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File:Transv3 issue1 dforces foil.jpg

2010-03-13T13:42:00Z

Snaketales:

Dynamic Forces gold foil cover for #1 of Dreamwave's ongoing Transformers G1 series. Shows Brawn, Ratchet and Wheeljack shooting at a giant hand, art by Don Figueroa.

File:Transv3 issue1 convention.jpg

2010-03-13T13:39:31Z

Snaketales:

Transformerscon exclusive cover for #1 of Dreamwave's ongoing Transformers G1 series. Dinobots dropping out of the sky by Don Figueroa.

File:Transv3 issue1-silversnail.jpg

2010-03-13T13:37:22Z

Snaketales:

Silver Snail variant cover to #1 of Dreamwave's ongoing Transformers G1 series. Soundwave battling Jazz, art claimed to be by Pat Lee.

File:Warandpeace issue6 ultramagnusvariant.jpg

2010-03-13T13:35:33Z

Snaketales:

Variant cover to Transformers Generation One #6 volume 2. Ultra Magnus bursting out of his red and blue armor ro show white inner robot. By Pat Lee.

File:Warwithin goldfoil.jpg

2010-03-13T13:33:19Z

Snaketales:

New Dimension Comics variant cover for Dreamwave's War Within #1 volume 1. Profile shot of WW Optimus Prime by Pat Lee in gold foil.

The War Within issue 1

2010-03-13T13:27:13Z

Snaketales: /* Covers (2) */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[The War Within|Transformers: The War Within]]'' #1
|next=The War Within issue 2
|image=DW TWW 1.jpg
|caption="I'm even more of a wimp than Orion Pax!"
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=October 9, 2002
|coverdate=October, 2002
|story=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Don Figueroa]]
|inks=[[Elaine To]] & Don Figueroa
|colors=[[Rob Ruffolo]]
|graphic design=[[Kevin Lee]]
|letters=[[Dreamer Design]]
|editorinchief=[[Roger Lee]]
|assistant editor=[[Matt Moylan]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Early war]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Following the death of Sentinel Prime, the Council of Ancients chooses an unlikely successor.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Autobot]] [[Prime (rank)|leader]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] is killed in battle. A while later, in the vaults of the [[High Council Pavilions]] in [[Iacon]], [[Bluestreak]] relates scuttlebutt about how the old Prime died to indifferent archivist Optronix, who just wants to be left to his work. Bluestreak thinks Optronix has a cushy position.

Over in [[Orbital Torus State]] [[Altihex]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s team of Autobots is in trouble. [[Overhaul (G1)|Overhaul]] dies with a hole blasted through him, the latest victim of the Autobot/Decepticon war. As Grimlock orders his men to hold their position, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] reports that the [[Skysled]] evac unit is having trouble — a group of [[Neutral]]s are refusing to evacuate. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] radios from the transport that [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] are incoming, but Grimlock doesn't have the resources to provide assistance, and the two [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] destroy the building full of Neutrals. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] drags Bumblebee onto the ship, telling him Altihex is lost. As Grimlock prepares to withdraw, he complains that they need a leader with some balls.

Meanwhile, in the [[Chamber of the Ancients]], the [[Council of Ancients]] is telling Optronix that they've selected him to succeed Sentinel Prime. Though he protests to Councillor [[Gravitas]] that a mistake has been made, the council is firm that the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] has made its choice and attempt to convince him it's a good idea.

[[Image:Optronix optimus.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] arrive in [[Praxus]] and wait in what was once the [[Helix Gardens]], both saddened at the devastation the Decepticons have wrought on the area. Grimlock soon arrives with his squad and a message — if the new Prime is unsuitable, they'll depose him and install themselves as leaders.

