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|seriesissue=''[[G.I. Joe: Cobra|G.I. Joe: Cobra: Special]]'' #1<br />
|prev=Cobra Part 4: Eyes<br />
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|caption=<br />
|title=Lives Evil<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[September 1]], [[2009]]<br />
|coverdate=September 2009<br />
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Antonio Fuso]]<br />
|colors by=[[Lovern Kindzierski]]<br />
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]<br />
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
|associate editor=[[Denton Tipton]]<br />
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]<br />
|specialthanks=<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''The Crimson Twins reflect...'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
{| class=<br />
|-<br />
|style="text-align: right; width: 50%;"|His name is [[Tomax Paoli]].<br />
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He reflects on a truth he has learned: slavery is freedom, which he believes is demonstrated in the powerful connection between himself and his brother, and their life. Raised from birth by the secretive [[Corsica]]n organization known as the [[Unione Corse]], they were trained to be peerless soldiers, businessmen, and slave traders. Tomax believes man can only be at peace when he must answer to another, and that this is the reason for him and his brother's serene existence: they must answer to each other.<br />
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In turn, all others answer to them, as they seize power across the globe. When fighting in the [[Chad]]ian-[[Libya]]n war as youths, the brothers learned that true victory comes from profiting from, not ending, conflict. Subsequently, the twins cannibalized Unione Corse's business ventures to found [[Extensive Enterprises]], selling the "security" of their [[Crimson Guard]]. Eventually, they were approached by [[Cobra]], and their power grew yet more.<br />
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Recently, they have toyed with an [[Chuckles|undercover agent]], ultimately teaching him the freedom found in the absence of choice. Those events, Tomax feels, have made the brothers stronger than ever before, and begun a new chapter in their lives.<br />
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Everything is different now.<br />
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|style="padding-left: 1em;"|Everything is different now.<br />
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Chuckles' attack made Xamot feel vulnerable in a way he never before had: powerless, small, weak. Recovering from the incident, which has left his cheek scarred, he came to realize that he no longer felt a personal connection with his brother, and begun questioning the routines of his life. Now, as he and Tomax continue their business manipulations, Xamot finds himself losing perspective, and longing for the wars of their youth where victory was as simple as leaving more bodies in your wake.<br />
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Growing their empire is now thankless and hollow for Xamot, something from which he derives no sense of adventure and which he feels has taken away his freedom. Rebelling, he has begun to ignore his brother's summonses, and seek time alone, desperate to find himself free from the influence of anybody else. His work leaves him in misery, but for now he must pretend otherwise, so as to remain comfortable.<br />
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In truth, Xamot no longer feels much connection to his brother, and considers abandoning the last of his family, willing to throw it all away for freedom from being a slave. He shaves his hair short, no longer the mirror image of his twin.<br />
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His name is [[Xamot Paoli]].<br />
|}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic'' text appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c1=<br />
*[[Chuckles]] (8)<br />
*[[Jinx]] (9)<br />
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|h2=[[Cobra]]|c2=<br />
*[[Tomax Paoli]] (1)<br />
*[[Xamot Paoli]] (2)<br />
*Assistant (4)<br />
*[[Crimson Guard]] (7)<br />
*Cobra agent (10)<br />
|c4=<br />
*[[Union Corse]] (3)<br />
*Legionnaires (5)<br />
*[[al-Gaddafi]] (6)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This issue follows on from the conclusion of the ''[[G.I. Joe: Cobra|Cobra]]'' mini-series, in which Chuckles gave Xamot his injury.<br />
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===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*Extensive Enterprises is the traditional name for Tomax and Xamot's front company.<br />
*The twins are briefly seen driving a [[H.I.S.S.]].<br />
*Xamot has acquired the scar on his right cheek that is his traditional distinguishing feature.<br />
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===Real-life references===<br />
*The issue's mirrored layout is inspired by a similar one used by issue #5 of ''{{w|Watchmen}}''.<br />
*A variety of real-life people, groups and events are mentioned, included {{w|Unione Corse}}, the {{w|French Foreign Legion}}, the "{{w|Toyota War}}" and {{w|Muammar Gaddafi}}.<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*The entire issue is mirrored down the middle, with panel composition, layouts and captions mirroring each other to some degree between the front and back halves of the issue. When the point of view changes from Tomax to Xamot at the mid-point, page numbers begin counting back down from 11 to 1. So that both "page 11"s fall on a double page spread, the issue features an extra credits page at its start, which is then literally mirrored, with reversed text, at the issue's end. Suitably enough, the comic's title is a palindrome as well.<br />
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===Covers (3)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Tomax and Xamot, by [[Antonio Fuso]].<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Xamot and Tomax, by [[Antonio Fuso]].<br />
*'''Cover RI:''' Covers A and B cropped and combined on a wraparound cover.<br />
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[[Category:Cobra issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=G.I._Joe_issue_1&diff=11319G.I. Joe issue 12022-10-01T23:35:20Z<p>Jalaguy: /* Notes */</p>
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|seriesissue=[[G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'']] #1<br />
|prev=One Word<br />
|next=G.I. Joe issue 2<br />
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|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[January 14]], [[2009]]<br />
|coverdate=January 2009<br />
|written by=[[Chuck Dixon]]<br />
|pencils by=[[Robert Atkins]]<br />
|inks by=[[Clayton Brown]]<br />
|colors by=[[Andrew Crossley]]<br />
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]<br />
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]<br />
|specialthanks=<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''G.I. Joe unearths a mysterious object, bringing danger into their midst.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
In the [[Gulf of Mexico]], the container ship ''[[Badeaux Strait]]'' is en route to [[Panama]], and some of its crew have designs on the cargo, planning to help themselves and then place their ill-gotten gains on the list of items damaged in transit. Rooting around for the "good stuff", they uncover a strange, humming metal object, and lean in to investigate. Suddenly, the men are torn apart by gunfire, and very quickly the ship's entire crew is mowed down, followed by an explosion that sends the craft sinking to the ocean floor – but not before a radio distress beacon was activated...<br />
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One week later, [[Beachhead]] and [[Duke]] are jogging in the [[Nevada]] desert. As Beach tries to make conversation, they make their way into a tiny fenced military installation, comprising just two buildings. But the guard they pass on their way in is holographic, and inside one of the buildings, the floor begins lowering under the two men's feet, revealing the little base for the sham it is – the camouflaged entrance to [[the Pit]], [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s top secret underground headquarters! As Beach is grumbling about the minor threats they've been sent up against recently, they are met by [[Dial-Tone|Dial Tone]], who informs them that Duke is wanted by [[Scarlett]] and [[Hawk]].<br />
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At that moment, the high-ranking Joes are remotely directing [[Shipwreck]] as he leads a team to investigate the sunken ''Badeaux Strait''. As he, [[Torpedo]], and [[Deep Six]] explore the underwater wreckage, they spot evidence of weaponsfire, before eventually finding the same strange metal object as the thieving crew members. Giving orders to salvage the mysterious object, Hawk greets Duke, and give orders for him and Scarlett to work together investigating the mysterious name "[[Cobra]]" that came up in the [[Istanbul]] mission. Duke remarks that this task would have been right up [[Snake Eyes]]'s street...<br />
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In the [[Crimean Riviera]], an arms dealer named [[Nico Mandirobilis]] is arguing over the phone, insisting to unknown parties that he is not to blame for the loss of the ''[[Benin Pearl]]'' or the ''Badeaux Strait''. The person on the phone suddenly asks if Nico is at home, and when he replies that he is, a [[Emil Zartan|masked man]] appears in his house in a flash of light! The assailant quickly shoots down Nico's bodyguards using strange, gas-powered firearms, but as he approaches the arms dealer himself, he suddenly dissolves into a pile of dust. Nico flees his house in terror, as and he goes, none other than [[Snake Eyes]] sneaks into the building! Briefly threatened by one of the dying bodyguards, the rogue G.I. Joe retrieves the attacker's odd weapon from his remains...<br />
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Three days later, that weapon arrives at the Pit in an envelope addressed to Scarlett, as well as a sample of the assailant's dusty remains, labelled with a cryptic note. Scarlett sends the gun for analysis, noting that it is made of some brittle material like ceramic, before being called to the Pit's workshop by [[Dusty]]. There, he, [[Airtight]], and [[Frostbite]] have been investigating the metal object from the wreck, and having hit a dead end in analyzing it, they need Scarlett's permission to try and crack the dense piece of machinery open. As Scarlett and Duke, who has tagged along, leave the workshop, the technical Joes remark on the odd humming sound that the machine is emitting... whilst elsewhere, someone observes their every move via cameras built into it!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c1=<br />
{{collist|2|<br />
*[[Beachhead]] (1)<br />
*[[Duke]] (2)<br />
*[[Dusty]] (3)<br />
*[[Dial-Tone|Dial Tone]] (4)<br />
*[[Hawk]] (5)<br />
*[[Scarlett]] (6)<br />
*[[Shipwreck]] (7)<br />
*[[Torpedo]] (8)<br />
*[[Deep Six]] (9)<br />
*[[Airtight]] (14)<br />
*[[Frostbite]] (15)}}<br />
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|h2=[[Cobra]]|c2=<br />
*[[Emil Zartan|Masked attacker]] (12)<br />
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|c4=<br />
*''Badeaux Strait'' crew (1)<br />
*[[Jorgito]] (2)<br />
*[[Vari]] (3)<br />
*Bodyguards (10)<br />
*[[Nico Mandirobilis]] (11)<br />
*[[Snake Eyes]] (13)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*The Pit's "origin story" is told in the opening arc of the ''[[G.I. Joe: Origins]]'' series, which ran concurrently with this story.<br />
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===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*The establishing shot of the Pit's interior is awash with existing ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' vehicles, including:<br />
**[[A.W.E. Striker]]s and a [[H.A.V.O.C.]] inside the left-hand building, and a [[M.O.B.A.T.]] and [[R.A.M.]] on the deck in front.<br />
**[[Tomahawk]]s on the building's roof.<br />
**A [[Skyhawk]] being transported at ground level.<br />
**A [[Wolverine]] on a cargo lift.<br />
**A [[Desert Fox]] driven by Dial Tone.<br />
*The workshop also contains a R.A.M., Wolverine, and a [[V.A.M.P.]].<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*Dial Tone was originally intended to be an original character named "Megabyte" ("Megs" for short), but [[Hasbro]] suggested there were already too many communications expert Joes in existence. Consequently, the script was altered to make her a female version of the existing Dial Tone character.<ref>[http://news.hisstank.com/2009/02/08/nycc-2009-idws-g-i-joe-panel-spotlight-comics-more-7987 NYCC 2009: IDW’s G.I. Joe Panel; Spotlight Comics & More!]</ref> The change was apparently late enough that several issues had already been lettered with the original name – the digital releases of the individual issues #1 and #3 mistakenly still feature it.<br />
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===Covers (8)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' G.I. Joe versus Cobra, by [[Dave Johnson]].<br />
*'''Cover B:''' G.I. Joe, by [[Robert Atkins]] and [[Bob Perdoza]].<br />
*'''Cover C:''' Wraparound painting of G.I. Joe and Cobra, by [[Gabriele Dell'Otto]].<br />
*'''Cover RI-A:''' Virgin version of Cover A.<br />
*'''Cover RI-B:''' Wraparound initial pencil sketch of Cover C.<br />
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*'''Dynamic Forces exclusive cover:''' Scarlett and Snake Eyes, by [[Mel Rubi]] and [[Inlight Studio]].<br />
*'''Graham Crackers exclusive cover:''' Cobra, by [[Robert Atkins]] and [[Andrew Crossley]].<br />
*'''New Dimension Comics exclusive cover:''' Snake Eyes in an homage to the cover of "Silent Interlude", by [[Ron Frenz]], [[Sal Buscema]], and [[Rich Yanizeski]].<br />
{{Note|There also exists a misprinted version of the New Dimension Comics edition in which the first quarter of the book's pages are printed twice, replacing much of the story.}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:G.I. Joe vol. 1 issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=A_World_and_a_Future&diff=11151A World and a Future2019-05-03T14:58:05Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Unicron]]'' #5<br />
|prev=tfwiki:Road's End<br />
|next=<br />
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|prev2=Transition<br />
|next2=<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title="A World and a Future"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in={{t|Unicron issue 5|''Transformers: Unicron'' #5}}<br />
|date=October 10, [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=September 2018<br />
|written by=[[Magdalene Visaggio]]<br />
|art by=[[Fico Ossio]]<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long|Curtis Fandango]]<br />
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
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'''The Visionaries start anew.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
''When [[Unicron]] attacked [[Cybertron]], [[Leoric]] used the [[Talisman]]'s magic to evacuate all of the planet's population to the refuge of [[Earth]]. But, as [[Windblade]] noted, the [[Prysmosian]]s themselves didn't make the trip...''<br />
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In a grassy field, an unarmed [[Virulina]] stirs, struck dumb by the vegetation around her. Though initially believing herself to be on Earth, the flora is undeniably that of [[Prysmos]], an oddity confirmed by [[Mount Valarak]] looming above her. From out of the brush come [[Galadria]], [[Witterquick]], and [[Cindarr]] who have found the [[River Merkelia]] and are just as confused as the Darkling leader. Though Virulina is skeptical that they are on Prysmos, the ever rational Cindarr draws her attention to the sky where not one, not two, but ''three'' suns shine overhead, leaving no doubt as to which planet they're on.<br />
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Though Galadria believes that they died with Cybertron and have travelled to an unspoilt utopia, Cindarr doubts they're in heaven or hell. By examining the evidence before him, Cindarr has but one answer as to where they are. They are on Prysmos in the distant past, long before any life tamed the world.<br />
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With nothing else to do, the lines between [[Spectral Knight]]s and [[Darkling Lord]]s wash away as the [[Visionaries]] agree to work together and forge a new future for all their people.<br />
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Virulina wanted a planet for their people... and she got it.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Spectral Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Galadria]] (2)<br />
*[[Witterquick]] (3)<br />
|h2=[[Darkling Lord]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Virulina]] (1)<br />
*[[Cindarr]] (4)<br />
}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This story takes place right after the events of {{t|Road's End|''Unicron'' #4}}, following Windblade noting that the Prysmosians did not appear in [[Africa]] with the rest of Cybertron's refugees.<br />
*The Talisman's ability to send people through the space/time continuum was established in {{t|When Eagles Scream|''Revolutionaries'' #7}}.<br />
*Virulina's pose in the final panel mirrors Leoric's when he found [[New Prysmos]] had been raised to Cybertron's surface.<br />
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===''Visionaries'' references===<br />
*Galadria namedrops [[New Valarak]], the capital city of the Spectral Knights.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
*Galadria refers to their new environment as a "Sylvan Paradise", a term from ''{{w|Magic: The Gathering}}''.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*As with "[[Reunion]]", [[Tom B. Long]] credits his letters to "Curtis Fandango", a fictitious placeholder name from [https://twitter.com/tombgrfx/status/1011726110839566337 an instalment] of his semi-autobiographical ''Comic Book Nobody'' webcomic.<br />
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[[Category:Unicron issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Reunion&diff=11150Reunion2019-05-03T14:55:27Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Unicron]]'' #3<br />
|prev=tfwiki:Stranger Eons<br />
|next=tfwiki:Road's End<br />
|seriesissue2=backup story<br />
|prev2=tfwiki:Last Stand (G.I. Joe)<br />
|next2=Transition<br />
|image=Unicron-3-MASK-backup.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title="Reunion"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in={{t|Our Finest|''Transformers: Unicron'' #3}}<br />
|date=August 8, [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=August 2018<br />
|written by=[[Brandon Easton]]<br />
|art by=[[Juan Samu]]<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long|Curtis Fandango]]<br />
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''As Earth dies, M.A.S.K. proves who they are.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As a [[Unicron|gravitational anomaly]] begins to rip [[Earth]] asunder, the 1980s [[Thunderhawk]] races towards [[Detroit]] and to the rescue. Despite the bad weather, and the unwelcome memories of past failures, [[Matt Trakker]] is all too glad for the [[M.A.S.K.]] team's reunion. As [[Gloria Baker]] tries to rally her leader's attention, a gas main ruptures, spreading fires everywhere. Despite their outdated [[Mask]]s, the team has no hesitation in running in and rescuing the civilians.<br />
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With the people safe, M.A.S.K. heads towards an emergency shelter headed by the ever-chipper [[Julio Lopez]] and for one shining moment... M.A.S.K. is together again. But such moments cannot last in the face of such an attack. Most of the larger hospitals are already overrun or shut down and Lopez has limited resources. Matt dissuades such pessimism, only asking his friend to do his best. At that, Julio introduces Trakker to young fan of his. As Matt speaks to the youth, a wall begins to collapse but before M.A.S.K. can stop it, the ordinary emergency personnel gets to work with Julio revealing many of them were inspired by M.A.S.K.'s own deeds and heroics.<br />
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As a relative peace settles on the camp, Gloria apologizes to Matt for her earlier harshness. Her anger at [[Miles Mayhem|Mayhem]] blinded her to all the good M.A.S.K. did and continues to inspire. Even as circumstances grew ever out of their control, Trakker never lost his kindness or desire to help. As [[Brad Turner]] and Julio set up a montage of past M.A.S.K. crusades for the children, Matt reflects on his team one last time. Though they were founded by a corrupt man, they outgrew him and what their organization was intended to be. Their actions inspired those who they encountered to do and be better. Perhaps illusion never was the ultimate weapon. Perhaps it was kindness.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[M.A.S.K.]]|c1=<br />
*[[Gloria Baker]] (1)<br />
*[[Brad Turner]] (2)<br />
*[[Matt Trakker]] (3)<br />
*[[Julio Lopez]] (4)<br />
}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This story takes place slightly after the events of ''Unicron'' #4. Mention is made of a gravitational anomaly in Earth's orbit (doubtlessly Unicron himself) but he's never actually depicted, presumably to avoid giving away his imminent arrival to Earth in the coming issues.<br />
*The classic 1980s [[Thunderhawk]] first appeared as a mothballed junker in ''[[M.A.S.K.: Revolution]]''. The group references the brutal training they went through in the one-shot.<br />
*The M.A.S.K. team went their separate ways in [[M.A.S.K. issue 10|''M.A.S.K.'' #10]]. Brad Turner (impersonated by [[Zartan]]) was still missing in that issue but has evidently since been recovered.<br />
*The setting of this story goes unmentioned in the story proper. It is established as Detroit in {{t|Unicron issue 5|''Unicron'' #5}}<br />
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===''M.A.S.K.'' references===<br />
*For the first time in the IDW continuity, Brad Turner wears his trademark shades from the original series.<br />
*Matt references the original tagline of the [[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|''M.A.S.K.'' franchise]], "illusion is the ultimate weapon."<br />
*The setting of the story in Detroit might be a reference to the one-shot 2011 Hasbro comic ''{{t|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}'', where the MASK team was depicted as a group of rescue workers defending the citizens of a war-torn Detroit using technology gleaned from the "League of Ancient Wheelmen".<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*One day, Matt will tell us why "Kommand" is spelt with a "K".<br />
*The letterer credit for the story is a reference by [[Tom B. Long]] to [https://twitter.com/tombgrfx/status/1011726110839566337 a strip] from his semi-autobiographical ''Comic Book Nobody'' webcomic in which the protagonist Kyle uses "Curtis Fandango" as a placeholder name for missing issue credits.<br />
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[[Category:Unicron issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Cobra_II_Part_1:_Forked_Tongue&diff=11135Cobra II Part 1: Forked Tongue2019-03-24T20:50:27Z<p>Jalaguy: /* G.I. Joe references */</p>
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|seriesissue=''[[G.I. Joe: Cobra II]]'' #1<br />
|prev=Lives Evil<br />
|next=Cobra II Part 2: Scales<br />
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|title="Cobra II Part 1: Forked Tongue"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[January 10]], [[2010]]<br />
|coverdate=January 2010<br />
|written by=[[Mike Costa]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Antonio Fuso]]<br />
|colors by=[[Lovern Kindzierski]]<br />
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]<br />
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]<br />
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
|specialthanks=<br />
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'''One year after Chuckles' mission ended in disaster, Hawk recruits a new agent to track him down while Erika Le Tene is losing her faith in Cobra'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
At an airport hotel, [[Hawk]] is meeting with the commanding officer of the next soldier he's decided to poach for his "[[G.I. Joe (team)|Dream Team]]". However, Hawk's finding the colonel extremely uncooperative in letting him pluck this soldier from his ranks. He and Hawk have done this dance before and the colonel has started noticing that every single one of Hawk's recruits end up either dead under mysterious circumstances or with their records completely erased, as though they never existed. Ultimately the colonel relents and lets Hawk have his recruit, but he warns him he's not going to be party to whatever bizarre game Hawk is playing with the lives of these soldiers anymore.<br />
<br />
Some time later, Hawk's [[Ronin|recruit]] visits his office and he wastes no time informing her that her furlough has been canceled, as she's being sent on a special mission effective immediately. Though she expresses some trepidation, the recruit eventually asks about the nature of the mission, which Hawk explains is an undercover operation. A year ago, Hawk's team sent in a man codenamed "[[Chuckles]]" to infiltrate a mysterious criminal organization known as [[Cobra]]. As he carried out his assignment, the intel Chuckles reported about Cobra only grew more and more disturbing until they finally stopped out of nowhere and his handler, [[Jinx]], disappeared. After communications ceased, they sent in a team to Chuckles' last known location, which had been completely destroyed and abandoned. The recruit assumes she's being sent in to infiltrate Cobra as well but Hawk explains her mission is actually to track Chuckles down and bring him back. Though she feels it's likely that Chuckles simply "went native", so to speak, Hawk is sure that isn't the case. Hawk then explains that the assassination and infiltration skills she picked while training "in the garden" make her the only person he trusts for this mission. Those, and the fact that she has the right "look"...<br />
<br />
On the other side of the world, in [[Russia]], [[Chameleon|Erika Le Tene]] is going through the same motions she has been for the past five years she's been serving as the personal assistant for [[Tomax Paoli|Tomax]] and [[Xamot Paoli]]. As she arrives at the [[Cobra manor|stately mansion]] that [[Cobra High Command]] is holding their meeting at, Erika's approached by the estate's chief of staff, who attempts to flatter her by "mistaking" her for the [[Baroness]]. Swallowing her contempt for him, Erika takes the itinerary he's prepared and explains that her bosses are traveling separately when he points out only one of the Paolis is around. Since she's one short, the chief of staff asks if Erika will do them a favor and persuade the "[[Croc Master]]", who's own adjunct had met with an accident, to attend the first arrangement banquet that night. Traveling to the mansion's east wing, Erika is forced to go deeper and deeper into the sewers before she reaches this Croc Master's quarters. There, she finds a pool filled not only with crocodiles but disembodied human limbs as well. From this pool, an emaciated man in coveralls and a diving mask emerges and expresses relief that they sent him a skinny adjunct this time. Trying her best to hide her fear, Erika relays the chief of staff's request that Croc Master attend the banquet. Though he'd rather not leave his pets alone, Erika promises that they'll send somebody to take good care of them while he's away. Satisfied, Croc Master returns to his lake of sewage and informs Erika that he and his crocs have taken a liking to her.<br />
<br />
Disturbed by her meeting with the Croc Master, Erika's goes to hide in the restroom until she calms herself down. She can't explain why, but something has changed in her over this past year. Even after working alongside the Paolis for five years and seeing them inflict horrific pain and suffering again and again, she's somehow been shaken, and she fears that the rest of Cobra knows it. To that point, her privacy is suddenly interrupted by the woman she was mistaken for earlier, the Baroness. Disgusted by the sight and sound of her crying, Baroness warns Erika that she'd better shape up. After all, Baroness got Erika her job in the first place, so Erika's failings in a way become Baroness' failings as well. And Baroness will be good and goddamned before she lets Erika get in the way of her ambitions. As Baroness leaves the bathroom, Erika follows her out and is met by Xamot, who notices that she and Baroness seem to have their differences. Taking his itinerary from Erika, Xamot offers a sympathetic ear should she ever need one... as well as any "other" body parts of his. As she recoils in barely hidden disgust at him putting a hand on her rear and "thanks" him for his help, Tomax arrives and Xamot takes off on his own. Though Tomax does somewhat apologize for his brother's behavior, he also warns Erika against becoming a "problem" for them.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere in Russia, a ninja moves quickly and quietly through a prison, killing several guards while remaining undetected. As she fells one guard making his rounds in the actual cell block, a prisoner emerges from the shadows and puts her in a chokehold through the bars of his cell. Recognizing his voice as he asks what she's doing there, the ninja slips out of his grasp, though she loses her mask in doing so. And as Hawk's recruit shows him her face, Chuckles can't believe that Jinx is standing right there in front of him...<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' only appear in photos.<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c1=<br />
*[[Hawk]] (4)<br />
*[[Ronin|Hawk's recruit]] (5)<br />
*[[Chuckles]] (6)<br />
*''[[Jinx]]'' (7)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Cobra]]|c2=<br />
*[[Tomax Paoli]] (1)<br />
*[[Xamot Paoli]] (2)<br />
*[[Crimson Guard]]s (8)<br />
*[[Chameleon|Erika Le Tene]] (9)<br />
*Chief of staff (10)<br />
*[[Croc Master]] (11)<br />
*[[Baroness]] (12)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
*Guilty colonel (3)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Not so long ago, I joined a criminal organization. I thought I knew what it was, going in. I didn't. The things I saw, the things I was made to do... I could never have imagined. There are faces and moments I see every night in my dreams. Then I wake up. And realize the real nightmare is my life."<br />
:-'''Chuckles''' summarizes the events of the first series and lets you know you're in for a cheery ride.<br />
