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Cover by Jorge Jimenez Moreno

TRANSFORMERS:DARK OF THE MOON #4

STORY BY

JOHN BARBER

ART BY

JORGE JIMENEZ MORENO

COLORS BY

ZAC ATKINSON

LETTERS BY

SHAWN LEE

ASSISTANT EDITOR

CARLOS GUZMAN

EDITOR

ANDY SCHMIDT

ADAPTED FROME THE SCREENPLAY BYEHREN KRUGER

Long ago on Cybertron, Optimus Prime’s mentor, Sentinel Prime, developed

a teleportation device called a Space Bridge. Originally intended to stop the

war between Autobots and Decepticons on Cybertron, Sentinel has instead

forged an alliance with Decepticon leader Megatron, and has used the

Bridge to transport hundreds of Decepticons to present-day Earth.

Issuing an ultimatum to humanity, Sentinel forces the world governments

to exile the Autobots into space. But the Decepticons take the opportunity

to shoot down the hero’s ship. Victory now seems assured for the

combined forces of Megatron and Sentinel Prime.

The only thing standing in their way is the Autobot’s human friend, Sam

Witwicky, who had been pressed into service by the Decepticon’s ally, Dylan

Gould. Gould has Sam’s girlfriend, Carly, as a hostage. But as Sam watches

the last stand of the Autobots, a new plan forms…

THE TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON MOVIE ADAPTATION #4. JUNE 2011. FIRST PRINTING. HASBRO and its logo, TRANSFORMERS, and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission.© 2011 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. © 2011 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. TM & ® denote U.S. Trademarks. Hasbro Canada, Longueuil, QC, Canada J4G 1G2. General Motors trademarks used underlicense to Hasbro, Inc.. © 2011 Idea and Design Works, LLC. 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 deadare 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. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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