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Later, in an undisclosed prison, Starscream introduces Blurr and the others to the "[[Badgeless]]", Starscream's new police force, whose identities are hidden by masks to protect them against public aggression. Dismissing his enforcers, Starscream threatens the rest of the group with imprisonment and execution, professing that he can justify it by claiming they were helping Windblade damage Metroplex's systems in order to help her stage a coup. Longtooth unwisely speaks up to say that he has video evidence proving that is untrue, but Starscream calmly and menacingly points out that he can remove that from the equation by simply killing him. With Longtooth silenced, he invites the incarcerated 'bots to ensure their own liberation by siding with him in his mission to remove Windblade from her position of power. Blurr spits his offer back in his face, but Starscream doubts that all those imprisoned will sacrifice their freedom and possibly their lives for an alien they don't even really know...
Later, in an undisclosed prison, Starscream introduces Blurr and the others to the "[[Badgeless]]", Starscream's new police force, whose identities are hidden by masks to protect them against public aggression. Dismissing his enforcers, Starscream threatens the rest of the group with imprisonment and execution, professing that he can justify it by claiming they were helping Windblade damage Metroplex's systems in order to help her stage a coup. Longtooth unwisely speaks up to say that he has video evidence proving that is untrue, but Starscream calmly and menacingly points out that he can remove that from the equation by simply killing him. With Longtooth silenced, he invites the incarcerated 'bots to ensure their own liberation by siding with him in his mission to remove Windblade from her position of power. Blurr spits his offer back in his face, but Starscream doubts that all those imprisoned will sacrifice their freedom and possibly their lives for an alien they don't even really know...
Elsewhere in the prison, Windblade is tortured by Rattrap for information on the location of Chromia and the "real" reason she was sent to Cybertron. Presently, Starscream arrives, and with the torture having yielded no information, he instead elects to undo her bonds, doubting she will cause much trouble. He is entirely wrong, as she immediately lunges for him and tries to tear his head off, but he quickly overpowers her. Though he admits to tampering with Metroplex's filters in pursuit of the [[Regenesis]] ores in his system, Starscream refutes Windblade's accusation that he was attempting to ''kill'' the Titan; then, when she blames him for the bomb that nearly killed her, his look of confusion is punctuated by the baffled Rattrap, who starts to say that they ''weren't'' responsible for the blast, until Starscream silences him and orders him to take Windblade back to her cell.
Elsewhere in the prison, Windblade is tortured by Rattrap for information on the location of Chromia and the "real" reason she was sent to Cybertron. Presently, Starscream arrives, and with the torture having yielded no information, he instead elects to undo her bonds, doubting she will cause much trouble. He is entirely wrong, as she immediately lunges for him and tries to tear his head off, but he quickly overpowers her. Though he admits to tampering with Metroplex's filters in pursuit of the [[Regenesis]] ores in his system, Starscream refutes Windblade's accusation that he was attempting to ''kill'' the Titan; then, when she blames him for the bomb that nearly killed her, his look of confusion is punctuated by the baffled Rattrap, who starts to say that they ''weren't'' responsible for the blast, until Starscream silences him and orders him to take Windblade back to her cell.
Returned to the cells with her allies, Windblade thinks over the revelations from the torture session until Chromia bursts in with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in a daring escape attempt. While Blurr and the others remain behind to distract Starscream and his guards, Chromia and Windblade race off to Metroplex's brain. Chromia is stunned when Windblade reveals that Starscream has ''not'' been behind all the trouble plaguing Metroplex, but someone else instead...
Returned to the cells with her allies, Windblade thinks over the revelations from the torture session until Chromia bursts in with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in a daring escape attempt. While Blurr and the others remain behind to distract Starscream and his guards, Chromia and Windblade race off to Metroplex's brain. Chromia is stunned when Windblade reveals that Starscream has ''not'' been behind all the trouble plaguing Metroplex, but someone else instead...
*Of the absent members of the Terrorcons, [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grr]] was last seen attempting to orchestrate a jailbreak in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|''More than Meets the Eye'' #30]], which likely landed him in some hot water, and [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] has been MIA since he was apparently killed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] back in [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]] (though writer [[John Barber]] has noted that he might not actually be dead).
* Of the absent members of the Terrorcons, [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grr]] was last seen attempting to orchestrate a jailbreak in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|''More than Meets the Eye'' #30]], which likely landed him in some hot water, and [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] has been MIA since he was apparently killed by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] back in [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]] (though writer [[John Barber]] has noted that he might not actually be dead).
===Transformers references===
===Transformers references===
*Starscream silences Rattrap with the order "Shut up, Rattrap", a frequent catchphrase from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.
* Starscream silences Rattrap with the order "Shut up, Rattrap", a frequent catchphrase from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.
===Errors===
===Errors===
*When Sinnertwin replies to Rippersnapper, he mistakenly refers to him as Cutthroat.
* When Sinnertwin replies to Rippersnapper, he mistakenly refers to him as Cutthroat.
===Other trivia===
===Other trivia===
*A little more insight is offered into Camien society this issue; it is revealed that they do not use ranged weaponry, as they consider it wasteful, an attitude that has been exemplified in Chromia and Windblade's signature weapons, an axe and a [[sword]], respectively.
