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{{ | |seriesissue=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Titan Transformers Comic'']] #13 | ||
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 12 | |||
|next=Transformers Comic issue 14 | |||
|image=Tf mag 13 2008.JPG | |||
|caption=Get in on like Kong! | |||
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]] | |||
|date=[[June 19|19 June]] [[2008]] | |||
|editor=[[Steve White]] | |||
|designer=[[Danny Preston]] | |||
|deputy editor=[[Den Patrick]] | |||
|contributing editors= | |||
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Curtis]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Exciting news for all our readers—inside!''' | '''Exciting news for all our readers—inside!''' | ||
'' | ==Contents== | ||
{{comicstub|Summary of two-page ''Animated'' comic}} | |||
===Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5=== | ===Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5=== | ||
{{Comicstory| | |||
|seriesissue=Titan Movie comic | |||
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 12#Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4 | |||
|next=Transformers Comic issue 14#Aftermath Part 1 | |||
|title=Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5 | |||
|image= | |||
|caption= | |||
|script=[[Simon Furman]] | |||
|art=[[Marcelo Matere]] | |||
|inks= | |||
|colours=[[Hi-Fi Design]] | |||
|lettering=[[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]] | |||
|continuity=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Alternate universe|Twilight's Last Gleaming]] | |||
}} | |||
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] are beating the snot out of each other, but as long as he's linked to the [[ | [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] are beating the snot out of each other, but as long as he's linked to the [[AllSpark]], Megatron can heal any wound—Prime ''can't''! [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] wants to throw out the plan and just join in the fight, but Bumblebee knows everything is reliant on the mysterious object [[Mikaela Banes]] found last issue. Arriving with it (and revealing it to be a small chip), she informs Bumblebee they have no delivery system. He replies he ''is'' the delivery system. All of which makes the watching [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] quite happy... | ||
Over in Savannah, the other half of the Autobots are failing; surrounded by drones, [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] is coming for them (killing his own guys to get to them), and [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] is down. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] refuses to accept that they've failed, but they just can't reach the core to overload it now that its forcefield is up. Suddenly, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] sees a way they can pull it off, and all he needs is for [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to distract the enemy with violence... | Over in Savannah, the other half of the Autobots are failing; surrounded by drones, [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] is coming for them (killing his own guys to get to them), and [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] is down. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] refuses to accept that they've failed, but they just can't reach the core to overload it now that its forcefield is up. Suddenly, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] sees a way they can pull it off, and all he needs is for [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to distract the enemy with violence... | ||
As Megatron prepares to kill a beaten Optimus in the messiest way he can, Bumblebee suddenly storms forward and zaps the tyrant with the mysterious [[Sector Seven]] device, now planted in his headlights. Once the eerie light shines on him, Megatron collapses in pain as his body is consumed from the inside. The device had been a self-invigorating nanovirus that blocks the | As Megatron prepares to kill a beaten Optimus in the messiest way he can, Bumblebee suddenly storms forward and zaps the tyrant with the mysterious [[Sector Seven]] device, now planted in his headlights. Once the eerie light shines on him, Megatron collapses in pain as his body is consumed from the inside. The device had been a self-invigorating nanovirus that blocks the AllSpark's operational frequencies, designed by Sector Seven in case they ever lost control, and using the AllSpark just makes it worse. Megatron falls dead within seconds. Simultaneously, in Savannah, [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] and Arcee cover Ratchet as he makes for a conveyor belt feeding ore to the processing core. The forcefield has to drop to let the ore in, and that allows him to blast it. The Autobots transform and run away as the plant explodes, taking the AllSpark with it. | ||
The Autobots and their human allies breathe a sigh of relief. The Earth has been saved from being turned into a new Cybertron, and Megatron is gone. But they know there's still a long way to go in this war, especially now, with Starscream's imminent exploitation of the Decepticon power vacuum, the Decepticons' need to avenge Megatron, and the nanovirus the Autobots left behind... | The Autobots and their human allies breathe a sigh of relief. The Earth has been saved from being turned into a new Cybertron, and Megatron is gone. But they know there's still a long way to go in this war, especially now, with Starscream's imminent exploitation of the Decepticon power vacuum, the Decepticons' need to avenge Megatron, and the nanovirus the Autobots left behind... | ||
