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Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #9

	; From the far reaches of space comes a deadly new foe on the side of evil...
Publisher	Fun Publications
Cover date	June/July 06

Editor in Chief: Brian Savage
Coordinating Editor: Pete Sinclair
LeadWriter / Assistant Editor: Rik Alvarez
Associate Editor: Benson Yee
Associate Editor / Photography: Jon Hartman
Vintage Articles Manager: Karl Hartman
Creative Director / Layout: Lanny Lathem
Grammatical Quality Control: Heather Choplin

"Brian's Bytes and Bolts" by Brian Savage (p. 1)
"The Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club is proud to present their first club member exclusive figure: Astrotrain!" with a first-look at Dan Khanna's art turnarounds for his new head sculpt (p. 1)
"G-1 Classics Revealed!" with first-looks at first wave Classics toys (pp. 2 and 5)
"Coming soon from IDW Publishing - blockbuster Transformers comic books!" (p. 3)
"A Road Map to the Transformers Fiction Multiverse (Part 2)" by Greg Sepelak (p. 4)
"Mike Ballog SPEAKS!" (p. 5)
Bios in the style of More than Meets the Eye:
- Optimus Primal, with art by Jesse Wittenrich (p. 6)
- Soundwave, with pencils by Little IroN and Drew Eiden. (p. 7)
"Battle of the Beasts", a look at Beastformers by Jerome Kunkel (pp. 8 and 10)
"The Final Adventures of Lil' Jerry" by Pete Sinclair (and Lil' Jerry) (p. 8)
"Transfan Art Gallery", featuring submissions from Eric W. Schwartz, Jamie Egerton, Nicky Iacobazzi, Tami Arens, and Kristopher Nunes (p. 9)
"Revelations Part 3" - comic story by Forest Lee and Dan Khanna (pp. 11-16)

This is the last we'll see of Lil' Jerry. Make of that what you will.
Characters mentioned in Optimus Primal's bio: Megatron, Unicron, Primus, and Alpha Trion.
- Megatron was last seen in issue 2 of the Universe comic.
- Of note, Optimus Primal's molded Cyber Key port actually uses Cyber Keys, Primal having obtained the ability in his dimensional travels.
Characters mentioned in Soundwave's bio: Unicron.
- Planet X's vendetta against Gigantion was explored in Cybertron episode Challenge.
- The Mini-Cons of the Giant Planet are noted to be linked to the Cybertron based Mini-Cons created by Unicron, as seen in the Armada cartoon.
- The various tics of Sideways, Soundwave, and other Planet X inhabitants are explained as being corrupted by Unicron's energies.

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 * This is the last we'll see of [[Lil' Jerry]]. Make of that what you will.
 * Characters mentioned in Optimus Primal's bio: [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Unicron]], [[Primus]], and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]].
-** Megatron was last seen in issue [[Escape (Universe)|2]] of the Universe comic.
+** Megatron was last seen in issue [[Escape (Universe)|2]] of the ''Universe'' comic.
 ** Of note, Optimus Primal's molded Cyber Key port actually uses Cyber Keys, Primal having obtained the ability in his dimensional travels.
 * Characters mentioned in Soundwave's bio: Unicron.
-** Planet X's vendetta against Gigantion was explored in Cybertron episode [[Challenge]].
+** Planet X's vendetta against Gigantion was explored in ''Cybertron'' episode [[Challenge]].
-** The Mini-Cons of the Giant Planet are noted to be linked to the Cybertron based Mini-Cons created by Unicron, as seen in the Armada cartoon.
+** The Mini-Cons of the Giant Planet are noted to be linked to the Cybertron based Mini-Cons created by Unicron, as seen in the ''Armada'' cartoon.
 ** The various tics of Sideways, Soundwave, and other Planet X inhabitants are explained as being corrupted by Unicron's energies.
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