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88-419: Headmasters may refer to: Headmaster (Transformers) , a toy series Transformers: The Headmasters an anime series The Transformers: Headmasters , a comic series Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Headmasters . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
176-641: A Transformers: Energon tale written by Simon Furman and drawn by James Raiz. The tale focused on Slugslinger , Sharkticon and Snow Cat , who had been defeated in an assault by Omega Supreme , telling lies to Megatron in order to excuse their failure. Megatron eventually appoints Slugslinger as his lieutenant, as his lie was the most impressive. The other two, both written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk, focused around Beast Wars and Transformers: Robots in Disguise . The RiD tale, drawn by Rob Ruffolo, focused on Scourge and Sky-Byte stealing
264-409: A 4 issue limited series". Issues #5–15, 17–32, 35–42 and 44–56 were written by Bob Budiansky , with Marvel UK writer Simon Furman taking over for the remainder of the comic. The comic did not attempt to follow the show and some elements and characters were completely absent, including Ultra Magnus , Springer , Arcee , and Metroplex . The comic started much the same as the show; a crew crash landing
352-570: A bridge between the Armada and Energon series, detailing Unicron's defeat and Megatron's disappearance. The story to Transformers: Energon picks up ten years after events in Armada. The Energon title was written by Simon Furman and drawn by Guido Guidi and Joe Ng. The first issue was #19 since Armada was not cancelled but rather retitled. The series was discontinued at issue #30 due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy. Launched in December 2003 Energon would retain
440-527: A collected trade paperback from 2006 to 2007. Issues were also reprinted in The Transformers Magazine , that ran four issues in 2007, while other collections were published in 2008 and 2009. IDW began publishing another new series of reprints called Transformers Classics . This six volume series started getting published in June 2011. Meanwhile, a 100 Penny Press: Transformers Classics #1 mini edition
528-588: A confrontation between Megatron and Scorponok—but the bankruptcy of Dreamwave prevented this story from being finished. In 2004 Dreamwave released a three-issue version of the More Than Meets The Eye series featuring all the Transformers: Armada characters released as toys in the United States. Written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk with art by many Dreamwave artists (including
616-579: A counterpart of the AllSpark). When Unicron attacks Cybertron in the midst of the chaos caused by a Mini-Con civil war, Sentinel Maximus and Omega Prime fight him off with the help of their allies. In the end Unicron is driven off, badly wounded, by Primus. In conjunction with the Unite Warriors line, Takara Tomy released a comic detailing how the Galvatronus combiner came to be. Following his defeat at
704-580: A deal with the British comic company Fleetway to handle the series in the English market for them. The series only lasted 5 issues as well as one annual in 1995. A crossover with the original holders of the Transformers license, Marvel Comics , this series takes place in both Marvel's ongoing continuity, (pre- Civil War ), and IDW's G1 continuity, set in between Infiltration and Escalation . The 4-issue series
792-475: A highly successful return of Transformers to the comic world. They started with a limited series focusing on the Generation 1 characters and a monthly series dedicated to Transformers: Armada . The G1 stories were not bound by the previous Marvel stories nor the animated series. Dreamwave produced a large amount of material, but would go bankrupt and lose the Transformers license in early 2005. When they acquired
880-557: A military commander, longs to find peace by leaving Cybertron's civil war altogether. To that end, he gathers a large crew of followers, and they rocket off to the planet Nebulos, which has not seen war in over 10,000 years. Unfortunately, the Autobots' first encounters with the Nebulans are misinterpreted. Intimidated by the robots' size, the Nebulans initiate aggressions against the Autobots. To end hostilities and show his willingness to protect
968-613: A new physical form, and Galvatron's head takes control of his new minions to take on his new form of Galvatronus. Debuting in Transformers: The Last Knight , the six horns of Unicron began appearing out of the Earth in response to the approach of Cybertron. Unicron is noted by Quintessa to be another name for Earth, and Optimus Prime recognizes Unicron as Cybertron's ancient enemy. Quintessa plans to drain Unicron's energy to restore
