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THE TRANSFORMERS #13. NOVEMBER 2010. FIRST PRINTING. HASBRO and its logo, TRANSFORMERS, and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro andare used with permission. © 2010 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street,San Diego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contentsof this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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stORy sO fAR:betrayed by a decepticon he foolishly trusted to help the Autobots leave Earth after theabdication of Optimus Prime, Rodimus stole one of the few spaceworthy ships on the planetand fled. the Autobots, watching him go, assumed he was leaving in cowardice and shame.

Meanwhile, the decepticons find themselves in similarly dire straits: Megatron lies in stasislock on a desolate asteroid base, starscream has become transfixed on the stolen Autobotmatrix, and Razorclaw begins running the outpost by survival of the fittest...

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Art by: nICK ROCHE

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