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* Another NEST overseas base, this time in Russia - thus explicitly making Russia a NEST member. The Arctic commandos are likely Russian soldiers, though Klammer was established as a Yank [[Transformers Comic issue 2.16|back in #16)]]. | * Another NEST overseas base, this time in Russia - thus explicitly making Russia a NEST member. The Arctic commandos are likely Russian soldiers, though Klammer was established as a Yank [[Transformers Comic issue 2.16|back in #16)]]. | ||
* Arkhangelskaya is the Russian pronounciation and spelling (when translated); in English, it's usually called Arkhangelsk. Comics are educational! | |||
* Bludgeon's sword came out Slapdash's ''mouth!'' So ''he's'' certainly dead, making this the second [[Brakedown (ROTF)|confirmed kill]] by Bludgeon in this comic. That puts him two up on every other Decepticon (except [[Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Wheelie...]]). | * Bludgeon's sword came out Slapdash's ''mouth!'' So ''he's'' certainly dead, making this the second [[Brakedown (ROTF)|confirmed kill]] by Bludgeon in this comic. That puts him two up on every other Decepticon (except [[Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Wheelie...]]). | ||
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* Wheelie can change the colour of his optics, so we know which faction he's with. | * Wheelie can change the colour of his optics, so we know which faction he's with. | ||
* Megatron has been absent from this comic since [[Transformers Comic issue 25|issue 25 of Volume 1]], way back in summer 2009! | * Megatron has been absent from this comic since [[Transformers Comic issue 25|issue 25 of Volume 1]], way back in summer 2009! | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
Revision as of 18:25, 2 February 2011
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| Publisher | Titan Magazines | ||||||||||||
| First published | 3 February 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Steve White | ||||||||||||
| Deputy editor | Den Patrick | ||||||||||||
| Publishing manager | Darryl Curtis | ||||||||||||
| Price | £2.50 | ||||||||||||
Wheelie say betray people today!
Divided Loyalties
- Script: Simon Furman
- Art: Jon Davis-Hunt
- Colours: Hi-Fi Design
- Lettering: Den Patrick
- Continuity: Revenge of the Fallen (sequel)
Arkhangelskaya Oblast, Russia: a six-strong Autobot strike team under Optimus Prime arrives at the NEST forward base. Captain Klammer and his commandos have, thanks to intell from Bumblebee and Springer, worked out the rough position of Bludgeon's command hub, twelve kilometres away, and at nightfall the teams are going to make a raid. Radio silence is up to stop Bludgeon hearing them coming... but what they don't know is Wheelie has arrived...
Twenty eight hours earlier: Ironhide runs through the strategy with Bumblebee when, to his annoyance, Wheelie turns up to volunteer for the mission, saying he knows his way around a Decepticon command hub. Ironhide blows him off, saying it's out of his league and not saying something else. Something Wheelie picks up on: that Ironhide still doesn't trust him and thinks he'll betray them on day. Wheelie storms out, fed up of how everyone assumes he's a wolf in the fold and growing angry...
While Hubcap and Bumblebee check equipment under Ironhide's direction, Wheelie leaves the forward base and heads right to Bludgeon's command hub. The Decepticon leader praises him for his assistance, and orders Lockdown and Dead End to prepare a "reception" for the NEST crew. Once they're gone, Wheelie heads for a communications console...
Optimus Prime and Klammer lead their teams, with Optimus sending Springer out to light up the area... when the chopper comes under missile fire! He calls out a warning to abort before he's shot down, and Bumblebee uses his headlights to illuminate the area instead: Lockdown and Dead End are waiting! The teams comes under fire, and Skywarp and Thrust box them in with strikes from above. Slapdash cries out that they've been set up...
...and Bludgeon kills him from behind.
Back at the command hub, Wheelie talks to an unseen figure, sending him coordinates and disabling the hub's cloak and defences. As he's welcomed back, his optics return to their old Decepticon red. Back at the battle, Ironhide uses himself as a human shield for Bumblebee and Optimus, who take down [[Tankorr (ROTF)|Tankorr] and Dead End with sharpshots; Bludgeon takes down Hubcap...
...and then both sides are blasted from above by Wheelie's master: Megatron!
Quotes
"Oh... it's you."
- —Ironhide makes Wheelie feel welcome
"Forget it. I've seen the way you look at me. All of you."
- —Wheelie
"It's an ambush! We've been set up!"
"The word you're looking for, Slapdash... is betrayed.
- -Slapdash faces the end at Bludgeon's hands
Errors
- Slap Dash is spelt Slapdash again.
- Dead End was last seen being a ravenous revenant and beaten by the Autobots last issue. Now he's with Bludgeon and a normal Decepticon!
Notes
- Another NEST overseas base, this time in Russia - thus explicitly making Russia a NEST member. The Arctic commandos are likely Russian soldiers, though Klammer was established as a Yank back in #16).
- Arkhangelskaya is the Russian pronounciation and spelling (when translated); in English, it's usually called Arkhangelsk. Comics are educational!
- Bludgeon's sword came out Slapdash's mouth! So he's certainly dead, making this the second confirmed kill by Bludgeon in this comic. That puts him two up on every other Decepticon (except Wheelie...).
- Wheelie can change the colour of his optics, so we know which faction he's with.
- Megatron has been absent from this comic since issue 25 of Volume 1, way back in summer 2009!
Contents
Articles and Features
- Bumblebee's Guide: The Solar System. Various facts about Neptune, and a wordsearch.
- Profile: Rampage.
- Optimus Prime Speaks: Interview with Optimus, who is an incredibly solemn and sombre guy who puts a downer on every question asked. ("I never lie and would oppose all who do!" he bellows when he's asked if he likes fiction)
- Megatron's Mind Maulers!: Puzzles.
- How To Draw Wheelie: Grid-reference art guide.
- Competitions.
- Poster of the cover and another of selected Decepticons.
Free gifts
- Decepticon or Autobot logo mask. Choose your faction!
- Transformers Animated Writing Set: pencil, paper, and some stickers
- Cheapo Starscream and Megatron badges
Law and Disorder
"The trouble with cinema audiences is that they are painfully stupid. If you change Megatron's name [to Galvatron] half way through a film at least 70% of the audience will stumble back out into the daylight, opening and closing their mouths like dying goldfish. 'I don't understand it,' they'll say and then you can kiss goodby to any DVD sales, which are very important to your species or so I'm told."
- —Barricade
Fan: "What does Jetfire turn into?" "He turns into a smouldering corpse!"
- —Barricade
Notes
- This issue came in a plastic bag with the FREE! mask in front, so you couldn't see the cover at all.
- Barricade pimps out the back issues section.
