Not only is he targeted by vengeful Decepticon loyalists, he also earns the wrath of bitter Autobots who refuse to forgive him for his crimes, and would rather see him dead than remorseful. Throughout MTMTE, Megatron faces countless foes who refuse to believe that he has changed. Later, in one of the comic’s most iconic scenes, Megatron stands before a seemingly endless sea of flowers, with each bloom signifying a Cybertronian killed by his hand. In a heart-wrenching conversation with his loyal servant Ravage, he confesses the immense guilt he feels for the countless atrocities he’s committed. And so, starting with issue #28 of MTMTE, Megatron becomes the unlikely co-captain of the starship Lost Light.ĭespite being openly despised by nearly the entirety of the Lost Light crew, Megatron quickly proves to be genuine in his desire for redemption. As it happens, the quest of the Knights of Cybertron is the focus of More Than Meets The Eye, the series helmed by James Roberts. However, a despot who claimed countless lives in his war for universal domination isn’t about to be forgiven so easily just because he’s changed sides.Īfter a long and grueling trial, Megatron manages to escape execution by citing an ancient and forgotten law: in the absence of an impartial jury, a defendant may instead choose to be tried by the Knights of Cybertron, an ancient order of heroes who disappeared millions of years ago. In his words: “I lost the war the moment I gave the order to fight.” And so, Megatron renounces the Decepticon cause and takes up the badge of the Autobots, joining forces with his friend-turned-nemesis Optimus Prime to defeat Shockwave and save the universe. Thanks to Shockwave’s machinations - and some unexpected compassion from Bumblebee - Megatron finally realized that he’d come to embody the very tyranny he once fought against. Before long, Megatron’s goal was no longer equality, but control - in his words, “peace through tyranny.” Megatron’s newfound lust for power caused his former friend Optimus to rise up against him, and the Autobot-Decepticon war began. After all, he still believed that Cybertron needed a ruler to rally around, and he refused to let anyone but himself be that leader. But thanks to his insatiable thirst for vengeance and his cynical worldview, Megatron slowly became just as obsessed with authority as the regime he despised. Eventually, Megatron’s followers became the revolutionary movement known as the Decepticons - named after their motto, “You are being deceived.”Īt first, the Decepticons sought only to overthrow the Senate, bringing freedom and equality to the oppressed people of Cybertron. Over time, Megatron gained a loyal following of criminals, dissidents, and other outcasts, who saw him as a savior. After being laid off from his mining job by order of the Senate, Megatron became a gladiator in the fighting pits of Kaon, where he took out his rage towards the establishment on his opponents. Terminus believed that even after revolution, Cybertron would need a single leader to guide the people from above, and he saw that leader in Megatron. Megatron became convinced that violence was the only way to achieve lasting change, and this new worldview was only encouraged by his fellow miner Terminus. But although Megatron survived, his brush with death caused him to become disillusioned with his pacifist ideals. Megatron was nearly killed by the corrupt cop Whirl, only to be saved by Orion Pax - the robot who would later become Optimus Prime. But when the Senate learned of Megatron’s growing popularity, they decided to have him assassinated in order to silence the voice of a dissenting public. He decided to vent his frustrations with the status quo by becoming a writer, earning infamy with his political treatise “Towards Peace,” which promoted nonviolent protest as a means to bring about change. But thanks to the strict caste system enforced by the power-hungry Senate, Megatron was forced to live as a miner. In this continuity, Megatron started out not as a villain, but as a victim - he was once an ordinary Cybertronian who wanted to be a medic. The backstory for IDW’s Megatron was originally featured in the aptly named Megatron Origin miniseries written by Eric Holmes, but would be fleshed out even further in later stories under the pen of James Roberts. The IDW comics feature a new take on the series’ classic characters - heavily based on the original cartoon, but reinvented for modern sensibilities. There have been lots of Transformers comics over the decades, but the ones that have become most popular with the fans come from IDW Publishing’s original continuity, which ran from 2005 to 2018.
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