In the [[Oracle Tank]], in Iacon's [[Stellar Galleries]], Optronix asks the Keeper for answers, believing that they should leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the [[Decepticon]]s. A short time later, he's back in the Chamber of the Ancients for the inauguration ceremony. Only a true Prime can contain the Matrix, and Optronix does, being augmented by the Matrix's power into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. No sooner is this done than a Decepticon assassination squad moves to strike. [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] tries to block them and has his right arm sliced off by [[Umbra]]. While [[Backbite]] struggles with Bumblebee and Grimlock, Umbra transforms to gun mode. Before [[Darklight]] can fire Umbra, he's slammed to the ground by Optimus. Kup and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] take out Backbite, but Grimlock holds the other Autobots back, as he wants to see how Optimus handles the remaining two Decepticons.

Optimus manages to twist Umbra's attack so that his blade fatally pierces Darklight. As Prime tries to question Umbra, the assassin merely says that the Autobots are all doomed, and then self-terminates. Though the other Autobots celebrate Prime's easy victory, their elation quickly turns to dismay, as their new leader announces that he doesn't feel that Cybertron is worth fighting for and orders the Autobots to evacuate the planet.

However, Megatron has other ideas...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] (arm only) (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix/Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Bluestreak]] (3)
* [[Overhaul (G1)|Overhaul]] (4)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (5)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (6)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (7)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (9)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (12)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (13)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (14)
* [[Gravitas]] (15)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (16)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (17)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (18)
|c2=
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (10)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (11)
* [[Darklight]] (19)
* [[Umbra]] (20)
* [[Backbite]] (21)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (22)
}}

== Quotes ==
"They say he took his sweet time, killed Prime diode at a time. They say—" 
"They say a lot, don't 'they'."
:—'''Bluestreak''' and '''Optronix'''

"If Council choose wrong, if new Prime falter...they we seize his title, his power...by show of ''force''!"
:—'''Grimlock''' plans ahead

"If it's me you want..." 
"It's your ''head'', actually. On a spike. Megatron has decreed it."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Darklight'''

'''Bumblebee''': "Awesome!" 
'''Tracks''': "If I ''ever'' doubted—" 
'''Jazz''': "You ''are'' the man!"
:—The '''Autobots''' react to the fighting skills of their new Prime

==Errors==
* Thundercracker has Skywarp's colors as he shatters the building windows, and Skywarp has Thundercracker's colors a panel later.

==Items of note==
* This is the first of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' series of tales about the early days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]].
* In ''[[The War Within]]'' series, most of the characters were given "new" body designs, due to the fact that it takes place long before they arrived on Earth.
* One of the buildings in the first establishing panel of Iacon has "Transformers" written in Japanese on the side of it (specifically the main part of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' logo).
* [[Diagnostic Drone]]s can be seen in the archives.
* The term [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] is used in official [[canon]] for the first time.
* '''Cameos:''' [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], [[Guardian robot|Guardian robots]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]

===Covers (3)===
—two by Don Figueroa, one by Pat Lee

* '''Regular Cover:''' wraparound foldout of the story's major characters; colors by [[Alan Wang]]
* '''Incentive Cover:''' Lenticular image of Optimus Prime transforming
* '''New Dimension Comics exclusive:''' Cover with a profile of War Within Optimus by Pat Lee. 450 copies had the profile in gold foil, 99 in "platinium foil". These issues also came with a postcard showing the lenticular image.

<gallery>
Image:DW TWW 1.jpg|"I'm even more of a wimp than Orion Pax!"
Image:DW TWW 1 hologram.jpg|Glitchy picture, but it is the lenticular cover.
Image:warwithin_goldfoil.jpg|Hard to make out, but Optimus is on there.
</gallery>

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File:Warwithin goldfoil.jpg

2010-03-13T13:22:34Z

Snaketales: cover scan from private collection

cover scan from private collection

Night of the Combaticons

2010-03-13T13:21:36Z

Snaketales: /* Covers (6) */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|''The Transformers: Generation One'']] #1
|prev=Generation One issue 0
|next=Black Sunshine
|title="Night of the Combaticons"
|image=G1 Vol.3 Issue1 1.jpg
|caption="Well, I'm just Prime."
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[February 24]], 2004
|coverdate=January, 2004
|story=[[Brad Mick]]
|pencils=[[Don Figueroa]]
|inks=[[Elaine To]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Bruticus is unleashed on Earth by Starscream, while on Cybertron, something far deadlier awakens.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Oregon]], Starscream basks in victory, lamenting how Megatron is unavailable to witness Starscream's defeat of the Autobots. Jazz interrupts Starscream's celebration, but Bruticus squeezes Jazz into silence. Counting the bodies of his defeated foes, Starscream notices the absence of Ratchet and Brawn.

