Return to Cybertron (sticker book)

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{{disambig2|the sticker book|the Kid Rhino VHS tape|The Original Transformers}}
{{comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[Sticker Adventures]]
|next=Revenge of the Decepticons
|image=Returntocybertron-decepticonconquest.jpg
|caption=[[Raksha]], eat your heart out.
|title=Return to Cybertron
|publisher=[[Marvel Books]]
|date=1984
|pagecount=20pp
|written by=[[Suzanne Weyn]]
|art by=[[Charles Nicholas]]}}
'''Optimus Prime returns to find Cybertron under Decepticon control.'''

==Synopsis==
Optimus Prime and Prowl are working on a "mysterious spaceship". Despite their advanced astroengineering know-how, they still need assistance from Sparkplug, who is building a device to track the spaceship's journey. The ship is a single-seater, preprogrammed to take its passenger directly back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Sparkplug gripes that Earth is a perfectly fine planet and he doesn't see any reason to leave, which leads Prime to regale him with yet another retelling of how the Autobots came to Earth in the first place.

[[Image:Returntocybertron-ohsnap.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Then it hit me that Sunstreaker was really just a leg, with the round part just the way you would expect.]]
Since the Autobots have been gone so long, it is imperative that they re-establish contact, even if it's just to ensure that Cybertron still exists.
The discussion is disrupted by a Decepticon assault. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] blast through the Autobots' encampment, and a direct shot takes Prime out of commission.

Prime awakens to find his comrades slaughtered. Knowing there is nothing he can do alone, he takes the one-man ship back to Cybertron in hopes of finding reinforcements. Unfortunately, the planet is fully under Decepticon control! Prime meets an [[Ancient Autobot survivor]] who tells Prime of the Decepticons' conquest of their homeworld. Prime relates that the Autobots of Earth have fallen as well, just as the pair are ambushed by Decepticon police! The Decepticons blast Prime...who awakens in the Autobot repair bay, surrounded by his teammates. Prowl and Bumblebee tell him that IT WAS ALL A DREAM. This only steels Prime's resolve to defeat the Decepticons once and for all.
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==Quotes==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (2)
* Unidentified Autobots in flashback (5-10)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (16)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (17)
* [[Ancient Autobot survivor]] (18)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (20)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (21)
|c2=
* Unidentified [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] in flashback (4)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (11)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (13)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (14)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (15)
* [[Decepticon Police officer]] (19)
|c3=
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (3)
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Returntocybertron-soundwave.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Sadly, not the first time this has happened.]]
* Prowl is described as Optimus Prime's "helper."

* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] have non-speaking roles. Sunstreaker's appearance consists of "being a corpse."

* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] refers to himself (and his fellow Seekers) as "beautiful mechanical birds of the sky." Oookay.

* In the flashback to ancient Cybertron, we see a guy who looks like [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] with a red helmet and a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] colorscheme that is entirely original - blue with purple tailfins and trim.

* Megatron is conspicuously absent.

* On the last page, Prime is shown with his arms around his fellow Autobots, Bumblebee and... Soundwave?

* Autobot Soundwave has googly eyes.

* This book was used in the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Spaceballs|Spaceballs]]'' with a large Spaceballs sticker over the cover.

==External links==
[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/sticker/return/return.html Return to Cybertron at Steve-o Stonebraker's site.]

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