Transformers: The War Within Issue 1

Don Figueroa Gatefold &amp Wraparound Cover

The War Within, Part 1
he Autobot leader, Sentinel Prime is killed in battle. A while later, in the Vaults of the High Council Pavilions in Iacon, Bluestreak relates scuttlebutt about how the old Prime died to indifferent archivist Optronix, who just wants to be left to his work. Bluestreak thinks Optronix has a cushy position.

Over in Orbital Torus State Altihex, Grimlock's team of Autobots is in trouble.

Meanwhile, in the Chamber of the Ancients, the Council of Ancients is telling Optronix that they've selected him to succeed Sentinel Prime.

Jazz and Prowl arrive in Praxus and wait in what was once the Helix Gardens, both saddened at the devastation the Decepticons have wrought on the area. Grimlock soon arrives with his squad and a messageâif the new Prime is unsuitable, they'll depose him and install themselves as leaders.

In the Oracle Tank, in Iacon's Stellar Galleries, Optronix asks the Keeper for answers, believing that they should leave Cybertron for the Decepticons.