Police Action: Prologue

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"Police Action: Prologue"
Publisher	IDW Publishing
Published in	The Transformers #21
First published	July 6, 2011
Cover date	July 2011
Written by	Mike Costa
Art by	Brendan Cahill
Colors by	Joana Lafuente
Letters by	Shawn Lee
Editor	Andy Schmidt
Assistant editor	Carlos Guzman
Continuity	2005 IDW continuity
Chronology	Current era (2011)

Prowl has plans.

Synopsis

Before Optimus Prime's group leaves aboard Omega Supreme, Prowl asks Optimus for some words with Megatron. Prowl questions Megatron about his "damaging information". After Prime relays this to Bumblebee, Thundercracker defiantly leaves Prowl and the base, warning them against provoking him. Bumblebee tells Prowl that he reports to Magnus, who in turn reports to Bumblebee. As Prowl returns to base, Spike requests that he be kept involved, and Prowl muses over how "involved" Spike really is.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Prowl (1) Optimus Prime (2) Omega Supreme (3) Bumblebee (5)	Megatron (4) Thundercracker (6)	Spike Witwicky (7)

Quotes

• TBD

Notes

Continuity notes

• Sitting on Prowl's desk on the last page of the story is Ironfist's data slug from Last Stand of the Wreckers, confirming that Prowl did not destroy it as the last issue of that mini implied he was contemplating.

Covers (3)

• Cover A: Bumblebee looks emo whilst Rodimus shows off the matrix in the background; art by Marcelo Matere.
• Cover B: Optimus is given the matrix by the hands of Rodimus; art by Guido Guidi and colors by Joana Lafuente.
• Cover RI: Prowl and Megatron have a staring contest; art by Brendan Cahill and colors by Priscilla Tramontano

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  Cover A - I need attention!
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  Cover B - Ohh, shiny
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  Cover RI - Give us a kiss

Reprints

• The Transformers, Volume 5: Chaos Theory (November 2, 2011) ISBN 1613770901 / ISBN 978-1613770900
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #19–23.
  • Bonus material includes art from most covers.
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Eight (May 7, 2013) ISBN 1613776276 / ISBN 978-1613776278
  • Collects Heart of Darkness issues #1–4, and The Transformers (2009) issues #19–31.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Chaos Theory (February 28, 2018) ISBN 978-4-86491-370-6
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #19–23, #25, #27 & #29.
  • Trade paperback format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 51: Chaos Theory (December 11, 2019)
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #21: "Police Action: Prologue", #22–23, #25, #27 & #29, and Spotlight: Bumblebee.
  • Bonus material includes a one-page article exploring the origins of the "Chaos" arc and beyond, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.
  • Hardcover format.

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  Volume 5: Chaos Theory – cover art by Nick Roche
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  The IDW Collection Volume Eight – cover art by E. J. Su
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  Chaos Theory – cover art by Kazumasa Yasukuni
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  The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 51: Chaos Theory – cover art by Don Figueroa and Alex Milne