Revenge of the Fallen issue 4: Difference between revisions
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*When [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] is sucked into [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] calls him... "Skids". | *When [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] is sucked into [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] calls him... "Skids". | ||
*[[Arcee (Movie)| Arcee]], who was shown joining the battle in issue 3, is strangely absent. | *[[Arcee (Movie)| Arcee]], who was shown joining the battle in issue 3, is strangely absent. | ||
*Barbed-wire-like tentacles come out of nowhere to tangle The Fallen up and prevent him from going into the portal. There is no explanation of where they come from or why a few tentacles would render the powerful The Fallen completely helpless and reduced to pleading with Megatron for rescue. | *Barbed-wire-like tentacles come out of nowhere to tangle The Fallen up and prevent him from going into the portal. They seem to be controlled by Optimus. There is no explanation of where they come from or why a few tentacles would render the powerful The Fallen completely helpless and reduced to pleading with Megatron for rescue. | ||
*On page 4, [[Morshower|Admiral Morshower]] not only still doesn't look anything like actor [[Glenn Morshower]]... he also suddenly sports a mustache he didn't have yet in | *On page 4, [[Morshower|Admiral Morshower]] not only still doesn't look anything like actor [[Glenn Morshower]]... he also suddenly sports a mustache he didn't have yet in any of the other issues he appeared in. | ||
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Revision as of 07:27, 2 July 2009
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 10, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Ehren Kruger | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Jon Davis-Hunt | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Kris Carter & Josh Perez | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Movie continuity | ||||||||||||
An adaptation of the summer blockbuster of 2009.
Synopsis
The Fallen orders Megatron to find Sam Witwicky and bring him the Matrix of Leadership. Megatron Agrees.
Seymour Simmons and Leo Spitz decide to stay in their place of relative safety with Skids and Mudflap but to keep their eye out for an opportunity to help. The Twins then agree they were totally and majorly screwed.
Sam and Mikaela Banes are still running from Starscream when they are found by Rampage who is holding Sam's parents hostage.
William Lennox and Robert Epps wonder why the United States military is not sending help, figuring they could see the conflict from satellites. However, satellite images continue to be disrupted by Soundwave.
Some Constructicons form Devastator.
Sam is about to trade the sock full of Matrix dust to Rampage in exchange for his parents when Bumblebee shows up and defeats Rampage with his bare hands. Bumblebee drives Ron Witwicky and Judy Witwicky to safety just before Megatron opens fire on Sam and Mikaela, missing.
The Fallen downs a couple of American helicopters by telekinesis. One helicopter is completely destroyed but the other is able to make a crash landing. Simmons borrows its radio. While Devastator begins demolishing a pyramid exposing a harvester, Simmons reaches a nearby US Naval destroyer on the radio. Simmons tells the captain to prepare his prototype rail gun and be ready to fire when he gives him the coordinates. The captain briefly argues about security clearance but Simmon's persuasive personality convinces him.
An unmanned aerial vehicle is finally able to get images back to the US military and they send a tank battalion led by General Salam into the fray. Sam and Mikaela are pinned down by Megatron near Lennox's position when the tanks arrive. Lennox orderes the tanks to give covering fire and Sam and Mikaela are reunited with Lennox. Long Haul then arrives barreling down on their position. Before he can run all the humans over, Jetfire swoops down and destroys Long Haul with one shot. US planes are entering the area on a bombing run, so Lennox and Mikaela run to safety. Sam instead runs to Optimus Prime. Scorponok appears out of the sand and stabs Jetfire through the chest. Sam arrives at Optimus Prime's body when an explosion knockes him unconscious.
Sam's heart stopped, and he has a vision of the Dynasty of Primes, which tell Sam that he has proven his leadership ability and they give him stewardship of the Matrix. Sam is resuscitated by a medic. He pours the Matrix out of his sock and it reforms itself into a solid artifact. Sam jabs the Matrix into Optimus Prime's spark, reanimating him. Having apparently gained knowledge through the Matrix, Prime wakes up wanting to know where he can find The Fallen.
