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{{disambig2|issue #9 of the G2 comic|the cloudlike evil mass|Swarm}}
{{disambig2|issue #9 of the G2 comic|the cloud-like evil mass which the issue is named after|Swarm}}
[[Image:MarvelUSG2-09.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Excuse me, will you please stop watching our ''horrible deaths'', you sick freak?"]]


'''The Autobot-Decepticon Alliance discovers the secret of the Swarm . . . just in time to be attacked by the Cybertronian Empire.'''
[[Image:MarvelUSG2-09.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Excuse me, will you please stop watching our ''horrible deaths'', you sick freak?"]]
{{Comicnav | Generation 2 (Marvel Comics) | 9 | seriesname= | prev=Escalation! | next=Total War!}}
'''The Autobot-Decepticon Alliance discovers the secret of the Swarm... just in time to be attacked by the Cybertronian Empire.'''


{{comicnav | Generation 2 (Marvel Comics) | 9 | seriesname= | prev=Escalation! | next=Total War!}}


==Generation 2 #9==
This issue contains a main story, "Swarm", and a backup story, "Tales of Earth Part Six". 
''Originally published:'' July, 1994
 
=="Swarm"==
===Synopsis===
On [[J'asik]], fourth moon of [[Kol]], the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] Alliance finds nothing but corpses and a world sucked dry.  Prime's visions are now reality.  Something is consuming worlds, and Prime fears it's related somehow to the [[Transformer]]s.  He orders a complete science sweep.  Megatron thinks this is a waste of time, but is content simply to complain while he finishes healing.
 
[[Image:Xal-G2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The claw is your master!]]
Elsewhere, on the planet [[Karn]], the furry purple locals are dealing with a threat no less lethal: the [[Cybertronian Empire]].  The Imperials, under the command of Mindset, go about exterminating the humanoids with emotionless efficiency.  When they lose contact with their northwest perimeter watch, they investigate, and discover the consuming menace of the Swarm.  They fight back, briefly.  As the Swarm consumes them, however, it recognizes something familiar in them.  When Mindset transforms in front of it, the Swarm becomes certain that it has found what it is looking for.
 
Then it eats him.  As Mindset dies, "billions" of light years away, the Decepticon Onslaught doubles over with pain.  His fellow [[Combaticon]], Blast Off, asks him what's wrong, but he just shrugs it off.  Over the millenia he has forgotten about [[budding]], and even if he remembered, he would be unaware that he can feel it when a descendant of his is killed.  Prime also feels it, and can somehow identify the cause.


This issue contains a main story, "Swarm", and a backup story, "Tales of Earth Part Six".
On [[Ethos]], where the Alliance recently defeated the Imperials, Jhiaxus surveys the results.  A stranger approaches.  It's Starscream and he wants to make a deal...


===Swarm===
===Credits===
'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Penciler:''' [[Manny Galan]]<br>
'''Penciler:''' [[Manny Galan]]<br>
'''Inker:''' [[Jim Amash]]<br>
'''Inker:''' [[Jim Amash]]<br>
'''Colorbot:''' [[Sarra Mossoff]]<br>
'''Letterbots:''' [[Richard Starkings|Starkings]] with [[Comicraft]]<br>
'''Letterbots:''' [[Richard Starkings|Starkings]] with [[Comicraft]]<br>
'''Colorbot:''' [[Sarra Mossoff]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Rob Tokar|Tokar]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Rob Tokar|Tokar]]<br>
* ''Originally published:'' July, 1994


*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], some Technobot?, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], assorted Karnians, assorted Imperials, [[Mindset]], the [[Swarm]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Blast Off]], [[Jhiaxus]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].
====Featured characters====
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (3)
* [[Kup]] (4)
* a [[Technobot]]? (5)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (6)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (7)


