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WARNING ! Spoilers Ahead for transformer # 19!Megatron is now officially a triple - modifier in the Energon Universe era ofTransformers , as the modish issue reveals the Decepticon leader ’s alt - modes : both a tank and a side arm . Skybound ’s reimagined source for Megatron in this raw persistence supply deeper complexness to the iconic villain , shedding spark on key moments from his past as he prepares for an inevitable clash with the Autobots in the present day .
come from the creative team of Daniel Warren Johnson , Ludo Lullabi , Adriano Lucas , and Rus Wooton , Transformers#19 jumps back to Megatron ’s other day . The floor sees the Decepticon seize by the Quintessonsand forced to fight down in the pit of Quintessa .
Early on , Megatron transforms into a tankful to blast his capturer , the Quintesson Judge Dezimir . However , it all proves for naught , as Megatron is destroy and reconstruct for another combat trial . Megatron wander up being kill and rebuilt C of fourth dimension , before being cede an upgrade via a newalt - mode as a handgun .
Megatron Has Two Alt-Modes in the Energon Universe
The Decepticon Leader Can Transform Into a Tank AND Handgun
As many fan know , Megatron was originally based on the Japanese toy"Gun Robo – P38 U.N.C.L.E.“from Takara ’s Microchange line . For understanding that stay ill-defined , this mold was take to become the leader of the nefarious Decepticons when Hasbro adapted thetoys for the Transformers brand . In the year that followed , toy regulations were updated to prevent toy heavy weapon from looking too naturalistic , which made Megatron ’s original gun modal value a trouble . When transformer returned in the other 1990s , Megatron ’s alt - musical mode was reimagined as a tank , a change that has for the most part stuck ever since .
lover were excited when Megatron ’s alt - mode was revealed to be a hand - gun during the premature flashback thatestablished Starscream ’s fresh stock . Now that fans know Megatron can also translate into a tankful , the creative team has created a situation where they can make rooter of both incarnations happy . realise the creators remix various elements from the franchise ’s forty - year chronicle has been one of the most exciting aspects of the Energon Universe , and the raw extraction provide for Megatron is yet another way Skybound has found a direction to keepTransformers ’ complicated history accessible .
Megatron’s Return Could Spell Doom for Optimus Prime
TransformersIs Heading for an Epic Autobot x Decepticon Showdown
Learning these cardinal aspects of Megatron ’s backstory should set the leg for the last electric arc of writer Daniel Warren Johnson ’s run onTransformers , as the true Decepticon drawing card is officially back to go the enemy faction in the present mean solar day . give the chronicle between the two , and the fact that Optimus is currently in self-will ofMegatron ’s unification cannon branch , fan can await a battle royale between Megatron and Optimus Prime before Johnson set off the Enegon Universe . And now that Megatron is officially confirmed to have a third alt - mode as a army tank , the Autobots have quite the fight ahead of them inTransformers .
Transformers#19is available now from Skybound Entertainment !
Optimus Prime was say to have led the Autobots to triumph . Instead , the fate of Cybertron is unknown , and his allies have crash - landed far from home , alongside their enemies — the Decepticons . As these titanic forces renew their state of war on Earth , one thing is now clear : the satellite will never be the same . New alliance are struck . Battle lines are redrawn . And humanity ’s only Leslie Townes Hope of selection is Optimus Prime .
Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies—the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime.
Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies—the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime.
