| 001: War Without End |
 | Imperial commander Jhiaxus is vexed to hear that one of his outposts, B-67, has been attacked and overrun by a marauding band of Transformers. On finding out that these Transformers are in fact Autobots, the Decepticon commander decides it is time to educate them in his ways. On another planet Optimus Prime has a wacky vision about an impending doom but is soon bought back to the present as he heads, via a minor skirmish, to meet Grimlock and co, who formed the original raiding party. Grimlock reveals that he has discovered a web of cyberformed worlds and the Autobots begin to suspect that they have discovered a new Decepticon threat. Just in case they were in doubt Jhiaxus chooses this moment to attack and capture the Autobots. To make things even more fun, on Earth Megs is back in a new body. Meanwhile, Jhiaxus tells Prime that the Decepticon Empire has risen above the petty civil war and that it is time for Prime and co to join them. Oddly, Prime and his Autobuddies disagree and manage to escape in a shuttlecraft, little realising they are being followed. And that’s the condensed version! Phew! | more details |
| 002a: All or Nothing |
 | On Earth, after a groovy Gi-Joe Crossover, Hotspot, Cobra (who now possess some nifty Cybertronian kit) and the Joes watch as Megatron makes off with the Ark and renowned scientist Dr Biggles-Jones (great name, luv). However, none of them realise that Spike, aka Fort Max’s head, and Skydive are also on board. Spike finds the rest of Max in a rather run down state but still teams up with Skydive to take on Megs. Meanwhile, Hotspot pursues Cobra to make sure they don’t do naughty things with the alien technology. In the end Max (and Spike) sacrifice themselves to destroy the Ark, Hotspot sacrifices himself to stop Cobra, Skydive rescues the scientist lady and Megs escapes… boo!
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| 002b : Ghosts |
| Prime’s forces and Bludgeon’s forces have a scrap over some natty alien weaponry they have both sought out. However, it turns out the whole place is guarded by some big ancient scary thing (Cher) and both sides run away. Run Away!
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| 003a: Primal Fear |
 | Old Star Trek plot ahoy! Prime’s 'bots and Jhiaxus’ 'cons get stuck on a moon that drives both sides to unrelenting violence… until goody goody Prime figures out what is going on and gets everyone to calm down. Both sides then retreat to safe distance, but Jhiaxus, reminded of his brutal past, vows to, er, wipe out the ‘bots to prevent himself being reminded of his brutal past anymore. Nice plan champ.
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| 003b : Old Evils |
| Meanwhile, it turns out that Bludgeon and co (remember them?), rather than go into exile as they had promised to at the end of the first Marvel series, have in fact built a ‘War World’ (which is oh so very different from the Death Star) and are now robbing the interstellar highways for parts for a new army. The next part of their plan… steal the Creation Matrix. Death Star. Creation Matrix. Original, see? | more details |
| 004a : Devices and Desires |
 | Prime has another wacky vision where everything around him has been stripped of life. Kup wakes him up and informs him that Grimlock has taken a raiding party and gone after Jhiaxus. Grimlock's plan is to use a stolen shuttle (stolen shuttle! Death Star! Sue Mr Lucus, sue!) to plant a bomb on the Imperial flagship. Turns out this is a crap plan and everyone is soon captured, except Red Alert, who is soon dead, although Grimlock does get an insight into the true size of the Empire (its bloody big). Luckily Op comes to the rescue and rather than telling Grimlock off Prime gives Grimmers' field command so that Prime can go back to Cybertron and figure out what all these wacky visions mean. | more details |
| 004b: Tales of Earth - Part 1 |
| Bludgeon's boys arrive on Earth and start blowing the crap out of things in an attempt to draw out Prime and nick the Matrix. Unluckily for Bludgeon they instead draw out Megatron and the recently resuscitated Starscream. Oops.
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| 005a : The Power and The Glory |
 | Prime journeys to the centre of Cybertron to try and understand the messages he is receiving. Meanwhile, Jhiaxus is overseeing the cyberforming of more worlds but is distracted by thoughts of the Autobots. Prime’s then in vision land where he witnesses the emergence of the first Transformers, but moments later he witnesses something new - Transformers creating new life by dividing themselves in two (a method of creating Transformer life that had been forgotten but now resurrected by the new Decepticon Empire). Prime wakes up, realising that the new ‘cons were never meant to exist, and goes on a mission to seek help to deal with them. Unluckily he misses the final part of his vision, that shows a dark side effect of the process… The Swarm! | more details |
| 005b : Tales of Earth - Part 2 |
| Megatron kills Bludgeon and takes back command of the original Decepticons, all of which is observed by Skydive. That’s it!
