The War Within issue 1

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"I'm even more of a wimp than Orion Pax!"

Following the death of Sentinel Prime, the Council of Autobot elder chooses an unlikely successor.

Writer: Simon Furman
Pencils: Don Figueroa
Inks: Elaine To & Don Figueroa
Lettering: Dreamer Design
Colors: Rob Ruffolo

• Characters: Sentinel Prime, Bluestreak, Optronix/Optimus Prime, Overhaul, Ironhide, Kup, Wheeljack, Grimlock, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Bumblebee, Jazz, Darklight, Backbite, Umbra, Hound, Megatron
• Originally published: October 2002

Synopsis

The Autobot leader Sentinel Prime is killed in battle and the Council of Autobot Elders select Optronix, an undistinguished archivist as the new Autobot leader. At first unwilling, Optronix finally accepts the Matrix of Leadership and through its power is upgraded into Optimus Prime.

Shortly after he is attacked by a Decepticon assassination squad and Grimlock prevents the other Autobots from interfering so that they can discover how good a leader he is likely to be. Prime defeats the three Decepticon attackers without difficulty, much to the admiration of the watching Autobots. Their elation is soon turned to dismay, when Prime announces that he doesn’t feel that Cybertron is worth fighting for and orders the Autobots to evacuate.

Items of note

• The first is Dreamwave’s series of tales about the early days of the Transformers war.
• The War Within series sees most of the characters being given new body designs.
• The term Seeker is used in official canon for the first time.

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.