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*Most of the second half of this chapter retells Soundwave's first chronological appearance from [[Alliance issue 2|''Alliance'' #2]], as well as explaining why he left Earth and was seen to return in that issue. | *Most of the second half of this chapter retells Soundwave's first chronological appearance from [[Alliance issue 2|''Alliance'' #2]], as well as explaining why he left Earth and was seen to return in that issue. | ||
*Soundwave finds two unnamed Autobot corpses on Mars after the events of [[The Reign of Starscream issue 3|''The Reign of Starscream'' #3]], which seemingly killed off ''three'': Camshaft, Air Raid and [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]. The missing Autobot is most likely Smokescreen, explaining how he could reappear alive and well in ''[[Transformers: Nefarious|Nefarious]]''. This also seems to confirm that [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], whose fate was left unclear, survived the battle. | |||
*After receiving a passing mention in [[Dark of the Moon issue 3|''Dark of the Moon'' #3]], a new-born continuity error from ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' is amended with this issue. In that mini-series, the Decepticons are seen to have a space bridge, which is here retconned to be a primitive, jury-rigged device created from one of Sentinel's pillars by Thundercracker, able only to carry out transit to Cybertron. | *After receiving a passing mention in [[Dark of the Moon issue 3|''Dark of the Moon'' #3]], a new-born continuity error from ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' is amended with this issue. In that mini-series, the Decepticons are seen to have a space bridge, which is here retconned to be a primitive, jury-rigged device created from one of Sentinel's pillars by Thundercracker, able only to carry out transit to Cybertron. | ||
*The newspaper article about Shockwave that Soundwave discovers briefly appeared as an [[easter egg]] in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. Crazy! | *The newspaper article about Shockwave that Soundwave discovers briefly appeared as an [[easter egg]] in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. Crazy! | ||
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Dark of the Moon #4 | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 6, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Live-action film series | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 4 | ||||||||||||
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Quotes
Notes
Errors
- Laserbeak's name is spelled "Lazerbeak" again.
Continuity notes
- This story finally resolves one of the biggest plot holes of the Movie continuity: how The Fallen escaped from his sarcophagus. Working from an early draft of the Revenge of the Fallen screenplay, Chris Mowry had The Fallen being trapped by his brothers in IDW's earlier prequel comic Defiance, but this concept was dropped for the finished film, in which The Fallen appeared simply sitting on Nemesis. As no-one wanted to throw Defiance out (which was the only way around it, since the entire story of Defiance hinged on the sarcophagus), the plot thread was restated in the recounting of The Fallen's history in Tales of the Fallen #4, but it took until this story to fill in the gap and explain how he got out: he used one of Sentinel Prime's space bridge pillars to breach space and time and liberate himself. Hurray for John Barber!
- Most of the second half of this chapter retells Soundwave's first chronological appearance from Alliance #2, as well as explaining why he left Earth and was seen to return in that issue.
- Soundwave finds two unnamed Autobot corpses on Mars after the events of The Reign of Starscream #3, which seemingly killed off three: Camshaft, Air Raid and Smokescreen. The missing Autobot is most likely Smokescreen, explaining how he could reappear alive and well in Nefarious. This also seems to confirm that Cliffjumper, whose fate was left unclear, survived the battle.
- After receiving a passing mention in Dark of the Moon #3, a new-born continuity error from The Reign of Starscream is amended with this issue. In that mini-series, the Decepticons are seen to have a space bridge, which is here retconned to be a primitive, jury-rigged device created from one of Sentinel's pillars by Thundercracker, able only to carry out transit to Cybertron.
- The newspaper article about Shockwave that Soundwave discovers briefly appeared as an easter egg in Revenge of the Fallen. Crazy!
- Ghosts of Yesterday is referenced in this chapter. While the novel portrayed Apollo 11 as a distraction from the launch of Ghost 1, here Soundwave believes the latter was made to distract him from the Moon landing, unaware that anyone was on board before it disappeared.
