Transformers: Space Case
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing Target | ||||||||||||
| Writer | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Atilio Martin | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Sergtio Adad | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Garry Henderson | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Cover | E. J. Su | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Live-action film series | ||||||||||||
Space Case wakes up on the wrong side of the earth's surface and takes it out on an Autobot search party.
Synopsis
Space Case dreams of flying. When he's flying, nobody can touch him, and more importantly none of the other Decepticons can make fun of him for being stupid. His reverie is interrupted by an earthquake, which jolts him awake and provides him with the opportunity to free himself.
Meanwhile, Arcee and Bumblebee are pulled away from a picnic with their friend Sam Witwicky to investigate an energy signal that appeared after the earthquake. The trio proceeded deep underground, and just as Arcee admonished Sam to be careful, Space Case ambushed them. Despite their numeric superiority, the Autobots had trouble with their enemy because they were afraid firing weapons would cause their unstable surroundings to collapse.
Space Case, angry at what he perceived as persecution from the Autobots, activated his plasma afterburners and rocketed out of the cave, triggering the feared cave-in and burying Sam and the Autobots. A short distance away, he congratulated himself on his clever escape and looked forward to getting to fly again.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
"Maybe I'm not smart enough to figure out how to crawl outta a hole. I guess everybody's right about me."
- -Space Case has a complex
"I'm always careful. When am I not careful? I'm Mr Careful."
- -John Barber writes a convincing Sam
Errors
- None yet identified.
Items of note
- The comic comes free with Target's exclusive Dark of the Moon Space Case.
- Space Case is a quasi-sympathetic figure in this story, whose acute sense of his own perceived inferiority drives him to hostility toward everyone and everything, despite the fact that the Autobots neither mock nor attack him.
- Bumblebee plays clips of Simon & Garfunkel, Cool Hand Luke, Olivia Newton-John, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
- Someone must have cut-and-pasted some legalese for the indicia, because licensing information for both Lockheed's Raptor and Sikorsky's Pave Low appear inside the front cover.
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- Dark of the Moon MechTech figures
