Been doing some thinking as to how the Dinobots would be incorporated into the comic, especially since I have seen a few people not being happy over them seemingly being inspired by Sunbow. Here's my take.

I would actually like to take some inspiration from Sunbow but also from Marvel/FoC. Strong and powerful brutes that prefer to act on their own but at the same time a bit stupid. For Grimlock in particular however, I actually want him and his dynamic with Optimus to be inspired by Cyberworld. For those who haven't watched it, the basic summary is at first, Grimlock didn't like Optimus or his leadership skills, leading to some conflicts between the two until Optimus gained Grimlock's respect, at which point he basically became a ride or die for Prime. Seeing as we already have Elita being the one to combat Optimus's leadership I feel like this would be the best option to avoid retreading old ground and character arcs.

As for Snarl, who's been missing from all the covers, I think he, and possibly other Dinobots, are with Starscream, judging by him stealing some of Wheeljack's work in issue 36. With the "how many can I carry" line I do think he probably took more than just 1 spark, so I think it's possible we might see others like Slash or Scorn eventually. The way I see this playing out is Starscream witnessing the Dinobots Wheeljack created in action and then deciding to copy him using the sparks he stole. Hence, I think we could get an adaptation of "War of the Dinobots" from G1 with Starscream in Megatron's place and Snarl in Grimlock's.

I could also see this being how Grimlock grows to respect Optimus. Maybe at first, Grimlock's team encounters Starscream and his Dinobots, with Grimlock trying to get them to join him based on strength alone, but fails. Then Optimus helps Grimlock learn a different approach to leadership, which eventually works and gets Snarl and the others on his side.

Beyond that, I'm not sure what would happen beyond them acting as enforcers. But what do you all think? How would you want the comic to handle these guys?