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* The [[Decepticomments]] section describes the ''Coda'' issues and provides art from some of the covers.
* The [[Decepticomments]] section describes the ''Coda'' issues and provides art from some of the covers.
* Octane, like his Universe counterpart, now goes by the name of Tankor. Poor guy.
* Octane, like his Universe counterpart, now goes by the name of Tankor. Poor guy.
* Omega Supreme barely held is own against Monstructor, the first combiner in Spotlight Optimus Prime. However he easily defeats Devastator who barely puts up much of a fight. Either perfecting Jhiaxus gestalt technology has the drawback of a weaker gestalt, or Omega has been training.


== Covers (3)==
== Covers (3)==

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Unlike issue 1, this sorta happened.
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published June 24, 2009
Cover date June 2009
Written by Shane McCarthy
Art by Guido Guidi
Colors by James Brown and Josh Burcham
Letters by Chris Mowry
Edits by Andy Schmidt and Denton J. Tipton
Continuity IDW continuity
Chronology All Hail Megatron

There's a nuclear bomb coming to blow up a city as Prime and Megatron trade blows and viewpoints, and somebody has to fly up and stop it! Haven't we been here before?

Synopsis

In New York City, the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle. Sideswipe swats Kickback with a broken street light, wanting to avenge Sunstreaker's death. Suddenly, Bombshell surprises him and reveals that he was the one responsible for Sunstreaker's actions by toying with the mind of his former Headmaster partner, Hunter O'Nion. Before Bombshell can kill Sideswipe, though, Kup punches him in the face. However, he, too, gets taken by surprise by Skywarp. Skywarp is incredulous about Kup's presence, since he had heard that Kup had gone crazy. Kup, insulted by Skywarp's "scrap heap" joke, fires at his chest, and falls near the Statue of Liberty, where Omega Supreme and Devastator struggle. Devastator claims that nothing can stop him, but Omega proves otherwise by blasting straight through his chest (along with Lady Liberty's chest) and Devastator falls into the ocean.

At Central Park, Sparkplug Witwicky, Colonel Hawke, and the remaining army troops fire at Dropshot, but without success. Sparkplug orders Hawke to leave, with the European Union plane (secretly the Decepticon Tankor) heading its way to drop the nuke at the city. Hawke protests, but Sparkplug persists, saying that he might lose his son, and that he doesn't want any of his men to join him. Meanwhile, Spike and his "team" make it to the rooftop of a building and stay low, witnessing two of the large robots begin their duel. Armed with Shockwave's gun, Spike decides to target the silver one. Bridge asks Spike if the other one is on their side, and Spike replies that it might be, considering his size.

Optimus Prime and Megatron throw down once again. Megatron once again questions Prime on why he cares about the humans when they're about to drop a nuke onto the city, not to mention Sunstreaker being captured and tortured by them, and believes Prime is a fool for returning to Earth. Prime retorts by saying that it's not about saving them, it's about who the Transformers are, what the difference between them is, and what makes Megatron a Decepticon, and himself and Autobot.

In Central Park, Sparplug fires a bazooka at Dropshot, who briefly staggers. Enraged and hurt, Dropshot declares that he was stuck the whole time doing some spy work for the Decepticons, and that nothing's going to stop him from tearing apart Sparkplug. However, what Dropshop doesn't know is that Kup, emerging from the water, is slowly sneaking up behind him...

Meanwhile, Prime and Megatron continue to exchange blows, but Megatron gets the upper hand by throwing Prime into a building. Megatron is impressed by Prime's willingness to struggle, while others had quit. Then, he orders Tankor to proceed with the bombing, to which Tankor, shedding his EU disguise, obliges. Bridge tells Spike to shoot fast, as the gun is almost finished charging up. Megatron orders Blitzwing to gather up the rest of the Decepticons and that the Autobots can die with the humans when the bomb drops. Bridge warns Spike that the Decepticons are about to flee, and Spike decides to act. Megatron tells Prime that he's going to take the Matrix with him, but before he can do anything else, a sudden laser blast is fired...

...and hits Megatron right in the face. Seizing the opportunity, Prime grabs Megatron's fusion cannon off the ground and smashes it hard at Megatron's head. Megatron, crackling with electricity, falls to the ground, defeated and broken. The Autobots begin to celebrate, but as Optimus advances towards Megatron, a voice stops him; it's Starscream! Optimus asks why he is here, and Starscream replies that he is fulfilling his role as a Seeker by protecting Megatron, something the Autobots would never do. Prime, sensing that this isn't Starscream's usual behavior, asks to leave Megatron behind and take over leadership of the Decepticons, but Starscream, repeating what Megatron had told him, says that it must be taken, and not something that is magically given by chance, which is something Prime would never understand.

