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STORY SO FAR:The war for Cybertron is over—and from all across the galaxy,the Transformers return home to an unfamiliar world. WhileBumblebee deals with political tensions and demands for freeelections, Ironhide leads Sky Lynx and the Dinobots into thewilderness in search of the missing Aerialbots. But as they leavethe city of Iacon, Sky Lynx becomes disoriented, and is forced toturn back. The others continue the search, finding only a piece ofone of the Aerialbots. As night falls, Ironhide readies himself fordanger—but he didn’t expect to be brutally attacked by theDinobots!

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 HC o l o r s b y : J O A N A L A F U E N T E • L e t t e r s b y : S H A W N L E E

E d i t o r : C A R L O S G U Z M A N

THE TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #9. SEPTEMBER 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 to personsliving 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. Printed in Korea.IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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