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#17328449760571056-512: A nuclear reactor, while Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus learn the value of teamwork to stop them. The Beast Wars tale, drawn by Don Figueroa , focused on Rattrap reminiscing on a time when he was attacked by Dinobot 2, only to be saved by a trio of mysterious Maximals . The comic shows us a what if there is a Dinobot combiner and the comic can only obtained in Transformers G1 DVDs set split into two comics Unicron Unicron
1144-577: A scientist studying one of Unicron's horns to warn him not to touch the chaos-bringer and offers a way to kill him. Unicron appears in the 2023 film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts , voiced by Colman Domingo . In the film, he is a planet -eater who consumes them as fuel. Devouring the home planet of the Maximals, who escape with the Transwarp Key to Earth, he sends his Terrorcon servants to find it. After
1232-533: A vote by fans, and the winner ( Beast Wars ) was to be the next Transformers comic series (see Beast Wars (Unreleased) and Beast Wars (IDW Publishing) Background for more information). The Summer Special was to be an annual mini-series, but due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy only one issue was published. The Generation 1 segment, written by the main G1 creative team of Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk and drawn by Pat Lee and Joe Ng, focused on Megatron and
1320-471: Is a fictional villain from the Transformers media franchise. Designed by Floro Dery , he was introduced in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie and has since reappeared in Transformers: Armada , Transformers: Energon , Transformers: Cybertron , Transformers: Prime , Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising , Transformers: The Last Knight , Transformers: Rise of
1408-461: Is coming from, and who is accessing it, which was a prequel story to the Beast Wars television series. The series proved to be popular, and a subsequent More Than Meets The Eye miniseries debuted the next year, this time covering Transformers: Armada . This comic series was based on the new Transformers toyline of that year, Transformers: Armada . The continuity, while following elements from
1496-451: Is no change in size (compression or expansion) common among so many Transformers. One scene in the movie shows Jazz driving out of one of Unicron's eyes, just small enough to fit through them, though in another scene the Quintesson ship Hot Rod arrived in is tiny compared with the eye. Unicron is also small enough to stand on Cybertron's surface. The character Unicron first appears in
1584-577: Is written by Stuart Moore and drawn by Tyler Kirkman. Captain America , Iron Man , Wolverine , and Spider-Man all appear, as well as many of the Transformers cast of Escalation . The series was collected as a trade paperback in January 2008. The Marvel Comics character Death's Head , a character created by Simon Furman, appeared in certain Marvel UK Transformers stories. In the third issue of
1672-632: The All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A–Z (released on March 22, 2006), the entry for Death's Head's describes his encounters with the Transformers to have taken place in an alternate reality , referred to as Earth-120185 , thus separating these stories from existence in standard Marvel Universe continuity. This raises the question of whether or not any of the Marvel Comics Transformers stories take place in
1760-491: The Energon Universe . In addition to these four main publishers, there have also been several other smaller publishers with varying degrees of success. The Transformers comic by Marvel was the first and arguably the best known Transformers comic. Although it was originally intended to be a 4-issue limited series, it expanded into an ongoing series, which ran for 80 issues before being cancelled. The final cover read "80 in
1848-573: The Marvel Universe "proper" ( Earth-616 ), despite such tie-ins as Spider-Man 's guest-starring appearance in the original Marvel limited series and Circuit Breaker, a character that originated in the Transformers comics, having a cameo appearance in Marvel's Secret Wars II limited series, which featured nearly every character then existing in the continuity of Earth-616. A case can be made that only
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#17328449760571936-592: The Predacons . The Predacons were once warlords on Cybertron who were cast into exile in space. Settling on Planet Beest, (a homage to the Battle Beasts toy line), the Predacons sank into a feral state, and lived as inhabitants of that world for untold years, until Megatron arrived. Having been jettisoned into space by Starscream and restored from the brink of death by Wreck-Gar, Megatron now had his sights set on reclaiming
2024-451: The Technobots from pieces of Unicron's head, and one of their number, Strafe , severs enough of Unicron's neural connections to shut him back down. Although Unicron himself does not appear again, his origin in the animated series is later revealed. Unicron was created near the beginning of the universe by the diminutive genius known as Primacron, who intended for him to devour all life in