{{-}} | |||
====Featured characters==== | |||
{{featuredcharacters | |||
|c1= | |||
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (1) | |||
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (3) | |||
*[[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] (4) | |||
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] (5) | |||
*[[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] (6) | |||
*[[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] (12) | |||
*[[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] (13) | |||
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (14) | |||
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (15) | |||
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (16) | |||
|c2= | |||
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (2) | |||
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (8) | |||
*Jet drone (9) | |||
*[[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] drones (10) (silhouettes) | |||
*Red [[Class Beta drone unit]]s (11) | |||
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] (17) | |||
|c3= | |||
*[[Mikaela Banes]] (7) | |||
}} | |||
===Articles & features=== | ===Articles & features=== | ||
* [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] Pull Out Special—a 12-page removable mini-magazine featuring character info, plugging the toys, and promoting an [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|upcoming ''Animated'' comic]]. | *[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] Pull Out Special—a 12-page removable mini-magazine featuring character info, plugging the toys, and promoting an [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|upcoming ''Animated'' comic]]. An exclusive two-page comic strip (written by [[Ned Hartly]] and [[Andrew James]], with art by [[Diego Jourdan Pereira]] and colors by [[Kat Nicholson]]) appears too, which ends on a cliffhanger—it's unlikely the story was ever intended to be directly continued, as it's just a general teaser for the sister magazine. | ||
* How To Draw Transformers: how to draw an exceedingly messy battle scene. | *How To Draw Transformers: how to draw an exceedingly messy battle scene. | ||
* The Purple and the Red: Colouring page, with the image to colour being what the above battle scene is ''meant'' to turn out like. | *The Purple and the Red: Colouring page, with the image to colour being what the above battle scene is ''meant'' to turn out like. | ||
* Top Gear: adverts for and a chance to win Revoltech [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], the ''Animated'' Megatron VS Optimus boxset, and Titan's ''Best of Transformers Vol. 1''. | *Top Gear: adverts for and a chance to win Revoltech [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#Revoltech|Hot Rod]], the ''Animated'' Megatron VS Optimus boxset, and Titan's ''Best of Transformers Vol. 1''. | ||
* Why I Love Being An...: Run twice, with [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and Starscream telling us why they love their alternate modes. ("The [ | *Why I Love Being An...: Run twice, with [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and Starscream telling us why they love their alternate modes. ("The [F-22's] smooth lines make me feel very slinky.") | ||
* Artobots: Fan art section. | *Artobots: Fan art section. | ||
* Star Screams: Letters, art and photos from readers, answered by Starscream. | *Star Screams: Letters, art and photos from readers, answered by Starscream. | ||
* Two posters. | *Two posters. | ||
===Free Gift=== | ===Free Gift=== | ||
* "Free Disk Launcher!"—or "Blade Shooter!" according to the packet it's in. | *[[FREE! Blaster!|"Free Disk Launcher!"]]—or "Blade Shooter!" according to the packet it's in. | ||
===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
''Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.'' | ''Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.'' | ||
* [[Movie Prequel | *[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Transformers: Movie Prequel, part 4d]] (5 pages) | ||
* [[The Gathering issue 4|Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 4d]] (4 pages) | *[[The Gathering issue 4|Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 4d]] (4 pages) | ||
== Errors == | == Errors == | ||
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] is identified as Slag in the Dinobot profiles. | |||
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] is identified as Slag in the Dinobot profiles. | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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"Unfortunately, Damien, by making public your wish to be an Autobot, I've had to add your name to the extermination list. You have been warned." | "Unfortunately, Damien, by making public your wish to be an Autobot, I've had to add your name to the extermination list. You have been warned." | ||
==Notes== | |||
===Continuity notes=== | |||
*Sector Seven's experiments with the AllSpark were more advanced than previously known, with them able to create Transformer—targeted viruses that mess up AllSpark-derived power. This was done in case they lost control of it, and [[Tom Banachek]] was involved. They didn't use it in the film because.... er... | |||
