Dreamwave Armada issue 11

	; Leader-1 goes postal for having the worst Mini-Con name... until Firebot.
Publisher	Dreamwave Productions
First published	May 14, 2003
Script	Simon Furman
Pencils	Guido Guidi
Inks	Elaine To
Colors	David Cheung, Shaun Curtis, Rob Ruffolo
Lettering	Dreamer Design
Editor	Roger Lee
Continuity	Dreamwave Armada continuity

As Sparkplug and the Space Team race to save Rad, Leader-1 exacts his revenge on Megatron.

Synopsis

On Earth, Rad's parents discuss their son. Apparently, Rad wants to be an astronaut, and his father wonders out loud about him being up in space amongst the stars, unaware of the frightening reality of his statement.

Mirage drags Sparkplug towards one of the control rooms as Megatron smashes through the base behind them, chasing down the Mini-Cons that are fleeing for the escape pods. Leader-1 assures him that he has full control of the base. Meanwhile, Optimus Prime is flying towards the Moon, with Carlos and Alexis along for the ride as holographic images. He detects the minefield and prepares to fire a sonic warhead, blasting apart the entire field.

Down in the moonbase, the Space Mini-Con Team is preparing to leave with everyone else, but Sparkplug manages to convince them to stay long enough to help save Rad. They see Optimus Prime approaching and realize that time is running out, and what's more, the override controls are locked out, so they can't simply steer Rad's mine out of orbit remotely. They decide to pull the mines back to a low orbit while Sky Blast manually drags the mine into the Autobot shuttle.

Elsewhere, Leader-1 tells Megatron that the Mini-Cons are all gathering at the escape pods and, as per Megatron's instructions, gives him "directions". However, he leads Megatron to a dead end, seals the room, and turns on the base's defense systems. As Megatron gets assaulted by the full brunt of them, Leader-1 screams that he's putting him through all of the agony, torture, ignominy, and disregard that he himself had been put through by Megatron. Just as he's about to finish him off, though, Dualor regains consciousness and stops him, telling him that he belongs with Megatron. Leader-1 shouts that he has just doomed them all, moments before a very angry Megatron tears his way into the control room. As the last of the Mini-Cons launch their escape pods, Megatron grins as he looks at his new prize: Leader-1 and the Destruction Mini-Con Team...

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Mini-Cons	Humans
Optimus Prime (17)	Megatron (14) Cyclonus (16)	Sparkplug (3) Mirage (4) Downshift (6) Dirt Boss (7) Crosswise (8) Spiral (9) Inferno (10) Rook (11) Backtrack (12) Oval (13) Leader-1 (15) Astroscope (20) Payload (21) Sky Blast (22) Drill Bit (23) Dualor (24) Buzzsaw (25) Wreckage (26) Longarm (27) Swindle (28)	Rad's mother (1) Rad's father (2) Rad (5) Alexis (18) Carlos (19)

Quotes

"Do something!"
"Easy, Sparkplug, easy! Give them room! Er, guys...do something!"

—Sparkplug and Mirage urge the Space Team to act

"I've waited one million years for exactly this kind of opportunity. So here's the ordeal, the agony, the ignomy, the disregard...right back at you!"

—Leader-1 takes his vengeance on Megatron

"Destruction Team, eh? Well then...let's see what damage we can do!"

—Megatron regards his consolation prizes

Notes

Transformers references

As the Space Team is packing their things to leave, one of the items that Sky Blast has is a rubber ducky.

Errors

Lincoln is said to be located in Nebraska, while other issues place it in South Dakota.
Sparkplug's head has once again changed designs.
Leader-1's head once again switches between being colored gray or dark blue depending on which colorist worked on what page.
Cyclonus' rotor should not be spinning in space. Well, it CAN...but it's just pointless with no wind or gravity.
Guidi draws Astroscope with a mouth, as well as an actual right hand tucked underneath his missile-arm. This won't occur again outside of this issue.
Guidi draws Dualor with his lower body oriented around in the opposite direction as last issue, with his Powerlinx port facing behind him. Also, the blue chestplate he was sporting last issue is gone, exposing his internal gearing system.
A couple of misspellings in Leader-1's rant to Megatron- "unforgiveable" and "ignomy".

Other trivia

The Wavelengths page features an article from the desk of Roger Lee.

Covers (1)

Megatron attacked by lasers by James Raiz

Reprints

Transformers Armada: Volume 2: Fortress (September 17, 2003) ISBN 0973278641 / ISBN 978-0973278644

Collects issues #6–11.
Bonus material includes a cover gallery and the Armada mini-comic #2

Transformers Armada Vol. 2 (Japan ed.) (January, 2004) ISBN 4902314215 / ISBN 978-4902314212

Same content as Dreamwave's volume 2, translated to Japanese.

Transformers Armada Vol. 5 (Spain ed.) (May, 2007) ISBN 978-8498149609

Reprints issues 11–12, translated to Spanish.

Transformers Armada: Volume 2 (IDW reprint) (January 14, 2009) ISBN 160010357X / ISBN 978-1600103575

Straight reprint of the Dreamwave trade with same contents.

Transformers Armada: Omnibus (August 18, 2010) ISBN 160010715X / ISBN 978-1600107153

Contains issues 1–18.
Bonus material includes the Armada Preview issue.
Reissued in 2016 with a new cover.

Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 27: Worlds Collide Part 1 (November 13, 2019)

Collects issues #8–13 and select material from Dreamwave's Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Armada
Includes a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.