Dreamwave Armada issue 1
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| Dreamwave Armada issue 1 | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 10, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Script | Chris Sarracini | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | James Raiz | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Alan Wang, Gary Yeung, Ramil Sunga | ||||||||||||
| Lettering | Dreamer Design | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave Armada continuity | ||||||||||||
The Decepticons begin their conquest of Cybertron by rounding up Mini-Cons.
Synopsis
Hot Shot speeds through Cyber City on Cybertron with urgent news for Optimus Prime. He shows him a video disc of a Mini-Con distress call in which Leader-1 speaks of an evil race of Transformers, called Decepticons, that has been attacking Mini-Con villages and taking them captive. The video ends with an enormous hand closing around him, and Prime says that this is indeed a problem.
Meanwhile, another Mini-Con village is attempting to defend themselves. Longarm relates a story told to him by a friend of his who escaped from the Decepticons: he said that the Decepticons were experimenting on the Mini-Cons, retooling them and rewiring them so that they could extract their power and use it for themselves. Soon after, the village is attacked by Cyclonus and Demolishor, who take them all captive — save Sparkplug, who was buried under the wreckage. They contact Megatron to tell him they're finished, and Megatron responds that it is time to declare war...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Mini-Cons |
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Quotes
- None yet identified
Errors
- Longarm yells, "We're finished" to some other Mini-Cons... including himself!
Items of note
- Bots somewhat resembling Generation 1 Hound, Jazz, Wheeljack, and Cliffjumper appear as extras in Cyber City.
- Rollbar watches a weird butterfly flying away. Its purpose is unclear.
- Cameos: Sky Blast, Astroscope, Swindle, Crumplezone, Blackout, Downshift and Mirage.
Covers (2)
- Gatefold cover: 3-panel foldout of main characters posing by James Raiz
- Foil cover: 2-panel of main characters in a battle standoff by Don Figueroa
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