Rodimus vs. Cyclonus

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"Rodimus vs. Cyclonus"
Publisher IDW Publishing
Cover date January 2011
Written by Simon Furman
Art by Boo
Colors by Josh Burcham
Letters by Chris Mowry
Special Thanks To Aaron Archer, Michael Kelly, Amie Lozanski, Ed Lane, Michael Provost, Val Roca, Erin Hillman, Jos Huxley, Samantha Lomow, Michael Verrecchia
Editor Andy Schmidt
Assistant editor Carlos Guzman
Continuity Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Packaged with Battle in Space

Cyclonus and Scourge go on an Autobot hunt.

Synopsis

After terminating Ultra Magnus on the Planet of Junk, Cyclonus and Scourge pledge loyalty to Galvatron as holder of the Matrix. Galvatron orders the both of them to go and destroy the remaining Autobots. The one with the highest headcount will be his second-in-command. They depart.

Hot Rod, Kup, Wheelie, and the Dinobots leave Quintessa in a stolen Quintesson ship. Wheelie tracks Ultra Magnus's ship using its last known speed and trajectory.

Cyclonus plants a beacon into the Rayzor Nebula, which causes Scourge and his Sweeps to go on a wild goose chase thinking it is a genuine Autobot distress signal.

Hot Rod's ship arrives at the wreckage of Ultra Magnus's ship. Kup and Wheelie conclude that the nosecone was separated and landed on the Planet of Junk. They are attacked by Cyclonus. Inspired by his brief contact with the Matrix, Hot Rod invokes the Challenge of Aria-Bellum with Cyclonus. The two fight in single combat inside the ship's anterior propulsion silo. When Hot Rod starts to win, Cyclonus flees, admitting he is acting dishonorably. Meanwhile, Kup detected an Autobot science vessel in the nearby Rayzor Nebula and asks Grapple and Tracks to make themselves visible. This draws Scourge and the Sweeps into the combat. Scourge notices that Cyclonus is fighting Autobots and attacks Cyclonus, allowing the Autobots to escape. Hot Rod's ship lands on the Planet of Junk.

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Notes

I spy with my five little eyes...
  • This comic was only available in the Reveal the Shield "Battle in Space" two-pack, containing the titular Rodimus and Cyclonus.
  • This comic takes place during the events of The Transformers: The Movie.
  • Most characters who have or are going to have a toy in either the Reveal the Shield or Generations lines use their new toy designs, while characters who aren't getting a new toy in either of those lines use their Generation 1 character model. The sole exceptions are Bumblebee, who uses something similar to his Generation 1 character model despite having a redeco of his toy in the Reveal the Shield subline; and Tracks, who uses his original character model despite getting a brand spanking new mold. Notably, this was the first appearance of Warpath's new toy, which had yet to be revealed (officially or unofficially!) at the time of the comic's release.
  • Grapple is called "Grapple" instead of his Hunt for the Decepticons name "Grappel". Whew.
  • Cyclonus complains that the troops Unicron promised to provide for him never materialized. This is also perhaps the only time Cyclonus ever talks about his life prior to having been recreated by Unicron, though of course no previous Decepticon warrior is singled out.
  • Hot Rod/Rodimus is never referred to by name. This may be intentional since this comic is set in the cartoon continuity where his name is "Hot Rod", which, for the purposes of toy selling, Hasbro has been unable to trademark for a number of years.
  • There are two instances of Cybertronian language in the comic. The first labels the Planet of Junk as "Junkion" (duh) and the second says "Oh crap!" (The exclamation mark is the character for "Z" rotated 90 degrees.)
  • The Canadian release of the comic, in the same manner as the old Armada and Energon pack-in comics, shrinks the text down to fit in both English and French in the speech bubbles.
  • The European release of the comic is double the size, featuring the same story back to back, each with three languages pressed into the speech bubbles, making for a total of six. The first side is in English, French and German and the other is in Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
  • On the first page where it shows the destruction of Ultra Magnus, Twincast's toy is seen on the bottom of the page.

Errors

  • Evidently, the readers have to accept that the character designs are changed from the film itself in order to sell toys. However, Rumble and Frenzy turn into tanks, which would definitely not fit into Soundwave's chest compartment.
  • Kup calls Tracks both "Warpath" and "Lugnut".
    • In the Canadian and European releases, "Lugnut" is corrected... into "Warpath". Poor Tracks.
  • What made Kup think Scourge and Cyclonus would fight each other on sight?
  • On the last page, Arcee is colored solid magenta, and Wreck-Gar is blue with a green head.
  • So Tracks and Grapple are at the Battle of Autobot City, but they're also on the science vessel within the Razor Nebula. First of all, what the heck is Tracks doing on a science vessel? Second... what, Optimus Prime died like an hour ago, Autobot City is in ruins, and yet they've already split? To do Science? Either this is an error or Tracks and Grapple are the biggest jerks in the universe.

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