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When the Titans return, Cybertron fights back!

Synopsis

Out in the depths of space, aboard the Titan Carcer, Lancer and Greenlight pick up something alarming on their scanners...

Windblade returns to Cybertron following the recent events on Earth, where she is greeted by Obsidian. Feeling very downtrodden after recent failures, Windblade believes she may no longer have a part to play in the future of Cybertron, but Obsidian tries to raise her spirits, pointing out all the good work that they can yet do. All those future plans immediately become secondary concerns, however, when Obsidian's communicator chimes...

Across town, Starscream is meeting with Ironhide, who, as new director of security for Iacon, demands that custody of the oft-stolen Enigma of Combination be turned over to him. Starscream is resistant, more interested instead in seeing the Combaticons prosecuted for their crimes, but Ironhide is not willing so long as they are suffering brain-damage since de-combining. Starscream accuses Ironhide of working against him, but Ironhide denies it; in fact, he says, he believes it is time for Starscream to stop playing games and properly, genuinely lead the planet, and that he'll stand behind him if he does. Before they can talk any further, their communicators also go off.

A short time later, the Council of Worlds assembles at the Spire, where Windblade and Obsidian reveal what Carcer's sensors have detected: a fleet of undead Titans, bearing down on Cybertron and due to arrive in six hours. The council flies into a panic, with Knock Out ready to flee immediately, but Starscream—taking Ironhide's advice—sternly snaps them all into shape. Preparations are made for all of Cybertron fight back against the approaching threat: sick and injured 'bots are quickly relocated to Caminus; Ironhide's security forces organize the evacuation of Iacon; and every available ship is drafted to take part in the looming combat. This last order in particular proves distressing for cargo hauler Razorbeast, who tries to convince his partner Fizzle that they should just make a run for it, but a stirring speech from Starscream that is transmitted to all ships convinces them to stay and fight.

As the Titans arrive overhead, Windblade transforms Metroplex to battle his zombified brethren on the ground, while the ships, with Carcer at the fore, try to eliminate as many as they can before they hit the ground. Down among the city streets, Knock Out uses his speed to evade the giants, luring them into a barrage of fire, while Tigatron and Airazor rip at the giants with fang and claw. But as the fight wears on, more and more Titans arrive, and Metroplex is steadily overpowered and wrestled to the ground. Observing this, Starscream contacts Elita One aboard Carcer and, shelving his characteristic pride, requests that she bring Carcer down to the surface of the planet and transform him to help in the fight. Elita listens to him silently, and after a moment... politely refuses and shuts off her comm line!

Featured characters

Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.
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Chromia (5)
Optimus Prime (6)
Ironhide (7)
Fizzle (23)
Bumblebee (hallucination, 25)
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Lancer (1) Greenlight (2) Obsidian (4) Starscream (8) Rattrap (9) Moonracer (10) Knock Out (11) Tigatron (12) Airazor (13)	Vanquish (14) Strika (15) Multiple Titans (16) Fireshot (17) Mistress of Flame (18) Zetca (22) Razorbeast (24) Knock Out's Conjunx Endura (27) Elita One (28)

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Chromia (5)
Optimus Prime (6)
Ironhide (7)
Fizzle (23)
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Chromia (5)
Optimus Prime (6)
Ironhide (7)
Fizzle (23)
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Tall Tankor (20)
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Lancer (1)
Greenlight (2)
Obsidian (4)
Starscream (8)
Rattrap (9)
Moonracer (10)
Knock Out (11)
Tigatron (12)
Airazor (13)

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Vanquish (14)
Strika (15)
Multiple Titans (16)
Fireshot (17)
Mistress of Flame (18)
Zetca (22)
Razorbeast (24)
Knock Out's Conjunx Endura (27)
Elita One (28)

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Lancer (1)
Greenlight (2)
Obsidian (4)
Starscream (8)
Rattrap (9)
Moonracer (10)
Knock Out (11)
Tigatron (12)
Airazor (13)

Vanquish (14)
Strika (15)
Multiple Titans (16)
Fireshot (17)
Mistress of Flame (18)
Zetca (22)
Razorbeast (24)
Knock Out's Conjunx Endura (27)
Elita One (28)

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Quotes

"There's a saying on Earth, where Optimus is now, 'there's no rest for the wicked.'"
"There is a similar saying among my people. There is no rest for the just."

