Clash! The Two Leaders

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"Clash! The Two Leaders" 激突! 二人のリーダー (Gekitotsu! Ninin no Leader)
Publisher	Takara
First published	July 1, 2004
Story	Naoto Tsushima
Art	Naoto Tsushima
Continuity	Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

What you haven't really demanded: Optimus Prime vs. Beast Megatron!

Synopsis

After a spate of earthquakes, Mirage and R-Blade discuss the recent rumbling, with both feeling distress over it. Their conversation is cut short with a particular rumble.

The rumble signals the arrival of Beast Megatron, now the new leader of the Decepticon army, who attacks the Autobots at Autobot City. Optimus Prime, unaware of who the mysterious purple Tyrannosaurus is, asks him his identity. Megatron is happy to oblige, clarifying to the Autobot leader that he is not the Megatron with whom Optimus Prime is familiar. The Decepticons and the Autobots do battle, and firepower concentrated on Beast Megatron forces him to retreat. Still, Optimus Prime realizes it is only the beginning of a new conflict...

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons
Mirage (2) R-Blade (3) Optimus Prime (4)	Megatron (1) Wrecker Hook (5) Air Hunter (6)

Notes

• The first meeting between Optimus Prime and Beast Wars Megatron in this story was adapted into the Robotmasters cartoon episode, "Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!".

References

• "Clash! The Two Leaders" at the Robotmasters website (archived)
• Complete archive of "Clash! The Two Leaders"