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).
- Barricade, though not present in the final battle like the movie, appears with starscream on a video feed during Sentinal's speech to congress.
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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