Primeval Dawn Part 2
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| "Primeval Dawn Part 2" | |||||||||||||
| First published | July 31, 2004 (OTFCC 2004) | ||||||||||||
| Script | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Dan Khanna | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Chuck Gibson, Terry Pallot, and Hi-Fi Design | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Blond | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Richard Starkings and Comicraft | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Universe | ||||||||||||
Primal Prime's army grows by one, and Tarantulas's scheme continues.
Synopsis
Primal Prime, Airazor, and Tigatron reactivate a downed stasis pod, from which Ramulus emerges. Ramulus nearly attacks them all, then curses Optimus Primal for seemingly abandoning him on this world. The other Maximals calm him, and head for another pod reading. The pod turns out to be empty, and the group comes under attack from Ravage, Razorclaw, Spittor, and Iguanus. Primal Prime prepares to join the fray, but Tarantulas attacks, making quick work of him with his enhanced Vok powers. The Vok realize they have made a mistake, as Tarantulas rips the Matrix of Leadership out of Primal Prime and gloats about the coming end of days.
Featured characters
(Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.)
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- Characters mentioned but not seen: Primus, Optimus Primal and the Vok.
Continuity notes
- Since Primeval Dawn takes place before The Wreckers storyline, Ramulus is in the green-and-blue color scheme that was included in the main The Wreckers story, until that very issue. See Transformers references below for more information.
- Most of the stasis pods were thought either destroyed or mutated by the quantum surge unleashed at the end of Season 1 of Beast Wars. However, see errors.
- Primal Prime has visions of Unicron, setting up the Universe storyline, although by the time this was released, the first issue had already been published.
- Spittor appears here for the first time chronologically, showing up as a member of the Wreckers. Why he defected is unknown, but next issue seems to provide at least some clues.
- Tarantulas is stealing the Matrix for his "dark master" Unicron-the second issue of the Universe series would show he at least succeeded in getting to Unicron.
Transformers references
- Ramulus' colors are based off an unreleased running change variant of his toy. 3H, at one point or another, planned to sell him in these colors, but plans fell of the wayside, and in the Wreckers storyline he would change to the colors he was released in.
- Spittor is in his Transmetal II body, as is Iguanus.
Errors
- Tigatron seems to mistake the quantum surge with the transwarp wavefront unleashed by it.
Other notes
- This story was published in the "Director's Cut" edition of The Wreckers #2. It appeared behind "Betrayal" as a backup story.
