Dreamwave · Cybertron, at the start of the war

Transformers: The War Within Vol. 1

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How an archivist became Optimus Prime as war broke out on Cybertron, with the robots in pre-Earth forms; collects all 6 Dreamwave issues

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Main story2 of 6
Everything3 of 17
Where to start2 of 6
Complete3 of 17

BeforeThe Transformers Compendium Vol. 2

AfterThe Transformers: Megatron Origin

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Quick recap

Cybertron, millions of years ago. Sentinel Prime dies, and the Council of the Ancients picks an archivist named Optronix to lead the Autobots, over his objections. Renamed Optimus Prime, he must lead a war he never wanted against Megatron, who is after the Matrix to turn Cybertron into a warworld under his rule. Behind Megatron, mysterious backers pull the strings. In the end, Prime seems to defeat Megatron and drives off the Decepticons, resolved to stay on Cybertron to keep them from returning. Megatron is pulled from the rubble with no memory of what he saw inside the Matrix or why he wanted it.

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Behind the scenesRobots before Earth
Dreamwave's series redesigned the Generation One characters with Cybertronian forms, without the cars and jets they took on Earth.
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SetupMegatron's backers
Megatron has mysterious backers who are never named. Fans recognize them as the Quintessons from their look.
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Behind the scenesThe bankruptcy that cut it short
Dreamwave went bankrupt in January 2005, which is why the third part, The Age of Wrath, stopped at issue #3.
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ReferenceIt inspired Megatron Origin
Eric Holmes, writer of Megatron Origin, cited War Within as an inspiration for telling how the war began.
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