Transformers Comic issue 7



Transformers #7 was published by Titan Magazines in January 2007.

Magazine Credits
Editor: Steve White Designer: Danny Preston Deputy Editors: Den Patrick Publishing Manager: Darryl Curtis

Starscream's Militia

 * Script: Simon Furman
 * Art: Boo
 * Colors: Robin Smith
 * Lettering: Jimmy Betancourt/Comicraft

6.52 PM - At Starscream's command, Barricade, Blackout and Devastator have risen from beyond the grave - and the Autobots can't stop them!

Less than half an hour before, Megatron has been killed (as in the movie). Starscream nominates himself supreme commander of the Decepticons now there's no one around to object, though notes he'll probably need some Decepticons alive to command. Noticing a few rampaging All Spark animated machines, he systematically kills them, harvests their All Spark energy and uses them to turn the Decepticon corpses into zombies under his direct command.

Back in the present, the Autobots have no idea how to stop the relentless zombies and Ratchethas no idea how they can possibly be walking around. Optimus states that they can't let them continue unchecked, but as Ratchet is smacked aside, he's forced to admit he doesn't know what to do - "Allspark (sic) help me, Ironhide, I just don't know!". With his power still drained from fighting Megatron, he is similarly unsure how long he can keep fighting...

Luckily, Ratchet works out the zombies are being controlled by corrupted All Spark energy and tells the others to target their weapons on such energy signatures. Doing so, the zombies are swiftly killed. However, Starscream's escaped from the city and still has several sources of All Spark power...

Articles & features

 * Character Profile: Frenzy
 * Top Gear — A chance to win a Star Wars Transformers toys and a High Score 100 toy.
 * How To Draw Megatron feature ("if you found this one a bit difficult to draw... well, it's all part of Megatron's evil plans!")
 * An utterly awesome zombie Decepticon poster by Geoff Senior.
 * Star Screams - Letters and art from readers, answered by Starscream.

Free Gift

 * "Fab Free Holographic Gift!" - a notebook with holographic "transforming" Optimus Prime cover, and a pen

Reprints
Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.
 * Transformers: Movie Prequel, part 3a (7 pages)
 * Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 3a (7 pages)

Items of note

 * For some reason, the dead Decepticons have turned grey. This may just be Robin Smith's colouring decision rather than anything written into the script (a whole lot of grey in issue 1...).
 * This issue contains the first post-movie comic strip by any company. It is set between the movie's final battle and the dumping of the Decepticon corpses into the ocean.
 * The All Spark animated machines have solidified All Spark energy within them that can be removed and used for other things; it resembles a small red All Spark.
 * Megatron was killed around about 6.27 PM.
 * Starscream mentions Simon Furman is a Maximal in the form of a "strategically shaved ape".

Errors

 * The story says the battle is taking place in "downtown Los Angeles" even though it's actually in Mission City.