IDW Hasbro Universe Mega-Storytime

>PART 43 - TWO PATHS DIVERGED ON A METAL WORLD
And we're back, with the start of what many consider the "golden age" of IDW's Transformers comics: the era of Robots in Disguise and More than Meets the Eye! Where we left off, Cybertron had been saved from destruction at Galvatron's hands by Optimus Prime... at the expense of the Matrix, now a burnt-out, empty shell.
So, the question is... what happens now?

[Transformers S1]
>Part 1 (Infiltration, Spotlight #1)
>Part 2 (Stormbringer, Spotlight #2-5)
>Part 3 (Escalation, Spotlight #6-7)
>Part 4 (Spotlight #8-10, New Avengers/Transformers)
>Part 5 (Megatron Origin, Spotlight #11-13)
>Part 6 (Escalation, Spotlight #14-15)
>Part 7 (Spotlight #16-19)
[G.I. Joe S1]
>Part 8 (Origins #1-5, #8-10)
>Part 9 (GI Joe #1-6, Origins #6-7)
>Part 10 (Cobra #1-4, Cobra Special)
>Part 11 (GI Joe #7-12, Origins #11, #13-14)
>Part 12 (GI Joe #13-16, GI Joe Special, Origins #12)
>Part 13 (Cobra II #1-4, Cobra II Special)
>Part 14 (Origins #16-18, Hearts & Minds)
>Part 15 (Cobra II #5-9, Origins #19)
>Part 16 (Origins #20-23, GI Joe Infestation)
>Part 17 (GI Joe #17-22)
>Part 18 (GI Joe #23-27)
>Part 19 (Cobra II #10-13)
[Transformers S2]
>Interlude (Hearts of Steel, Transformers Infestation 2)
>Part 20 (Maximum Dinobots)
>Part 21 (All Hail Megatron #1-6)
>Part 22 (All Hail Megatron #7-12)
>Part 23 (Spotlight #20-24, All Hail Megatron #13-16)

[G.I. Joe S2]
>Part 24 (GI Joe v2 #0-4, Snake Eyes #1-4)
>Part 25 (Cobra v2 #1-4, Snake Eyes #5-8)
>Part 26 (GI Joe v2 #5-8, Cobra v2 #5-8, GI Joe Infestation 2)
>Part 27 (GI Joe v2 #9-11, Snake Eyes #9-10, Cobra v2 #9-10 {Cobra Command #1-7})
>Part 28 (Snake Eyes #11-12, Cobra v2 #11-12, GI Joe v2 #12, Cobra v2 Special {Cobra Command #8-9, epilogue})
>Part 29 (GI Joe v2 #13-17, Snake Eyes #13-16)
>Part 30 (Cobra v2 #13-21)

>Part 31 (Snake Eyes #17-21, GI Joe v2 #18-21 {Target: Snake Eyes})

[Transformers S3]
>Part 32 (TF Ongoing #1-6, Spotlight #25)

>Part 33 (Last Stand of the Wreckers, Bumblebee)

>Part 34 (Transformers Infestation, Drift)

>Part 35 (TF Ongoing #7-13)

>Part 36 (TF Ongoing #14-18, Ironhide)

>Part 37 (TF Ongoing #19-23, Heart of Darkness)

>Part 38 (TF Ongoing #24-31)

[G.I. Joe S3]
>Part 39 (Special Missions #1-4, GI Joe v3 #1-5)
>Part 40 (Cobra Files #1-4, Special Missions #5-9)
>Part 41 (Cobra Files #5-9, Special Missions #10-14)
>Part 42 (GI Joe v3 #6-15)

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>G2 Sideswipe
God, I wish he'd kept this design.

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This is Metalhawk. If you don't hate him yet, you will soon.

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So is Krake still the current Cobra Commander? And if not, whatever happened to him?

Nope. He got replaced by Tomax at some point in the 5-year timeskip between v3 and v4. It's never explained why or how.

This was probably a mistake.

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Poor Prowl :(

Shocking tweest!

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Ah.

Bye, buddy.

MAKIN' YOUR WAY ON A QUEST TODAY TAKES EVERYTHING YOU GOT

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It's these two. Remember them? From "Chaos"?

RRRRRRRREEEEEEE

This guy. Clearly a big deal, huh?

Note the match, and the fuel all over the floor.

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Press F to pay respects to Rung's model collection.

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Rude, Ratchet.

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Welp.

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Dun-dun-dunnnnn.

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Who's this guy?

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>1984
I understand that reference, etc etc.

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Man, reading MTMTE from before Roberts lost his touch is kind of depressing.

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Cyclonus is pretty great.

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>Tech specs and function
Clever.

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>Cyclonus staring moodily out the window

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A what now?

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Rodimus, NO!

Rude.

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God, I miss this writing.

RUDE, Cyclonus.

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What's up with that?

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The Tumblr pandering started early, huh.

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What the hell, Rodimus.

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Tailgate, NO!

Meanwhile, on Cybertron, Bumblebee and the Autobots have to try and run a planet that hates them.

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