2112-517: The comic book series bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name . The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spin-off miniseries. This was followed by a second volume titled Transformers: Generation 2 , which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. The second major series was produced by Dreamwave Productions from 2002 to 2004 with multiple limited series as well, and within multiple story continuities, until
2200-490: The Ark on Earth in the distant past. They are befriended by Buster Witwicky. His brother Spike eventually joins the cause as Autobot leader when he became the head of commander Fortress Maximus. There occurs a considerable amount of fractioning and in-fighting in both the Autobots and Decepticons. However, the series climax occurs when both sides, Autobots and Decepticons, form an uneasy peace to defend Cybertron from Unicron . A few of
2288-737: The Autobot Matrix of Leadership , the only thing that can stand in Unicron's way. Thus, Unicron rebuilds Megatron into a new and more powerful body and rechristens him Galvatron . He then uses the battered bodies of the other Decepticons and creates Scourge, the Sweeps and Cyclonus . Unicron also gives Galvatron a vessel, and Galvatron begins to carry out his assigned task, although he is loath to do so. When Galvatron shows any signs of opposition to Unicron's will, Unicron inflicts agonizing torture in his mind to coerce him into obedience. Following Unicron's consumption of Cybertron's two moons, Galvatron obtains
2376-508: The Autobots and the war they left behind and used this information to contact Cybertron. Zarak's message was received by Fortress Maximus's Decepticon equal, Scorponok. After lying to Zarak about the intentions of the Autobots, Scorponok led an invasion force to the planet. Armed only with weapons that had not seen use in millennia, the Nebulan defense were no match for the intentionally aggressive Decepticons. With little options left, Galen, leader of
2464-522: The Autobots to collect enough Mini-cons to create a power-up mode for Optimus Prime. The player must chase Unicron as he orbits around Cybertron and enters his maw as he prepares to fire, blasting him with the Matrix Cannon until eventually Unicron is destroyed. Unicron is mentioned a number of times in Transformers: Prime – The Game . Eons ago, Unicron created Thunderwing to serve him and destroy
2552-525: The Autobots who aid them in stopping both Cobra and the Decepticons. Since Dreamwave's demise, the mini-series has been reprinted in trade paperback form by IDW Publishing. A second volume, Divided Front , was produced. It was written by the writing team of James McDonough and Adam Patyk (who also worked to develop the story treatment for the first volume) and drawn by Pat Lee. Despite strong initial sales of over 44 thousand copies and positive reviews stating
2640-418: The Beasts , and Atari 's 2004 Transformers video game . Unicron is a prodigiously large robot whose scale reaches planetary proportions, and he is also able to transform into a giant planet. Unicron's origin has expanded over the years from simply being a large robot to being a god of chaos who devours realities. He often employs the help of Decepticons in his work, and in some stories is considered part of
2728-473: The Cybertronian Empire, a race of later generation Transformers that evolved while the earthbound Autobots and Decepticons were deactivated. The events of this series were actually set in motion with a crossover from the G.I. Joe comic books #138–142, in 1993. Megatron returns in his new tank body to reclaim his leadership from Bludgeon and by the end of the series joins with Optimus Prime to fight against
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2816-541: The Decepticon leadership, and required the Predacons to bolster his army. Abandoning his personal weaponry, Megatron pursued Razorclaw through the jungle and soundly defeated him in hand-to-hand combat. Subsequently, he re-engineered the Predacons to give them the ability to combine into Predaking. This would later impact the ongoing Generation 1 comic when Megatron brought them to Cybertron to help defeat Shockwave and later to Earth. There were three other stories, including
2904-516: The Dreamwave artists, it featured bios of all the Transformers released as toys in the United States (with the exception of several of the Action Masters). The character entries were done in the same style as the 1986 Marvel limited series, Transformers Universe , with page long bios and art of the characters in both their robot and alternate forms. The character bios included expanded information from
2992-480: The Earth's core, which would destroy the planet in the process. The story was hampered by continuity issues (though the storyline was only referred to in the pages of the Transformers comics, as G.I. Joe writer Larry Hama opted to ignore the mini-series), and the absence of several key characters from both franchises, including Cobra Commander , Optimus Prime , and Megatron , as the three characters were presumed dead at