<br />
<br />
"You recruit my people, giving me no choice in the matter, and nobody ever hears from them again. Their files disappear. It's like they never existed. Or I hear they've died. KIA, car accidents, cancer... people in their '''twenties''', mind you. Which makes you unluckier than the Hope Diamond. And no one has any way of knowing what it is you're actually doing with this unit."<br />
:-The '''Colonel''' smells something fishy with whatever Hawk is doing.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Skinny. Good. It was their fault for sending a plump one last time. I could tell what they were thinking. And I knew I shouldn't. But I ask you. Could you resist that face? Felt bad after. Disappointing. Stringy. But spilled milk."<br />
:-'''Croc Master''' makes a first impression.<br />
<br />
<br />
"''I can't stop shaking. I want to scream. Five years with the Paolis, you see some nasty things. I'm not a fool. I know we work with some horrible people. But this past year has seen a change I don't understand. I've never seen anything like that before. Have to collect myself. Can't show weakness here. There are monsters around every corner.''"<br><br />
"What the '''hell''' are you '''doing?'''"<br />
:-'''Erike Le Tene'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> train of thought is interrupted by '''Baroness'''.<br />
<br />
<br />
"There are limits to my patience. I got you this position. Your actions reflect on me. I swear to god, if you embarrass me in front of these people, I will kill you myself. Do you understand me? It's '''disgusting''' I have to come in here — the toilets for the '''help''' — and say this to you. '''Pull yourself together.''' And don't make eye contact the next time you see me. For god's sake... do '''one''' thing right."<br />
:-'''Baroness''' loves her sister.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As a direct sequel to the original [[G.I. Joe: Cobra|''Cobra'']] miniseries, this issue naturally references the events of that series heavily. Under Chuckles' opening narration, we see the headquarters of [[Extensive Enterprises]], the Cobra front headed by Tomax and Xamot Paoli that Chuckles became an employee of. He also references being forced to do horrible things and, though it's made clear he committed ''plenty'' of those, the choice of illustration suggests killing his handler (and secret lover) Jinx weighs heaviest on him.<br />
*Speaking of Jinx, Hawk notes the Joes recovered her corpse from a mass grave at the facility where they last heard from Chuckles. Said facility, located in [[Dubai]], was where Chuckles was forced to kill Jinx to maintain his cover and was destroyed by him at the conclusion of the previous ''Cobra'' miniseries. At the time he believed this would be destroying the whole of Cobra. How wrong he was...<br />
*As part of the recruitment process, new members of G.I. Joe are required to fake their own deaths before joining the top-secret team. As we see here though, the superior officers of these new recruits aren't exactly keyed in to the truth of what is happening to their troops and some are beginning think something fishy is going on...<br />
*Hawk's recruit assumes "Chuckles" and "Jinx" are callsigns, but Hawk corrects her by saying they're the only names people in his unit have. As part of severing ties with their old life, Joes are also required to give up their "actual" names in favor of assigned codenames.<br />
*Erika Le Tene, in her role as the Paolis' assistant, was assigned to closely monitor and seduce Chuckles in the previous miniseries and played a key role in him blowing his cover. However, in carrying out her assignment she seemed to form some genuine attachment to him. It would seem part of her crisis of conscience may stem from this.<br />
*Though she didn't appear in the previous ''Cobra'' series, the ruthless Baroness has been a staple of the main [[G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'']] book, overseeing the development of the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] teleporter. In the [[G.I. Joe issue 16|sixteenth issue]] of that series, Baroness was relieved of her command over the M.A.S.S. Device project by [[Cobra Commander]] and asked to come be at his side, explaining her presence here. While not outright stated, it is ''heavily'' implied Baroness and Erika are related. You may want to keep that in mind for later...<br />
*After being shot (with a blank) by Chuckles at the conclusion of the previous ''Cobra'' mini, Xamot underwent an extreme shift in personality and appearance, falling out of sync with his twin brother Tomax. This was detailed in the Crimson Twin centric [[Lives Evil|special issue]] of ''G.I. Joe: Cobra'' that was released between the first ''Cobra'' mini and ''Cobra II''.<br />
<br />
===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*Though she was noted to have some martial arts training, the IDW version of Jinx made a notable departure from the original version of the character by not being a ninja. Given her resemblance to Jinx it would seem that Hawk's new recruit was inspired more by the "classic" Jinx.<br />
*It's Croc Master, baby! Originally introduced as part of the sixth series of ARAH style Joes in 1987, Croc Master served as Cobra's reptile trainer and security expert. He's been redesigned to be far skinnier and generally creepier than his classic, more muscle bound appearance though.<br />
<br />
===Real world references===<br />
*The colonel compares Hawk's seeming bad luck with his recruits to the {{w|Hope Diamond}}, an allegedly cursed piece of jewelry said to bring misfortune to all those who possess it.<br />
*Erika recognizes two of the Croc Master's crocodiles as being of the {{w|Saltwater crocodile|saltwater}} and the endangered {{w|Siamese crocodile|Siamese}} varieties.<br />
<br />
===Covers (3)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Chuckles behind bars, by [[Howard Chaykin]] and [[Edgar Delgado]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Chuckles in handcuffs while "Jinx" wields a sword, by [[Antonio Fuso]]<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' "Virgin" version of Cover A<br />
*'''Second printing cover:''' The Cobra logo<br />
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File:CobraIIissue1-CvrB.jpg<br />
File:CobraIIissue1-CvrRI.jpg<br />
File:CobraIIissue1-CvrSP.jpg<br />
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[[Category:Cobra II issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Cobra_II_Part_1:_Forked_Tongue&diff=11134Cobra II Part 1: Forked Tongue2019-03-24T20:48:35Z<p>Jalaguy: /* Continuity notes */</p>
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<div>{{comicstory<br />
|seriesissue=''[[G.I. Joe: Cobra II]]'' #1<br />
|prev=Lives Evil<br />
|next=Cobra II Part 2: Scales<br />
|image=CobraIIissue1-CvrA.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title="Cobra II Part 1: Forked Tongue"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[January 10]], [[2010]]<br />
|coverdate=January 2010<br />
|written by=[[Mike Costa]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Antonio Fuso]]<br />
|colors by=[[Lovern Kindzierski]]<br />
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]<br />
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]<br />
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
|specialthanks=<br />
|chronology=<br />
}}<br />
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'''One year after Chuckles' mission ended in disaster, Hawk recruits a new agent to track him down while Erika Le Tene is losing her faith in Cobra'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
At an airport hotel, [[Hawk]] is meeting with the commanding officer of the next soldier he's decided to poach for his "[[G.I. Joe (team)|Dream Team]]". However, Hawk's finding the colonel extremely uncooperative in letting him pluck this soldier from his ranks. He and Hawk have done this dance before and the colonel has started noticing that every single one of Hawk's recruits end up either dead under mysterious circumstances or with their records completely erased, as though they never existed. Ultimately the colonel relents and lets Hawk have his recruit, but he warns him he's not going to be party to whatever bizarre game Hawk is playing with the lives of these soldiers anymore.<br />
<br />
Some time later, Hawk's [[Ronin|recruit]] visits his office and he wastes no time informing her that her furlough has been canceled, as she's being sent on a special mission effective immediately. Though she expresses some trepidation, the recruit eventually asks about the nature of the mission, which Hawk explains is an undercover operation. A year ago, Hawk's team sent in a man codenamed "[[Chuckles]]" to infiltrate a mysterious criminal organization known as [[Cobra]]. As he carried out his assignment, the intel Chuckles reported about Cobra only grew more and more disturbing until they finally stopped out of nowhere and his handler, [[Jinx]], disappeared. After communications ceased, they sent in a team to Chuckles' last known location, which had been completely destroyed and abandoned. The recruit assumes she's being sent in to infiltrate Cobra as well but Hawk explains her mission is actually to track Chuckles down and bring him back. Though she feels it's likely that Chuckles simply "went native", so to speak, Hawk is sure that isn't the case. Hawk then explains that the assassination and infiltration skills she picked while training "in the garden" make her the only person he trusts for this mission. Those, and the fact that she has the right "look"...<br />
<br />
On the other side of the world, in [[Russia]], [[Chameleon|Erika Le Tene]] is going through the same motions she has been for the past five years she's been serving as the personal assistant for [[Tomax Paoli|Tomax]] and [[Xamot Paoli]]. As she arrives at the [[Cobra manor|stately mansion]] that [[Cobra High Command]] is holding their meeting at, Erika's approached by the estate's chief of staff, who attempts to flatter her by "mistaking" her for the [[Baroness]]. Swallowing her contempt for him, Erika takes the itinerary he's prepared and explains that her bosses are traveling separately when he points out only one of the Paolis is around. Since she's one short, the chief of staff asks if Erika will do them a favor and persuade the "[[Croc Master]]", who's own adjunct had met with an accident, to attend the first arrangement banquet that night. Traveling to the mansion's east wing, Erika is forced to go deeper and deeper into the sewers before she reaches this Croc Master's quarters. There, she finds a pool filled not only with crocodiles but disembodied human limbs as well. From this pool, an emaciated man in coveralls and a diving mask emerges and expresses relief that they sent him a skinny adjunct this time. Trying her best to hide her fear, Erika relays the chief of staff's request that Croc Master attend the banquet. Though he'd rather not leave his pets alone, Erika promises that they'll send somebody to take good care of them while he's away. Satisfied, Croc Master returns to his lake of sewage and informs Erika that he and his crocs have taken a liking to her.<br />
<br />
Disturbed by her meeting with the Croc Master, Erika's goes to hide in the restroom until she calms herself down. She can't explain why, but something has changed in her over this past year. Even after working alongside the Paolis for five years and seeing them inflict horrific pain and suffering again and again, she's somehow been shaken, and she fears that the rest of Cobra knows it. To that point, her privacy is suddenly interrupted by the woman she was mistaken for earlier, the Baroness. Disgusted by the sight and sound of her crying, Baroness warns Erika that she'd better shape up. After all, Baroness got Erika her job in the first place, so Erika's failings in a way become Baroness' failings as well. And Baroness will be good and goddamned before she lets Erika get in the way of her ambitions. As Baroness leaves the bathroom, Erika follows her out and is met by Xamot, who notices that she and Baroness seem to have their differences. Taking his itinerary from Erika, Xamot offers a sympathetic ear should she ever need one... as well as any "other" body parts of his. As she recoils in barely hidden disgust at him putting a hand on her rear and "thanks" him for his help, Tomax arrives and Xamot takes off on his own. Though Tomax does somewhat apologize for his brother's behavior, he also warns Erika against becoming a "problem" for them.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere in Russia, a ninja moves quickly and quietly through a prison, killing several guards while remaining undetected. As she fells one guard making his rounds in the actual cell block, a prisoner emerges from the shadows and puts her in a chokehold through the bars of his cell. Recognizing his voice as he asks what she's doing there, the ninja slips out of his grasp, though she loses her mask in doing so. And as Hawk's recruit shows him her face, Chuckles can't believe that Jinx is standing right there in front of him...<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' only appear in photos.<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c1=<br />
*[[Hawk]] (4)<br />
*[[Ronin|Hawk's recruit]] (5)<br />
*[[Chuckles]] (6)<br />
*''[[Jinx]]'' (7)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Cobra]]|c2=<br />
*[[Tomax Paoli]] (1)<br />
*[[Xamot Paoli]] (2)<br />
*[[Crimson Guard]]s (8)<br />
*[[Chameleon|Erika Le Tene]] (9)<br />
*Chief of staff (10)<br />
*[[Croc Master]] (11)<br />
*[[Baroness]] (12)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
*Guilty colonel (3)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Not so long ago, I joined a criminal organization. I thought I knew what it was, going in. I didn't. The things I saw, the things I was made to do... I could never have imagined. There are faces and moments I see every night in my dreams. Then I wake up. And realize the real nightmare is my life."<br />
:-'''Chuckles''' summarizes the events of the first series and lets you know you're in for a cheery ride.<br />
<br />
<br />
"You recruit my people, giving me no choice in the matter, and nobody ever hears from them again. Their files disappear. It's like they never existed. Or I hear they've died. KIA, car accidents, cancer... people in their '''twenties''', mind you. Which makes you unluckier than the Hope Diamond. And no one has any way of knowing what it is you're actually doing with this unit."<br />
:-The '''Colonel''' smells something fishy with whatever Hawk is doing.<br />
<br />
<br />
"Skinny. Good. It was their fault for sending a plump one last time. I could tell what they were thinking. And I knew I shouldn't. But I ask you. Could you resist that face? Felt bad after. Disappointing. Stringy. But spilled milk."<br />
:-'''Croc Master''' makes a first impression.<br />
<br />
<br />
"''I can't stop shaking. I want to scream. Five years with the Paolis, you see some nasty things. I'm not a fool. I know we work with some horrible people. But this past year has seen a change I don't understand. I've never seen anything like that before. Have to collect myself. Can't show weakness here. There are monsters around every corner.''"<br><br />
"What the '''hell''' are you '''doing?'''"<br />
:-'''Erike Le Tene'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> train of thought is interrupted by '''Baroness'''.<br />
<br />
<br />
"There are limits to my patience. I got you this position. Your actions reflect on me. I swear to god, if you embarrass me in front of these people, I will kill you myself. Do you understand me? It's '''disgusting''' I have to come in here — the toilets for the '''help''' — and say this to you. '''Pull yourself together.''' And don't make eye contact the next time you see me. For god's sake... do '''one''' thing right."<br />
:-'''Baroness''' loves her sister.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As a direct sequel to the original [[G.I. Joe: Cobra|''Cobra'']] miniseries, this issue naturally references the events of that series heavily. Under Chuckles' opening narration, we see the headquarters of [[Extensive Enterprises]], the Cobra front headed by Tomax and Xamot Paoli that Chuckles became an employee of. He also references being forced to do horrible things and, though it's made clear he committed ''plenty'' of those, the choice of illustration suggests killing his handler (and secret lover) Jinx weighs heaviest on him.<br />
*Speaking of Jinx, Hawk notes the Joes recovered her corpse from a mass grave at the facility where they last heard from Chuckles. Said facility, located in [[Dubai]], was where Chuckles was forced to kill Jinx to maintain his cover and was destroyed by him at the conclusion of the previous ''Cobra'' miniseries. At the time he believed this would be destroying the whole of Cobra. How wrong he was...<br />
*As part of the recruitment process, new members of G.I. Joe are required to fake their own deaths before joining the top-secret team. As we see here though, the superior officers of these new recruits aren't exactly keyed in to the truth of what is happening to their troops and some are beginning think something fishy is going on...<br />
*Hawk's recruit assumes "Chuckles" and "Jinx" are callsigns, but Hawk corrects her by saying they're the only names people in his unit have. As part of severing ties with their old life, Joes are also required to give up their "actual" names in favor of assigned codenames.<br />
*Erika Le Tene, in her role as the Paolis' assistant, was assigned to closely monitor and seduce Chuckles in the previous miniseries and played a key role in him blowing his cover. However, in carrying out her assignment she seemed to form some genuine attachment to him. It would seem part of her crisis of conscience may stem from this.<br />
*Though she didn't appear in the previous ''Cobra'' series, the ruthless Baroness has been a staple of the main [[G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'']] book, overseeing the development of the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] teleporter. In the [[G.I. Joe issue 16|sixteenth issue]] of that series, Baroness was relieved of her command over the M.A.S.S. Device project by [[Cobra Commander]] and asked to come be at his side, explaining her presence here. While not outright stated, it is ''heavily'' implied Baroness and Erika are related. You may want to keep that in mind for later...<br />
*After being shot (with a blank) by Chuckles at the conclusion of the previous ''Cobra'' mini, Xamot underwent an extreme shift in personality and appearance, falling out of sync with his twin brother Tomax. This was detailed in the Crimson Twin centric [[Lives Evil|special issue]] of ''G.I. Joe: Cobra'' that was released between the first ''Cobra'' mini and ''Cobra II''.<br />
<br />
===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*Though she was noted to have some martial arts training, the version of Jinx made a notable departure from the original version of the character by not being a ninja. Given her resemblance to Jinx it would seem that Hawk's new recruit was inspired more by the "classic" Jinx.<br />
*It's Croc Master, baby! Originally introduced as part of the sixth series of ARAH style Joes in 1987, Croc Master served as Cobra's reptile trainer and security expert. He's been redesigned to be far skinnier and generally creepier than his classic, more muscle bound appearance though.<br />
<br />
===Real world references===<br />
*The colonel compares Hawk's seeming bad luck with his recruits to the {{w|Hope Diamond}}, an allegedly cursed piece of jewelry said to bring misfortune to all those who possess it.<br />
*Erika recognizes two of the Croc Master's crocodiles as being of the {{w|Saltwater crocodile|saltwater}} and the endangered {{w|Siamese crocodile|Siamese}} varieties.<br />
<br />
===Covers (3)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Chuckles behind bars, by [[Howard Chaykin]] and [[Edgar Delgado]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Chuckles in handcuffs while "Jinx" wields a sword, by [[Antonio Fuso]]<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' "Virgin" version of Cover A<br />
*'''Second printing cover:''' The Cobra logo<br />
<gallery><br />
File:CobraIIissue1-CvrA.jpg<br />
File:CobraIIissue1-CvrB.jpg<br />
File:CobraIIissue1-CvrRI.jpg<br />
File:CobraIIissue1-CvrSP.jpg<br />
</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Cobra II issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Ad_Infinitum&diff=10320Ad Infinitum2018-07-11T19:56:43Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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<div>{{comicstory<br />
|seriesissue=''{{t|Transformers: Unicron|Transformers: Unicron}}'' #1 backup story<br />
|prev=tfwiki:Our Darkest<br />
|next=tfwiki:Unicron issue 1<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title="Ad Infinitum"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in={{t|Unicron issue 1|''Transformers: Unicron'' #1}}<br />
|date=July 11, [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=July 2018<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]]<br />
|art by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''In the darkest hour, the last Knights of the Solstar Order look towards the future.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Elonia]] is gone. Only [[Cybertron]] remains, and it is here that the Space Knights have fled. In their lodgings, Rom attempts to rally his friends. Though it may seem pointless to fight with the [[Solstar Order]] gone, it is now more important than ever, he argues, to not give in. With {{t|Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron}} on the rampage, the universe has never so badly needed warriors that will give them hope!<br />
<br />
The speech does not have the desired effect. [[Q'b]] is suicidal, [[Nikomi]] mourns his cubs, and [[Plor]] believes Rom's leadership led to this tragedy, while [[Livia]] simply takes solace in the fact that Unicron didn't devour them too. Refusing to let panic settle in, Rom reminds his friends that they have faced loss before and now, more than ever, they must stand together. Q'b finds Rom's words hollow and attacks him with a [[Neutralizer]] blast. Allowing his friend the space to vent, Rom patiently listens to Q'b's fears that they face insurmountable odds.<br />
<br />
As it happens, Rom agrees. Cybertron, and consequently the universe, might very well share Elonia's fate, but that is why they must keep fighting. It is the way of the Space Knights to fight for those who cannot defend themselves, he proclaims, and to abandon that duty now would be an insult to all their departed loved ones. If it is their destiny to die, they will do so in the defense of the universe, because that is what heroes do!<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
{{collist|2|<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Carax]] (2)<br />
*''[[Fy-Laa]]'' (4)<br />
*[[Livia]] (5)<br />
*[[Plor]] (6)<br />
*[[Nikomi]] (7)<br />
*[[Q'b]] (8)<br />
*[[Sata]] (9)<br />
*[[Guar]] (10)<br />
*''[[Orphion]]'' (11)<br />
*''[[Maur]]'' (12)<br />
}}<br />
|h2=[[Transformer]]s|c2=<br />
*{{t|Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee}} (3)<br />
*{{t|Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron}} (13)<br />
}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This issue follows on from the Knights' evacuation to Cybertron following the destruction of [[Elonia]] in {{t|Our Darkest|''Unicron'' #0}}.<br />
*Rom remembers the birth of the Space Knights way back in the [[Cold Fire|2017 annual]].<br />
*Rom considers Unicron a threat even deadlier than the Wraith gods, referring to the [[Absence]] and the [[Presence]].<br />
*It's barely visible given the angle but the highest holo-screen shows Unicron's awakening from {{t|First Strike issue 6|''First Strike'' #6}}.<br />
*In ''Unicron'' #0, Q'b and Nikomi were seen among a group of Space Knights later vaporized by the Chaos Bringer, but neither were shown dying on-panel, allowing them to escape death and appear here.<br />
*Rom eulogizes all those that perished during his [[ROM (comic)|comic]]:<br />
**His brother and mothers, victims of the Wraith invasion of Elonia in ''[[Cold Fire|ROM Annual 2017]]''.<br />
**[[Fy-Laa]], euthanized by Rom in "[[Battle Scars, Part 4]]".<br />
**[[Orphion]], aged to death by the [[Entropy Cloud]]'s energies in [[Gods and Monsters|''Rom & The Micronauts'' #5]]. <br />
<br />
===Rom references===<br />
*"Ad Infinitum" pays homage to the ending of 1983's ''ROM Annual'' #2, in which Rom impresses upon his allies their duty to defend the innocent and continue their fight as Spaceknights. This story's final splash panel mirrors the composition of ''Annual'' #2's own last page, and Rom's speech is similarly paraphrased from that issue.<br />
*Rounding out the homage is the presence of an unnamed new Space Knight, recognisable from elements of his design and his position in the final splash page as an IDW version of Marvel's Plor the Pulsar. Use of Marvel-original ''ROM'' concepts by IDW is... legally dicey, to say the least, hence why Plor goes unnamed and has been redesigned to the point of plausible deniability.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*Ryall's co-writer on the ''ROM'' ongoing, [[Christos Gage]], didn't contribute to this story, but is given a nod in the form of a "victim of Unicron" credit.<br />
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[[Category:Transformers: Unicron issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Ad_Infinitum&diff=10318Ad Infinitum2018-07-11T19:13:21Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title="Ad Infinitum"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in={{t|Unicron issue 1|''Transformers: Unicron'' #1}}<br />
|date=July 11, [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=July 2018<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]]<br />
|art by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
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'''In the darkest hour, the last Knights of the Solstar Order look towards the future.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Elonia]] is gone. Only [[Cybertron]] remains, and it is here that the Space Knights have fled. In their lodgings, Rom attempts to rally his friends. Though it may seem pointless to fight with the [[Solstar Order]] gone, it is now more important than ever, he argues, to not give in. With {{t|Unicron?Generation 1|Unicron}} on the rampage, the universe has never so badly needed warriors that will give them hope!<br />
<br />
The speech does not have the desired effect. [[Q'b]] is suicidal, [[Nikomi]] mourns his cubs, and [[Plor]] believes Rom's leadership led to this tragedy, while [[Livia]] simply takes solace in the fact that Unicron didn't devour them too. Refusing to let panic settle in, Rom reminds his friends that they have faced loss before and now, more than ever, they must stand together. Q'b finds Rom's words hollow and attacks him with a [[Neutralizer]]. Allowing his friend the space to vent, Rom patiently listens to Q'b's fears that they face insurmountable odds.<br />
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As it happens, Rom agrees. Cybertron, and consequently the universe, might very well share Elonia's fate, but that is why they must keep fighting. It is the way of the Space Knights to fight for those who cannot defend themselves, he proclaims, and to abandon that duty now would be an insult to all their departed loved ones. If it is their destiny to die, they will do so in the defense of the universe, because that is what heroes do!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
{{collist|2|<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Carax]] (2)<br />
*''[[Fy-Laa]]'' (4)<br />
*[[Livia]] (5)<br />
*[[Plor]] (6)<br />
*[[Nikomi]] (7)<br />
*[[Q'b]] (8)<br />
*[[Sata]] (9)<br />
*[[Guar]] (10)<br />
*''[[Orphion]]'' (11)<br />
*''[[Maur]]'' (12)<br />
}}<br />
|h2=[[Transformer]]s|c2=<br />
*{{t|Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee}} (3)<br />
*{{t|Unicron?Generation 1|Unicron}} (13)<br />
}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This issue follows on from the Knights' evacuation to Cybertron following the destruction of [[Elonia]] in {{t|Our Darkest|''Unicron'' #0}}.<br />
*Rom remembers the birth of the Space Knights way back in the [[Cold Fire|2017 annual]].<br />
*Rom considers Unicron a threat even deadlier than the Wraith gods, referring to the [[Absence]] and the [[Presence]].<br />
*It's barely visible given the angle but the highest holo-screen shows Unicron's awakening from {{t|First Strike issue 6|''First Strike'' #6}}.<br />
*In ''Unicron'' #0, Q'b and Nikomi were seen among a group of Space Knights later vaporized by the Chaos Bringer, but neither were shown dying on-panel, allowing them to escape death and appear here.<br />
*Rom eulogizes all those that perished during his comic:<br />
**His brother and mothers, victims of the Wraith invasion of Elonia in ''[[Cold Fire|ROM Annual 2017]]''.<br />
**[[Fy-Laa]], euthanized by Rom in "[[Battle Scars, Part 4]]".<br />
**[[Orphion]], aged to death by the [[Entropy Cloud]]'s energies in [[Gods and Monsters|''Rom & The Micronauts'' #5]]. <br />
<br />
===Rom references===<br />
*"Ad Infinitum" pays homage to the ending of 1983's ''ROM Annual'' #2, in which Rom impresses upon his allies their duty to defend the innocent and continue their fight as Spaceknights. This story's final splash panel mirrors the composition of ''Annual'' #2's own last page, and Rom's speech is similarly paraphrased from that issue.<br />
*Rounding out the homage is the presence of an unnamed new Space Knight, recognisable from elements of his design and his position in the final splash page as an IDW version of Marvel's Plor the Pulsar. Use of Marvel-original ''ROM'' concepts by IDW is... legally dicey, to say the least, hence why Plor goes unnamed and has been redesigned to the point of plausible deniability.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
*[[Christos Gage]] is credited as a victim of Unicron.<br />
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|title="Ad Infinitum"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in={{t|Unicron issue 1|''Transformers: Unicron'' #1}}<br />
|date=July 11, [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=July 2018<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]]<br />
|art by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
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'''The last Knights of the Solstar Order look towards the future.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
{{Issuestub}}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
{{collist|2|<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Carax]] (2)<br />
*''[[Fy-Laa]]'' (4)<br />
*[[Livia]] (5)<br />
*[[Plor]] (6)<br />
*[[Nikomi]] (7)<br />
*[[Q'b]] (8)<br />
