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*'''Continuity:''' [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] (prequel) | *'''Continuity:''' [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] (prequel) | ||
Edwards Air Force Base, [[California]] | At Edwards Air Force Base, [[California]], gunfire pounds the ground around [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]! Tracking the attacker to the alley behind two hangars, he is outraged to find a horde of crates being pushed onto him by...[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]?! | ||
Skids and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] head for another | Skids and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] head for another hangar, ready to achieve their primary objective. They crack the lock and enter it, finding the secret [[NEST]] base inside...and a very grumpy Ironhide, warning them "get ready for ''pain''" before he bashes their heads together. [[Image:Ironhidetwins_KLUNNG.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Oh, so ''that's'' why they look like—oh, wait, they were already ugly.]] It becomes clear the twins, who ran off from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|their minder]] when he wasn't looking, have been spending their whole time at the base ''constantly'' claiming they have important info for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]...which they'll ''only'' tell to Optimus, as it's "need to know". Ironhide has already told them (twice!) they can't bother Optimus, and as it turns out, he's not there anyway. (When asked why he didn't tell them, he says it was "need to know". Sarky git!) It's clear ''nobody'' believes the twins ''really'' have important info, not after all the times they've cried wolf before. | ||
Suddenly NEST's human techies pick up a Decepticon signal heading for [[Las Vegas]]]! Ironhide immediately organises a human strike team under [[Sergeant Dundee]] and has their transport prepped. The twins eagerly clamour to join in the op, saying they've got the right stuff... to which Ironhide says no, they suck. Their | Suddenly, NEST's human techies pick up a Decepticon signal heading for [[Las Vegas]]]! Ironhide immediately organises a human strike team under [[Sergeant Dundee]] and has their transport prepped. The twins eagerly clamour to join in the op, saying they've got the right stuff...to which Ironhide says no, they suck. Their laissez-faire approach makes them a liability, and they're too immature to be used in the real world. If they want his trust, they need to earn it. (Mudflap comes ''close'' to saying something rude here...) As the NEST team leaves, the twins decide they're having none of that; they're going to Vegas to show Ironhide what they can do! | ||
As night falls, [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] enters Vegas, a bit fed up | As night falls, [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] enters Vegas, a bit fed up with [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave, his director]], being some cryptic about why he's there—not to mention Soundwave being a back-seat driver and "directing" him. He quickly finds some old rusting car, which his boss babbles about containing [[Seeker (ROTF)|ancient knowledge in an old shell]]. Luckily, he then gets some proper instructions: Cut the car open and take something from it! | ||
By the time he's finished and extracted a strange, circuitry-based "memory tree" from the car, NEST has arrived and is moving to take him down. Soundwave barks that he must get the tree back ''now now now'' and not be diverted or captured. While being sarky about the | By the time he's finished and extracted a strange, circuitry-based "memory tree" from the car, NEST has arrived and is moving to take him down. Soundwave barks that he must get the tree back ''now now now'' and not be diverted or captured. While being sarky about the "touching concern", Grindor uses his rotor to blast parked cars at Ironhide and the NEST crew. While the Autobot is hit, the humans continue to drive on and hit the retreating Decepticon with an electrified cable, disabling him. Now all they have to do is anchor it into the road to keep him immobilised... | ||
...and then Skids and Mudflap arrive to prove themselves by shooting down this Decepticon that NEST is struggling with! | ...and then Skids and Mudflap arrive to prove themselves by shooting down this Decepticon that NEST is struggling with! | ||
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...and shoot through the cable, allowing him to flee. | ...and shoot through the cable, allowing him to flee. | ||
Despite this, Ironhide recognises that they're genuinely distraught and what they tried to do, and he admits that while they need to think before they go in, maybe this is something that can be ''solved''. He tells them everyone makes mistakes; they just need to ''learn'' from them. | |||
===Quotes=== | ===Quotes=== | ||
"''Don't'' make me come lookin'. My fabled sunny disposition is just that... a fable." | "''Don't'' make me come lookin'. My fabled sunny disposition is just that...a fable." | ||
: | :—'''Ironhide''' | ||
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"Say, Ironhide, anyone ever tell you—? | "Say, Ironhide, anyone ever tell you—?"<br> | ||
"Not ''twice''."<br> | "Not ''twice''."<br> | ||
: | :—'''Mudflap''' and '''Ironhide''' | ||
"We are ''not'' being taken seriously." | "We are ''not'' being taken seriously." | ||
: | :—'''Skids''' | ||
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===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* As has happened before, the Previously section refers to some events that haven't happened. | * As has happened before, the "Previously" section refers to some events that haven't happened. | ||
* Grindor is sporting a different colour scheme | * Grindor is sporting a different colour scheme from his toy and film self. | ||
