Loose Ends, Part 2
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| "Loose Ends" Part 2 | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Andrew Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Stephen Baskerville | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Jean-Paul Bove | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Editor | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
The Wreckers face Megatron on Earth, while Grimlock has troubles on Nebulos.
Synopsis
As Megatron fires upon their ship, Kup and the Wreckers are able to bail out in escape pods at the last minute, and crash-land on the ruined Earth in the middle of the Mojave desert. They quickly depart their landing site, but with Topspin injured and Broadside's neural circuits scrambled by the crash, things are already off to a bad start, and they only get worse then Whirl reports back from recon that Megatron is hot on their tail with a pack of Decepticons. What the Wreckers do not realize is that these Decepticons are virtual zombies, brought back from death and lobotomized by Megatron into loyal, brain-wiped servants, with only two allowed to retain a fragment of consciousness: Starscream, as punishment for his legacy of treachery, and Ratchet, whose decapitated but still-living head now adorns Megatron's battle-sled!
Across the galaxy, Grimlock arrives in the vicinity of Nebulos on his quest to find a cure for the effects of Nucleon. On approach to the planet, he reviews a science log on "Project Lazarus", an attempt by Nebulon senior scientist Borx to reconnect the Autobot Headmasters' original heads to their bodies following the deaths of their Nebulan partners during the Unicron war. After some initial difficulties, the process is coming along, and Grimlock figures that his head—and those of the other Nucleon-afflicted Transformers—could thus be transplanted onto new, transforming bodies. Upon setting down in Koraja, however, Grimlock finds the city deserted, and is attacked and taken down by mesmerized Nebulons in jet fighters.
On Cybertron, Trailbreaker informs Ultra Magnus that Kup and the Wreckers are missing, having stolen a shuttle. Assigning Trailbreaker the task of finding out who helped them in getting away from the planet, Magnus waits until he is gone before exploding with fury, punching out a monitor screen and howling that he wants to join Kup in his efforts, but that he has to obey the rules of their new society if they want it to work.
Back on Earth, the Wreckers target the Deep Space Network in Goldstone, intending to use its dish to broadcast a message to Cybertron. While Sandstorm, Leadfoot and Roadbuster draw off most of the pursuing zombie-cons, Kup, Whirl and Springer make for the dish. When more pursuers appear, Kup peels off to deal with them, urging Springer and Whirl to get the message through. Although he is able to take down Tentakil, Kup is felled when Skywarp teleports out of the path of his blasts and appears behind him to gun him down. Kup is brought before Megatron, who explains with maniacal glee that his destruction of Earth is not in the name of conquest: he simply did it to get some attention! He wants the Wreckers' message to get through to Cybertron, so that Optimus Prime will finally come and face him!
Back in the relative safety of the desert, where Rack 'n' Ruin watch over the injured Topspin and Broadside, a small group of human pass by, and immediately flee at the sight of the robots. Attempting to talk to the humans, Rack 'n' Ruin are forced back by a bolt of energy... a bolt fired by the humans' protector, the cybernetic superhuman Circuit Smasher!
Featured characters
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Quotes
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Notes
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Errors
- The cover checklist is missing from the inner front cover.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Grimlock being attacked by Nebulans, by Andrew Wildman and Jason Cardy.
- Cover B: Grimlock in dinosaur mode, by Guido Guidi
- Cover RI: Dinosaur-mode Grimlock crushing robot-mode Grimlock, by Geoff Senior
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