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The war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] wages on for millions of years, with the [[Decepticon]]s quickly becoming the dominant force on the planet. The escaped [[Mini-Con]]s, meanwhile, experience some engine trouble. [[Exodus (Armada)|Their ship]] crashes into the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], with half of it breaking off and falling to [[Earth]].
The war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] wages on for millions of years, with the [[Decepticon]]s quickly becoming the dominant force on the planet. The escaped [[Mini-Con]]s, meanwhile, experience some engine trouble. [[Exodus (Armada)|Their ship]] crashes into the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], with half of it breaking off and falling to [[Earth]].


Millions of years later, [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]] unveil [[Project Supernova]]: a cardboard plane supported by balloons and with a dummy as a rider. Though they get it to fly, a pair of bullies pops the balloons. As Rad climbs down to look for the dummy's helmet, he falls into a crevice, finds the crashed Mini-Con ship, and accidentally activates a homing beacon that alerts both the Decepticons and the [[Autobot]]s to their presence on Earth, prompting both groups to open [[space bridge]] portals (the Decepticons to claim the Mini-Cons, and the Autobots to stop them). He also wakes up [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]], whom he hides in his garage despite Alexis's reservations.
Millions of years later, [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] unveil [[Project Supernova (Armada)|Project Supernova]]: a cardboard plane supported by balloons and with a dummy as a rider. Though they get it to fly, a pair of bullies pops the balloons. As Rad climbs down to look for the dummy's helmet, he falls into a crevice, finds the crashed Mini-Con ship, and accidentally activates a homing beacon that alerts both the Decepticons and the [[Autobot]]s to their presence on Earth, prompting both groups to open [[space bridge]] portals (the Decepticons to claim the Mini-Cons, and the Autobots to stop them). He also wakes up [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], whom he hides in his garage despite Alexis's reservations.


The next morning, they find that not only have the Mini-Cons repaired themselves with the tools they found, but they're created a real, working version of Project Supernova. As they fly off, Sparkplug remarks that the fun has just begun, not realizing that [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] is looming right behind them.
The next morning, they find that not only have the Mini-Cons repaired themselves with the tools they found, but they're created a real, working version of Project Supernova. As they fly off, Sparkplug remarks that the fun has just begun, not realizing that [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] is looming right behind them.
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*[[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]] (15)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (15)
*[[Rad White|Rad]] (16)
*[[Rad White|Rad]] (16)
*[[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] (17)
*[[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] (17)
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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[Image:Sidandseth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Enjoy it kids, you stop existing after this panel.]]
[[Image:Sidandseth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Enjoy it kids, you stop existing after this panel.]]
* Sid and Seth are basically [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]], but with different names for some reason. This is especially puzzling when you consider that Billy and Fred will ''later turn up'' for a scene in [[Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Issue 8]], filling a similar role. While no explanation for this has ever been offered, the most likely cause could be that Sid and Seth were preliminary names for Billy and Fred, and the issue was written based on earlier production material due to the show not being done at time of scripting. By the time Issue 8 started production, the show would have already been airing for months, and rather than make the two sets of bullies explicitly distinct individuals (as had been done under similar circumstances with [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] back in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]]), the production team may have simply decided to change the characters' names to match without ever acknowledging it.
===Other trivia===
* Thanks to [[To sell toys#Limited casting|the few Autobot/Decepticon toys out at the time]], and because no [[generic]]s are drawn in, it seems that Megatron conquered Cybertron with just three guys and the Autobots only number five.  
* Thanks to [[To sell toys#Limited casting|the few Autobot/Decepticon toys out at the time]], and because no [[generic]]s are drawn in, it seems that Megatron conquered Cybertron with just three guys and the Autobots only number five.  
* Sid and Seth are basically [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]]. Why they've got different names is unknown. They're also a lot meaner than Billy and Fred would turn out to be, with Sid trying to hurt (possibly kill) a squirrel for the hell of it. What makes them more puzzling is that Billy and Fred ''later turned up'', but only for one issue and in a scene that could probably have been done with Sid and Seth.
* James Raiz originally drew the human characters in his normal style but Hasbro felt they weren't on-model. As Raiz says, "so I tried drawing it in a quasi-anime style (not a very good one) and sent it to them. Unfortunately for me – they loved it…".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001311/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_raiz.php Transfans.co.uk interview with James Raiz]</ref>
* James Raiz originally drew the human characters in his normal style but Hasbro felt they weren't on-model. As Raiz says, "so I tried drawing it in a quazi-anime style (not a very good one) and sent it to them. Unfortunately for me – they loved it…". <ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_raiz.php Transfans.co.uk interview with James Raiz]</ref>
{{-}}