The two remaining Autobots, damaged after the fight, race back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. But due to a malfunction, the two have to dance around shots fired from the Ark's haywire defense systems. A quick drive-by from Brawn allows Ratchet to stumble inside, but leaves Brawn staring directly into one of the cannons.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Runabout and Runamuck have fun burning [[Mini-spies]] as they raid one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s laboratories. Stumbling into a room full of containers full of inactive Transformer bodies, Runamuck's interest is drawn to one chamber glowing very brightly. While Runamuck peers inside the chamber, a hand suddenly reaches out and grabs his neck. Outside, Runabout suddenly feels fatigued and falls in the presence of the same glowing hand. Praying to the [[Oracle]] for inspiration, the unleashed, radiant figure congeals a large orb of energy around himself and bursts out of the lab into space.

Inside the Ark, Brawn wipes off the frothy, white coolant that Ratchet sprayed in his face to mask Brawn from the malfunctioning auto-guns. Joking with Ratchet about the close call, the two notice the defeated Decepticons who were earlier stashed in one of the Ark's prisons. Passing the captives, the two radio for assistance as Bruticus proceeds to tear into the Ark's defenses, ripping right into the cells where the Decepticons were being held.

Bumblebee receives Brawn's distress call while en route to [[Earth]] with a small crew in the Autobot ship ''[[Orion]]''. Brawn recaps how each faction on Earth had captured most of the other faction. When the signal is cut, Bumblebee orders hyperthrusters engaged.

The transmission was halted by a large piece of metal paneling wedged into the computer by Bruticus. Brawn throws the panel back into Bruticus' face as Ratchet activates the Ark's self-destruct sequence. The two are blown out of the Ark, astonished that Bruticus survived the destruction. Starscream blasts the two Autobots out of commission and berates the Combaticons for the destruction of the Ark.

Just outside of Earth, the ''Orion'' pulls itself out of orbit, only to find almost colliding with the radiant figure who escaped Shockwave's lab: the glorious [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (3)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (4)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (5)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (17)
* [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (18)
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (19)
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (20)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (21)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (6)
* [[Runabout]] (10)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (11)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (12)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (14)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (15)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (22)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (23)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (24)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (25)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (26)
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
Quotes needed.

==Items of note==
[[Image:Magnificus.jpg|right|180px|thumb|MISB]]
* Much happened between this issue and the [[War and Peace|previous series]]. Portions of the gap are described eventually—most of the attack on the Autobots is recapped by Brawn, and the return of the Decepticons to Earth is expanded on in the [[Black Sunshine|next issue]].
* Starscream's imagined attire which he sees in his reflection and portions of his dialog are lifted from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Language on Starscream's HUD reads sideways (and mirrored), "the eye", "Cliffjumper", and "Red Alert". However, Shockwave, Red Alert, and Cliffjumper are not on the same planet as Starscream at the time, so it may be an error.
* Brawn has fuzzy dice in his cabin.
* Shockwave's laboratory contains a clone of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s body—but in the colors of [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy/Movie Preview Magnus. The other tanks contain clones of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] ([[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]]), [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ([[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]), [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (in [[Microman]] colors, which would later be labeled [[Magnificus]]) and Jazz ([[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]).
* The back door that Brawn and Ratchet run out of after activating the ''Ark'''s self-destruct sequence is reminiscent of the doors installed by the [[Maximal|Maximals]] when they took up residence in the ''Ark'' during third season of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]]. It even has half of a Maximal symbol on it.
* Bruticus' HUD reads "Megatron, I reserv (?) Vector Sigma."
* The Autobot [[Orion|Supply Vessel Orion]] is identical to [[Galaxy Shuttle]].
* Brawn attaches a protective faceplate, which makes him closer resemble his original toy.
* The "Wavelengths" page has an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].
* Reader mail was answered in the "Prime Transmissions" section by ... and also included a piece of fan-art from ...

