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The former miner decides to kill other guys for the hell of it.
Synopsis

Kaon. The Forge. During an underground gladiatorial combat, the escaped convict Megatron fights against a familiar opponent. His enemy displays the remarkable ability to continue fighting once impaled, but is crippled after being run over by Megatron in vehicle mode. For the satisfaction of the ring master and the audience, he executes his opponent. As the crowd cheers at the death, Megatron removes his helmet, exposing his long metal panels (ahem).
Meanwhile, Senator Ratbat dismisses the concerns of his meager assistant to attend to more important matters. In privacy, he manipulates world events for personal gain. But a report on the underground combat circuit piques his interest. He sends his servant to handle it.
Megatron rises through the ranks of the illegal gladiatorial bloodsport and eventually finds himself fighting alongside Clench. Megatron takes the opportunity to better his position in the organization by killing Clench and taking over.
Prowl shows footage of the battle to his team, who are eager to put a stop to the unlawful violence. Sentinel Prime arrives and announces that there've already been several efforts in a plan to catch the delinquents.
Bumper and Fastback stake out a location suspected to be the grounds for the next session of murders. They witness the arrival of the Constructicons who begin to assemble that night's arena, which includes tossing an Empty to drown in hot metal. Megatron arrives on the scene and immediately receives a technology and weaponry sales offer from one who introduces himself as Soundwave. The two Autobots witness the transaction and are ambushed by Ravage, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.
Bumper awakens to see Megatron stomp the life out of Fastback. Next, Soundwave uses Laserbeak to pry data from Bumper's mind. Megatron cancels the battle and expresses satisfaction with Soundwave's service—he agrees to do business with Soundwave's master and then kills Bumper.
Featured characters
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- Red Alert (21)
- Hound (31)
- Bumper (32)
- Warpath (33)
- Blades (34)
- Roadbuster (35)
- Whirl (36)
- Jazz (37)
- Fastback (38)
- Sentinel Prime (39)
- Perceptor (40)
- Wheeljack (41)
- Blaster (42)
- ? (43)
- Brawn (56)
- Ironhide (57)|
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- Red Alert (21)
- Hound (31)
- Bumper (32)
- Warpath (33)
- Blades (34)
- Roadbuster (35)
- Whirl (36)
- Jazz (37)
- Fastback (38)
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- Perceptor (40)
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- Prowl (20)
- Red Alert (21)
- Hound (31)
- Bumper (32)
- Warpath (33)
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- Roadbuster (35)
- Whirl (36)
- Jazz (37)
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- Megatron (1)
- Cy-Kill (2)
- Clench (3)
- Rumble (4)
- Frenzy (5)
- Monstructor (6)
- ? (7)
- Crasher (8)
- Starscream (9)
- Skyquake (10)
- Air Raid (11)
- Seawing (12)
- Spinister (13)
- Sunstreaker (14)
- Slugslinger (15)
- Overlord (16)
- Full-Tilt (17)
- Ratbat (18)
- Soundwave (19)
- Tankor (22)
- Blot (23)
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- Hun-Grrr (24)
- ? (25)
- Tantrum (26)
- Sideswipe (27)
- Drill Powerdasher (28)
- Betabear (29)
- Stalker (30)
- Scrounge (44)
- Wheezel (45)
- Telus and Rotorbolt's buddy (46)
- Scrapper (47)
- Mixmaster (48)
- Long Haul (49)
- Hook (50)
- Scavenger (51)
- Bonecrusher (52)
- Laserbeak (53)
- Buzzsaw (54)
- Ravage (55)
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Quotes
"Finish Him!"
- —Clench
- —Spectators at the execution of Cy-Kill
Notes
- The markings on Cy-kill... err, Megatron's opponent's shoulder possibly represent the number of kills he has.
- During the first fight, Megatron wears an emblem around his neck that resembles what might become the Decepticon insignia.
- In a moment perhaps best forgotten, Megatron takes off his buckethead helmet to unfurl elaborate decorative panels on his head, in a scene mimicking modern "historical epic" type movies where the hero takes off his helmet to flick his hair around like it's a shampoo commercial.
- Two of the gladiators on Megatron's team appear to be the UK-released Skyquake and Stalker, though they are unnamed.
- Clench and Frenzy mention the departed Betabear. Since he was in a combat arena for robots, we can assume Betabear is a godless killing machine.
- Several female Transformers appear in the background of scenes. The release of Spotlight: Arcee a year later would make this a significant continuity problem. This would be exacerbated 7 years later with when Chromia, seen in the funeral party, would be introduced as a female transformer from another planet who had never visited Cybertron.
- The new anti-gravity technology which Ratbat learns of is likely responsible for the Decepticons' ability to fly in robot form.... which, until AHM, did not exist in IDW continuity.
- The weapons which Soundwave offers to Megatron include the usual energon flail, a Seeker's null-ray and Shockwave's blaster hand.
- Among the crowd of enthralled fans thirsty for blood is Monstructor. While this does seem like his kind of scene...isn't he currently trapped in a dimensional prison somewhere?
Later retcons
In James Roberts' stories:
- Megatron is a famous political activist and not just some random guy.
- His lost friend Terminus had advised him that violence may be necessary to achieve his political goals and that he needed to make himself a figurehead. Instead of accidentally becoming a leader, Megatron can now be read as deliberately becoming one and making himself an army.
- Megatron is already a known political icon, out to emancipate the manual classes. Killing Cy-Kill means murdering a manual worker for the greater good.
- Ratbat would know Megatron is when he decides to arm and fund him on the quiet. Before it wasn't clear if he wanted to profit off the gladiatorial matches or profit off instability, but these retcons mean it's definitely the latter.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Megatron in arena by Alex Milne (pencils) and Josh Perez (colors)
- Cover B: Megatron roars over over a dead Cy-Kill by Marcelo Matere (pencils) and Andrew Elder (colors)
- Cover RI-A: Uncolored cover A
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