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Transformers: Mosaic #458 - "Far From Home"

Originally posted on February 18th, 2010

Story - Franco Villa Art - Ibai Canales Edits - Zac DeBoard

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Later revised and annotated for Transformers: Seeds of Deception

wada sez: Reader, I have truly failed you. I clicked on every single Micromaster on the wiki and was still unable to conclusively identify several of the indistinct cameos in the background. I hope you can one day find it in your heart to forgive me. The second of Villa’s Lovecraft-inspired strips, this one is titled from the opening of “The Festival”, which together with “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” informs the plot. As noted at the bottom of the strip, it continues from Furman’s Revelation miniseries (though with the asterisk that this is Dreamwave-amalgamated Seeds of Deception continuity), expanding on the Gorlam Prime subplot begun with Spotlight: Nightbeat. Villa also notes some Beast Machines influence on this one! Preview and Italian translation below.

Dear Titanic Trawler,

Not in all cases, no. However, I am aware of one tragic tale where it was so. You may recall the tale of how John Henry and the Autobots sent the Astrotrain crashing to his doom. What you may not know is that Tidal Wave, a massive Decepticon, had been awaiting orders from Shockwave to enter the next phase of world domination. He waited nearly two decades without hearing from Shockwave, and finally decided to act on his own. Low on energy, he found his way towards the White Star naval firm, his energy-starved mind believing "white star" to be a sign from Shockwave. He disguised himself as a cruise liner, mass-shifting himself so large that his personal force field was unable to shield him properly. The rest is unfortunately history.