International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"
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| International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | September 15, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | September 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Mike Costa | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Guido Guidi | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | J. Brown | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Neil Uyetake | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2010) | ||||||||||||
The Autobots have another go at the Combaticons, and Bumblebee tries to get Thundercracker to help.
Synopsis
Somewhere in the US, Bumblebee tries to get Thundercracker to help the Autobots in North Korea. TC doesn’t want to join the Autobots and thinks that Bee is grasping at straws. However, Bee eventually convinces TC to join, reminding him of his Seeker heritage.
Back at Skywatch HQ, Brawn gripes to Red Alert and Silverstreak about not going to North Korea. Silverstreak acts snarky and tries to calm him down, but both are told to shut up by human soldier Campologno. A comrade, Sandra voices her concerns about Brawn and the illegal operation they’re doing (harbouring Cybertronians), but Campologno brushes it off.
In North Korea, the Combaticons talk about the aft-kicking they gave the Autobots last issue. Vortex wishes they’d come back so he could “scrap ‘em”. He is then promptly thrown out of the hangar and pinned onto Optimus’ front. Eventually falling off, the others try and cut off his helicopter blades (with Ratchet doing his best Shattered Glass impression).
Up in space, satellite-Autobot Cosmos hacks a spy satellite to broadcast loops so the Autobots can fight in robot mode. With the go, Prime transforms and punches Onslaught in the mouth. The others are beaten away by Vortex, who tries to escape but is thrown back on the ground by Thundercracker. While fighting, Prime and Onslaught have a little talk about working for the humans. Onslaught says that Prime is doing the same as the Combaticons, but Prime replies that he is working to promote peace, and, with TC’s help, gets Onslaught on his knees. But before he can finish, the Predacons show up, telling him he’s too close to the “great Republic of China.”
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Errors
- On Cover A, Optimus Prime's right leg is colored as if it is part of Rampage.
Items of Note
- TBD
Covers(3)
- Cover A: Optimus fighting off Rampage; art by Don Figueroa, colors by Andrew Dalhouse.
- Cover B: Bumblebee riding atop Thundercracker with four of the Predacons looking onward; art by Guido Guidi, colors by J.Brown.
- Cover RI: Concept drawing of Mirage; art by Don Figueroa.
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Pathetic fools! There's no escape!
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