Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)

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Transformers: Generation One was a Dreamwave Productions comic book series, consisting of two 6-issue limited series and an ongoing title. Within the same continuity were 3 other Dreamwave series: a series of character profiles entitled, Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, a prequel miniseries entitled, Transformers: Micromasters and another prequel ongoing miniseries called Transformers: The War Within. In addition, a single story was part of the Transformers Summer Special. All ongoing series were cancelled in 2005 due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy, leaving their plotlines unresolved.

The 'Generation One' term has also come to be associated with the wider Transformers universes based on the original Transformers animated series and Marvel comics.

Contents 1 Prime Directive (Volume 1) 1.1 Notes 2 War and Peace (Volume 2) 3 Generation One (Ongoing title) 4 See also

[edit] Prime Directive (Volume 1)

Transformers: Generation 1 (Volume 1)
Prime Directive, issue #1, drawn by Pat Lee
Publisher Dreamwave Productions Schedule Monthly Format Miniseries Publication dates April – September 2002 Number of issues 6 Main character(s) Autobots, Decepticons Creative team Writer(s) Chris Sarracini Penciller(s) Pat Lee, Edwin Garcia Inker(s) Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander, Ferdinand Poblete Colourist(s) TheRealT!, Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang, Talent Pun, Shaun Curtis, Rob Ruffolo, Stuart Ng, Angelo Tsang, Juan Malera, Matt Cossin, Pat Lee Creator(s) Hasbro

The Prime Directive miniseries takes place after the Autobots had attempted to leave earth for a second time in a space ship called the Ark II, along with the defeated Decepticons. The Ark II was sabotaged, exploding in the upper atmosphere and sending all the Transformers falling back to Earth, deactivated. The story concerns the reactivation of the Transformers by an scheming entrepreneur and the results when things don't go as planned.

[edit] Notes

• Spike Witwicky had been given a piece of the Matrix by Optimus Prime.
• Spike's son Daniel makes a cameo as a toddler.
• The story mainly focuses on the Transformers introduced as toys in 1984, with the exception of Grimlock, Devastator and Superion. (Red Alert was also seen, but was later said to be an art error).

[edit] War and Peace (Volume 2)

Following Prime Directive, Optimus Prime and the Autobots are drawn to the Arctic Circle where they do battle with the Decepticons. They all stop when a spacecraft appears above and Unicron Herald, Scourge emerges. Scourge begins to speak but is shot in the back by Shockwave who calls him a traitor. Shockwave reports that the Autobot-Decepticon War is over and that all of the Earthbound Transformers are to come back with him to Cybertron for war crimes. The group refuses and Shockwave unleashes his new recruits, the Triple Changers to subdue the now renegades. After a brief battle, the Autobots and Decepticons surrender and agree to accompany Shockwave back to Cybertron, while a small group of Autobots escapes the fracas, pursued by Blitzwing. Megatron, refusing to surrender is blasted by Shockwave and enters stasis lock.

While aboard the spacecraft, Starscream awakens from his sleep chamber and sneaks to Megatron's regeneration chamber. In a direct homage to The Transformers: The Movie from 1986, Starscream casts the still injured Megatron into space, blasting him in the head for good measure. Starscream is later scolded by Shockwave, but it's more of a slap on the wrist.

On Cybertron, Shockwave now rules the planet under one banner - Autobot and Decepticon factions are banned and the planet appears to be at peace. However, the arrival of the Earthbound Transformers is about to change all that...

[edit] Generation One (Ongoing title)

• Writers: Brad Mick and Adam Patyk
• Art: Don Figueroa

This ongoing series featured writing from Brad Mick/Adam Patyk and the pencils from the popular Don Figueroa, and was alternately praised and criticised for its very 'fan-friendly' writing (using more obscure G1 characters and bringing in lots of continuity, for example). Bankruptcy brought the series to a sudden close after issue #10 in January 2005, with many plots left unresolved. Previews indicated that issue #11 would have featured the female Autobots from the original animated series and issue #12 would feature the return of Optimus Prime (who had been injured in War and Peace).

A variant convention exclusive cover of Transformers Vol. 3 #1 was produced for the Canadian TransformersCon in March of 2004.

[edit] See also

• List of Transformers comic book series

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Toy Line	Transformers (Generation 1) (1984-1992) | Generation 2 | Beast Wars | Machine Wars | Beast Machines | Robots in Disguise | Armada | Universe | Energon | Alternators | Cybertron | Titanium | Classics | BotCon
Comics	Marvel Series: The Transformers| Transformers/G.I. Joe | Headmasters | Universe | Generation 2 Dreamwave Series: Generation 1 | Armada/Energon | Transformers/G.I. Joe | The War Within | More Than Meets the Eye (G1/Armada) | Summer Special | Micromasters IDW Series: Infiltration | Stormbringer | Spotlight | Escalation | Beast Wars | Generations | Evolutions BotCon Exclusives: The Wreckers | Universe
Animated Series	Generation 1: The Transformers | The Headmasters | Super-God Masterforce | Victory | Zone Beast Era: Beast Wars | Beast Wars II | Beast Wars Neo | Beast Machines Robots in Disguise Unicron Trilogy: Armada | Energon | Cybertron
Characters	Optimus Prime | List of Autobots | Megatron | List of Decepticons | Primus | Unicron | Optimus Primal | List of Maximals | Megatron | List of Predacons
Movies	The Transformers: The Movie (1986) | Transformers (2007)
Factions	Autobots | Decepticons | Maximals | Predacons | Vehicons | Mini-Cons
Video Games	Battle to Save the Earth | Convoy no Nazo | Beast Wars | Beast Wars Transmetals | Transformers (2003) | Transformers (2004)