Optimus asks Starscream if he's running, to which he replies that he's not; he's done playing instead. The Decepticons outnumbers the Autobots on the other side of the galaxy, that the Autobot army is in ruins, and that the Decepticons are victorious. Nothing was gained by this battle, and Starscream gives him a choice before bidding farewell: go after them, or save New York City from nuclear devastation. The Autobots realize that no one has the capacity to fly and stop the nuke, but a voice says that he'll do the job...

The voice belongs to Thundercracker! He decides to go and stop the bomb, because he is the only one that can fly. Optimus tries to say Omega Supreme's name, but Thundercracker replies that the job needs finesse, not brute force. Ironhide points out that Thundercracker is a Decepticon, but he states that there is no honor for the nuke. Drift, a former Decepticon, tries to welcome Thundercracker into the Autobot ranks, but Thundercracker bushes it off, saying that he doesn't want to speak to a traitor, and doesn't want to be one either. He goes on to say that killing innocent humans was not the Decepticons' way of battle; it was forged through combat, not slaughter, and that everything they done to Earth was dishonorable. With that, Thundercracker takes off into the air and grabs the nuke as it falls, then flies it into space and fires at it, blowing up the nuke.

With New York safe, the Autobots can finally celebrate their victory. Hound interrupts Prime and introduces him to the mystery "sniper", Spike Witwicky. Prime praises Spike's remarkable skills, and Spike credits that to his "remarkable weapon". In Central Park, Sparkplug Witwicky and Kup have a chat about space and Kup's "cigar" while sitting on the fallen body of Dropshot. Meanwhile, Thundercracker is about to return to the Decepticons when Skywarp, using his teleportation ability, appears and accuses Thundercracker, a fellow Seeker, for betraying the Decepticons. Thundercracker tries to explain to Skywarp about how Megatron had lost his way, but Skywarp furiously calls him a "betrayer"... and fires point blank at Thundercracker's head.

Optimus Prime tells Spike that his people are free, but they must rebuild and recover from the devastation. The humans need leaders like themselves, and heroes that can look up to them in times of need. The Autobots had traveled from their homeworld of Cybertron to free the humans from the Decepticons' tyranny. With that, Prime lets Spike know that he wants to help them in anyway he can. Spike, while appreciating it, honestly says that if mankind is going to accept them, they have another thing coming. The Transformers had brought their war to Earth, and that they had caused all of the damage to the planet, regardless of allegiance, and that any chance of a union between humans and Transformers is now long gone...

While Spike is talking to Optimus, Sideswipe enters Bombshell's lab and what he finds is disturbing... Hunter O'Nion, Sunstreaker's former Headmaster partner, being placed on life support, due to Sunstreaker's death. Faced with a spark-wrenching decision, Sideswipe presses a switch, shutting down Hunter's life support, and walks away while Hunter expires...

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans

Quotes

  • TBD

Errors

  • In the description of the Coda issues, #16 has Bumblebee's story as a second "Story 1" rather than "Story 2".

Items of note

  • This issue was released on the same day as the American release of Revenge of the Fallen. Coincidence... yeeeaahhh.
  • With the overall moral of AHM being "Autobots will stop taking 'acceptable losses' in their war against the Decepticons", Sideswipe deciding to end Hunter's life rather than, say, take him back to Ratchet and Perceptor to try and save him really doesn't make a lot of sense.
  • The Decepticomments section describes the Coda issues and provides art from some of the covers.
  • Octane, like his Universe counterpart, now goes by the name of Tankor. Poor guy.
  • Omega Supreme barely held is own against Monstructor, the first combiner in Spotlight Optimus Prime. However he easily defeats Devastator who barely puts up much of a fight. Either perfecting Jhiaxus gestalt technology has the drawback of a weaker gestalt, or Omega has been training.

Covers (3)

  • Cover A: A "reverse" of issue 1's cover, with Prime holding an waving American flag and Megatron's fusion cannon; art by Casey Coller with colors by Joana Lafuente.
  • Cover B: Prime vs Megatron; art and colors by Trevor Hutchison.
  • Apocalypse Comics Exclusive Cover: Homage to Amazing Spider-Man #50, with Megatron in place; art by Casey Coller with colors by Joana Lafuente.

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