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|seriesissue=[[ | |seriesissue=[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Transformers: Generation 1'']] Volume 1 #6 | ||
|prev=Prime Directive issue 5 | |prev=Prime Directive issue 5 | ||
|next= | |next=Transformers Volume 2 Preview | ||
|image=G1_Vol.1_Issue6_1.jpg | |image=G1_Vol.1_Issue6_1.jpg | ||
|caption=Not now, Inferno. | |caption=Not now, Inferno. | ||
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]] | |publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]] | ||
|date=October 23, 2002 | |date=[[October 23]], [[2002]] | ||
|coverdate=October | |coverdate=October 2002 | ||
|writer=[[Chris Sarracini]] | |writer=[[Chris Sarracini]] | ||
|penciler=[[Pat Lee]] | |penciler=[[Pat Lee]] | ||
|backgrounds=[[Edwin Garcia]] | |||
|inker=[[Rob Armstrong]], [[Erik Sander]] | |inker=[[Rob Armstrong]], [[Erik Sander]] | ||
|colorist=[[Ramil Sunga]], [[Gary Yeung]], [[Alan Wang]], [[ | |colorist=[[Ramil Sunga]], [[Gary Yeung]], [[Alan Wang]], [[Shaun Curtis]], [[Rob Ruffolo]], [[Stuart Ng]], [[Angelo Tsang]], [[Juan Malera]], [[Matt Cossin]], [[Pat Lee]] | ||
|letterer=[[Dreamer Design]] | |letterer=[[Dreamer Design]] | ||
|editor=[[Roger Lee]] | |editor=[[Roger Lee]] | ||
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|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]] | |chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Autobots save the day but pay the ultimate price.''' | '''The Autobots save the day but pay the ultimate price.''' | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
Defense Minister Dawson and the [[President of the United States]] are getting a sitrep on the [[San Francisco]] battle when the CIA breaks in with news that the city has been targeted by a nuclear missile from the American arsenal. The President frantically orders to abort the launch, but he's too late | Defense Minister [[Dawson]] and the [[President of the United States]] are getting a sitrep on the [[San Francisco]] battle when the [[CIA]] breaks in with news that the city has been targeted by a [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear missile]] from the American arsenal. The President frantically orders to abort the launch, but he's too late. | ||
In | In the [[Northwest Territories]], a misguided tank commander of the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Canadian Armed Forces|military]] orders the [[Autobot]]s to lower their weapons. When [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] tries to explain their mission the tanks open fire, and a viral wave heads straight for the humans. | ||
In | In San Francisco, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] explains to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] that he ordered all the devastation on the city just to get Prime's attention. Still weary, Optimus tells Megatron to shut up, and that he'll defend [[human]]s even if they betray him and his own [[Grimlock (G1)|troops]] abandon his cause. Just as Megatron decides to end Optimus Prime's life once and for all, the sound of honking distracts him. Prime jumps out of the way as three fire engines, driven by humans, come racing down a broken freeway and slam into the [[Decepticon]]s. Prime uses the distraction to quickly free his captured troops and then tells the Autobots that he wants their heads but to save Megatron for him. | ||
In the [[Pentagon]], [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] has already tipped over the edge of insanity and is gleefully watching the nuclear countdown. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] bursts in and announces the general's complicity in the destruction of the ''[[Ark II]]'' and the deaths of the humans on board. Hallo swings the gun in Spike's direction and tells him to enjoy the show. | |||
Back in Canada, the [[cyber-virus]] is eating up the Canadian tanks and their human operators. Their interference has stymied Wheeljack's plan to stop the virus. Jazz and Wheeljack can't agree if they should retreat or stay and try to find some last-ditch solution. Wheeljack has an epiphany and races off toward a human settlement without explanation. | |||
Meanwhile, Hallo is still holding Spike at gunpoint and ranting about safeguarding the security of the [[United States of America|United States]]. Luckily for Spike, the president and several armed officers arrive. When Hallo turns his gun on them he's shot down. | |||
[[Image:PatLeeGrimlockHead.jpg|left | [[Image:PatLeeGrimlockHead.jpg|left|thumb|Me not hear the magic word.]] | ||
In San | In San Francisco, Optimus and the Autobots are making short work of the Decepticons. Optimus decides that taking Megatron captive isn't good enough this time, but [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s alert of an incoming nuclear projectile makes him pause. Despite his damaged state, Megatron laughs at the irony. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] merge into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and take off, while in Canada Wheeljack hooks himself up to a satellite dish. He uses the last of his power to blast the virus, just as Superion flies into the nuclear missile, causing a huge explosion and tidal wave. | ||
