. Issue #15 was dedicated to explaining character transformations; while Denton J. Tipton and Casey Coller dealt with Perceptor's change from scientist to sniper, writer-artist Nick Roche returned to the character of Kup with a story that bridged Roche's earlier Spotlight: Kup with All Hail. It doesn't appear to be battle damage, and he has them later on in the present. One of the men beats on his door, yelling that Long Haul is going to kill someone. Atlanta, Georgia 30328 | 877.481.5750, *****TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #1 APOCALYPSE COMICS VARIANT*****IDW, 2008.Super rare Apocalypse Comics Casey Coller "KILLING JOKE" homage variant cover!One of the most sought-after and hard to find Transformers comics! You can help Transformers Wiki by expanding it.Note: For single issues or individual stories, use {{issuestub}}, While we don't see much of the Decepticon's rampages on Earth in this comic, later comics by. The Decepticons have won, the Autobots are defeated, and the time for conquest is at hand! In New York City, a green construction vehicle nearly runs over some humans in Times Square. Joe Volume One TPB CGC grading various G.I. All Hail Megatron - book 3 chapter 1 | Cinematic Comics! All Hail Megatron Book Club Edition; cover art by Trevor Hutchison, The Complete All Hail Megatron; cover art by Trevor Hutchison, The IDW Collection, Volume 5; cover art byE. Everything we have done here has brought dishonor to the Decepticon name. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron. Hunter, Deluge, and Dropshot. The Autobots are saved from the Swarm by the timely arrival of Omega Supreme, who transports them to Earth. On your knees, human scum, and bow before the great and glorious Megatron! He doesn't know how right he is. This is not the first time this has happened, giant dinosaur robot stomping around in broad daylight. These opened with an Optimus Prime and Ironhide story by returning fan-favourites Simon Furman and Don Figueroa in issue #13, which saw Figueroa debut the new "skeletal" art style he would then employ as artist of the soon-to-debut ongoing series, and the first tale by incumbent ongoing writer Mike Costa, centred on Starscream with art by Chee Yang Ong. throw Megatron's barely-functioning body out of the ship's airlock but is held back by the feeling that he would return and be even more powerful in spite of it. Welcome to Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki. Synopsis. Megatron is far from impressed showing them the true meaning of destruction as he takes out a skyscraper with one blast of his Fusion Cannon. The violence was toned down since the preview in ", When July sales data came in, it turned out. Frazier Irving "Killing Joke" Homage cover. This new Autobot made his debut in the pages of All Hail Megatron proper, and his introduction was heavily hyped by the company, garnering the character quite an infamous reputation as a polarizing figure in the fandom and marking him as one of the most distinctive elements of McCarthy's tenure on the brand for good or for ill. A small handful of other Spotlights were published while All Hail Megatron was running, but had nothing to do with the story; regardless, they would go on to be collected with Jazz and Drift in a trade paperback labelled as the third volume of the All Hail Megatron story. All Hail Megatron On your knees, human scum, and bow before the great and glorious Megatron! Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks. The arrival of a second group commanded by Kup finally provides them with the energon needed to repair Optimus Prime, as well as more information about the betrayal, but the coming of the Insecticon Swarm drives the combined Autobot forces onto the defensive. ***PAYPAL PAYMENT ONLY.GHOST SHIP COMICS strives to provide the best premium comics with top-notch customer service. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for The Transformers: All Hail Megatron . This all-new series picks up one year after the Revelations saga, and finds the Decepticons alone and triumphant on Earth, with not an Autobot in sight. Click below to begin your paid subscription. Retailer Incentive Cover for All Hail Megatron #1 is a Killing Joke. a truncated version of the original scene, he fights for a people that hates and fears their kind, Notice how Roadbuster's shoulders are scraping on the ceiling, will have done so by crushing me beneath your heel. The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Five, Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection, #27: "Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11", Shane McCarthy's January 2009 interview with OneShallStand.com to the question of retcons and continuity errors in All Hail Megatron, Chris Ryall on the IDW forums, explaining the original sub-numbering plan, Chris Ryall on the IDW forums again, dismissing sub-numbering altogether, http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2009/04/hailing-frequencies-still-open.html, Comic Book Resources article on Shane McCarthy and All Hail Megatron, http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?t=6553&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0, http://ceron.jp/url/www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm7291277, Shane McCarthy on the Allspark.com, confirming continuity, http://idwlimited.com/shop/all-hail-megatron-red-label-edition/, https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Transformers:_All_Hail_Megatron&oldid=1660993. As part of the 25th Anniversary celebration of Transformers in 2009, this comic book run, All Hail Megatron, was published in an alternate storyline where Megatron and his Decepticons finally win the war against the noble Autobots and Earth falls to. Joined: Jun 21, 2002 Posts: 9,872 News Credits: 2 Trophy Points: 287 Likes: +17. A brief flashback show the war on Cybertron, its evacuation, and a battle on Earth. ", After it is revealed that Sunstreaker betrayed the Autobots, Drift tells Ironhide that the Decepticons had knowledge that Sunstreaker couldn't possibly have known, meaning there was another traitor in their midst. Bonus material includes a cover gallery and the art sketches from previous collections. Megatron is severely damaged by the combined efforts of Optimus Prime and the humans. 