Transformers Generation 1 [Dreamwave] a) Who published the comic?
The rights were acquired in 2001 by Canadian company Dreamwave, formed by Pat Lee after breaking away from Image Comics. Early that year they announced plans for a six-issue Generation 1 mini-series to accompany their work on new franchise Armada [see here]. A Preview was released in March 2001, with one given to each dealer, with the series starting soon after. It ran for six issues [with a reprint of the Preview issued alongside #1], to massive commercial success, despite delays to the final two issues. A second series was soon confirmed, with a Preview appearing in the TPB of the first series, now named ‘The Prime Directive’. However, DW decided to radically overhaul the series, basically ignoring this preview in favour of a brand new six-issue mini-series named ‘War and Peace’, which again began in June. An ongoing was swiftly announced, beginning with a new #0 in November 2003. In September 2004, Dreamwave also released a summer special, containing stories from G1, Energon, Robots
