Changes: All Hail Megatron issue 2

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The Decepticons cause massive destruction and the army is unable to oppose them.

Synopsis

At a huge mansion, a man brags to Colonel Daniel Witwicky about the hybrid car he just purchased. Daniel retorts with his 1968, gas guzzling muscle car. Daniel's wife interrupts and worries that her husband is being looked down upon by the snobs at the party, but he tells her not to worry, that it's her day... when they are interrupted by a military helicopter landing. Daniel has been ordered by the President to deal with an emergency in New York City—it's being trashed by Decepticons.

Commander Andy Reid runs through the streets of New York and saves a woman from being mowed down by Starscream. He briefs her that he was shot down and is trying to escape from a large "mechanical dog". Ravage catches up to Reid and Sarah and Reid unloads his pistol into the jaguar. It only seems to piss Ravage off. He's about to strike when he's blindsided by a malatov cocktail thrown by another man. The man takes the two into a nearby garage and closes the door. Reid hates dogs.

As Colonel Witwicky touches down in New York, he's informed that ground forces are preparing to engage the enemy in Central Park. There, Megatron orders Soundwave to deploy Frenzy. The troops feel that they have the four Decepticons they see approaching (Soundwave, Astrotrain, Skywarp and Hook) outnumbered, but when Soundwave ejects Frenzy, the cassetticon emits an intense infrasonic frequency which immobilizes the troops with terrible delusions. Frenzy tears into them with arm drills.

Reid and company notices mass looting and jammed communications. Huge masses of people are crowding into the Holland Tunnel. Witwicky meets with the military brass to assess the situation. The Machination is mentioned, but said to be shut down, and that they were a cover-up. The meeting is interrupted with a report that the entire platoon of troops in Central Park were killed. As the brass runs outside the tent, they see Starscream, Thundercracker and Blitzwing blow up the Brooklyn Bridge. They then see a broadcast from Laserbeak of the Constructicons merging into Devastator, wading into the water, and smashing the tunnels.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots

Decepticons

Humans

Astrotrain (6)
Skywarp (7)
Starscream (10)
Ravage (11)
Laserbeak (15)
Soundwave (16)
Megatron (17)
Hook (18)
Frenzy (20)
Blitzwing (23)
Thundercracker (24)
Scavenger (25)
Bonecrusher (26)
Mixmaster (27)
Scrapper (28)
Long Haul (29)
Devastator (30)

Chad Wells (1)
Daniel Witwicky (2)
Mrs. Wells (3)
Mrs. Witwicky (4)
Sergeant Manning (5)
Andy Reid (8)
Sarah (9)
Agent Grant (12)
? (Guy who helps Reid) (13)
? (Hawke's aid) (14)
Assorted soldiers (19)
Colonel Hawke (21)
Stevens (22)

Errors

None yet identified.

Items of note

Cameos: Optimus Prime (in picture)
It was previously established in Spotlight: Optimus Prime that gestalt technology was a dangerous, experimental process that resulted in the loss of sanity for the participants involved, as seen in the Pretender Monsters and their combined form Monstructor. The Constructicons do not seem to suffer from the consequences of combining here, however.
Frenzy's arms become drills, perhaps as a variation of his brother's piledrivers.
The final scene of Devastator with dull rage in the river is very reminiscent of the first Dreamwave G1 miniseries.

Covers (3)

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Specifics: Covers B and RI

Cover A: Soundwave staring at Frenzy; art by Guido Guidi, colors by Josh Burcham.
Cover B: Communist propaganda style of Megatron silhouette behind a human army; art and colors by Trevor Hutchison
Cover RI: Soundwave study sketch; art by Guido Guidi.

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 As Colonel Witwicky touches down in New York, he's informed that ground forces are preparing to engage the enemy in Central Park.  There, Megatron orders Soundwave to deploy Frenzy.  The troops feel that they have the four Decepticons they see approaching (Soundwave, Astrotrain, Skywarp and Hook) outnumbered, but when Soundwave ejects Frenzy, the cassetticon emits an intense infrasonic frequency which immobilizes the troops with terrible delusions.  Frenzy tears into them with arm drills.
-Reid and company notices mass looting and jammed communications.  Huge masses of people are crowding into the Holland Tunnel.  Witwicky meets with the military brass to assess the situation.  The [[Machination]] is mentioned, but said to be shut down, and that they wee a cover-up.  The meeting is interrupted with a report that the entire platoon of troops in Central Park were killed.  As the brass runs outside the tent, they see Starscream, Thundercracker and Blitzwing blow up the Brooklyn Bridge.  They then see a broadcast from Laserbeak of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s merging into Devastator, wading into the water, and smashing the tunnels.
+Reid and company notices mass looting and jammed communications.  Huge masses of people are crowding into the Holland Tunnel.  Witwicky meets with the military brass to assess the situation.  The [[Machination]] is mentioned, but said to be shut down, and that they were a cover-up.  The meeting is interrupted with a report that the entire platoon of troops in Central Park were killed.  As the brass runs outside the tent, they see Starscream, Thundercracker and Blitzwing blow up the Brooklyn Bridge.  They then see a broadcast from Laserbeak of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s merging into Devastator, wading into the water, and smashing the tunnels.
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