* A little more insight is offered into Camien society this issue; it is revealed that they do not use ranged weaponry, as they consider it wasteful, an attitude that has been exemplified in Chromia and Windblade's signature weapons, an axe and a [[sword]], respectively.
*Rattrap's been generally portrayed as far less of a nice guy in IDW continuity than his ''Beast Wars'' self was, but don't allow yourself to believe the sight of him torturing Windblade is ''that'' big a departure: Rattrap revealed he was an advocate of torturing prisoners in the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
* Rattrap's been generally portrayed as far less of a nice guy in IDW continuity than his ''Beast Wars'' self was, but don't allow yourself to believe the sight of him torturing Windblade is ''that'' big a departure: Rattrap revealed he was an advocate of torturing prisoners in the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
===Covers (3)===
===Covers (3)===
*'''Standard cover:''' Windblade, by [[Saren Stone]].
* '''Standard cover:''' Windblade, by [[Saren Stone]].
*'''Subscription cover:''' Windblade, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Subscription cover:''' Windblade, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].
*'''30th Anniversary cover:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] stands over a fallen [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], by [[Guido Guidi]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]. Part of a series of "30th Anniversary" covers from the June 2014 ''Transformers'' titles that commemorate scenes from the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon, though this one doesn't seem to be of any specific event from the show.
* '''30th Anniversary cover:''' [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] stands over a fallen [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], by [[Guido Guidi]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]. Part of a series of "30th Anniversary" covers from the June 2014 ''Transformers'' titles that commemorate scenes from the original ''The Transformers'' cartoon, though this one doesn't seem to be of any specific event from the show.
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*''Windblade'' #4
* ''Windblade'' #4
*[[Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|''Robots in Disguise'' #30]]
* [[Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|''Robots in Disguise'' #30]]
*[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|''More than Meets the Eye'' #30]]
* [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|''More than Meets the Eye'' #30]]
*''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]''
*IDW: Getting Into Your Head for 15 Years (back cover)
* IDW: Getting Into Your Head for 15 Years (back cover)
===Reprints===
===Reprints===
* '''''The Transformers: Windblade'' TPB:''' <small>([[October 1]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1631400525 / ISBN 978-1-63140-052-0</small>
* '''''The Transformers: Windblade''''' <small>([[October 1]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1631400525 / ISBN 978-1-63140-052-0</small>
:*Collects issues #1 to #4.
** Collects ''Windblade'' (2014) issues #1–4.
:*Bonus material includes a cover gallery.
** Bonus material includes a cover gallery.
** Trade paperback format.
* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6]]''''' <small>([[October 18]], [[2017]]) ISBN 1684050855 / ISBN 978-1684050857</small>
* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6]]''''' <small>([[October 18]], [[2017]]) ISBN 1684050855 / ISBN 978-1684050857</small>
:* Contains issues #1 to #4 (''Windblade'' volume 1), as well as ''[[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Cybertron Chapter 1]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' issues #23 to #27, ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #23 to #27 and ''[[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Finale]]''.
** Collects ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|#1]], ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' issues [[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|#23]]–[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|27]], and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' issues [[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|#23]]–[[Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|27]], ''[[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Dark Cybertron Finale]]'', and ''Windblade'' (2014) issues #1–4.
:*Collects issues #1 to #4 of the first volume, along with issues [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|#35]] to [[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|#38]] of ''The Transformers'' vol. 2.
** Collects ''Windblade'' (2014) issues #1–4, and [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' (2012)]] issues [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|#35]]–[[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|38]].
:*Includes a bio for Windblade, an overview of her conception, pictures of her ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' toy, and early design sketches by Hasbro.
** Includes a bio for Windblade, an overview of her conception, pictures of her ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' toy, early design sketches by Hasbro, a cover gallery and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].
** Hardcover format.
* '''''Transformers Windblade: The Last City''''' <small>([[February 14]], [[2018]]) ISBN 978-1684052240</small>
* '''''Transformers: Windblade - The Last City''''' <small>([[February 14]], [[2018]]) ISBN 978-1684052240</small>
:* Contains all 11 issues from both volumes of ''Windblade''... but not the alternating chapters of ''Combiner Wars'' from ''The Transformers'' vol. 2 needed to complete the story. Um.
** Collects ''Windblade'' (2014) issues #1–4, and ''Windblade'' (2015) issues #1–7, but not the alternating chapters of ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]'' from ''The Transformers'' vol. 2 needed to complete the story. Um.
:* Bonus content includes covers of each issue.
