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{{disambig2|the Dreamwave comic story|the ''Armada'' cartoon episode|Confrontation (episode)}} | {{disambig2|the Dreamwave comic story|the ''Armada'' cartoon episode|Confrontation (episode)}} | ||
{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[ | {{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers:<br />War Within:<br />The Dark Ages]]'' #5 | ||
|prev=Revelation (The Dark Ages) | |prev=Revelation (The Dark Ages) | ||
|next=Conflagration | |next=Conflagration | ||
|image=DW WW2 5.jpg | |image=DW WW2 5.jpg | ||
|caption=Three Autobots against the Fallen—they are severely outnumbered. | |caption=Three Autobots against the Fallen—they are severely outnumbered. | ||
|title=Confrontation | |title="Confrontation" | ||
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]] | |publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]] | ||
|date=March 17, 2004 | |date=[[March 17]], 2004 | ||
|coverdate=February | |coverdate=February 2004 | ||
|writer=[[Simon Furman]] | |writer=[[Simon Furman]] | ||
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]] | |pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]] | ||
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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
Grimlock charges at | [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] charges at [[The Fallen]], who easily swats him away and reprimands [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] for his having to intervene in person. But Grimlock is not so easily defeated and relentlessly attacks The Fallen again... in vain. [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] watches the deactivation of Grimlock and speculates on The Fallen's origins, then blacks out. The Fallen drags both of them away, while the [[Chaos Trinity]] leave to retrieve the third target. As to the fourth, the Fallen tells them to leave that to him. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], forgotten, awakens. | ||
At the hub-capital [[Iacon]], beneath [[Virtue's Forum]], in the [[Autobase (G1)| | At the hub-capital [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], beneath [[Virtue's Forum]], in the [[Autobase]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the other [[Autobot]]s discuss the escalation of the arms race between the six factions. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] relates to Prowl Jetfire's theory of intelligent manipulation behind recent events. [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] interrupts the discussion, bringing Prowl to answer a video communication from [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] regarding Grimlock's disappearance. Moments after Swoop hangs up, an alarm signals an attack within the Autobots' brig. The lower levels of the base are invaded by the unstoppable Fallen. | ||
In another part of Iacon, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] ponder why their combined form, Defensor, has such a reduced intellect. Bludgeon and his cronies crash the deliberations. With the elements of | In another part of Iacon, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] ponder why their combined form, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], has such a reduced intellect. Bludgeon and his cronies crash the deliberations. With the elements of surprise, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnosis, and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]'s hesitation to initiate the interlink into Defensor, the Protectobots are quickly defeated. Hot Spot is declared a captive. | ||
Jazz, Sunstreaker, and Mirage continue to defend, refusing to let | [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] continue to defend, refusing to let The Fallen retrieve the Autobots' prisoner. The Fallen's dark power lets him shrug off the Autobots' attacks and disable the three of them. He tears open the jail cell and recruits the fourth and final component of the [[Unbinding]]: [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. | ||
Above, in the tactical central of the Autobase, Prowl orders a containment field erected to make sure | Above, in the tactical central of the Autobase, Prowl orders a containment field erected to make sure The Fallen doesn't escape. But when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] sets up the shield, feedback detonates his console and almost injures him. There's no question that The Fallen has escaped. | ||
In the [[Well of All Sparks]], Jetfire awakens, bound to a machine with the three other Transformers captured by The Fallen. He explains that they are about to become casualties of a divine war, for when the [[Seal of Primus]] opens, [[Unicron|chaos]] will follow. | |||
==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
{{featuredcharacters|c1= | {{featuredcharacters|c1= | ||
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] | {{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent" | ||
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (4) | {{!}}- | ||
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (8) | {{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | ||
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9) | *[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (1) | ||
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (10) | *[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (4) | ||
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (11) | *[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (8) | ||
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (12) | *[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9) | ||
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (13) | *[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (10) | ||
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] | *[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (11) | ||
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] ( | *[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (12) | ||
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] ( | *[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (13) | ||
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (17) | *[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (14) | ||
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (18) | *[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15) | ||
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (19) | *[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (16) | ||
* [[Blades]] ( | {{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | ||
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] ( | *[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (17) | ||
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] ( | *[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (18) | ||
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] ( | *[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (19) | ||