Spike wakes Optimus Prime and lets him know the Decepticons have fled and the missile was stopped. The Autobots uncover Grimlock from the rubble and Optimus offers the Dinobot leader a place back in their ranks. But Grimlock refuses and walks off. Prime assesses the personal toll the last battle has had on his troops and how things will never be the same. | Spike wakes Optimus Prime and lets him know the Decepticons have fled and the missile was stopped. The Autobots uncover [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from the rubble and Optimus offers the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] leader a place back in their ranks. But Grimlock refuses and walks off. Prime assesses the personal toll the last battle has had on his troops and how things will never be the same. | ||
Little does he know that up north, Jazz is cradling Wheeljack's seemingly lifeless body. | Little does he know that up north, Jazz is cradling Wheeljack's seemingly lifeless body. | ||
{{--}} | |||
==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
{{featuredcharacters | {{featuredcharacters | ||
|c1= | |c1= | ||
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ( | * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3) | ||
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] ( | * [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (4) | ||
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] ( | * [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (5) | ||
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ( | * [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6) | ||
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] ( | * [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (7) | ||
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] ( | * [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (8) | ||
* [[ | * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (9) | ||
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ( | * [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (12) | ||
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ( | * [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (13) | ||
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ( | * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14) | ||
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] ( | * [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (15) | ||
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] ( | * [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (16) | ||
* [[Slingshot]] ( | * [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (17) | ||
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] ( | * [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (18) | ||
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] ( | * [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (19) | ||
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] ( | * [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (22) | ||
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] ( | * [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (24) | ||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ( | * [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10) | ||
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ( | * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11) | ||
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ( | * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (23) | ||
|c3= | |c3= | ||
* [[Robert | * [[President of the United States]] (1) | ||
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] ( | * [[Dawson]] (2) | ||
* [[Robert Hallo]] (20) | |||
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (21) | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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:—'''Optimus Prime''', even more hardcore | :—'''Optimus Prime''', even more hardcore | ||
== | ==Notes== | ||
* The | * After the [[Prime Directive issue 4|previous]] [[Prime Directive issue 5|two issues]] had only ranked second in Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts, this issue repeated the success of [[Prime Directive issue 1|the]] [[Prime Directive issue 2|first]] [[Prime Directive issue 3|three issues]], ranking #1 with 119,533 copies ordered for September 2002.<ref name="diamondjune">[http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1773.html ICv2 reporting on Diamond's charts for September 2002]</ref> | ||
*The first panel on page 9 is ''identical'' to the first panel on page 8, down to the cracks Optimus Prime is decked out with and the details in the dust cloud in the background. | |||
*The fire engines that drive into the Decepticons don't just smack into them, they explode when they hit the ground with a loud BOOOOOM! sound. Why... why does San Francisco have explosive fire engines? That seems like poor design. | |||
*The pull-out posters included this issue are: | |||
**'''Autobot cover:''' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] versus [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], with many characters from the [[1988]] toy range in the background. | |||
**'''Decepticon cover:''' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], a whole slew of [[Micromaster]]s, and a couple of other guys. | |||
* Spike is shown being happy for the Autobots' victory and apparently oblivious to the damage to the city, while Prime observes the devastation with concern and grief. In issue 2, as Prime comments that the Autobots wouldn't cause this much destruction if they weren't being controlled, Spike replies that such damage is the usual result of Transformers' battles on Earth. | * Spike is shown being happy for the Autobots' victory and apparently oblivious to the damage to the city, while Prime observes the devastation with concern and grief. In issue 2, as Prime comments that the Autobots wouldn't cause this much destruction if they weren't being controlled, Spike replies that such damage is the usual result of Transformers' battles on Earth. | ||
