Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | January 27, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | January 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Story | Nick Roche & James Roberts | ||||||||||||
| Script | Nick Roche | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Nick Roche | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Nick Roche & John Wycough | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Josh Burcham | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Neil Uyetake | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Associate editor | Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2010) | ||||||||||||
When Overlord turns Garrus-9 into his personal playground, it's time to call in the suicide mission specialists.
Synopsis
Three years earlier, at the Garrus-9 penitentiary, Fortress Maximus and his subordinate Kick-Off deal with a massive Decepticon assault on the prison. Decepticon general Skyquake intends to take the facility for Megatron, but is interrupted by the arrival of Overlord. Refusing the latter's request for him to relinquish command, Skyquake is shot in the back; Overlord then leads the Decepticons in storming the prison and slaughtering its defenders. He offers the freed prisoners the planet as a source of entertainment, throwing the battered body of Fortress Maximus to the mob.
Eight months ago, Ironfist, Guzzle, Rotorstorm and Pyro break off from annoying the local reconstruction manager, Dipstick, in order to leave on Ultra Magnus' ship in order to become the newest Wreckers. On board they are greeted by Verity Carlo, and then Springer and his team, who outline the mission; to investigate events on Garrus-9.
Two years earlier, the Garrus-9 Decepticons have started hunting Autobots as sport. Two of the pursuers are executed by Overlord for carelessness, to the disquiet of the others.
On Ultra Magnus's ship, Ironfist suffers a mysterious blackout, while Springer confides his misgivings about leadership to Kup, who mentions Springer's lost comrade, Impactor. They are interrupted by a call to the bridge...
One month earlier, Overlord watches as Kick-Off battles the Decepticon Borehole in gladiatorial combat; the Autobot viciously slaughters his opponent, with the promise of reward from the new ruler of Garrus-9.
On the Wreckers' ship, they witness the battered hull of a Decepticon dropship, which detonates even as they watch. They prepare to fire as a single form flies from the explosion towards them, but Kup stops them as they recognize the damaged Cybertronian before them. It is Impactor, and he asks permission to come aboard...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"All of you are to remain here with me. In return I will protect you. I will reward you. I will entertain you. Like this... Let us play a game. I will turn Fortress Maximus over to you. All you have to do is try not to kill him."
- —Overlord
"We'll be seeing you, sir."
"Hah! You think so? You're joining the Wreckers... what makes you think you're coming back?"
- —Pyro hasn't read the Marvel UK material, but Dipstick sure has.
"Ultra Magnus has shrunk..."
- —A confused Rotorstorm on Verity
"By the sacred spires! A human! Optimus Prime's data was right! They're so delicate and in need of our protection..."
- —Pyro has strong maternal instincts.
"Please, Kick-Off... you're an Autobot!"
"Know what that means in this place, Borehole? NOTHING."
- —As his head gets brutally separated from its body, Borehole learns just how depraved Kick-Off has become.
"All weapons are trained on them in case they try something 'hilarious.'"
- —Ultra Magnus rocks the sarcasm.
Errors
Art errors
- Pg4: Snare's hand-cannon is black instead of gold.
- Between pages 15 and 16, Twin Twist and Topspin switch positions while talking to the new recruits.
Items of note
- The issue comes with an in-universe profile of Rotorstorm, written by Roberts.
- Ironfist brings up the "siege of T'Muk", a reference to Transmasters UK (TMUK for short, get it?), the fan club and circle of authors and artists that Roberts and Roche are longtime members of, and in which they originally rose to prominence.
- We learn the Autobots have their own Transformers wiki!
- Verity now sports a small tattoo of a green alien head on the back of her right shoulder. This is likely in tribute to her departed friend Hunter O'Nion, who throughout Infiltration wore a shirt with a similar green alien head on it.
- While attempting to hail a Decepticon ship, Verity makes a reference to Uhura from Star Trek.
- On page four, there are a pair of Autobots, one green and one orange, beheaded by Snare. These were colored by Josh Burcham in Revenge of the Fallen's Skids and Mudflap's decos as an "homage", if you can call it that.[1]
- Kick-Off's declaration that "alt modes are for wimps!" is a sneaky dig at the Action Master line he was part of.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: The Wreckers looking like they just blew something up; art by Nick Roche and colors by Josh Burcham.
- Cover B: Five of the Wreckers in a heroic pose; art and colors by Trevor Hutchison.
- Cover RI: "Virgin" title-free edition of cover B.
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Naturally, Nick's Irish pride means he puts the green guy in the front.
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The Magnificent
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"Title? We don't need no steenking title!"
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