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] ( | *[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (20) | ||
* [[Gears]] ( | *[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (22) | ||
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ( | *[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (23) | ||
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (24) | |||
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (25) | |||
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (26) | |||
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (27) | |||
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (28) | |||
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (29) | |||
{{!}}} | |||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] | *[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (3) | ||
* [[Mindwipe | *[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (5) | ||
* [[Bugly | *[[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] (6) | ||
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (7) | *[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (7) | ||
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] ( | *[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (21) | ||
|h3=Others|c3= | |||
|c3= | *[[The Fallen]] (2) | ||
* [[The | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"You...You're from '''before.''' Aren't you? Before the '''golden age,''' before recorded time."<br /> | "You...You're from '''before.''' Aren't you? Before the '''golden age,''' before recorded time."<br /> | ||
"You know so little... about who and what you '''are,''' about the forces at work around you...'''beneath''' you. The golden age--'''heh.''' Welcome, Jetfire...'''To the Dark Age'''"<br /> | "You know so little... about who and what you '''are,''' about the forces at work around you...'''beneath''' you. The golden age--'''heh.''' Welcome, Jetfire...'''To the Dark Age!'''"<br /> | ||
:—'''Jetfire''' and the '''Fallen''' | :—'''Jetfire''' and the '''Fallen''' | ||
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:—'''Hot Spot''' and '''Blades''' on Bludgeon's arrival. | :—'''Hot Spot''' and '''Blades''' on Bludgeon's arrival. | ||
== | ==Notes== | ||
* | *This issue features one of the vanishingly rare times Bludgeon uses his tank form. Not that it does him any good. | ||
* | |||
* It's never made clear why particularly Jetfire, Grimlock, Hot Spot, and Blitzwing were necessary for the Unbinding. | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
* On the final page of the story, the Fallen casts a shadow with horns intentionally evocative of [[Unicron]]. How it's possible for him to cast a shadow with his back being constantly on fire is unclear but there's all kinds of Dark Magic involved so don't think about it. | *Gadgets and powers: | ||
* The "Declarations of War" page has reader mail answered by [[Roger Lee]] and a piece of fan artwork by Ryan Wilton of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a manner similar to the famous scene from '' | ** The Fallen unleashes a light show of fire, to knock Grimlock out. He later uses another burst of energy on Sunstreaker. | ||
* The "Wavelengths" section contains an article from the desk of [[John Ney Rieber]]. | *Skids receives repairs after the injuries he got from Trypticon last issue. | ||
*Trailbreaker and Jetfire had a chat about the escalating nature of the war in [[Devastation|issue 3]]. | |||
*The Protectobots had problems with their combined form in the same issue. | |||
*Bludgeon totally steals Grimlock's sword, the jerk. | |||
*It's never made clear why particularly Jetfire, Grimlock, Hot Spot, and Blitzwing were necessary for the Unbinding. | |||
*On the final page of the story, the Fallen casts a shadow with horns intentionally evocative of [[Unicron]]. How it's possible for him to cast a shadow with his back being constantly on fire is unclear but there's all kinds of Dark Magic involved so don't think about it. | |||
===Transformers references=== | |||
*Blitzwing's cell number is D-43, the same number his toy was assigned for its original Japanese release. | |||
===Other trivia=== | |||
*The "Declarations of War" page has reader mail answered by [[Roger Lee]] and a piece of fan artwork by Ryan Wilton of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a manner similar to the famous scene from ''{{w|Planet of the Apes}}''. | |||
*The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of [[John Ney Rieber]]. | |||
===Errors=== | |||
*The dialog on page 4 (page 96 of the collection) in panel 2 is confusing. The Fallen appears to be addressing Jetfire, while responding to Grimlock. The simplest fix would be to change the Fallen's line from "He does, Jetfire," to, "Jetfire has an idea." | |||
===Cover=== | ===Cover=== | ||
* The Autobots try to keep the Fallen from breaking Blitzwing out of prison; art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Erik Sander]] and [[Saiko]]. | *'''Regular Cover:''' The Autobots try to keep the Fallen from breaking Blitzwing out of prison; art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Erik Sander]] and [[Saiko]]. | ||
=== Advertisements === | === Advertisements === | ||
* [[Skyfire (issue)|''Generation One'' #3]] (interior front cover) | *[[Skyfire (issue)|''Generation One'' #3]] (interior front cover) | ||
* [[What Lies Beneath, Part Two|''Energon'' #21]] (back cover) | *[[What Lies Beneath, Part Two|''Energon'' #21]] (back cover) | ||
* Video game, ''Devil May Cry Book two: Superbeast'' | *Video game, ''Devil May Cry Book two: Superbeast'' | ||
* ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'': The Director's Cut (interior back cover) | *''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': The Director's Cut (interior back cover) | ||
===Reprints=== | |||
<small>Other than [[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages#Collections|reprints of the full series]]</small> | |||
* N/A | |||
[[Category:War Within issues]] | [[Category:War Within issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:33, 19 September 2025
| This article is about the Dreamwave comic story. For the Armada cartoon episode, see Confrontation (episode). |
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 Three Autobots against the Fallen—they are severely outnumbered. | |||||||||||||
| "Confrontation" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 17, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | February 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Andrew Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Erik Sander | ||||||||||||
| Additional inks | Rob Armstrong | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Alan Wang, Ramil Sunga | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Ben Lee | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | The Dark Ages | ||||||||||||
The Fallen and his soldiers hunt down the four Transformers needed for the Unbinding.