*[[Sata]] (9)<br />
*[[Guar]] (10)<br />
*''[[Orphion]]'' (11)<br />
*''[[Maur]]'' (12)<br />
}}<br />
|h2=[[Transformer]]s|c2=<br />
*{{t|Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee}} (3)<br />
*{{t|Unicron}} (13)<br />
}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
===Rom references===<br />
<br />
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<div>'''''Survival Extreme''''' is a military-themed reality competition television series. The program was hosted by [[Lieutenant Stone]], and featured fifteen popular stars going through "intense commando training" before being pitted against each other to see who's skills are more... '''''extreme!'''''<br />
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{{bigquote | The odds are a million to one! '''''AND THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE 'EM!''''' | Lieutenant Stone's closing lines of the ''Survival Extreme'' opening credits.|"[[Threat Matrix, Prologue: Cover Girl]]"}}<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
''Survival Extreme'' featured a cast of fifteem celebrities split up into teams (two of which were Team Mayday and Team Ballistic.) In the show's "story", the world's superpowers were threatening to collapse and these two teams were competing for control of the tropical island the show was being filmed on. The show's fiction also somehow involved the forces of SCAR and the Iron Claw as antagonists.<br />
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Each week, the celebrities involved on the show would undergo training in a specific field of military training and then representatives from both teams would use their training to compete against each other in challenges with the loser presumably being eliminated. Among the challenges featured on the show were camouflage, sharpshooting, judo, grenade launcher shooting, and minefield traversal. Of those, former supermodel [[Cover Girl|Courtney Kreiger]] won the camo, sharpshooting, and grenade launcher challenges while [[Bulletman|Richard Ruby]] won judo.<br />
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During the filming of the show's final episode, wherein Team Mayday's Courtney Kreiger faced off against Team Ballistic's Richard Ruby in the minefield traversal challenge, the cast and crew of the show were found and held hostage by [[Nanzhao|Nanzhonese]] pirates. Kreiger avoided being taken, having gone to look for where the fake minefield was set up when the pirates arrived, and put her training to real world use for the first time, dispatching the pirates with remarkable efficiency. Ruby helped out as well, his prior military background coming in handy.<br />
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Kreiger would ultimately win the competition. {{storylink|Threat Matrix, Prologue: Cover Girl}}<br />
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==''G.I. Joe: Extreme'' references==<br />
''Survival Extreme'' is one big reference/parody of ''{{w|G.I. Joe: Extreme}}'', one of the 90s-era attempts at relaunching the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|''G.I. Joe'' franchise]]. Many of the show's elements are direct references to the cartoon, including:<br />
*The theme song is lifted almost verbatim from the ''G.I. Joe: Extreme'' cartoon's theme song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QliszDyZ8 intro].<br />
*Lt. Stone was the leader of the G.I. Joe team in the cartoon.<br />
*The team names, "Team Mayday" and "Team Ballistic," are taken from other members of the cartoon's cast. (Ironically, the name "Mayday" would later be applied to the character of [[Mayday|Ayana Jones]] when she became a member of G.I. Joe.)<br />
*"SCAR" and "the Iron Claw" are fictional versions of the villains from ''G.I. Joe: Extreme''; the villainous organization, S.K.A.R., and its leader, Iron Klaw, respectively, (replacing the "K" in the originals' names with a "C.") Considering the fact that ''[[Revolutionaries (comic)|Revolutionaries]]'' would later reveal that there is an actual villainous [[Iron Klaw]] out there, one has to wonder who thought naming the fictional villain of their TV show the same as an actual dictator was a good idea?<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*In addition to parodying ''G.I. Joe: Extreme'', ''Survival Extreme'' also parodies the popular ''{{w|Survivor (franchise)|Survivor}}'' reality competition series. <br />
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|caption=<br />
|title="Tales of the Solstar Order<br>Battle Scars, Part Four"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 14|''ROM'' #14]]<br />
|date=November 1, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=September 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian, Sr.]]<br />
|inks by=[[Sal Buscema]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
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'''Rom and Fy-Laa conclude their debate.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Fy-Laa]] stands witness as [[Verdulun-5]] prepares to consume [[Rom]]. The [[Elonian]] is not out yet however, unleashing the energies of his [[Neutralizer]] across his entire body to slay the tentacles holding him as he realizes the truth. When Verdulun-5 assimilated the [[Dire Wraith]]s, it removed their lust for violence but ''not'' the desire for conquest. The powerful attack has cleared Fy-Laa's mind as well but only for a moment. Fy-Laa admits that he was wrong about Verdulun-5 but tragically reveals he is now bound to it and cannot leave. Soon the uni-mind will reclaim him but he begs Rom to aid him in destroying the planet before it can spread its infection to the rest of the galaxy. Rom mournfully agrees and says goodbye to his oldest friend promising to honor his last wish of never again letting the Wraiths corrupt a beautiful world.<br />
<br />
In high orbit, Rom says a final goodbye to Fy-Laa as he unleashes the full power of his Neutralizer before he streaks off noting there was another casualty that day beyond Verdulun-5 and Fy-Laa. After being forced to abandon and slay his oldest friend, Rom of [[Elonia]] is now dead. Rom the [[Space Knight]] is all that remains.<br />
<br />
Later, a Dire Wraith spacecraft arrives in orbit around the remains of Verdulun-5 and its tractor beam tows in Fy-Laa's intact head. Though the [[Wraith Sorcerer]] within had come to try and assert control over Verdulun-5, intact pieces of [[Space Knight armor]] are a far greater prize.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Fy-Laa]] (2)<br />
*[[Rom]] (3)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Verdulun-5]] (1)<br />
*[[Wraith Sorcerer]] (4)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As we long suspected, the severed Space Knight arm once that [[Darby Mason]] appropriated once belonged to Fy-Laa. Not only do we have confirmation of this, we know see they also claimed Fy-Laa's head and that what appears to be his thigh also survived.<br />
*Rom's unwillingness to destroy [[Earth]] is revealed to stem from his honoring of Fy-Laa's final wishes.<br />
*The Dire Wraiths have been trying to acquire Space Knight armor since [[Cold Fire|the annual]].<br />
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===Errors===<br />
*Put simply, it is extremely unlikely that Fy-Laa's body parts could have survived total planetary destruction so intact.<br />
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|title="Tales of the Solstar Order<br>Battle Scars, Part Three"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 13|''ROM'' #13]]<br />
|date=September 16, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=August 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian, Sr.]]<br />
|inks by=[[Sal Buscema]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
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'''Rom and Fy-Laa continue their debate.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Fy-Laa]] hovers mid air as the blobs of [[Verdulun-5]] assume humanoid forms as [[Rom]] begs him to fight the assimilation but Fy-Laa finds it too beautiful to resist stating that through the [[Space Knight]]s, Verdulun-5 can spread across the galaxy. When Rom inquires how, Fy-Laa blasts him point blank with his [[Neutralizer]]. Rom tumbles away and the ground begins assimilating him as he begs his friend to see that Verdulun-5 is a planet sized virus. As he disappears beneath the surface, Fy-Laa flies overhead and extols the value of the uni-mind...<br />
<br />
...all the motivation that Rom needs to burst free while defiantly announce his individuality tackling his friend into the upper atmosphere of the planet. Much to Rom's horror, his [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] reads that the Wraith infection has spread to Fy-Laa but Fy-Laa has no desire to remove it and sends Rom hurtling back to the surface. Again Rom begs Fy-Laa to resist the influence of the hive mind. Fy-Laa's response is a javelin of Neutralizer energy through Rom's shoulder. The [[Elonian]] collapses to ground, as Fy-Laa says that with both Knights' ability to fly unaided through space, Verdulun-5 can carry its uni-mind to all living beings.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Fy-Laa]] (2)<br />
*[[Rom]] (3)<br />
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|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Verdulun-5]] (1)<br />
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}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Rom refers to the ore that forms [[Space Knight armor]] being found on [[Elonia]].<br />
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===Real world refrences===<br />
*Fy-Laa paraphrase the famous line from {{w|I Am the Walrus}} as he describes Verdulun's hive mind.<br />
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|title="Tales of the Solstar Order<br>Battle Scars, Part Two"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 12|''ROM'' #12]]<br />
|date=August 16, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=June 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian, Sr.]]<br />
|inks by=[[Sal Buscema]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
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'''Rom and Fy-Laa have a debate.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Rom]] and [[Fy-Laa]] take flight before realizing that, as unusual as Verdulun-5 is, it does not appear to pose a threat. The planet's hive mind explains the reason for the [[Dire Wraith]] signature. Years ago, a cadre of [[Wraith Sorcerer]]s made planetfall on Verdulun-5 seeking to terraform the planet only for the world to spawn tendrils and absorb them assimilating not only their powers but their intelligence, accelerating Verdulun-5's evolution while removing the Sorcerers' aggressive attitude. Fy-Laa is overjoyed by this discovery thinking the two have found a way to peacefully end their long war against the Wraiths.<br />
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Rom disagrees. Their mission is to prevent the spread of Wraith influence (up to and including Wraith DNA) and if they arrive to late to prevent a Wraith incursion, then there is only one path available to them: Verdulun-5 must be destroyed. Fy-Laa protest and asks for a chance to prove Verdulun-5 is not a threat saying that they're fine. His words however give Rom pause, specifically his usage of the pronoun "we". Fy-Laa has been assimilated into the uni-mind.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Fy-Laa]] (2)<br />
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|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Verdulun-5]] (3)<br />
*''[[Wraith Sorcerer]]s'' (4)<br />
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}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*[[Reinforcements, Part 3|Issue #7]] established the protocol of destroying a planet when the Wraith infection is too large. The same protocol is revealed to also allow for the destruction of the planet if the Knights arrive too late to stop the spread of the Wraiths. Considering how Rom has no compunction about carrying out the directive in this story, something is bound to happen to make him reject it when he arrives on Earth.<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*A Dire Wraith spaceship appears for the first time. Unusually compared to all other Wraith technology seen thus far, it appears inorganic in composition.<br />
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|caption=<br />
|title="Tales of the Solstar Order<br>Battle Scars, Part One"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 11|''ROM'' #11]]<br />
|date=June 7, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=May 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[Guy Dorian, Sr.]]<br />
|inks by=[[Sal Buscema]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
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'''Rom remembers his old friend.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
''While flying in the skies of [[Earth]], Rom reflects on how the long war against the [[Dire Wraith]]s has forced him to abandon his attachments yet every year, he always pauses on this particular day. To remember his old friend, [[Fy-Laa]].''<br />
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In days long past, Rom and Fy-Laa streak through the spaceways commenting on Fy-Laa reshaping his armor into a more blocky and menacing appearance as they approach the planet [[Verdulun-5]]. Arriving the two find the stench overpowering as they break out their [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzers]] to do a standard scan. The scan is inconclusive reading a [[Dire Wraith]] presence as being everywhere and nowhere all at once.<br />
<br />
Fy-Laa lands for a closer reading only to find the ground gelatinous in nature. The soil springs to life and envelops the [[Space Knight]] yet no sooner can he summon his [[Neutralizer]] does the gel leave him, having scrubbed clean the impurities on his armor. Though Rom reactivates his Analyzer for a clearer reading, the blob speaks to him saying it is ''both'' a Dire Wraith ''and'' an indigenous lifeform. All of a sudden other blobs spring to life claiming to all be one in the same and advance on the Space Knights who can only ready their Neutralizers.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
All characters bar Rom (and some seagulls) appear only in the flashback.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Fy-Laa]] (2)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Verdulun-5]] (3)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As established in [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] and shown in the [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1|the main story]], it takes two Space Knights to do a full scan of a planet.<br />
*After the implication in [[Cold Fire|the annual]], we now get confirmation that Fy-Laa is Rom's deceased Space Knight partner.<br />
*Precisely ''when'' this story takes place isn't very clear. Considering Rom is flying alone, the present day section seems to take place between [[Earthfall: Prelude|issue #0]] and [[Earthfall: Part One|issue #1]] but how long it's been since Verdulun-5 isn't clear though it seems to have been at least a few years.<br />
*As established in [[Earthfall: Part Two|issue #2]], "solar cycle" is the [[Elonian]] term for a year.<br />
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===ROM References===<br />
*Fy-Laa's new armor design seems at least partially inspired by the original Rom toy, specifically the ridges on the back of the head and the Neutralizer design.<br />
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[[Category:ROM issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Long_Roads_to_Ruin,_Part_4&diff=7973Long Roads to Ruin, Part 42017-11-01T22:35:32Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|seriesissue=''[[ROM (comic)|ROM]]'' #14 main story<br />
|prev=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 3<br />
|next=ROM: First Strike<br />
|image=ROM 14 regcvr.jpg<br />
|caption= It's the end...but the moment has been prepared for.<br />
|title="Long Roads to Ruin, Part 4"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 14|''ROM'' #14]]<br />
|date=November 1, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=September 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|inks by=[[Michele Pasta]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Space Knights begin to uncover the extent of the Wraith infection of Earth.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
In [[Factory Butte]], [[Utah]], [[Orphion]] slithers across the landscape to the tented structure his [[Energy Analyzer]] has been leading him towards owing to its strong Wraith stench. Within [[Kagan Knight]] is giving a speech to a large group of [[human]]s promising them life eternal...as food for the [[Presence]]. Orphion arrives too late to save the humans but witnesses the horrifying spectral form of the deity. Vowing to stop the Wraiths' horrors and perversions, Orphion slays the expendable Wraiths before wrapping Kagan Knight in his tail and demanding answers. Even being crushed, Kagan Knights insists nothing can deter their mission. Extending his snake-like tongue from his armor, Orphion disagrees...<br />
<br />
Far below the [[Strait of Messina]], [[Livia]] attempts to interrogate the Wraiths who mimic [[Scylla]]'s own words. While attacking Scylla with a [[Neutralizer]] spear however, [[Rom]] has a brainwave. Ordering Livia to come to him, the two find themselves quickly surrounded by the army only for Rom to expertly throw his spear through two of Scylla's heads. Their destruction causes a wave of confusion to spread through the army confirming Rom's theory that the soldiers are nothing but puppets under Scylla's thrall. Livia fires her light-cannons at the heads which causes Scylla to unleash ink as a defense tactic. While the Wraith army retreats in the confusion, Livia and Rom, now familiar with the ink, use sonics to track their foe to a crevice that leads down below the planet's crust.<br />
<br />
Back in Utah, Orphion tracks the energy Kagan Knight released to a similar fissure in the ground. Pondering the crack, he wonders why the Wraiths willingly dumped so much psychic energy within and whether the crack is a natural formation or the energy burrowed into the [[Earth]] forming the crack or worse...if something ''below'' ground formed the crack. As if in response to his queries, an eldritch green light shines from the crack as it seals itself leaving Orphion to wonder why the Wraiths are channeling so much energy below the planet's crust. Unbeknownst to him, his actions are observed by [[D'rge]] and the [[Absence]]. While the latter is bouncing with glee, the former still advocates caution noting that they have lost Kagan Knight and Orphion is close to finding answers. The Absence is unconcerned however, the endgame is upon them all and the Knights are too late to stop what is coming. The seeds of the future have been planted and they will soon sprout to the Wraiths' designs.<br />
<br />
Catching up to Scylla, Rom advocates a cautious approach which Livia predictably ignores in favor of revenge. Livia's threats do not faze Scylla however who is content in the knowledge that she has done her part and that "she" stirs. Ghostly tentacles then burst from the ground, carrying Scylla upwards who boasts that the Wraiths have been on Earth far longer than the Space Knights. And that, although they had intended to simply conquer Earth, the energies surrounding Earth made it ideal for a new homeworld. Collecting energy from whatever source they could, the Wraiths have been feeding their god, who slumbers beneath the planet, a god who at full power will allow the Wraiths to conquer the universe. Information she is giving to the Knights only because they can do nothing to stop it. Though Rom is given pause by her words, Livia is not and rallies her partner, their combined weapons managing to slay Scylla and dissipating the tentacles.<br />
<br />
With Scylla's demise, the Analyzers show no further Wraith taint. Alas, it is a small victory in light of the looming threat of the Wraith god, the very same being who drained Livia's energy. Conceding that her and Orphion's initial plan of attempting to destroy Earth would only have hastened the god's growth, Livia asks what their next move will be. Rom says that all they can do is keep fighting until the scourge of the Wraiths is wiped from existence.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Orphion]] (1)<br />
*[[Livia]] (6)<br />
*[[Rom]] (8)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Kagan Knight]] (2)<br />
*Wraith bodyguard (4)<br />
*[[Presence]] (5)<br />
*Wraith army (7)<br />
*[[Scylla]] (9)<br />
*[[Absence]] (10)<br />
*[[D'rge]] (11)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
*Audience (3)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Hold! The Earth trembles! The very ground before me closes! First the ocean, and the now this. The Wraith channel their energies into the very heart of the Earth. For what purpose?"<br />
:—'''Orphion''' has clearly spent too much time around Rom.<br />
<br />
"We take the fight to the Wraiths as never before, and hope that our might is enough. We fight for [[Elonia]]. We fight for [[Earth]]. We fight for the '''''entire universe!''''' And we never stop fighting till we have ended the threat of the [[Dire Wraith]]s for all time!"<br />
:—'''Rom''' closes out the series.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Orphion went off on his own is [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1|issue #11]] to investigate Wraith activity on the {{w|37th parallel north|37th parallel of the United States}} which, yes, is in [[Utah]].<br />
*Kagan Knight returns despite having seemingly given his life to the [[Absence]] in [[Reinforcements, Part 5|''ROM'' #9]]. It doesn't look like he lasted too long against Orphion however.<br />
*D'rge and the Absence observe Orphion from the same room in which they discussed Rom's arrival and [[Ore-13]] back in [[Earthfall: Part Three|''ROM'' #3]].<br />
*Scylla mentions that the Wraiths have been on Earth for far longer than the [[Space Knight]]s. As flashbacks have previously shown, the Wraiths have been here since they went to war with the [[Solstar Order]] in the 1800s.<br />
*In Scylla's evil monologue, there are flashbacks to Kagan Knight sucking the life from humans in [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] and the Absence draining Orphion in issue #9.<br />
*And to top it all off, Scylla mentions that the Wraiths are gathering energy for their Dark God, the Presence.<br />
*After Scylla's demise, Livia realizes that her and Orphion's original plan to simply destroy Earth would only have fed the Presence. ''ROM'' #9 showed the Absence grinning happily at the Neutralizer energy Orphion was giving to the Wraiths.<br />
*It is revealed that Livia's energy was in fact drained by the Presence herself in [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 2|issue #12]] rather than Charybdis as was thought to be the case.<br />
<br />
===Real world references===<br />
*The Wraith fish heavily resemble {{w|Sloane's viperfish}} which are known to inhabit the Strait of Messina. <br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*Orphion can extend his tongue out of his armor. It is monumentally creepy to look at.<br />
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[[Category:ROM issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Long_Roads_to_Ruin,_Part_3&diff=7972Long Roads to Ruin, Part 32017-11-01T22:35:18Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|prev=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 2<br />
|next=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 4<br />
|image=ROM 13 regcvr.jpg<br />
|caption= Wait are the Wraiths robots now?<br />
|title="Long Roads to Ruin, Part 3"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 13|''ROM'' #13]]<br />
|date=September 27, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=August 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|inks by=[[Michele Pasta]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The penultimate issue of Rom's opening salvo against the Wraiths! But whose side are Orphion and Livia on?'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
''Two hundred years past, after a long month of combat, the [[Dire Wraith]]s have been driven from [[Elonia]]. [[Livia]] however is concerned by [[Rom]]'s melancholic attitude and his constant returning to the site of his old home as she believes they have all the power they need to avenge his loss. Rom does not see it that way as their new power will not bring back his family and with the prospect that the war will now be waged on an interplanetary scale, he ponders what other loved ones will be lost. Livia removes her mask to answer she still loves him, and though their hands cannot feel the other's warmth, Rom proves able to remove his own mask and the two embrace.''<br />
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In the present day, off the coast of [[Italy]], Rom has freed Livia and brought her to the Italian fishing boat though she remains unresponsive. Forced to take drastic measures, Rom removes both their faceplates and fires a beam of energy from his face to hers which proves enough to revive the female Knight. As the two discuss Livia's earlier discovery of the tentacles coming from beneath the ocean floor, [[Scylla]] and [[Charybdis]] make their return, the former plucking a sailor while the latter destroys the boat. Still too weak to fight, Rom and Livia have no choice but to grab the surviving two sailors and abandon ship. The quartet reaches the docks but the whirlpool still approaches. Rom has an idea however and, after asking who is rich enough to write off the loss of two boats, instructs Livia to grab one. The two charge the hulls with what little [[Neutralizer]] energy they have before letting the jury rigged bombs fly. The projectiles detonate and send Scylla's tentacles flying. Briefly reconvening on the docks, Rom instructs the sailors to flee (who have no obligation to do so and promise to raise the alarm) before he and Livia form spears of Neutralizer energy while Rom swears to avenge all the sailors the Wraiths have slain.<br />
<br />
Across the world in [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Darby Mason]] has returned to the warehouse she and [[Ruan Sablik]] stole the [[Space Knight]] arm and uses its [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] to scan the area, finding a ghostly image of a Wraith that only appears under the Analyzer's light. The image is intangible when touched with her human hand, but springs to life when touched with the Space Knight one. The image solidifies into none other that [[Camilla Byers]] who is just as surprised to see Darby. The ghostly image is how Wraiths communicate across long distances as well as allowing for instantaneous travel. Darby pulls Camilla through and though each woman is shocked by the other's unusual arm, they hug as they are prepared to now go on the offensive against the Dire Wraiths.<br />
<br />
Beneath the Italian waves, Rom and Livia trade banter before they are beset by a swarm of Wraith-fish. Though the swarm is numerous with teeth sharp enough to penetrate their armor, they retreat in light of Scylla and Charybdis arriving aboard a sunken wreck, flanked by an army of aquatic Wraiths.<br />
<br />
To be concluded!<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Livia]] (1)<br />
*[[Rom]] (2)<br />
*Severed Space Knight arm (7)<br />
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|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Charybdis]] (4)<br />
*[[Scylla]] (5)<br />
*Wraith army (9)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
*Fishermen (3)<br />
*[[Darby Mason]] (6)<br />
*[[Camilla Byers]] (8)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Scylla took the name of a mythical beast that lured sailors to their death. In the name of those they've slain, let us fight these leviathans as they would"<br />
:—'''Rom''' gives an inspiring speech before beginning the attack on the Wraiths.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*The first scene takes place a month after [[Cold Fire|the annual]]. The beacon Rom set up to mark his family's passing is still present. Rom also mentions the war will soon move to an interplanetary footing which confirms the Wraith invasion of [[Elonia]] only lasted a month.<br />
*In the annual, Livia's left eye was clawed at by the Wraiths shortly before the ore that formed Space Knight armor was found. As shown by her removing her faceplate, the eye is still in its socket and burns a bright Wraith red showing it was not replaced/healed by the armor as was thought to be the case.<br />
*The fishing boat is the same one from the first panel of [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 2|the previous issue]].<br />
*The warehouse Darby returns to is the same one she and [[Ruan Sablik]] stole the Space Knight arm from in [[Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1|issue #11]].<br />
*Camilla regrew her severed arm with Wraith aspects and fled the hospital she was being held at in the same issue.<br />
*{{t|Shining Armor issue 3|Issue #3}} of ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' (released the same day) established that Space Knight armor does not allow its pilot to feel heat or cold or much of anything else. In this issue, Rom highlights of being unable to feel the warmth of Livia's hands.<br />
*The [[Absence]] communicated with [[D'rge]] via a ghostly image back in [[Earthfall: Part Three|issue #3]].<br />
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===Errors===<br />
*Camilla says Rom "burned the Wraith out of [her]", when it was [[Orphion]] who did so. Then again considering Camilla's state in [[Reinforcements, Part 2|issue 6]], she can't really be faulted for not remembering clearly.<br />
*Despite being too drained of power to form the weapon, Livia has her Neutralizers out on the final page.<br />
<br />
===Real world references===<br />
*Rom's HUD provides a very accurate read out of the composition of Earth's atmosphere.<br />
<br />
===Other notes===<br />
*Despite being mentioned in the blurb, Orphion does not appear.<br />
*The faceplate of [[Space Knight armor]] is capable of retracting to reveal the pilot's face beneath.<br />
*[[Elonian]]s cannot breath [[Earth]]'s atmosphere. Rom and Livia are sustained by their armors.<br />
*Livia's shoulder cannons are revealed to ''not'' be Neutralizers.<br />
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[[Category:ROM issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Long_Roads_to_Ruin,_Part_2&diff=7971Long Roads to Ruin, Part 22017-11-01T22:34:18Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|seriesissue=''[[ROM (comic)|ROM]]'' #12 main story<br />
|prev=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1<br />
