Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon

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	"Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon"
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	January 5, 2011
Cover date	January 2011
Written by	Mike Costa
Art by	Don Figueroa
Colors by	Andrew Dalhouse
Letters by	Chris Mowry
Editor	Andy Schmidt
Assistant editor	Carlos Guzman
Continuity	IDW continuity
Chronology	Current era (2011)

Megatron deploys his master plan while the Autobots deal with the loss of their allies.

Synopsis

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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Hot Rod (10)* Optimus Prime (13)* Ultra Magnus (16) Brawn (17) Silverstreak (18) Bumblebee (20)	Megatron (3)* Starscream (4)* Soundwave (5)* Laserbeak (6)* Shockwave (7)* Rumble (8)* Frenzy (9)* Onslaught (14)* Thundercracker (21)	Nina (1) Ben Simpson (2) Carlos Tuyuc (11)* Silent Bob (12)* Joe Gladki (15)* Schwalbe (19)

* flashbacks

Repeating the continuity error from last issue, Frenzy is once again shown working with Soundwave prior to the breakout at Skywatch, this time back on the Decepticons' asteroid base before they even returned to Earth. The Transformers: Bumblebee previously indicated Frenzy was left behind on Earth after All Hail Megatron, and was captured by the Autobots for Skywatch.
In the flashback to "Heart Like a Wheel", Megatron is shown shooting Hot Rod with his original fusion cannon arm instead of the new arm-weapon from the body he revealed in that issue.
Last issue Megatron's dismembered head was shown with the remnants of a face, but in this issue his helmet was empty when it landed.

The title of this issue like refers to Altered Carbon, a 2002 science fiction novel by Richard K. Morgan.
On pages 14–15, Megatron's neural net allowed him to "reach out and touch someone". This phrase is likely a reference to a 1980s slogan from telephone company AT&T.
The Megatron Guns come in assorted sizes, ranging from basic human to deluxe Transformer size.

Cover A: Dramatic scene of Megatron; art by Don Figueroa.
Cover B: Starscream and Soundwave argue while Megatron broods; art by Nick Roche, colors by J.Brown.
Cover RI: Concept drawing of Sideswipe; art by Don Figueroa.

Megatron always did like purple.

Megatron always did like purple.
"I have a chin and you don't, so there!"

"I have a chin and you don't, so there!"
"Hi, I'm not in this issue."

"Hi, I'm not in this issue."