Synopsis
[edit]Grimlock charges at The Fallen, who easily swats him away and reprimands Bludgeon for his having to intervene in person. But Grimlock is not so easily defeated and relentlessly attacks The Fallen again... in vain. Jetfire watches the deactivation of Grimlock and speculates on The Fallen's origins, then blacks out. The Fallen drags both of them away, while the Chaos Trinity leave to retrieve the third target. As to the fourth, the Fallen tells them to leave that to him. Shockwave, forgotten, awakens.
At the hub-capital Iacon, beneath Virtue's Forum, in the Autobase, Prowl and the other Autobots discuss the escalation of the arms race between the six factions. Trailbreaker relates to Prowl Jetfire's theory of intelligent manipulation behind recent events. Sideswipe interrupts the discussion, bringing Prowl to answer a video communication from Swoop regarding Grimlock's disappearance. Moments after Swoop hangs up, an alarm signals an attack within the Autobots' brig. The lower levels of the base are invaded by the unstoppable Fallen.
In another part of Iacon, the Protectobots ponder why their combined form, Defensor, has such a reduced intellect. Bludgeon and his cronies crash the deliberations. With the elements of surprise, Mindwipe's hypnosis, and Hot Spot's hesitation to initiate the interlink into Defensor, the Protectobots are quickly defeated. Hot Spot is declared a captive.
Jazz, Sunstreaker, and Mirage continue to defend, refusing to let The Fallen retrieve the Autobots' prisoner. The Fallen's dark power lets him shrug off the Autobots' attacks and disable the three of them. He tears open the jail cell and recruits the fourth and final component of the Unbinding: Blitzwing.
Above, in the tactical central of the Autobase, Prowl orders a containment field erected to make sure The Fallen doesn't escape. But when Bumblebee sets up the shield, feedback detonates his console and almost injures him. There's no question that The Fallen has escaped.
In the Well of All Sparks, Jetfire awakens, bound to a machine with the three other Transformers captured by The Fallen. He explains that they are about to become casualties of a divine war, for when the Seal of Primus opens, chaos will follow.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Others | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Quotes
[edit]"You...You're from before. Aren't you? Before the golden age, before recorded time."
"You know so little... about who and what you are, about the forces at work around you...beneath you. The golden age--heh. Welcome, Jetfire...To the Dark Age!"
- —Jetfire and the Fallen
"Who?"
"Who cares?"
- —Hot Spot and Blades on Bludgeon's arrival.
Notes
[edit]- This issue features one of the vanishingly rare times Bludgeon uses his tank form. Not that it does him any good.
Continuity notes
[edit]- Gadgets and powers:
- The Fallen unleashes a light show of fire, to knock Grimlock out. He later uses another burst of energy on Sunstreaker.
- Skids receives repairs after the injuries he got from Trypticon last issue.
- Trailbreaker and Jetfire had a chat about the escalating nature of the war in issue 3.
- The Protectobots had problems with their combined form in the same issue.
- Bludgeon totally steals Grimlock's sword, the jerk.
- It's never made clear why particularly Jetfire, Grimlock, Hot Spot, and Blitzwing were necessary for the Unbinding.
- On the final page of the story, the Fallen casts a shadow with horns intentionally evocative of Unicron. How it's possible for him to cast a shadow with his back being constantly on fire is unclear but there's all kinds of Dark Magic involved so don't think about it.
Transformers references
[edit]- Blitzwing's cell number is D-43, the same number his toy was assigned for its original Japanese release.
Other trivia
[edit]- The "Declarations of War" page has reader mail answered by Roger Lee and a piece of fan artwork by Ryan Wilton of Megatron in a manner similar to the famous scene from Planet of the Apes.
- The "Wavelengths" section contains an article from the desk of John Ney Rieber.
Errors
[edit]- The dialog on page 4 (page 96 of the collection) in panel 2 is confusing. The Fallen appears to be addressing Jetfire, while responding to Grimlock. The simplest fix would be to change the Fallen's line from "He does, Jetfire," to, "Jetfire has an idea."
Cover
[edit]- Regular Cover: The Autobots try to keep the Fallen from breaking Blitzwing out of prison; art by Don Figueroa, Erik Sander and Saiko.
Advertisements
[edit]- Generation One #3 (interior front cover)
- Energon #21 (back cover)
- Video game, Devil May Cry Book two: Superbeast
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Director's Cut (interior back cover)
Reprints
[edit]Other than reprints of the full series
- N/A
