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story so far:
the war between the autobots and the Decepticons is over. after the matrix is used to purge its polluted core, the planet cybertron reverts to a primordial state and sends a message to thousands of non-affiliated transformers: “come home.” meanwhile, in the remains of the spent matrix, the autobots discover a star map that appears to lead to cyberutopia, the home of the legendary knights of cybertron. rodimus announces that he is to set off in search of the knights.
J a m e s ro b e rt s art by: n i c k ro c h e color by: Josh burcham Letters by: s h aW n L e e editor: John b arber
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