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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
As [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s team descends deeper into [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] makes casual conversation, questioning Grimlock's attitude. Grimlock, of course, just reasserts that he's a ''badass''. Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s energy signature, they | As [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s team descends deeper into [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] makes casual conversation, questioning Grimlock's attitude. Grimlock, of course, just reasserts that he's a ''badass''. Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[energy signature]], they discover one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s planetary turbines. Adapting the plan, Grimlock orders the rest of his team to sabotage whatever the Decepticons are up to. | ||
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] delivers a killing blow to ''two'' [[Guardian robot]]s, giving the [[Decepticon]]s a clear path to the last remaining core of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. From their staging grounds in the [[Decagon]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and his teammates prepare to make their final stand. | [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] delivers a killing blow to ''two'' [[Guardian robot]]s, giving the [[Decepticon]]s a clear path to the last remaining core of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. From their staging grounds in the [[Decagon]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and his teammates prepare to make their final stand. | ||
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==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
{{featuredcharacters|c1= | {{featuredcharacters|c1= | ||
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (2) | *[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (2) | ||
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (3) | *[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (3) | ||
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4) | *[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4) | ||
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (5) | *[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (5) | ||
* [[Guardian robot]]s (6) | *[[Guardian robot]]s (6) | ||
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (17) | *[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (17) | ||
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (18) | *[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (18) | ||
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (19) | *[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (19) | ||
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*[[Firebolt (G1)|Firebolt]] (35) | *[[Firebolt (G1)|Firebolt]] (35) | ||
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (36) | *[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (36) | ||
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1) | *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* On the side of the massive turbine, the logo for the Transformers forum [http://www.allspark.com/ the Allspark] is visible. But while the turbine pumps hot boiling plasma that destroys cities, the forum has a mildly different function. Usually. | *On the side of the massive turbine, the logo for the Transformers forum [http://www.allspark.com/ the Allspark] is visible. But while the turbine pumps hot boiling plasma that destroys cities, the forum has a mildly different function. Usually. | ||
* The letters "BBTS" on one of the buildings at the [[Sherman Dam]] is a reference to online toy store [[BigBadToyStore]]. | * The letters "BBTS" on one of the buildings at the [[Sherman Dam]] is a reference to online toy store [[BigBadToyStore]]. | ||
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===Covers (2)=== | ===Covers (2)=== | ||
* '''Regular cover:''' The [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] by Don Figueroa, Elaine To and Rob Ruffolo | *'''Regular cover:''' The [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] by Don Figueroa, Elaine To and Rob Ruffolo | ||
* '''Incentive cover:''' Optimus Prime by [[Pat Lee]], [[Rob Armstrong]] and [[Espen Grundetjern]] | *'''Incentive cover:''' Optimus Prime by [[Pat Lee]], [[Rob Armstrong]] and [[Espen Grundetjern]] | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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===Advertisements=== | ===Advertisements=== | ||
* [[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]] (with the incentive cover by Pat Lee, which is actually the incentive cover for ''this'' issue) | *[[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]] (with the incentive cover by Pat Lee, which is actually the incentive cover for ''this'' issue) | ||
* [[Brothers' Burden|''War and Peace'' #2]] (double page) | *[[Brothers' Burden|''War and Peace'' #2]] (double page) | ||
* [[Dreamwave Armada issue 10|''Armada'' #10]] | *[[Dreamwave Armada issue 10|''Armada'' #10]] | ||
* [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|''Armada'' trade paperback]] | *[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|''Armada'' trade paperback]] | ||
* [[Titan Books]] collections | *[[Titan Books]] collections | ||
* [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets The Eye'' #1]] (back cover) | *[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets The Eye'' #1]] (back cover) | ||
===Reprints=== | ===Reprints=== | ||
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 Me Grimlock say where Dinobots? | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | February 12, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | February, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Story | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Don Figueroa | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Elaine To | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Rob Ruffolo | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Dreamer Design | ||||||||||||
| Assistant editor | Matt Moylan | ||||||||||||
| Graphic design | Kevin Lee | ||||||||||||
| Editor-in-chief | Roger Lee | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave Generation One continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Early war | ||||||||||||
Prime and Megatron see visions of the Matrix, while Starscream begins his destructive hijacking of Megatron's plan.
Synopsis
As Grimlock's team descends deeper into Cybertron, Kup makes casual conversation, questioning Grimlock's attitude. Grimlock, of course, just reasserts that he's a badass. Following Optimus Prime's energy signature, they discover one of Megatron's planetary turbines. Adapting the plan, Grimlock orders the rest of his team to sabotage whatever the Decepticons are up to.
Shockwave delivers a killing blow to two Guardian robots, giving the Decepticons a clear path to the last remaining core of Iacon. From their staging grounds in the Decagon, Prowl and his teammates prepare to make their final stand.
Inside of a vision from the Matrix, Optimus Prime and Megatron witness future incarnations of themselves battling at some alien location. When not-future Megatron continues his attack on not-future Optimus, the scenery again re-aligns itself further into the future, where Headmasters and Targetmasters continue the war. After another shift, the two arrive back in the present, but the Matrix teleports Optimus to Grimlock. Grimlock gives Optimus his sword, suggesting the Autobot leader take more active measures in dealing with Megatron.
Starscream, planning to destroy everything on Cybertron's surface, disregards Scrapper's warnings about how the turbines function. Ironhide, Kup, and Wheeljack overhear the plan, but are discovered by two other Constructicons. With the plot discovered, Starscream activates the engine beneath Iacon. As Shockwave stands victorious, the Autobots' capital city is devastated by superheated plasma.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"I know it's the image, right? "Me Grimlock-- badass", but c'mon... there must have been someone you respected."
- —Kup, on the subject of Grimlock
"Me, Grimlock — badass!"
- —Grimlock, on the same subject
"You don't think too much of our current Prime, I can see that. But Sentinel Prime? He had his head screwed on."
"Eh. Not at end he didn't."
- —Kup and Grimlock
"I get a real bad feeling about this."
- —Kup, doing a Han Solo impersonation
"Hn.
Hm?
Fh!
Tt.
Ff!
Hn."
- —Grimlock has FURMAN POWER!
Notes
- On the side of the massive turbine, the logo for the Transformers forum the Allspark is visible. But while the turbine pumps hot boiling plasma that destroys cities, the forum has a mildly different function. Usually.
- The letters "BBTS" on one of the buildings at the Sherman Dam is a reference to online toy store BigBadToyStore.
Errors
- Wheeljack has three typos within the same speech bubble: "There's a sub-planetary strata—a second skin—ready and waiting to force it's was to the surface." For the trade paperback collection, "was" was corrected to "way", but "it's" still features an apostrophe and the plural "strata" was not corrected to the singular "stratum".
- One of Megatron's speech bubbles also contains a typo: "It almost seems as if you have a gaurdian spirit, Prime..." Again, this was fixed for the TPB.
Covers (2)
- Regular cover: The Lightning Strike Coalition by Don Figueroa, Elaine To and Rob Ruffolo
- Incentive cover: Optimus Prime by Pat Lee, Rob Armstrong and Espen Grundetjern
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Me Grimlock say where Dinobots? -
The Transman makes Optronix a balloon-bot.
Advertisements
- The War Within #6 (with the incentive cover by Pat Lee, which is actually the incentive cover for this issue)
- War and Peace #2 (double page)
- Armada #10
- Armada trade paperback
- Titan Books collections
- More Than Meets The Eye #1 (back cover)