3080-675: The G2 Decepticons and their genetic offshoot, the Swarm . The series ended with an epic battle between the "Generation 1" Transformers, the Cybertronians and the Swarm. It also introduces the Liege Maximo. However, the series was cancelled with issue #12 due to low sales, forcing a quick conclusion to the series' various plot threads. Outside of the 12 issue series, Marvel published a free 8 page comic that
3168-498: The Marvel series and reprinted a lot of the issues. From 2001 to 2003, Titan Books reprinted numerous Marvel issues in a series of 14 trade paperbacks. Years later they were able to do more reprints but only in the U.K. market. IDW Publishing (the current rights holders to the Transformers comic property) reprinted numerous Marvel issues as well, as part of the Transformers: Generations series that ran 12 issues and
3256-474: The Marvel series. In August 2013, IDW published the hardcover Transformers: 30th Anniversary Collection . This deluxe book celebrated the 30th anniversary of The Transformers franchise, and as such, many of the original Marvel books were reprinted. The sister title in the UK, this series ran for 332 issues, as well as spawning 7 annuals and 28 specials. It was a weekly publication that spliced original stories into
3344-635: The Matrix from Ultra Magnus , believing he can use it to bring Unicron under his control. Attempting to open the Matrix to intimidate Unicron, Galvatron only prompts his transformation into robot mode and is swallowed by the planet-eater. Unicron lays waste to Cybertron, halted briefly when the young Autobot rookie, Hot Rod , crashes a Quintesson spacecraft through his eye. Finding Hot Rod inside Unicron's body, Galvatron suggests an alliance against their common enemy. However, Unicron inflicts his mental torture upon Galvatron, forcing him to fight Hot Rod. Hot Rod seizes
3432-421: The Matrix from Galvatron during the fight and becomes Rodimus Prime. Rodimus throws Galvatron into space, freeing him from Unicron's mind-control. Rodimus opens the Matrix within Unicron, destroying his body, leaving only his head, which becomes a moon of Cybertron. Unicron was voiced by Orson Welles . The third season of The Transformers animated series continues Unicron's story where the movie left off, as
3520-420: The Matrix of Leadership. After Unicron's demise, a meteor of Dark Energon with Thunderwing sealed within crashes on Earth. Optimus Prime comes across the meteor and finds Thunderwing who reveals that he is a minion of Unicron and his mission was to destroy the Matrix. Thunderwing seeks help from the Decepticons for the repairs needed. He fails thanks to the combined efforts of Prime and Jack Darby and falls into
3608-495: The Mini-Cons on a base on the moon, leading the Decepticons to attempt a full-scale assault to capture them all. Issues 12–13 would see Megatron construct a superweapon, a powerful laser focusing satellite, in an attempt to destroy the Autobots, as well as capturing enough Mini-Cons to overload Cyclonus 's power. With the series coming to a close and Energon due to take over as the active franchise comic, issues 14–18 were dedicated to
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3696-515: The Nebulan world council, made arrangements for himself and others to become Autobot Headmasters. Although the Headmaster process made them able to drive off the Decepticons, all Galen had succeeded in doing was re-igniting the Transformers' war on Nebulos. After Scorponok and now-captive Lord Zarak developed a way to duplicate the process (as well as a later Targetmaster Process), the Nebulos theatre of
3784-537: The Terrorcons obtain the two halves of the key, Unicron emerges through a portal near Earth, intent on devouring the planet. However, Optimus Prime destroys the key, collapsing the portal and trapping Unicron in the other side. Unicron is among the characters appearing in the 2004 Transformers video game for the PlayStation 2 , and served as the main final boss in the game. Unicron begins attacking Cybertron, requiring
3872-429: The Transformers licence from Hasbro , Dreamwave Productions initially produced a six-issue mini-series, written by Chris Sarracini and drawn by company President Pat Lee , titled Prime Directive . Despite mixed critical reaction and the late shipping of several issues, the series was a huge sales success. Encouraged by this, Dreamwave produced a second series, this time written by Brad Mick, called War and Peace . When
3960-546: The Transformers' war escalated. After casualties and collateral damage mounted, Galen eventually convinced Zarak to take their conflict off-world, with nearly all Transformers from both factions following a distress beacon sent by Goldbug from Earth. Because the series was bi-monthly, very little time passed after its end before a smaller group returned to Nebulos, using resources there and the Powermaster Process to rebuild and empower Optimus Prime . The entire miniseries
