Editing Arcee (section)

===IDW Publishing===
In ''Transformers: Defiance'' #1, back on ancient Cybertron, Arcee was among Optimus Prime's crew at an excavation site near the temple at Simfur where an artifact was uncovered. In issue #2, Arcee helped in the recovery effort after the attack on Cybertron. She later sided with Optimus Prime against Megatron's orders to counter-attack their invaders. In issue #4, Arcee, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Jazz and Smokescreen ambushed Ironhide, who they believed worked for Megatron, but Ironhide instead joined Optimus Prime's Autobots. Arcee and Bumblebee later spied on the building of the Decepticon starship Nemesis.

Although Arcee was not in the film, the character still appeared in the comic book ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel]]'' where she fights as part of Bumblebee's squad. She realized that Bumblebee knew more than he was revealing, but likewise said nothing when their squad was captured and tortured by the Decepticons.

In ''[[Reign of Starscream]]'' the Decepticon [[Starscream]] barely made it to the Nemesis on Mars before he ran out of power. His return was noted by the Autobot [[Cosmos (Transformers)|Cosmos]], who alerted Arcee, [[Cliffjumper]], [[Smokescreen (Transformers)|Smokescreen]], [[Camshaft (Transformers)|Camshaft]] and [[Air Raid (Transformers)|Air Raid]]. Aided by [[Thundercracker]] on the Nemesis Starscream recovered and sent the information Frenzy had gathered back to Cybertron just as Hardtop spotted the Autobots closing on the Nemesis. Arcee appears on the cover of issue #3. In issue #4, Arcee returned to Cybertron from [[Mars]] by hiding in the landing gear of Starscream's ship. Once on the planet she was discovered by a [[Dreadwing]] and Payload drone, who she deactivated. Returning to an Autobot training facility she discovered [[Clocker (Transformers)|Clocker]], who took her to [[Crosshairs (Transformers)|Crosshairs]] who was planning an attack to free the Autobots at Simfur, which they attempted with the aid of [[Wingblade]], [[Skyblast]], [[Breakaway (Transformers)|Breakaway]] and [[Transformers|Strongarm]].

In ''Tales of the Fallen'' #6 Arcee is taken by [[Thundercracker]] and given to the Decepticon medic Flatline, who experiments on her. Upon waking up she discovers [[Skids (Transformers)|Skids]] and Mudflap are also captives of the Decepticons. After she discovers her spark has been merged with that of Chromia and Elita One, they have a mental link, and use this to lead an escape.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chrismowry.blogspot.com/2010/01/arcee-5-pages.html|title=THE FULL MOWRY|author=Chris Mowry|work=chrismowry.blogspot.com|date=January 2010}}</ref> Arcee, Chromia and Elita One subsequently were among the Autobots to come to Earth in response to Optimus Prime's signal inviting all of his kind to come there. She joined with the Earth-based Autobots in ''[[Transformers: Alliance]]'' #4.

In ''Rising Storm'' #1, it is revealed that Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-One survived the events in [[Egypt]] and with the Autobots when they set a trap for Starscream's minions Divebomb, [[Fearswoop]] and [[Skystalker]] by having [[Theodore Galloway]] pose as an arms dealer attempting to purchase Cybertronian technology. The trap is uncovered and the Autobots send in Arcee, Chromia, Elita-One, Ironhide, Mudflap and Skids. Divebomb and Skystalker are killed while Fearswoop is captured by the Autobots and taken back to the NEST base on [[Diego Garcia]].<ref>{{Cite comic| writer = John Barber| penciller = Carlos Magno| inker = Aburtov and Graphiksslava| story = | title = Transformers: Rising Storm| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = February 2011| publisher = IDW Publishing| location = | page = | panel = | id =}}</ref> In issue #3, she, Chromia, and Elita one are sent to [[New York City]] hoping to get information from Starscream who was sending information to humans, but instead found Astrotrain and a monster, then they realized [[Shockwave (Transformers)|Shockwave]] is on Earth. They tried to contact Optimus and warn him, but Soundwave jammed their communications and were attack by his minions. Elita-One went to go warn Optimus. In issue #4, Elita-One is killed by Shockwave, Arcee and Chromia felt her death, they sent off the explosives which possibility killed Soundwave's minions, but Arcee and Chromia survived.

Note - The appearance of Arcee is modified in some of the IDW Publishing stories, she has a Cybertronian alternate mode.