The Energon Pub

[Scaleface]

Cover/Page1 - Same picture form Botcon 2008 we saw at the web site of dark Prime, Crosswise and Hot Shot. "Shattered"

Page 2 - Promises to have more online content in 2008, a picture of the 2008 Convention exclusive, a Decepticon Topspin from the helicopter combiner mold in red able blue with silver trim. Limited to 3000 pieces. The Seacons should show up in April 2008 and have a deco similar to the ones from Hasbro.

Page 3 - Interview with Hasbro's Mike Ballag, pictures of movie Landmine an Stealth Bumblebee (car mode is reversed red and yellow from the Concept Camaro toy, new head mold)

Page 4-5 Pictures and talk about Botcon 99-07. Article by Karl Hartman.

Page 6 - Classic Mini-Con profiles for Snarl, Dirt Rocket, Wideload, Swoop, Divebomb and Thunderwing. Yes, Swoop is the G1 Swoop who was nearly killed in a Nucleon explosion, and was healed by the Mini-Cons, and was brought back online as one. He's as powerful as before, just smaller and faster. Divebomb and Snarl are the profiles previously posted online, but with new pictures.

Page 7 - Lil' Formers talks about all the incarnations of Megatron.

Page 8 - Profile Classic Optimus Prime. Prime had retired to commune with the Last Autobot and meditate (been watching too much Beast Machines?) when he heard Megatron was back.

Page 9 - Profile Classic Starscream. Starscream survived planetfall from the end of the Marvel comics, had trouble surviving on his own on Earth, and then showed up one day at Megatron's doorstep pledging his loyalty (yeah, believe it THIS time Megatron!)

Page 10 - remainder of interview from page 3. Picture of Incinerator.

Page 11+ end of Classic story Crossing Over Part 6. Jetfire gets the upper hand on Starscream. When Starscream wants help from Ramjet, Ramjet refuses and instead goes to chase down Cliffjumper, Landquake and Skyfall to the energon in the caves. The bots in the caves find an interdimensional computer called "Caretaker" who says it's their mission to protect the energon, as it will revitalize Transformer life. Without it all Transformers will cease to be. Breakway has a hazy memory and the Caretaker tells him that a malfunction in his CR chamber didnt preserve his memory, but it will return at "reunification". It also says their purpose as individuals is complete. He says reunified they are a "Prime" charged with the care of "rareified energon". As the fighting continues above (the constructicons beat on Grimlock, Mirage ambushed Soundwave), Ramjet shows up in the tunnels just as a bomb set by Cliffjumper blows up in his face (this is why he's so beat up in the Botcon 2007 comic). After Breakaway and Landmine go through space bridge to find their "fourth" a reluctant Skyfall and Cliffjumper follow. Next issue... "Transformers Transtech: Transcendent"

[i_amtrunks]

Page 11+ end of Classic story Crosssing Over. Synopsis to come, but basically the club exclusives leave on a Space Bridge to the Transtech world in the end. Next issue... "Transformers Transtech: Transcendent"

So in these Botcon comics characters just catch a spacebridge to other continuities, or is the "Transtech World" just another planet?

Thanks on the info Scaleface.

[Scaleface]

They are being sent to another dimension on a "space bridge" by the "Caretaker" a computer plugged into Vector Sigma through an interdimensional WAN. They are being sent to where they think the "fourth" is. This would probably be Timelines Topspin.

[i_amtrunks]

Interesting, wonder how they are going to tie in all these exclusive figures in the end....

[Scaleface]

I'm guessing "Enigma Prime" (or whetever his name is) is one of the original 12 Transformers built by Primus (like the Fallen and Vector Prime) and he was split into 5 smaller beings and sent on obscure missions through the cosmos, and now they have to come together to save the multiverse. I hope that the gold redeco of Vector Prime makes an appearance in the next comic.

[i_amtrunks]

I'm guessing "Enigma Prime" (or whetever his name is) is one of the original 12 Transformers built by Primus (like the Fallen and Vector Prime) and he was split into 5 smaller beings and sent on obscure missions through the cosmos, and now they have to come together to save the multiverse. I hope that the gold redeco of Vector Prime makes an appearance in the next comic.

A sound theory. And since these comics aren't written by people like Furman who like to add twists and turns, it could well be smack bang on the money.