Stormbringer issue 1
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 Thunderwing—that's hot! | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 19, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | July 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Story by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Don Figueroa | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Josh Burcham | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Robbie Robbins | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Infiltration | ||||||||||||
An unidentified energy source is discovered on a long abandoned world named... Cybertron.
Synopsis
The crew of the Autobot spacecraft Calabi-Yau pick up an energy trace from the dead planet Cybertron. The ship's captain, Jetfire, orders the Calabi-Yau to drop him and three of the Technobot crew on Cybertron to conduct a detailed survey. They come across Thunderhead Pass, where it all started.
On Cybertron, Megatron wakes up Optimus Prime. They are to fight the "adversary" and Megatron commands Optimus to get up and fight.
At the Autobot Orbital Command Hub, Optimus Prime receives a message from Prowl's unit on Earth. It informs him that the Decepticon infiltration unit has enacted siege mode prematurely. Prime orders Searchlight to keep him informed of the situation. He thinks back to the "adversary".
The Technobots Nosecone and Afterburner take the Calabi-Yau back into orbit, while on Cybertron, Scattershot grows concerned about the possible effects their snooping around will do. Jetfire answers that they must do all they can do to prevent any similar disaster from happening again. Indeed, Jetfire thinks back to how he and the others ignored all the warnings...
In a holographic conference, Decepticon scientist Thunderwing attempts to convince his fellow sciencists of Cybertron's impeding doom. The Great War and its need for resources has played its toll on the planet, and the planet is decaying in response. Soundwave rejects Thunderwing's hypothesis.
The survey teams launches a probe into the Pass. Suddenly, the four Autobots below are attacked by partially-invisible enemies and overcome. The Calabi-Yau is then attacked and destroyed by a missile volley launched from Cybertron, although the two remaining Technobots escape in an emergency pod.
During the Cybertronian apocalypse, Autobot and Decepticon are united against a mysterious winged figure, wreathed in flame, who is the avatar of the catastrophe. The combined might of the Transformers was ineffectual against it; in the end, the planet itself swallows the figure.
Jetfire wakes up deep below the surface of Cybertron, and discovers a group of mechanoids worshiping a massive, inert winged figure—they call it "Thunderwing".
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- This issue was the first glimpse at the design for what would become Classics Jetfire. The fans rejoiced, and complained.
- During Optimus Prime's first flashback to the past, he is seen with his chest panel slightly ajar with a bright, Matrix-like light source emanating from within. This is possibly a visual homage to Furman and Figueroa's work in The War Within.
- The first few pages of this story were reprinted as part of a Free Comic Book Day issue by IDW Publishing on May 6, 2006.
Errors
- On the cover, Jetfire sports Autobot symbols from a fan-made font, one that erroneously gives the symbol three hashes on each side of the forehead instead of two.
- The placement of symbols is particularly bad in this issue, with the contours rarely conforming to the contours of the surface they're placed on. In fact, the symbols on Jetfire are so badly photoshopped in they actually erase some of Don Figueroa's pencilling near the edges of the symbols.
- In the flashback on page 7, Megatron's chest is missing the "squiggle" design seen in all the other flashbacks featuring him.
- On page 19, all three word balloons are attributed to Afterburner, though they read like they should be attributed to Afterburner, Nosecone, and then Afterburner again. This error was corrected when the issue was published in trade paperback.
- Optimus's narration on page 20 is missing a "we", reading "There is no hiding from it, from what did - and didn't - do."
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Jetfire and the Technobots by Don Figueroa and Josh Burcham. This cover can be combined with similar ones from the other three issues to form a giant battle scene.
- Cover B: Thunderwing in flames by Don Figueroa and ???
- Cover RI-A: Cover A uncolored
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Jetfire ready to kick tailpipe and take names -
Thunderwing is a flamer. -
Cover RI-A
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Reprints
- The Transformers: Stormbringer TPB (February 28, 2007) ISBN 160010018X / ISBN 978-1600100185
- The Transformers: Stormbringer Manga TPB (April 11, 2007) ISBN 1600100422 / ISBN 978-1600100420
- The Transformers: The Premiere Collection Volume 1 HC (December 5, 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two HC (October 6, 2010) ISBN 1600107516 / ISBN 978-1600107511