*In a nice touch, Ironhide and Ratchet still turn into Payload trucks (this time in their own colours) after [[Transformers Comic issue 11|Part 3]]. | |||
==Tidings of Comfort and Joy== | ===Letters page notes=== | ||
* Titan | *Starscream prefers F-22 Raptors to F15s, especially the [[transformation scheme]]. | ||
===Production notes=== | |||
*The #13 cover was not coloured by [[Jason Cardy]] when previewed in #12. Cardy makes it a ''lot'' more colourful and dynamic. | |||
[[File:Tf mag 13 alternate.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|God bless Jason Cardy.]] | |||
*More fun with changes of artists between parts: Bonecrusher has lighter colouring again, Ratchet's gone from green to yellowish, [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] has a totally new colour scheme, Mikaela has a metal visor instead of a translucent green one, Longarm now resembles his toy more, everything's lighter at Hoover Dam...and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]]'s changed her head again, but that happens every issue. | |||
*This had only been intended as a five-part story. By this point, Titan had changed their minds: hence the abrupt setup for new material. Exactly ''when'' the change was decided, we can't be sure, but when Furman's explicitly announced it in May 2008 he referenced [[Transformers Comic issue 18|an upcoming "epic" threat]] so by that point he'd already had a long-term plan approved. <ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/script-wrap-%e2%80%94-uk/ SCRIPT (W)RAP — UK] on Simon Furman's blog</ref> Likely the decision was made in late March, as on the 25th Furman said Titan was "firmly in its own distinct movie continuity" and "This [the story]… is just the beginning!"<ref>[https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/script-wrap-uk-x2/ Script (W)Rap UK x2]</ref> | |||
===Errors=== | |||
*Bumblebee and Strongarm's word balloons are mixed up in panel 1, page 4, and again on panel 1, page 7. | |||
*The drones at Savannah have all changed from red to blue between issues. | |||
===Tidings of Comfort and Joy=== | |||
*Titan announced it was making a ''Transformers Animated'' comic—there'd be ''two'' mass-market Transformers comics in the UK! Hurrah! | |||
{{note|It got cancelled after three issues. OUCH.}} | {{note|It got cancelled after three issues. OUCH.}} | ||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Transformers Magazine issues]] | [[Category:Transformers Magazine issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:51, 2 October 2025
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| Publisher | Titan Magazines | ||||||||||||
| First published | 19 June 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Steve White | ||||||||||||
| Deputy editor | Den Patrick | ||||||||||||
| Designer | Danny Preston | ||||||||||||
| Publishing manager | Darryl Curtis | ||||||||||||
Exciting news for all our readers—inside!
Contents
[edit]
Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5
[edit]
| |||||||||||||
| Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5 | |||||||||||||
| Script | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art | Marcelo Matere | ||||||||||||
| Colours | Hi-Fi Design | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Twilight's Last Gleaming | ||||||||||||
Optimus Prime and Megatron are beating the snot out of each other, but as long as he's linked to the AllSpark, Megatron can heal any wound—Prime can't! Strongarm wants to throw out the plan and just join in the fight, but Bumblebee knows everything is reliant on the mysterious object Mikaela Banes found last issue. Arriving with it (and revealing it to be a small chip), she informs Bumblebee they have no delivery system. He replies he is the delivery system. All of which makes the watching Starscream quite happy...
Over in Savannah, the other half of the Autobots are failing; surrounded by drones, Bonecrusher is coming for them (killing his own guys to get to them), and Longarm is down. Arcee refuses to accept that they've failed, but they just can't reach the core to overload it now that its forcefield is up. Suddenly, Ratchet sees a way they can pull it off, and all he needs is for Ironhide to distract the enemy with violence...
As Megatron prepares to kill a beaten Optimus in the messiest way he can, Bumblebee suddenly storms forward and zaps the tyrant with the mysterious Sector Seven device, now planted in his headlights. Once the eerie light shines on him, Megatron collapses in pain as his body is consumed from the inside. The device had been a self-invigorating nanovirus that blocks the AllSpark's operational frequencies, designed by Sector Seven in case they ever lost control, and using the AllSpark just makes it worse. Megatron falls dead within seconds. Simultaneously, in Savannah, Armorhide and Arcee cover Ratchet as he makes for a conveyor belt feeding ore to the processing core. The forcefield has to drop to let the ore in, and that allows him to blast it. The Autobots transform and run away as the plant explodes, taking the AllSpark with it.
The Autobots and their human allies breathe a sigh of relief. The Earth has been saved from being turned into a new Cybertron, and Megatron is gone. But they know there's still a long way to go in this war, especially now, with Starscream's imminent exploitation of the Decepticon power vacuum, the Decepticons' need to avenge Megatron, and the nanovirus the Autobots left behind...
