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S t o r y b y : C H R I S M E T Z E N & F L I N T D I L L E

A r t b y : L I V I O R A M O N D E L L I

L e t t e r s b y : C H R I S M O W R Y

E d i t o r s : J O H N B A R B E R & C A R L O S G U Z M A N

PREVIOUSLY:Long ago, on the planet Cybertron... as Decepticon forces rise up to battle the Autobot

leadership, ORION PAX leads a counter-terror strike team… but Pax learns that theAutobot leader ZETA PRIME has been draining the energy of the civilian population ofthe city of Nyon to power his vamparc cannon. After a dissident named HOT ROD is

forced to destroy Nyon—the very city he was trying to save—Pax realizes he must dothe unthinkable, and forge an alliance with the Decepticon leader, Megatron…

C h a p t e r 8 : O V E R T H R O W N

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