21, No. I COMBINE SHIPPING FOR FREE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. Indicates a raw comic with no grade info entered. I finally found a use for all those voice-changer helmets! All Hail Megatron was translated and released in Spain by NORMA Editorial. and nothing short of a miracle will save them from utter extinction!Collects All Hail Megatron #1-16, as well as Transformers Spotlight: Blurr, Transformers Spotlight: Jazz . less sense, as Hunter was Sunstreaker's headmaster partner, so whatever Hunter would have known Sunstreaker would have known as well. Synopsis Prologue "After years of war, MEGATRON and his forces had finally conquered Earth. One year later. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Cyclonus was just about to pull this on a dying Scourge until Galvatron showed up. Megatron walks through a blazing fire, laughing maniacally. 25, No. Tim Formas Old Man Administrator. 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For more information, please see our The Matrix of Leadership was promptly retconned in as a key factor in IDW's history, despite not appearing in the story depicting the war's origin (years later, James Roberts's "Chaos Theory" would expand and explain this glitch), while the paucity of energon that drove the backstory of Furman's new vision seemed a thing of the past. A standalone sketchbook and preview comic . Prowl, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker are now in their, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp are now in their. Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members research needs. Watch my video on the telling of the IDW All hail Megatron. Sparkplug's group is attacked by Dropshot, who was hiding as one of their missile launchers all this time, and panicking he asks if they can be under their noses all the time, where else can they be? On Cybertron, the Autobots are in a sorry state. The crowd marvels at the giant robots, some thinking they are movie props. As noted above, All Hail Megatron has some odd discontinuities with the preceding storylines. Megatron stops an immediate retaliation by Starscream, wanting to let the humans get a few shots in first. 10, October 1940, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Watch my video on the telling of the IDW All hail Megatron. The creation of the Insecticons is a major plot point in All Hail, despite two of the team's members previously appearing in Spotlight: Blaster and Megatron: Origin, while past depictions of IDW's eloquent Soundwave were ignored in favor of instating his monotone speech patterns from the original The Transformers cartoon. 10, January 1929, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Mixmaster takes a moment to marvel at how fragile everything feels. Prowl delivers a message on a device to Jazz, who angrily throws it away. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program, TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #1 Apocalypse Comics CBCS 9.8 Killing Joke IDW. The time now is 8:09 PM. Skywarp mocks the humans, telling Starscream that the humans will really be terrified when Megatron arrives. Cookie Notice Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. As the human jets are decimated, one of the pilots, a man named DJ, attempts to crash his crippled fighter into Megatron, who just swats him away. As the human jets are decimated, one of the pilots, a man named DJ, attempts to crash his fighter into Megatron, who just swats him away. With no one to stand in their way, how will the planet survive? The Decepticons are driven off; the intervention of a disgruntled Thundercracker prevents the European Union from nuking New York City, though he pays for his "betrayal". The event spans the 12-issue All Hail Megatron maxi-series, a 4 issue "Coda" (appended to the main series for publication) and various Spotlight-series tie-ins. The Decepticons question their place now that the war is apparently over; Starscream begins to doubt Megatron's goals and secretly teams up with some Decepticons in another bid to overthrow Megatron. The "B" variant covers for each issue were drawn by Trevor Hutchison in the style of Soviet Union propaganda posters. This article needs to grow up a little bit. !Posted with eBay Mobile, If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant IDW Publishing's editor-in-chief has revealed the pencils to the All Hail Megatron #1 retailer-exclusive variant cover. