Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix

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"Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix"
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	July 6, 2011
Cover date	July 2011
Written by	Mike Costa
Art by	Guido Guidi (main story),
Colors by	Joana Lafuente
Letters by	Shawn Lee
Editor	Andy Schmidt
Assistant editor	Carlos Guzman
Continuity	IDW continuity
Chronology	Current era (2011)

Optimus Prime leads his Autobots back to Cybertron while a disgruntled Bumblebee remains on Earth with Prowl, who has plans.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Omega Supreme (1) Bumblebee (3) Ratchet (4) Silverstreak (6) Broadside (7) Ironhide (8) Wheelie (10) Rodimus (11) Sunstreaker (12) Jazz (13) Cliffjumper (14) Drift (15) Jetfire (16) Ultra Magnus (17) Wheeljack (18) Beachcomber (19) Optimus Prime (20) Blurr (21) Sideswipe (22) Hoist (23) Mirage (26) Trailbreaker (27) Hot Spot (28) Brawn (29) Red Alert (30)	Megatron (32) Thundercracker (33)	Skywatch guards (2) Pennington (5) Spike Witwicky (24) Joe Henderson (25)	Garnak (9) Bob (31)

Quotes

• TBD

Notes

• The issue is split into two stories, the main "Orphans of the Helix" and Prowl's story, "Police Action: Prologue".
• The main story is named after Orphans of the Helix, a science fiction short story by Dan Simmons.
• While Hot Rod has been called "Rodimus" for multiple issues now, as of this issue he is officially christened as such.

Errors

• Joe Henderson is colored as a white person.

Covers (3)

• Cover A: Bumblebee looks disappointed as Optimus Prime wields the Matrix in the background; art by Marcelo Matere.
• Cover B: Optimus Prime receives the Matrix from Rodimus; art by Guido Guidi and colors by Joana Lafuente.
• Cover RI: Prowl and Megatron staring eachother down; art by Brendan Cahill and colors by Priscilla Tramontano.

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