===Covers (6)===
* "Heavy Metal War" double-page cover
* Regular cover with Bruticus grabbing Jazz, art by [[Don Figueroa]]
* Dealer incentive variant featuring Sunstorm; Retailers could purchase one version of this cover for every 25 regular covers ordered
* [[Transformerscon]] exclusive cover, featuring the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] raining from the sky
* [[Dynamic Forces]] exclusive cover, limited to 2500 copies. Also a gold foil cover (title and laser blasts in foil), limited to 1000 copies.
* Silver Snail exclusive with art by a ghost artist (credited to [[Pat Lee]]), limited to 1000 copies

<center><gallery>
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 1 full.jpg|Full wraparound cover
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 2.jpg|Bruticus cover
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 DI.jpg|Dealer Incentive cover
Image:transv3_issue1_convention.jpg|Transformerscon cover
Image:transv3_issue1_dforces_foil.jpg|Dynamic Forces gold foil cover
Image:transv3_issue1-silversnail.jpg|Silver Snail cover
</gallery></center>

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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]

Night of the Combaticons

2010-03-13T13:20:12Z

Snaketales: /* Covers (6) */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|''The Transformers: Generation One'']] #1
|prev=Generation One issue 0
|next=Black Sunshine
|title="Night of the Combaticons"
|image=G1 Vol.3 Issue1 1.jpg
|caption="Well, I'm just Prime."
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[February 24]], 2004
|coverdate=January, 2004
|story=[[Brad Mick]]
|pencils=[[Don Figueroa]]
|inks=[[Elaine To]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Bruticus is unleashed on Earth by Starscream, while on Cybertron, something far deadlier awakens.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Oregon]], Starscream basks in victory, lamenting how Megatron is unavailable to witness Starscream's defeat of the Autobots. Jazz interrupts Starscream's celebration, but Bruticus squeezes Jazz into silence. Counting the bodies of his defeated foes, Starscream notices the absence of Ratchet and Brawn.

The two remaining Autobots, damaged after the fight, race back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. But due to a malfunction, the two have to dance around shots fired from the Ark's haywire defense systems. A quick drive-by from Brawn allows Ratchet to stumble inside, but leaves Brawn staring directly into one of the cannons.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Runabout and Runamuck have fun burning [[Mini-spies]] as they raid one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s laboratories. Stumbling into a room full of containers full of inactive Transformer bodies, Runamuck's interest is drawn to one chamber glowing very brightly. While Runamuck peers inside the chamber, a hand suddenly reaches out and grabs his neck. Outside, Runabout suddenly feels fatigued and falls in the presence of the same glowing hand. Praying to the [[Oracle]] for inspiration, the unleashed, radiant figure congeals a large orb of energy around himself and bursts out of the lab into space.

Inside the Ark, Brawn wipes off the frothy, white coolant that Ratchet sprayed in his face to mask Brawn from the malfunctioning auto-guns. Joking with Ratchet about the close call, the two notice the defeated Decepticons who were earlier stashed in one of the Ark's prisons. Passing the captives, the two radio for assistance as Bruticus proceeds to tear into the Ark's defenses, ripping right into the cells where the Decepticons were being held.

Bumblebee receives Brawn's distress call while en route to [[Earth]] with a small crew in the Autobot ship ''[[Orion]]''. Brawn recaps how each faction on Earth had captured most of the other faction. When the signal is cut, Bumblebee orders hyperthrusters engaged.

The transmission was halted by a large piece of metal paneling wedged into the computer by Bruticus. Brawn throws the panel back into Bruticus' face as Ratchet activates the Ark's self-destruct sequence. The two are blown out of the Ark, astonished that Bruticus survived the destruction. Starscream blasts the two Autobots out of commission and berates the Combaticons for the destruction of the Ark.

