International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"
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| International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | October 14, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | October 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Mike Costa | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Guido Guidi | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | J. Brown | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Shawn Lee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2010) | ||||||||||||
The confrontation between Autobots, Combaticons and Predacons boils over.
Synopsis
At the Chinese-North Korean border, Optimus attempts to convince the Predacons to stand down, while Prowl surreptitiously reports to Bumblebee. The Predacons agree to leave, until Onslaught shoots Rampage in the back, spurring the Predacons into a full-out brawl with the Autobots.
Back at base, Bumblebee, Pennington and Silverstreak watch on, unsure of what to do. Before they can lend aid, Sandra unilaterally decides to break the encryption on the video feed, broadcasting the Cybertronians' battle to the public. In response, the Russian government announces that has launched a nuclear missile at the battle.
Pennington radios the news to Spike, who attempts to get both sides to stop in light of the threat. Rampage initially disbelieves it, but Onslaught confirms on information from Pyongyang. With Thundercracker already gone, the Autobots are forced to rely on Cosmos to divert the nuclear missile.
Back at the battle site, the Predacons have left, leaving the Combaticons in Autobot hands. Optimus explains that Thundercracker left to destroy the energon plants in Dandong and Pyongyang, effectively cutting off the ability of China and North Korea to provide resources for (and command the loyalty of) any Cybertronians. Thus ends the immediate threat, leaving the new question of how to handle the problem of the Autobot's secret being blown open.
A week later, with the Autobot-U.S. military alliance on shaky ground, Bumblebee makes the decision to go public and confront the media himself, calling on Autobot and human alike to have the courage to work together. His speech seems on the verge of convincing the rioting protesters, when a protester pulls an energy weapon and blasts Bumblebee, leaving him on the ground, optics black...
Featured Characters
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Quotes
"Cosmos! On my count, you're going to free up one of the satellites you're running a subterfuge on."
"Okay, but... Bumblebee, what I'm doing up here is not easy. I'm creating two totally independent video-feeds, rendering in real time while counterfeiting a forty-five character digital water mark. Two digital water marks. Plus-"
"Then cutting it down to one will be way easier, right? Okay, thirty seconds."
"...Razzafrazzen..."
- - Bumblebee turns Cosmos into Daffy Duck.
"We still have one more option."
"You can't be serious." pause "Okay, yes, I see it."
Cosmos lands on and redirects a nuclear missile in flight
"After this, I better get a lot more respect around here."
- - Optimus Prime joins in with ordering Cosmos around.
Errors
- TBD
Items of Note
- TBD
Covers(4)
- Cover A: Bumblebee at a podium speaking to the public; art by Don Figueroa, colors by J.Brown.
- Cover B: Optimus, Onslaught and Rampage in front of the national flags of their alliances; art by Guido Guidi, colors by J.Brown.
- Cover RI: Concept drawing of Wheeljack; art by Don Figueroa.
- Cover RE: Prowl, Sideswipe, Swoop, Brainstorm and First Aid fighting Bombshell, in a homage to Uncanny X-Men #1; art by Casey Coller, colors by John-Paul Bove
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