All Hail Megatron issue 11
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 20 15, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | May 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Shane McCarthy | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Guido Guidi | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Josh Burcham and Felix Serrano | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Andy Schmidt and Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | All Hail Megatron | ||||||||||||
The Autobots return to Earth to save it from the Decepticons.
Synopsis
In an abandoned building, Cmd. Spike Witwicky warns Bridge, Sarah and Charles that he seriously doesn't need their help, but the three came this far and want to help him, anyways. Bridge says that with the European Union about to drop their nukes, they want to go out either way by helping Spike with the defeat of the giant robots. Spike agrees on their help, and move out of the building, just as European jets fire upon Devastator.
While fending off the invaders, Starscream tells Megatron that this seemed a little convenient. Megatron replies that this is the humans' last ditch effort to destroy them, and he knew all along. He goes on to say that everything in the beginning was planned with meticulous effort. When the Great War started, Megatron needed an army ruthless enough to overthrow a planet. With the rise of the Autobots, the Decepticons had to be much more - a ruthless machine capable of winning at any cost. Their goal? Defeat the Autobots, no matter what.
Once they were defeated, Megatron would killed what he created to eliminate his enemies in the first place. Once they were remolded and recreated into what Megatron originally intended, the Decepticons's reign would begin, with no in-fighting and no dissent, but perfectly controlled peace through unparalleled space, and that nothing comes as a surprise to him. Suddenly, a barage of laser fire from the sky hits them. Megatron looks up and does not like what he sees... the Autobots arrive and begin attacking the Decepticons.
This was something Megatron never planned, and he thinks that the Autobots are trying to overhelm them with the size of their army. He then proceeds to tell Starscream that one day, he will lead the Decepticons, and rule them as he always wanted, but it's must be taken, not given. But today, Megatron leads the Decepticons, and that Starscream's time will come, and if he helps Megatron bring about a new age, then he can rule. After some consideration, Starscream gives out the orders to the Decepticons, and, looking at Megatron, cries "All Hail Megatron" before joining them.
The two sides continue fighting, but Devastator advances slowly towards the Autobots, but Optimus Prime has a plan; he orders Blaster to block the Decepticon's communications, then he orders the whole Autobots to split into two groups and they flee. Astrotrain thinks they're cowards for running, but Cliffjumper retorts that they're making room, as Omega Supreme appears and slams Devastator against several buildings. However, Optimus, fearing that the battle between the two would further damage the city, orders Omega to take their battle elsewhere. Omega obeys, grabs Devastator in a bearhug, and takes off.
In Central Park, "Sparkplug" Witwicky and Colonel Hawke sees the two fly off. Hawke thinks that the one flying is the good guys, that the radio inteferrence has been cleared and that the "rocket ship" that appeared had more robots, but ones that would help the army. Witwicky says that it doesn't make any sense, and orders the evac to continue. When Hawke protests, Witwicky says that the appearance of more robots changes nothing. With an EU plane carrying a nuclear bomb (one in which they had no control over) on the way, they need to continue evacuation and move to a safe distance from the blast. He also doesn't know where the new robots came from, but he thinks that they could come after the humans just like the others.
Roadbuster tackels Astrotrain, but gets shot down by Megatron. Suddenly, Optimus Prime calls out Megatron and the two come face to face again. Megatron asks Prime how he survived and returned to Earth, then thinks that Prime came back for the Matrix of Leadership only, not caring about the planet, and asks why he would risk the lives of his soldiers to return. Prime angrily tells Megatron to leave Earth and its people alon, but Megatron asks why he suddenly cared about Earth, to which he once abandoned. To him, this isn't like Optimus to accept losses of his soldiers. Prime says that everyone differs in all regards and that he'll no longer start a war that destroys innocent races, ancient cultures and civilazations. Megatron says that Prime's newly-found conscience was bad timing, and that the "innocent" race he wanted to protect are about to kill millions of their kind to destroy them. Prime doesn't believe him, but Megatron retorts that the EU plane carrying the nuke is heading their way. The humans think that the Decepticons can't control it, but they're wrong, and once Megatron finishes Prime off, he'll use it to kill every single human.
The evac continues, but one soldier has trouble moving his rocket system tank. Suddenly, it transforms into a Decepticon and proceeds to fire upon the soldiers. Hawke says that the alien robots had been playing them all along and that they didn't know about it until now. A very angry "Sparkplug" Witwicky believes that the aliens can be anything and they can't ever tell which is which, then believes that they're hiding something else. Little does he know that the EU plane is actually a Decepticon...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Others |
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Quotes
"Freedom is the right of all..."
"Oh, shut up."
- -Finally, Optimus Prime gets silenced from saying his catchphrase.
Errors
Items of note
- Dropshot seems to have been upgraded from a Micromaster to his Universe self.
Covers
- Cover A: Omega Supreme vs. Devastator; art by Casey Coller with colors by Joana Lafuente.
- Cover B: Marching Autobots; art and colors by Trevor Hutchison.
