Transformers: G-2 (story page)

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The primary Transformers: G-2 story pages ran in TV Magazine from August 1995 to February 1996. The storyline was written by Hidetsugu Yoshioka and, aside from a few CG rendered characters, also illustrated by him.

The G-2 story pages continued from where the Operation Combination storyline left off, taking place within the universe of the TV series. The G-2 story pages were supplemented by the G-2 pack-in comics, which often expanded upon particular battles.

TV Magazine

Issues

Part 1

Published: August, 1995

Confrontation of The Autobots and the Decepticons!

The Autobots and Decepticons are (re)introduced. Megatron, now in a new tank body, has the power to manipulate black holes to create the "Black Hole Burn" attack. He yearns to steal the Matrix and conquer the galaxy. Optimus Prime, now in a missile trailer body, wields the Matrix, which has the power to upgrade all Transformers with new bodies and powers. His attacks are the "Matrix Saturn" and "Gatling Impact Laser"

A Gathering of Fighting Robots

The Laser Rod teams (Electro, Volt, Sizzle and Jolt) and the Cyberjet teams (Jetfire, Aero Raid, Strafe, Hooligan, Space Case, and Skyjack), the newest additions to the Autobots and Decepticons, are introduced.

This single story page does not feature art by Hidetsugu Yoshioka. Instead, it boasts CG renderings of Optimus Prime and Megatron battling in a live action setting with actors running around screaming.

Part 2

Published: September, 1995

G-2 World Genesis: The Six Secrets of the Transformers Completely Explained!!

The origins of the Transformers are covered in six easy steps, going from their creation by the Quintessons all the way to the present, with new and mysterious Transformers waiting to be introduced.

Scoop: Optimus Prime's Strengthening Project Brought to Light!!

Optimus Prime has had many deaths and many bodies over the years. Presented here is a chart of his deaths, resurrections and various appearances up through his new missile trailer mode. But he has a new, mysterious form looming on the horizon. Also included is a smaller chart featuring the many forms of Megatron.

Part 3

Published: October, 1995

The Mysterious Stealth Aircraft Dreadwing is a Decepticon!

The mysterious new warrior known as Dreadwing has allied himself with the Decepticons. However, Dreadwing, a pacifist by nature, has been manipulated by Smokescreen. They intend to obliterate all the warring robots in order to bring peace to the galaxy.

Autobots vs. Decepticons: Combat Secrets

After his sanity circuits were repaired, Megatron and Optimus Prime adopted Action Master bodies and formed the Cybertron Alliance to bring peace to the galaxy. However, Megatron began to believe that if he were sole ruler of the galaxy, he would achieve peace through tyranny. He was eventually pushed over the edge when human soldiers killed a close friend of Megatron's, unprovoked. Megatron then took on a new tank mode, leaving Prime to adopt a missile trailer mode. And so, the G-2 wars began.

Part 4

Published: November, 1995

Convoy’s Counterattack! The Cybertron Army’s Supreme Commander Is Taken Out!

As Jetfire and the Cybertron science team uncover a mysterious new power slumbering within Convoy’s Matrix, Convoy and Megatron meet for a one‑on‑one showdown. Convoy musters his courage and slugs Megatron with a mighty punch, but Megatron responds by catching him in a crushing “Dread Ball” hold and blasting him at point‑blank range, leaving the Cybertron Supreme Commander badly damaged and apparently defeated.

Cybertron Cyberjet Team Appears

As the war escalates, the Autobots deploy their own elite Cyberjet unit—Jetfire and his comrades—whose high‑speed aerial capabilities are highlighted as a new trump card for the Cybertron forces.

Part 5

Published: December, 1995

Birth of the New Supreme Commander Battle Convoy!

After a great battle, Optimus Prime was defeated by Megatron. Luckily, the spirits of past Autobot commanders dwelling within the Matrix of Leadership activated the Reconfiguration Matrix and resurrected Optimus Prime as Battle Convoy, powering him up with a new body in the process. Battle Convoy's power vastly exceeded that of Megatron's. With his new weapon, the Cybertonium Sword, Battle Convoy crushed Megatron's fusion cannon and rose victorious.

Entering a diagnostic of Battle Convoy's new body, it is explained that the new property of the Matrix discovered by the research team, the Reconfiguration Matrix, has the ability to reformat Prime based on the need of the situation. Battle Convoy's new Laser Rod body features the following stats:

Height: 13 meters Weight: 13.5 tons

The events of "Birth of the New Supreme Commander Battle Convoy!" are retold in the G-2 pack-in comic issue #13.

Part 6

Published: January, 1996

Cybertron Great Victory!!

With Battle Convoy leading the charge, the Cybertron army launches a full‑scale offensive that finally drives Megatron and his Destron forces into retreat. Cyberjets, Laser Rods, and other allies bombard Destron troops on land and in space, leaving Megatron’s once‑mighty armada in ruins and raising the question of whether true peace will at last return to the universe.​

Battle Convoy vs. Megatron’s New Offensive

Megatron joins forces with the stealth fighter Dreadwing to annihilate the Cybertrons and expand the renewed G‑2 war into outer space. Battle Convoy rallies the Cybertron forces—Jetfire’s Cyberjets, the Laser Rod team, and other warriors—to oppose Megatron’s plan, resolving that the united Cybertrons will defend Earth and the cosmos from the Destron emperor’s ambitions

Part 7

Published: February, 1996

The Autobots Triumph in the Battle of Good Vs. Evil!

Now understanding the threat of Battle Convoy, Megatron attacks the Autobot headquarters with full force. Battle Convoy challenges Megatron to the "Law of Cybertron", in which the loser and his forces must retreat to deep space forever. After a grueling fight, Battle Convoy narrowly triumphs. Megatron and the Decepticons retreat to deep space as the badly injured Battle Convoy hobbles off with the aid of Electro and Volt.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Others
Optimus Prime Volt Electro Aero Raid Strafe Jetfire Road Rocket	Megatron Jolt Sizzle Skyjack Space Case Hooligan Smokescreen Dreadwing Road Pig	Kiloton

Notes

• Though Megatron has been vanquished, the Japanese G-2 storyline does not end here! Ten years later, through tech spec bios and pack-in comics written by Hirofumi Ichikawa and drawn by Hidetsugu Yoshioka, e-HOBBY revived and continued the storyline.
  • G-2 continues in the Galvatron II bio, where a Galvatron from an alternate reality travels to this timeline, intending to conquer the universe with his fleet of Warworlds.
  • Next, in the Laser Rod Ultra Magnus bio, Ultra Magnus uses the Reconfiguration Matrix within the Matrix of Leadership to resurrect himself in a new body with which to counter Galvatron II.
  • The "Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version" pack-in comic takes place next, with Optimus Prime donning a new Black body form to rescue Ultra Magnus from Galvatron II.
  • Then, in the "MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver." pack-in comics, Wheeljack and Ga'mede use the Black Body technology to create an army of Optimus Prime clones called "Eldedroids" to battle the renewed Decepticon forces, now lead by Galvatron II (Megatron being deposed as leader).
  • And then in "MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.", the Autobots fight a time-displaced ghost Starscream.
• The post-G-2 storyline would then lay low for a few years until Hayato Sakamoto's Legends and Unite Warriors stories continued the events of the late 2030s.

External links

• TV Magazine G-2 story pages at TFArchive