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'''[[April Fools' Day|Prime Directive]]''' is the critically-acclaimed six-part miniseries published by [[Dreamwave Productions]] in 2002, | '''[[April Fools' Day|Prime Directive]]''' is the critically-acclaimed six-part miniseries published by [[Dreamwave Productions]] in 2002, set in the main G1 [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]], and starring [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Centering on the revival of the Transformers after a catastrophe several years prior, it is a ''tour de force'' of war, love, and pathos which has been hailed as the greatest Transformers fiction to ever be written and illustrated. | ||
Four of the six individual issues topped Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts for the month they were released in (with one issue losing to another Dreamwave ''Transformers'' title and the other one to a special publicity stunt by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]), an accomplishment no other ''Transformers'' comic title has achieved before or afterwards. | Four of the six individual issues topped Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts for the month they were released in (with one issue losing to another Dreamwave ''Transformers'' title and the other one to a special publicity stunt by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]), an accomplishment no other ''Transformers'' comic title has achieved before or afterwards. | ||
Highlights include the gripping appearance of a [[Larry|time-lost sage]], a hand-written note that forecast doom for the story's protagonist, unbelievably adult situations, and a [[:Image:Devastator-dullsurprise.jpg|cliffhanger]] so massive in scale that it kept readers guessing for nearly two whole months! | Highlights include the gripping appearance of a [[Larry|time-lost sage]], a hand-written note that forecast frightening doom for the story's protagonist, unbelievably adult situations, and a [[:Image:Devastator-dullsurprise.jpg|cliffhanger]] so massive in scale that it kept readers guessing for nearly two whole months! | ||
At three-o'clock, will ''you'' be ready? | At three-o'clock, will ''you'' be ready? | ||
Revision as of 04:36, 1 April 2010
Prime Directive is the critically-acclaimed six-part miniseries published by Dreamwave Productions in 2002, set in the main G1 Dreamwave continuity, and starring Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Cosmos. Centering on the revival of the Transformers after a catastrophe several years prior, it is a tour de force of war, love, and pathos which has been hailed as the greatest Transformers fiction to ever be written and illustrated.
Four of the six individual issues topped Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts for the month they were released in (with one issue losing to another Dreamwave Transformers title and the other one to a special publicity stunt by Marvel), an accomplishment no other Transformers comic title has achieved before or afterwards.
Highlights include the gripping appearance of a time-lost sage, a hand-written note that forecast frightening doom for the story's protagonist, unbelievably adult situations, and a cliffhanger so massive in scale that it kept readers guessing for nearly two whole months!
At three-o'clock, will you be ready?