===Notes=== | ===Notes=== | ||
* Why ''does'' the twins' message need to be heard by Optimus only? The impression given is that it ''doesn't'', the twins are just being juvenile. Going off their Movie Universe bios, it's possible they want to use it as an excuse to see His Nibs in person. | * Why ''does'' the twins' message need to be heard by Optimus only? The impression given is that it ''doesn't'', and the twins are just being juvenile. Going off their Movie Universe bios, it's possible they want to use it as an excuse to see His Nibs in person. | ||
* The twins have a rep of being immature and telling tall tales. | * The twins have a rep of being immature and telling tall tales. | ||
* First strip appearance of NEST. They go unnamed and unclarified, though if you haven't seen the film yet it's still clear Ironhide is hanging with the US military. | * First strip appearance of NEST. They go unnamed and unclarified, though if you haven't seen the film yet, it's still clear Ironhide is hanging with the US military. | ||
* This is the first time we've seen a NEST base outside of [[Diego Garcia]]. Ironhide is a commanding officer here. | * This is the first time we've seen a NEST base outside of [[Diego Garcia]]. Ironhide is a commanding officer here. | ||
* Soundwave is clearly working for [[The Fallen]], and that car he had hacked up is almost certainly [[Seeker (ROTF)|a dormant Seeker]]. Grindor, and presumably a number of other Decepticons, are being kept in the dark. | * Soundwave is clearly working for [[The Fallen]], and that car he had hacked up is almost certainly [[Seeker (ROTF)|a dormant Seeker]]. Grindor, and presumably a number of other Decepticons, are being kept in the dark. | ||
* With Soundwave appearing to be the Earth commanding officer, Starscream appears to only be ''a'' commander in the Decepticons rather than | * With Soundwave appearing to be the Earth commanding officer, Starscream appears to only be ''a'' commander in the Decepticons rather than their nominal head. | ||
* This strip has the most appearances of the twins' actual faces since the run started. | * This strip has the most appearances of the twins' actual faces since the run started. | ||
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| Publisher | Titan Magazines | ||||||||||||
| First published | 13 August 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Steve White | ||||||||||||
| Deputy editor | Den Patrick | ||||||||||||
| Designer | Danny Preston | ||||||||||||
| Publishing manager | Darryl Curtis | ||||||||||||
| Price | £2.70 | ||||||||||||
And now... ACTION FORCE NEST!
Learning Curve
- Script: Simon Furman
- Art: Jon Davis-Hunt
- Colours: Hi-Fi Design
- Letters: Andrew James
- Continuity: Revenge of the Fallen (prequel)
At Edwards Air Force Base, California, gunfire pounds the ground around Ironhide! Tracking the attacker to the alley behind two hangars, he is outraged to find a horde of crates being pushed onto him by...Skids?!
Skids and Mudflap head for another hangar, ready to achieve their primary objective. They crack the lock and enter it, finding the secret NEST base inside...and a very grumpy Ironhide, warning them "get ready for pain" before he bashes their heads together.
It becomes clear the twins, who ran off from their minder when he wasn't looking, have been spending their whole time at the base constantly claiming they have important info for Optimus Prime...which they'll only tell to Optimus, as it's "need to know". Ironhide has already told them (twice!) they can't bother Optimus, and as it turns out, he's not there anyway. (When asked why he didn't tell them, he says it was "need to know". Sarky git!) It's clear nobody believes the twins really have important info, not after all the times they've cried wolf before.
Suddenly, NEST's human techies pick up a Decepticon signal heading for Las Vegas]! Ironhide immediately organises a human strike team under Sergeant Dundee and has their transport prepped. The twins eagerly clamour to join in the op, saying they've got the right stuff...to which Ironhide says no, they suck. Their laissez-faire approach makes them a liability, and they're too immature to be used in the real world. If they want his trust, they need to earn it. (Mudflap comes close to saying something rude here...) As the NEST team leaves, the twins decide they're having none of that; they're going to Vegas to show Ironhide what they can do!
As night falls, Grindor enters Vegas, a bit fed up with Soundwave, his director, being some cryptic about why he's there—not to mention Soundwave being a back-seat driver and "directing" him. He quickly finds some old rusting car, which his boss babbles about containing ancient knowledge in an old shell. Luckily, he then gets some proper instructions: Cut the car open and take something from it!
By the time he's finished and extracted a strange, circuitry-based "memory tree" from the car, NEST has arrived and is moving to take him down. Soundwave barks that he must get the tree back now now now and not be diverted or captured. While being sarky about the "touching concern", Grindor uses his rotor to blast parked cars at Ironhide and the NEST crew. While the Autobot is hit, the humans continue to drive on and hit the retreating Decepticon with an electrified cable, disabling him. Now all they have to do is anchor it into the road to keep him immobilised...
...and then Skids and Mudflap arrive to prove themselves by shooting down this Decepticon that NEST is struggling with!
...and shoot through the cable, allowing him to flee.
Despite this, Ironhide recognises that they're genuinely distraught and what they tried to do, and he admits that while they need to think before they go in, maybe this is something that can be solved. He tells them everyone makes mistakes; they just need to learn from them.
