Prime Directive issue 2
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| The Transformers: Generation 1 #2 | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 8, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | May, 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Chris Sarracini | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Pat Lee | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Rob Armstrong | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | Dreamer Design | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Roger Lee | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Modern era | ||||||||||||
Spike brings back an old friend, Transformers go berserk, and Lazarus gets a surprise.
Synopsis
With the prone body of Optimus Prime laying before them, General Hallo and Spike stand over the Autobot leader's opened chest. Spike sorrowfully muses about Prime's promise to bring his father back safe and sound from Cybertron. He takes a strange bobble from a chain around his neck, places it into the empty Matrix chamber, and then squints at the radiant light that eminates from inside.
At the Smitco Oil Refinery in the Arctic, an unexpected delivery by helicopters draws the refinery workers' attention. From inside the huge metal box bursts forth a hoard of silent giant robots who smash everything in sight, and maim or murder members of the refinery crew.
Meanwhile, Lazarus and a multi-national group are watching the attack remotely. When finished, Lazarus turns to the group and asks what the assembled outlaws and criminals will bid for his war machines. As bidding reaches a feverish pitch Lazarus unveils his first lot -- Megatron. Before he has his hands on the cash, he learns that the Decepticon leader wasn't quite deactivated.
General Hallo, his staff and Spike stand on a glacial shelf at the feet of the newly resurrected Optimus Prime. Prime removes the Matrix of Leadership from his chest and holds it aloft. The mystical device raises Jazz, Mirage, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker and Superion from the depths of the frigid ocean. Nearby, the helicopters are returning to Lazarus' headquarters with their Transformer cargo, but as they try to land an explosion rips the building apart and out bursts Megatron.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Errors
- None yet identified.
Quotes
"Perfect killing machines. Reliable and ruthless. Packaged and ready to meet all your...political aspirations."
- —Lazarus
"Eighty-two [million] and a harem of wives!"
- —One bidder's top bid for Megatron
Items of note
- The middle of the comic contains a two-page spread by James Raiz and Alan Wang with Kenny Li featuring a group of Generation 1 Autobots.
- Following the story is a two-page spread by Pat Lee and Alan Wang with Kenny Li featuring a group of Generation 1 Decepticons and members of Cobra. A corresponding Autobot/G.I. Joe spread was published in the pages of Image's G.I. Joe #6 as a cross-promotion.
Covers (3)
—All covers by Pat Lee
- Cover A: Autobots
- Cover B: Decepticons
- Reissue Cover: Prime and Megatron
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Are you... bluish?
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