===Covers (2)===
===Covers (2)===
[[Image:DW_Armada_3b.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Aliens!  Oh wait...]]
* '''Regular cover:''' Starscream and the other Decepticons above the Earth by [[James Raiz]]
— both covers by [[James Raiz]]
* '''Alternate cover:''' Mini-Cons in field stare in terror by [[James Raiz]]
* '''Regular cover:''' Starscream and the other Decepticons above the Earth
 
* '''Alternate cover:''' Mini-Cons in field stare in terror
<gallery>
File:DW_Armada_3.jpg|''Really'' pathetic and ''really'' muddy.
File:DW_Armada_3b.jpg|Aliens! Oh wait...
</gallery>


===Advertisements===
===Advertisements===
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* ''Warlands'' Vol. 3 #1
* ''Warlands'' Vol. 3 #1
* ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Transformers Profile Book One]]'' (back cover)
* ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Transformers Profile Book One]]'' (back cover)
===Reprints===
* '''''Transformers Armada: Volume 1: First Contact''''' <small>([[April 2]], [[2003]]) ISBN 0973278617 / ISBN 978-0973278613</small>
:*Collects the [[Armada Preview]] and issues #1–5.
:*Bonus material includes the Preview issue, a cover gallery and the [[Armada Volume 1|''Armada'' mini-comic #1]]
* '''''Transformers Armada'' Vol. 1 (Japan ed.)''' <small>(November, 2003) ISBN 4902314061 / ISBN 978-4902314069</small>
:*Same content as Dreamwave's volume 1, translated to Japanese.
* '''''Transformers Armada'' Vol. 1 (Spain ed.)''' <small>(January, [[2007]]) ISBN 978-8498147407</small>
:* Reprints issues 1–3, translated to Spanish.
:* Includes cover gallery.
* '''''Transformers Armada: Volume 1'' (IDW reprint)''' <small>(October 29, [[2008]]) ISBN 1600102670 / ISBN 978-1600102677</small>
:* Straight reprint of the Dreamwave trade with same contents.
* '''''Transformers Armada: Omnibus''''' <small>([[August 18]], [[2010]]) ISBN 160010715X / ISBN 978-1600107153</small>
:*Contains issues 1–18.
:*Bonus material includes the Preview issue.
:*Reissued in 2016 with a new cover.
<gallery>
File:DW Armada V1.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:<br>Volume 1: First Contact'''''
File:DW Armada V1-Japan.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:''<br>Volume 1 (Japan ed.)'''
File:DW Armada V1-Spain.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:''<br>Volume 1 (Spain ed.)'''
File:DW Armada V1-IDW.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada:''<br>Volume 1 (IDW reprint)'''
File:Armada Omnibus-2010.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada: Omnibus'''''
File:Armada Omnibus-2016.jpg|'''''Transformers Armada: Omnibus'' (reissue)'''
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
<references/>
{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 18:48, 18 June 2025

« Transformers: Armada #3 »

Pathetic mudball!
Publisher Dreamwave Productions
First published October 16, 2002
Script Chris Sarracini
Pencils James Raiz
Inks Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander
Colors Alan Wang, Ramil Sunga
Lettering Dreamer Design
Editor Roger Lee
Continuity Dreamwave Armada continuity

Millions of years after the Great War started, a trio of Earth kids finds a group of deactivated Mini-Cons.

Synopsis

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The war on Cybertron wages on for millions of years, with the Decepticons quickly becoming the dominant force on the planet. The escaped Mini-Cons, meanwhile, experience some engine trouble. Their ship crashes into the Moon, with half of it breaking off and falling to Earth.

