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|caption=What's cooler than being cool? ''ICE COLD!''<br />
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]<br />
|date=March [[2002]]<br />
|coverdate=April 2002<br />
|writer=[[Chris Sarracini]]<br />
|penciler=[[Pat Lee]]<br />
|backgrounds=[[Edwin Garcia]]<br />
|inker=[[Rob Armstrong]]<br />
|colorist=[[Pierre Thériault|TheRealT!]]<br />
|graphic design=[[Paul Villafuerte]]<br />
|letterer=[[Dreamer Design]]<br />
|editor=[[Roger Lee]]<br />
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]<br />
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]<br />
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'''"Thank God for second chances."'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[Lazarus]] and Mr. [[Ratzenberg]] walk in the [[Arctic]]. Ratzenberg complains about the conditions and the fact that he does not even know what they are going to see. Lazarus asks for patience, but Ratzenberg still complains, finally putting his hand on Lazarus' shoulder to ask if he's listening. Lazarus bends Ratzenberg's hand back, forcing him to the ground. Lazarus does most of the talking now, asking if Ratzenberg believes in second chances. He makes allusions to the [[Transformer]]s, how great it would be to be allied with them, and how much people would pay to align themselves with them. Ratzenberg remains clueless. They finally reach the excavation site and see [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] partially revealed. Ratzenberg asks who to make his check out to.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (3)<br />
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* [[Lazarus]] (1)<br />
* [[Ratzenberg]] (2)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Let me tell you something Lazarus..."<br/><br />
"What's that?"<br/><br />
"I ''hate'' football."<br/><br />
:—'''Ratzenberg''' to '''Lazarus'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* This six-page preview was initially released in March 2002 to retailers only.<br />
* The first edition included seven pages of Transformers sketches.<br />
* Only around 4500 of the first edition were produced.<br />
* The reprint edition also featured the same sketches, but omitted a pencil rendering of the issue #1 Autobot cover.<br />
* The reprint also included an eight-page "[[Armada Preview|''Armada'' Preview]]", along with a written piece and four pages of art by [[James Raiz]], mainly for ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' but including concept art for ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' for proposal purposes for [[Hasbro]].<br />
* The first edition had a pin-up of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] on the back cover which was later sold as a full-sized poster.<br />
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===Covers (2)===<br />
* First edition: The excavation of Soundwave <br />
* Reprint: Optimus Prime, along with his combat deck and Roller<br />
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===Advertisements (reprint)===<br />
* G1 calendar<br />
* [[Dreamwave Armada issue 1|''Armada'' #1]]<br />
* ''Armada'' calendar<br />
* [[BotCon]] 2002<br />
* [[Titan Books]] G1 reprints<br />
* ''Spriggan'' DVDs<br />
* [[Prime Directive issue 2|''Prime Directive'' #2]]<br />
* ''Darkminds: Macropolis'' #3<br />
* ''Warlands'' TPB #2<br />
* [[Predaking]] lithograph<br />
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] poster<br />
* dreamwaveprod.com (back interior cover)<br />
* Soundwave poster (back cover)<br />
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===Reprints===<br />
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