Star Trek vs. Transformers, Issue 2

Real world article
(written from a production point of view)

"Star Trek vs. Transformers, Issue 2" is the second issue in the Star Trek vs. Transformers miniseries. Published by IDW Publishing, it was released in October 2018.

Summary

Solicitation blurb
The Enterprise is burning, brought down by the united forces of the Klingons and Decepticons. Captain Kirk and Optimus Prime have a plan to strike back, but can they bring their scattered Starfleet crew and Autobots together before Megatron wipes them out? The no-holds-barred Saturday morning mash-up continues.
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Memorable Quotes

"My name is Optimus Prime. And you have my gratitude."

- Optimus Prime, introducing himself to the crew of the Enterprise


"You… our minds were joined… but you are not Human?"
"I am Commander Spock, half-Human First Officer of the Federation Starship Enterprise. This is Chief Medical Officer McCoy and Chief Engineer Scott. Both Human."

- Optimus Prime and Spock


"You're a funny-looking Human…"

- Bumblebee on meeting M'Ress


"The Decepticons had us outgunned and outnumbered when they shot us down, Any ideas, Ratchet?"
"I do have one idea, Arcee. I think I know how to get Fortress Maximus up and running again. But it'll be risky!"
"Okay, my large metal friend... What kind of risk did you have in mind?"

- Arcee, Ratchet and Kirk

Background information

Creators

  • Writers:
  • Artists:
    • Philip Murphy (interior, cover A)
    • Leonardo Ito (color art)
    • Josh Burcham (color art)
    • Christa Miesner (letter art)
    • Marcelo Ferreira (cover B)
    • Derek Charm (retail incentive cover)
  • Editors:
  • Publisher:
    • Greg Goldstein
  • Special thanks to Sonal Majmudar, Bryan Olender, Ed Lane, Beth Artale and Michael Kelly as Hasbro and Risa Kessler, Marian Cordry and John Van Citters at CBS Consumer Products.

Cover gallery

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in IDW TOS characters.

USS Enterprise

Humans

Klingons

Transformers

  • Optimus Prime (β)
    Windblade (β)
    Arcee (β)
    Ratchet (β)
    Jazz (β)
    Bumblebee (β)
    Thundercracker (β)
    Skywarp (β)
    Ramjet (β)
    Dirge (β)
    Airachnid (β)
    Starscream (β)
    Thrust (β)
    Acid Storm (β)
    Megatron (β)
    Soundwave (β)
    Trypticon (β)

External links


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