Prime Directive issue 5 - Revision history

TheLastGherkin: /* Errors */ Waybacking link

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	[[Image:PrimeDirective5-extrawheels.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|This art was so awesome they zoomed up on it across three panels.]]		[[Image:PrimeDirective5-extrawheels.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|This art was so awesome they zoomed up on it across three panels.]]
	*Red Alert's presence was not an error at the time of publication, but became one in the next miniseries when it turned out he'd actually been on Cybertron the entire time. [[Matt Moylan]] later explained in his blog that Pat Lee had originally drawn Sideswipe fighting the technovirus in the snow, despite having already drawn him fighting Devastator in San Francisco on an earlier page in the very same issue, and so the solution was to recolor Sideswipe into Red Alert.<ref>[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/03/13/dreamslaves-1-red-alert Matt Moylan explains how he altered scenes to correct the Sideswipe error]</ref>		*Red Alert's presence was not an error at the time of publication, but became one in the next miniseries when it turned out he'd actually been on Cybertron the entire time. [[Matt Moylan]] later explained in his blog that Pat Lee had originally drawn Sideswipe fighting the technovirus in the snow, despite having already drawn him fighting Devastator in San Francisco on an earlier page in the very same issue, and so the solution was to recolor Sideswipe into Red Alert.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120315222859/http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/03/13/dreamslaves-1-red-alert/ Matt Moylan explains how he altered scenes to correct the Sideswipe error] (archived)</ref>
	*When Optimus Prime charges at Devastator, not only are his two rear axles ''reaaally'' far apart from each other in the panels that show him from the top, the front one being almost in the ''center'' of his cab mode... he even has an ''extra wheel'' in front of the "center" axle on his passenger's side! Seriously... ''how does this happen''?		*When Optimus Prime charges at Devastator, not only are his two rear axles ''reaaally'' far apart from each other in the panels that show him from the top, the front one being almost in the ''center'' of his cab mode... he even has an ''extra wheel'' in front of the "center" axle on his passenger's side! Seriously... ''how does this happen''?

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 02:49, 3 October 2025

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Nu-Priest: /* Notes */ This is a misconception. There was no lobotomy. Megs and Prime BOTH lost their memories of what happened underground, probably because Matrix magic

2025-04-15T23:00:37Z

Notes: This is a misconception. There was no lobotomy. Megs and Prime BOTH lost their memories of what happened underground, probably because Matrix magic

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	*After the story, a letter by [[Adam Fortier]] apologizes for the delays in some of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' titles.		*After the story, a letter by [[Adam Fortier]] apologizes for the delays in some of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' titles.
	*On the same page is a 3-panel humorous strip with Optimus Prime finding that the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] was "made in China".		*On the same page is a 3-panel humorous strip with Optimus Prime finding that the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] was "made in China".
	*Megatron states that he hardly even remembers the reason for the war anymore. Though he seems to be speaking metaphorically, he's actually speaking quite literally. ''[[Transformers: The War Within\|The War Within]]'' would later reveal that in one of their first battles, Optimus gave Megatron a sort of lobotomy that caused Megatron to forget his original reason for fighting the war. This will become a semi-major plot point in the Dreamwave continuity.

