Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages
The War Within: The Dark Ages is a six-part miniseries published by Dreamwave Productions in 2003, and set in the main G1 Dreamwave continuity. It centers on the arrival of the Fallen on Cybertron, and his plans to unleash an ancient evil that has been locked away below the planet's surface.
| The Dark Ages issues: |
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| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
Overview
Set some time after The War Within, The Dark Ages sees the Autobots and Decepticons split into multiple factions following the loss of their leaders, Optimus Prime and Megatron. The destructive combiner teams are neutral by treaty agreement; the conflict has simmered down to a low boil. Into this conflicted milleau comes the evil Fallen, who employs the Chaos Trinity to help him bring back an old friend, using the Sparks of four genetically unique Transformers.
- Preceded by: The War Within
- Followed by: The War Within: The Age of Wrath
Creative team
The series was written by Simon Furman and illustrated Andrew Wildman, who had worked with Furman previously on the original Generation 1 Transformers series.
Collections
- War Within: The Dark Ages Dreamwave TPB (September 8, 2004) ISBN 0973381752
- — Includes the covers of all issues, as well as character designs of many of the newly introduced characters by Don Figueroa and Andrew Wildman. Additional bonus material included exposition from Simon Furman and a line-up of the six factions featured in the series.
- War Within: The Dark Ages IDW TPB (May 9, 2007) ISBN 1600100597
- — Reprint of the Dreamwave TPB but with a new cover.
