NOTICE! Spoilers for Transformers #16After practically a 12 months of build-up, Megatron lastly entered the primary story in Transformersand the Energon Universe it should by no means be the identical once more. The Decepticon chief has been lacking since his look final summer time Energon Universe Particular #1, however now Megatron is making an attempt to retake management of the Decepticons as Soundwave and Starscream's totally different factions struggle on Earth.
Coming from the inventive staff of Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern and Rus Wooton, Transformers #16 ends with Laserbeak arriving at an undisclosed location within the desert. Soundwave beforehand despatched his mini-cassette on a mission within the final subject and it's now confirmed that Laserbeak was on the lookout for Megatron.
Laserbeak finds the Decepticon chief hiding in a cave, and Megatron wastes no time seeing his "previous good friend." The true Decepticon chief pulls Laserbeak's wires, connecting them to his misplaced optics so the mini-cassette can operate as his eyes to guide him again to his Decepticon warriors.
Megatron returns to the taking part in area of the Energon Universe in Transformers #16
The Decepticon desires his evil faction again
When Transformers #1 launched in 2023, Megatron was nowhere to be discovered. Skybound teased the villain's return for a number of points earlier than it was revealed that the Decepticon chief had been a prisoner of Cobra Commander and the Cobra-La occult society. Megatron broke free from his jail final summer time Energon Universe Particularthe place he misplaced each optics in a horrific battle with Lord Golobulus. The Decepticon chief has apparently been in hiding ever since, biding his time earlier than getting into the Autobot/Decepticon battle that has erupted on Earth.
Megatron now stands on the heart of the Energon Universe to reclaim his position because the true Decepticon chief.
Whereas Megatron was lacking, Starscream took on the vacant management position inside the Decepticonsmain to at least one disastrous encounter with the Autobots after one other. Soundwave finally challenged Starscream for management, defeating him in fight to take his place. It was just lately revealed that Starscream survived the struggle and shaped his personal faction of former Decepticons to problem Soundwave's forces. Each could also be in for a impolite awakening, as Megatron now takes heart stage within the Energon Universe to reclaim his position because the true Decepticon chief, regardless that he's at present in a fairly weakened state.
Will Megatron face Soundwave and Starscream within the subsequent points?
The actual Decepticon chief has a struggle forward of him
Contemplating that Soundwave despatched Laserbeak to search out Megatron within the first place, it might be straightforward to imagine that the loyal Decepticon will line up behind his authentic chief as soon as he makes his presence identified. Starscream most likely gained't be so accommodating, contemplating he was the one who initially shot Megatron from the crash of the Ark centuries in the past when he landed on Earth. Whereas according to Starscream's treacherous nature, Starscream's just lately revealed origin within the Energon Universe reveals that the Decepticon has a proper to be indignant with Megatron, after his chief turned him right into a cold-blooded killer.
Nevertheless, the most important confrontation of all can be with Megatron's mortal enemy, Optimus Prime. Prime chopped off Megatron's cannon arm together with his Energon ax centuries in the past aboard the Ark, and the Autobot chief took Megatron's arm as his personal within the new continuity. Megatron will doubtless attempt to take away his arm, however the latest violent explosions that overcame Prime might make this extra of a problem than the Decepticon realizes. Regardless of the case, Transformers followers are in for an epic rematch between Optimus Prime and Megatron, because the Energon Universe rockets in its third 12 months of publication.
Transformers #16 is now accessible from Skybound Leisure.