Revenge of the Fallen issue 1

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Publisher IDW Publishing
First published May 20 2009
Cover date May 2009
Written by Simon Furman
Pencils by Jon Davis-Hunt
Colors by Kris Carter & Josh Perez
Letters by Chris Mowry
Edits by Denton J. Tipton
Continuity Movie continuity

An adaptation of the summer blockbuster of 2009.

Synopsis

It is the dawn of mankind. Primitive humans stalk game through a lush jungle. Their hunt is interrupted by the impact of a colossal foot, cracks in its structure glowing with otherworldly energies. The Fallen takes notice of these curious fleshlings, wondering if this is truly life. He shrugs the question off, looking to the construction of the harvester which will soon extinguish this feeble planet's sun.

In the modern day of Shanghai, China, the NEST forces engage Demolishor, who comments on the annoying tenacity of the human race. Meanwhile, Sideways tries to make good his escape elsewhere in the city, with Mudflap and Skids hot in pursuit. Unfortunately, their combined ice cream truck form proves too ungainly to handle the turns, leaving the three motorcycles that make up Arcee to continue the chase. Arcee is advised to make certain Sideways does not breach the quarantine perimeter, to prevent public knowledge of the incident.

Ironhide and Optimus Prime finally manage to take down Demolishor, while the timely arrival of Sideswipe aids in neutralizing Sideways. As Prime stands over the wrecked form of the Constructicon he felled, Demolishor delivers a warning: their days on this planet are numbered as The Fallen will soon claim it!

Back stateside, Sam Witwicky snorts derisively at the government coverup of the Mission City debacle. He is nearly finished packing to go off to college. He gets a call from Mikaela, now working at a motorcycle repair shop. She announces she's breaking up with him, which he objects to just shortly before he discovers a shard of the All Spark embedded in the shirt he wore in Mission City. His vision is flooded with Cyberglyphics, and the shard tumbles to the floor, burning a hole in it. In the kitchen below, all the appliances are brought to new, malevolent life!

The timely intervention of Bumblebee saves the Witwickys from the newborn Transformers... at the cost of entirely demolishing their home. Mikaela arrives, having rushed over when Sam went quiet. Sam entrusts her with the All Spark shard, urging her not to tell anyone of it. Little does he know that the RC truck over by the fire hydrant is actually the Decepticon Wheelie, who is spying on them. Ron calms his wife down by saying that the government will take care of their house. Sam talks with Bumblebee, telling him that unfortunately freshmen aren't allowed cars on campus, so this will be goodbye for awhile.

Back at the Diego Garcia base of NEST, the Autobots are met by a representative of the U.S. government, on orders from the president. Director Galloway and Admiral Morshower's briefing for them is classified, even from other NEST operatives, but in low orbit the Decepticon Soundwave parasitizes a communications satellite to listen in. Optimus Prime tells the Admiral that the Decepticons have most definitely not abandoned Earth, and relays the cryptic warning he received in Shanghai. Galloway is concerned that the Autobots are keeping secrets, as they have kept weapons technology from their allies and have been sending unauthorized transmissions into space. He asks if the Autobots will leave should the president decide to ask them to. Prime reluctantly answers that they will. He however asks Galloway and by extension the president to consider what will happen if the Autobots leave and the threat still remains.

Moving into his dorm on campus, Sam meets Leo Spitz, his conspiracy theorist roommate. Leo manages a website dedicated to sightings of Cybertronians, and one of his contributors is uploading footage of the Shanghai incident. As Sam watches, he is approached by the extremely enthusiastic Alice, his neighbor.

Meanwhile off the shore of Diego Garcia, Ravage arrives via orbital insertion. Transforming to robot mode, he infiltrates the NEST installation and seeds its ventilation system with microcons. This swarm forms the crude outline of a body, and manages to pilfer the All Spark shard being held at the base.

Apparently wasting no time, Sam attends a party at the Delta fraternity that night. Though amply distracted by Alice's ample mammalian traits, he insists he ought to call Mikaela. Alice has other ideas, and suggests he just pretend that she is his girlfriend. Sam offers half-hearted protest, and is thankfully saved from embarrassing himself by the arrival of Bumblebee. Bumblebee urges him to get in, and he takes the welcome reprieve as he is driven off to speak with Optimus Prime. Prime reveals to Sam that the shard of the All Spark has been stolen from the NEST base, and that the Autobots are under fire from human authorities. He asks Sam to speak on the Autobots' behalf, to help the humans understand. Sam says he's got enough on his plate, and thus can't help the Autobots right now.

