He's not holding a gun on the cover, that's his laser sword.

 

awesome

 

This is cool! I love "What if" and "Elseworlds stories. I hope we got a lot of these from IDW! And that they're a good read of course! I would also want a comic where Skeletor actually gets the power of He (although this would be then a job for DC). Well in the current comics we basically saw that at least on a cover.

I still fondly remember my first "What if" stories that I read as a child, where Peter Parker becomes Nova and Thor dies because he cannot change from Donald Blake to Thor and gets killed by these rock people aliens.

 

Except that Megatron won't survive the final encounter. The cover clearly states that: "Megatron and Optimus Prime duel to the death and only one will survive." We know it's going to be Optimus because that is the whole premise of the comic. The alternate cover shows Optimus standing over a seemingly lifeless Megatron, shot dead by the gun of Optimus Prime. If the showdown ends this way I doubt the Decepticons would be able to retrieve Megatron's body given the beating Optimus had just handed them, which means Unicron would not have the chance to resurrect him. Also, Optimus was still in fairly good condition at the end of the fight so there wouldn't be a reason for the Autobots to flee from the Decepticons given the fact they have Optimus, Magnus, and the Dinobots there.

My only hope is that they don't give us some cop out doom and gloom ending that has Unicron triumphant because Optimus cannot open the Matrix due to not being "worthy."

 

I'd buy that!

 

That I want as well  

 

Sorry, the other cover. Featuring Optimus standing over Megatron's body.

 

Daily reminder: Hot Rod dindu nuffin!

 

Kup gon' put you down, kid.

 

Here's my imagination going wild...

Hot Rod fights off Kup and jumps to intervene in the big duel between Prime and Megatron, but is shot dead by Megatron's gun before he can even utter "Optimus!" Prime, angered by the death of Hot Rod, summons up the last of his strength and sucker-punches Megatron, resulting in Megatron falling off the ledge and being rendered immobile. Prime makes a driving leap and drives his axe into Megatron's chest, finally killing his arch-nemesis. The Decepticons, demoralized after the loss of their leader, retreat in the late-arriving Astrotrain with Starscream taking the position of 'temporary' leader.

And the story unfolds...

 

I'm gonna find it really lame if they do this by stopping Hot Rod from going up there. Although the other cover seems like it's gonna be Prime killing Megatron as he gets the gun.

For the most part the cartoon's skeleton is there. They change somethings like adding lots of Takara and RID characters. Unfortunately for those wanting more out of Season 4 it doesn't directly expand on those events.

Ooo this one's gold.

 

Going all the way back to G1 Marvel for this one:

What if Sparkplug's poisoning of the Decepticons doesn't work and the Decepticons are victorious anyways? What happens to the fallen, energon-depleted Autobots? Does Megatron take no chances and just wipe them out? And, provided issue #4 would play out the same, where does Shockwave fit in there as the Decepticons make Earth it's new empire as they try to establish comminications with Cybertron?

I imagine Shockwave would be obedient since he only took over the Cons because he felt it was logical to do so so we'd likely miss out on one of the best early scraps in that series between Shockwave and Megs.

 

I'm so happy the sunbow toon fiction is getting some love like what regeneration one did for the comics.

Now what i really want is a comic that continues where then toon left off

 

At least it's not Wings of Honour. God, that universe sucked.

 

I love Kup's caption. Lol old timer taking care of business.

 

And Optimus is also misolored (the gray straps on the arms).
Plus the 2nd insignia which shouldn't be there at all... ugh, I'm so fucking sick of artists making a mess. You get hired to draw a picture set in the cartoon universe and you draw everything off model... senseless and simply utterly unprofessional.

Pretty sure they did won thanks to Shockwave.

 

see now this should be the twist ending.

I'd love that.

much like how IDW Prowl did nothing wrong.

that too would be badass.

 

I am soooooo down for this. Sounds like an awesome idea!!! Bought!!!

 

hm, i distinctly remember reading somewhere that in an early draft of the movie, this was actually supposed to happen.
Wonder if that is going to be of any inspiration for this story.

 

More like Season 4 of the cartoon, since TRoOP was basically a reset button. Not really sure how much of an impact that would make. I'd find it more interesting if they went with "What if the Matrix responded to Ultra Magnus" instead.

Nah, Hot Rod's intervention was a late addition to the plot. I think they only added it in there as it made Optimus look a bit like a chump for Megatron to get a shot off in that situation.