Editing Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 40

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]] #40
|prev=Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 39
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|caption=Nothing stings more than being made to share a trophy.
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|date=early August 2011
|coverdate=August 2011-September 2011
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'''TRANSFORMERS HALL OF FAME Inductee: Waspinator!'''

=Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #40=
'''Editor-In-Chief:''' [[Brian Savage]] <br>
'''Editor:''' [[Pete Sinclair]] <br>
'''Creative Director/Layout:''' [[Lanny Lathem]]<br>
'''Associate Editor:''' [[Ben Yee]]<br>
'''Associate Editor:''' [[Jesse Wittenrich]]<br>
'''Research Editor:''' [[Karl Hartman]]<br>
'''Columnist:''' [[Rob Meyer]]<br>
'''Head Proofreader:''' [[Heather Choplin]]<br>
'''Proofreader:''' [[Jeremiah McNatt]]<br>
'''Contributor:''' [[David Willis]], [[Martin Fisher]]<br>
'''Resident Colorist:''' [[Drew Eiden]]<br>
'''Resident Artist:''' [[Evan Gauntt]]<br>
'''Staff:''' [[Greg Sepelak]], [[Trent Troop]], [[Rosemary Ward]]<br>
'''TCC SD Side Burn Design:''' [[Richard Chang]]<br>
'''Featured Artist:''' [[Casey Coller]]

==Contents==
* On the cover: Matt Frank's exclusive artwork of ''[[Animated]]'' [[Waspinator (Animated)|Waspinator]] and ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] fighting over the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] trophy  (p. 1)
* Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
* "Screamers Retro-Views", an interview with [[Steven Blum]] (p. 3)
* "BotCon 2011: The Moon Shined ''Bright'' Over Pasadena!" (pp. 4-5 & 8)
* Bios in the style of ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'':
** [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (p. 6) 
** [[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]] (p. 7)
* "[[Battle Lines, Part 4]]" - comic story (pp. 9-14)
* "And the fourth character inductee to the 2011 Transformers Hall of Fame is..." feature about the Hall of Fame (p. 15)
* "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
** ''[[Around Cybertron]]''
** "Featured Fan Art!" with "Soundwave" by [[James Biggie]]
** ''[[Recordicons]]''

==Notes==
* This issue contains the last ''[[Around Cybertron]]'' strip.
* James Biggie would go on to create covers for some of [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics.

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