|next=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 3<br />
|image=ROM 12 regcvr.jpg<br />
|caption= Continuing IDW's long tradition of having awesome covers depicting scenes that aren't actually in the issue.<br />
|title="Long Roads to Ruin, Part 2"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 12|''ROM'' #12]]<br />
|date=August 16, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=June 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|inks by=[[Michele Pasta]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
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'''Rom and the other two Knights face off against a dire new threat.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
On the [[Italy|Italian]] sea, a fishing boat makes a small detour to avoid rough waters. A wise decision as below, [[Rom]] and [[Livia]] fight for their lives from the tentacles of [[Scylla]], a prospect made all the more difficult by the [[Dire Wraith]] draining the energy from their armors. Summoning their willpower and energy reserves, Rom and Livia are able to break free. Though Rom opts for a calmer approach, Livia is as impulsive as ever tracking the Wraith signature to its source and firing her [[Neutralizer]] at maximum power to blast away undersea rocks.<br />
<br />
Miles away in [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Darby Mason]] has returned to her [[Anne Mason|grandmother]]'s house with the severed arm of a deceased [[Space Knight]]. Knowing the Wraiths will come for the arm, she prepares to flee with it before she endangers her grandmother. As she slips on the gauntlet, it reconfigures itself to fit over her hand. Her grandmother soon enters and Darby proves able to activate the [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] which confirms her grandmother is indeed human. Though a myriad of questions fly into Darby's head, for the first time she is able to distinguish between friend and foe.<br />
<br />
Blundering right into a Wraith trap, Livia discovers that the whirlpool of [[Charybdis]] proves just as capable of draining her armor's energy with the whirlpool extending Wraith tentacles and pulling her in. Telling Rom to flee and contact [[Orphion]], Livia disappears beneath the murky depths. Though Rom prepares to follow, he is beset by Scylla now having assumed a monstrous form wishing to consume him. Though Rom offers to spare Scylla if she steps aside, the two soon come to blows. Before Rom can fire his Neutralizer however, Scylla spews forth ink that clings to his armor and disables it sending him adrift in the ocean.<br />
<br />
Though unable to burn off all the ink at once, Rom discovers he can focus the armor defences on one spot and slowly burns the contaminant off. Unsure of how much time has passed, Rom flies off to try and save Livia. Far from being grateful, Livia informs him the tentacles are sprouting ''from the crust of [[Earth]] itself''. Reiterating her belief that Earth cannot be saved, she insists that Rom find Orphion and the two destroy the planet. Refusing to leave her behind, Rom begins ripping the tentacles apart and begs Charybdis to take him in Livia's place. Livia's energy has been drained too much however and, telling Rom to avenge her, the lights in her eyes go out.<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Rom]] (4)<br />
*[[Livia]] (5)<br />
*Severed Space Knight arm (8)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Charybdis]] (1)<br />
*[[Scylla]] (6)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
*Fisherman (2)<br />
*Fisherman's father (3)<br />
*[[Darby Mason]] (7)<br />
*[[Anne Mason]] (9)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Ever...the sentimental fool. If I could not make a warrior of you in life...then perhaps...I will in death. Avenge me, Rom...avenge me."<br />
:—'''Livia's''' (last?) words.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Now that we've seen it in colour, that severed Space Knight arm looks suspiciously like [[Fy-Laa]]'s doesn't it? But we've been made fools of before by jumping the gun on speculations so we're not commenting on it just yet.<br />
*Livia repeats her and [[Orphion]]'s belief that Earth is beyond help and must be destroyed. She also tells Rom to reunite with Orphion, who went off on his own last issue, and help him destroy Earth.<br />
*In her internal monologue, Darby mentions [[Ruan Sablik]]'s death which occurred last issue.<br />
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===Real world references===<br />
*Continuing last issue introducing creatures from ''{{w|Odyssey|The Odyssey}}'', Rom refers to Scylla's ink as "Stygian blackness", a reference to the {{w|Styx|River Styx}}.<br />
*Darby ponders the Dire Wraiths disguising themselves as {{w|Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts}}.<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*Charybdis is still unnamed.<br />
*[[Space Knight armor]] (or just a severed arm) is capable of automatically reconfiguring itself whereas in previous issues, the armor's pilot had to think of what to shift the armor into.<br />
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|seriesissue=''[[ROM (comic)|ROM]]'' #11 main story<br />
|prev=Interlude<br />
|next=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 2<br />
|image=ROM 11 regcvr.jpg<br />
|caption= ''We three Knights of Elonia are''<br />
|title="Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 11|''ROM'' #11]]<br />
|date=June 7, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=May 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|pencils by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|inks by=[[Michele Pasta]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rom's war against the Wraiths takes a dark turn as he's forced to fight alone against both the returning, far more dangerous, Axiom, and a dual threat from the ocean depths...Scylla and Charybdis!'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
In high orbit above [[Earth]], [[Rom]] reflects on the beauty of the planet and how it must be preserved and protected. [[Livia]] disagrees seeing only the Wraith infestation. Their scan complete, the two [[Space Knight]]s reunite with [[Orphion]] who finds Earth beyond help and reiterates his belief in destroying it. Rom reiterates that the planet need not die but says the Knights should split up to better combat the Wraiths and volunteers to explore unusual energy readings in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Orphion approves and assigns Livia to aid Rom while he explores the United States' {{w|37th parallel north|37th parallel}}. Though Livia objects, Rom agrees to partner with her in the hopes he can help her find her old self. As he watches his subordinates fly off, Orphion reflects that Rom can rediscover the benefits of a partner while leaving him free to attend to his ''true'' business on Earth...<br />
<br />
In [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Ruan Sablik]] and [[Darby Mason]] prepare to break into a [[Dire Wraith]] facility and steal the device that can tell Wraiths and humans apart. Ruan's strength proves more than enough for the door and he assumes the form of a [[Wraith Hawk]] to retrieve the device as Darby holds off the ground forces. While Ruan retrieves the device, the security system around it claims his life and Darby thanks him for his companionship as she catches their prize. The severed hand of a deceased Space Knight, with the [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] intact.<br />
<br />
Arriving off the coast of [[Sicily]], Rom reflects on how he thought being away from Orphion would be good for Livia. Alas, she is just as bloodthirsty as ever, Orphion having been her voice of reason. To Rom's joy however, even as she dives towards a cruise ship, her targets are only the Wraiths aboard and she bears no malice to the humans. Her Analyzer leads her to two Wraiths masquerading as an elderly couple enjoying a retirement.<br />
<br />
At the [[Pismo Beach]] medical center, two Dire Wraiths in the form of police officers come to eliminate the comatose [[Camilla Byers]]. When they enter however, they find her fully conscious. In a panic, Camilla's amputated arm suddenly regrows to a massive size with a distinct Wraith like flair and she manages to best the two Wraiths. Unwilling to be a test subject for either Wraiths or humans, Camilla uses the massive arm to repel down and out of the hospital while wondering if the arm can become smaller.<br />
<br />
Seeing that Livia is simply going to execute the Wraiths, Rom hoists her skyward, gives her a scolding for placing the battle above the war and, after spying on the two Wraiths with his Translator, snipes them to death with his Neutralizer and tells Livia they can now wait for the Wraith reinforcements and eliminate even more hostiles. No sooner has his sentence been completed that [[Scylla|massive tentacles]] arise to grab the two Knights and drag them beneath the waves with [[Charybdis|a whirlpool]] beginning to form.<br />
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<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Livia]] (2)<br />
*[[Orphion]] (3)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Ruan Sablik]] (4)<br />
*Wraith guards (6-8)<br />
*Wraith tourists (9-10)<br />
*Wraith cops (11-12)<br />
*Scylla and Charybdis (14-15)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
*[[Darby Mason]] (5)<br />
*[[Camilla Byers]] (13)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Good. You have been alone too long Rom. It's time you rediscovered the benefits of a partner. Now go..and leave me to my '''true''' business here."<br />
:—'''Orphion''', being all foreboding.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Camilla was sent to the hospital in [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] to recover from Orphion expunging the Wraith presence from her body. But as he himself said in [[Reinforcements, Part 2|issue #6]] he's unfamiliar with human biology and unclear if he got it all out. This issue thus shows he purged the Wraith mind but not the Wraith powers.<br />
*Last issue, Ruan mentioned to Darby that the Wraiths had in their possession a device that could tell apart Wraiths from human taken from a fallen Space Knight. This issue reveals it to be the [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] (well, a severed hand with the Analyzer still attached) of a Knight.<br />
*Rom is glad to leave America so as to be away from the Cybertronians and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] referencing his experiences with the two parties in ''[[Revolution]]'' and [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] respectively.<br />
*As established in issue #7, it takes two [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzers]] to do a full scan of a planet and determine the extent of the Wraith infection.<br />
*Though unnamed, the device the Space Knight arm is kept in is a dimensional binding prism first seen in [[Earthfall: Part Four|issue #4]].<br />
*As shown in {{t|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 5|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 #5}}, sudden surges of emotion can cause Wraiths (or half human Wraiths) to inadvertently call upon their Wraith aspects.<br />
<br />
===Real world references===<br />
*Scylla and Charybdis are, of course, named after the famous monsters of ''The {{w|Odyssey}}''. In the context of the story however, they seem to be the inspiration for the Greek myth.<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*Scylla and Charybdis are unnamed in the issue. Their names come from the publicity blurb.<br />
*Despite being mentioned in the blurb, [[Axiom]] doesn't actually appear.<br />
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[[Category:ROM issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Long_Roads_to_Ruin,_Part_1&diff=7969Long Roads to Ruin, Part 12017-11-01T22:32:23Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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<div>{{comicstory<br />
|seriesissue=''[[ROM (comic)|ROM]]'' #11 main story<br />
|prev=Interlude<br />
|next=Long Roads to Ruin, Part 2<br />
|image=ROM 11 regcvr.jpg<br />
|caption= ''We three Knights of Elonia are''<br />
|title="Long Roads to Ruin, Part 1"<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=[[ROM issue 11|''ROM'' #11]]<br />
|date=June 7, [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=May 2017<br />
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Christos Gage]]<br />
|line-art by=[[David Messina]]<br />
|colors by=[[Alessandra Alexakis]]<br />
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rom's war against the Wraiths takes a dark turn as he's forced to fight alone against both the returning, far more dangerous, Axiom, and a dual threat from the ocean depths...Scylla and Charybdis!'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
In high orbit above [[Earth]], [[Rom]] reflects on the beauty of the planet and how it must be preserved and protected. [[Livia]] disagrees seeing only the Wraith infestation. Their scan complete, the two [[Space Knight]]s reunite with [[Orphion]] who finds Earth beyond help and reiterates his belief in destroying it. Rom reiterates that the planet need not die but says the Knights should split up to better combat the Wraiths and volunteers to explore unusual energy readings in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Orphion approves and assigns Livia to aid Rom while he explores the United States' {{w|37th parallel north|37th parallel}}. Though Livia objects, Rom agrees to partner with her in the hopes he can help her find her old self. As he watches his subordinates fly off, Orphion reflects that Rom can rediscover the benefits of a partner while leaving him free to attend to his ''true'' business on Earth...<br />
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In [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Ruan Sablik]] and [[Darby Mason]] prepare to break into a [[Dire Wraith]] facility and steal the device that can tell Wraiths and humans apart. Ruan's strength proves more than enough for the door and he assumes the form of a [[Wraith Hawk]] to retrieve the device as Darby holds off the ground forces. While Ruan retrieves the device, the security system around it claims his life and Darby thanks him for his companionship as she catches their prize. The severed hand of a deceased Space Knight, with the [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] intact.<br />
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Arriving off the coast of [[Sicily]], Rom reflects on how he thought being away from Orphion would be good for Livia. Alas, she is just as bloodthirsty as ever, Orphion having been her voice of reason. To Rom's joy however, even as she dives towards a cruise ship, her targets are only the Wraiths aboard and she bears no malice to the humans. Her Analyzer leads her to two Wraiths masquerading as an elderly couple enjoying a retirement.<br />
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At the [[Pismo Beach]] medical center, two Dire Wraiths in the form of police officers come to eliminate the comatose [[Camilla Byers]]. When they enter however, they find her fully conscious. In a panic, Camilla's amputated arm suddenly regrows to a massive size with a distinct Wraith like flair and she manages to best the two Wraiths. Unwilling to be a test subject for either Wraiths or humans, Camilla uses the massive arm to repel down and out of the hospital while wondering if the arm can become smaller.<br />
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Seeing that Livia is simply going to execute the Wraiths, Rom hoists her skyward, gives her a scolding for placing the battle above the war and, after spying on the two Wraiths with his Translator, snipes them to death with his Neutralizer and tells Livia they can now wait for the Wraith reinforcements and eliminate even more hostiles. No sooner has his sentence been completed that [[Scylla|massive tentacles]] arise to grab the two Knights and drag them beneath the waves with [[Charybdis|a whirlpool]] beginning to form.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Space Knight]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Rom]] (1)<br />
*[[Livia]] (2)<br />
*[[Orphion]] (3)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Dire Wraith]]s|c2=<br />
*[[Ruan Sablik]] (4)<br />
*Wraith guards (6-8)<br />
*Wraith tourists (9-10)<br />
*Wraith cops (11-12)<br />
*Scylla and Charybdis (14-15)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
*[[Darby Mason]] (5)<br />
*[[Camilla Byers]] (13)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Good. You have been alone too long Rom. It's time you rediscovered the benefits of a partner. Now go..and leave me to my '''true''' business here."<br />
:—'''Orphion''', being all foreboding.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Camilla was sent to the hospital in [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] to recover from Orphion expunging the Wraith presence from her body. But as he himself said in [[Reinforcements, Part 2|issue #6]] he's unfamiliar with human biology and unclear if he got it all out. This issue thus shows he purged the Wraith mind but not the Wraith powers.<br />
*Last issue, Ruan mentioned to Darby that the Wraiths had in their possession a device that could tell apart Wraiths from human taken from a fallen Space Knight. This issue reveals it to be the [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzer]] (well, a severed hand with the Analyzer still attached) of a Knight.<br />
*Rom is glad to leave America so as to be away from the Cybertronians and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] referencing his experiences with the two parties in ''[[Revolution]]'' and [[Reinforcements, Part 3|issue #7]] respectively.<br />
*As established in issue #7, it takes two [[Energy Analyzer|Analyzers]] to do a full scan of a planet and determine the extent of the Wraith infection.<br />
*Though unnamed, the device the Space Knight arm is kept in is a dimensional binding prism first seen in [[Earthfall: Part Four|issue #4]].<br />
*As shown in {{t|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 5|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5 #5}}, sudden surges of emotion can cause Wraiths (or half human Wraiths) to inadvertently call upon their Wraith aspects.<br />
<br />
===Real world references===<br />
*Scylla and Charybdis are, of course, named after the famous monsters of ''The {{w|Odyssey}}''. In the context of the story however, they seem to be the inspiration for the Greek myth.<br />
<br />
===Other notes===<br />
*Scylla and Charybdis are unnamed in the issue. Their names come from the publicity blurb.<br />
*Despite being mentioned in the blurb, [[Axiom]] doesn't actually appear.<br />
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[[Category:ROM issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wrath_of_Karza_issue_5&diff=6754Wrath of Karza issue 52017-09-21T18:45:46Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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<div>{{Comicstory<br />
|seriesissue=''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' #5<br />
|prev=Wrath of Karza issue 4<br />
|next=tfwiki:First Strike issue 0<br />
|next2=Micronauts: First Strike<br />
|image=WOK 5 cvrA.jpg<br />
|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[September 20]], [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=August 2017<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]] and [[Jimmy Johnston]]<br />
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] (pg 1-9, 12-20) and [[Ron Joseph]] (pg 10-11)<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|assistant editor=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]] ([[2017]])<br />
}}<br />
'''Baron Karza is forced to join forces with the Transformers and Micronauts when Shazraella makes a decision with terrible consequences.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As [[Shazraella]] descends from the sky, wreathed in the energy of the [[Time Traveler]]s, [[Baron Karza]] remarks in horror on what she's done. Though he believes her actions were unnecessary, with the forces of the [[Ministry of Defense|Ministry of War]] dominating the war for the planet, she is resolute in her path... but [[Oziron Rael]] is unfazed, seeing theie goal as the same as ever: defeat the villain, save the world. At his direction, the [[Micronaut]]s charge into battle once more... but with a wave of her hand, Shazraella effortly destroys the first wave of attackers, the [[Tron]]s. While Oz tries to reason with Shazraella, Karza is picked up by [[Optimus Prime]], his former prisoner, but the tiny despot [[Enerchange]]s, melding his form with that of [[Micronus Prime]] and becoming a giant towering over the Transformers!<br />
<br />
As the humongous, centauroid Karza clashes with Optimus and his allies [[Jazz]] and [[Arcee]], [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] clashes with his opposing number, Commander [[Raith]], while the other Micronauts fight their way through the remainder of the Ministry's army. But Shazraella simply walks towards the giants' battle, blue energy trailing behind her, and things... ''change''. The Transformers now sport industrial, "steampunk" alternate forms, while the fighting Acroyears wear piratical garb over their power armor; and as she continues things change again, and again, the hapless Micronauts shifting from cavemen to vikings to superheroes as they desperately move to try and stop Shazraella from distorting time against them... but as they get near, Shazraella reaches out an arm and Oz is reduced to dust the golden [[helmet]] sent spinning to the floor.<br />
<br />
''[[Micronauts issue 6|Some time in the past]], Oz converses with a Time Traveler in a dream-like realm. The cosmic being informs him that, while he will not remember this part of their conversation, at some point in the future time will stand by him and embrace him. Though Oz snarks and refuses to take the situation seriously, the Time Traveler is, for once, direct with him: he will go to [[Hasbro Universe|another universe]], and fight a war on behalf of [[Earth]] in a battle; not between [[Microspace]] and [[human]]ity, but between Time Travelers. Oz jokingly asks if he gets a choice in the matter, since he "has plans with Microtron on Friday"; but the being tells him that, while the choice is his to make, if he makes the right one more than one universe will be indebted to him.''<br />
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The Karza-Micronus fusion fends off the Transformers, tiny in comparison to his gargantuan size, as he defends his actions by claiming that they had been already written in prophecy. he is distracted, however, upon seeing Shazraella, and recognises the blue energy that glows around her hands and is left in her wake as that of the [[Entropy Cloud]] itself! Optimus Prime tries to take advantage of his distraction to strike a blow, but Baron Karza has no time for the battle, insisting that the Transformers set aside their quarrel with him and stop his wife, lest their universe be destroyed as well as his. Shocked at the would-be conqueror's willingness to give up on his invasion for the preservation of their universe, Optimus agrees to a truce. The Baron begs his wife to stop what she's doing, but she claims that their future belongs within the Entropy Cloud, not running from it; and when Karza declares that he cannot let her continue, she harnesses the power of the Entropy Storm to tear his body and Micronus Prime's apart from each other, banishing the ancient Transformer through time. Karza is saved from falling to his death by [[Larissa]], his daughter, but the empowered Shazraella still stands unfazed by the battle, ready to take on any comers.<br />
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Suddenly, however, reinforcements for the Micronauts and their allies arrive: Oziron Rael has returned, now embraced by time and ascended to the form of a Time Traveler! Reclaiming and merging with the golden mask that has aided him and the Micronauts on their adventures, Oz and his fellow Time Travelers lay hands on Shazraella, tearing the power and form of their [[Mad Time Traveler|maddened brother]] from her body and imprisoning him in a [[time chamber]] forevermore, with Baron Karza and Shazraella trapped by the cosmic beings' power. The day saved, the ascendant Oz promises a unity between Microspace and Earth: the Time Travelers will place permanent {{t|space bridge|spacebridges}} in place between the two universes, and begin to repair the damage that the Entropy Cloud has caused, starting with the harm that Shazraella brought to Earth. Optimus Prime offers to help prepare the refugees of Microspace to adapt to their new home, with Oz promising that when the damage from the Cloud is repaired, they will be free to return home or remain on Earth as ambassadors; and though the Micronauts are left without their captain, Oz leaves them a message for Acroyear, currently finishing up his duel with Raith: they will be reunited soon.<br />
<br />
Across the country, Shazraella looks over [[San Francisco]], musing that she [[First Strike|still has cards to play]]. And in [[Smithton]], [[Illinois]], an isolated Baron Karza still clings to the idea of "saving" his people...<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (3)<br />
*[[Oziron Rael]] (4)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (5)<br />
*[[Tron|Alphatron]] (6)<br />
*[[Tron|Betatron]] (7)<br />
*[[Biotron (Micronaut)|Biotron]] (8)<br />
*[[Microtron (Micronaut)|Microtron]] (9)<br />
*[[Tron|Gammatron]] (10)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (15)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Ministry of Defense|Ministry of War]]|c2=<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (1)<br />
*[[Shazraella]] (2)<br />
*[[Raith|Commander Raith]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h3={{t|Autobot}}s|c3=<br />
*[[Optimus Prime]] (11)<br />
*[[Arcee]] (12)<br />
*[[Jazz]] (13)<br />
<br />
|h5=Others|c5=<br />
*[[Helmet]] (16)<br />
*[[Time Traveler]]s (17)<br />
*[[Micronus Prime]] (18)<br />
*[[Mad Time Traveler]] (19)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Do not think, daughter, that your heritage will exempt you."<br />
:-'''Baron Karza''' is unimpressed by Larissa's betrayal<br />
<br />
"Time is all things. And now it is my time!"<br />
:-'''Shazraella''' goes Super Saiyan<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*The mad Time Traveler was established to be the root of the Entropy Storm back in [[Wrath of Karza issue 3|''Wrath of Karza'' #3]]. We don't blame you if you forgot, since those Karza-in-the-Entropy-Storm interludes seemed a bit samey at the time.<br />
*Oz's conversation with the Time Traveler took place back in [[Micronauts issue 6|''Micronauts'' #6]], though we didn't see this bit of it at the time.<br />
*The second set of time-warped forms taken on by the Transformers are all Cybertronian bodies used by the characters earlier in IDW history: Optimus Prime sports his original pre-Earth design, which debuted in ''{{t|The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer}}'', Jazz has his body from {{t|Spotlight: Jazz|his ''Spotlight''}}'s flashback story, and Arcee wears the ''{{t|Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron}}'' design she spent {{t|The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''Robots in Disguise'' "season 1"}} in.<br />
*Biotron enerchanges into his tank form, originally seen in [[Micronauts issue 2|''Micronauts'' #2]].<br />
===Transformers references===<br />
*The first form that Optimus Prime takes on when time shifts is that of the "Hearts of Steel" Optimus Prime from {{t|Infestation 2|''Infestation 2: The Transformers}}, complete with train {{t|kibble}}, most recently seen on the brainwashed {{t|Eukarian}} {{t|Domitius Major}} in {{t|Power and Glory|''Revolutionaries'' #6}}. Jazz and Arcee get matching designs, but unlike Optimus, they don't show evidence of new {{t|alternate mode|alternate modes}}; they're just "steampunk" versions of their current IDW designs.<br />
===Micronauts references===<br />
*The last set of forms the Micronauts take on are heavily based on their original toys ("Pharoid", "Space Glider", "Galactic Defender", "Biotron" and "Microtron"), albeit with a couple of design concessions to their IDW designs, like Oz's beard.<br />
===Real life references===<br />
*The Micronauts' "caveman" forms, with their "[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BambooTechnology bamboo technology]" designs, are clearly inspired by ''{{w|The Flintstones}}''.<br />
*Jazz describes himself as "going with the flow, like {{w|Thelonious Monk}}.<br />
===Other notes===<br />
*Just for the sake of completion: the other three sets of forms the Micronauts take on are (pop culture style) Vikings (with Oz in a horned helmet), "{{w|Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age}}"-style superheroes (featuring a Biotron that sports some rather shapely abs), and a "gender flipped" version of the team with a female Oz and male Phen and Larissa... with Biotron and Microtron's designs unchanged, because they're non-human-looking robots.<br />
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===Covers (3)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Microtron takes a tumble, by [[Alex Ronald]].<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Oz, Larissa and Acroyear, by [[Bart Sears]]; part of IDW's "Bart Sears cover month".<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Our heroes and villains with Acroyear at the forefront, by [[Ray Dillon]].<br />
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[[Category:Wrath of Karza issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wrath_of_Karza_issue_1&diff=6118Wrath of Karza issue 12017-08-28T18:41:54Z<p>Jalaguy: Reverted edits by 178.35.237.248 (talk) to last revision by DanielAdkins</p>
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<div>{{Comicstory<br />
|seriesissue=''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' #1<br />
|prev=Micronauts issue 11<br />
|next=Wrath of Karza issue 2<br />
|caption=Everything I've done, I've done for you.<br />
|image=WOK 1 regcvr.jpg<br />
|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[April 26]], 2017<br />
|coverdate=April 2017<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]] and [[Jimmy Johnston]]<br />
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] (pg 1-15, 17-20) and [[Ron Joseph]] (pg 4-5, 10-11, 16)<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]<br />
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]] ([[2017]])<br />
}}<br />
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'''The forces of Microspace descend on Earth after Baron Karza does the unthinkable to save his people.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
