transformers: robots in disguise ongoing #3
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John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey Coller, Griffith (c)CYBERTRON IN CRISIS! An explosion in the middle of the capitol city strikes. Was it a DECEPTICON attack? Suspicions run high, and the uneasy peace unravels! Only Wheeljack can solve the puzzle—but will he do it before Starscream takes advantage of the AUTOBOTS weakness! The bold new direction in Transformers storytelling continues!FC • 32 pages • $3.99TRANSCRIPT
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sTORy sO fAR:The war for Cybertron is over—and the civilians arecoming home. The Autobot commander, bumblebee,tries to forge a coalition government with theneutral’s representative, metalhawk—but starscreamhas made a public bid for power. As part of hisscheme, he gave (accurate) information to theAutobot’s security head, prowl, that would-bedecepticon warlord Ratbat was planning anassassination. prowl stopped the murder, and Arcee—his secret accomplice—killed Ratbat, telling prowl itwas self-defense. later that night, the fallout begins…
w r i t t e n b y : j O h n b A R b E R • A r t b y : A n d R E w g R I f f I T h
C o l o r b y : j O s h p E R E z • l e t t e r s b y : s h Aw n l E E
E d i t o r : C A R l O s g u z m A n
Special thanks to Hasbro’s Aaron Archer, Rik Alvarez, Jerry Jivoin, Michael Verret, Ed Lane, Joe Furfaro, Jos Huxley, and Michael Kelly for their invaluable assistance.
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THE TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #3. MARCH 2012. FIRST PRINTING. HASBRO and its logo, TRANSFORMERS, and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. © 2012 Hasbro.All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities topersons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printedin Korea.IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.
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