Rhythms of Darkness!

'''In an alternate future with Galvatron victorious several Autobots fight in a last ditch attempt to retake Earth. Eventually Unicron's heralds travel through time and take Galvatron with them to the present.'''

=Marvel US issue #67= (Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #?)

Script: Simon Furman Art: Jose Delbo Inks: Danny Bulanadi Lettering: Jim Massara Colors: Nelson Yomtov Editor: Don Daley


 * Major characters (in order of appearance): Galvatron, Jazz, Spike Witwicky, Prowl, Cyclonus
 * Originally published: ?

Synopsis
Galvatron and the Monsterbots rise from the Atlantic Ocean into a destoyed New York, complete with a deactivated Rodimus Prime strung between the two towers of a fallen World Trade Center.

Elsewhere, a rebel group of surviving Autobots and humans race to destroy a Decepticon fortification before the government launches nuclear weapons, which would only have their energy be sihponed and make Galvatron unstoppable. Cyclonus and Scourge are attacked by Getaway. The Autobots then continue their attack, losing on their side Crossblades, Guzzle, Getaway, and Chainclaw while Scourge and Runamuck being casualties of the Decepticon side.

Galvatron enters the fray and destroys Cyclonus for being weak, leaving only his ears. Spike hoists the American flag as a signal that America is still fighting. The nuclear launch is aborted at the final second as Galvatron takes aim at the iconic flag. Suddenly Hook, Line, and Sinker attack Galvatron and drag him back through time. The Autobots use this to boost their morale and press on their attack.

Items of note

 * This was the only issue in the Marvel US series that dealt with an alternate reality, a subject that would later become commonplace in Transformers lore.