* Was it really necessary for Superion to fly into the missile, killing all five Aerialbots, when they could have just delegated the job to Slingshot | * Was it really necessary for Superion to fly into the missile, killing all five Aerialbots, when they could have just delegated the job to [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]? Or just shoot the bloody thing down over the sea. | ||
* As a safety precaution, nuclear missiles can be deactivated while in-flight, yet it was allowed to continue on its merry way. | * As a safety precaution, nuclear missiles can be deactivated while in-flight, yet it was allowed to continue on its merry way. | ||
===Errors=== | |||
* "Defense Minister"? Uh... there is no such office in the United States government. | |||
* Red Alert's presence was later explained as being an art error, for the second time in a row. | |||
* In the panel of Cliffjumper and Canadian soldiers (who are escaping from their tank), Cliffjumper's legs appear to be buried in snow despite being snow-free a few pages earlier. Whatever the case, the snow disappears by the next panel. | |||
* When Optimus Prime emerges from his unconsciousness we see him wake up from his own point of view. The background appears in a warped fish-eye perspective. However the foreground character, Spike Witwicky, isn't in this distorted perspective. When the camera view shifts to an objective point of view, the buildings in the background are still in the same fish-eye perspective. There's definitely something screwy going on there. | |||
===Covers (2)=== | ===Covers (2)=== | ||
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* ''Z.O.E.'' DVDs | * ''Z.O.E.'' DVDs | ||
* ''Sandscape'' #1 | * ''Sandscape'' #1 | ||
* [[The War Within issue 2|''The War Within'' #2]] | * [[The War Within issue 2|''Transformers: The War Within'' #2]] | ||
* [[Dreamwave Armada issue 5|''Armada'' #5]] | * [[Dreamwave Armada issue 5|''Transformers: Armada'' #5]] | ||
* [[Prime Directive|''Prime Directive | * [[Prime Directive|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 1: Prime Directive TPB]] | ||
* Devastator versus Superion poster | * Devastator versus Superion poster | ||
* G1 battle poster | * G1 battle poster | ||
* ''Arkanium'' #2 (back interior cover) | * ''Arkanium'' #2 (back interior cover) | ||
* ''Fate of the Blade'' #4 (back interior cover) | * ''Fate of the Blade'' #4 (back interior cover) | ||
* ''Warlands'', Vol.3 #1 (back interior cover) | * ''Warlands'', Vol. 3 #1 (back interior cover) | ||
* '' | * ''Transformers Generation One'', Vol. 1 TPB (back cover) | ||
===Reprints=== | |||
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==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]] | [[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:25, 7 April 2026
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 Not now, Inferno. | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | October 23, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | October 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Chris Sarracini | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Pat Lee | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander | ||||||||||||
| Backgrounds | Edwin Garcia | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang, Shaun Curtis, Rob Ruffolo, Stuart Ng, Angelo Tsang, Juan Malera, Matt Cossin, Pat Lee | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Dreamer Design | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Roger Lee | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Modern era | ||||||||||||
The Autobots save the day but pay the ultimate price.
Synopsis
[edit]Defense Minister Dawson and the President of the United States are getting a sitrep on the San Francisco battle when the CIA breaks in with news that the city has been targeted by a nuclear missile from the American arsenal. The President frantically orders to abort the launch, but he's too late.
In the Northwest Territories, a misguided tank commander of the Canadian military orders the Autobots to lower their weapons. When Wheeljack tries to explain their mission the tanks open fire, and a viral wave heads straight for the humans.
In San Francisco, Megatron explains to Optimus Prime that he ordered all the devastation on the city just to get Prime's attention. Still weary, Optimus tells Megatron to shut up, and that he'll defend humans even if they betray him and his own troops abandon his cause. Just as Megatron decides to end Optimus Prime's life once and for all, the sound of honking distracts him. Prime jumps out of the way as three fire engines, driven by humans, come racing down a broken freeway and slam into the Decepticons. Prime uses the distraction to quickly free his captured troops and then tells the Autobots that he wants their heads but to save Megatron for him.
In the Pentagon, General Hallo has already tipped over the edge of insanity and is gleefully watching the nuclear countdown. Spike Witwicky bursts in and announces the general's complicity in the destruction of the Ark II and the deaths of the humans on board. Hallo swings the gun in Spike's direction and tells him to enjoy the show.
