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"To War! Optimus Primal" 参戦! ビーストコンボイ (Sansen! Beast Convoy)
Publisher	Takara
First published	August 2, 2004
Story	Naoto Tsushima
Art	Naoto Tsushima
Continuity	Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

A very familiar gorilla arrives just in time!

Synopsis

On prehistoric Earth, Optimus Primal's Maximals and Beast Megatron's Predacons fight. After an unsettling period of inactivity, Optimus Primal seeks out Megatron. During his search, he comes across the space-time distortion, the Blastizone. To see if Megatron has travelled to the other side of the Zone, Primal enters.

Optimus Primal exits in the midst of battle between R-Blade and the trio of Psycho-Orb, Wrecker Hook, and Air Hunter. R-Blade, who is carrying sensitive data in his body, is unable to fight back for fear of damaging the data. As Optimus Primal intervenes, he is underestimated by the Decepticons, who tell him to go away. Angry at the cowardly dog-piling of a single warrior, Primal transforms and amazes the Decepticons with his power. Their bleating that Beast Megatron didn't tell them of Optimus Primal gives the Maximal his answer—Beast Megatron is in this world!

After Primal has handed the Decepticons a beating, R-Blade awakens to find himself alone. All he can think of is how his savior reminded him of Optimus Prime.

In time, the day will soon come when Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime finally meet each other.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Notes

• This story is chronologically followed by the first catalog comic, in which Optimus Primal formally meets Optimus Prime and joins his team of Autobots, as foreshadowed by the very end of this story's prose text.

References

• "To War! Optimus Primal" at the Robotmasters website (archived)
• Complete archive of "To War! Optimus Primal"