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Satisfied with his demonstration of power, Megatron then orders his crew to attack, which they do with gusto. Despite their initial remit of trying to fix glitches, the four Coda issues did not fare too well on the continuity front, immediately doing away with Starscream's change in heart from the main story's conclusion and partially re-writing a scene from Furman's Sunstreaker and Hunter story to skew it in another direction. *****TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #1 APOCALYPSE COMICS VARIANT*****IDW, 2008.Super rare Apocalypse Comics Casey Coller KILLING JOKE homage variant cover!One of the most sought-after and hard to fi Starscream is far from happy. I simply love that developement of the characters and struggles they face. Of course, this is all a joke and the Constructicons begin blasting into the crowd and street, blasting everything and everyone in sight. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Featured characters 3 Errors 4 Items of note 4.1 Covers (5) 4.2 Advertisements 4.3 PSP release 5 References Synopsis A brief flashback show the war on Cybertron, its evacuation, and a battle on Earth. We're lead to believe that Mirage is responsible for the Decepticon ambush that nearly killed Optimus Prime, but it turns out that's not really the case. Megatron walks through a blazing fire, laughing maniacally. 35, No. Immediately after this is forgotten and never brought up again, however the next page shows Hunter being tortured by Bombshell, implying that Hunter is the source of the con's information which makes even. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. It ends up being forgotten pretty quickly, and then Andy dies and the subplot is never resolved. It is revealed that Sunstreaker betrayed the Autobots due to Bombshell messing with Hunter. Transformers: The Complete All Hail Megatron Hardcover - August 9, 2011 by Shane McCarthy (Author), Simon Furman (Author), Andy Schmidt (Author), 130 ratings Hardcover The Decepticons have won, the Autobots are defeated, and the time for conquest is at hand! Entertainment Prowl, who had Perceptor install some subroutines into Kup, so Kup can be Prowl's proxy when it comes to have his advice being taken seriously. Artist: Guido Guidi. Same case can be argued with Hunter and the torture he suffered at the hands of Bombshell. 2, February 1944, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Fighter pilots are sent to intercept the Decepticons, but they think it's just a joke until they see the robots in person. A persistent rumor among fans is that the series was originally conceived as an, The story got a sort-of sequel eight years later, when the 50th issue of, Bonus material includes a cover gallery (not including the sketch covers). TFArchive.com's comic sales discussion thread, There is no such rank as "commander" in the United States Air Force. And what of the missing Autobots? Originally, the series was slated to be issues #3546 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" scheme,[3] leaving Furman twelve issues set during the "missing year" to wrap up any loose ends he could (though in the end, only nine issues were published across Revelation and Maximum Dinobots). Listen to Cinematic Comics voice overs as I go through the retelling of the All Hail Megatron series.. This is what happens when your Photoshop skills improve! I found this a fascinating .. View cart for details. Other than full or partial collections of All Hail Megatron. The machine guns, surprisingly, have no effect on them. Follow-up ads used the visual style of post-revolutionary Communist propaganda. Optimus and Spike's dialogue while Sideswipes finds Hunter, and the subsequent actions. We come to you to preach the message of unity, co-operation, and goodwill. Or is it? And Optimus Prime dying after that event. Subscribers Double Cover Edition 1/3750. To then see so much of this ignored or thrown out as another creator took the reins of the universe proved aggravating to fans, and garnered All Hail an especially negative reputation at the time. DJ has a "soul patch" beard, which is not allowed for U.S. military pilots. Or is it? (CHECK OUT THE CGC 9.8 SS VERSION OF THIS VARIANT FOR SALE SEPARATELY IN MY EBAY STORE! Issue #14 added an epilogue to Sunstreaker's story by the returning McCarthy and Santalucia, while line editor Andy Schmidt planted the seeds for future stories with his contribution to issue #14, covering the return of Galvatron, with art by IDW cover contest winner Andrew Griffith. Also included is an art gallery consisting of. 7, No. Sol Fury The British Butcher Veteran. Oct 2003 | View Details. [2] Similar to a tactic DC Comics had employed after its series Infinite Crisis two years prior, McCarthy jumped the entire IDW universe forward one year in time in order to present a story that could shock readers with its sudden, dramatic differences, the product of unseen changes that occurred within the "missing year". I read everything that had been put out by IDW and there's no disrespect of what Simon's done coming from me. All Hail Transformers Prime Megatron Returns. All Hail Megatron #1 All Hail Megatron #1 The Decepticons have won, the Autobots are defeated, and the time for conquest is at hand! Sideswipe swats Kickback with a broken street light, wanting to avenge Sunstreaker 's death. The way the Decepticons managed to get all the Autobot intelligence, and disable all their global defenses, was through a comatose and mutilated Hunter and its bond with Sunstreaker. All Hail Megatron Book 1: Megatron Conquers Earth | Cinematic Comics! New York City suddenly comes under attack from a horde of giant transforming robots; although the city's residents initially think it is some sort of stunt or movie project, the Constructicons prove them wrong when they start firing into the crowds. All Hail Megatron is the latest mini-series