Kudos to everyone who correctly guessed Mesothulas' identity. I'm wondering where to put the stress in that name though... Meh-SOTH-oolas, Meh-so-THOO-las... I'm going with the former. Is it even "meh-so" or "mee-so"? Mesoconfused.

I also just noticed that Tidal Wave actually is Armada Tidal Wave, but now with a beast mode! I didn't recognise him last issue, but yeah, this issue gave me a better view of his robot mode parts and it's clearly Armada Tidal Wave. I want this toy!!! Stakeout's fate had me saying holy four-letter F-word! Ditto Hubcap's revelation! I really like it when IDW take previously underused original G1 characters and suddenly make 'em really interesting.

Nice move with Mesothulas' original form and calling his naughty thing the Noisemaze. I see what you did there, IDW.