The Transformers #23

Cover A

Optimus Prime faces off vs. some renegade autobots who attempt to free Whirl after he was arested for attacking Megatron last issue (#22). They fail, and Optimus then confronts the Autobot senate and tells them of the corruption in their ranks as known by Megatron. He's later confronted by a sneator outside and told he's right, that a war's coming, and to be ready for it.