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"Enemy of My Enemy" Part 3
Transformers vs. the Terminator #3
IDW
Story by David Mariotte, Tom Waltz, and John Barber
Written by
David Mariotte and John Barber
Art by Alex Milne
Colors by David Garcia Cruz
Letters and design by Jake M. Wood
Cover B by Casey W. Coller
August 2020 |
Decepticons vs. Autobots...plus, the Terminator!
Read the
summary of this issue at the Transformers Wiki
Didja Know?
Transformers
vs. the Terminator was a
4-issue mini-series published by IDW in cooperation with Dark Horse Comics
(holder of the Terminator comic book license at the
time).
Although the comic-book series itself is titled
Transformers vs. the Terminator, the
story contained in these four issues is titled
"Enemy of My Enemy" (not be confused with the earlier
Terminator comic book mini-series
Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy from 2014).
The image seen on the inside front cover of each issue
depicts what may be a Terminator's eye view of the planets
Cybertron and Earth.
This issue has an increased number of references to the 1986
animated film Transformers: The Movie and the two
animated series episodes "More Than Meets the Eye" Parts 1
and 2.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
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Sarah Connor
Arcee
Bumblebee
Grimlock
Jazz
Optimus Prime
Wheeljack
Ratchet
Megatron
Starscream
Soundwave
Refraktor (dies in this issue)
Skywarp
Thundercracker
Kickback
Ravage
Velocity
Sideswipe
Windblade
Didja Notice?
The model numbers associated with the Autobots in the
T-800's HUD display appear to be used for the first time
ever here.
The
Transformers Wiki points out that the model names are
all nods to various incarnations of the characters in other
media:
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The T-800 identifies Bumblebee as "MODEL 11^C56", the
Japanese ID numbers of Bumblebee's original G1 toy (one from
1985, another from 1986); he also recognizes Arcee as "MODEL
02^021", the Hasbro ID number for her 2014 Thrilling 30
figure, and classifies her threat level at "maximum" in
what's probably a reference to her 2005 IDW counterpart's
reputation as a scary-strong warrior. Finally, he recognizes
Refraktor as "MODEL SG^26" after terminating him—Refraktor's
War for Cybertron toy goes by the number "SG-28", but since
there are at least three of him running around in the comic,
maybe each Refraktor gets its own number in Skynet's
reference book? |
On page 5, Arcee
transforms into what appears to be an approximately-1983
model Ford
Mustang and
Velocity transforms into what appears to be an approximately-1977 model Pontiac Firebird.
The Cyberdyne Systems facility struck by the Decepticons is
said to be in
Sunnyvale, CA. In the novelization of
The Terminator,
Cyberdyne has an address in that city.
Searching for the Decepticons on page 8, Arcee finds a
standard Cybertronic optic casing along the Oregon coast,
model RTF-2. This appears to be a new designation in the
Transformers universe.
Sarah and Bumblebee stop in
Stockton, CA on their way to her home in L.A.
When Bumblebee invites Sarah to join his
friends and the Terminator in saving the world, she remarks
she doesn't want her life defined by escaping death at the
hands of evil robots. Of course, we know that is her life in
the standard "Judgment Day" timeline.
Right after Sarah says this, she turns on the radio
inside Bumblebee and the song lyrics that come out are
"coulda sworn it was judgment day." These are lyrics from
the song "1999" by Prince.
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