International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"
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 Death from above! Blue Death! | |||||||||||||
| International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | September 15, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | September 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Mike Costa | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Guido Guidi | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | J. Brown | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Neil Uyetake | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Andy Schmidt | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 2005 IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2010) | ||||||||||||
The Autobots have another go at the Combaticons, and Bumblebee tries to get Thundercracker to help.
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Synopsis
Somewhere in the United States, Bumblebee tries to get Thundercracker to help the Autobots in North Korea. Thundercracker doesn’t want to join the Autobots and thinks that Bumblebee is grasping at straws, but Bumblebee eventually convinces him to join, reminding him of his elite soldier heritage that came with being a Seeker .
Back at Skywatch headquarters, Brawn gripes to Red Alert and Silverstreak about not going to North Korea. Silverstreak acts snarky and tries to calm him down, but both are told to shut up by human soldier Pennington. A comrade, Sandra voices her concerns about Brawn and the illegal operation they’re doing (harboring Cybertronians), but Pennington brushes it off.
In North Korea, the Combaticons rejoice in the aft-kicking they gave the Autobots. Vortex wishes they'd come back so he could "scrap 'em", but is then promptly smashed out of the hangar by Optimus Prime, who drives through one wall and out the other. Outside, Skywatch and the other Autobots try and cut off his helicopter blades.
Up in space, spaceship-Autobot Cosmos hacks a spy satellite to broadcast loops so the Autobots can fight in robot mode. Receiving Cosmos' go-ahead, Prime transforms and punches Onslaught in the mouth. The others are beaten away by Vortex, who tries to escape but is thrown back on the ground by Thundercracker. As they fight, Onslaught compares his work with the North Koreans to Optimus' with the Americans, but Prime replies that he is working to promote peace, not assist with their wars. With Thundercracker's help, Optimus gets Onslaught on his knees, but before he can finish, the Predacons show up, declaring the battle has come too close to the "great Republic of China".
Featured characters
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Notes
Continuity notes
Real-world references
- The title refers to a novel by Dean McLaughlin, which involves a modern fighter jet being transported in time and facing WWI aircraft.
Errors
- On Cover A, Optimus Prime's left leg is colored as if it is part of Rampage.
- On page 5, Bumblebee's Autobot insignia is missing in the second panel.
- The very next panel, in which Bumblebee switches off Thundercracker's television, has Thundercracker minus his wing stripes and Decepticon insignia.
- The Republic of China is Taiwan. Rampage is thinking of the People's Republic of China.
- When Bumblebee is chatting to Cosmos in vehicle mode, his speech bubble is transparent.
- Thundercracker manages to knock Vortex into the ground when he's in front of him.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Optimus fighting off Rampage; art by Don Figueroa, colors by Andrew Dalhouse.
- Cover B: Bumblebee riding atop Thundercracker with four of the Predacons looking onward; art by Guido Guidi, colors by J.Brown.
- Cover RI: Concept drawing of Mirage; art by Don Figueroa.
Yikes, is this that other Optimus?
Pathetic fools! There's no escape!
I'm not in this issue, so how do you know I don't look like this?
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Reprints
- The Transformers, Volume 2: International Incident (December 8, 2010) ISBN 1600108040 / ISBN 978-1600108044
- Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #7–12.
- Bonus material includes art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa.
- Trade paperback format.
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Seven (October 17, 2012) ISBN 1613774060 / ISBN 978-1613774069
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 47: International Incident (March 3, 2019)
Volume 2: International Incident – cover art by Guido Guidi and James Brown
The IDW Collection Volume Seven – cover art by E. J. Su
The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 47: International Incident – cover art by Don Figueroa and Guido Guidi