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| 006a : Tales of Earth - Part 3 |
 | Megatron takes a tour of the War World and is impressed with Bludgeon’s vision and plan, so decides to stick with it. The plan seems to be working as well, as one page later Prime shows up on Earth. Alone…
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| 006b: The Gathering Darkness |
| Megs is alerted to Prime’s arrival, while back on Cybertron Grimlock is less than impressed with Op’s decision to go it alone. Back on Earth, Prime kills Tantrum for the fun of it, but then tries to reason with Megs that they need to team up to take on the new Decepticon Empire. Megs is quite happy with Plan A though and kicks the oil out of Prime and then siphons off the Matrix. Just as Megaboob is about to deal the killer blow Grimlock shows up with reinforcements and the Deceps retreat. Meanwhile on the planet Fara, the weird cloud thing that is The Swarm turns up and strips local life to the bones, just like in Op’s visions! Ooer! | more details |
| 007a: New Dawn |
 | Megatron's new army is up and running and they make a decisive raid on a planet that produces Rheanimum, a gas that can render metal near indestructible. Unluckily, one raiding party is wiped out by Jhiaxus’ forces. Megatron's bunch go seeking revenge but get their shiny metal asses handed to them, including Megs who is dealt a near fatal kicking by Jhiaxus himself.
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| 007b: Tales of Earth - Part 4 |
| Optimus Prime lies in a repair bay, where he reflects on his relationship with Megatron and wonders if he should have offered to pay for dinner that time. Megatron then turns up hoping Prime will give him one last chance to patch up their romance. Or is it that Megs turns up so that he and Prime can team up and kick Imperial ass? I forget…
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| 008a: Escalation! |
 | Jhiaxus commands his forces to go on a brutal campaign of conquest to draw the Autobots out so he can destroy them. Good plan. Original too.
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| 008b: Tales of Earth - Part 5 |
| Meanwhile, Megatron and Prime have a natter, briefly interrupted by Grimlock, and decide to team up. However, the alliance runs into trouble straight away when Prime hears of distress signals (as a result of Jhiaxus’ actions) and heads off to intervene, which Megs thinks is waste of time. Meanwhile, Starscream is starting to feel a bit left out. Aww...
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| 008c: Escalation! (cont.) |
| On the planet Ethos, Prime and co survey the devastation Jhiaxus' troops have caused. Before long both sides are battling away and the ‘bots are encountering serious losses. Luckily the Decepticons have a change of heart and come to the ‘bots rescue. Later on aboard the Deceps' War World Prime remonstrates as to whether to tell Megatron about his visions, however, he and Megs are interrupted by the news that Starscream is missing. Probably gone to the shops…
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| 009a: Swarm |
 | The Autobots and Decepticons investigate a world that seems to have been ravaged at a molecular level. Meanwhile, on the planet Karn the Imperials are up to their usual tricks, killing the locals. Its all going well until the big cloud thing that is The Swarm turns up and strips the Cybertronians down to their metal bones. Back on the War World, Prime senses something wrong. Meanwhile Starscream, in a move that will surprise no one, decides its times to switch sides.
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| 009b: Tales of Earth - Part 6 |
| On Earth, Perceptor explains that whatever has been attacking the molecular structure of worlds is genetically the same as Transformers. Prime fimally understands and explains that The Swarm is a by product of the breeding process he saw back in issue 5. There’s no more time for chat though as Jhiaxus' Decepticons attack! Boom! Bang!
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| 010a: Total War |
 | The ‘bots and ‘cons try and fight off Jhiaxus’ forces on Earth. Meanwhile, a group of Imperials attack the War World, led by Starscream, and soon take control. On Earth Megs hears about the War World and he and Prime head off to try and get the Matrix before it falls into the wrong hands. Elsewhere, an Imperial battalion is attacked by The Swarm, which consumes everything, including the battalions' final order… to head to Earth!
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| 010b: Tales of Earth - Part 7 |
| Surprisingly the War World suddenly starts to attack Jhiaxus' forces, affording Prime and Megatron the chance they need to slip onboard. On Earth Razorclaw observes that some of the newer Decepticons seems a little too comfortable with the alliance with the ‘bots, as both sides continue to battle the Imperial forces. Back at the War World it turns out that, through the Matrix, Starscream has become one with the War World, meaning that Prime and Megs are now trapped inside a living weapon. Bumcakes!
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