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| "The Coming Storm: Part 2" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #32 | ||||||||||||
| Story | Rik Alvarez & Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Pete Sinclair & Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Inks by | Frank Milkovich | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Thomas Deer | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Wings Universe | ||||||||||||
Cleanup in aisle six!
Synopsis
A giant explosion rocks a city on Trigon, sending bits of buildings toppling. It turns out Ironfist is the cause, part of two Elite Guard squads attempting to combat a horde of giant insects swarming the city. Unfortunately, the bugs are able to fly, so the explosion mostly just ticks them off. The squads find themselves quickly swarmed by the attacking swarm as they fire their weapons. Every killing shot sends green goo flying everywhere—mostly landing on an annoyed Dion.
Eventually, Metalhawk tells Over-Run they should bring in some aerial firepower. Landshark hopes the two will show off their flying upgrades, but Over-Run instead has his remote-controlled helicopter send an impressive spray of firepower against the bugs. Once the bugs are soundly defeated, the two squads take a bit of a break.
After only a few moments, though, Thunderclash's comm bleeps with a call from Magnum. He informs them that their R&R is being cut short, with Metalhawk ordered to ferry Thunderclash's squad to Centry Quadrant. After some friendly banter and Over-Run loaning his helicopter to Landshark for dealing with the buzz flies in Centry, everyone boards the Hawk's Claw and heads to Space Port Bravo.
The two squads say their farewells. After Thunderclash's squad heads into the spaceport to disembark on the Beast With Wings, Metalhawk's squad speculates on where they'll end up. Dion is eager to meet and beat up Decepticons, but storms off when asked if he's ever actually seen a Decepticon before.
The squad re-boards their ship and flies to Elite Guard headquarters. There, Magnum greets them, praising the performance of Metalhawk's squad. He also has a special mission for them—since he has doubts about Alpha Trion's "Prime Initiative", he wants the Elite Guard to take point instead. To that end, he's created a new special ops unit to take out the Decepticon leaders that are popping up; a unit called the "Combaticons".
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"Promises, promises, eh, sailor?"
"For the last time, I worked on the docks, not the ships!"
- —Ironfist cheeses off Dion... again, apparently.
"...and don't even think about asking to fly the Claw!"
"How about now? C'mon, I'm great at landing!"
"Is that why the crater next to the runway is named after you?"
- —Over-Run is not impressed with Landshark's piloting skills.
"Thunderclash's crew is ready for takeoff. I've given them Beast With Wings. It's the biggest, sturdiest interstellar ship we have. It's survived a Turquillian asteroid shower with nothing but scratches."
"If they can wreck that ship, then they deserve a commendation."
- —Magnum and Sentinel Major are not impressed with Landshark's piloting skills either.
Notes
- Cameos: Alpha Trion, Moonracer, Ricochet, Grimlock
- This takes place 10 years after the events of "Wings of Honor".[1]
- Landshark refers to Metalhawk and Over-Run as "upgrades"—presumably the Autobot slang for troops given new flying abilities, akin to "Skyraiders" referring to Decepticons upgraded with Skyquake's flying technologies.
- Over-Run still has his Action Master vehicle, though he can transform in this continuity.
- Metalhawk, meanwhile, has removable red and blue helmet and chestplate armor similar in design to the armor of his Pretender shell in Super-God Masterforce.
- Metalhawk and Thunderclash have a well-known friendly boasting competition going on regards their squads.
- Over-Run and Ironfist, at least, don't know about Dion's encounter with Megatron.
- Kup has a pet "shreik bat". Hmm, that sounds a bit familiar.