4048-628: The UK comic and continued within issues #24-#27 of Action Force , (the name given to the G.I. Joe comic series in the UK). A four-issue mini-series introducing new characters that were incorporated into the ongoing series (issue #38) at the conclusion of the mini-series. The series introduces the Headmasters , Targetmasters , some of the movie Transformers, Monsterbots, Horrorcons , Technobots and Terrorcons . The plot of this series focuses on Cybertronian Autobot Fortress Maximus, who despite his success as
4136-510: The Unicron Battles. The autobots successfully destroy Unicron, but Unicron manages to place his consciousness within Megatron. In the final episode, Megatron is corrupted by Unicron, leading to another confrontation with Optimus Supreme. Around this time, Primus, Unicron's sibling, creates an energon sun and attempts to trap Unicron's soul with it. Both he and Megatron are destroyed for good, and
4224-420: The arc would introduce the three main human characters (Rad, Alexis and Carlos) and see both sides battle and gain Mini-Cons for the first time. Issues 6–7 would see Furman take over the scripting, with Pat Lee on art, detailing the discovery of several more Mini-Con teams on Earth. Issues 8–11, with Guido Guidi taking over on art, would see the discovery of a mysterious Mini-Con monolith that would assemble all
4312-461: The cartoon series of the same name, was wholly its own continuity. Differences included the Mini-Cons ' ability to talk in a normal way rather than the beeps and boops from the cartoon series. Also, the resolution to the Armada saga was quite different and involved cross-dimensional travel and several Generation 1 characters. The series ended at issue #18 and was retitled as Transformers: Energon with
4400-556: The coming of Unicron , with cameo appearances by several G1 characters. With Don Figueroa on art, it detailed the coming of the Heralds of Unicron into the Armada dimension to secure the Mini-Con Matrix and kill all of Unicron's enemies. The arc introduced Jetfire and the concept of Powerlinking, as well as having a battle between Armada Megatron and G1 Galvatron , Unicron's chief Herald. The final issue, again drawn by Guidi, served as
4488-578: The company became bankrupt in 2005. The third and fourth series have been published by IDW Publishing with the third series starting with an issue #0 in October 2005 and a regular series starting in January 2006 to November 2018. The fourth series started in March 2019 with issue #1 and concluded in June 2022. There are also several limited series being produced by IDW as well. Skybound Entertainment began publishing Transformers comics starting in June 2023, kicking off
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#17328449760574576-644: The conclusion of The Headmasters , Galvatron's icy tomb is discovered by Cyclonus, whose body Galvatron modifies to accommodate his own head in the chest compartment. Seeking a more fitting form, Galvatron directs Cyclonus to approach the disembodied head of Unicron, who is convinced to help Galvatron attain a combiner form with Cyclonus as its core. To accomplish this, Unicron opens dimensional rifts in order to bring Curse Armada Thrust, Zombie War Breakdown , and Wandering Roller into their world. To Cyclonus' surprise, Starscream makes an appearance, expressing interest in joining this new alliance. Unicron grants Starscream
4664-591: The continuity of the reprinted US issues, and was mostly written by Simon Furman . At the start, it had a more serious science fiction approach. Because of the weekly approach, the UK comic was able to flesh out characters and ideas more; in the US comic, the Aerialbots and Stunticons are first shown having just been built and being given life by the Creation Matrix program, whereas the UK comic fleshed it out more and showed
4752-406: The damaged Cybertron, killing life on Earth in the process. Simmons later helps Burton locate an ancient book containing details about Unicron, noting that the center-point of Unicron's horns (during the era when all of the Earth's continents formed Pangaea ) is Stonehenge . Megatron and Quintessa begin draining energy from Unicron but are foiled, and later Quintessa (disguised as a human) approaches
4840-583: The disappearance of the Ark , the series focused on the history of the titular Micromasters and the discovery of a mysterious Golden Disk with links to the origins of the Transformers. Despite some vocal readers' complaints regarding the series and its art, it also received its share of praise and sold well to the direct market. An eight-issue limited series from 2003 written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk (the shapers of Dreamwave's G1 title and its overall Transformers continuity) with art by most of
