Reunification: Part 4

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"Reunification: Part 4"
Publisher	Fun Publications
Published in	Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #28
Writer	Forest Lee
Pencils by	Robby Musso
Inks by	Robby Musso
Colors by	Josh Perez
Letters by	Jesse Wittenrich
Editor	Pete Sinclair
Continuity	Shattered Glass
Chronology	Current era (2009)

Landquake and company continue their search for their last gestalt member.

Synopsis

TOOM!

Landquake orders everyone out of the building as Computron rips the roof off the building. As Topspin and Breakaway grab Skyfall's body, Landquake blasts the combiner, blinding Computron. The arrogant, moronic combiner stumbles about, while Landquake, knowing his optics will restore themselves soon, decides their only course of action is to head to this dimension's Megatron.

Soon, at Decepticon HQ, Reflector calls Starscream, telling him that Computron appears to be chasing someone. Intrigued, Starscream tells the Decepticon camera to alert Megatron, and send Abominus to help the robots. Meanwhile, Aquarius explains while he and the others flee how he managed to find them: an odd computer called Omega Terminus, linked in some unknown way to Alpha Trion. Omega Terminus is connected through a multiversal computer network to Vector Sigma, where Aquarius found a recall code for a warrior. Suddenly, Landquake swerves out of the way, as Abominus greets him and the others, facing down Computron. Another Decepticon leads them to safety, where they are greeted by Megatron, Starscream, Cyclonus, and most surprisingly of all, Cliffjumper. The Autobot is happy to see Landquake, and the Decepticon reciprocates his greeting, and tells Megatron they have to speak with him immediately.

Soon, Landquake explains how they got to this dimension, and that they are looking for Heatwave. Megatron, far friendlier than Landquake imagined, has Cyclonus get Heatwave. Turning his attention to Aquarius, Megatron and the Quintesson exchange greeting, both hoping for a friendship between their peoples. Cyclonus arrives with Heatwave, and Megatron presents the Decepticon to the newcomers, hoping he can answer their questions. However, Cyclonus suddenly receives a message and pulls his gun out on Megatron. For the glory of Alpha Trion, the traitorous Decepticon assassinates Megatron!

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Decepticons	Autobots	Others
Reflector (8) Starscream (9) Abominus (10) Deathcobra (11) Megatron (12) Cyclonus (13) Heatwave (15) Krunix (16)	Computron (7)	Cypher (1) Landquake (2) Breakaway (3) Skyfall (4) Topspin (5) Aquarius (6) Cliffjumper (14)

Quotes

"Wow. Heavy."

—Aquarius as Computron rips off the roof of the building he's in.

(after Landquake blinds Computron)
"Computron does not need sight! Computron will use Computron's infinite processing power to find you!"
(as everyone moves to stand just out of Computron's reach)
"Computron concludes that the small robots are teleporters! Computron curses Computron's luck!"

—Computron isn't near as smart as he thinks he is.

"Good afternoon, my fine fellows. If you'll just get behind me, I'll take care of your little Autobot problem."
"You will not keep Computron from Alpha Trion's prize!"
"I must say, dear Computron, your diction has improved since last we met."

—Abominus prepares to throw down with Computron... politely.

Notes

• Mentioned characters include: Alpha Trion, Omega Terminus, and Vector Sigma.

Continuity notes

• Reflector and Cyclonus first appeared in the original "Shattered Glass" comic. The Terrorcons, meanwhile, were briefly mentioned in "Do Over".
• Cliffjumper recognizes Landquake, having met him in the "Crossing Over" storyline, and separated from him in the Shattered Glass universe when the Caretaker transported Landquake (along with Breakaway and Skyfall) to Axiom Nexus.
• Heatwave would later be shown to return to Cybertron from Earth in a supposed Autobot stellar spanner accident in "Blitzwing Bop" (published two months after this issue was released). Cliffjumper and Starscream have presumably arrived after the Decepticons built their own stellar spanner, as seen in "Transhuman", published two years later.
• Alpha Trion's connection to Omega Terminus was established in "Dungeons & Dinobots", homaging the positive-universe Alpha Trion's connection to Vector Sigma.

Transformers references

• In a cute touch, the screen on the back of Reflector matches the computer screen he watches. The screen is a holdover from the Spy Shot 6 toy he is based on, where it was also depicted as him looking at something (specifically, Cybertron Ransack).
• Cyclonus design has been changed from his positve-universe counterpart's original design to that of his Universe toy. The following year, this "virtual redeco" was made into a real toy.
• Several new characters are introduced again this chapter, including:
  • Abominus and the Terrorcons, who, mirroring the Technobots, are based on their positive-universe counterparts in the colors of the Generation 1 Technobots
    • Hun-Grrr is based on Scattershot.
    • Cutthroat is based on Strafe.
    • Blot is based on Lightspeed.
    • Rippersnapper is based on Nosecone.
    • Sinnertwin is based on Afterburner.
  • Deathcobra is based on his Victory counterpart in the colors of G.I. Joe's Serpentor.

Errors

• Although not technically an error at the time, as his toy didn’t exist yet, Krunix is colored black, rather than red and orange.