There was a memorable moment in November's Transformers #2 (we wrote about it here) where Decepticon Starscream, dogfighting with a US Air Force fighter jet, changes into his robot form, forces his opponents to eject from their plane, and then claps his metal hands together, gleefully splatting one of the humans in front of the other. It was grimly funny and seemed to exist purely to illustrate just how evil the Decepticons really are.
In Duke #1 (written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Tom Reilly and colored by Jordie Bellaire), it becomes clear that there was more to that scene than we initially realised. The surviving pilot is none other than Conrad "Duke" Hauser, a legendary hero from the world of G.I. Joe. He's been left traumatised by the encounter and now he has a lot of questions...