4928-480: The early issues were reprinted by Marvel in a digest sized magazine called The Transformers Comics Magazine that ran 10 issues from 1987 to 1988. Marvel had also reprinted some of these early issues in 1985, as the Transformers Collected Comics which ran 2 issues. In latter years, when various other companies were able to obtain the license for the Transformers , they were able to gain access to
5016-476: The energon sun recreates Alpha's planets that were destroyed long ago. In the Transformers: Prime storyline, Unicron (voiced by John Noble ) is the source of Dark Energon, a poisonous and corruptive form of Energon with the ability to revive the dead - albeit in a mindless, zombie-like "Terrorcon" state - also known by the name "the blood of Unicron". Unicron is believed to represent the Anti-Spark (most likely
5104-461: The feature film , with no continuity ties to the regular comic series. Differences to the animated feature include the original designs for the Autobot Matrix of Leadership and Ultra Magnus' original death at the hand of Scourge and his Sweeps. A four-issue limited series in the style of Marvel Universe and G.I. Joe: Order of Battle , featuring lengthy bios of nearly all of the Transformers of
5192-439: The following issue. Originally written by Sarracini, Simon Furman came on board to do a 2-part filler story and ended up as the ongoing writer as a result. Issues 1–5, written by Chris Saccarini and drawn by James Raiz, would give some background to the original war on Cybertron, detailing how Megatron 's campaign started on Cybertron and how the Mini-Cons originally came to Earth, escaping Megatron's grasp. One million years later
5280-567: The interlocking covers by Joe Ng ), the layout was similar to the Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye mini-series released in 2003, and included separate character bios for the Minicons as well as for the other Transformers. The first pages of issue one and the last pages of issue three feature a mini-comic of the human character Alexis studying the history of the Transformers. The comic
5368-535: The licence to the property, they published various reprints in the hardcover book The Best Of Simon Furman and in the Best of UK Omnibus . Other reprints were featured in mini-series collections such as Target 2006 (#1–5), Dinobots (#1–6), Space Pirates (#1–5), Time Wars (#1–5), City of Fear (#1–5), and Prey (#1–5). A new 8 volume reprint collection called Transformers Classics: UK started getting released in October 2011. A three-issue mini-series adaptation of
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#17328449760575456-417: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Headmasters&oldid=932868803 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Headmaster (Transformers) There have been four main publishers of
5544-508: The numbering system from Armada, as well as the creative team of Furman and Guidi. Issue 19 would pick up where Armada left off, reintroducing the main cast – as well as Unicron and the new threat of the Terrorcons . Issues 20–23 (drawn by Guidi and Joe Ng) saw the introduction of Unicron's Four Horsemen and most of the relevant cast (Prime, Hot Shot , etc.) receiving their Energon Powerlinking bodies, as well as establishing that Megatron's Spark
5632-609: The opening scene of 1986's The Transformers: The Movie , immediately making clear his goal by consuming the small world of Lithone. Subsequently, when the Decepticons Megatron , Skywarp , Thundercracker , and the Insecticons are set adrift in space and left to die following a furious battle with the Autobots , Unicron appears before them and offers Megatron a deal: in exchange for a new body, and new troops, Megatron will destroy
5720-810: The origin of the Decepticon forces. According to the Transformers lore, before the dawn of time, Order and Chaos exist within an extra-dimensional entity known as The One. To explore the fledgling universe, he creates the astral being known as Unicron, and then subdivides him, creating his twin, Primus. Unicron's size is never specified in any canon materials, aside from the vague term "planet size". In The Transformers: The Movie , Unicron's height appears to be anywhere from several kilometers (as when handling Galvatron ) to several hundred kilometers (as when attacking and destroying Lithone and Cybertron's moons, and attacking Cybertron). A planet-mode diameter of 1,000 km (620 mi) has been suggested and robot-mode dimensions can follow from that estimate, provided that there
5808-463: The original thirteen Transformers. A third volume, called The Age of Wrath , written by Furman and drawn by Joe Ng, was released up through issue #3, but due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy it was never completed. The first two series were re-released in trade paperback form by IDW Publishing in March and May 2007. Micromasters was a four-issue mini-series written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk and drawn by Rob Ruffolo. Set on Cybertron after
