Rising Storm issue 1
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | February 23, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Art | Carlos Magno | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Aburtov and Graphikslava | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Cover | Brian Rood Carlos Magno | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Live-action film series | ||||||||||||
Enter... Shockwave!
Synopsis
Featured Characters
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Quotes
Notes
- This issue was originally solicited at a time when Shockwave's involvement in the film was trying to be kept a secret, and so the preview cover featured only a black silhouette. But while the silhouette actually matched Shockwave's movie design, however, the illustration on the released cover does not, depicting the new design Shockwave sports both in this issue and the concurrently-published Foundation #1. Something similar happened with some covers for IDW's Revenge of the Fallen adaptation, and Defiance, when Megatron's role in that movie was likewise being (unsuccessfully) kept under wraps.
- This issue takes place a short time after the previous post-Revenge of the Fallen comic, Nefarious, briefly referencing the events of that series.
- As in Nefarious, artist Carlos Magno has redesigned several of the previously toy-only characters into somewhat more monstrous forms more in-keeping with the aesthetic of the movies, chief among them Longarm (whose head now resembles another Longarm) and Salvage.
- The four Autobots that were mind-controlled by the Initiative during Nefarious put in an appearance here, allowing us to at least clear up some of the mysteries of their identities: in addition to Blazemaster and Brawn (unnamed in this issue but identifiable in Nefarious), we now know that their ranks definitely included Armorhide in his Revenge of the Fallen body, a fact obfuscated in the previous mini-series thanks to some jumbled art. Additionally, the fourth member, previously an indecipherable blobby blue mass in Nefarious, is here given some red highlights, and clearly has a car-hood for a chest, suggesting he is supposed to be Smokescreen, who did have a toy in the Revenge of the Fallen line... buuuut who was previously seen to apparently die in IDW's The Reign of Starscream #3.
- Similarly, the yellow-and-brown camouflage-patterned hide of the second of Skystalker's troops marks him as Divebomb, whose identity is confirmed when Shockwave follows a radioactive trail that matches the leaking reactor mentioned in his toy bio, but he was seen to seemingly bite it in The Reign of Starscream #5.
- The two Decepticons who warn Starscream of Shockwave's arrival are a touch perplexing. We've got no idea who the big grey guy is, and the little guy is drawn with the fork lift body shared by Dirt Boss and Deadlift, but coloured in a yellowish shade that's pretty much smack dab between Dirt Boss's green and Deadlift's orange. Since Dirt Boss appeared to die in Nefarious #4, we'll assume this is Deadlift.
- Author John Barber sticks a middle finger up to Michael Bay and has all three of Arcee's components still functional in this issue, despite Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci remarking in the Revenge of the Fallen DVD commentary that the director had them killed because he didn't like them. In the same breath, Barber addresses the complicated matter of whether or not the sisters are all components of Arcee or individual beings, opting for the latter explanation by way of re-examination and crafty retcon of their origin from Tales of the Fallen #6. In the process, it is established that this Elita is the same Elita from the first movie toyline, who previously appeared in IDW's The Reign of Starscream and Defiance minis. She died in the former, but unlike Smokescreen and Divebomb, that's deliberate and part of the plot!
- Speaking of Elita, her original toy was "Elita-One", her Revenge of the Fallen toy was "Elita-1", and here, she's "Elita One". Foundation #1 uses "Elita-One"; it also contains the scene to which Prime makes reference in this issue, of Elita disapproving of his angry, vengeful attitude in his younger days.
- The game of mix-and-match Hasbro has played with the sisters' coloration on merchandise like their Robot Heroes figures notwithstanding, in the movie and toys, the sisters have been colored red (Arcee), blue (Chromia) and purple (Elita). Comic books, however, have coloured Arcee magenta more often than not, hearkening back to her first movie toy body, and to the concept art for her Revenge of the Fallen form, which used this color. In this issue, however, while Arcee remains magenta, Chromia is purple, and Elita is pink.
- Here's a first for you, folks—don't look now, but in this issue, someone has actually bothered to write the twins as the wannabe-gangsters they were in the movie.
- Real-life tourist attractions appearing unnamed in this issue include the La Brea Tar Pits in California, and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
Covers (2)
- Cover A: Art by Brian Rood of Shockwave standing amidst fire as chaos and fire fighters look on.
- Cover RI: Art by Carlos Magno, with colors by Aburtov and Graphikslava, of Shockwave looming over Earth.
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