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* [[War Within (comic)|A comic book series]]
* [[War Within (comic)|A comic book series]]


The franchise's visual style has been almost entirely determined by artist [[Don Figueroa]], who was the penciler and character designer for the first miniseries and also served on the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toy design team, which produced most of the ''War Within'' figures.
The franchise's visual style has been almost entirely determined by artist [[Don Figueroa]], who was the penciler and character designer for the first miniseries and also served on the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toy design team, which produced most of the ''War Within'' figures. [[Andrew Wildman]] contributed designs for some characters in the [[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|''The Dark Ages'']] series, while [[The Fallen]] design was created by [[Pat Lee]]. The Fallen toy, however is loosely based on Don Figueroa's design for pre-Earth Megatron.  [[Joe Ng]] did some designs for the [[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|Age of Wrath]] series as well, but this series did not produce any toys of his designs.


[[Category:Franchises]]
[[Category:Franchises]]

Revision as of 17:07, 4 November 2017

This article is about the Dreamwave/toyline franchise. For the Transformers Legends event, see The War Within.
Generation 1 continuity family
War Within

The War Within franchise began with a Dreamwave comic miniseries set in Cybertron's distant past, featuring many popular Generation 1 characters in their pre-Earth forms. Its success spawned one and a half followup miniseries (the last one was cut short when Dreamwave went bankrupt) and a toyline spread between two umbrella franchises.

The War Within franchise comprises the following components:

The franchise's visual style has been almost entirely determined by artist Don Figueroa, who was the penciler and character designer for the first miniseries and also served on the Titanium Series toy design team, which produced most of the War Within figures. Andrew Wildman contributed designs for some characters in the The Dark Ages series, while The Fallen design was created by Pat Lee. The Fallen toy, however is loosely based on Don Figueroa's design for pre-Earth Megatron. Joe Ng did some designs for the Age of Wrath series as well, but this series did not produce any toys of his designs.