—Windblade and Obsidian

"Now, will the Justice Committee, the most annoying of committees if I may add, please tell us why we're here?"

—Starscream

"Always knew that guy was a manipulative ass-gasket. I just never thought he'd be so damn inspiring."

—Fizzle, on Starscream

"Think we'll make it out of this?"
"Yes, but look where optimism got me."
"Fair enough. On the bright side, if we lose, maybe I'll get to haunt Megatron. Annoy him as much as you annoy me."

—Starscream and Bumblebee's "ghost"

Notes

Continuity notes

Windblade returns from her participation in the Revolution crossover, which she was seen leaving Cybertron to take part in in the Till All Are One: Revolution tie-in one-shot, and which, due to delays, hadn't actually wrapped up by the time this issue was released.
Obsidian notes that "Kaon must be resettled." The former Decepticon capital, previously believed destroyed in Cybertron's reformatting, was discovered still standing in the Titans Return one-shot.
Ironhide refers to the Enigma of Combination's distressing history of being very easily stolen since it fell into Starscream's hands, which has happened in The Transformers #41, Combiner Hunters, and just last issue.
We are also reminded that the murder that took place back in issue #1 has not yet been solved; the implication has always been that Blast Off, disguised as a Badgeless, did it.
The undead Titans were reanimated by Sentinel Prime in More than Meets the Eye #57.
Zetca is seen running the Cybertron spaceport, a job he was shown to have taken up in The Transformers #47.
Fizzle was last seen issue #1 of the Windblade mini-series, hanging around in Maccadam's. Looks like he's found himself a job since then!
Elita's refusal to let Carcer transform and join the fight on Cybertron is alarming enough without context, but it's important to remember we've known since Windblade vol. 2 #7 that there's something suspicious about her Titan, and that it may not be exactly who or what she claims it is.

Errors

On page 2, Windblade sadly notes Optimus doesn't listen to "her council"; that ought to be "counsel."

Other trivia

Till All Are One gets a new logo this issue, shifting the subtitle to below the "Transformers" logo and enlarging it to span the width of the cover.
This is the first part of Till All Are One's sequel/follow-up to the Titans Return event. It's not branded as part of the event itself—a bit ironic, given that this is the story in which the Titans actually return! The launch of Till All Are One was apparently held back by delays on Sins of the Wreckers; had it come out on its originally promoted launch date, Till All Are One would presumably have had a more interconnected set of crossover issues that would have run concurrently with the other Titans Return chapters in The Transformers and More than Meets the Eye. But hey, things changes, and so this story has been actively been written to fall after Revolution, clocking in at four parts in length (the entirety of the second Till All Are One trade paperback).

Covers (3)

Regular cover: Metroplex rises, by Sara Pitre-Durocher
Subscription cover: Split-screen of Windblade, Starscream, and our cast as the Titans draw near, by Priscilla Tramontano
Retailer incentive cover: Knock Out and his Conjunx, by Jack Lawrence and Thomas Deer

External links

Preview

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 *''Till All Are One'' #6
-*"The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting "[[Reconstructicon]]" and the new [[Hasbro Universe]] titles, including this issue and [[Optimus Prime issue 1|''Optimus Prime'' #1]].
+*"The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting "[[Reconstruction]]" and the new [[Hasbro Universe]] titles, including this issue and [[Optimus Prime issue 1|''Optimus Prime'' #1]].
 *''Till All Are One'' Vol. 1 trade paperback
 *''Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures'' mini-series

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