** Bonus material includes covers from each issue.
** Trade paperback format.
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File:Windblade-V1-TPB.jpg|'''''The Transformers: Windblade'' TPB'''; cover art by [[Saren Stone]]
File:Windblade-V1-TPB.jpg|'''''Windblade''''' – cover art by [[Saren Stone]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V6.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6'' HC'''; cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Tom B. Long]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V6.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6''''' – cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Tom B. Long]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v64.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Vol. 64: Windblade'' HC'''; cover art by [[Guido Guidi]] and Saren Stone
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v64.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 64: Windblade''''' – cover art by [[Guido Guidi]] and Saren Stone
File:Windblade-Last-City.jpg|'''''Transformers Windblade: The Last City'' TPB'''; cover art by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
File:Windblade-Last-City.jpg|'''''Windblade - The Last City''''' – cover art by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
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Deep within Metroplex, Windblade and her allies are confronted by threeoftheTerrorcons. As the monstrous Decepticons taunt them, Blurr cautions Windblade to reign herself in, but she cannot: though once deemed "too centred" to be a Cityspeaker, she is fiercely protective of Metroplex, and hurls herself into action to protect him. Taking to the air in jet mode, she is caught off-guard by Cutthroat, not having expected him to be able to fly, prompting Chromia to abandon the others in favour of aiding her friend. Though chagrined, Blurr is quick to organize the rest of the group, ordering Tall Tankor to help Windblade in the air while he tackles Sinnertwin and Slug engages Rippersnapper. At Circuit's urging, Longtooth films the ensuing fracas, which goes poorly for the Autobots; Slug is laid out, and Blurr is sent crashing into the luckless Waspinator, and although Windblade is able to take down Cutthroat, she herself is then knocked from the sky by Starscream, who arrests her for crimes against Cybertron. Rattrap cuffs the rest of the group, but Chromia manages to slip away in the confusion.
Later, in an undisclosed prison, Starscream introduces Blurr and the others to the "Badgeless", Starscream's new police force, whose identities are hidden by masks to protect them against public aggression. Dismissing his enforcers, Starscream threatens the rest of the group with imprisonment and execution, professing that he can justify it by claiming they were helping Windblade damage Metroplex's systems in order to help her stage a coup. Longtooth unwisely speaks up to say that he has video evidence proving that is untrue, but Starscream calmly and menacingly points out that he can remove that from the equation by simply killing him. With Longtooth silenced, he invites the incarcerated 'bots to ensure their own liberation by siding with him in his mission to remove Windblade from her position of power. Blurr spits his offer back in his face, but Starscream doubts that all those imprisoned will sacrifice their freedom and possibly their lives for an alien they don't even really know...
Elsewhere in the prison, Windblade is tortured by Rattrap for information on the location of Chromia and the "real" reason she was sent to Cybertron. Presently, Starscream arrives, and with the torture having yielded no information, he instead elects to undo her bonds, doubting she will cause much trouble. He is entirely wrong, as she immediately lunges for him and tries to tear his head off, but he quickly overpowers her. Though he admits to tampering with Metroplex's filters in pursuit of the Regenesis ores in his system, Starscream refutes Windblade's accusation that he was attempting to kill the Titan; then, when she blames him for the bomb that nearly killed her, his look of confusion is punctuated by the baffled Rattrap, who starts to say that they weren't responsible for the blast, until Starscream silences him and orders him to take Windblade back to her cell.
Returned to the cells with her allies, Windblade thinks over the revelations from the torture session until Chromia bursts in with Sky-Byte and Swindle in a daring escape attempt. While Blurr and the others remain behind to distract Starscream and his guards, Chromia and Windblade race off to Metroplex's brain. Chromia is stunned when Windblade reveals that Starscream has not been behind all the trouble plaguing Metroplex, but someone else instead...
...someone who has been rerouting the power drained from throughout Metroplex to reactivate the Titan's spacebridge!
Of the absent members of the Terrorcons, Hun-Grr was last seen attempting to orchestrate a jailbreak in More than Meets the Eye #30, which likely landed him in some hot water, and Blot has been MIA since he was apparently killed by Arcee back in Robots in Disguise #11 (though writer John Barber has noted that he might not actually be dead).
A little more insight is offered into Camien society this issue; it is revealed that they do not use ranged weaponry, as they consider it wasteful, an attitude that has been exemplified in Chromia and Windblade's signature weapons, an axe and a sword, respectively.
Rattrap's been generally portrayed as far less of a nice guy in IDW continuity than his Beast Wars self was, but don't allow yourself to believe the sight of him torturing Windblade is that big a departure: Rattrap revealed he was an advocate of torturing prisoners in the Beast Wars episode "Chain of Command".
30th Anniversary cover:Starscream stands over a fallen Megatron, by Guido Guidi and John-Paul Bove. Part of a series of "30th Anniversary" covers from the June 2014 Transformers titles that commemorate scenes from the original The Transformers cartoon, though this one doesn't seem to be of any specific event from the show.
Includes a bio for Windblade, an overview of her conception, pictures of her Thrilling 30 toy, early design sketches by Hasbro, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.
Hardcover format.
Transformers: Windblade - The Last City (February 14, 2018) ISBN 978-1684052240
Collects Windblade (2014) issues #1–4, and Windblade (2015) issues #1–7, but not the alternating chapters of Combiner Wars from The Transformers vol. 2 needed to complete the story. Um.
{{#if: Windblade stumbles upon a Transformers "Romance" fan-fiction |
Windblade – cover art by Saren Stone
The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 64: Windblade – cover art by Guido Guidi and Saren Stone
Windblade - The Last City – cover art by Sara Pitre-Durocher