On the hunt for an illicit stash of [[Ore-13]]–courtesy of one of [[Brad Turner]]'s old business connections—the [[M.A.S.K.]] team makes a brief stopover in the sleepy town of [[Ferren Woods]], [[Kentucky]]. Their quest is fruitless, but when team member [[Gloria Baker]] spies an unusually large "insect", the team discovers that their [[Mask]]s have stopped working, immobilizing their vehicles...<br />
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''In [[Microspace]], [[Baron Karza]] and [[Shazraella]] reflect on all that has transpired since Karza returned to his dimension after his first visit to [[Earth]]. Though the Ministry of Science has been crushed, the [[entropy cloud]] has continued to grow in the years since Karza’s first trip into the heart of the storm, destroying more and more worlds as it expands. Shazraella not-so-subtly suggests that Karza return to Earth: not as a tyrant, but as a'' conqueror '', with the intent of rebuilding Earth into a refuge for the doomed inhabitants of Microspace. Though initially reluctant–wondering if he has finally crossed the line into despotism–Shazraella’s words galvanize her husband, and Karza finds his resolve...''<br />
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In [[Scotland]], [[Scarlett]], [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Snake Eyes]], and [[Skywarp]] investigate a rural cottage infested by [[Dire Wraith]]s. Though Skywarp arrives to help, they’re intercepted by a mysterious portal and a [[Sharkos|diminutive craft]] that disgorges a platoon of Microspace warriors, overwhelming the ex-{{t|Decepticon}} and forcing him into stasis.<br />
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''As he strategizes the vanguard invasion from Microspace, Karza muses on his experiences within the heart of the entropy cloud and the years spent out of sync with the rest of his universe. Over the course of his long life within the space-time anomaly, Karza stumbled on the cause of the threat: the enigmatic [[Time Traveler]]s, who had tried and failed to [[Enerchange]] with time itself. Eventually, Karza stumbled on the secret within the entropy cloud: a secret, he muses, that will lead him back to Earth.''<br />
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In {{t|Monument Valley}}, [[Optimus Prime]], {{t|Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz}}, and {{t|Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee}} arrive at the former resting site of {{t|Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City}} to investigate a recent {{t|Space bridge|spacebridge}} fluctuation in the area. A repentant Optimus muses that if it weren’t for his annexation of Earth into the {{t|Council of Worlds}}, the crisis might never had occurred at all, a notion Jazz tries to disabuse his leader of. Arcee and Jazz argue as Prime realizes that their trip might have been in vain… but he’s interrupted from his philosophizing when a gigantic Baron Karza, wearing the Enerchanged body of [[Micronus Prime]], makes short work of Prime's comrades before crushing the Autobot leader underfoot!<br />
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''Karza reflects on the enigmatic mechanical giant within the heart of their dying universe. Karza remembers his time within Micronus Prime’s colossal body, learning secrets undreamt of by his kind. It wasn’t until Karza finally enerchanged with the {{t|Thirteen|Prime}} himself that he finally understood the workings behind Micronus’ spacebridge: the key that unlocked a doorway to another world. But this power comes with a price—Karza can ''feel'' himself slipping away every time he merges with the body of his creator. But his taste of power has left him wanting more, and as Karza musters his army he notes that there’s only one last loose end to tie up: getting rid of the heroic [[Micronaut]]s once and for all!''<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (14)<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (27)<br />
*[[Biotron]] (28)<br />
*[[Microtron]] (29)<br />
*[[Oziron Rael]] (30)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (31)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Ministry of Defense|Ministry of War]]|c2=<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (1)<br />
*[[Kronus]] (7)<br />
*''[[Shazraella]]'' (8)<br />
*[[Antron]] (18)<br />
*[[Raith|Commander Raith]] (19)<br />
*[[Repto]] (20)<br />
*[[Acroyear III]]s (25)<br />
*[[Giant Acroyear]]s (26)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]/[[M.A.S.K.]]|c3=<br />
'''G.I. Joe'''<br />
*[[Snake Eyes]] (10)<br />
*[[Scarlett]] (11)<br />
*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (15)<br />
*[[Skywarp]] (16)<br />
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'''M.A.S.K.'''<br />
*[[Brad Turner]] (2)<br />
*[[Julio Lopez]] (3)<br />
*[[Matt Trakker]] (4)<br />
*[[Gloria Baker]] (5)<br />
<br />
|h4={{t|Autobot}}s|c4=<br />
*[[Optimus Prime]] (13)<br />
*[[Arcee]] (22)<br />
*[[Jazz]] (23)<br />
<br />
|h5=Others|c5=<br />
*"Old Mitch" (6)<br />
*''[[Baron Daegon]]'' (9)<br />
*''[[Rom]]'' (12)<br />
*[[Dire Wraith]]s (17)<br />
*[[Time Traveler]]s (21)<br />
*[[Micronus Prime]] (24)<br />
}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*Brad Turner's connections to the drug trade were established in [[M.A.S.K. issue 3|''M.A.S.K.'' #3]].<br />
*Karza previously made a trip to Earth as part of the original ''[[Revolution]]'' crossover, where he worked alongside [[Miles Mayhem]] as one of his main collaborators. Karza remembers his defeat at the hands of the protagonists of that crossover. <br />
*Shazraella and Karza remember the latter's battle against Baron Daegon, which occurred in [[Micronauts issue 6|''Micronauts'' #6]]. Shazraella notes that this battle was enough to crush the [[Ministry of Science]], which was the main good(-ish) faction in the ''Micronauts'' universe.<br />
*[[Grand Slam]] was working on a Wraith detector in the first {{t|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|two}} {{t|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 2|issues}} of the concurrent ''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5.<br />
*Karza remembers being lost for years within the entropy cloud, as he related to the Micronauts in {{t|O Ship of State|''Revolution'' #3}}.<br />
*Micronus Prime was established as the creator of Microspace in 2016's ''[[Micronauts: Revolution]]'' one-shot issue, leading into the ''Revolution'' crossover where the heroes used his spacebridge to travel to Earth. <br />
*Monument Valley was the resting place of {{t|Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan}}, temporary base of Autobot City, and the site of the ''last'' big battle of the IDW universe: the big crossover dustup in ''Revolution''. The leftover crater was created during this battle as Metrotitan transformed into his spaceship configuration and lifted off.<br />
*Arcee recalls her and Jazz's battle in [[Portland]], which occurred in {{t|Valley Forge|''Revolution'' #1}}.<br />
*Karza has apparently gleaned some of Micronus's own knowledge from his repeated enerchanges with the Cybertronian; he notes that Micronus was apparently a god among "his people", but later "abandoned" them. This certainly fits with what we learned from {{t|Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime}} in {{t|White Heat|''The Transformers'' #57}}; according to Sentinel, Micronus Prime ruled over {{t|Prion}}'s colony world of {{t|Mini-Con}}s for some time before leaving via spacebridge and (presumably) creating Microspace.<br />
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===Micronauts references===<br />
* The Microspace ship that attacks the G.I. Joe crew is the Sharkos from the original toyline. Its barely-glimpsed crew can be seen to include a [[Kronus]], an [[Antron]], a [[Repto]], and [[Raith|a first-generation Acroyear]].<br />
* One of the many alternate versions of Baron Karza glimpsed on page is based on the original 1970s toy.<br />
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===Errors===<br />
*Julio Lopez's [[Jackhammer]] is mislabeled as the [[Rhino]].<br />
*The discussion of Rock 'n Roll's shotgun seems pretty confused: the dialogue seems to be saying it's a regular shotgun, despite it being clearly established as a Cybertronian laser weapon back in {{t|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|''G.I. Joe'' #1}}, and on top of that it's drawn as his machine gun from the first half of that issue!<br />
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*'''Regular cover:''' Baron Karza sits on his throne, by [[Alex Ronald]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover:''' Karza surrounded by mechanics, by [[Michael Golden]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Larissa and Phen, by [[Valentina Pinto]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Baron Karza, by [[Paul Pope]] and [[Lovern Kindzierski]].<br />
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Far away, in another galaxy, the '''[[Space Knight]]s''' of the '''Solstar Order''', defenders of justice and truth, wage war against the evil magicians, the [[Dire Wraith]]s. The Solstar Order has prevailed, and is now seeking out their scattered enemies. One knight, [[Rom]], a Lord of the Solstar Order, has followed the trail of the Dire Wraiths all the way to [[Earth]].<br />
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While the exact date of their foundation is unknown, the Solstar Order's capital was located on [[Elonia]]. Overtime, they grew to be a respected interstellar power with their organization being composed of many species. {{storylink|Cold Fire}} Like most interstellar powers, they would come to have a low opinion of the Cybertronian race. {{tstorylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}}<br />
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The Solstar Order was known throughout the galaxy as a force for good. The [[Dire Wraith]]s invaded Elonia for an ore beneath its surface which resulted in the formation of the [[Space Knight]]s with [[Rom]] being the first among them. Following this, the Order went to war with the Wraiths. {{storylink|Cold Fire}}<br />
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The Wraiths were expelled from Elonia, {{storylink|Earthfall: Part Two}} and the Knights took the fight all the way to the Wraith homeworld managing to destroy it. The Order also shared a border with the {{t|Galactic Council}} known as the {{t|Gray Area}} though the two parties were happy to ignore each other. {{tstorylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}}<br />
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With the Wraiths now scattered all across the galaxy, the Space Knights spent the next 200 years pursuing the Wraiths across the galaxy. In late 2016, Rom tracked a Wraith signature all the way to a distant planet called [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Earthfall: Part Two}}<br />
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[[D'rge]] commented that it was strange for Rom to come to Earth alone, since the Space Knights usually traveled in pairs which led him to conclude the Solstar Order did not know Rom was on Earth. {{storylink|Earthfall: Part Three}}<br />
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When Rom met [[Optimus Prime]], the Space Knight reiterated the Solstar Order's opinion of the Cybertronian race, {{tstorylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} only to learn the Cybertronians themselves had a low opinion of the Solstar Order for willingly endorsing the genocide of a whole species and killing without trial or mercy. {{tstorylink|O Ship of State}}<br />
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Shortly after Rom arrived, two other Space Knights, [[Orphion]] and [[Livia]] traveled to Earth, landing on Pismo Beach. {{storylink|Earthfall: Part Four}} They began eliminating Wraiths across the world and eventually found Rom upon his return to [[Cooper's Mill]], encouraging him to kill the Wraith-Infected [[Camilla Byers]]. {{storylink|Reinforcements, Part 1}}<br />
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After that mess had been sorted out and (relatively) cooler heads began to prevail, Orphion chewed Rom out for violating countless procedural rules of the Solstar Order while Rom retorted that the Solstar Order had become complacent in the war and only reacted in it instead of seizing the initiative. {{storylink|Reinforcements, Part 3}} The Dire Wraith priest expressed the same opinion saying the Order fought war like children only mindlessly blowing up anything even remotely different. {{storylink|Interlude}}<br />
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The Decepticon {{t|Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon}} considered destroying the Solstar Order when he had successfully reactivated {{t|Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon}}. {{tstorylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}} {{t|Elita One}} had encountered the Solstar Order at some point and considered them a formidable threat. When they detected an unusual Dire Wraith emanating from {{t|Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron}} they placed the planet under quarantine and barred {{t|Vigilem|the Carcerians}} from teleporting into {{t|Iacon (polity)|Iacon}} much to the rage of Elita and Starscream. {{tstorylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}<br />
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*Despite the opening lines, the territory of the Solstar Order in the IDW timeline is concentrated exclusively in the Milky Way galaxy.<br />
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Ensconced in a floating chair, Imperator '''Carax''' rules [[Elonia]]'s [[Solstar Order]].<br />
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Carax was close to [[Orphion]]. Both knew of the [[Dire Wraith]]s, but opted to keep them secret from the people of Elonia, fearing that the frightened populace would flee into space with no clear direction and become easy pickings for the Wraiths. In the last three cycles, the Wraiths had attacked four of the Solstar Order's fringe worlds, but Carax still did not tell the populace.<br />
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The decision returned to haunt him when the Wraiths launched an atypical attack on Elonia that killed many citizens and converted others into Wraiths. After [[Rom|Rom K'atsema]] had shown great courage in fighting off Wraiths, the boy and his friends [[Livia]] and [[Fy-Laa]] were brought before Carax, who acknowledged his mistake in concealing the existence of the Wraiths and offered the three a chance to join the Solstar military.<br />
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The three accepted Carax's offer and graduated, only for Carax to send them to watch a mine near Rom's old home. The three rookies soon returned, clad in [[Space Knight armor|an alien armor]] with myriad functions. Though Carax approved of [[Maur]] and Orphion's requests for their own armor, he was conscious that it needed further investigation, and lead the group to the testing facilities. <br />
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Carax would eventually don his own armor, which incorporated his hover chair. {{storylink|Cold Fire}}<br />
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<div>'''Orphion''' is a member of the [[Solstar Order]] of Space Knights, partner of [[Livia]], and commanding officer to [[Rom]]. While he may seem to have a tough ends-justify-the-means attitude, he is not entirely devoid of reason, and will listen when others call him out on his actions, and he will give them the opportunity to prove their own points.<br />
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The '''Iron Grenadiers''' are the personal army of [[Destro]], deployed by the Laird in both his operations with [[Cobra]] and his private business ventures. More recently, mechanical Grenadiers have surfaced in the employ of [[Baron Ironblood]]'s villainous alliance; what connection, if any, these automatons have to Destro remains be seen.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
A group of Iron Grenadiers, led by [[Darklon]], assisted in [[Cobra]]'s takeover of [[Warrenton]], Ohio, taking a group of local businessmen hostage. They were subsequently present when the [[Baroness]] addressed the town's welcoming citizens. {{storylink|Homefront, Part 2 of 5}} <br />
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Some time later, several Iron Grenadiers stood guard outside [[Castle Destro]]'s current home in the Scottish Highlands, and greeted the Baroness as she arrived under cover of night. {{storylink|Threat Matrix 1 of 4}}<br />
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While working with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to obtain the corpse of {{t|Astrotrain (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Astrotrain}}, Destro sent Iron Grenadiers piloting [[Sting Raider]]s to salvage one section of the body from the Arctic Ocean. They initially proved a problem for [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s forces, but [[Gloria Baker]] was able to hack the submarines' weapons systems and have them fire upon each other. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}<br />
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Baron Ironblood's criminal conspiracy possessed a large number of robotic Iron Grenadiers, which were deployed to defend the [[Iron Castle]] when [[Snake Eyes]] was found to have infiltrated the facility. They shot dead the intruder, but when the body was identified as a robotic decoy, the ''real'' Snake Eyes revealed himself from beneath his disguise as [[Tomax Paoli]], and proceeded to violently carve his way through the Iron Grenadiers. The ninja-commando was soon joined by the [[Revolutionaries (team)|Revolutionaries]], and the combined band of heroes laid waste to many more Grenadiers before making their escape via [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{tstorylink|The Iron Klaw}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The Iron Grenadiers are traditionally Destro's personal army in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' fiction, although mechanical versions are a new concept for the [[Hasbro Universe]]. Their [[G.I. Joe vol. 3|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 3]] design is directly based on the [http://www.yojoe.com/action/12/irongrenadiers9.shtml GIJoeCon 2012 Iron Grenadier] action figure, while their ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' design draws on elements from several of their 2010s figures.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{t|Iron Grenadier}} on {{t|Main Page|TFWiki}}<br />
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[[Category:Cobra]]<br />
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== Transformers Character Pages: How Much Is Too Much? ==<br />
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[[Kup]], and [[Skywarp]]'s pages are VERY truncated, reducing entire events/storylines down to just one storylink. [[Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade]] are a lot more detailed. I feel like we need to keep our TF articles consistent, so we need to pick a style and stick with it. I personally prefer the more truncated style of Kup and Skywarp, although I do question if we need all the TF-only background info. --[[User:DanielAdkins|DanielAdkins]] ([[User talk:DanielAdkins|talk]]) 21:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I added the Earth-based background info for Skywarp and Kup since I thought it gave appropriate context to the rest - GI Joe fans don't need to know about Skywarp's early days in Megatron's army, but they might be interested to know that he blew up Beijing. That said, yeah, I vote for the truncated style. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 08:01, 2 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I also think the truncated style of Kup and Skywarp works, though perhaps a slight expansion could be useful. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 11:53, 2 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::When you say "truncated style" do you mean just giving the short version of their TF specific history or making everything, including the shared universe relevant stuff truncated? Because I definitely agree we don't need to get super in depth about everything Skywarp did before he became a Joe but I do think there's some merit to having a more detailed description of what he's doing now that he is.[[User:Unitremover|Unitremover]] ([[User talk:Unitremover|talk]]) 14:52, 2 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::I think perhaps for characters who are going to be appearing on a regular basis in Hasbroverse material, that's a good idea. Characters like Windblade and Optimus, less so. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 18:18, 2 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::Sure, that sounds reasonable. So we'd basically just be swapping the style Skywarp/Kup's pages are written with the style Prime/Windblade's are and vice versa? [[User:Unitremover|Unitremover]] ([[User talk:Unitremover|talk]]) 22:07, 2 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::Okay, so over a week later I realize that what I said in my last reply doesn't actually solve the problem Daniel brought up at all. I guess I'll say again that I think I prefer the more detailed way Prime/Windblade's pages are structured but it looks like I'm in the minority there. So are we officially going with the truncated style?[[User:Unitremover|Unitremover]] ([[User talk:Unitremover|talk]]) 04:30, 11 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::Pretty much, I think. We might expand coverage of recurring characters to be a bit more robust, but I'm not certain that's necessary right now. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 13:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Abbreviations in page names ==<br />
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What's going to be our policy for this? Should it be [[B.A.T.]] or [[BAT]], [[M.A.R.S. Industries]] or [[MARS Industries]]? Given [[G.I. Joe (team)]] and [[M.A.S.K.]], I assume the former, but most pages link to the latter take. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 16:25, 31 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:It's probably more "correct" to type them out with the dots but at the same time I don't think I'd mind too much if we didn't need to. [[User:Unitremover|Unitremover]] ([[User talk:Unitremover|talk]]) 17:17, 31 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I say we go with the former since most of the time they're written out on panel, its with the dots. --[[User:DanielAdkins|DanielAdkins]] ([[User talk:DanielAdkins|talk]]) 18:25, 31 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
::IIRC, earlier Joe books didn't use the dots, but later ones do. I'd say keep the dots, since that's how Hasbro always stylises those names. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 21:36, 31 May 2017 (UTC)</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Iron_Grenadier&diff=4590Iron Grenadier2017-05-30T21:10:12Z<p>Jalaguy: Well dang, they did appear before!</p>
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If you're an unsavory type in need of an army, the '''Iron Grenadiers''' will serve your purposes nicely. These gun-toting troops aren't the most skilled combatants, but in great enough numbers they pose a deadly threat to any heroic interlopers.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
A group of Iron Grenadiers, led by [[Darklon]], assisted in [[Cobra]]'s takeover of [[Warrenton]], Ohio, taking a group of local businessmen hostage. They were subsequently present when the [[Baroness]] addressed the town's welcoming citizens. {{storylink|Homefront, Part 2 of 5}}<br />
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While working with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to obtain the corpse of {{t|Astrotrain (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Astrotrain}}, [[Destro]] sent Iron Grenadiers piloting [[Sting Raider]]s to salvage one section of the body from the Arctic Ocean. They initially proved a problem for [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s forces, but [[Gloria Baker]] was able to hack the submarines' weapons systems and have them fire upon each other. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}<br />
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[[Baron Ironblood]]'s criminal conspiracy possessed a large number of robotic Iron Grenadiers, which were deployed to defend the [[Iron Castle]] when [[Snake Eyes]] was found to have infiltrated the facility. They shot dead the intruder, but when the body was identified as a robotic decoy, the ''real'' Snake Eyes revealed himself from beneath his disguise as [[Tomax Paoli]], and proceeded to violently carve his way through the Iron Grenadiers. The ninja-commando was soon joined by the [[Revolutionaries (team)|Revolutionaries]], and the combined band of heroes laid waste to many more Grenadiers before making their escape via [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{tstorylink|The Iron Klaw}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The Iron Grenadiers are traditionally Destro's personal army in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' fiction, although mechanical versions are a new concept for the [[Hasbro Universe]]. Their [[G.I. Joe vol. 3|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 3]] design is directly based on the [http://www.yojoe.com/action/12/irongrenadiers9.shtml GIJoeCon 2012 Iron Grenadier] action figure, while their ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' design draws on elements from several of their 2010s figures.<br />
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*{{t|Iron Grenadier}} on {{t|Main Page|TFWiki}}<br />
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If you're an unsavory type in need of an army, the '''Iron Grenadiers''' will serve your purposes nicely. These gun-toting robots aren't the most skilled combatants, but in great enough numbers they pose a deadly threat to any heroic interlopers.<br />
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While working with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to obtain the corpse of {{t|Astrotrain (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Astrotrain}}, [[Destro]] sent Iron Grenadiers piloting [[Sting Raider]]s to salvage one section of the body from the Arctic Ocean. They initially proved a problem for [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s forces, but [[Gloria Baker]] was able to hack the submarines' weapons systems and have them fire upon each other. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}<br />
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[[Baron Ironblood]]'s criminal conspiracy possessed a large number of Iron Grenadiers, which were deployed to defend the [[Iron Castle]] when [[Snake Eyes]] was found to have infiltrated the facility. They shot dead the intruder, but when the body was identified as a robotic decoy, the ''real'' Snake Eyes revealed himself from beneath his disguise as [[Tomax Paoli]], and proceeded to violently carve his way through the Iron Grenadiers. The ninja-commando was soon joined by the [[Revolutionaries (team)|Revolutionaries]], and the combined band of heroes laid waste to many more Grenadiers before making their escape via [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{tstorylink|The Iron Klaw}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The Iron Grenadiers are traditionally Destro's personal army in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' fiction, and are not normally robotic. Their [[Hasbro Universe]] design debuted in {{t|The Iron Klaw|''Revolutionaries'' #4}} (the Grenadiers having gone unseen in the ''[[The Deathstone|M.A.S.K. Annual]]''), and draws on elements from several of their 2010s ''G.I. Joe'' figures.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{t|Iron Grenadier}} on {{t|Main Page|TFWiki}}<br />
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[[Category:G.I. Joe characters]]<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
While working with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to obtain the corpse of {{t|Astrotrain (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Astrotrain}}, [[Destro]] sent Iron Grenadiers piloting [[Sting Raider]]s to salvage one section of the body from the Arctic Ocean. They initially proved a problem for [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s forces, but [[Gloria Baker]] was able to hack the submarines' weapons systems and have them fire upon each other. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}<br />
<br />
[[Baron Ironblood]]'s criminal conspiracy possessed a large number of Iron Grenadiers, which were deployed to defend the [[Iron Castle]] when [[Snake Eyes]] was found to have infiltrated the facility. They shot dead the intruder, but when the body was identified as a robotic decoy, the ''real'' Snake Eyes revealed himself from beneath his disguise as [[Tomax Paoli]], and proceeded to violently carve his way through the Iron Grenadiers. The ninja-commando was soon joined by the [[Revolutionaries (team)|Revolutionaries]], and the combined band of heroes laid waste to many more Grenadiers before making their escape via [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{tstorylink|The Iron Klaw}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The Iron Grenadiers are traditionally Destro's personal army in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' fiction, and are not traditionally robotic. Their [[Hasbro Universe]] design debuted in {{t|The Iron Klaw|''Revolutionaries'' #4}} (the Grenadiers having gone unseen in the ''[[The Deathstone|M.A.S.K. Annual]]''), and draws on elements from several of their 2010s ''G.I. Joe'' figures.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{t|Iron Grenadier}} on {{t|Main Page|TFWiki}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:G.I. Joe characters]]<br />
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If you're an unsavory type in need of an army, the '''Iron Grenadiers''' will serve your purposes nicely. These gun-toting robots aren't the most skilled combatants, but in great enough numbers they pose a deadly threat to any heroic interlopers.<br />
<br />
==Fiction==<br />
While working with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to obtain the corpse of {{t|Astrotrain (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Astrotrain}}, [[Destro]] sent Iron Grenadiers piloting [[Sting Raider]]s to salvage one section of the body from the Arctic Ocean. They initially proved a problem for [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s forces, but [[Gloria Baker]] was able to hack the submarines' weapons systems and have them fire upon each other. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}<br />