====Synopsis====
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
On [[J'asik]], fourth moon of [[Kol]], the Auobot-Decepticon Alliance finds nothing but corpses and a world sucked dry.  Prime's visions are now reality.  Something is consuming worlds, and Prime fears it's related somehow to the Transformers.  He orders a complete science sweep.  Megatron thinks this is a waste of time, but is content simply to complain while he finishes healing.
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (2)
* assorted Imperials (9)
* [[Mindset]] (10)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (12)
* [[Blast Off]] (13)
* [[Jhiaxus]] (14)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (15)


[[Image:Xal-G2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The claw is your master!]]
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
Elsewhere, on the planet [[Karn]], the furry purple locals are dealing with a threat no less lethal: the [[Cybertronian Empire]].  The Imperials, under the command of Mindset, go about exterminating the humanoids with emotionless efficiency.  When they lose contact with their northwest perimeter watch, they investigate, and discover the consuming menace of the Swarm.  They fight back, briefly.  As the Swarm consumes them, however, it recognizes something familiar in them.  When Mindset transforms in front of it, the Swarm becomes certain that it has found what it is looking for.
* assorted [[Karn|Karnians]] (8)
* the [[Swarm]] (11)
|}


Then it eats him.  As Mindset dies, "billions" of lightyears away, the Decepticon Onslaught doubles over with pain.  His fellow [[Combaticon]], Blast Off, asks him what's wrong, but he just shrugs it off.  Over the millenia he has forgotten about [[budding]], and even if he remembered, he would be unaware that he can feel it when a descendant of his is killed.  Prime also feels it, and can somehow identify the cause.
===Items of note===
* A caption refers to the Combaticons as "fusilateral-quintrocombiners", one of the more complicated [[canon]]ical terms for "[[combiner]]".
* Given what is understood about budding and the history of the Empire, in order for Onslaught to be Mindset's ancestor, Onslaught would have to be millions of years old, and be from Cybertron.  The origin of Onslaught and the Combaticons is not explicit in U.S. continuity, but it's strongly implied they were created on [[Earth]] in the mid-80s, in much the same manner as the [[Stunticon]]s.  (In the UK continuity, this is more explicitly the case.) This discrepancy is not explained.


On [[Ethos]], where the Alliance recently defeated the Imperials, Jhiaxus surveys the results.  A stranger approaches.  It's Starscream and he wants to make a deal . . .
{{-}}


====Notes====
=="Tales of Earth Part Six"==
* A caption refers to the Combaticons as "fusilateral-quintrocombiners", one of the more complicated canonical terms for "[[combiner]]".
===Synopsis===
* Given what is understood about budding and the history of the Empire, in order for Onslaught to be Mindset's ancestor, Onslaught would have to be millions of years old, and be from Cybertron.  The origin of Onslaught and the Combaticons is not explicit in US continuity, but it's strongly implied they were created on Earth in the mid-80s, in much the same manner as the [[Stunticons]].  (In the UK continuity, this is more explicitly the case.) This discrepancy is not explained.
At [[Autobase]] on Earth, Prime, Megatron, and their science team examine the data regarding the destruction on [[J'asik]]. Perceptor reports that they found traces of matter that is unmistakably genetically related to the Transformers.  Megatron accuses Prime of having known this was coming.  Prime explains the visions he's been having, and tells Megatron about budding.  Just as they resolve to confront this offshoot of Transformer reproduction, however, the base shakes.  Time's up: The Empire is attacking in force.


===Tales of Earth Part Six===
===Credits===
'''Writerbot:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Writerbot:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Pencilbot:''' [[Manny Galan]]<br>
'''Pencilbot:''' [[Manny Galan]]<br>
'''Inkerbot:''' [[Jim Amash]]<br>
'''Inkerbot:''' [[Jim Amash]]<br>
'''"Colorbot":''' [[Sarra Mossoff]]<br>
'''"Letterbots":''' [[Richard Starkings|Starkings]]/[[Comicraft]]<br>
'''"Letterbots":''' [[Richard Starkings|Starkings]]/[[Comicraft]]<br>
'''"Colorbot":''' [[Sarra Mossoff]]<br>


*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].
====Featured characters====
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (3)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)
 
| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (2)


