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Adaptación: | Ralph Macchio |
| Dibujo: | Don Perlin | |
| Entintado: | Ian Akin & Brian Garvey | |
| Letra: | Janice Chiang | |
| Color: | Nelson Yomtov | |
| 23 páginas |
Resumen:
The newly-created Galvatron leads his troops to Cybertron. Once there, he interrupts Starscream's coronation ceremony, destroys Starscream, and claims the leadership of the Decepticons. Soon afterwards, Unicron approaches Cybertron's first moon and begins to consume it; Jazz and Cliffjumper radio their situation to Earth before trying to escape. Their attempt fails, and their ship is pulled into Unicron's maw. Galvatron rages at Unicron for destroying the moon, but is struck down and ordered to attack Earth.
Hearing about Unicron's attack, the Autobots on Earth prepare to move out when they are attacked by the Decepticons. The Autobots flee to their shuttles and lift off. They lose the Decepticons in space by firing in an asteroid field, which creates a ricocheting effect and a cascade of explosions that jams the Decepticons' sensors.
En route to Cybertron, Hot Rod trains with an auto-combatant, but is interrupted when a Decepticon attack breaches the hull. The Decepticons fire more moleculon missiles at them; Kup loses the missiles by inverting the missiles' polarities, but the attempt leaves them adrift. Then a strange planet nearby fires a rocket-powered claw at them -- it smashes into the ship, sending Kup, Hot Rod, and the Dinobots falling to the planet below.
Meanwhile, as more missiles close on Ultra Magnus's ship, they separate the forward quarter. The missiles destroy the rear of the ship, and Galvatron concludes that Ultra Magnus -- and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership -- has been destroyed. But then Galvatron is struck down with another bolt of pain, and the Decepticons return to Unicron. Unknown to them, Ultra Magnus and his Autobots are searching for a place to make repairs, and decide to head for the planet of Junk...
Grimlock, Hot Rod and Kup fall into a sea on the planet Quintessa. They emerge to find themselves surrounded by hostile Sharkticons, who lead them to a strange city. Once there, they are placed in a cell, where they meet Kranix, the survivor of Lithone (last issue). Kranix explains that the Quintessons pick up survivors of Unicron's attacks and executes them, and is then hauled away by guards. The Quintessons put Kranix on trial, find him innocent, then execute him by dropping him into a pit of Sharkticons.
The Autobots are then placed on trial, where they are found innocent and dropped into the pit. But as they fall, Kup breaks his energon bonds, then shoots Hot Rod and Grimlock's bonds. They land in the pit and proceed to clobber the Sharkticons; the other Dinobots arrive, adding to the carnage. Grimlock orders the surviving Sharkticons to attack the Quintessons, which they mindlessly obey. As the Autobots watch the Quintessons retreat, a small robot named Wheelie arrives, and offers them the use of a spaceship.
On Cybertron's second moon, Spike and Bumblebee set their armory to detonate as Unicron approaches, then evacuate themselves in a shuttle. The armory explodes as Unicron eats the moon, but he is undamaged by the blast. Unicron then continues to consume the moon -- and Spike and Bumblebee along with it...
En la página 4, Jazz y Cliffjumper tienen los colores intercambiados.
Principales diferencias entre la película y la adaptación en este número:
| Película | Adaptación |
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La segunda luna de Cybertron es devorada por Unicron justo después de acabar con la primera | La segunda luna es devorada mucho tiempo después |
Los Autobots escapan de Autobot City con dos naves que despegan perfectamente | Los Autobots tienen dudas al despegar, por si han de revisar los controles o calentar los motores |
En una de las naves, Kup cuenta una historia a los Dinobots sobre lo que le sucedió en Beta 4 | Los Decepticons atacan la nave de Ultra Magnus, que escapa gracias a un campo de asteroides |
La nave de Hot Rod, Kup y los Dinobots es atacada por Cyclonus, y se estrella en un planeta | La nave es atacada por una arma lanzada desde el planeta, que la destruye |
Hot Rod y Kup caen juntos y deben enfrontarse a varios enemigos bajo el mar | Grimlock cae junto con Hot Rod y Kup, y los tres salen tranquilamente del mar |
Grimlock cae junto a los otros Dinobots y posteriormente se encuentran con Wheelie | No se explica como los otros tres Dinobots se encuentran con Wheelie |
En el juicio, Hot Rod y Kup caen en una piscina llena de agua, y comienzan a rodar para poder salir y luchar | Hot Rod, Kup y Grimlock caen en una piscina vacía |
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