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|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=April 4, 2002
|coverdate=April, 2002
|writer=[[Chris Sarracini|Chrislock]]
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|inker=[[Rob Armstrong|Robonus]]
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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[Prime Directive (preview)|«]]'''
</td><td align="center">[[Prime Directive|''The Transformers:<br />Generation 1'']] #1
</td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[Prime Directive issue 2|»]]'''
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> [[G1 Vol.1 Issue1 1.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/5/56/G1_Vol.1_Issue1_1.jpg/230px-G1_Vol.1_Issue1_1.jpg" width="230" height="353" border="0" />]]<br />You! Imagine I have a chair to sit on!
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> [[Dreamwave Productions]]
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> April 4, 2002
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> April, 2002
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<td>'''Story''' </td><td> [[Chris Sarracini|Chrislock]]
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<td>'''Pencils''' </td><td> [[Pat Lee|Patimus Prime]]
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<td>'''Inks''' </td><td> [[Rob Armstrong|Robonus]]
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<td>'''Colors''' </td><td> [[TheRealT!]]
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<td>'''Graphic design''' </td><td> [[Paul Villafuerte|Paulceptor]]
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<td>'''Letters''' </td><td> [[Dreamer Design]]
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<td>'''Editor-in-chief''' </td><td> [[Roger Lee|Hot Rog]]
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
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<td>'''Chronology''' </td><td> [[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]
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'''Lazarus has weapons for sale while Spike learns that he can't escape his past.'''
'''Lazarus has weapons for sale while Spike learns that he can't escape his past.'''


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However, the U.S. military reveals to Spike that it has found one of the surviving Transformer bodies...
However, the U.S. military reveals to Spike that it has found one of the surviving Transformer bodies...


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
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<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> [[Autobots]]</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> [[Decepticons]]</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> [[Human|Humans]]
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* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (7)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
 
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* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)
 
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* [[Manny (G1)|Manny]] (2)
* [[Manny (G1)|Manny]] (2)
* "[[The Pisser]]" (3)
* "[[The Pisser]]" (3)
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* [[General Hallo]] (5)
* [[General Hallo]] (5)
* [[Lazarus]] (6)
* [[Lazarus]] (6)
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==Errors==
==Errors==
* None yet identified.
* None yet identified.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
"We have a Transformer of our own!"<br />
"Really!? Which one!?"
:—'''U.S. Army General''' and '''Spike Witwicky'''


==Items of note==
==Items of note==
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* '''Incentive Cover:''' Superion wraparound by Pat Lee and [[James Raiz]]
* '''Incentive Cover:''' Superion wraparound by Pat Lee and [[James Raiz]]


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Image:Dw_cover_number_1_prime_and_bumblebee.jpg|2nd printing cover
Autobot cover
Image:DW_cover_number_1_omega.jpg|3rd printing cover
 
Image:Dw cover number 1 devastator.jpg|Incentive cover
 
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Decepticon cover


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2nd printing cover
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===Advertisements===
===Advertisements===
* [[BotCon]] 2002
* [[BotCon]] 2002
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* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] poster
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] poster
* Transformers posters (back interior cover)
* Transformers posters (back interior cover)


[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 issues]]

Revision as of 19:45, 3 April 2009

The Transformers: Generation 1

You! Imagine I have a chair to sit on!
The Transformers: Generation 1 #1
Publisher Dreamwave Productions
First published April 4, 2002
Cover date April, 2002
Writer Chrislock
Penciler Patimus Prime
Inker Robonus
Colorist TheRealT!
Letterer Dreamer Design
Editor Hot Rog
Graphic design Paulceptor
Continuity Dreamwave continuity
Chronology Modern era

Lazarus has weapons for sale while Spike learns that he can't escape his past.

Synopsis

Humans have discovered the Transformers again after a year and a half of searching. Decepticons and Autobots are captured by a human organization and used as metallic puppets of war. Grimlock leads the Autobots and Decepticons in a slaughter of humans at an oil plant—and the slaughter is shown! The U.S. Government contacts the only person on record as ever having known about Transformers: Spike Witwicky, who currently is a working man taking care of his infant son, Daniel.

It is revealed that the Autobots had united with humans to defeat the Decepticons. Together, the two races built a giant ship known as the Ark II, which they planned to transport themselves and the captive Decepticons back to Cybertron. Also aboard were a handful of Earth scientists and Sparkplug Witwicky. The Ark II exploded before exiting Earth's atmosphere, and no humans survived.

However, the U.S. military reveals to Spike that it has found one of the surviving Transformer bodies...

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Errors

  • None yet identified.

Quotes

Items of note

  • The final page of the issue serves as a dramatic reveal of the Transformer that the U.S. forces have found. The collected volumes do not present this image in the same way, losing a lot of the dramatic impact.
  • Following the story is a 2-page fictional news article entitled "Reliving the '99 Ark II Tragedy—What Happened?"
  • James Raiz, Alan Wang and Kenny Li created a large lithograph that contained over 600 characters from multiple Transformers continuities. Each issue of Prime Directive came in two cover variants, Autobot and Decepticon, and each variant of each issue had a 2-page center spread which was 1/12 of the lithograph. Split up, it was 4 issues wide by 3 issues high.

Covers (6)

  • Regular Cover: Autobots wraparound by Pat Lee
  • Regular Cover: Decepticons wraparound by Pat Lee
  • 2nd printing: Prime and Bumblebee by Pat Lee
  • 3rd printing: Omega Supreme by Pat Lee
  • Foil Cover: Battle wraparound by Pat Lee
  • Incentive Cover: Superion wraparound by Pat Lee and James Raiz

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