After the end of the Generation 1 comics, the final UK annual printed a text story entitled " Another Time and Place ", which followed up on the events of the Ark crash and saw Bludgeon and his followers locate Megatron's body and revive it with Nucleon ( reflecting the release of Megatron as an Action Master figure in 1990 ).

: This toy was repainted in icy blues and purples to become Cryotek for the Transformers: Robots in Disguise toyline, with the character then incorporated into Megatron's history by the BotCon comics.

The Transformers: Cybertron fiction published exclusively in the newsletter exclusive to the Transformers Collector's Club established Primal's 10th Anniversary body in continuity, suggesting that Megatron's return to life in the Universe comics was in his own 10th Anniversary form.

The story was seemingly ignored when Transformers: Generation 2 began years later, as things were restored to the status quo established before the text story, such as Megatron's fate, and when Megatron does return in the Generation 2 comics, Bludgeon does not welcome him but instead decries him as a fool who should have stayed dead.

Prior to Megatron's apparent death, there had been a story in Marvel UK # 99 showing that after being attacked by the Predacons Megatron was transported to Cybertron.

When he was finally defeated by the Maximals, the original Megatron's spark was returned to his body ( in a deleted scene from the television series, that is available on the season 3 DVD 2 in the " Scene Selection " menu ), and history carried on as before.

Megatron's figure was released later on.

As noted previously, Megatron's original alternate mode, or " transformation identity ", was a handgun with attachments, but in Generation Two, this was changed to a tank due to safety and security concerns.

Also of note, Megatron's toy was repainted and re-released ( retooled to allow 4 new altmodes ) under the name Galvatron, beginning a tradition of repaints that would follow through with Armada and subsequent toy lines.

This was all part of Megatron's plan: a supposedly informant Starscream massacred the Autobot Senate and freed the prisoners, signalling revolution and anarchy in Kaon.

With an infusion of Megatron's spark energy to complete the concoction, Scourge was born, emerging from his pod as a dark twin of Optimus Prime, who proved that Megatron's programming had over-ridden any Autobot goodness within him.

He would seize his chance when Fortress Maximus was awakened, directing him to destroy Galvatron ( Megatron's new form ).

The Constructicons joined with Megatron's forces on Earth, and their first mission was an impressive one-Scrapper designed a machine to transfer the other Decepticons ' powers to Megatron, and while he battled Optimus Prime, holding the attention of the Autobots, the Constructicons invaded the Ark to destroy Teletraan I.

All the Transformers were rendered inactive in the explosion of the Ark II in 1999, but when they reactivated in 2001, Devastator was the main weapon in Megatron's attack on San Francisco.

Eventually Devastator was taken out for good when Megatron's reprogrammed Omega Sentinel, turned good by exposure to the Matrix, sacrificed both itself and Devastator to close the Keepers ' warp gate.

In the story Crossing Over by Fun Publications Grimlock was among Autobot troops of Optimus Prime who responded to the sighting of Megatron and arrived in time to save the dimensional traveling Autobot Skyfall from Megatron's wraith.

Starscream was a prominent figure in most of Megatron's schemes over the next year, but also made several further plays for power — teaming up with the Triple Changers Blitzwing and Astrotrain to betray Megatron, only to be double-crossed himself ; duping the paranoiac Autobot, Red Alert into allowing him to acquire the Autobots ' Negavator weapon ; incapacitating Megatron's Nightbird robot to maintain his own position of power ; getting drunk on energon, and more.

It was also revealed in The Transformers: Devastation that Starscream also spent some time as Megatron's bodyguard.

While on a brief mission to attack Red Alert on Velocitron, Starscream was able to secretly switch Megatron's map with a copy that would play an important role later, and in an attempt to acquire more troops loyal to him, recruited the disillusioned Autobot Mudflap into his service on Earth.

It was here he gained an Earthen alternate mode of a fighter jet and was also responsible for Megatron's reformatting into his Earth mode – a gigantic tank.