<br />
[[Baron Ironblood]]'s criminal conspiracy possessed a large number of Iron Grenadiers, which were deployed to defend the [[Iron Castle]] when [[Snake Eyes]] was found to have infiltrated the facility. They shot dead the intruder, but when the body was identified as a robotic decoy, the ''real'' Snake Eyes revealed himself from beneath his disguise as [[Tomax Paoli]], and proceeded to violently carve his way through the Iron Grenadiers. The ninja-commando was soon joined by the [[Revolutionaries (team)|Revolutionaries]], and the combined band of heroes laid waste to many more Grenadiers before making their escape via [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{tstorylink|The Iron Klaw}}<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
*The Iron Grenadiers are traditionally Destro's personal army in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' fiction, and are not normally robotic. Their [[Hasbro Universe]] design debuted in {{t|The Iron Klaw|''Revolutionaries'' #4}} (the Grenadiers having gone unseen in the ''[[The Deathstone|M.A.S.K. Annual]]''), and draws on elements from several of their 2010s ''G.I. Joe'' figures.<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*{{t|Iron Grenadier}} on {{t|Main Page|TFWiki}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:G.I. Joe characters]]<br />
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If you're an unsavory type in need of an army, the '''Iron Grenadiers''' will serve your purposes nicely. These gun-toting robots aren't the most skilled combatants, but in great enough numbers they pose a deadly threat to any heroic interlopers.<br />
<br />
==Fiction==<br />
While working with [[V.E.N.O.M.]] to obtain the corpse of {{t|Astrotrain (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Astrotrain}}, [[Destro]] sent Iron Grenadiers piloting [[Sting Raider]]s to salvage one section of the body from the Arctic Ocean. They initially proved a problem for [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s forces, but [[Gloria Baker]] was able to hack the submarines' weapons systems and have them fire upon each other. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}<br />
<br />
[[Baron Ironblood]]'s criminal conspiracy possessed a large number of Iron Grenadiers, which were deployed to defend the [[Iron Castle]] when [[Snake Eyes]] was found to have infiltrated the facility. They shot dead the intruder, but when the body was identified as a robotic decoy, the ''real'' Snake Eyes revealed himself from beneath his disguise as [[Tomax Paoli]], and proceeded to violently carve his way through the Iron Grenadiers. The ninja-commando was soon joined by the [[Revolutionaries (team)|Revolutionaries]], and the combined band of heroes laid waste to many more Grenadiers before making their escape via [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{tstorylink|The Iron Klaw}}<br />
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|title="The Deathstone"<br />
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|published in=[[M.A.S.K. Annual 2017|''M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand'' Annual 2017]]<br />
|date=[[March 15]], [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=February 2017<br />
|written by=[[David A. Rodriguez]]<br />
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]]<br />
|colors by=[[John-Paul Bove]]<br />
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|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
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'''M.A.S.K. and G.I. Joe join forces to stop a dangerous alien organism from falling into the hands of V.E.N.O.M.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
When the head of the {{t|Decepticon}} {{t|Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain}} crashes back to [[Earth]], [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] officers [[Scarlett]], [[Stalker]], and [[Lifeline]] are sent to recover it. Studying the head to ensure it isn't dangerous, Lifeline notes that Astrotrain's brain module has stopped functioning, but some kind of energy is keeping him alive, as well as causing the plants around him to grow exponentially. Before they can extract the head, they are ambushed by [[V.E.N.O.M.]] agents [[Cliff Dagger]] and [[Vanessa Warfield]]. Dagger repels down from Warfield's [[Manta]] and begins knocking down the Joes. Lifeline manages to slip away in a [[V.A.M.P.]] with the samples he collected, but he is soon ambushed by [[Sly Rax]] on his [[Piranha]], who shoots one of the V.A.M.P.'s tires and sends Lifeline over a cliff.<br />
<br />
Lifeline wakes up in the headquarters of [[M.A.S.K.]], being tended to by Stalker and M.A.S.K.'s medic [[Julio Lopez]], much to his chagrin. M.A.S.K. leader [[Matt Trakker]] welcomes him to the base and leads him into the main room, where Scarlett is already discussing the data the Joes collected with [[Gloria Baker]]. Lifeline and Gloria realize that energy comes from a techno-organism that infects its host at a cellular level, then replicates and mutates its DNA. They theorize that it could then be used to "re-program" any organism it comes in contact with, allowing for medical miracles... or disastrous terror. With V.E.N.O.M. having taken off with Astrotrain's head , Matt worries about the danger such a weapon could pose in the hands of V.E.N.O.M.'s leader, [[Miles Mayhem]]. However, Lifeline then discovers that the techno-organism will eventually break down, destroying whatever is infected. Scanning the planet for the same energy signature reveals the locations of the rest of Astrotrain's body: [[Africa]], the [[Arctic Ocean]], and [[Australia]]. The two groups agree to team-up and hunt down the rest of the Decepticon before V.E.N.O.M. does.<br />
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M.A.S.K. and the Joes decide to split into three teams to pursue the three pieces. Stalker, [[Tunnel Rat]] and [[Brad Turner]] travel to the [[Congo Basin]], sending the latter two on Brad's [[Condor]] to retrieve the Cybertronian fragment while the former remains as air support. Brad detects Astrotrain's remains inside a cave, but the pair are soon ambushed by Vanessa Warfield. Brad uses his Eclipse [[Mask]] to create a parade of holographic elephants to distract Warfield as they slip into the cave... only to be met by [[Bruno Sheppard]]. Bruno attacks Brad and proceeds to beat him, allowing Tunnel Rat to sneak around and shoot him from behind. Tunnel Rat radios Stalker that they have recovered their piece of Astrotrain.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Gloria and Julio take the [[Shark]] to the Arctic Ocean alongside [[Deep Six]], but they are beaten to the punch by Sly Rax and the [[Iron Grenadier]]s, indicating that former [[Cobra]] member [[Destro]] has allied with Mayhem. The two groups engage in battle, with Deep Six's [[S.H.A.R.C.]] being destroyed and he is forced to eject. As Deep Six distracts Rax, Julio retrieves the piece of Astrotrain. Rax fires at an old naval mine near Julio, severely injuring him and allowing Rax to take Astrotrain for himself. Gloria and Deep Six retrieve Julio and evac him to M.A.S.K. HQ.<br />
<br />
In [[Alice Springs]], Australia, Joe sniper [[Sci-Fi]] has tracked down Miles Mayhem, who is meeting to exchange Astrotrain's head with a most displeased Destro. As Matt and Scarlett fly to his location in the [[Thunderhawk]], they receives a call from Lifeline, who tells him that the only way to save Julio will be to retrieve the head and use the techno-organism to heal him. Matt and the Joes quickly interrupt the meeting; Scarlett engages Cliff Dagger, Sci-Fi takes out Destro's [[Annihilator]] bodyguards, and Matt battles Mayhem's [[Switchblade]] in the air. In the chaos, Destro decides to cut his losses and slips away, leaving Astrotrain behind. Scarlett uses Dagger's Torch Mask against his boss, maneuvering him so that he engulfs the Switchblade in flames and forcing it down. While Matt wants to go after Mayhem, Scarlett reminds him of the urgency of getting the head to save Julio.<br />
<br />
Back at M.A.S.K. HQ, Lifeline implements his procedure on Julio. Matt tells Scarlett he's not sure he made the right call, but she reassures him that doubt is a key part of leadership. Julio makes a full recovery, and Scarlett tells Matt that if M.A.S.K. ever needs G.I. Joe's help, she'd be happy to fly with him again. <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[M.A.S.K.]]|c1=<br />
*[[Julio Lopez]] (8)<br />
*[[Matt Trakker]] (9)<br />
*[[Gloria Baker]] (10)<br />
*[[Brad Turner]] (11)<br />
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|h2=[[V.E.N.O.M.]]|c2=<br />
*[[Cliff Dagger]] (5)<br />
*[[Vanessa Warfield]] (6)<br />
*[[Sly Rax]] (7)<br />
*[[Bruno Sheppard]] (13)<br />
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (17)<br />
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|h3=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c3=<br />
*[[Scarlett]] (2)<br />
*[[Stalker]] (3)<br />
*[[Lifeline]] (4)<br />
*[[Tunnel Rat]] (12)<br />
*[[Deep Six]] (14)<br />
*[[Sci-Fi]] (18)<br />
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*{{t|Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain}}'s corpse (1)<br />
*[[Destro]] (15)<br />
*[[Annihilator]]s (16)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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"We don't need guarantees, Lifeline. We're ''M.A.S.K.'' All we need is a shot."<br />
:—'''Matt Trakker''' to '''Lifeline'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This story's place in continuity is currently unclear. It can't take place during or, with V.E.N.O.M. out and about, immediately after the first arc of the main ''M.A.S.K.'' series, which was in progress at the time of this story's release.<br />
*Astrotrain was trisected by {{t|Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee}} back in {{t|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|issue #55}} of {{t|The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers''}}. He was in Jupiter's atmosphere at the time, so we're left to assume the alien organism of this story transported his remains to Earth somehow.<br />
*Hey, it's [[Destro]]! The metal-masked mogul was last seen at the end of ''[[G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra|Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra]]'', back in 2015; it looks like he hasn't been doing too badly for himself since Cobra collapsed.<br />
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===M.A.S.K. references===<br />
*This story is a retelling of the pilot episode of the ''M.A.S.K.'' animated series. Of course, G.I. Joe and Astrotrain didn't figure into the original version of the story; here, Astrotrain's head takes the role of the titular "Deathstone". Several scenes and lines of dialogue are lifted directly from the episode.<br />
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===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*Several vehicles from across the G.I. Joe franchise appear, including the [[V.A.M.P.]], [[Eaglehawk]], [[S.H.A.R.C.]], and [[Sting Raider]].<br />
*During the Chicago basketball game Tunnel Rat watches, one of the players is Big Lob, aka Bradley J. Sanders, a G.I. Joe member created for the 1987 animated film ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', the same movie that Tunnel Rat debuted in.<br />
*[[Iron Grenadier]]s are said to be piloting the Sting Raiders, the first ever reference to Destro's personal army in this continuity. A few months later, {{t|The Iron Klaw|''Revolutionaries'' #4}} would see them appear on-panel as robotic soldiers, under the command of [[Baron Ironblood]]<br />
*While not referred to by name in the issue, Destro's troops at Alice Springs are recognizable as Annihilators, fulfilling their traditional role as his personal bodyguards.<br />
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===Real-life references===<br />
*Sly Rax says "Mischief has been managed", referring to a spell from ''{{w|Harry Potter}}''.<br />
*Julio references the {{w|Starship Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise''}} from ''{{w|Star Trek}}''.<br />
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===Errors===<br />
*Scarlett refers to orders from General [[Hawk]], but Hawk hasn't been part of the Joes in IDW continuity since the end of the "[[Cobra Command]]" storyline in 2012.<br />
*Brad says that Julio is the "futuristic armor shield or something guy," when Julio's actual Gulliver [[Mask]] power is the ability to make objects grow or shrink.<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*Deep Six wears his rather doofy-looking classic diving suit, rather than the more high-tech and less adorable-looking one that he sported back in [[Hearts & Minds issue 3|his ''Hearts & Minds'' spotlight story]].<br />
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|image=MASKCoverAnnual2017.jpg<br />
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|date=[[March 15]], [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=February 2017<br />
|written by=[[David A. Rodriguez]]<br />
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|colors by=[[John-Paul Bove]]<br />
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'''M.A.S.K. and G.I. Joe join forces to stop a dangerous alien organism from falling into the hands of V.E.N.O.M.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
When the head of the {{t|Decepticon}} {{t|Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain}} crashes back to [[Earth]], [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] officers [[Scarlett]], [[Stalker]], and [[Lifeline]] are sent to recover it. Studying the head to ensure it isn't dangerous, Lifeline notes that Astrotrain's brain module has stopped functioning, but some kind of energy is keeping him alive, as well as causing the plants around him to grow exponentially. Before they can extract the head, they are ambushed by [[V.E.N.O.M.]] agents [[Cliff Dagger]] and [[Vanessa Warfield]]. Dagger repels down from Warfield's [[Manta]] and begins knocking down the Joes. Lifeline manages to slip away in a [[V.A.M.P.]] with the samples he collected, but he is soon ambushed by [[Sly Rax]] on his [[Piranha]], who shoots one of the V.A.M.P.'s tires and sends Lifeline over a cliff.<br />
<br />
Lifeline wakes up in the headquarters of [[M.A.S.K.]], being tended to by Stalker and M.A.S.K.'s medic [[Julio Lopez]], much to his chagrin. M.A.S.K. leader [[Matt Trakker]] welcomes him to the base and leads him into the main room, where Scarlett is already discussing the data the Joes collected with [[Gloria Baker]]. Lifeline and Gloria realize that energy comes from a techno-organism that infects its host at a cellular level, then replicates and mutates its DNA. They theorize that it could then be used to "re-program" any organism it comes in contact with, allowing for medical miracles... or disastrous terror. With V.E.N.O.M. having taken off with Astrotrain's head , Matt worries about the danger such a weapon could pose in the hands of V.E.N.O.M.'s leader, [[Miles Mayhem]]. However, Lifeline then discovers that the techno-organism will eventually break down, destroying whatever is infected. Scanning the planet for the same energy signature reveals the locations of the rest of Astrotrain's body: [[Africa]], the [[Arctic Ocean]], and [[Australia]]. The two groups agree to team-up and hunt down the rest of the Decepticon before V.E.N.O.M. does.<br />
<br />
M.A.S.K. and the Joes decide to split into three teams to pursue the three pieces. Stalker, [[Tunnel Rat]] and [[Brad Turner]] travel to the [[Congo Basin]], sending the latter two on Brad's [[Condor]] to retrieve the Cybertronian fragment while the former remains as air support. Brad detects Astrotrain's remains inside a cave, but the pair are soon ambushed by Vanessa Warfield. Brad uses his Eclipse [[Mask]] to create a parade of holographic elephants to distract Warfield as they slip into the cave... only to be met by [[Bruno Sheppard]]. Bruno attacks Brad and proceeds to beat him, allowing Tunnel Rat to sneak around and shoot him from behind. Tunnel Rat radios Stalker that they have recovered their piece of Astrotrain.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Gloria and Julio take the [[Shark]] to the Arctic Ocean alongside [[Deep Six]], but they are beaten to the punch by Sly Rax and the [[Iron Grenadier]]s, indicating that former [[Cobra]] member [[Destro]] has allied with Mayhem. The two groups engage in battle, with Deep Six's [[S.H.A.R.C.]] being destroyed and he is forced to eject. As Deep Six distracts Rax, Julio retrieves the piece of Astrotrain. Rax fires at an old naval mine near Julio, severely injuring him and allowing Rax to take Astrotrain for himself. Gloria and Deep Six retrieve Julio and evac him to M.A.S.K. HQ.<br />
<br />
In [[Alice Springs]], Australia, Joe sniper [[Sci-Fi]] has tracked down Miles Mayhem, who is meeting to exchange Astrotrain's head with a most displeased Destro. As Matt and Scarlett fly to his location in the [[Thunderhawk]], they receives a call from Lifeline, who tells him that the only way to save Julio will be to retrieve the head and use the techno-organism to heal him. Matt and the Joes quickly interrupt the meeting; Scarlett engages Cliff Dagger, Sci-Fi takes out Destro's [[Annihilator]] bodyguards, and Matt battles Mayhem's [[Switchblade]] in the air. In the chaos, Destro decides to cut his losses and slips away, leaving Astrotrain behind. Scarlett uses Dagger's Torch Mask against his boss, maneuvering him so that he engulfs the Switchblade in flames and forcing it down. While Matt wants to go after Mayhem, Scarlett reminds him of the urgency of getting the head to save Julio.<br />
<br />
Back at M.A.S.K. HQ, Lifeline implements his procedure on Julio. Matt tells Scarlett he's not sure he made the right call, but she reassures him that doubt is a key part of leadership. Julio makes a full recovery, and Scarlett tells Matt that if M.A.S.K. ever needs G.I. Joe's help, she'd be happy to fly with him again. <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[M.A.S.K.]]|c1=<br />
*[[Julio Lopez]] (8)<br />
*[[Matt Trakker]] (9)<br />
*[[Gloria Baker]] (10)<br />
*[[Brad Turner]] (11)<br />
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|h2=[[V.E.N.O.M.]]|c2=<br />
*[[Cliff Dagger]] (5)<br />
*[[Vanessa Warfield]] (6)<br />
*[[Sly Rax]] (7)<br />
*[[Bruno Sheppard]] (13)<br />
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (17)<br />
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|h3=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c3=<br />
*[[Scarlett]] (2)<br />
*[[Stalker]] (3)<br />
*[[Lifeline]] (4)<br />
*[[Tunnel Rat]] (12)<br />
*[[Deep Six]] (14)<br />
*[[Sci-Fi]] (18)<br />
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|h4=Others|c4=<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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"We don't need guarantees, Lifeline. We're ''M.A.S.K.'' All we need is a shot."<br />
:—'''Matt Trakker''' to '''Lifeline'''<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This story's place in continuity is currently unclear. It can't take place during or, with V.E.N.O.M. out and about, immediately after the first arc of the main ''M.A.S.K.'' series, which was in progress at the time of this story's release.<br />
*Astrotrain was trisected by {{t|Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee}} back in {{t|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|issue #55}} of {{t|The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers''}}. He was in Jupiter's atmosphere at the time, so we're left to assume the alien organism of this story transported his remains to Earth somehow.<br />
*Hey, it's [[Destro]]! The metal-masked mogul was last seen at the end of ''[[G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra|Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra]]'', back in 2015; it looks like he hasn't been doing too badly for himself since Cobra collapsed.<br />
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===M.A.S.K. references===<br />
*This story is a retelling of the pilot episode of the ''M.A.S.K.'' animated series. Of course, G.I. Joe and Astrotrain didn't figure into the original version of the story; here, Astrotrain's head takes the role of the titular "Deathstone". Several scenes and lines of dialogue are lifted directly from the episode.<br />
<br />
===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*Several vehicles from across the G.I. Joe franchise appear, including the [[V.A.M.P.]], [[Eaglehawk]], [[S.H.A.R.C.]], and [[Sting Raider]].<br />
*During the Chicago basketball game Tunnel Rat watches, one of the players is Big Lob, aka Bradley J. Sanders, a G.I. Joe member created for the 1987 animated film ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', the same movie that Tunnel Rat debuted in.<br />
*While not referred to by name in the issue, Destro's troops at Alice Springs are recognizable as Annihilators, fulfilling their traditional role as his personal bodyguards.<br />
<br />
===Real-life references===<br />
*Sly Rax says "Mischief has been managed", referring to a spell from ''{{w|Harry Potter}}''.<br />
*Julio references the {{w|Starship Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise''}} from ''{{w|Star Trek}}''.<br />
<br />
===Errors===<br />
*Scarlett refers to orders from General [[Hawk]], but Hawk hasn't been part of the Joes in IDW continuity since the end of the "[[Cobra Command]]" storyline in 2012.<br />
*Brad says that Julio is the "futuristic armor shield or something guy," when Julio's actual Gulliver [[Mask]] power is the ability to make objects grow or shrink.<br />
<br />
===Other notes===<br />
*Deep Six wears his rather doofy-looking classic diving suit, rather than the more high-tech and less adorable-looking one that he sported back in [[Hearts & Minds issue 3|his ''Hearts & Minds'' spotlight story]].<br />
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|prev=M.A.S.K. issue 5<br />
|next=Child's Play<br />
|image=MASKCoverAnnual2017.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|published in=''M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand'' Annual 2017<br />
|date=[[March 15]], [[2017]]<br />
|coverdate=February 2017<br />
|written by=[[David A. Rodriguez]]<br />
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]]<br />
|colors by=[[John-Paul Bove]]<br />
|letters by=[[Gilberto Lazcano]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
|editorial assistant=[[David Mariotte]]<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''M.A.S.K. and G.I. Joe join forces to stop a dangerous alien organism from falling into the hands of V.E.N.O.M.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
When the head of the {{t|Decepticon}} {{t|Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain}} crashes back to [[Earth]], [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] officers [[Scarlett]], [[Stalker]], and [[Lifeline]] are sent to recover it. Studying the head to ensure it isn't dangerous, Lifeline notes that Astrotrain's brain module has stopped functioning, but some kind of energy is keeping him alive, as well as causing the plants around him to grow exponentially. Before they can extract the head, they are ambushed by [[V.E.N.O.M.]] agents [[Cliff Dagger]] and [[Vanessa Warfield]]. Dagger repels down from Warfield's [[Manta]] and begins knocking down the Joes. Lifeline manages to slip away in a [[V.A.M.P.]] with the samples he collected, but he is soon ambushed by [[Sly Rax]] on his [[Piranha]], who shoots one of the V.A.M.P.'s tires and sends Lifeline over a cliff.<br />
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Lifeline wakes up in the headquarters of [[M.A.S.K.]], being tended to by Stalker and M.A.S.K.'s medic [[Julio Lopez]], much to his chagrin. M.A.S.K. leader [[Matt Trakker]] welcomes him to the base and leads him into the main room, where Scarlett is already discussing the data the Joes collected with [[Gloria Baker]]. Lifeline and Gloria realize that energy comes from a techno-organism that infects its host at a cellular level, then replicates and mutates its DNA. They theorize that it could then be used to "re-program" any organism it comes in contact with, allowing for medical miracles... or disastrous terror. With V.E.N.O.M. having taken off with Astrotrain's head , Matt worries about the danger such a weapon could pose in the hands of V.E.N.O.M.'s leader, [[Miles Mayhem]]. However, Lifeline then discovers that the techno-organism will eventually break down, destroying whatever is infected. Scanning the planet for the same energy signature reveals the locations of the rest of Astrotrain's body: [[Africa]], the [[Arctic Ocean]], and [[Australia]]. The two groups agree to team-up and hunt down the rest of the Decepticon before V.E.N.O.M. does.<br />
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M.A.S.K. and the Joes decide to split into three teams to pursue the three pieces. Stalker, [[Tunnel Rat]] and [[Brad Turner]] travel to the [[Congo Basin]], sending the latter two on Brad's [[Condor]] to retrieve the Cybertronian fragment while the former remains as air support. Brad detects Astrotrain's remains inside a cave, but the pair are soon ambushed by Vanessa Warfield. Brad uses his Eclipse [[Mask]] to create a parade of holographic elephants to distract Warfield as they slip into the cave... only to be met by [[Bruno Sheppard]]. Bruno attacks Brad and proceeds to beat him, allowing Tunnel Rat to sneak around and shoot him from behind. Tunnel Rat radios Stalker that they have recovered their piece of Astrotrain.<br />
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Meanwhile, Gloria and Julio take the [[Shark]] to the Arctic Ocean alongside [[Deep Six]], but they are beaten to the punch by Sly Rax and the [[Iron Grenadier]]s, indicating that former [[Cobra]] member [[Destro]] has allied with Mayhem. The two groups engage in battle, with Deep Six's [[S.H.A.R.C.]] being destroyed and he is forced to eject. As Deep Six distracts Rax, Julio retrieves the piece of Astrotrain. Rax fires at an old naval mine near Julio, severely injuring him and allowing Rax to take Astrotrain for himself. Gloria and Deep Six retrieve Julio and evac him to M.A.S.K. HQ.<br />
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In [[Alice Springs]], Australia, Joe sniper [[Sci-Fi]] has tracked down Miles Mayhem, who is meeting to exchange Astrotrain's head with a most displeased Destro. As Matt and Scarlett fly to his location in the [[Thunderhawk]], they receives a call from Lifeline, who tells him that the only way to save Julio will be to retrieve the head and use the techno-organism to heal him. Matt and the Joes quickly interrupt the meeting; Scarlett engages Cliff Dagger, Sci-Fi takes out the Iron Grenadiers, and Matt battles Mayhem's [[Switchblade]] in the air. In the chaos, Destro decides to cut his losses and slips away, leaving Astrotrain behind. Scarlett uses Dagger's Torch Mask against his boss, maneuvering him so that he engulfs the Switchblade in flames and forcing it down. While Matt wants to go after Mayhem, Scarlett reminds him of the urgency of getting the head to save Julio.<br />
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Back at M.A.S.K. HQ, Lifeline implements his procedure on Julio. Matt tells Scarlett he's not sure he made the right call, but she reassures him that doubt is a key part of leadership. Julio makes a full recovery, and Scarlett tells Matt that if M.A.S.K. ever needs G.I. Joe's help, she'd be happy to fly with him again. <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[M.A.S.K.]]|c1=<br />
*[[Julio Lopez]] (8)<br />
*[[Matt Trakker]] (9)<br />
*[[Gloria Baker]] (10)<br />
*[[Brad Turner]] (11)<br />
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|h2=[[V.E.N.O.M.]]|c2=<br />
*[[Cliff Dagger]] (5)<br />
*[[Vanessa Warfield]] (6)<br />
*[[Sly Rax]] (7)<br />
*[[Bruno Sheppard]] (13)<br />
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (17)<br />
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|h3=[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]|c3=<br />
*[[Scarlett]] (2)<br />
*[[Stalker]] (3)<br />
*[[Lifeline]] (4)<br />
*[[Tunnel Rat]] (12)<br />
*[[Deep Six]] (14)<br />
*[[Sci-Fi]] (18)<br />
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|h4=Others|c4=<br />
*{{t|Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain}}'s corpse (1)<br />
*[[Destro]] (15)<br />
*[[Iron Grenadier]]s (16)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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"We don't need guarantees, Lifeline. We're ''M.A.S.K.'' All we need is a shot."<br />
:—'''Matt Trakker''' to '''Lifeline'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This story's place in continuity is currently unclear. It can't take place during or, with V.E.N.O.M. out and about, immediately after the first arc of the main ''M.A.S.K.'' series, which was in progress at the time of this story's release.<br />
*Astrotrain was trisected by {{t|Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee}} back in {{t|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|issue #55}} of {{t|The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers''}}. He was in Jupiter's atmosphere at the time, so we're left to assume the alien organism of this story transported his remains to Earth somehow.<br />
*Hey, it's [[Destro]]! The metal-masked mogul was last seen at the end of ''[[G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra|Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra]]'', back in 2015; it looks like he hasn't been doing too badly for himself since Cobra collapsed.<br />
<br />
===M.A.S.K. references===<br />
*This story is a retelling of the pilot episode of the ''M.A.S.K.'' animated series. Of course, G.I. Joe and Astrotrain didn't figure into the original version of the story; here, Astrotrain's head takes the role of the titular "Deathstone". Several scenes and lines of dialogue are lifted directly from the episode.<br />
<br />
===G.I. Joe references===<br />
*Several vehicles from across the G.I. Joe franchise appear, including the [[V.A.M.P.]], [[Eaglehawk]], [[S.H.A.R.C.]], and [[Sting Raider]].<br />
*During the Chicago basketball game Tunnel Rat watches, one of the players is Big Lob, aka Bradley J. Sanders, a G.I. Joe member created for the 1987 animated film ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', the same movie that Tunnel Rat debuted in.<br />
<br />
===Real-life references===<br />
*Sly Rax says "Mischief has been managed", referring to a spell from ''{{w|Harry Potter}}''.<br />
*Julio references the {{w|Starship Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise''}} from ''{{w|Star Trek}}''.<br />
<br />
===Errors===<br />
*Scarlett refers to orders from General [[Hawk]], but Hawk hasn't been part of the Joes in IDW continuity since the end of the "[[Cobra Command]]" storyline in 2012.<br />
