Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading

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« The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #11
"Shadowplay (Conclusion)
An Intimate Beheading"
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published November 21, 2012
Cover date November 2012
Story by James Roberts
Pencils by Alex Milne
Inks by Juan Castro, Alex Milne and John Wycough
Colors by Josh Burcham
Letters by Shawn Lee
Editor John Barber
Continuity IDW continuity
Chronology Current era (2012)

Rewinds tale reaches its climax, as Orion Pax leads a daring heist for the Matrix.

Synopsis

(Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.)
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Quotes

Notes

  • The heist this issue is about was alluded to in a conversation between Skids and Chromedome back in issue #8.
  • Notice how Chromedome is never referred to by name on the first page; from part 1, we know he had a different name before he was "Chromedome", and here, he's only referred to as Prowl's "partner" (in turn indirectly furthering the obvious "romantic" implication between the two characters). This is because it's an impartial flashback, not part of Rewind's story (since it's a conversation between two characters not on the Lost Light); he is called "Chromedome" elsewhere during the story since Rewind asked him to minimize confusion by doing so back in part 1.
  • Trailbreaker is among the outliers, unnamed by rather obviously identifiable from his description as a truck who generates forcefields. When talking about Trailbreaker on the following page, Swerve calls him "Trailcutter", an alternate name developed by Hasbro after the loss of the trademark to the original, and noted in the More than Meets the Eye annual to be an alternate name the character uses in-universe.
  • "Nightmare Fuel" is a term coined by website TV Tropes to describe horrifying scenes in fiction. The Liege Maximo is pictured on the bottle's label.
  • Chromedome remarks that he is unable to make the derisive "Pfft" noise Swerve utters. Logically, that'd be because he doesn't have any lips!
  • Tailgate has to make a "who's who" page to keep track of everyone in the story, just like the "Meet the Crew" features in the back of every issue of More than Meets the Eye.
  • In his younger days, Skids had a miniature Matrix "tattooed" on his cheek, just as Springarm did in "Chaos Theory". Pax remarks on the similarity.
  • The power booster rod was an Autobot tool famous for being stolen by the human criminal the Mechanic in issue #26 of the original Marvel comic. Chromedome can be seen idly using it for its intended purpose of easily lifting heavy items.
  • The Primal Vanguard is the detachment to which Tailgate belonged, which has been mentioned a few times in More than Meets the Eye. The user of the bomb disposal kit Ironfist is so excited about is not named, but it almost certainly Tailgate himself.
  • Ironfist's looking a little different that he will when we chronologically see him next in Last Stand of the Wreckers. Based on the helmet we can see in the background of his lab, he obviously modified his own noggin to look like a Primal Vanguard helmet.
  • Ironfist shows Chromedome the image of a robot named Crosscut. This could be potentially the fourth Crosscut to exist—there's the Japanese-original Autobot, the Marvel Decepticon, a member of the Decepticon Justice Division that the Decepticon Crosscut is often mistaken for (according to his profile in the Last Stand of the Wreckers hardcover), and now this guy. It is, of course, extremely possible that this Crosscut could be one of the others; being that this is Roberts, who doesn't toss this stuff around casually, it's almost a certainty.
  • Among Ironfist's memorabilia is a spare drill belonging to Borebit.
  • We see that Ironfist has always had a fondness for writing about his heroes; his Wreckers: Declassified datalogs had a predecessor in his monographs about the Primal Vanguard. We couldn't possibly imagine what it's like to write endlessly about our hobbies in minute detail, no sir.
  • Pax's senator friend is noted to be on speaking terms with the Omega Guardians, the enigmatic protectors of the Magnificence who have only previously appeared in Spotlight: Hot Rod.
  • The Primal Basilica is decorated with statues of the Guiding Hand and the Aligned continuity family design of Prima.
  • In addition to Blitzwing himself, one of the Triorian Guard is another guy sharing Blitzwing's body, coloured like his Diaclone toy.
  • The Heavies, previously seen in Whirl's flashback in issue #6, reappear, along with their multi-coloured handler, whose name is revealed to be Kroma. One of the Heavies is named "Anvil"; we'd hazard a guess the other's "Hammer".
  • Kroma and the Heavies are accompanied by Decepticon assassin Macabre, made famous by his one-shot appearance in the Marvel UK epic, Target: 2006. We've already seen, through Last Stand of the Wreckers, that he'll go on to lead Squadron X in IDW continuity.
  • "Empurata", first mentioned in issue #6 and a few time since, is at last revealed to be a process by which criminals have their heads and hands removed and replaced. Whirl's reference to its persuasive power in issue #6, coupled with his lament about the loss of his hands last issue, now make a horrifying amount of sense. Glitch would also appear to have suffered through the process.

Crew Manifest

  • The still-living Red Alert is put into cold storage.
  • 5 deaths, 5 new arrivals (plus 20 or so Faders) since the launch.

Errors

Covers (3)

  • Skids and Ratchet are in the original art, but are hidden under the logo.
    Skids and Ratchet are in the original art, but are hidden under the logo.

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