The Energon Pub

[SW's SilverHammer]

Does it Have anything to do with how dashing brainstorm looks on the cover?

It's almost arcane how attractive he is. My head is masterfully over heels.

I know, something happens and im head over heels, i never find out till im head over heels. Dont take my spark, don't break my spark, don't throw it away. Is it bad I had a feeling about this ever since the box for generations brainstorm listed his headmaster hetero-life-mate as "head converts to pilot"? Also I've been calling mine Arcadia and not his Hasbro given name of Arcana
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[MrBlack]

Well, there is definitely something up with the cover to #38.

I just noticed that the gun Brainstorm is using is G1 Megatron's alt-mode.

[MrBlack]

Just a thought, and I'm sure someone mentioned it before but, I'm wondering if Brainstorm replaces the exposed spark with the point one percenter spark he took from Luna 1.[

I think you're on to something there.

Prediction:

James Roberts has stated that Megatron is a point one percenter, and he obviously isn't on the last page of issue #37. My guess is that by the time Rodimus and co. show up, Brainstorm will have already done the deed. Brainstorm will explain why he did it (to stop the war before it had a chance to begin, most likely), at which point Rewind will provide him with the information from his database, showing him that without Megatron, the Functionists take over the planet. Whirl will have an epic meltdown, having learned that the Functionists were responsible for what happened to him, and Brainstorm will have a change of heart. He uses the green spark he harvested from Luna 1 to repair Megatron, and the original timeline reasserts itself.

This does bring up another point. It still makes no sense that Brainstorm would be a Decepticon mole, especially if his grand plan was to go back in time and kill Megatron. I'm still convinced that Rewind is the actual mole, and that he planted the Decepticon sigil on Brainstorm to cover up his own involvement. I'm going out on a limb and predicting that the last page of the issue has Rewind contacting the DJD, leading into issue #39.

[Russimus Prime]

That would make a lot of sense, as Rewind was the only survivor from alt Lost Light, and Rewind is already kind of established as a bit off, buying the "snuff films" from Swindle. Megatron already said that Brainstorm isn't their "normal type" of double agent.