Nefarious issue 6
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 18, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Carlos Magno | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Andrew Dalhouse | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Shawn Lee | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Movie continuity | ||||||||||||
A great battle between evil and good! Who will reach the cube?
Synopsis
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Errors
- Many Transformers given the wrong colors in this issue. Problems with the Intiative-controlled Transformers are noted below; others include a consistently murky yellow Ratchet, a green Mudflap and a red Skids in the first double page spread, then a green Mudflap and a blue Skids on the last page.
- When he appears in the last few pages of the issue, Buzzsaw has taken on a helicopter alternate mode with no explanation.
Items of note
- As with the previous issue, the Initiative-controlled Transformers are difficult to identify: many of them have been redesigned by artist Carlos Magno into more monstrous forms, as he did with Reverb and Ransack earlier in the series, and the coloring is even worse this time around. Many names in the featured characters list are best guesses—except for Blazemaster, who is the only one named in the script (although his colors oscillate from solid blue to blue with tan accents). A breakdown:
- The blue tank-treaded robot seen in the first double page spread is almost certainly Tankor.
- Brawn is clearly identifiable in this spread also, despite being colored like his Generation 1 predecessor. He is colored entirely green in subsequent pages.
- A black and red stealth-plane Transformer can safely be presumed to be either Skystalker or Mindwipe; we've opted for the former.
- Far off in the distance is a small purple and red Transformer with what seem to be orange shoulder-mounted missile-launchers. He didn't appear in the last issue, and is assuredly miscolored, whoever he is.
- The other two robots in the first spread are a chaotic jumble of green and blue. We theorize the green one to be Armorhide, now drawn based on his Revenge of the Fallen toy, instead of the first toy body seen in the last issue, since he has otherwise disappeared from the comic (and all the other robots from the last issue appear in this one). As for the blue one, he's the other new face who wasn't in the last issue, so, um... Beachcomber?
- The three robots attacking Jolt were colored entirely grey last issue, but two of them have managed to get some color in this one. The one who hasn't is at least immediately recognizable as the jet mold shared by Breakaway and Thrust, and since Breakaway died earlier in this series, we assume this to be Thrust.
- As for Jolt's other two attackers; one now has a splash of green but is otherwise unidentifiable. While not visible in this issue, he was shown with a hook in place of his right hand last issue that makes us think he's Lockdown (who should have some green parts on him). The final 'bot, an unidentifiable jet, is now colored red. The only red 'plane in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline is Divebomb, but this guy looks too sleek to be a biplane.
- Bumblebee did not take part in a battle. He was seen on the last page and the cover.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Bumblebee running with Optimus Prime in the background, by Brian Rood
- Cover B: Carter Newell attacking Optimus Prime and Ironhide with his AllSpark powers, art by Carlos Magno and colors by Andrew Dalhouse
- Cover RI: Text-free version of Cover A