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Articles & features
[edit]- Transformers Animated Pull Out Special—a 12-page removable mini-magazine featuring character info, plugging the toys, and promoting an upcoming Animated comic. An exclusive two-page comic strip (written by Ned Hartly and Andrew James, with art by Diego Jourdan Pereira and colors by Kat Nicholson) appears too, which ends on a cliffhanger—it's unlikely the story was ever intended to be directly continued, as it's just a general teaser for the sister magazine.
- How To Draw Transformers: how to draw an exceedingly messy battle scene.
- The Purple and the Red: Colouring page, with the image to colour being what the above battle scene is meant to turn out like.
- Top Gear: adverts for and a chance to win Revoltech Hot Rod, the Animated Megatron VS Optimus boxset, and Titan's Best of Transformers Vol. 1.
- Why I Love Being An...: Run twice, with Blackout and Starscream telling us why they love their alternate modes. ("The [F-22's] smooth lines make me feel very slinky.")
- Artobots: Fan art section.
- Star Screams: Letters, art and photos from readers, answered by Starscream.
- Two posters.
Free Gift
[edit]- "Free Disk Launcher!"—or "Blade Shooter!" according to the packet it's in.
Reprints
[edit]Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.
- Transformers: Movie Prequel, part 4d (5 pages)
- Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 4d (4 pages)
Errors
[edit]- Snarl is identified as Slag in the Dinobot profiles.
Quotes
[edit]Strip
[edit]"I am unstoppable, invincible. And you are not."
- —Megatron bashes up Optimus
"Stand aside, drones... the kill belongs to me and me alone! You Autobots deserve the best death possible, and Bonecrusher is the maestro of murderous mayhem."
- —Bonecrusher is a crap boss
"Megatron! It's way past time...you saw the light!"
- —Bumblebee hits his foe with the Headlights of Doom
Star Screams
[edit]"At time of writing, [editor Steve White] has returned from the Bristol comic convention... Even armed with Kevlar body armour and cattle prods, he was unable to keep frenzied fans away. It wasn't a pretty sight seeing him dazed, bruised and covered in lipstick kisses... I shall never forget his thousand-yard stare after last year's con. Still gives me nightmares."
"I am suitably impressed by this toy collection—I know idolatry is frowned on in some cultures, but I rather like it when I'm the idol in question."
"As for Michael Bay, he is currently on the Decepticons' 'Wanted List', for his shocking Autobot propaganda documentary. His skull will make an ideal place to keep those handy nicknacks..."
"I agree, the meatsacks that work on this comic do create excellent results. I will spare the lash this week. I may even feed them."
"Unfortunately, Damien, by making public your wish to be an Autobot, I've had to add your name to the extermination list. You have been warned."
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Sector Seven's experiments with the AllSpark were more advanced than previously known, with them able to create Transformer—targeted viruses that mess up AllSpark-derived power. This was done in case they lost control of it, and Tom Banachek was involved. They didn't use it in the film because.... er...
- In a nice touch, Ironhide and Ratchet still turn into Payload trucks (this time in their own colours) after Part 3.
Letters page notes
[edit]- Starscream prefers F-22 Raptors to F15s, especially the transformation scheme.
Production notes
[edit]- The #13 cover was not coloured by Jason Cardy when previewed in #12. Cardy makes it a lot more colourful and dynamic.
- More fun with changes of artists between parts: Bonecrusher has lighter colouring again, Ratchet's gone from green to yellowish, Skyblast has a totally new colour scheme, Mikaela has a metal visor instead of a translucent green one, Longarm now resembles his toy more, everything's lighter at Hoover Dam...and Elita-One's changed her head again, but that happens every issue.
- This had only been intended as a five-part story. By this point, Titan had changed their minds: hence the abrupt setup for new material. Exactly when the change was decided, we can't be sure, but when Furman's explicitly announced it in May 2008 he referenced an upcoming "epic" threat so by that point he'd already had a long-term plan approved. [1] Likely the decision was made in late March, as on the 25th Furman said Titan was "firmly in its own distinct movie continuity" and "This [the story]… is just the beginning!"[2]
Errors
[edit]- Bumblebee and Strongarm's word balloons are mixed up in panel 1, page 4, and again on panel 1, page 7.
- The drones at Savannah have all changed from red to blue between issues.
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
[edit]- Titan announced it was making a Transformers Animated comic—there'd be two mass-market Transformers comics in the UK! Hurrah!
It got cancelled after three issues. OUCH.
References
[edit]- ↑ SCRIPT (W)RAP — UK on Simon Furman's blog
- ↑ Script (W)Rap UK x2
