Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome

Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome
Publisher	Paramount and Hasbro
First published	April 2, 2019
Written by	Jordan B. Gorfinkel
Art by	Beni Lobel of Infinitoons Creative
Colors by	Verónica R. López
Letters by	Jacob Bascle
Editor	Allyson Gronowitz
Continuity	Movie continuity

Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome is a one-shot comic released as a pack-in with the physical release of Bumblebee and as a motion comic included among the film's bonus features, produced by Avalanche Comics Entertainment and animated by THINKWELL MEDIA. It follows Seymour Simmons in 1989 encountering Bumblebee and Soundwave, two years after the former's arrival to Earth in Bumblebee, and serves to help bridge the gap between Bumblebee and the 2007 film.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Bumbebee (6) Brawn (9)	Soundwave (5) Laserbeak (7) Ravage (8) Rumble (9) Megatron (11)	Seymour Simmons (1) Danny Bell (2) Neda March (3) Sector Seven Soldiers (4) Tom Banachek (10)

Notes

Continuity notes

Of course, this comic serves to help bridge the gap between Bumblebee and the rest of the live-action film series:

• Simmons devlops his famous obsession with Transformers after this event.
• Soundwave acknowledges Shatter and Dropkick's deaths and their failed attempt to contact the Decepticon Empire.
• Brawn is present on Earth, indicating he was among the Autobots who arrived shortly after Optimus in the first mid-credits scene.
• Soundwave also mentions that he made a bet with Blitzwing to see which of them can reduce a human into at least one kilounit of water. Since the Bumblebee movie threw the Bumblebee Movie Prequel comic out the window and left us with no explanation as to how Blitzwing made it to Earth that was compatible with the movie series' current layout of continuity, it is possible that, based off this statement, Blitzwing was a crew member of the Nemesis.
• After the battle, Agent March suggests Simmons wear a t-shirt with the S7 symbol, a suggestion he will later take very seriously.
• Tom Banachek, Sector Seven's director, appears at the end of the story.
• And of course, the comic concludes on the reveal of the "Ice Man", AKA Megatron, frozen under Hoover Dam as he was in the 2007 film. According to Bumblebee director Travis Knight, an early cut of the film featured a similar tease as a post-credits scene, but it was removed from the final cut.

Transformers References

• Like the other Cybertronians in this comic, Laserbeak and Rumble's designs are influenced by their Generation 1 namesakes, right down to the cassette tape alternate modes.
• Simmons describes the Transformers as "robots in disguise".
• When Simmons orders retreat, he says "roll out".
• At the end of the battle, Agent March asks Simmons if there could be "more than meets the eye" to the giant robots.

Errors

• How the hell did Brawn transform into his vehicle form given the activation of the payload?

Trivia

• There are some differences between the motion comic version and the print version, such as the motion comic omitting or making minor edits to several lines of dialogue present in the print version. Most notably, the physical book ends with the shot of Brawn's bumper, making all the scenes with Simmons and Banachek at Hoover Dam exclusive to the motion comic.
• Really? None of the soldiers noticed a strange military vehicle transforming into an Autobot and later hiding among them?

Motion comic credits

Credited voice actors

• Sara Beil as Agent March
• Matt Lambro as Agent Bell and Brawn
• Dave Cobb as Soundwave

Production team

• Producers: Michael Brosnan and Tyler Thornberg
• Animator: Lessa Millet
• Lead Animator/Sound Design: Jonathan Pezza
• Audio Mix: Herwig Maurer
• Post Producion: Amber Lank and Skyvaan Pichon