Just outside of Earth, the ''Orion'' pulls itself out of orbit, only to find almost colliding with the radiant figure who escaped Shockwave's lab: the glorious [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (3)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (4)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (5)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (17)
* [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (18)
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (19)
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (20)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (21)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (6)
* [[Runabout]] (10)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (11)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (12)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (14)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (15)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (22)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (23)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (24)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (25)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (26)
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
Quotes needed.

==Items of note==
[[Image:Magnificus.jpg|right|180px|thumb|MISB]]
* Much happened between this issue and the [[War and Peace|previous series]]. Portions of the gap are described eventually—most of the attack on the Autobots is recapped by Brawn, and the return of the Decepticons to Earth is expanded on in the [[Black Sunshine|next issue]].
* Starscream's imagined attire which he sees in his reflection and portions of his dialog are lifted from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Language on Starscream's HUD reads sideways (and mirrored), "the eye", "Cliffjumper", and "Red Alert". However, Shockwave, Red Alert, and Cliffjumper are not on the same planet as Starscream at the time, so it may be an error.
* Brawn has fuzzy dice in his cabin.
* Shockwave's laboratory contains a clone of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s body—but in the colors of [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy/Movie Preview Magnus. The other tanks contain clones of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] ([[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]]), [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ([[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]), [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (in [[Microman]] colors, which would later be labeled [[Magnificus]]) and Jazz ([[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]).
* The back door that Brawn and Ratchet run out of after activating the ''Ark'''s self-destruct sequence is reminiscent of the doors installed by the [[Maximal|Maximals]] when they took up residence in the ''Ark'' during third season of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]]. It even has half of a Maximal symbol on it.
* Bruticus' HUD reads "Megatron, I reserv (?) Vector Sigma."
* The Autobot [[Orion|Supply Vessel Orion]] is identical to [[Galaxy Shuttle]].
* Brawn attaches a protective faceplate, which makes him closer resemble his original toy.
* The "Wavelengths" page has an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].
* Reader mail was answered in the "Prime Transmissions" section by ... and also included a piece of fan-art from ...

===Covers (6)===
* "Heavy Metal War" double-page cover
* Regular cover with Bruticus grabbing Jazz, art by [[Don Figueroa]]
* Dealer incentive variant featuring Sunstorm; Retailers could purchase one version of this cover for every 25 regular covers ordered
* [[Transformerscon]] exclusive cover, featuring the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] raining from the sky
* [[Dynamic Forces]] exclusive cover, limited to 2500 copies. Also a gold foil cover (title and laser blasts in foil), limited to 1000 copies.
* Silver Snail exclusive with art by a ghost artist (credited to [[Pat Lee]]), limited to 1000 copies

<center><gallery>
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 1 full.jpg|Full wraparound cover
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 2.jpg|Bruticus cover
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 DI.jpg|Dealer Incentive cover
Image:transv3_issue1_convention.jpg|Convention cover
Image:transv3_issue1_dforces_foil.jpg|Dynamic Forces gold foil cover
Image:transv3_issue1-silversnail.jpg|Silver Snail cover
</gallery></center>

===Advertisements===
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* Video game [[wikipedia:Viewtiful_Joe|''Viewtiful Joe'']].
* [[War Within: The Dark Ages|''The Dark Ages'' #5]]
* [[The Iron Fist|''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' #6]]
* [[What Lies Beneath|''Energon'' #20]]

[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]

File:Transv3 issue1-silversnail.jpg

2010-03-13T13:12:20Z

Snaketales: cover scan from private collection

cover scan from private collection

File:Transv3 issue1 dforces foil.jpg

2010-03-13T13:11:55Z

Snaketales: cover scan from private collection

cover scan from private collection

File:Transv3 issue1 convention.jpg

2010-03-13T13:11:16Z

Snaketales: cover scan from private collection

cover scan from private collection

Revelation (War and Peace)

