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'''''The War Within''''' is a six-part miniseries published by [[Dreamwave Productions]] in 2002, set in the main G1 [[Dreamwave continuity]]. It depicts the early days of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s rise to prominence. The series was successful enough to lead to two sequel series.<br />
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!align=center bgcolor=#6699CC|'''<font color="white">''The War Within'' issues:</font>'''<br />
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|| [[The War Within issue 1|#1]] | [[The War Within issue 2|#2]] | [[The War Within Preview|Preview]] | [[The War Within issue 3|#3]] | [[The War Within issue 4|#4]] | [[The War Within issue 5|#5]] | [[The War Within issue 6|#6]] <br />
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==Overview==<br />
Eons ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Autobot-Decepticon war is in its early stages, with the vicious [[Megatron (G1)]] cutting a swath through the ranks of the Autobots. When the previous Prime is killed, the High Council chooses a common data entry bot to step up and become the new leader: Optimus Prime. But not everyone is happy with the new choice, as his initial command decision is to surrender Cybertron to the Decepticons. Meanwhile, Megatron works to activate planetary scale engines which could remake the face of Cybertron. He needs one thing to power them... and Optimus Prime has it.<br />
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''The War Within'' was the first of any series to seriously re-imagine G1 characters as they might have appeared on Cybertron; before, pre-Earth Transformers were often just simplified versions of their Earthen selves, if they were redesigned at all. <br />
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==Creative team==<br />
The series was written by long-time Transformers scribe [[Simon Furman]], marking his return to mainstream Transformers comics. Pencils were by [[Don Figueroa]], who also did the redesigns of dozens of [[Generation 1]] characters for the series. <br />
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==Items of note==<br />
* Though the individual comics from Dreamwave were titled ''Transformers: The War Within,'' the collected volume from [[IDW Publishing]] is titled ''Transformers: War Within,'' possibly for trademark reasons.<br />
* Several of Figueroa's designs were later made into toys for the [[Titanium Series]] toy lines, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (recolored into [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Sunstorm]]), and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Starscream's design was also adapted for [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' form. Planned Titanium line toys for [[Grimlock]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] remained unreleased.<br />
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==Errors==<br />
* On the back cover of the trade paperback collection, "Transformers", in one place, is spelled "Transfrormers".<br />
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==Sequels==<br />
* ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<br />
* ''[[The War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''<br />
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==Collections==<br />
* ''Transformers: War Within'' {{m-}} Pocket novel <small>(July 14, 2004) ISBN 1897105010</small><br />
* ''Transformers: War Within'' {{m-}} IDW reprint <small>(March 28, 2007) ISBN 1600100562</small><br />
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