Rising Storm issue 4

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Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	May 4, 2011
Writer	John Barber
Art	Carlos Magno
Colors	Aburtov and Graphikslava
Letters	Shawn Lee
Editor	Andy Schmidt
Cover	Brian Rood Carlos Magno
Continuity	Live-action film series

Get ready for Dark of the Moon!

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans
Brains (3) Wheelie (4) Wheeljack (5) Skids (8) Ratchet (9) Ironhide (10) Mudflap (11) Bumblebee (13) Mirage (14) Sideswipe (16) Optimus Prime (17) Jolt (19) Chromia (23) Arcee (25) Elita-1 (28)	Megatron (1) Hatchling (2) Barricade (12) Bludgeon (15) Starscream (18) Shockwave (20) Fearswoop (21) Rumble (24) Ravage (26) Astrotrain (27) Ratbat (29) Soundwave (30) Beastbox (31) Blademaster (34) Sonar (35) Tankor (36) Buzzsaw (38) Driller (39)	Sam Witwicky (6) Carly Miller (7) Unnamed NEST soldiers (22) William Lennox (32) Robert Epps (33) Two unnamed humans (37)

Errors

• As in issue 3, Elita-1 is drawn wirh Chromia's alternate mode.
• Despite the fact that he was killed in Rising Storm #2, Sonar appears briefly in this issue.

Notes

• Writer John Barber said that the explanation of why Shockwave doesn't resemble his movie design was going to be given in this issue. Shockwave is very badly damaged at the end of the issue, so presumably this requires him to be rebuilt into another form.
• For the third time, Barricade disappears without any explanation of what happened to him. Unless he was killed offscreen or was the bot Bee crushed during the issue.
• Arcee and Chromia are left alive at the end of the issue.
• The fate of multiple robots that do not appear in the film (or at least haven't been confirmed to appear), such as Tankor and a few others, are unknown.

Covers (2)

• Cover A: Art by Brian Rood of Optimus Prime.
• Cover RI: Art by Carlos Magno, with colors by Aburtov and Graphikslava, of Optimus Prime fighting Bludgeon.

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