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Chris McFeely: /* Notes */

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*After the [[Prime Directive issue 4\|previous issue]] had lost to Dreamwave's own [[Dreamwave Armada issue 1\|''Transformers: Armada'' #1]], this issue once again ranked second in Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts, with 122,829 copies ordered for August 2002. The top spot was claimed by [[Marvel Comics\|Marvel's]] ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #60, which sold for a mere 9¢ as part of a publicity stunt, and therefore managed to have an extraordinary 705,109 (!) copies ordered.<ref name="diamondaugust">[http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/1658.html ICv2 reporting on Diamond's charts for August 2002]</ref> Despite this, like [[Prime Directive issue 1\|issues 1]] [[Prime Directive issue 2\|and 2]] before, this issue saw a second printing run due to high demand.		*After the [[Prime Directive issue 4\|previous issue]] had lost to Dreamwave's own [[Dreamwave Armada issue 1\|''Transformers: Armada'' #1]], this issue once again ranked second in Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts, with 122,829 copies ordered for August 2002. The top spot was claimed by [[Marvel Comics\|Marvel's]] ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #60, which sold for a mere 9¢ as part of a publicity stunt, and therefore managed to have an extraordinary 705,109 (!) copies ordered.<ref name="diamondaugust">[http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/1658.html ICv2 reporting on Diamond's charts for August 2002]</ref> Despite this, like [[Prime Directive issue 1\|issues 1]] [[Prime Directive issue 2\|and 2]] before, this issue saw a second printing run due to high demand.
	*The ~~middle of~~ the ~~comic contains a two-page spread by~~ [[~~James Raiz~~]] and [[~~Alan Wang~~]] with [[~~Kenny Li~~]] ~~featuring~~ ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)\|Armada]]'' ~~Transformers~~.		*The pull-out posters included this issue are:
			**'''Autobot cover:''' [[Sixshot (G1)\|Sixshot]] and various other charaters from the [[1987]] toy range, including the [[Headmaster (technology)\|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)\|Targetmasters]], with [[Unicron]] looming in the background.
			**'''Decepticon cover:'''The cast of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)\|Transformers: Armada]]''.
	*After the story, a letter by [[Adam Fortier]] apologizes for the delays in some of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' titles.		*After the story, a letter by [[Adam Fortier]] apologizes for the delays in some of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' titles.
	*On the same page is a 3-panel humorous strip with Optimus Prime finding that the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] was "made in China".		*On the same page is a 3-panel humorous strip with Optimus Prime finding that the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] was "made in China".

Starsight0001: Added third alternate cover, removed "section in need of images" warning

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	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===
	~~{{picsneeded\|Second printing cover}}~~
	*'''Cover A:''' Blaster with cassettes by [[Pat Lee]]		*'''Cover A:''' Blaster with cassettes by [[Pat Lee]]
	*'''Cover B:''' Soundwave with cassettes by Pat Lee		*'''Cover B:''' Soundwave with cassettes by Pat Lee
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Saix: /* References */clean up, replaced: ==Footnotes== → ==References==, → {{reflist|2}}

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	==~~Footnotes~~==		==References==
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]		[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 09:15, 11 May 2023

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	It's 2:59 and Spike is expecting Hallo to come and kill him. But the person who opens the door to his cell is someone he didn't expect.		It's 2:59 and Spike is expecting Hallo to come and kill him. But the person who opens the door to his cell is someone he didn't expect.

	Up north, the Autobots are still battling the virus and appear to be winning, but the power drain is making them so weak they have to speak in halting sentences. To make matters worse, an armored division of the [[Canada\|Canadian]] military arrives and demands that they stand down.		Up north, the Autobots are still battling the virus and appear to be winning, but the power drain is making them so weak they have to speak in halting sentences. To make matters worse, an armored division of the [[Canada\|Canadian]] [[Canadian Armed Forces\|military]] arrives and demands that they stand down.

	In the [[Pentagon]], [[Larry]] the janitor helps Spike escape and when the pair are concealed he hands over a file folder labeled "[[Lazarus Project]]". He explains that General Hallo and an engineer named [[Lazarus\|Adam Rook]] tried to build their own transforming robots five years ago, but when their efforts failed they plotted to control the real Transformers. After the Decepticon defeat, Rook came up with a program to override and control the captured robots. Hallo didn't want to stop with just Decepticons. Larry reveals that Hallo planned and carried out the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'' to eliminate the Autobots as well. However, Hallo didn't expect Rook to turn traitor and disappear from the project along with the Decepticons that same day. Upon learning that his [[Sparkplug Witwicky\|father]] was murdered, Spike declares Larry a coward, takes his keycard and leaves the janitor to stew in his conscience.		In the [[Pentagon]], [[Larry]] the janitor helps Spike escape and when the pair are concealed he hands over a file folder labeled "[[Lazarus Project]]". He explains that General Hallo and an engineer named [[Lazarus\|Adam Rook]] tried to build their own transforming robots five years ago, but when their efforts failed they plotted to control the real Transformers. After the Decepticon defeat, Rook came up with a program to override and control the captured robots. Hallo didn't want to stop with just Decepticons. Larry reveals that Hallo planned and carried out the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'' to eliminate the Autobots as well. However, Hallo didn't expect Rook to turn traitor and disappear from the project along with the Decepticons that same day. Upon learning that his [[Sparkplug Witwicky\|father]] was murdered, Spike declares Larry a coward, takes his keycard and leaves the janitor to stew in his conscience.

