Transformers: Generation One, Vol. 6

Chris Salatini / Patrick LeeZhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House2017

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Series: Transformers Generation 1

Summary

This volume is the sixth book in the Transformers: Generation One series, corresponding to the six-issue story arc of Dreamwave's 2002 Transformers: Generation One Vol. 1 (commonly collected as Prime Directive). The story takes place some years after the destruction of the Ark II: the ship carrying the victorious Autobots and their captive Decepticons back to Cybertron is sabotaged after liftoff, breaks apart in an explosion, and all Transformers crash back to Earth and fall into stasis lock. Years later, satellite photos show Megatron reactivated and slaughtering a rebel camp in South America, and the military reluctantly brings Spike Witwicky into the fold. Meanwhile, former U.S. Army officer Lazarus recovers most of the dormant Transformers and acquires technology to control them, selling them as war machines to the highest bidder; a three-way struggle for control unfolds among the human military, the Autobots, and the Decepticons. After breaking free, Megatron unleashes a "techno-organic virus" capable of transforming Earth's ecology, seeking to turn the planet into a second Cybertron, while Optimus Prime struggles to hold his ground amid human suspicion and hostility. This volume portrays the philosophical confrontation between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and Spike's complex, ambivalent attitude toward the Transformers.

Editor's review

这一册是 DW 版《变形金刚第一代》六期连载的收束部分。比起八十年代面向低龄读者的动画改编，DW 的这部作品明显面向成年观众：人类不再只是背景板，军方秘密机构、私人武装与野心家各自盘算，使变形金刚从“外星盟友”变成各方争夺的战略资源。萨拉茨尼把重点放在人物的犹疑与裂痕上——斯派克因父亲的死而对汽车人心怀怨怼，擎天柱则在人类不断升级的敌意中开始怀疑自己所守护的东西；威震天也被写成一套扭曲理性自洽的对手，而不是单纯发狂的反派。帕特里克·李的作画同样是本书的看点：厚重的机械体量、明亮而干净的上色，在当年远超漫威时代的新闻纸印刷效果，至今看仍很耐看。中文版由塞联阵创始人狂飙（陈鑫）翻译，译名与塞联网络汉化版一脉相承，老读者翻起来不会有陌生感。适合想认真读一遍“真正的大人版 G1”的读者珍藏。

Who it's for

A good fit for

看过 G1 动画、想读更成熟版变形金刚故事的读者
对 Dreamwave 时期画风和美术有兴趣的美漫爱好者
收藏变形金刚中文正版漫画的迷友
喜欢多方博弈、阴谋与哲学对峙的科幻漫画读者

Not a good fit for

只想看简单打斗、不愿读大段对白的低龄读者
期待本册为完整独立故事、不需要前后文衔接的读者
对美漫分镜与跨期连载节奏不适应的人

Reading tips

建议先读本系列前 5 册，本册情节紧接方舟二号爆炸与人类势力登场，跳读容易脱节。
读时可留意斯派克对汽车人的态度变化，这条人类视角线是全书的情绪内核。
第一遍读可先跟随画面看故事，第二遍再细读擎天柱与威震天的对话，能读出不少立场之争。
读完可对照塞联网络汉化版或英文原版，比较译名与台词处理的差异。

About the publisher

Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House China · Founded in 1980

Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House is a comprehensive science and technology publisher known for academic monographs, applied technology titles and popular science books, with a focus on three areas: scholarship, popular science and science education. Judging from the books in the catalog, its publishing covers popular science, medicine, management, social psychology, Eastern philosophy and personal finance. It publishes works by overseas authors such as Douglas Hofstadter, Atul Gawande and Carlota Perez alongside Chinese writers including Liu Jian, Hu Hai, Wang Yifang and Peng Xiaohua. Representative titles include Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking, Being Mortal, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital, A Short History of the Human Body (full-color illustrated edition), and Gawande's Better and Complications, spanning cognitive science, medical humanities and the social dimensions of technology. Its distinctive approach is to connect scholarship and the general reader through popular science, valuing both ideas and readability. As public information is limited, this profile is drawn only from the books in the catalog.

FAQ

这一册是完整的独立故事吗？

不是。本册属于《变形金刚第一代》系列的第 6 册，对应 Dreamwave 版第一部连载的收尾内容，情节与前面各册直接衔接，最好按顺序阅读。

没看过变形金刚动画能读懂吗？

基本能读懂，书中会交代方舟二号爆炸、威震天与擎天柱对立等前情；但熟悉 G1 人物会更容易理解各方动机与彩蛋。

“最高指令”和本书是什么关系？

“最高指令”是 Dreamwave 版《Generation One》第一部合集版（Prime Directive）的通用译名，国内引进的《变形金刚：初代经典》系列收录的正是这部分内容。

中文版是谁翻译的？

浙江科学技术出版社引进版由塞联阵论坛创始人狂飙（本名陈鑫）翻译，他曾长期主持变形金刚漫画汉化，译名体系与网络汉化版一致。

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