The Resurrection of Megatron ...

Beneath the ocean, deep in the Laurentian Abyss, Ravage meets up with a tiny Decepticon. Surrendering up the shard, Ravage watches as his compatriot uses it to revive the inert form of Megatron. Optics blazing, Megatron rises from the ocean and vows retribution upon the Earth!

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans Others

Quotes

"Too tight. Won't make it."
"Will. Just you—SEEEEE!"
"Told ya."

—Skids doubts they'll be able to make that sharp turn, but Mudflap disagrees. And is wrong.


"This is Arcee. Twins..."
"...fumbled the ball. So it's..."
"...my play now!"

—The Arcee bikes think they're Reflector.


"Sorry I'm late, Arcee... ... But I'm a sucker for a big finish!"

—Sideswipe delivers the final blow to Sideways.

Notes

  • Songs played on Bumblebee's radio:
    • Page 12: Unknown - "But it's all over now" could be from a number of different songs, but chances are it might just be from the Rolling Stones song of the same name.
    • Page 13: "No Regrets" by Midge Ure, with no altered lyrics (unlike in the first movie's adaptation).
  • On page 3, Sideways has a German license plate, assigned to the City of Hamburg. In fact, the license number "HH-BA 740" is taken straight from a commercial for the Audi R8.
  • The dummy corporation McClaren Robotics is held responsible for Mission City, just like in The Last Prime novel. Except in the movie's viral marketing websites, it's Mendelson Robotics. And in the book adaptation, it's Massive Dynamics. My BRAIN hurts.
  • Skids and Mudflap speak to each other while combined as an ice cream truck, indicating they keep their individuality. It is more common in Transformers for a combined form to also have a combined, "gestalt" personality.
  • From the dialog, it seems Arcee has taken the form of three separate motorcycles.
  • When Demolishor delivers the warning of the Fallen, his face is drawn incorrectly. It doesn't look anything like it's supposed to.
  • Both The Real Effing Deal and GiantEffingRobots.com, mentioned in the dialogue, are real websites that are part of the viral marketing campaign for the film.
  • There is a poster in Leo Spitz's room of a woman who is totally not wearing any pants.
  • One of the appliances brought to life is Ejector from a Mountain Dew commercial associated with the first film. The art seems to be taken directly from the original model sheet.

Differences with movie

  • The Shanghai scene at the beginning immediately starts with Demolishor's rampage. In return, Demolishor remains in vehicle mode until Optimus Prime joins the battle.
  • Demolishor's vehicle mode is totally different from his depiction in just about every other form of media and his toys. In fact, the vehicle mode is very similar to that of the unnamed Constructicon who is sacrificed to make spare parts for Megatron's rebirth.
  • Instead of merely causing a little mayhem at the Witwickys' house when he kills the Allspark-mutated kitchen robots, Bumblebee literally blows up the entire house, burning it down to the ground.
  • Mikaela, not afraid of traffic accidents, rides her motorcycle to the Witwickys' house wearing a very short top and no helmet.
  • Admiral Morshower looks nothing like actor Glenn Morshower.
  • When Sam meets Leo, Leo is communicating with his website staff, Fassbinder and Sharsky, online instead of having them sitting in the next room.
  • When Bumblebee picks up Sam at the frat party, Alice stays behind instead of riding along and getting gooed on by Bumblebee.
  • No Constructicon needs to be sacrificed to make spare parts when The Doctor rebuilds Megatron.

Errors

  • On page 2, Demolishor is drawn with the wrong vehicle mode. The steam shovel he is disguised as is a much smaller model than a Terex RH400.
  • On page 7, When Demolishor delivers the warning of the Fallen, his face is drawn incorrectly. It doesn't look anything like it's supposed to.
  • On page 15, Admiral Morshower appears to be wearing the uniform of a US Army Lieutenant General.

Covers (2)

  • Cover A: Optimus Prime and Bumblebee standing against a backdrop of several Transformers arriving in transition form. Art by Josh Nizzi.
  • Cover B: Ravage leaping to eat your face.

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