Lock your seatbelts in place and get ready for the newest and wildest TRANSFORMERS ride date! "The DECEPTICONS, feeding off the energy of captured MINI-CONS, are about to begin a hostile takeover of the TRANSFORMER home planet: CYBERTRON. Do OPTIMUS PRIME and the heroic AUTOBOTS stand a chance of defending the planet against these super-powered villains? And will the MINI-CONS ever get their freedom back? The action is so explosive that the shock waves will shake not only CYBERTRON but even planet EArth right down to the core!" Written by Chris Sarracini (TRANSFORMERS G1: Prime Directive) and penciled by talented newcomer James Raiz, TRANSFORMERS ARMADA: "First Contact", collects issues one through five of the ongoing Dreamwave comics series. It also contains the hard to find eight-page preview, a complete cover gallery, and more... If you missed these issues the first time around, here's your second chance to catch all of the action and excitement that pushed this series to the top of the sales chart!