5896-474: The original toys' tech specs, as well as new character development from the Dreamwave Transformers continuity. Issues one through seven contain the character bios, while issue number eight contains entries for key Transformer locations, ideas and technology. The first pages of issue one and the last pages of issue eight feature a mini-comic about where all the information presented in the limited series
5984-421: The period. Most of the text was the same as the tech specs found on the toy boxes, only much more expanded. The first three issues (as well as the first portion of the fourth) contained all of the first, second and third year Transformers. The latter half of the fourth issue dealt with characters new to The Transformers: The Movie (1986), including characters that were not made as toys at the time. The series
6072-410: The planet's fragile peace, Fortress Maximus and a few of his followers discard their weapons in front of the Nebulan capital. When that failed to dissuade them, he made the ultimate sacrifice by offering them his head. Four more Autobots did the same, while the remainder returned to their camp unarmed. Intending to use the situation to his advantage, corrupt Nebulan politician Lord Zarak learned more about
6160-707: The planet-eater's deactivated head settles into orbit around Cybertron. His head is visited by Cyclonus, who accesses the memory bank to discern the fate of Galvatron. Later, the ghost of the deceased Decepticon Starscream reactivates Unicron's head and enters into a bargain with him, performing three labors in exchange for the restoration of his body. Starscream (inhabiting and controlling Scourge's body) gathers for Unicron Metroplex 's eyes (breaking one and replacing it with one from Trypticon ) and Trypticon's transformation cog. He begins to connect his head to Cybertron, which would become Unicron's new body. Starscream demands that Unicron restore his own body so that he can complete
6248-422: The previous efforts of Marvel Comics, had the story set in an alternate continuity, and was written by John Ney Rieber and drawn by Jae Lee . Here, Cobra had discovered and awakened the Decepticons, reformatting their vehicle modes into 1940s era war vehicles and weapons. The two evil forces conquered much of Europe in an alternative version of World War II . G.I. Joe, here a group of American infantry men, find
6336-432: The required connections. Once Unicron does so, Starscream double-crosses him and refuses to finish the job. Unicron's head is subsequently blown off into space by an explosion instigated by the Autobots. Later, when searching for a new supply of positrons (anti-electrons), the Decepticons venture to Unicron's head, where Cyclonus and Scourge accidentally awake the slumbering demi-god. At the same time, Grimlock constructs
6424-547: The second series emulated the sales of the first, Dreamwave decided to upgrade the Generation One to an ongoing series focusing on the Earthbound Autobots and Decepticons, written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk, and drawn by Don Figueroa (although Lee and Joe Ng helped draw the preview issue, and issue #4 featured a back-up story drawn by James Raiz). However, Dreamwave's eventual bankruptcy meant that
6512-504: The series "exceeded expectations," Dreamwave released only one issue before their financial troubles put a halt to their operations. The story followed Transformers/G.I. Joe , but took place 40 years later in 1985, and was intended to have explained the connection to the first volume's story. The Transformers Summer Special was a one-shot produced in the summer of 2004 that featured stories from Generation 1 , Energon , Robots in Disguise , and Beast Wars . The latter two were put to
6600-440: The series would never be concluded past issue #10. This was the first piece of Transformers fiction to use the term Generation One in the title. After Dreamwave's bankruptcy, the first two miniseries were redistributed in trade paperback form through IDW Publishing . Of note: there is a magazine that published a 10-page preview in b/w of what was to have been the 11th issue of the series had Dreamwave not gone into bankruptcy, but
6688-448: The stories that featured Death's Head are separate from standard Marvel continuity, since the character's adventures often involved travel across time and dimensions, not to mention genres; Death's Head also encountered the British science fiction icon the Doctor from Doctor Who once. In early 2002, Dreamwave Productions acquired the Transformers comics license and went on to produce
6776-507: The time of the mini-series' publication. The story featured Bumblebee being destroyed by G.I. Joe forces and rebuilt as Goldbug. This plot point was ignored in the UK comic, where the story was not reprinted until much later in the comic's run, and resulted in an alternate story being conceived to change the character into his "Goldbug" persona. Marvel UK also featured a crossover between these two properties. 'Ancient Relics' began in Issue 125 of
