Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers

The Decepticon Overlord has seized the Garrus-9 prison, slaughtered the guards and turned it into an arena where captured Autobots fight to the death. Three years on, Ultra Magnus sends the Wreckers, led by Springer, to take it back. Their drop pods are shot down, the team is scattered, and Overlord orders the remaining Autobots executed. Inside sits the Aequitas supercomputer, which holds the Autobots' own secrets; to access it, Ironfist gives up his spark. Several Wreckers die along the way. In the end, Ironfist detonates the chips implanted in Overlord, who is left crippled and begs Impactor to kill him. Impactor refuses: Overlord will stand trial, and the survivors escape with the data.

1. Behind the scenesHired to draw

   Nick Roche was brought on to draw and only later found out he'd be writing too. James Roberts came aboard as co-writer from issue #2.

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2. Behind the scenesMore deaths in the first draft

   In the first draft, Springer, Perceptor and Kup all died. Impactor was never on the list.

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3. Behind the scenesWhy Overlord

   The creators picked Overlord as the villain because they figured nobody else would ever use him.

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4. SetupAequitas's secrets

   The Aequitas supercomputer holds uncomfortable truths about the Autobots themselves. The data copied from it keeps driving stories after this book.

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