Back in Canada, the cyber-virus is eating up the Canadian tanks and their human operators. Their interference has stymied Wheeljack's plan to stop the virus. Jazz and Wheeljack can't agree if they should retreat or stay and try to find some last-ditch solution. Wheeljack has an epiphany and races off toward a human settlement without explanation.
Meanwhile, Hallo is still holding Spike at gunpoint and ranting about safeguarding the security of the United States. Luckily for Spike, the president and several armed officers arrive. When Hallo turns his gun on them he's shot down.
In San Francisco, Optimus and the Autobots are making short work of the Decepticons. Optimus decides that taking Megatron captive isn't good enough this time, but Soundwave's alert of an incoming nuclear projectile makes him pause. Despite his damaged state, Megatron laughs at the irony. The Aerialbots merge into Superion and take off, while in Canada Wheeljack hooks himself up to a satellite dish. He uses the last of his power to blast the virus, just as Superion flies into the nuclear missile, causing a huge explosion and tidal wave.
Spike wakes Optimus Prime and lets him know the Decepticons have fled and the missile was stopped. The Autobots uncover Grimlock from the rubble and Optimus offers the Dinobot leader a place back in their ranks. But Grimlock refuses and walks off. Prime assesses the personal toll the last battle has had on his troops and how things will never be the same.
Little does he know that up north, Jazz is cradling Wheeljack's seemingly lifeless body.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|---|
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Quotes
[edit]"So save your rambling Megatron and hope that your next blast kills me because if it doesn't I promise I'll tear you to pieces."
- —Optimus Prime, hardcore
"I always dreamed of the day that I'd finally capture Megatron as my prisoner. Slight change of plans."
- —Optimus Prime, even more hardcore
Notes
[edit]- After the previous two issues had only ranked second in Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts, this issue repeated the success of the first three issues, ranking #1 with 119,533 copies ordered for September 2002.[1]
- The first panel on page 9 is identical to the first panel on page 8, down to the cracks Optimus Prime is decked out with and the details in the dust cloud in the background.
- The fire engines that drive into the Decepticons don't just smack into them, they explode when they hit the ground with a loud BOOOOOM! sound. Why... why does San Francisco have explosive fire engines? That seems like poor design.
- The pull-out posters included this issue are:
- Autobot cover: Galvatron versus Powermaster Optimus Prime, with many characters from the 1988 toy range in the background.
- Decepticon cover: Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, a whole slew of Micromasters, and a couple of other guys.
- Spike is shown being happy for the Autobots' victory and apparently oblivious to the damage to the city, while Prime observes the devastation with concern and grief. In issue 2, as Prime comments that the Autobots wouldn't cause this much destruction if they weren't being controlled, Spike replies that such damage is the usual result of Transformers' battles on Earth.
- Was it really necessary for Superion to fly into the missile, killing all five Aerialbots, when they could have just delegated the job to Slingshot? Or just shoot the bloody thing down over the sea.
- As a safety precaution, nuclear missiles can be deactivated while in-flight, yet it was allowed to continue on its merry way.
Errors
[edit]- "Defense Minister"? Uh... there is no such office in the United States government.
- Red Alert's presence was later explained as being an art error, for the second time in a row.
- In the panel of Cliffjumper and Canadian soldiers (who are escaping from their tank), Cliffjumper's legs appear to be buried in snow despite being snow-free a few pages earlier. Whatever the case, the snow disappears by the next panel.
- When Optimus Prime emerges from his unconsciousness we see him wake up from his own point of view. The background appears in a warped fish-eye perspective. However the foreground character, Spike Witwicky, isn't in this distorted perspective. When the camera view shifts to an objective point of view, the buildings in the background are still in the same fish-eye perspective. There's definitely something screwy going on there.
Covers (2)
[edit]—All covers by Pat Lee
- Cover A: Red Alert and Inferno
- Cover B: Menasor
Advertisements
[edit]- Titan Books G1 reprints
- Z.O.E. DVDs
- Sandscape #1
- Transformers: The War Within #2
- Transformers: Armada #5
- Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 1: Prime Directive TPB
- Devastator versus Superion poster
- G1 battle poster
- Arkanium #2 (back interior cover)
- Fate of the Blade #4 (back interior cover)
- Warlands, Vol. 3 #1 (back interior cover)
- Transformers Generation One, Vol. 1 TPB (back cover)
Reprints
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