Quotes
"Don't make me come lookin'. My fabled sunny disposition is just that...a fable."
- —Ironhide
"While you insist on this policy of do-as-you-damn-well-like, you're a liability, both of you. Especially on joint field-ops. This is a real world, bots, not one of your playground stories."
- —Ironhide
"Say, Ironhide, anyone ever tell you—?"
"Not twice."
- —Mudflap and Ironhide
"We are not being taken seriously."
- —Skids
"What is this thing I'm looking for?"
"One of the lost."
"Is that supposed to mean something to me, Soundwave?"
"No."
- —Grindor has a crap boss in Soundwave
Errors
- As has happened before, the "Previously" section refers to some events that haven't happened.
- Grindor is sporting a different colour scheme from his toy and film self.
Notes
- Why does the twins' message need to be heard by Optimus only? The impression given is that it doesn't, and the twins are just being juvenile. Going off their Movie Universe bios, it's possible they want to use it as an excuse to see His Nibs in person.
- The twins have a rep of being immature and telling tall tales.
- First strip appearance of NEST. They go unnamed and unclarified, though if you haven't seen the film yet, it's still clear Ironhide is hanging with the US military.
- This is the first time we've seen a NEST base outside of Diego Garcia. Ironhide is a commanding officer here.
- Soundwave is clearly working for The Fallen, and that car he had hacked up is almost certainly a dormant Seeker. Grindor, and presumably a number of other Decepticons, are being kept in the dark.
- With Soundwave appearing to be the Earth commanding officer, Starscream appears to only be a commander in the Decepticons rather than their nominal head.
- This strip has the most appearances of the twins' actual faces since the run started.
Contents
Articles & features
- The Fallen character profile.
- Competitions, including one for Deluxe TF toys.
- "WIN! See the sights of London with Bumblebee": a competition for readers over twelve to win a trip around London in a 1976 Chevrolet Camero and a slap up meal at Haymarket's Planet Hollywood for yourself, a friend, and a guardian! You also win a full set of Transformers RPM toys and a Devastator Showdown track set.
- Top Gear: Advertising and competitions.
- More Than Meets The Eye: puzzles.
- Sideswipe's Arsenal: informative feature on the railgun.
- Law and Disorder: Letters, art and photos from readers, answered by Barricade and Ironhide.
- Starscream's Stars: Comedy horrorscope.
- Poster of All Hail Megatron issue 3's Guido Guidi cover.
Free Gift
- "FREE DISK SHOOTER WATCH" — a disc-firing weapon. It has an Autobot logo and fires... Decepticon logo disks...
- Pull-out activity section: removable four-page cardboard thing, with the top sticking up out of the comic (giving the cover an extra banner). It's got several activities and bits you can cut out to make things with! You can make a Starscream glider, targets for the disc launcher, a door handle (Autobot and NEST versions ("ideal for keeping annoying sisters and Decepticons at bay"), and a Megatron mask. "Become the Decepticon face of evil—and terrify your parents!"
Reprints
- All Hail Megatron issue 2b/issue 3a (16 pages)
Law and Disorder
"Kyle Hampshire wins the Star Letter prize for his picture of Barricade—what do you mean, 'fix'?"
"It doesn't help that Megatron is prone to fits of psychopathic paranoia either and is a terrible bully. And he's also our glorious, wonderful leader and I totally respect him for it."
"You creep, Barricade..."
- —Barricade and Ironhide on why Starscream and Megatron fight
"The episode you mention is called Triple Takeover. Starscream doesn't get frozen, he just gets locked in a chamber in some sewers. He still gets mad about that, but then who wouldn't?"
- -Barricade
"Don't forget, you humans like to strap on rollerblades. Not so different from Sideswipe after all. You just lack the big, pointy swords for arms."
- -Ironhide
Starscream's Stars
"CANCER (22 Jun — 22 July): It's been said trouble always comes in threes. Luckily you only have one Decepticon to worry about. Unluckily, it's a Triple Changer. Fate dumps used Energon cubes in your path once again..."
"LIBRA (23 Sept — 23 Oct): Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear."
"ARIES (21 Mar — 19 April): The sun is up, the sky is lime green (you are, after all, on Nebulous Verde XIII), everything is going your way, you got that promotion and you're feeling chipper. Everyone hates you."
Errors
- Sideswipe's Arsenal is called Sideswipe's Armoury in the contents.
Notes
- The contents page plugs the Auto Assembly convention.
- The Fallen's profile explicitly states there were seven original Transformers, fitting what turned up in the film, and that the Fallen was imprisoned until Megatron released him. It also says that "legend has it" that the Original Seven are creations of Primus, though they themselves think they're from the All Spark; whether that's a hint of anything or just a nod to us nerds is unknown.
- So now we know Barricade watches the G1 cartoon.
- The Camero competition uses a photo of Bumblebee in car mode, with a disclaimer that this is for illustrative purposes and the real Camero may look different.
- Fan art of Animated's Megatron and Armada's Optimus are printed.