*Brad says that Julio is the "futuristic armor shield or something guy," when Julio's actual Gulliver [[Mask]] power is the ability to make objects grow or shrink.<br />
<br />
===Other notes===<br />
*Deep Six wears his rather doofy-looking classic diving suit, rather than the more high-tech and less adorable-looking one that he sported back in [[Hearts & Minds issue 3|his ''Hearts & Minds'' spotlight story]].<br />
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|caption=<br />
|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|date=[[November 16]], [[2016]]<br />
|coverdate=November 2016<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]]<br />
|art by=[[Max Dunbar]]<br />
|colors by=[[Ander Zarate]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''The Micronauts are trapped among giants, and it's up to Acroyear and the 'Trons to find a way out.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[Oziron Rael]] explains the [[Micronaut]]s' recent exploits: traveling into the [[entropy cloud]], and then into another universe, where they found themselves caught up in a war of giants. Alas, he's pretty sure that this story will be lost on his audience: a giant scientist peering into the glass case that imprisons the team of explorers! Oz's message is indeed lost on Dr. [[Dell]], although she wishes should ''could'' communicate with them. Her superior, however, has no interest in such a thing, and orders that the first vivisection of the tiny aliens be carried out promptly. As the other scientist leaves, Dell reluctantly triggers "electro-sedation", shocking the six Micronauts into unconsciousness.<br />
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Some time later, [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] awakens to find himself alone inside a glass case, being wheeled along a corridor by a party of armed guards and scientists. Summoning his sword and wing-pack, the super-soldier quickly bursts free from his prison and engages the guards. Acroyear is too small for the men to hit with their assault rifles, and his incredible strength allows him to violently retaliate, knocking the giants around the corridor. Flying to a second glass case, he finds and frees the other Micronauts, but only [[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] and [[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] have regained consciousness, thanks to their mechanical natures. Gathering up their allies, the trio flee on foot, even as Biotron speculates that one of the giants may be aiding their escape: Acroyear was moved, seemingly deliberately, into an unreinforced case.<br />
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As they run, an alarm sounds throughout the building and additional guards arrive, equipped with a net-gun and attack dogs. A net delays Acroyear just long enough for one of the canines to get its teeth around him, but Biotron and Microtron's attacks are able to drive away the dogs and their handlers. The Micronauts continue their flight, but Microtron has yet to detect the ''[[Heliopolis]]'', and the facility has locked down around them. Acroyear makes a failed attempt to batter down a set of blast doors, only to have them open on their own, revealing Dr. Dell. Seeing the giant who shocked them, Acroyear trips her and leads the team in fleeing once more, but they notice that the giant scientist is pointing at something: the ''Heliopolis'', locked inside a suppression field. Biotron soon realizes that his suspicions were correct: this giant is helping them escape!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic'' text appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Larissa]] (3)<br />
*[[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] (4)<br />
*[[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]] (5)<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (6)<br />
*[[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] (7)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (8)<br />
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|h2=[[Hasbro Universe]] inhabitants|c2=<br />
*''[[Snake Eyes]]'' (12)<br />
*''[[Dire Wraith]]'' (13)<br />
*Head scientist (14)<br />
*[[Dell|Dr. Dell]] (15)<br />
*Guards (16)<br />
*Doctors (17)<br />
*Squad Three (18)<br />
*Dogs (19)<br />
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|h4=[[Microspace]] inhabitants|c4=<br />
*''[[Baron Daegon]]'' (1)<br />
*''[[Baron Karza]]'' (2)<br />
*''[[Time Traveler]]'' (9)<br />
*''[[Repto]]s'' (10)<br />
*''[[Micronus Prime]]'' (11)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"But have you located the ''Heliopolis'' yet?"<br />
<br>"I believe you mean "have you located the ''Heliopolis'' yet, '''sir'''"."<br />
<br>''[beat]''<br />
<br>"No. Not yet."<br />
:—'''Acroyear''' doesn't take kindly to '''Microtron''' pulling rank.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*The opening pages recap the Micronauts' adventures from the series' debut arc and in ''[[Revolution]]''. It's not expanded upon here, but the team was incapacitated after [[Enerchange|Enerchanging]] with a {{t|Space bridge|spacebridge}} to thwart [[Baron Karza]]'s plans, allowing the mysterious organization to take them captive.<br />
*As established in ''Revolution'' the language of [[Microspace]] is in fact ancient Cybertronian, represented on the page using the {{t|Cyberglyphics}} substitution cipher. Whilst the few pieces of dialogue rendered that way in ''Revolution'' translate to jokey ''non sequiturs'', here it is real dialogue:<br />
**Page 5, panel 1: "She doesn't understand a word I'm saying."<br />
**Page 5, panel 5: "I don't like how that one looks at us."<br />
**Page 7, panel 1: "It would be nice if you could get us some furniture in here. Maybe a private bathroom area."<br />
**Page 7, panel 2: "Uh oh. I don't like that look."<br />
*As similarly established in ''Revolution'', English is represented as scribbly lines from the Micronauts' perspective.<br />
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===Other notes===<br />
*This issue is part of the ''[[Reconstruction]]'' post-event branding.<br />
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===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' The Micronauts flee guards and attack dogs, by [[Max Dunbar]] and [[Thomas Deer]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' The Micronauts atop atop a diner table, by [[J.K. Woodward]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' The Micronauts in a garden, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover C:''' [[Shazraella]] action figure, by [[Adam Riches]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Acroyear in the grasp of a human, by [[Kelley Jones]] and [[Jay Fotos]].<br />
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The '''Micronauts''' are a ragtag team of heroes from [[Microspace]]. Originally a small-time crew of smugglers aboard their ship, the ''[[Heliopolis]]'', they found themselves drawn into the conflict between [[Baron Daegon]]'s [[Ministry of Science]] and [[Baron Karza]]'s [[Ministry of Defense]]. They are now stuck on a [[Earth|strange, mysterious world]] populated by [[human|giant creatures]] and {{t|Transformer|even bigger machines}}.<br />
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Members include:<br />
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*[[Oziron Rael]] (captain)<br />
*[[Microtron (Micronaut)|Microtron]] (first mate)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]]<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]]<br />
*[[Larissa]]<br />
*[[Biotron (Micronaut)|Biotron]]<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
The team that would become known as the Micronauts were a group of smugglers consisting of Space Glider [[Phenolo-Phi]], a [[Acroyear I|first-gen]] [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], a [[Microtron (robot type)|Microtron]] [[Microtron (individual)|unit]], and [[Pharoid]] [[Oziron Rael]]. They were hired by [[Hezlee Ferro]] to steal a pack of medical supplies from a [[Ministry of Science]] [[Valcitros]] station. Ferro assigned his security agent [[Larissa]] to accompany them on the job. When the Micronauts arrive at the station, they find it protected by numerous [[sentry-bot]]s that attack them upon arrival. After unsuccessfully trying to fight off the sentries, the crew flees to a room storing a [[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] unit. Oz gets in the Biotron, which tells him that there isn't any medical supplies on the station. The station was actually developing a biological weapon. Before Oz can order a retreat, a group of [[Phobos]] units attack, blowing a hole in the station and causing the Micronauts to go flying. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 1|Micronauts #1}}<br />
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After flying into the entropy storm, the Micronauts were attacked by Reptos, a race of beings previously thought destroyed by the cloud. Before the Reptos could destroy the ''Heliopolis'', the crew was saved by the mysterious Time Traveller. <br />
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Several days into their journey, Microtron scanned the surrounding area looking for something to fuel the ''Heliopolis'', detecting something "big". The Micronauts then received a message from Baron Karza. Karma told them that though it has only been a few days for them years have passed for Karza. Microtron then informed Oz that he discovered the source of the energy he detected, as well as the source of Karza's signal. Oz struggled to comprehend and Karza explained that "it" was the birthplace of Microspace: the body of [[Micronus Prime]]. {{storylink|Micronauts: Revolution}}<br />
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{{tstorylink|O Ship of State}} {{tstorylink|The New Colossus}} {{tstorylink|Valley Forge}} {{storylink|Micronauts issue 7|Micronauts #7}} {{storylink|Micronauts issue 8|Micronauts #8}} {{storylink|Micronauts issue 9|Micronauts #9}} {{storylink|Micronauts Annual 2017}} {{storylink|Micronauts issue 10|Micronauts #10}} {{tstorylink|Enter the Shadow}} <br />
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|date=[[September 21]], 2016<br />
|coverdate=September 2016<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Max Dunbar]]<br />
|colors by=[[Ander Zarate]] (pg 1-3, 8-10, 13, 18-20), [[Joana Lafuente]] (pg 4-7), [[John-Paul Bove]] (14-17), [[Thomas Deer]] (11-12)<br />
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|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
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'''Oz... dead?'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
As [[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] collapses with the mortally wounded [[Oziron Rael|Oz]] inside, [[Commander Raith]] executes one of his troops for questioning why he attacked them, contravening their mission to capture the [[Pharoid]] alive. As the commander duels with [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], the other [[Micronaut]]s attempt to help their captain, but Oz's mind drifts elsewhere...<br />
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The Pharoid wakes with a start to find himself in a strange void, filled with floating debris, and a glowing figure: a [[Time Traveler]]! As the strange being declares that [[Microspace]] has need of Oziron Rael, the Pharoid realises that he is seeing inside the [[entropy cloud|entropy storm]], and that the rumored connection between it and the Time Travelers really does exist. The ethereal figure bids Oz to seek out the Time Travelers within the storm—this, it says, is the key to saving Microspace.<br />
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Oz's mind snaps back to the [[Ministry of Science]] flagship, his fatal wound suddenly healed. Raith notes this with great interest, remarking that [[Shazraella]] had predicted as much, allowing Acroyear the opening to sock his kin in the jaw. Oz, meanwhile, is still taken aback by his miraculous healing, when Biotron begins to move on its own, taking the fight to the enemy. To the assembled Micronauts' shock, Biotron is now a thinking, living being in his own right! The giant robot quickly clears a path to the ''[[Heliopolis]]'', and the crew pile aboard to make their escape. Whilst Biotron helps [[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] begin repairs on the battered craft, Oz and [[Larissa]] speculate that the mech picked up traces of the Pharoid's personality during his near-death experience.<br />
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As Oz prepares to take off, [[Phenolo-Phi|Phen]] warns that their proximity to the entropy storm may be such that the weakened ''Heliopolis'' cannot overcome its gravitional pull, and the captain's apparent lack of concern for this quickly worries her and Larissa. Elsewhere aboard the ship, Barons [[Baron Karza|Karza]] and [[Baron Dageon|Daegon]] duke it out in their centaur forms, even now debating the correct course of action to stop the entropy storm. The fight is close, but eventually ends with Daegon taking a rocket-powered hand to his face. Karza cannot enjoy his victory, however, as he receives the news that the Pharoid and his companions have escaped the ship.<br />
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Aboard the ''Heliopolis'', barreling towards the entropy storm, Oz explains his encounter with the Time Traveler to his crewmates, and his plan to use the warpcore to—perhaps—punch safely through the cloud. The captain admits that it will probably get them killed, but that it might also be their best and only chance to save the universe. The Micronauts silently agree, and the ''Heliopolis'' plunges into the storm.<br />
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But wherever they find themselves, they will not be alone—because following in their wake is Baron Karza!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]] (1)<br />
*[[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] (2)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (5)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (6)<br />
*[[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] (7)<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (8)<br />
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|h2=[[Ministry of Science]]|c2=<br />
*[[Space Glider]]s (10)<br />
*[[Baron Daegon]] (11)<br />
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|h3=[[Ministry of Defense]]|c3=<br />
*[[Acroyear (group)|Acroyears]] (3)<br />
*[[Commander Raith]] (4)<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (12)<br />
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|h4=Other|cc4=<br />
*[[Time Traveler]] (9)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"To save Microspace, you must venture into the entropy storm. Seek the '''Time Travelers.''' Find the truth that will save your universe."<br />
:—The '''Time Traveler''' has an important message to impart.<br />
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<br />
"All right, then. Here goes '''nothing.''' I know, I know... none of us set out to save the universe... and there's a pretty good chance we won't even be able to save ourselves. Whatever happens... whatever we find on the other side... wherever we end up... we're going it '''alone.'''"<br />
:—'''Oz''' has no idea how wrong he is.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Micronauts references===<br />
*Daegon debuts his own centaur enerchange, based on the combined form of the Force Commander toy with its Oberon steed.<br />
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===Errors===<br />
*"Daegon" is misspelled "Daigon".<br />
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===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' Acroyear plunges into the entropy storm, by [[Max Dunbar]] and [[Thomas Deer]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Acroyear and Raith duel, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Photograph of the Baron Karza toy in centaur form, by [[Jack Rivera]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Biotron action figure, by [[Adam Riches]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' A Biotron reaches for a sword, by [[J.K. Woodward]].<br />
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[[Category:Micronauts issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Micronauts_issue_5&diff=3961Micronauts issue 52017-04-25T20:42:15Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|date=[[August 31]], 2016<br />
|coverdate=<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Max Dunbar]]<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]] (pg 1-9, 10-11) & [[Ander Zarate]] (pg 9, 12-20)<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[John Barber]]<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''Jailbreak!'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[Shazraella]] elaborates on her news, explaining that the [[Pharoid]] now in the clutches of [[Baron Daegon]] is the sole survivor of the [[oracle event]]. Unwilling to entrust Daegon with probing this Pharoid's secrets, [[Baron Karza]] begins preparations for a full-scale assault on the [[Ministry of Science]], intending to distract Daegon's forces whilst a small strike team led by the first-generation [[Acroyear (group)|Acroyear]] [[Commander Raith]] secures the Pharoid. Karza, meanwhile, will lead the main attack, and [[enerchange]]s into his centaur form!<br />
<br />
Aboard the Ministry of Science flagship, [[Oziron Rael|Oz]] is returned to the cells, weary but uninjured thanks to the interrogators' orders not to permanently damage him. As the Pharoid explains that he doesn't possess the power the Baron thinks he does, the [[Micronaut]]s are joined by [[Membros]], the Ministry's chief interrogator. As the twisted creature makes promises of agony to come, however, the hull is suddenly burst open by a [[Ministry of Defense]] [[Hornetroid]], causing explosive decompression. Jamming emergency shields, [[Acroyear (group)|Acroyear]] units flood in and grab Oz, before expressing interest in [[Larissa]] as a secondary target. Attempting to stop the jailbreak, Membros attacks, but winds up sending Oz flying towards the hull breach... until the emergency shields activate, with curiously perfect timing.<br />
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With their cell destroyed, the Micronauts make a run for it, pausing only so Oz can sock Membros in the jaw. [[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] pinpoints the locations of [[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] and the ''[[Heliopolis]]'', and along the way [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] makes short work of more of his second-generation cousins. The group soon reaches Biotron and their gear, but they are then cornered by more Acroyears, personally led by Raith. As the groups clash, Oz climbs aboard Biotron and starts clobbering enemies, but a warning shouted by Acroyear comes too late—Raith has flanked him, and plunges his sword straight through Biotron's canopy into the Pharoid's chest!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]] (8)<br />
*[[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] (9)<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (10)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (11)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (12)<br />
*[[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] (14)<br />
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|h2=[[Ministry of Science]]|c2=<br />
*Guards (7)<br />
*[[Membros]] (13)<br />
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|h3=[[Ministry of Defense]]|c3=<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (1)<br />
*[[Shazraella]] (2)<br />
*Shazraella's attendants (3)<br />
*[[Acroyear (group)|Acroyears]] (4)<br />
*[[Phobos]] units (5)<br />
*[[Commander Raith]] (6)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Being at ease is an unpleasant feeling for me."<br />
<br>"Well, they're probably going to execute us all once they're done with me."<br />
<br>"That's better."<br />
:—'''Acroyear''' can always rely on '''Oz''' to cheer him up.<br />
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"Look, or listen? You'll have to be both more decisive and more specific while we are working together, yes? Sometimes agony causes one to forget such things, so you should get into the practice now."<br />
:—'''Membros''' is a creep.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This issue continues directly on from [[Micronauts issue 3|issue #3]], with [[Micronauts issue 4|issue #4]] having taken place out of chronological sequence.<br />
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===Micronauts references===<br />
*Karza's centaur enerchange is based on his original toy's combined form with his steed, Andromeda.<br />
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===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' Shazraella and Karza in front of the entropy storm, by [[Max Dunbar]] and [[Thomas Deer]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Oz before a [[Time Chamber]], by [[Max Dunbar]] and [[Thomas Deer]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Photograph of the Force Commander toy, by [[Jack Rivera]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Oz action figure, by [[Adam Riches]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' The Micronauts in a Micropolis diner, by [[J.K. Woodward]].<br />
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[[Category:Micronauts issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Micronauts_issue_4&diff=3960Micronauts issue 42017-04-25T20:41:54Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|date=[[July 27]], 2016<br />
|coverdate=<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Max Dunbar]]<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[John Barber]]<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''Tale of the Time Travelers!'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
''Gazing into the [[entropy cloud]], [[Baron Karza]] is joined by [[Shazraella]], who correctly deduces that his mind is on the past...''<br />
<br />
Years ago, Karza and [[Baron Daegon|Daegon]] stand at the side of the [[Emperor]] of [[Microspace]], the pillars of his rule. Both chafe under the presence of the Emperor's son, the self-styled "[[Red Falcon]]", an arrogant and power-hungry influence on his father. During a session of the [[Council of Worlds]], Red Falcon steps in to declare that he will personally lead a mission to rescue captured [[Pharoid]] prophets. Afterwards, he embraces his betrothed, Shazraella, earning him the ire of Karza, who has long pined for the Mistress of Spies.<br />
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At the captured Pharoid temple, Karza and Red Falcon fight side-by-side, even as the Baron secretly hopes that the Emperor's son will be struck down, or indeed that he could do so himself. Along with their [[Acroyear (group)|Acroyear]] army, they rout the temple's captors, but not before Karza receives a cryptic warning from a dying soldier, warning that the Pharoid prophets' actions would "destroy everything". Entering the temple, the Baron finds that Red Falcon is already there, gazing into the light surrounding five [[Time Chamber]]s of the [[Time Traveler]]s.<br />
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Red Falcon subsequently becomes obsessed with the Time Travelers and the knowledge of the future that they supposedly blessed him with, communing secretly with them in his chambers, and insisting to his father that he alone could divine their secrets and advise accordingly. Alone, the Barons discuss this new state of affairs, and Karza suggests they act against Red Falcon for the good of the Emperor. Daegon refuses any part in it, but after he departs, Karza is joined by Shazraella... who embraces him in a kiss! Having seen Red Falcon's growing madness, Shazraella joins Karza in a plot to prevent the rise to power that the Emperor's son has foreseen for himself, and crafts a dark poison with which to strike him down. Karza successfully administers the concoction, and never again do the Time Travelers appear in Red Falcon's chambers...<br />
<br />
''In the present, Shazraella assures Karza that the cryo-hibernating Emperor would forgive the assassination of his son, before departing to their bedchambers. Alone again, Karza is then approached by his [[Microtron (robot type)|Microtron]], which holds an object expelled from the entropy cloud. The robot has ordered itself and all who saw the item destroyed, because in its hands it holds... Baron Karza's own helmet.''<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
(''Characters in italics appear only in flashbacks.'')<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h3=Microspace empire|c3=<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (1)<br />
*[[Shazraella]] (2)<br />
*Shazraella's attendants (3)<br />
*''[[Emperor]]'' (4)<br />
*''[[Baron Daegon]]'' (5)<br />
*''[[Red Falcon]]'' (6)<br />
*''[[Acroyear (group)|Acroyears]]'' (8)<br />
*[[Microtron (robot type)|Microtron]] (11)<br />
|h4=Other|c4=<br />
*''Pharoid councillor'' (7)<br />
*''Captors'' (9)<br />
*''[[Time Traveler]]s (10)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"P-please... Please, listen... Y-you have to understand... They're not safe... If only you knew what they will become... What they have already become... They've shown us... so much... so many horrors... the past... the distant future... but they can't see their own fate... can't s-see what they will bring about... They '''enerchanged''' with time itself... and it drove them '''mad!''' ... Please believe me... They'll destroy every—"<br />
:—A dire warning...<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*The present-day bookends of this issue appear to take place out of sequence with the adjacent issues—the opening scene of [[Micronauts issue 5|issue #5]] directly continues Karza and Shazraella's final appearance in [[Micronauts issue 3|issue #3]].<br />
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===Micronauts references===<br />
*His lack of a helmet obfuscates it somewhat, but the Emperor is based on a ''Micronauts'' toy [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/emandmegas.htm of the same name].<br />
*The captors of the Pharoid temple possess a [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/terraphant.htm Terraphant] vehicle.<br />
*The captors themselves wear silver masks, an obvious reference to the vacuum-metalized chrome heads of the original ''Micronauts'' toys.<br />
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===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' The Time Travelers, by [[J.H. Williams III]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] escapes from [[Rom]]'s boot, by [[David Williams]] and [[David Garcia Cruz]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' One Acroyear toy faces a swarm of more, photography by [[Jack Rivera]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Larissa action figure, by [[Adam Riches]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' The [[Micronaut]]s versus a cat, by [[J.K. Woodward]].<br />
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[[Category:Micronauts issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Micronauts_issue_3&diff=3959Micronauts issue 32017-04-25T20:41:12Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|date=[[June 29]], 2016<br />
|coverdate=<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]]<br />
|line-art by=[[Max Dunbar]]<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[John Barber]]<br />
|chronology=<br />
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'''Prisoners of Baron Daegon!'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
As the [[Micronaut]]s are led under armed guard to the [[Ministry of Science]]'s flagship, [[Larissa]] quizzes [[Oziron Rael|Oz]] on his history with [[Baron Daegon]]. The [[Pharoid]] hesitantly claims that he used to "work" for the Baron, and he is seemingly valuable enough to the Ministry leader that he is able to successfully demand that [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] and [[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] remain with the rest of the group. Before taking them aboard, Daegon reveals their new destination to Oz: the [[entropy cloud|entropy storm]]!<br />
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At the [[Ministry of Defense]]'s perimeter outpost, [[Shazraella]] brings her [[Baron Karza|husband]] the news that [[Valtricos]] research station has been destroyed, and that the Ministry of Science's intervention prevented the [[Acroyear (group)|Acroyears]] from retrieving the station's biological weapon. As the pair discuss Shazraella's history as the [[Mistress of Spies]], they are suddenly set upon by a [[Antron|four-armed assassin]], who engages with Karza. The Baron quickly takes the upper hand, first launching one of his hands to throttle the assassin, then firing the fingers of his other, shredding its body. The assassin weakly asserts that Karza will pay for what he has done, but is silenced with a final blow from the Baron's eye beams. The Ministry leader is quick to question his wife how her spies knew nothing of the assassination attempt, but at that moment she receives a new report: the thieves who raided the research station have been captured by Baron Daegon, and among them is a [[Pharoid]]!<br />
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Meanwhile, in the Ministry of Science's cells, Oz reluctantly explains his history with the organisation. The Pharoids were a pacifistic species, but were blessed with psychic abilities, and became prophets and advisers across [[Microspace]]. Before Oz was born, a small number of Pharoid seers claimed that they could not only see through time, but ''travel'' through it, and constructed [[time chambers]] to aid them in this. Entering these sarcophagi, the "[[Time Traveler]]s" disappeared... but never returned as they had said they would. Around the same time, the entropy cloud first appeared—a connection noticed by many—and after its ability to consume planets was revealed, the Ministry of Science began rounding up Pharoids, including Oz, putting them to work tracking the Time Travelers... to no avail.<br />
<br />
As Oz finishes the story, guards arrive to take him for an audience with Baron Daegon. Oz is quick to accuse the Baron of becoming a warlord, lost in fighting Karza rather than stopping the entropy cloud, but the Ministry's leader suggests that this can change now that the Pharoid is there to help them. Oz insists that he cannot solve things, and refuses to use his abilities to probe the storm again, prompting Daegon to ask what he learned the ''last'' time he did so—an event that left five other Pharoids with their skulls burst open!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
