... Alpha Trion stabbed me! That jerk!"
- —Landquake and Skyfall (the master of understated insults)
"WELCOME HOME, MY CHILDREN."
"Home? We're not back on my Cybertron, are we?"
"ALL CYBERTRONS ARE YOURS. THIS ONE IS SIMPLY A BIT FARTHER AWAY THAN MOST."
- —Primus explains the whole "multiversal singularity" thing to Skyfall.
Primus: "YOU HAVE RETURNED HOME. REUNIFICATION IS AT HAND. YOU MUST CHOOSE."
Landquake: "Choose what?"
Primus: "TO DIE. TO BE REBORN. OR TO LIVE AND FADE AWAY."
Skyfall: "I'm already dead. That's a sucky choice."
- —Primus explains the concept of Catch-22
Notes
[edit]- Characters mentioned but not seen include: Rodimus and Nexus Prime.
Continuty notes
[edit]- Hound, Warpath, Kup, and Camshaft were all previously seen together in "Do Over".
- Skyfall's corpse is surrounded by the heads of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime, Energon Downshift (see "Errors", however), and Sentinel Maximus, who he met in the "Revelations" storyline.
- Skyfall remembers Trion stabbing him at the end of the "Transcendent" storyline.
Transformers references
[edit]- A few more new characters are introduced this issue, along with Hound finally making a visual appearance in-story after his profile was published earlier in the issue:
- Kup, who's based on BotCon 2009 Kup in the colors of fellow exclusive Scourge; his Elite Guard symbol comes from that year's customization class toy, Shattered Glass Thunderclash.
- Warpath is based on Universe Legends-class Warpath in the colors of GoBots Tank. He still has his positive-universe counterpart's tendency to add explosive onomatopoeia to his speech.
- Camshaft is repurposed from Universe Spychanger Camshaft.
Errors
[edit]- Generation 1 Downshift's head has been drawn in place of Energon Downshift's.
