Foundation issue 2

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« Foundation #2 »
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published March 16, 2011
Writer John Barber
Art Andrew Griffith
Colors Priscilla Tramontano
Letters Chris Mowry
Editor Andy Schmidt
Cover Brian Rood
Andrew Griffith
Continuity Live-action film series

The future looks bright for Cybertron, but darkness looms as the schism between Optimus and Megatron grows.

Synopsis

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Quotes

Notes

  • In an unusual twist on the standard for the character, Primus is here claimed to be the first creation of the AllSpark, from whom the Dynasty of Primes are descended. It is, mind you, presented only as a legend, what the Transformers believe, so there remains plenty of wiggle-room for the typical multiversal origin of Primus to hold true. More to the point, this telling of events appears to be a crafty way to reconcile the Dynasty's claim from Tales of the Fallen #4 that they were the "children of Primus" with the widely-related origin story of all Transformers being spawned by the AllSpark.
  • Optimus refers to being "hidden and alone" when Sentinel Prime found him; although he doesn't know it himself, he's alluding to his being hidden away to hide him from The Fallen, something left out of the Revenge of the Fallen film, but mentioned in issue #3 of IDW's comic book adaptation.
  • A lot of this issue compliments and informs IDW's previous prequel comic, Defiance, working hard to work the new Dark of the Moon-specific backstory elements in to the setting of that series while simultaneously doing a lot of world-building. Elements built upon from Defiance include the establishment of the dual-pronged leadership of Cybertron shared by Optimus and Megatron that was in place with the series began, complete with the broken-down relationship between the two former brothers and Megatron having authority, Arcee being part of Optimus's science division, and Ironhide being one of Megatron's warriors.
  • Ironhide and Chromia having been soldiers together on Cybertron was originally mentioned in Chromia's toy bio.
  • Ironhide refers to Arcee's fondness for hunting turbofoxes, mentioned in her Movie toy bio.

Covers (2)

  • Cover A: Optimus Prime and Ironhide by Brian Rood
  • Cover RI: Ironhide by Andrew Griffith and Priscilla Tramontano

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