Volcanicus comic 1

Publisher	TakaraTomy Mall
First published	September 7, 2020
Manga	Hayato Sakamoto
Continuity	Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Called to the Blue Planet, the Dinobots of 2050 fill in Optimus Prime about their native time.

Synopsis

Summoned by Primus, the Dinobots arrive on the Blue Planet. Star Convoy and Grimlock immediately recognize each other, and Grimlock explains that his world being attacked by Megatron Omega. Confused, Star Convoy points out that he's currently fighting God Neptune out in space, but Grimlock clarifies: he means the original Megatron Omega from his time, 2050!

2050 is part of an era of peace of prosperity after the second iteration of the Cybertron Alliance was formed a decade ago. Using the Angolmois Energy within Earth, humanity has boosted all of their industry, including creating their own breed of Transformers, the Selectors, who serve their creators in all menial tasks. Angolmois Energy also reaches the realm of medicine, being used to cure Wheeljack of his memory problems.

However, despite the supposed peace between Autobots, Decepticons, and humanity, the Selectors had thoughts of their own. One of them, an orange one, brings his grievances before Megatron—why are the Cybertronians free and independent while the Selectors are stuck under the yoke of humanity? Indeed, he points out that their situation is similar to the Cybertronians' situation with the Quintessons from millions of years ago—the Cybertronians decided they deserved self-determination and rebelled against the Quintessons. The Selectors want to do likewise to humans with Megatron's help.

Optimus Prime arrives at Neo Scramble City and is welcomed by Atari Hitotonari. Both share their misgivings with the use of the Unicron derived Angolmois Energy. Optimus meets with Spike Witwicky to express his discontent with the use of Angolmois Energy and the Selectors, but their meeting is interrupted by Hound, who reports a time warp taking place on Dinobot Island. Realizing that the evacuation of Angolmois Energy must be causing it, Optimus has Carly call her old friends, the Dinbots, to warn them of the temporal incursion.

Grimlock calls a meeting of the Dinobots, joined by Grimmaster (who's defensive of his newbie status) and Slash. They're just in time to see the time gate open to reveal the Allicons and their masters, the Quintessons! Having been trapped in a time warp for a while, they were finally able to escape due to Earth's unique energies. Getting right down to business, they order the Allicons to bring in the Dinobots so they can sell them for a profit, a proposition that the dinosaurs obviously reject. Seeing the Allicons aren't quite enough to tame the Dinobots, the lead Quintesson releases the Recreator to bring forth the ultimate Primitive warriors...