History ComicBook / TransformersTwilightsLastGleaming

* WhatIf: What if the Decepticons won the battle for the Allspark in the [[Film/{{Transformers}} first movie]]?

'''Transformers: Twilight's Last Gleaming''' is a ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' storyline set in an AlternateUniverse based on the [[Film/{{Transformers}} 2007 film]].

In a world where Sam's desperate gamble with the [=AllSpark=] failed, the Decepticons rule North America, while a small group of rebels (including Mikaela Banes) struggle to overthrow them and Autobot reinforcements gather on the Moon. Can they find the missing Optimus Prime and return control of Earth to the humans? And even if they succeed, can they ensure that the victory won't be undone?

* HijackedByGanon: The extradimensional entity that Stockade's faction are summoning to Cybertron turns out to be [[spoiler:none other than '''Unicron''']].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Issue 14 shows that just because the Autobots were able to overthrow the Decepticons, it doesn't mean the story's over - NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, the people are frightened and the new President is distrusting of the Autobots.

'''Transformers: Twilight's Last Gleaming''' is a ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' storyline set in an AlternateUniverse based on the [[Film/{{Transformers}} first film]].

'''Transformers: Twilight's Last Gleaming''' is a ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' storyline set in an AlternateUniverse based on the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film series.

The comics in the series can be read [[https://www.allspark.com/tag/twilights-last-gleaming/ here]].

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The story ends with Mikaela and Bumblebee driving off into the sunset to see what else is out there.

** ...and Megatron is plotting to likely create a ApocalypseHow/Class6 for all organic life on Earth by HostileTerraforming the planet into a metal world using the Allspark.
** When Megatron's EvilPlan fails, the Allspark's corruption of the planet from the incomplete terraforming process (which went all the way to the core) threatens to kill the world with a ApocalypseHow/Class4 to ApocalypseHow/ClassX anyway...

* BittersweetEnding: The Autobots successfully teleport the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport Cybertron to the far reaches of the galaxy, but are stranded forever on Earth (an Earth which is still in a rough state from the Decepticons' attack too).

* HostileTerraforming: With control of the Allspark, Megatron's EvilPlan at the series' start is to use it to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Although [[spoiler:he's killed and the Allspark destroyed before he can complete the plan]], the humans and Autobots were too late to stop the Allspark's influence poisoning the Earth, threatening to destroy it anyway.
* NaturalDisasterCascade: Although the Allspark is largely destroyed before Megatron can use it to finish HostileTerraforming the Earth, it was too late to stop the Allspark's energy corrupting the Earth to its core. Part of the results is a variety of chaotic natural disasters (visible on monitors) whilst the Allspark's corruption and Earth's natural state war for equilibrium, threatening to kill the planet. [[spoiler:Fortunately, the disaster is healed with the aid of Nucleon]].

* StoryboardingTheApocalypse: A one-panel case during the original arc shows the Earth and its native plant life being turned into metal while animals flee if Megatron succeeds in HostileTerraforming the planet into New Cybertron.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Jazz's last appearance in the comic has him insist that he is still evil (despite having just saved Prime from a Decepticon), and vowing that WeWillMeetAgain. They never do.

In 2008, British publishers Titan Magazine had a problem. With no clues as to what the plot of the next movie might be, any comic they created would more than likely end up {{Jossed}} or OutdatedByCanon. To neatly sidestep this problem, writer Simon Furman created an ongoing storyline set in a timeline where the climactic events of the film played out very differently.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Jazz's last appearance in the comic has him insist that he is still evil (despite having just saved Prime from a Decepticon), and vowing that WeShallMeetAgain. They never do.

* NaturalDisasterCascade: Although the Allspark is largely destroyed before Megatron can use it to complete HostileTerraforming the Earth, it was too late to stop the Allspark's energy corrupting the Earth to its core. Part of the results is a variety of chaotic natural disasters (visible on monitors) whilst the Allspark's corruption and Earth's natural state war for equilibrium, threatening to kill the planet. [[spoiler:Fortunately, the disaster is healed with the aid of Nucleon]].

** At the start of the series, the United Sates has suffered Continental [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 Societal Disruption]] at the Decepticons' hands...

* BackFromTheDead: Ratchet uses an [=AllSpark=] fragment to revive Jazz.
* TheBadGuyWins: The story starts with Megatron having successfully claimed the [=AllSpark=] and claimed North America.
* BittersweetEnding: The Autobots successfully teleport the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport Cybertron to the far reaches of the galaxy, but are stranded on Earth forever.
* DeathByAdaptation: Sam was killed when his gambit with the [=AllSpark=] failed.

* WhamShot: The splash page for the first comic in the series depicts a large building with the Decepticon logo in the middle of a human city.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Issue 14 shows that just because the Autobots were able to overthrow the Decepticons, it doesn't mean the story's over - NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, the people are frightened and the new President is distrusting of the Autobots.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Issue 14 shows that just because the Autobots were able to overthrow the Decepticons, it doesn't mean the story's over - NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, and the people are frightened and the new President is distrusting of the Autobots.

InAWorldWhere Sam's desperate gamble with the [=AllSpark=] failed, the Decepticons rule North America, while a small group of rebels (including Mikaela Banes) struggle to overthrow them and Autobot reinforcements gather on the Moon. Can they find the missing Optimus Prime and return control of Earth to the humans? And even if they succeed, can they ensure that the victory won't be undone?