Rising Storm issue 2

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Publisher IDW Publishing
First published March 30, 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

The history of Shockwave is revealed, and the Decepticons launch an all-out attack on Bumblebee and Sam to reclaim Brains!

Synopsis


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Notes

  • Elita-One and Chromia are depicted in their Revenge of the Fallen bodies a century ago. While this isn't strictly an error for Chromia, it does stand out as odd for Elita, who appeared in her original first-movie body in The Reign of Starscream, which takes place after this story, implying either an artist error, or the fact that she switched back and forth between forms.
  • The circumstances of Chromia's death are revealed, and her remains are shown being recovered by Flatline, filling in the last missing piece in this comic's re-examination of the sisters and their recreation into their tripartate Revenge of the Fallen form, as seen in Tales of the Fallen.
  • The PSP edition of Transformers The Game implied that the Decepticons' numerous one-eyed drones were loyal to Shockwave. That also seems to be the case here, as Shockwave is shown to give Dreadwing "command" while he is absent, explaining how Dreadwing came to be leader of these drones, as he was in The Reign of Starscream.
  • The blast Shockwave makes when he arrives on Earth is the mysterious real-life Tunguska event.
  • The human who hands over the information to the Soviets is Danco from issue #5 of Sector 7, here revealed to have survived his possible death in that issue. Guess things bode well for Bill Simmons, then!
  • Following on from the events of Sector 7, and in accordance with the Ghosts of Yesterday novel, Megatron is shown to have been successfully moved into Hoover Dam by 1969.
  • Sam's college was unnamed and it's location not specified in the finished Revenge of the Fallen movie, but the novelization of the feature identified it as Princeton University, New Jersey, one of the two universities that the scenes were filmed at. This comic, however, places it in Philadelphia (presumably making it the University of Philadelphia)—not a random choice, but based on the facts that the other filming location for the movie's college scenes was the University of Philadelphia, and that the graveyard Sam and Optimus Prime meet in during the film is also in Philadelphia. Makes a bit more sense to us!
  • Wheelie identifies himself as being built north of Burthov, a location whose sole previous mention was in issue #3 of Defiance.
  • Wheelie also notes that Sam has just broken up with Mikaela Banes. This, of course, is because Megan Fox does not appear in Dark of the Moon, but we guess this doesn't bode well for any kind of thoughtful or meaningful discourse on the nature of her character's absence...
  • Recognizable among the squad of Decepticons that attack Sam and company on page 16 are Bludgeon, Brimstone and Tankor (sporting his Carlos Magno redesign from Nefarious); less so are Storm Surge and Sonar, the latter making his fictional debut (and not surviving it!).
  • The twin-rotor helicopter arriving on page 18 is Ruination from The Veiled Threat, who briefly appeared in the previous issue; Magno follows through on the book's description of him by making him look very much like Incinerator. The Apache helicopter, meanwhile, is his buddy Blademaster, also from The Veiled Threat, making his first pictorial appearance.

Covers (2)

  • Cover A: Art by Brian Rood of Bumblebee.
  • Cover RI: Art by Carlos Magno, with colors by Aburtov and Graphikslava, of Barricade attacking Bumblebee.

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