2010-03-13T13:08:31Z

Snaketales: /* Covers (3) */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[War and Peace|''Transformers: War and Peace'']] #6
|prev=Countdown to Extinction (issue)
|next=Generation One issue 0
|title="Revelation"
|image=G1 Vol.2 Issue6 1.jpg
|caption=Shockwave throws one hell of a house party.
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[October 8]], 2003
|coverdate=September, 2003
|story=[[Brad Mick]]
|pencils=[[Pat Lee]]
|inks=[[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Alan Wang]], [[Rob Ruffolo]], [[Ramil Sunga]], [[Pat Lee]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Shockwave, victorious, explains what Prime missed in the millennia off-planet, and the goals of Shockwave's long running plan.'''

==Synopsis==
With Prime down, Shockwave recounts everything from the beginning:
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Prime, and their respective groups of soldiers left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the war continued until at least half of the planet was a wasteland. Eventually, the entire planet and all its inhabitants seemed to deactivate in a [[Great Shutdown]]. For reasons unknown, 3000 years ago, the first Transformer to reactivate was Shockwave. Alone, Shockwave studied the planet and its nature and found out that the planet's shutdown was part of a planetary techno-biological hibernation stage of a planet-wide evolution.

Eventually, Shockwave reactivated other Autobots to help him reconstruct society, placing into power a [[High Council]] of Autobots to assist him. However, the High Council eventually found itself desperate for direction and ceded almost absolute authority to Shockwave.

As Shockwave exposits, Ultra Magnus manages to regain mobility and slowly follows to assist Prime.

Skids evaluates the positions of the Autobots from Earth and the manner in which they fight for their cause. He and Inferno communicate with Perceptor as they plan a large wave of reinforcements to back up the Autobots in their war on Shockwave.

Starscream awakens Thundercracker and Skywarp, leading his clique into the same shuttle that Ultra Magnus used to bring the Autobots to Cybertron. After loading some [[protoforms]] heisted from the [[Detention Banks]] in [[Quadrant Epsilon]], the group attempts to take off for [[Earth]] again, but are distraught to find their transport is [[Sky Lynx (G1)|more than meets the eye]].

But even this betrayal is part of Shockwave's grand plan. Continuing his explanation, Shockwave expresses a major interest in Earth, almost casually mentioning that he was responsible for the destruction of the ''[[Ark II]]'' and the subliminal wave that caused the Transformers to converge in Alaska. This was all to retrieve the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] as a way to unlock [[Vector Sigma]] and gain a complete understanding of Cybertron's forgotten history.

Grimlock, back at the scene of conflict, assists Hot Rod by taking out Astrotrain and Blitzwing (with whom Grimlock has developed quite a rivalry). When Grimlock seems outmatched by a [[Guardian robot]], the High Council arrives to assist—along with Defensor and Twintwist.

Shockwave has uploaded Vector Sigma to his laboratory for study and analysis. Right before he intends to execute Prime, Shockwave declares that Cybertron itself is mobile, traveling towards Earth, where Shockwave intends to discover who it was who was able to construct a species so perfectly designed to conquer.

[[Image:Magnuslongshot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Mr. Stay Puft's packing heat.]]But before he can deliver the killing blow to Optimus, Ultra Magnus (finally) arrives (sans battle suit) and blasts at Shockwave with Optimus' discarded gun. Although the sight of Optimus distracts Magnus long enough for Shockwave to blast away Magnus' right arm. As the two struggle, Shockwave mentions how the [[Energy transfer modules]] installed on all reformatted Cybertronians give him a major advantage, but Prime distracts Shockwave long enough for Ultra Magnus to throw Shockwave into the deep glowing pit beneath Vector Sigma.
Although Shockwave is defeated, Ultra Magnus is left hanging into the pit holding on for life with his fingers. The severely damaged Optimus tries to heft out Ultra Magnus, but instead Magnus is saved by the timely arrival of Grimlock. Grimlock hands the Matrix back to Prime, and helps his allies limp out of the citadel as it crumbles.

