Dark of the Moon issue 3
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 22, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Jorge Jimenez Moreno | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Romulo Fajardo | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Shawn Lee | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Movie continuity | ||||||||||||
Sentinel and the Decepticons' plans are revealed!
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Notes
- This issue also includes Convergence chapter 3 as exclusive bonus back-up material.
- Megatron's tarp-cape varies in length. It varies between short (going down to his neck) and long (going over his shoulder, like how it's mostly seen).
Differences with movie
Several pieces of the film are trimmed out and/or pared down, but purely for page-space reasons, rather than due to the issue being based on an early script. These include:
- Bumblebee does not do any attempt to shoot Sentinel Prime after Ironhide dies.
- Megatron simply removes Abraham Lincoln statue from the Abraham Lincoln Memorial instead of blasting it......sounds familiar
- Dylan gives Sam the Watch-bot, instead of the Watch-bot coiling itself around Sam's arm in the movie.
Other script-based differences include:
- The Twins' deaths at the hands of Sentinel Prime are included here.
- Simmons is present during Ironhide's and the Twins' deaths, while he was not present in Ironhide's death scene in the final film.
- Simmons does not use a wheelchair after his legs are broken.
- Ironhide does not die due to the Cosmic Rust, instead he's blasted to pieces by Sentinel Prime's gun.
- Sentinel activates the pillars in Washington D.C. during the daytime. He does it at night in the movie.
- Sam WItwicky, Lennox, Wheelie, and Brains are present when Sentinel activates the Pillars.
- The Autobots engage the Decepticons in an extended fight before they retreat, and the Washington Monument is destroyed.
- Unlike the movie, while held captive by Dylan Gould Carly doesn't change her clothes. Instead, she remains in her dress.
- Topspin talks!
Another remarkable difference is that the Decepticons coming from the Moon have individualized appearances, while in the film they are generic.
IDW continuity notes
- Sam mentions the attack on the Diego Garcia base which happened in the Rising Storm prequel comics
Errors
- Despite his legs were broken in last issue. Simmons is able to walk perfectly in this and the next issue
Covers (2)
- Cover A: Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee, by Jorge Jimenez Moreno.
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