(''Characters in italics appear only in flashbacks.'')<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] (2)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (3)<br />
*[[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]] (4)<br />
*[[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] (6)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (7)<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (8)<br />
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|h2=[[Ministry of Science]]|c2=<br />
*[[Space Glider]]s (1)<br />
*[[Baron Daegon]] (5)<br />
*''Scientists'' (14)<br />
*Guards (16)<br />
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|h3=[[Ministry of Defense]]|c3=<br />
*[[Shazraella]] (9)<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (10)<br />
*[[Acroyear (group)|Acroyears]] (11)<br />
*Shazraella's attendants (12)<br />
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|h4=Other|c4=<br />
*[[Antron]] (13)<br />
*''[[Pharoid]]s'' (15)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"That Microtron unit is my first mate. More than that, he's a '''friend.'''"<br />
<br>"Thank you, captain."<br />
<br>"You're not just going to shove him into some storage locker. He stays with us... in whatever filthy, stinking, [[Lobros]]-infested prison cell you're throwing us into."<br />
<br>"Uh... thank you, captain?"<br />
:—'''Oz''' shows '''Microtron''' how much he cares.<br />
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"I do not need my sword to liberate myself... but I predict that most of you would die during my escape. Such a loss is not acceptable..."<br />
<br>"Thanks, buddy. We care about you, too."<br />
<br>"...at this time."<br />
:—'''Acroyear''' shows '''Oz''' how much ''he'' cares.<br />
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"No... you'll die... die... you murderous traitor!"<br />
<br>"One day, as shall we all... but today is not my time... and you are not my <big>'''executioner!'''</big><br />
:—'''Antron''' is introduced to the rocket-powered fingers of '''Baron Karza'''.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Micronauts references===<br />
*Karza's ability to fire his fists as missiles was an action feature of his original toy.<br />
*The [[Time Chamber]]s were an accessory packaged with the original Pharoid toy.<br />
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===Covers (7)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' Acroyear goes to attack a nose, by [[J.H. Williams III]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Oz takes aim at Baron Daegon, by [[David Baldeón]] and [[David Garcia Cruz]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Photograph of the Acroyear toy, by [[Jack Rivera]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Phenolo-Phi action figure, by [[Adam Riches]].<br />
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*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Biotron reflected in Acroyear's visor, by [[J.K. Woodward]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' The Micronauts, by [[Nick Pitarra]].<br />
*'''IDW convention exclusive cover:''' Pharoid and his Time Chamber, by [[Ken Kelly]].<br />
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[[Category:Micronauts issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Micronauts:_Revolution&diff=3958Micronauts: Revolution2017-04-25T20:40:30Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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|title=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]], [[Ted Adams]]<br />
|date=[[September 28]], [[2016]]<br />
|coverdate=September 2016<br />
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]]<br />
|art by=[[Chris Panda]]<br />
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]<br />
|editor=[[John Barber]]<br />
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'''The Micronauts discover the origin of their universe.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Inside the [[entropy cloud]], the ''[[Heliopolis]]'' is failing, floundering... and under attack? Against all the odds, the [[Micronaut]]s find themselves under attack by [[Repto]]s, a race of scavengers whose planet of [[Sauria]] was one of the first to be consumed by the cloud. This revelation that the cloud is perhaps not the death sentence all had assumed is tempered by the fact that the hostile aliens are now breaching the hull! [[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] redirects the shields to prevent decompression, but the crew must still deal with the boarding Reptos, whilst outside the ship, [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] defends [[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] as the newly-sentient robot carries out repairs.<br />
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The Micronauts fight valiantly, but are soon overwhelmed by the Reptos' sheer numbers. Microtron attempts to rush to his teammates' aid, but suddenly the danger has passed, because a [[Time Traveler]] has appeared aboard the ship! Manipulating time itself, the ethereal being sends the Reptos aboard crumbling to dust, whilst those outside flee in terror. As the damaged ship hangs motionless, [[Oziron Rael|Oz]] demands answers from the Time Traveler, but it has nothing but cryptic warnings for them, followed by a barrage of visions of events that have been and will be. With that, the glowing being disappears, leaving [[Phenolo-Phi|Phen]] frustrated and Oz confused, though [[Larissa]] offers him some encouraging words.<br />
<br />
Some time later, the ''Heliopolis'' is up and running again, and Oz has Microtron run a scan for energy sources. Detecting "something big", they head off, encountering what appear to be ancient scraps of [[Biotron (robot type)|Biotron]] units as they travel. Without warning, the Micronauts then receive a transmission—from [[Baron Karza]]! Making a confusing reference to having been there for "years", the Baron explains how he followed them into the entropy cloud, and that he has now found the means to not only save the people of [[Microspace]], but shepherd in a "new universal order", one that he will control. At that moment, the ship reaches the energy source's location, which also happens to be where Karza is transmitting from. As the Micronauts gaze on in confusion, the Baron announces that they are now among the lucky few to have seen the birthplace of Microspace...<br />
<br />
For before them, hanging in space, lies the remains of their progenitor—[[Micronus Prime]]!<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Micronaut]]s|c1=<br />
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (2)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (3)<br />
*[[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]] (4)<br />
*[[Microtron (individual)|Microtron]] (5)<br />
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (6)<br />
*[[Biotron (individual)|Biotron]] (7)<br />
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*[[Repto]]s (1)<br />
*[[Time Traveler]] (8)<br />
*[[Baron Karza]] (9)<br />
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*[[Micronus Prime]] (10)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Entropy. Collapse. Decay. Degeneration. Time is all things."<br />
:—The '''Time Traveler'''<br />
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"A bit of '''humility'''... a bit of '''awe'''... is to be '''expected'''. This is the '''birthplace''' of Microspace. From here we will '''revitalize''' our universe... and we will be unto '''gods'''."<br />
:—'''Baron Karza''' has a high opinion of Micronus Prime's body.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*From the outside in, the scenes seen in the Time Traveler's montage are:<br />
**The mobile [[Ministry of Defense]] outpost in front of the Entropy Storm, as seen throughout the first arc.<br />
**A [[Ministry of Science]] [[Biotron (group)|Biotron]] being destroyed on [[Saqqura]], as seen in [[Micronauts issue 1|issue #1]].<br />
**An aged, scarred Oz.<br />
**Acroyear facing down a [[Giant Acroyear]].<br />
**Baron Karza and [[Shazraella]].<br />
**Larissa being infested by techno-organic tendrils.<br />
**A defeated [[Baron Daegon]], blood pouring from his helmet.<br />
**Microtron with a hole blown in his chest.<br />
**Oz walking away from the aftermath of the [[oracle event]], as seen in [[Micronauts issue 3|issue #3]].<br />
**Phen and Biotron.<br />
**A group of Time Travelers.<br />
**The Micronauts versus Baron Daegon.<br />
**[[Membros]], as seen in [[Micronauts issue 5|issue #5]].<br />
**The planet [[Earth]].<br />
**The ''Heliopolis'' flies into the Entropy Storm, as seen in [[Micronauts issue 6|issue #6]].<br />
**Baron Karza's helmet, pitted and scarred. The damage doesn't match up, but this may be intended as the weathered helmet pulled from the Entropy Storm in [[Micronauts issue 4|issue #4]].<br />
*They're coloured like "our" Biotron, but the wrecked units found inside the Storm may be intended as the aforementioned Ministry of Science ones from issue #1.<br />
*This issue was released the same week as {{t|White Heat|''The Transformers'' #57}}, in which Micronus was established to have founded the {{t|Titan (IDW)|Titan}} {{t|Prion}}'s colony before subsequently disappearing.<br />
*This issue leads directly into {{t|O Ship of State|''Revolution'' #3}}, which picks up again aboard the ''Heliopolis'' mere moments later.<br />
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===Transformers references=== <br />
*Making his first in-person appearance in the {{T|IDW Generation 1 continuity}}, Micronus's design seems to be modelled on the one from ''{{t|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}'', while the colors are drawn from {{t|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon}}.<br />
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===Micronauts references===<br />
*The Repto species, like nearly everything else in IDW's ''Micronauts'', is based on [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/new%20repto%20page.htm a toy from the Mego toyline].<br />
*In addition to multiple scenes from earlier in the ''Micronauts'' comic, along with scenes of things that (presumably) haven't happened yet, a [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/ga.htm Giant Acroyear] appears in the Time Traveler's vision. One would properly appear in [[Micronauts issue 10|the tenth issue]].<br />
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===Errors===<br />
*Biotron erroneously shares Microtron's yellow-on-black speech bubble style, whilst Acroyear gets Biotron's white-on-black bubbles in place of regular ones.<br />
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===Covers (4)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' Karza watches the image of a Time Traveler, by [[Chris Panda]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' The Micronauts atop {{t|Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity family|Optimus Prime}}'s shoulder, by [[Casey W. Coller]] and [[Thomas Deer]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Blank cover for sketches.<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' The Micronauts face the Reptos, by [[Ken Christiansen]], part of an interconnecting image with the twelve other ''Revolution'' issues.<br />
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'''The Micronauts come together for the first time!'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
On the planet [[Saqqura]], the tendrils of the enigmatic [[entropy cloud]] are rapidly approaching, spelling certain doom for its inhabitants, who are not even spaceflight-capable. There to observe the cloud are a team from the [[Ministry of Science]], piloting semi-intelligent [[Biotron (robot type)|Biotron]] robots. One scientist is alarmed to read signs of intelligence from the cloud—the tendrils tearing Saqqura apart are not mere energy spikes, but appear to be the cloud deliberately reaching out! With world-death minutes away, the pilot commands his Biotron to [[enerchange]] and retreat, but it refuses, insisting that they will stay to record the planet's final moments. Energy tears through them, and the planet is gone...<br />
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Later, space pirate [[Oziron Rael]], one of the last [[Pharoid]]s, is unloading his latest cargo on [[Micropolis-12]]. His client's muscle make light of Saqqura's destruction, earning Oz's ire and leading to a fight between them and Oz's companion, the taciturn super-soldier [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]]. Oz is thrown off a platform, but luckily, his other crewmate, [[Phenolo-Phi]], is there to save him with her stolen [[Space Glider]] suit, and the crew are brought in to meet with [[Hezlee Ferro]], their client. To Phen's chagrin, Hezlee docks their payment for causing the commotion outside, but offers them a new job opportunity: breaking into the Ministry of Science's [[Valtricos]] research space station, currently blockaded by the [[Ministry of Defense]], to steal medical supplies. Oz agrees, and Hezlee assigns his personal security agent, [[Larissa]] to accompany them.<br />
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Meanwhile, at the Ministry of Defense's outpost at the perimeter of the entropy cloud, [[Baron Karza]] listens to a status report from a [[Microtron (robot type)|Microtron]], before going on to discuss the ongoing civil war with the Ministry of Science with his wife, [[Shazraella]]. The spymaster questions her husband's leadership skills of late, prompting a warning from Karza that his intolerance for insults might yet outweigh his loyalty to her.<br />
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At Valtricos research station, the ''[[Heliopolis]]'' uses its rare [[warpcore drive]] to materialize right next to the space station, giving Oz and his crew the element of surprise. The sarcastic first mate [[Microtron (Micronaut)|Microtron]] stays with the ship, whilst the other four "[[Micronaut]]s" warp aboard the research station, but Phen's attempt to scout ahead reveals that the station is filled with military grade [[sentry-bot]]s, which immediately attack them. Their communications with Microtron now jammed, the Micronauts stand and fight, with Larissa revealing that she possesses unique force field technology. Whilst the bots are defeated, mostly thanks to Acroyear and his sword, they quickly begin enerchanging to rebuild themselves, prompting the Micronauts to flee through a blast door to buy time. They find themselves in a chamber storing a [[Biotron (Micronaut)|Biotron]] and several [[Phobos]] units, all containing long-dead pilots.<br />
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Hoping that the Biotron can let them restore communications and pinpoint the supplies they came for, Oz throws out its dead pilot and climbs aboard himself. The Biotron brings communications back online, but Oz is shocked to learn from it that there are no medical supplies aboard the station, and that Valtricos was actually working on biological warfare. Suddenly, the Phobos units activate themselves, launching an attack that blows a hole in the side of the space station!<br />
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*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (7)<br />
*[[Larissa]] (9)<br />
*[[Microtron (Micronaut)|Microtron]] (14)<br />
*[[Biotron (Micronaut)|Biotron]] (16)<br />
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*[[Shazraella]] (12)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"First of all, my people '''weren't''' pacifists. We just didn't believe in fighting a '''pointless war.''' Second of all, '''I'm''' not going to hit you... But '''he''' will."<br />
:—'''Oz''' introduces Acroyear to Hezlee's hired help.<br />
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"Why didn't you '''tell''' me you had force fields? I would have been a lot more confident—'''brash''' even—if I knew you had force fields!"<br />
:—'''Oz''' likes Larissa's shiny toys.<br />
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"Watch where you're deflecting those blasts, Acroyear! This '''glider suit''' wasn't '''cheap!'''"<br />
<br>"I was under the impression, Phenolo-Phi... that you had '''stolen''' that suit."<br />
<br>"What? Don't you appreciate '''sweat equity?'''"<br />
:—'''Phen''' and '''Acroyear''' debate semantics.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Micronauts references===<br />
*The vessels in the Ministry of Defense's perimeter outpost include [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/mel.htm Mobile Exploration Labs] and [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/ssstation.htm Satellite Survey Stations].<br />
*Baron Karza's Microtron uses the original toy's alternate 'devil head', in contrast to the 'our' Microtron who uses the toy's standard head.<br />
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===Covers (13)===<br />
*'''Regular cover:''' Baron Karza is magnified by lenses, by [[J.H. Williams III]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Acroyear, by [[David Baldeón]] and David Garcia Cruz.<br />
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Acroyear flies above a stag beetle, by [[Gabriel Rodriguez]] and [[Nelson Daniel]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Photograph of the Baron Karza toy, by [[Jack Rivera]].<br />
*'''Subscription cover D:''' Blank cover for sketches.<br />
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*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Biotron and Acroyear, by [[Casey W. Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Biotron, by [[Butch Guice]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].<br />
*'''Retailer incentive cover C:''' Baron Karza, by [[Michael Golden]].<br />
*'''Complete 3D Box Set exclusive cover:''' Anaglyph 3D version of the regular cover, by J.H. Williams III.<br />
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*'''Forbidden Planet exclusive cover:''' Baron Karza and Acroyear battle atop a Forbidden Planet cash register, by [[Darick Robertson]] and Joana Lafuente.<br />
*'''Hoknes Comics exclusive cover:''' Baron Karza action figure, by [[Adam Riches]].<br />
*'''Bell, Book and Comic exclusive cover:''' Baron Zarza holds [[Baron Daegon|Force Commander]] and Acroyear's heads, by [[STuart Sayger]].<br />
*'''RobLiefeldCreations.com exclusive cover:''' Acroyear and Baron Karza, by [[Rob Liefeld]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]].<br />
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[[Category:Micronauts issues]]</div>Jalaguyhttps://idwhasbro.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Baron_Karza&diff=3956Baron Karza2017-04-25T20:39:16Z<p>Jalaguy: </p>
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Some would call '''Baron Hraal Karza''' power-hungry – a tyrannical ruler exploiting the crisis [[Microspace]] faces for personal gain. But nothing could be further from the truth. Everything that Karza does, he does for his people. He knows that he represents Microspace's best chance for survival, and will not allow anybody to stand in the way of his plans, no matter the cost. If some individuals must be sacrificed to save the universe, so be it.<br />
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Recently, Karza has had a lot of time to himself to think, and his ideas have moved in a more radical direction. Microspace must still be saved, but couldn't things be made even better with a strong leader at its head? Someone to guide – to ''shepherd'' – the people down the right path. Someone... just like Baron Karza?<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
Hraal Karza was born on [[Aegis-6]], to the desert planet's [[Sandman|Sandmen]] mercenary society. {{tstorylink|The New Colossus|Baron Karza's profile}} As a young warrior, Karza fought on behalf of the [[Sagitarrion]] for several years. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 1|Micronauts #1}} He was later among the Sandmen hired to defend the [[Emperor]] of [[Microspace]] from a [[Kronos]] revolt, and was recruited as one of the ruler's elite guardsmen in the aftermath of the conflict. He rapidly rose through the ranks, and within a matter of years was installed as [[Ministry of Defense|Minister of Defense]]. Accordingly granted the title of Baron, Karza conscripted his fellow Sandmen into the military, putting them through genetic and behavioural modification to create the [[Acroyear (group)|Acroyears]]. {{tstorylink|The New Colossus|Baron Karza's profile}}<br />
[[File:Micronauts4 Barons&RedFalcon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7]]<br />
Part of the Emperor's inner circle, Karza developed a hatred for the [[Red Falcon]], the son of Microspace's ruler; not only did the arrogant warrior ignorantly meddle in diplomacy, but he was betrothed to [[Shazraella]] – the [[Mistress of Spies]] and object of Karza's affections. When a [[Pharoid]] temple was occupied by militants, Karza and the Falcon led a battalion of Acroyears on a rescue mission. At the battle's conclusion, Karza received a cryptic warning from one of the dying militants, before discovering Red Falcon inside the heart of the temple, communing with five [[Time Traveler]]s. The Emperor's son returned home with claims that the Travelers, part of a Pharoid sect said to have transcended time itself, had shown him the future, and that by seeking their counsel he alone could guide the empire on the right path.<br />
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Concerned that the Falcon was withholding something, Karza attempted to convince [[Baron Daegon]], his counterpart in the [[Ministry of Science]], to help act against the heir to the empire, but was turned away. Before long, however, Shazraella sought out Karza, sharing his concerns about Red Falcon, and the pair embraced in a kiss for the first time. The Mistress of Spies revealed that the Time Travelers were showing her betrothed his own bloody ascent to the throne, and resolved to work with the Baron to avoid this. Together they prepared an arcane poison which Karza slipped into the Red Falcon's goblet, killing the heir and ending the threat he posed to Microspace's future. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 4|Micronauts #4}}<br />
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However, the death of his son greatly affected the Emperor, and following the subsequent emergence of the [[Entropy Storm]], a mysterious interstellar cloud capable of destroying entire planets, his state of mind deteriorated to the point that Karza, Daegon and Shazraella chose to place him in cryo-hibernation to recuperate. The two Barons subsequently became joint rulers of Microspace, {{tstorylink|The New Colossus|Baron Karza's profile}} while Karza and Shazraella, now married, {{storylink|Micronauts issue 1|Micronauts #1}} raised an artificially-gestated child named [[Larissa]], who later abandoned them under unknown circumstances. {{storylink|Micronauts Annual 2017}}<br />
[[File:Micronauts4 KarzaHelmet.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]<br />
Eventually, disagreements over how to deal with the Entropy Storm led to the eruption of a civil war between the two Ministries, even as the phenomenon continued to destroy Microspace. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 1|Micronauts #1}} {{tstorylink|The New Colossus|Baron Karza's profile}} After a disastrous mission on [[MoDee]], Karza decommissioned the vast majority of the Acroyears, replacing them with a [[Acroyear II|second generation]] with greater mental stability. He kept a small number of the original breed active for special purposes, including [[Commander Raith|Raith]]. {{storylink|Micronauts Annual 2017|Acroyear's profile}} <br />
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On one occasion, Karza demanded that intelligence questions be redirected to his wife, who was at the time – unbeknownst to her husband – interrogating a {{t|Windblade (G1)|mysterious interloper}} from within the Entropy Storm. {{tstorylink|Informed}} While observing the Storm from afar one day, Karza and Shazraella reminisced together on the fall of Red Falcon. After his wife left the chamber, Karza's [[Microtron (group)|Microtron]] approached him with an object recently ejected from the maelstrom: the Baron's own helmet, weathered with age. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 4|Micronauts #4}} With this revelation, Karza began to speculate that the Entropy Storm was in fact a rift in time, not merely a simple destructive force. {{tstorylink|The New Colossus|Baron Karza's profile}}<br />
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When he discovered that the Ministry of Science was developing biological weapons aboard [[Valtricos]] research station, Baron Karza ordered a blockade of the facility to try and claim them for himself. Meanwhile, the Baron himself was stationed along with his wife at the Ministry's mobile outpost near the Entropy Storm, {{storylink|Micronauts issue 1|Micronauts #1}} and it was there that she brought him news of Valtricos's destruction, and the failure of their Acroyear II units' to retrieve the biological weapon. As the spouses traded barbs over recent events, the Baron was set upon by an [[Antron|assassin]], which he quickly dispatched using his Enerchange abilities. With the threat passed, Shazraella received additional news from the front: the band of thieves involved in the station's destruction included one of the [[Oziron Rael|last Pharoids]], and were now in Baron Daegon's custody. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 3|Micronauts #3}}<br />
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Realizing that the Pharoid, the only survivor of the famed "[[oracle event]]", could be key in ending the threat of the Entropy Storm, Karza initiated a full-scale attack on the Ministry of Science's flagship. The Baron tasked Commander Raith with leading a small strike team to recover the Pharoid, whilst he himself would engage the bulk of Daegon's forces directly. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 5|Micronauts #5}} On the ship's bridge, the two Barons duelled in their Enerchanged centaur forms, with Karza decrying his counterpart's attempts to understand the Storm instead of simply seeking to destroy it. After felling Daegon with a all-out final blow, Karza received the news that the Pharoid and [[Micronaut|his crew]] had escaped Raith's team, boarding [[Heliopolis|their ship]] and flying towards the Entropy Storm. As the craft used its warp core punch through the boundary of the Storm, an obsessed Karza burst into space in pursuit, following the ship's wake into the maelstrom. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 6|Micronauts #6}}<br />
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Inside the Entropy Storm, Karza found himself in an empty void, awash with the debris of that which the cloud had appeared to destroy. Wandering the Storm for years, Karza eventually discovered a vast robotic form, which he came to learn was {{t|Micronus Prime}}, the being who created Microspace. {{storylink|Micronauts: Revolution}} Exploring the robot for years, {{tstorylink|The New Colossus|Baron Karza's profile}} the Baron was able to use its technology to make contact with [[Hasbro Universe|another universe]], and in particular with [[Miles Mayhem]]. From the human general, Karza learned of [[Ore-13]], a mineral super-fuel with the potential to neutralize the Entropy Storm. Mayhem agreed to help Karza transfer Ore-13 into Microspace in return for assistance with his own schemes, {{tstorylink|O Ship of State}} although the process was inefficient – forty percent of the mineral was remaining in its home universe, and violently exploding. {{tstorylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} With vast power within his grasp, Karza also found a new desire awaken within him: to not merely ''save'' Microspace, but "shepherd" it on a better path.<br />
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Not long afterwards, the Micronaut crew arrived at Micronus Prime, having entered the entropy storm mere days ago from their perspective. Karza explained the nature of the behemoth to them, {{storylink|Micronauts: Revolution}} but soon received word from Mayhem that complications on Earth required the delay of further Ore-13 transfer. His patience expired, Karza activated a {{t|spacebridge}} built into Micronus's body, intending for the Pharoid and his crew to travel to Earth as his pawns. To his surprise, however, shards of Ore-13 began flowing out of the portal, rocking Micronus with explosions. The Micronaut ship passed through, and the spacebridge closed shortly afterwards, halting the dangerous flow of ore. {{tstorylink|O Ship of State}}<br />
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Before long, the spacebridge was reactivated by Mayhem, and Karza himself travelled through, finding himself face to face with the human general's ''other'' allies, the alien [[Dire Wraith]]s. Without hesitation, the Baron initiated Enerchange, fusing himself first with the [[Caleb Awan|Wraith leader]] and then the rest of their forces. {{tstorylink|The New Colossus}} Now towering above all others present, Karza went on the attack, determined to secure the Ore-13 needed to save Microspace, even in the face of Mayhem's apparent betrayal. Absorbing the energy of nearby Ore-13 crystals, Karza proved more than a match for the gathered {{t|Transformer}}s and humans, and they soon mounted an evacuation of the {{t|Metrotitan (Zone)|city}} in which they fought. However, working with the Earth inhabitants, the Micronauts took control of the spacebridge portal, threatening to return Karza to Microspace. Trying to escape this fate, the Baron clawed at {{t|Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime}}, but was rammed by Miles Mayhem in [[Switchblade|his combat vehicle]]. Knocked loose, Karza plummeted into the spacebridge as it simultaneously opened and exploded, sending the would-be tyrant back to his home universe. {{tstorylink|Valley Forge}}<br />
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Back inside the Storm, Karza came to the conclusion that Earth represented the only chance of salvation for the people of Microspace, and amassed an army of brand-new [[New Acroyear|Acroyear]] [[Giant Acroyear|troops]] to secure the planet. {{storylink|Micronauts issue 11|Micronauts #11}}<br />
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===Alternate timeline===<br />
In an alternate timeline where the Micronauts returned to Microspace not long after Karza, he personally defeated the crew's [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], and reconnected with Larissa, giving her a suit of armor resembling his own. {{storylink|Micronauts Annual 2017}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.innerspaceonline.com/bk.htm Baron Karza at Inner Space Online]<br />
*{{t|Baron Karza}} at the TFWiki<br />
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