Millions of years later, Rad, Carlos, and Alexis unveil Project Supernova: a cardboard plane supported by balloons and with a dummy as a rider. Though they get it to fly, a pair of bullies pops the balloons. As Rad climbs down to look for the dummy's helmet, he falls into a crevice, finds the crashed Mini-Con ship, and accidentally activates a homing beacon that alerts both the Decepticons and the Autobots to their presence on Earth, prompting both groups to open space bridge portals (the Decepticons to claim the Mini-Cons, and the Autobots to stop them). He also wakes up Sparkplug and the Street Action Team, whom he hides in his garage despite Alexis's reservations.

The next morning, they find that not only have the Mini-Cons repaired themselves with the tools they found, but they're created a real, working version of Project Supernova. As they fly off, Sparkplug remarks that the fun has just begun, not realizing that Megatron is looming right behind them.

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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Mini-Cons Humans

Quotes

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"Where's Carlos?"
"You mean Agent Sidekick?"
"Let me guess. You picked that one, didn't you?"

—Alexis and Rad

Notes

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Continuity notes

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Enjoy it kids, you stop existing after this panel.
  • Sid and Seth are basically Billy and Fred, but with different names for some reason. This is especially puzzling when you consider that Billy and Fred will later turn up for a scene in Issue 8, filling a similar role. While no explanation for this has ever been offered, the most likely cause could be that Sid and Seth were preliminary names for Billy and Fred, and the issue was written based on earlier production material due to the show not being done at time of scripting. By the time Issue 8 started production, the show would have already been airing for months, and rather than make the two sets of bullies explicitly distinct individuals (as had been done under similar circumstances with Buster and Spike back in the Marvel comic), the production team may have simply decided to change the characters' names to match without ever acknowledging it.

Other trivia

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  • Thanks to the few Autobot/Decepticon toys out at the time, and because no generics are drawn in, it seems that Megatron conquered Cybertron with just three guys and the Autobots only number five.
  • James Raiz originally drew the human characters in his normal style but Hasbro felt they weren't on-model. As Raiz says, "so I tried drawing it in a quasi-anime style (not a very good one) and sent it to them. Unfortunately for me – they loved it…".[1]

Covers (2)

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  • Regular cover: Starscream and the other Decepticons above the Earth by James Raiz
  • Alternate cover: Mini-Cons in field stare in terror by James Raiz
  • Really pathetic and really muddy.
    Really pathetic and really muddy.
  • Aliens! Oh wait...
    Aliens! Oh wait...

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Reprints

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  • Transformers Armada: Volume 1: First Contact (April 2, 2003) ISBN 0973278617 / ISBN 978-0973278613
  • Transformers Armada Vol. 1 (Japan ed.) (November, 2003) ISBN 4902314061 / ISBN 978-4902314069
  • Same content as Dreamwave's volume 1, translated to Japanese.
  • Transformers Armada Vol. 1 (Spain ed.) (January, 2007) ISBN 978-8498147407
  • Reprints issues 1–3, translated to Spanish.
  • Includes cover gallery.
  • Transformers Armada: Volume 1 (IDW reprint) (October 29, 2008) ISBN 1600102670 / ISBN 978-1600102677
  • Straight reprint of the Dreamwave trade with same contents.
  • Transformers Armada: Omnibus (August 18, 2010) ISBN 160010715X / ISBN 978-1600107153
  • Contains issues 1–18.
  • Bonus material includes the Preview issue.
  • Reissued in 2016 with a new cover.
  • Transformers Armada: Volume 1: First Contact
    Transformers Armada:
    Volume 1: First Contact
  • Transformers Armada: Volume 1 (Japan ed.)
    Transformers Armada:
    Volume 1 (Japan ed.)
  • Transformers Armada: Volume 1 (Spain ed.)
    Transformers Armada:
    Volume 1 (Spain ed.)
  • Transformers Armada: Volume 1 (IDW reprint)
    Transformers Armada:
    Volume 1 (IDW reprint)
  • Transformers Armada: Omnibus
    Transformers Armada: Omnibus
  • Transformers Armada: Omnibus (reissue)
    Transformers Armada: Omnibus (reissue)

References

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  1. ↑ Transfans.co.uk interview with James Raiz
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