Transformers #6

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Synopsis

It's the AUTOBOTS versus the biggest foe they've faced since DEVASTATOR! But with OPTIMUS PRIME in captivity, do our heroes stand a chance? The action keeps coming courtesy of Mike Costa and Don Figueroa!It begins with Spike Witwicky in a chopper picking him up after he was forced to jump into a river last issue when suddenly the chopper crew catches sight of Menasor attacking the Autobots. Spike orders them to retreat back to their base. There, Spike talks to Optimus Prime saying that he turned himself in because of Ironhide's death though Optimus tells him it was because there had to be change and it wouldn't have been possible if he had told his men what he was doing. Spike however, wants to make sure that all this was set in motion because of his friend's death and Optimus says that is indeed true. Spike then tells him that it's his fault that his friend was killed because when the Autobots made a raid on the installation, he wasn't here when he should have been and his men got overzealous and used lethal force because he had authorized its use earlier, set the precedent. But he wasn't there to control them when they did it so he feels it's all his fault. Optimus asks him why he is telling hi this, and Spike says that it's because he's a good soldier and he's sill figuring out how to be a leader too. Spike asks one more time if he's serious about making a difference and Optimus says that it's why he's there. Spike says he's given him a lot to think about and now there's a serious situation with his men and they're in trouble. Optimus says he's not the judge of such things anymore but Spike tells him that the situation is out of everyone's league and that one of the qualities of a good leader is to know when to change the game plan. He then releases Optimus and though his men protest what he's doing, he tells them to just tell the general that he escaped and he's gone because he's out looking for him. He urges them to do this because if they don't stop Menasor in...