Editing Revelation (War and Peace)

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{comicstory
|seriesissue=[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Transformers: Generation&nbsp;1'']] #6
|prev=Countdown to Extinction (issue)
|next=Generation 1 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=[[James McDonough|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 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] down, [[Shockwave (G1)|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 [[Autobot]]s to help him reconstruct society, placing into power a [[Autobot High Council|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 (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] manages to regain mobility and slowly follows to assist Optimus Prime.

[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] evaluates the positions of the Autobots from [[Earth]] and the manner in which they fight for their cause. He and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] communicate with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] as they plan a large wave of reinforcements to back up the Autobots in their war on Shockwave.

[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] awakens [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], leading his clique into the same shuttle that Ultra Magnus used to bring the Autobots to Cybertron. After loading some [[protoform]]s 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 (G1)|Grimlock]], back at the scene of conflict, assists [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] by taking out [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|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 (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Twin Twist]].

[[Image:Magnuslongshot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Mr. Stay Puft's packing heat.]]

Shockwave has uploaded Vector Sigma to his laboratory for study and analysis. Right before he intends to execute Optimus 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.

But before he can deliver the killing blow to Optimus, Ultra Magnus (finally) arrives (sans battle suit) and blasts at Shockwave with Optimus's discarded gun. Although the sight of Optimus distracts Magnus long enough for Shockwave to blast away Magnus's right arm. As the two struggle, Shockwave mentions how the [[energy transfer module]]s 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 [[Primus|a higher power]] who designs the Transformers for war might not just be paranoia.

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

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (4)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (5)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (6)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (7)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (8)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (9)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (10)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (11)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (12)
*[[Guardian robot]]s (13)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (14)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (16)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (17)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (28)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (29)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (30)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (33)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (35)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (36)
*[[Twin Twist]] (37)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (38)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (39)
}}
|c2=
{{collist|2|
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (1)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (3)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (15)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (18)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (19)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (20)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (21)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (22)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (23)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (24)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (25)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (26)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (27)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (28)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (31)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (32)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (34)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (41)
}}
|h4=[[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]|c4=
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"Our world had been Transformed.<br />
In its place stood something new... Something darker. A cold world of death… A world of corrosion…<br />
…a world…<br />
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's transformation

==Notes==
*Narration in the last issue listed time in the Cybertronian unit, [[Units of time|breems]], yet this issue gives time in the earth-unit, years. Make up your mind, narration!

===Continuity notes===
*During Shockwave's exposition/flashback, Ultra Magnus (and others) can be seen in their ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' form. However, in ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Micromasters|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)|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]]'' would seem to make no sense, since according to documents from a [[Larry|supposedly reliable source]], it was [[Lazarus]] and [[Robert Hallo]]. However, considering it would [[Extermination|later be revealed]] that [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] was under cover on Earth for thousands of years and in Shockwave's employ, his [[cerebro-shell]]s could likely have been used to control the humans. Of course, this was never made apparent in-story before Dreamwave's then-imminent demise.
*Shockwave's conversion of Cybertron into a planet-sized warship is the same master plan Megatron had when he started the Great War in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. Megatron's plan failed due to Starscream's meddling and Optimus Prime giving Megatron a lobotomy.
*Despite falling into a pit, which is shown to be burning him up, Shockwave returned [[Extermination|soon enough]], none the worse for wear.

===Transformers references===
*Starscream refers to the inert Combaticons as "[[Starscream's Brigade|my own little brigade]]."
*This issue marks the first time that the white inner robot from Ultra Magnus's toy would be depicted separate from the armor, thus heralding countless white redecos of Optimus Prime toys as Ultra Magnus for years to come.

===Real-life references===
*In the final pages, a screen on Wreck-Gar's ship can be heard to play [https://youtu.be/uBxMPqxJGqI this scene] from {{w|Monty Python and the Holy Grail}} as he retrieves Megatron's body. This both matches the comic plot (as Megatron is "not quite dead"), and tips the hat to Python alumnus [[Eric Idle]], who voiced Wreck-Gar in the 1986 animated movie.

===Other trivia===
*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)===
*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. However, due to a mishap, this cover is extremely rare.
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