in the ongoing TF narrative, detailing what happens when the Autobots are forced to tend to a wounded/damaged Optimus Prime. You may wish to create or login to an account in order to have full editing access to this wiki. The first details of the series were revealed on the trashy Australian tabloid current affairs programme Today Tonight on January 16, 2008. N/A References Variant cover art by Casey Coller; Cover art inspired by Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) DC/Transformers References Pt 1: The Killing Joke [Artwork] Killing Joke by Brian Bolland, All Hail Megatron by Casey Coller and Transformers UK #187 Lee Sullivan Best of Megatron; cover art by Livio Ramondelli, giant dinosaur robot stomping around in broad daylight, This is not the first time this has happened, https://web.archive.org/web/20080924195510/http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=4270&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45, http://tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?t=34535&page=22, https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=All_Hail_Megatron_issue_1&oldid=1615392. Specifically featuring a cast made up almost entirely of 1984-1986 characters for their high recognizability, the series was originally intended as only six issues; Chris Ryall requested its expansion to twelve. This amount is subject to change until you make payment. . 7, July 1956, The American Cinematographer, Vol. An illustration from 2017. Lasting from 2008 to 2009, the series ran for sixteen issues (including four "Coda" issues of short stories), with a small handful of vaguely associated Spotlight-series tie-ins. This all-new series picks up one year after the Revelations saga, and finds the Decepticons alone and triumphant on Earth, with not an Autobot in sight. This is one of the first comics available for Sony's Digital Comic Service for the PlayStation Portable. All Hail Megatron issue 1 On your knees, human scum, and bow before the great and glorious Megatron! DECEPTICONS FINALLY WIN. In real life, there is no such rank as "commander" in the, The equivalent rank in the U.S. Air Force would be a. DJ has a "soul patch" beard, which, in the real world, is not allowed for U.S. military pilots (as it would interfere with the sealing of the pilot's oxygen mask). The Transformers: All Hail Megatron was the second major "act" of IDW Publishing's first ongoing comic universe, intended to serve as a "soft reboot" of IDW's increasingly complicated storylines and create a jumping-on point for new readers following the truncated ending of the previous collection of mini-series and one-shots. Scrapper makes a brief speech that they have come in peace, to Hook's confusion. Drift was not all that set the fandom's sensibilities ablaze: the abandonment of not just Furman's storyline, but nearly all of the unique elements (discussed in more detail below) he had introduced into IDW continuity, also sat ill with many readers. IDW rejected the pitch and the motion comic went unproduced.[11]. Megatron stops an immediate retaliation by Starscream, wanting to let the humans get a few shots in first. Your credit card or PayPal account will be charged. 11, November 1954, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Bonus material includes a cover gallery, a 1-page art gallery featuring the. Both: Hahahahaha! The Complete All Hail Megatron HC ( July 27, 2011) ISBN 1600109551 / ISBN 978-1600109553 Collects issues #1-16, and the Spotlights of Volume 3. Note Thundercracker in the background of pages 8 to 10, looking a bit unhappy about the rampage. Moundsville, West Virginia, United States. Lastly, issue #16 saw Mike Costa set up further plot points for the ongoing in a Spike Witwicky story with art by Guidi, while Chee returned to illustrate a Bumblebee story in #16 by Zander Cannon, paving the way for the Bumblebee mini-series the pair would soon produce. Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Sol Fury, May 5, 2008. The crowd marvels at the giant robots, some thinking they are movie props. Starscream instantly grovels, saying that their destruction of the city is going well. Simply put, the. Privacy Policy. Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1 (2008) Variant Listing Loading. Contents [ hide ] 1 Synopsis 2 Featured characters 3 Quotes 4 Notes 4.1 Continuity notes 4.2 Transformers references 4.3 Real-world references 4.4 Errors 4.5 Other trivia 4.6 Covers (5) 4.7 Advertisements 4.8 Reprints 5 References Synopsis He doesn't know how right he is. Apocalypse Comics Cover. All Hail Megatron #10; The Arrival TPB More than Meets the Eye Volume 1 and 2 TPBs All Hail Megatron TPB Star Trek: Countdown miniseries Classic G.I. Joe comics Terminator Salvation official movie adaptation (back cover) Reprints. Much to the man's amazement, Long Haul transforms and joins the other Constructicons who have arrived. And then on the opposite side with Decepticons conqueing earth and finally seeing victory for the first time. Unfortunately for him, Megatron ominously makes his appearance mid rant. All Hail Megatron Book 1: Megatron Conquers Earth | Cinematic Comics! He also made a secret deal with Starscream, where the Autobots would get Megatron in exchange for Earth, instead the Autobots get ambushed, Optimus nearly dies and many Autobots outposts fall after a security breach in their access codes This becomes too much for him to bear and. This amount is subject to change until you make payment. 36, No. Shrapnel and Bombshell have different designs, taking more bug-like insect modes.