With Shockwave's rule of Cybertron overthrown, the day is saved. However Optimus still has to ponder if Shockwave's belief that there was a higher power who designs the Transformers for war might not just be paranoia.

While in the cold of space, Wreck Gar stumbles upon a [[Megatron (G1)|familiar looking piece of debris]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (3)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
* [[Grapple]] (5)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (6)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (7)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (8)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (9)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (10)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (12)
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (17)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (20)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (21)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (24)
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (25)
* [[Twin Twist]] (26)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (27)
* [[Bluestreak]] (29)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (30)
|c2=
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (1)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (11)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (13)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (14)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (15)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (16)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (18)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (19)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (22)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (23)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (28)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (32)
|c4=
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (31)
}}

==Quotes==
"Our world had been Transformed. 
In its place stood something new... Something darker. A cold world of death… A world of corrosion… 
…a world… 
of limitless potential."
:—'''Shockwave.'''

"They choose to fight on. Even setting aside their own personal grievances, all for the greater good...all for the Autobot cause. I now know why Prime handpicked each one himself. No wonder our world fell apart without them."
:—'''Skids''' exposits

"We've got places to go and flesh people to conquer."
:—'''Starscream''' heads back [[Earth|home]]

"Look like you no longer in my weight class."
:—'''Grimlock''' comments on Ultra Magnus' transformation

==Items of note==
* Narration in the last issue listed time in the Cybertronian unit, [[Breem|breems]], yet this issue gives time in the earth-unit, years. Make up your mind, narration!
* During Shockwave's exposition/flashback, Ultra Magnus (and others) can be seen in their ''[[The War Within]]'' form. However in ''[[War Within: The Age of Wrath]]'' and ''[[Micromasters]]'' Magnus appears identical to his modern form. This can be explained with his tendency to wear additional armor.
* Shockwave shows his loyalty to the ideals of the High Council by throwing down his Decepticon logo. Characters in this continuity have a strange tendency to do that as Grimlock did it in the [[Prime Directive|earlier volume]], and Prime did it while surrendering to Ultra Magnus in [[Brothers' Burden|issue 2]].
* Cliffjumper and Mirage assisting each other is a nod to the schism that grew between the two when Mirage surrendered the recon group to [[Security Team Dion]] in [[New World Order|the first issue]].
* Starscream hijacked the protoforms in [[Cold War|issue 3]] when he ambushed Rumble and Frenzy after they carried out Shockwave's order to unleash the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]].
* Shockwave being responsible for the destruction of the ''[[Ark II]]'' makes almost no sense, since according to documents from a [[Larry|reliable source]], it was [[Lazarus]] and [[Robert Hallo]]. Don't think about it.
* Shockwave's conversion of Cybertron into a planet-sized warship is the same master plan Megatron had when he started the Great War in ''[[The War Within]]''. Megatron's plan failed due to Starscream's meddling and Optimus Prime giving Megatron a lobotomy.
* The final pages have Wreck-Gar quote from a [[wikipedia:Monty_Python|Monty Python]] scene, a tribute to his voice actor, Python alumnus [[Eric Idle]].
* The "Wavelengths" page has a letter from the desk of [[Don Figueroa]].
* The "Prime Transmissions" page (formerly known as "DW Letters") has fans' mail answered by [[Matt Moylan]] and a piece of fan art by "Hayes".

===Covers (3)===
[[Image:G1 Vol.2 Issue6 2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Hypothesis: When all hell is breaking loose, I will be riding the eye of the storm.]]
* Cover A: Shockwave lighting the darkest hour (left), and
* Cover B: a deactivated Optimus (main image above), art on both by [[Pat Lee]]. The covers can connect to form a single image.
* A dealer-incentive third cover was also produced featuring a two-page spread of Ultra Magnus literally bursting out of his armor (left, below). However, due to a mishap, this cover is extremely rare.

[[Image:warandpeace_issue6_ultramagnusvariant.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Behold... the repaint!]]

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Snaketales: Cover scan from private collection showing Ultra Magnus inner robot

Cover scan from private collection showing Ultra Magnus inner robot