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 ("Orphans of the Helix"), Brendan Cahill ("Police Action: Prologue") | ||||||||||||
| 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.
Synopsis
"Orphans of the Helix"
While Skywatch men guard Omega Supreme, Ratchet tells Bumblebee it will take some time to fabricate a leg replacement joint. Bumblebee is just glad to be up and about and jokes with Pennington about having "wheels of his own". The fun is interrupted by Bluestreak, who exclaims that Hot Rod is back from the dead. Indeed, Hot Rod has returned with those thought dead or long missing: Ironhide, Wheelie and Sunstreaker. Bumblebee is flabbergasted while Hot Rod demands to see Optimus. Hot Rod presents the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus and tells the tale of his travels. Optimus christened him Rodimus, and the name Hot Rod was not used again. The other Autobots bonded in the meantime.
Optimus emerged and announced that Cybertron was again habitable, but that Galvatron was there with an army and Prime intends to stop whatever machinations Galvatron has planned. They will travel in Omega Supreme's rocket while his base remains on Earth. All the Autobots except Bumblebee volunteered to help protect their home planet. Bumblebee sulks about being usurped while Optimus tells him that he's still leader, and will abide by his choice. He also told Bumblebee something that angered him, making him announce he's staying on Earth with Magnus and a few others. Optimus and the majority of the Autobots blast off with Omega Supreme toward Cybertron.
"Police Action: Prologue"
Before the group leaves, Prowl asks Optimus for some words with Megatron. Prowl questions Megatron about his "damaging information". After Prime relays this to Bumblebee, Thundercracker defiantly leaves Prowl and the base, warning them not provoke him. Bumblebee announced that Prowl reports to Magnus, who reports to Bumblebee. As Prowl returns to base, Spike requests that he be kept involved, and Prowl muses how "involved" Spike really is.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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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.
- Thundercracker turned from a F-22 to a F-15 again.
Errors
- Tracks is miscolored as Drift.
- Joe Henderson is colored as a white person.
- Hot Spot is colored white in both of his panels.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Bumblebee looks disappointed as Rodimus 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 each other down; art by Brendan Cahill and colors by Priscilla Tramontano.
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