Energon Volume 2

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Publisher	Hasbro
First published	2004
Story	Simon Furman
Art	Guido Guidi
Colors	Sigmund Torre

Inferno, Landmine, and Prowl find some hill.

Synopsis

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are tasked with the mission to save Earth's energon, but their task is made difficult by the Decepticons, led by Megatron. Will either side win the battle? Only time will tell.

On a tall hill on Earth, Inferno and Prowl find a hoard of energon and decide to build an energon tower on the site. Landmine, however, lags behind, complaining that he's almost getting a "spark attack" from climbing the hill. Prowl initiates a hologram, showing how the energon tower will appear on the hill. Landmine contacts Optimus Prime for permission to build the energon tower. Optimus denies the request, citing Decepticon activity in the area.

Nearby, Megatron laughs at the attempt of erecting energon towers to keep the energon from him and orders the flock of Divebombs surrounding him to attack. Landmine, alarmed by Optimus's mention of nearby Decepticon activity, warns the other two Autobots, but the warning comes too late, as the Divebombs are in plain sight. To battle all the Divebombs, Inferno and Prowl Powerlinx and Landmine transforms into brute mode. In the meantime, Megatron flies overhead and shoots at the Autobots. However, Powerlinx Inferno manages to shoot him out of the sky, sending him crashing to the ground. Down but not out, Megatron reveals that the battle was a distraction, allowing his Insecticons to absorb the energon. Faced with unrelenting numbers, the Autobots retreat. Gloating, Megatron tells the Autobots to tell Optimus that he will not stop until all of Earth's energon is his.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Notes

• As with the other pack-in comics, the story and art are uncredited. The front cover, however, has signatures for "GUIDO" and "SIG", and Simon Furman would eventually confirm his involvement.^[1]
• The flip half of the booklet features a catalog of the second waves of Energon toys, along with 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime, Alternators Sideswipe, and Universe toys.
• This story contains one of the only in-fiction appearances of Energon Optimus Prime's early-production unmasked head.
• The combination of Inferno and Prowl is bizarrely referred to as "Powerlinx". As in, "Run for cover Powerlinx!"
• The Insecticons are not referred to by name. Instead, they are called "Terrorcon Beetles".

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