What the alien did not count on was that Megatron's spark had survived within the remains, and was siphoning energon from Unicron's body.

In a confrontation with Blaster aboard the bridge, Straxus's body was destroyed, leaving him a decapitated head, which in turn forced him to attempt the mental possession of Megatron's body.

Megatron's perfect technosphere was shattered with the return of Optimus Primal's Maximals, arriving in their intended time period to discover Megatron's mastery of the planet.

However, Starscream often exhausts Megatron's patience quickly ; violent-yet-brief verbal and / or physical conflicts are not uncommon between the two.

Following the disappearance of Skyfire when the two were exploring a prehistoric Earth, Starscream returned to Cybertron and soon abandoned his scientific pursuits, becoming a warrior in Megatron's Decepticon army as the civil war exploded, considering it " far more exciting ".

This comic series started with the history of the Autobots and Deceptions on Cybertron, two once peaceful factions that eventually came to war due to Megatron's desire for conquest.

The two engage in an epic sword fight with the respective blades however Megatron's Dark Star Saber manages to break the Star Saber rendering it powerless.

But soon Megatron's ideals would become corrupted, and the two would become bitter enemies.

Although the Beast Wars show would establish Megatron as a smooth, manipulative villain always thinking a step ahead, the Japanese dub of the show and the later Beast Wars Metals ( seasons two and three ) would change Megatron's personality completely.

Additionally, when these two energies met in Megatron's citadel, Megatron took a chance and once again attempted to separate his organic and technological sides — only to wind up trapped in the organic half.

When the disembodied Straxus attempted to possess Megatron's body and the two minds battled for supremacy ( in Transformers UK # 103 – 4 ), Ratbat removed the newly multiple-personality'd Decepticon leader via the Space Bridge back to Earth.

In a nod to Dreamwave Production's portrayal of Cy-Kill as Megatron's opponent, IDW Publishing also featured a clash between the two of them in the second issue of The Transformers: Megatron Origin.

They quickly joined up with the main Decepticons: unfortunately, the Insecticons swiftly decided this wasn't to their advantage and devoured Megatron's store of Energon instead, resulting in a battle breaking out between the two sides.

: Although the toy itself bears little resemblance to the original Ravage, it is not without any homages — specifically, one of its two shoulder mounted cannons is designed after the original Megatron's fusion cannon.

As part of Megatron's plan, Starscream swiftly becomes an Autobot informant.

Starscream originally came to Earth as part of Megatron's expedition to gain the power of the Mini-Cons alongside Demolishor and Cyclonus.

Starscream would first appear as part of Megatron's strike squad that conquered Cyber City.

However, this is part of Megatron's plan, as Starscream kills the Autobot Senate.

Astrotrain first appeared in season 2 and was a part of Megatron's forces on Earth.

However, the apprehension of the Decepticons turned out to be part of Megatron's ruse.

: Although designed to be part of the Beast Machines toyline, this figure of Megatron's fortress / spaceship body was aborted, and then revived for the Robots in Disguise toyline in 2002, where it was reimagined as a new body for that universe's Megatron.

One year later, he is part of the forces under Megatron's command in New York, killing a commando party attempting to cross the river.

The Stunticons remained part of Megatron's Earthbound forces after this, and were involved in many of his schemes.

Nightbeat arrived as part of the reinforcements summoned to counter Megatron's Ore-13 enhanced Decepticons.

Because he was part of Megatron's loyal inner circle, Thundercracker was chosen as a member of the crew of the Nemesis when Megatron launched it to attack the Ark, an Autobot ship.

In those issues, the Insecticons have recently arrived on Earth ; Bombshell, at Megatron's request, uses one of his cerebro-shells to mind-control a human worker at a dam as part of a plot to take it over.

They also appeared as part of Megatron's and Shockwave's forces during the Earthforce strips.

He was part of the Decepticon forces under Bludgeon, and was seemingly restored to prominence in the Decepticon hierarchy after Megatron's return.