Chaos Part One: Lamentations

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"Chaos: Part 1"
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	August 24, 2011
Cover date	August 2011
Story by	James Roberts and Mike Costa
Script by	Mike Costa
Art by	Livio Ramondelli
Letters by	Chris Mowry
Editor	Carlos Guzman
Continuity	IDW continuity
Chronology	Current era (2011)

The Autobots reach Cybertron and face off against Galvatron's forces.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Others
Grotesque (1) Cloudburst (2) Downshift (3) Brainstorm (6) Swerve (7) Crosshairs (8) Afterburner (9) Omega Supreme (11) Optimus Prime (13) Ironhide (14) Jetfire (15) Unknown Autobot (16) Drift (17) Cliffjumper (18) Sunstreaker (19) Rodimus (22) Autobot Reinforcements (24)	Cyclonus (4) Sweeps (5) Galvatron (10) Megatron (12) Scourge(23)	Bob (20) Garnak (21)

Quotes

TBD

Notes

• Apparently, Grotusque left the Monsterbots in favor of the Autobots sometime between Maximum Dinobots and this issue of The Transformers.
• It's not indicated whether or not it's Scourge or a Sweep who begins Kimia's transformation sequence; however, since this one is the only one to talk, it would make sense if it were Scourge.
• After the battle at Hydrus 5, Afterburner has returned to Kimia. Sucks for Afterburner.
• Due to the distance, it's hard to tell if the Autobots behind Optimus and the others are generics or not, as one of them resembles Blurr. This may be a coincidence, though.

Errors

• Cliffjumper is ignoring Sunstreaker, even though he and the other Autobots seemed to have welcomed him back into the fold.

Covers (3)

• Cover A: Optimus Prime in the foreground with Cybertron and Galvatron behind him; art by Livio Ramondelli.
• Cover B: Galvatron and the sweeps in the foreground with the sweeps and Optimus Primes' head behind him; art by Ramondelli.
• Cover RI: Optimus Prime bringing down his foot and shooting in grayscale; art by Ramondelli.