Dreamwave Armada issue 2

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Greedy Megatron
Publisher	Dreamwave Productions
First published	August 28, 2002
Script	Chris Sarracini
Pencils	James Raiz
Inks	Rob Armstrong
Colors	Alan Wang, Gary Yeung, Rob Ruffolo
Lettering	Dreamer Design
Editor	Roger Lee
Continuity	Dreamwave Armada continuity

As the Decepticons wage their war on Cybertron, a group of Mini-Cons rescues their captured friends and escapes the planet.

Synopsis

Optimus Prime and the other Autobots survey the wreckage of the Mini-Con village that was attacked. Not a single one remains, and the Autobots (especially Smokescreen) are understandably upset. Optimus Prime tells everyone to keep a level head so they can figure out what the Decepticons are planning.

Megatron, Starscream, Demolishor, and Cyclonus launch their attack on Cyber City. Meanwhile, Sparkplug has been rescued by the Air Defense Team, the only three Mini-Cons to escape from the Decepticons' base, who tell him that they're living in the Garbage Disposal District of Cybertron. They've found some very useful things, including a small shuttle, and plan on rescuing the other Mini-Cons and leaving Cybertron. Using Sparkplug and a rickety jetpack as a distraction, they break in and set to work freeing them.

Meanwhile, the Autobots attempt to stop the Decepticons, but the augmented power granted by the Mini-Cons proves too much for them, and Optimus Prime orders a retreat. As Megatron revels in his victory, he is alerted to a critical situation: Someone has infiltrated the base, and all the Mini-Cons have escaped. He turns around in time to see their shuttle rocket off into space...

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

"Oh, this is great. I've been rescued by the Crazy-Bots."

—Sparkplug

"Hang on. Where are we?"
"The Garbage Disposal District. Sort of explains the, you know... garbage everywhere."
"You mean to say we're actually in the Garbage Disposal District?"
"Why, yes. Is there a problem?"
"You mean other than the fact that the three of you live in garbage?"

—Sparkplug is not Runway's favourite guest

Notes

Continuity notes

• Hot Shot plowed through a greeting robot last issue; it's been fixed with tape. Megatron then flicks its head off, causing it to sigh. (Wait, does that mean Hot Shot ran over a sentient being?!)

Errors

• Cyclonus is misspelled as "Cyclonis" on page 5.
• Runway is misspelled as "Runaway" on page 9.
• The Destruction Mini-Con Team is part of Megatron's personal cache of Mini-Cons, yet later they were shown to have escaped with the others.

Other trivia

• Runway takes the lead in every conversation, with Sonar and Jetstorm just filling in with one or two word affirmations. And the three of them are awesome.

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Reprints

• Transformers Armada: Volume 1: First Contact (April 2, 2003) ISBN 0973278617 / ISBN 978-0973278613

• Collects the Armada Preview and issues #1–5.
• Bonus material includes the Preview issue, a cover gallery and the Armada mini-comic #1

• Transformers Armada Vol. 1 (Japan ed.) (November, 2003) ISBN 4902314061 / ISBN 978-4902314069

• Same content as Dreamwave's volume 1, translated to Japanese.

• Transformers Armada Vol. 1 (Spain ed.) (January, 2007) ISBN 978-8498147407

• Reprints issues 1–3, translated to Spanish.
• Includes cover gallery.

• Transformers Armada: Volume 1 (IDW reprint) (October 29, 2008) ISBN 1600102670 / ISBN 978-1600102677

• Straight reprint of the Dreamwave trade with same contents.

• Transformers Armada: Omnibus (August 18, 2010) ISBN 160010715X / ISBN 978-1600107153

• Contains issues 1–18.
• Bonus material includes the Preview issue.
• Reissued in 2016 with a new cover.

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  Transformers Armada:
  Volume 1: First Contact

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  Transformers Armada:
  Volume 1 (Japan ed.)

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  Transformers Armada:
  Volume 1 (Spain ed.)

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  Transformers Armada:
  Volume 1 (IDW reprint)

• 

  Transformers Armada: Omnibus

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  Transformers Armada: Omnibus (reissue)