Fritz: /* Errors */

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	[[Image:PrimeDirective5-extrawheels.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|This art was so awesome they zoomed up on it across three panels.]]		[[Image:PrimeDirective5-extrawheels.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|This art was so awesome they zoomed up on it across three panels.]]
	*Red Alert's presence was not an error at the time of publication, but became one in the next miniseries when it turned out he'd actually been on Cybertron the entire time. [[Matt Moylan]] later explained in his blog that Pat Lee had originally drawn Sideswipe fighting the technovirus in the snow, despite having already drawn him fighting Devastator in San Francisco on an earlier page in the very same issue, and so the solution was to recolor ~~Sidewipe~~ into Red Alert.<ref>[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/03/13/dreamslaves-1-red-alert Matt Moylan explains how he altered scenes to correct the Sideswipe error]</ref>		*Red Alert's presence was not an error at the time of publication, but became one in the next miniseries when it turned out he'd actually been on Cybertron the entire time. [[Matt Moylan]] later explained in his blog that Pat Lee had originally drawn Sideswipe fighting the technovirus in the snow, despite having already drawn him fighting Devastator in San Francisco on an earlier page in the very same issue, and so the solution was to recolor Sideswipe into Red Alert.<ref>[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/03/13/dreamslaves-1-red-alert Matt Moylan explains how he altered scenes to correct the Sideswipe error]</ref>
	*When Optimus Prime charges at Devastator, not only are his two rear axles ''reaaally'' far apart from each other in the panels that show him from the top, the front one being almost in the ''center'' of his cab mode... he even has an ''extra wheel'' in front of the "center" axle on his passenger's side! Seriously... ''how does this happen''?		*When Optimus Prime charges at Devastator, not only are his two rear axles ''reaaally'' far apart from each other in the panels that show him from the top, the front one being almost in the ''center'' of his cab mode... he even has an ''extra wheel'' in front of the "center" axle on his passenger's side! Seriously... ''how does this happen''?

Emvee at 16:31, 1 September 2021

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	'''While the Autobots fight on two fronts, Spike learns a terrible secret and Hallo plans a final solution.'''		'''While the Autobots fight on two fronts, Spike learns a terrible secret and Hallo plans a final solution.'''

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	In San Francisco, the Autobots have been rounded up and disabled. Megatron is pointing out to a damaged and exhausted Optimus Prime all the failings of humans and how he pities the Autobots for protecting such a primitive race. Megatron tells Prime to say the word and they can end the war and remake Earth to Megatron's satisfaction.		In San Francisco, the Autobots have been rounded up and disabled. Megatron is pointing out to a damaged and exhausted Optimus Prime all the failings of humans and how he pities the Autobots for protecting such a primitive race. Megatron tells Prime to say the word and they can end the war and remake Earth to Megatron's satisfaction.

	Back at the Pentagon, the military is monitoring the Transformer battle. Hallo calls for the nuclear option. When his troops question the order he holds them off at gunpoint, enters his launch key and orders that the warhead coordinates be set to San Francisco.		Back at the Pentagon, the military is monitoring the Transformer battle. Hallo calls for the [[Nuclear weapon\|nuclear option]]. When his troops question the order he holds them off at gunpoint, enters his launch key and orders that the warhead coordinates be set to San Francisco.

	[[Prime Directive issue 6\|To be concluded...]]		[[Prime Directive issue 6\|To be concluded...]]
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