The Fallen teleports to where Sam is, steals the Matrix through telekineses, shoves a couple of Autobots out of the way with a wave of his hand and teleports away. Optimus Prime declares he is still not in shape to face The Fallen, so a dying Jetfire offeres his chassis for parts. Ratchet then performs a field refit of Optimus, installing Jetfire to him, forming a makeshift super mode.
Simmons makes his way under Devastator's feet and tells the destroyer captain to fire the rail gun directly above his position. This is a direct hit and Devastator is destroyed. Optimus Prime then goes on the offensive, and takes out the harvester. Optimus Prime claims that there can only be one Prime, but Megatron objects, calling him a liar because The Fallen promised the power of the Primes to him. Optimus informs Megatron that he was deceived by The Fallen then chops off one of Megatron's arms and one of his legs.
The Fallen opens up a portal in preparation for a retreat, but takes too long in his farewell monologue because, at that moment, a bundle of animated barbed-wire appears from off-panel to tangle him up (???). The Fallen begs Megatron for help, but Megatron instead uses the portal to escape to the Nemesis. Optimus then finishes off The Fallen by driving a spike through his head.
Later, the humans and Autobots are on the U.S.S. Roosevelt celebrating their victory. Sam says the symbols in his head are gone, and Optimus tells him that the knowledge had passed to him, and they are all that are left of Cybertronian heritage. Optimus is grateful to Sam for keeping the information safe. Sam asks about the future and Optimus gives a speech about facing it together.
Megatron is then back on the Nemesis with all of his limbs. He is busy raising a new army from stasis pods located there.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Errors
- When Mudflap is sucked into Devastator, Skids calls him... "Skids".
- Arcee, who was shown joining the battle in issue 3, is strangely absent.
- Barbed-wire-like tentacles come out of nowhere to tangle The Fallen up and prevent him from going into the portal. They seem to be controlled by Optimus. There is no explanation of where they come from or why a few tentacles would render the powerful The Fallen completely helpless and reduced to pleading with Megatron for rescue.
- On page 4, Admiral Morshower not only still doesn't look anything like actor Glenn Morshower... he also suddenly sports a mustache he didn't have yet in any of the other issues he appeared in.
Items of note
- Both Rampage and Long Haul are active individually while Devastator is formed. Judging by the number of incoming comet Decepticons in the last issue, there were plenty of Decepticons on the scene for Devastator to be formed without them, so this isn't an error.
- In Defiance issue 4, The Fallen claimed he would be imprisoned in his sarcophagus until the star harvester is rediscovered. This is apparently literally true. It seems the act of finding the harvester somehow freed him from prison.
- Josh Nizzi's cover for this issue is a modified version of his rejected cover for Defiance issue 4 (rejected because, at the time, director Michael Bay and Dreamworks/Paramount Pictures wanted to keep Megatron's return a "secret".) The main difference is the photoshopping of a stock image of The Fallen into the background.
Differences with movie
- In the film, Scorponok is killed by Jetfire and Ravage is killed by Bumblebee, while Starscream escapes with Megatron. In the comic, the fates of Scorponok, Ravage, and Starscream are not shown - in fact, Scorponok is only seen for a single panel in the comic, when he injures Jetfire. Soundwave is presumably still in space in either version.
- In the movie, The Fallen does not summon a portal, and does not get tangled up with wires, prompting him to plea for help from Megatron.
- In the movie, Megatron flees with Starscream after The Fallen is defeated. In the comic, Megatron explicitly refuses to help The Fallen during his battle with Optimus Prime and departs from the battle offscreen.
- the fallen Death is different in here Prime stabs the fallen on his head killing Him, but in the Movie He Tores the Fallen face then prime rips and crushs the fallen spark killing him
- The final scene from the comic, with Megatron witnessing the Decepticons on board the Nemesis hatch and welcoming them as his new army, does not appear in the movie.
Covers (2)
- Cover A: Optimus Prime facing off against Megatron while The Fallen looms in the background. Art by Josh Nizzi.
- Cover B: CGI render of Bumblebee
