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As [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fires upon their ship, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined [[Earth]] in the middle of the [[Mojave desert]]. They quickly depart their landing site, but with [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] injured and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of [[Decepticon]]s. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual [[zombie]]s, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!
As [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] fires upon their ship, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined [[Earth]] in the middle of the [[Mojave desert]]. They quickly depart their landing site, but with [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] injured and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'s neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of [[Decepticon]]s. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual [[zombie]]s, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!


Across the galaxy, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] arrives in the vicinity of [[Nebulos]] on his quest to find a cure for the effects of [[Nucleon]]. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", an attempt by Nebulon senior scientist [[Borx]] to reconnect the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters']] original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the [[Unicron]] war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Upon setting down in [[Koraja]], however, Grimlock finds the city deserted, and is attacked and taken down by mesmerized Nebulons in jet fighters.
Across the galaxy, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] arrives in the vicinity of [[Nebulos]] on his quest to find a cure for the effects of [[Nucleon]]. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", an attempt by Nebulon senior scientist [[Borx]] to reconnect the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters']] original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the [[Unicron]] war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Given that he has broken so many rules already, Grimlock is unconcerned with the fact that planet has been declared out of bounds by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but upon setting down in [[Koraja]], he finds the city deserted. When he is attacked by mesmerized Nebulons in jet fighters, he cannot bring himself to cross that final line and fire back on the organics, and so he is defeated and knocked out.


On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] informs [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he ''wants'' to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] informs [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he ''wants'' to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.


Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in [[Goldstone]], intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], Kup is felled when [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some ''attention''! He ''wants'' the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will finally come and face him!
Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in [[Goldstone]], intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], Kup is felled when [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some ''attention''! He ''wants'' the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that Optimus Prime will finally come and face him!


Back in the relative safety of the desert, where [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of human pass by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]!
Back in the relative safety of the desert, where [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack 'n' Ruin]] watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of human pass by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]!
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==Notes==
==Notes==
*TBD
*Megatron's zombified troops are casualties of the [[Underbase Saga]], all save Ratbat having been felled by Starscream while he was high on the Power Cosmic. Apparently, we are to assume from this that the Decepticons never bothered to gather the bodies of their fallen, and that they have lain on Earth all this time until Megatron got his grubby fingers on them. Ratbat, though, was killed while aboard the Ark, so presumably his body was kept there by the Autobots and removed from the wreck by Megatron.
*When last seen at the close of the original Marvel series, Megatron and Ratchet were mentally linked in a way that required both to live, or neither would. This, then, is why Megatron is keeping Ratchet alive.
*The fate of the Autobot Headmasters' original heads was one of the great dangling plot threads of the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' mini-series, with it being repeatedly stated that unlike other depictions of the Headmaster process, the heads were kept intact and alive and in remote contact with their bodies. Resolution at last!
*The [[Grax Communications Facility]] on the [[Plains of Thok]] puts in a brief appearance.
*Grimlock specifically singles out [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] as an especially badly-afflicted victim of Nucleon. Back during the writing of the original series, it was Furman's intention that Slag would be driven insane by the Nucleon, and it sounds like we're still heading in that direction.
*Grimlock refers back to the period when Transformers were not welcome on Nebulon, seen in "[[People Power!]]"


===Errors===
===Errors===
*The cover checklist is missing from the inner front cover.
*TBD


===Covers (3)===
===Covers (3)===
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===Advertisements===
*TBD
*''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #8
*''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' #8
*''[[Doctor|Doctor Who]]'' Annual
*''Popeye''
*''More than Meets the Eye'' Annual
*''Rocketeer: Cargo of the Doom'' (back cover)


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 15:32, 1 August 2012

« The Transformers: Regeneration One #82 »
"Loose Ends" Part 2
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published August 1, 2012
Cover date August 2012
Writer Simon Furman
Penciler Andrew Wildman
Inker Stephen Baskerville
Colorist Jean-Paul Bove
Letterer Chris Mowry
Editor John Barber
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity

The Wreckers face Megatron on Earth, while Grimlock has troubles on Nebulos.

Synopsis

As Megatron fires upon their ship, Kup and the Wreckers are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined Earth in the middle of the Mojave desert. They quickly depart their landing site, but with Topspin injured and Broadside's neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then Whirl reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of Decepticons. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual zombies, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: Starscream, as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and Ratchet, whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!

Across the galaxy, Grimlock arrives in the vicinity of Nebulos on his quest to find a cure for the effects of Nucleon. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "Project Lazarus", an attempt by Nebulon senior scientist Borx to reconnect the Autobot Headmasters' original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the Unicron war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Given that he has broken so many rules already, Grimlock is unconcerned with the fact that planet has been declared out of bounds by Optimus Prime, but upon setting down in Koraja, he finds the city deserted. When he is attacked by mesmerized Nebulons in jet fighters, he cannot bring himself to cross that final line and fire back on the organics, and so he is defeated and knocked out.

On Cybertron, Trailbreaker informs Ultra Magnus that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he wants to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.

Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in Goldstone, intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While Sandstorm, Leadfoot and Roadbuster draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and Springer make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down Tentakil, Kup is felled when Skywarp teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some attention! He wants the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that Optimus Prime will finally come and face him!

Back in the relative safety of the desert, where Rack 'n' Ruin watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of human pass by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman Circuit Smasher!

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans

Quotes

  • TBD

Notes

  • Megatron's zombified troops are casualties of the Underbase Saga, all save Ratbat having been felled by Starscream while he was high on the Power Cosmic. Apparently, we are to assume from this that the Decepticons never bothered to gather the bodies of their fallen, and that they have lain on Earth all this time until Megatron got his grubby fingers on them. Ratbat, though, was killed while aboard the Ark, so presumably his body was kept there by the Autobots and removed from the wreck by Megatron.
  • When last seen at the close of the original Marvel series, Megatron and Ratchet were mentally linked in a way that required both to live, or neither would. This, then, is why Megatron is keeping Ratchet alive.
  • The fate of the Autobot Headmasters' original heads was one of the great dangling plot threads of the Headmasters mini-series, with it being repeatedly stated that unlike other depictions of the Headmaster process, the heads were kept intact and alive and in remote contact with their bodies. Resolution at last!
  • The Grax Communications Facility on the Plains of Thok puts in a brief appearance.
  • Grimlock specifically singles out Slag as an especially badly-afflicted victim of Nucleon. Back during the writing of the original series, it was Furman's intention that Slag would be driven insane by the Nucleon, and it sounds like we're still heading in that direction.
  • Grimlock refers back to the period when Transformers were not welcome on Nebulon, seen in "People Power!"

Errors

  • TBD

Covers (3)

  • Cover A: Grimlock being attacked by Nebulans, by Andrew Wildman and Jason Cardy.
  • Cover B: Grimlock in dinosaur mode, by Guido Guidi
  • Cover RI: Dinosaur-mode Grimlock crushing robot-mode Grimlock, by Geoff Senior

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