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File:SpotlightProwl CoverA.jpg You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
"The Transformers Spotlight: Prowl"
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	April 21, 2010
Cover date	April 2010
Written by	Mike Costa
Art by	E. J. Su
Colors by	Andrew Dalhouse
Letters by	Chris Mowry
Editor	Andy Schmidt
Assistant editor	Carlos Guzman
Associate editor	Denton J. Tipton
Continuity	IDW continuity
Chronology	Pre-Transformers #1

What happened to Prowl after All Hail Megatron.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Prowl (1) Optimus Prime (2) Hot Rod (4) Bumblebee (5) Ratchet (6) Seaspray (7) Windcharger (8) Jetfire (9) Brawn (10) Sideswipe (11) Hound	Thrust (off screen)	Prowl's cop driver (3)

Quotes

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Errors

• The chronology established in narration and dialogue is questionable. The present-day bits are said to be "three years after a major cataclysm," but the Autobots are seen walking around the ruins of New York unmolested "two years ago," and at that point Prowl says the humans have "been attacked and subjugated by Decepticons for over a year." Given that these statements occur within two consecutive pages, it seems likely that they're purposeful and meant to fit together. This would make the events of All Hail Megatron span an entire year, which is true to its real-life publication but is much, much longer than its in-fiction timespan appears to be.

Items of note

• This issue establishes the Transformer population of the IDWverse to be around 10,000.
• It also explains why Autobots that were not seen during All Hail Megatron have since shown up in the ongoing on Earth.
• The "to protect and to serve" seen on Prowl's door is the motto of the real-life Los Angeles Police Department, occasionally shortened to "to protect and serve."
• A law enforcement member is seen drawing a chalk outline around a corpse, but this rarely if ever occurs in real life: It can be interpreted in court as contamination of the crime scene and render some evidence inadmissable.

Transformers references

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Covers (3)

• Cover A: Prowl standing in the ruins of the Statue of Liberty, by E. J. Su.
• Cover B: Noir-style cover of Prowl standing in a rainy alleyway with the Hollywood Sign in the background, art by Nick Roche and colors by Josh Burcham.
• Cover RI: Text-free sketch variant of Cover A.

• Call me "Snake."
  Call me "Snake."
• Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-Paparazzi
  Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-Paparazzi
• File:SpotlightProwl CoverRI.jpg

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