6864-440: The two teams as being created out of new technology created by Shockwave after scanning Buster Witwicky while he had the Matrix downloaded into his brain. Furman also tried to maintain continuity with The Transformers: The Movie , and wrote several stories set in the future after the movie's ending, as well as bringing characters from the future (i.e. Galvatron ) into the present day. Due to his epic and mythological approach, he
6952-494: The universe, leaving a blank slate that Primacron could use as he saw fit. However, Unicron turned upon Primacron, deciding that he would rule the universe and subsequently set out to achieve that goal. Unicron would appear in Transformers Armada , voiced by Mark Acheson. In episode 23, several of the human allies discover Sideways within their computers, and attempt to stop him, but not before learning that his accomplice
7040-552: Was Unicron within the mainframe acting as a failsafe. The final season depicts Unicron as the main antagonist. Called the Unicron Battles , the Transformers Earth groups return to Cybertron. The humans learn Unicron had made the Minicons to take control of Cybertron, but the Minicons revolted and become part of the Transformers' own civil war. Unicron appears in the sequel series Transformers: Energon , set 10 years after
7128-537: Was also published in June 2011. Some issues were also reprinted in the hardcover book Transformers: The Best Of Simon Furman in July 2007. In March 2014, the first issue of the series was reprinted as 100 Penny Press: Transformers #1 In July 2012, to prepare the new series Transformers: Regeneration One (which continued the Marvel series after 21 years), IDW Publishing released Transformers: Regeneration One 100-Page Spectacular . This one-shot reprinted issues 76–80 of
7216-473: Was collected as a trade paperback in July 1987. A four-issue limited series written by Michael Higgins, G.I. Joe and the Transformers teamed-up the Transformers with the other popular Hasbro property of the 1980s, G.I. Joe . The Joes, the Autobots , and Cobra (after being betrayed by the Decepticons) must join forces to stop the Decepticons from activating an energy drill device to suck up energy from
7304-608: Was given away at various stores selling the G2 toyline called The Transformers Generation 2: Halloween Special Edition in 1993. The series was reprinted as 2 trade paperbacks courtesy of Titan Books in 2003. As well some stories were reprinted in the hardcover book Transformers: The Best Of Simon Furman in July 2007. As they had done with the Generation 1 series, Marvel published a series based on Generation 2 in England. Because their Marvel UK imprint had folded at this point, Marvel struck
7392-737: Was highly praised and succeeded Bob Budiansky on the US title at issue 56. The mythic tone continued to influence Furman's work on the Dreamwave and IDW comics. Numerous issues and stories from this series would eventually be reprinted. Marvel UK themselves would reprint some stories in Transformers-The Complete Works Part 1 and Part 2, Plague of the Insecticons and The Transformers Universe Vol. One . In latter years reprints were done courtesy of Titan Books who published reprints in 14 volumes. When IDW Publishing acquired
7480-544: Was of a very low print run. After the success of their Generation One series, Dreamwave decided to do a series focusing on the war on Cybertron before the Transformers came to Earth, and recruited Marvel Transformers writer Simon Furman and former fan artist Don Figueroa for a six-issue series focusing on the rise of Optimus Prime. Later, a second volume appeared titled The Dark Ages , again written by Furman and drawn by regular Marvel Transformers artist Andrew Wildman . The second volume introduced The Fallen, an outcast member of
7568-497: Was reprinted by Titan Books as part of their series of trade paperback collections based on the Marvel series. This reprint occurred in Vol.7 ( Trial by Fire ) which was published in 2005. A 12-issue series, the series expanded the original G1 mythos from the small war on Earth and Cybertron to enclose the whole of the Galaxy that was fast being altered into a likeness of Cybertron itself by
7656-484: Was set sometime between the events of the Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Energon Dreamwave comics. Before Dreamwave's bankruptcy, an Energon edition of More Than Meets The Eye was also planned but not released. Dreamwave Productions and Devil's Due, owner of the G.I. Joe license, each produced their own six-issue mini-series and with separate continuities. Dreamwave's approach, rather than follow
7744-555: Was trapped within Unicron. It also saw the Terrorcons journey to Earth and saw the return of the principal human cast, as well as the introduction of Kicker . Issue #24, drawn by James Raiz, focused on the past relationship between Ironhide and Tidal Wave . Issue #25, again drawn by Ng, introduced the Omnicons and Snow Cat . Issues 26–29, drawn by Alex Milne, saw a full-scale Terrorcon attack on Earth, Prime aiding Megatron's rebirth and Starscream 's return in his Energon form. Issue 30 saw
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