The Last Prime

You are the Last Pri-ime/You contain the power of the Glow!

Vital Statistics

• ISBN 978-0-06-172972-0
• Writer: Tracey West, based on the screenplay and story of the 2009 movie
• Illustrator: "Illustrations" are DreamWorks' promotional images of the robot characters
• Pagecount: 61pp
• Originally published: In the US (worldwide?) by Harper Entertainment, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, May 1, 2009

Synopsis

A re-telling of the Revenge of the Fallen film.

Differences/Notes

• "AllSpark"
• There are 13 Primes.
• Extra scene where Mudflap/Skids split into two sides (not front and back) of an Ice Cream Truck to avoid hitting two children who ran out into the street wanting ice cream.
• Lennox's detector is called an Energon Tracker
• The Wyatt Comission delivers its report on the Mission City incident which involved McClaren Robotics.
• Theodore Galloway's first name is given, "Theodore."
• Ravage "rockets off into the sky" after stealing the AllSpark shard
• Ravage and three Constructicons visit the Laurentian Abyss.
• Onboard the Nemesis, The Fallen is imprisoned within a metal triangle mounted on the floor.
• Rather than bring hatchlings to life, Megatron originally intended to use the AllSpark to bring The Fallen's original army back to life.
• Starscream and Megatron's interaction is notably more positive, with Starscream having already anticipated Megatron's orders. They don't fight once!
• Wheelie is called "Wheels." His mission (at the Fallen's command) was to recover any fragment of the AllSpark—apparently with the intention of reviving Megatron. Ravage simply beat him to it.
• When Mikaela throws the box containing Wheels, it hits Alice and spins her head around.
• Alice is not destroyed, they simply escape her in the hot-wired car.
• The Doctor is destroyed by a gun with a laser-sight.
• The Matrix of Leadership is described as "another AllSpark source."
• Jolt is absent.
• When Wheels locates the Seekers on a map, his lasers are red, not green.
• There are 10 seekers in the United States.
• Jetfire refers to Optimus Prime as a survivor of the Primes rather than a descendant. This is probably simply be a mistake, as Prime is later specified as their descendant.
• Sam calls Major Lennox directly with the co-ordinates.
• Devastator is formed by a dump truck, a construction hauler, a cement mixer, an excavator, a wheel loader, a crane and a bulldozer.
• The Harvester actually fires, but Optimus reflects the beam back down, burning Megatron, Starscream and The Fallen.
• The Fallen attempts to escape, but Prime pulls him back with grapples.
• Megatron escapes through his wormhole instead.
• The Fallen is apparently destroyed by driving a spike through his skull.