====Synopsis====
| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
At Autobase on Earth, Prime, Megatron, and their science team examine the data regarding the destruction on [[J'asik]].  Perceptor reports that they found traces of matter that is unmistakably genetically related to the Transformers.  Megatron accuses Prime of having known this was coming.  Prime explains the visions he's been having, and tells Megatron about budding.  Just as they resolve to confront this offshoot of Transformer reproduction, however, the base shakes.  Time's up: The Empire is attacking in force.
|}


====Notes====
===Items of note===
* Transformers have genes, apparently. Don't ask how.
* Transformers have genes, apparently. Don't ask how.
===Covers (1)===
* The Swarm attacking Jhiaxus' troops by [[Derek Yaniger]]
===Advertisements===
* None yet identified.


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Revision as of 23:08, 18 March 2008

This article is about issue #9 of the G2 comic. For the cloud-like evil mass which the issue is named after, see Swarm.
"Excuse me, will you please stop watching our horrible deaths, you sick freak?"

Template:Comicnav The Autobot-Decepticon Alliance discovers the secret of the Swarm... just in time to be attacked by the Cybertronian Empire.


This issue contains a main story, "Swarm", and a backup story, "Tales of Earth Part Six".

"Swarm"

Synopsis

On J'asik, fourth moon of Kol, the Autobot-Decepticon Alliance finds nothing but corpses and a world sucked dry. Prime's visions are now reality. Something is consuming worlds, and Prime fears it's related somehow to the Transformers. He orders a complete science sweep. Megatron thinks this is a waste of time, but is content simply to complain while he finishes healing.

The claw is your master!

Elsewhere, on the planet Karn, the furry purple locals are dealing with a threat no less lethal: the Cybertronian Empire. The Imperials, under the command of Mindset, go about exterminating the humanoids with emotionless efficiency. When they lose contact with their northwest perimeter watch, they investigate, and discover the consuming menace of the Swarm. They fight back, briefly. As the Swarm consumes them, however, it recognizes something familiar in them. When Mindset transforms in front of it, the Swarm becomes certain that it has found what it is looking for.

Then it eats him. As Mindset dies, "billions" of light years away, the Decepticon Onslaught doubles over with pain. His fellow Combaticon, Blast Off, asks him what's wrong, but he just shrugs it off. Over the millenia he has forgotten about budding, and even if he remembered, he would be unaware that he can feel it when a descendant of his is killed. Prime also feels it, and can somehow identify the cause.

On Ethos, where the Alliance recently defeated the Imperials, Jhiaxus surveys the results. A stranger approaches. It's Starscream and he wants to make a deal...

Credits

Writer: Simon Furman
Penciler: Manny Galan
Inker: Jim Amash
Colorbot: Sarra Mossoff
Letterbots: Starkings with Comicraft
Editor: Tokar

  • Originally published: July, 1994

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Items of note

  • A caption refers to the Combaticons as "fusilateral-quintrocombiners", one of the more complicated canonical terms for "combiner".
  • Given what is understood about budding and the history of the Empire, in order for Onslaught to be Mindset's ancestor, Onslaught would have to be millions of years old, and be from Cybertron. The origin of Onslaught and the Combaticons is not explicit in U.S. continuity, but it's strongly implied they were created on Earth in the mid-80s, in much the same manner as the Stunticons. (In the UK continuity, this is more explicitly the case.) This discrepancy is not explained.


"Tales of Earth Part Six"

Synopsis

At Autobase on Earth, Prime, Megatron, and their science team examine the data regarding the destruction on J'asik. Perceptor reports that they found traces of matter that is unmistakably genetically related to the Transformers. Megatron accuses Prime of having known this was coming. Prime explains the visions he's been having, and tells Megatron about budding. Just as they resolve to confront this offshoot of Transformer reproduction, however, the base shakes. Time's up: The Empire is attacking in force.

Credits

Writerbot: Simon Furman
Pencilbot: Manny Galan
Inkerbot: Jim Amash
"Colorbot": Sarra Mossoff
"Letterbots": Starkings/Comicraft

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Items of note

  • Transformers have genes, apparently. Don't ask how.

Covers (1)

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