The Hanging Sword
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 I picked out the new carpet... does the leader do anything else? | |||||||||||||
| "The Hanging Sword" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | December 16, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | December 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Zander Cannon | ||||||||||||
| Artist | Chee Yang Ong | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Moose Baumann | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Associate editor | Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2010) | ||||||||||||
Bumblebee adjusts to his unexpected role and tries to forge a new alliance.
Synopsis
The election of Bumblebee as Autobot leader is full of cheer, but within a few days, Bumblebee wishes he could give up the tile. Tensions are high as the Autobots either stay in hiding, or forge out on their own. Ratchet rebukes a disrespectful Wheeljack, who later receives a transmission from Colonel Gordon Horiuchi. While Bumblebee is explaining to Omega Supreme that he must hide in a very uncomfortable cave, Wheeljack listens to the Colonel, who states that he is part of a small group of rebels within Skywatch who want to work with the Autobots to capture Decepticons. Wheeljack decides to make contact.
Bumblebee and Ratchet are furious when they find out, but agree to meet the Colonel anyway. At a neutral location, Horiuchi meets with Bumblebee, explains the desire to work with the Autobots, and gives them a set of badges that will mask their signal from Skywatch's scanners. Bumblebee takes the badges back to base where they are soon installed on each Autobot.
Shortly, the Autobots capture five Decepticons, the latest being Frenzy, who's lost without Soundwave. The next on the list is Scavenger, but instead, Horiuchi wants them to capture Blurr, who had earlier left the team. Cliffjumper blusters out that the Colonel is crazy if he thinks they will capture one of their own. Horiuchi has his tech activate an immobilizer built into Cliffjumper's badge, locking him into vehicle mode. The Autobots are aghast, but Horiuchi merely explains it is until he calms down. The Autobots all realize that they are now pawns for Horiuchi, who will use them as he see fit to capture friend and foe alike.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Errors
- TBD
Items of note
- Cindersaur, Gutcruncher, Axer and Squawkbox somehow made it to Earth within the last three years.
- This is also Cindersaur's first appearance in the IDW continuity.
- Though the character designs for this miniseries are very different from the ongoing title, it's still odd that Cliffjumper retained his All Hail Megatron design while Bumblebee has been changed to his G1 design.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Happy Bumblebee and a mad Hot Rod; art by Guido Guidi with colors by Josh Burcham.
- Cover B: Unhappy Bumblebee standing on the Autobot symbol; art by Chee Yang Ong with colors by Moose Baumann.
- Cover RI: Black and white sketch version of cover B.
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Back to my G1 character model—YES! -
Ok, I'm small, get over it! -
RI cover
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