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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr />
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</div><small>'''Specifics:''' IDW, Titan reprint covers</small>
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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[The Smelting Pool!|«]]'''
</td><td align="center">[[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #18
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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[The Smelting Pool!|«]]'''
</td><td align="center">[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #68–69
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> [[MarvelUS-18.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/1/12/MarvelUS-18.jpg/230px-MarvelUS-18.jpg" width="230" height="352" border="0" />]]<br />"May I '''axe''' you a question?"
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "The Bridge to Nowhere!"
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<td>'''Publisher''' </td><td> [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> March 1986
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> July 1986
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<td>'''Writer''' </td><td> [[Bob Budiansky|Bob Budiansky]]
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<td>'''Penciler''' </td><td> [[Don Perlin|Don Perlin]]
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<td>'''Inkers''' </td><td> [[Keith Williams|Keith Williams]] & [[Vince Colletta|Vince Colletta]]
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<td>'''Colorist''' </td><td> [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
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<td>'''Letterer''' </td><td> [[Janice Chiang|Janice Chiang]]
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<td>'''Editor''' </td><td> [[Michael Carlin|Michael Carlin]]
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<td>'''Continuity''' </td><td> [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics continuity]]
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'''While the Cybertronian Decepticons build a device that will allow travel between Cybertron and Earth, the Autobots make a desperate attempt to stop them.'''
'''While the Cybertronian Decepticons build a device that will allow travel between Cybertron and Earth, the Autobots make a desperate attempt to stop them.'''
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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The [[Decepticon]]s construct a space bridge to enable travel from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]], but it is still not perfected. The [[Autobot]]s attempt to sabotage the bridge, but Blaster hesitates to set all the necessary explosives when he discovers that the neutral scientist Spanner, who had been kidnapped by the Decepticons, has actually been reconfigured into the space bridge itself. The Decepticons discover Blaster and stop his sabotage efforts.  In the process, the bridge is activated, and Straxus's body is destroyed while battling Blaster. Blaster and his Autobot teammates travel to the other side of the space bridge to arrive on Earth, but the bridge disappears behind them, and they are trapped on a strange new world.
A young couple is out for a drive through the mountainous countryside, when they discover a huge bridge. They further find that the bridge only goes half-way across, and has strange giant [[Transformer|metal creatures]] that appear and promptly explode. They flee just as the bridge itself vanishes into thin air.
 
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Straxus is furious: the [[Space bridge|space bridge]] is returning from [[Earth|Earth]], unprompted. He's somewhat less concerned about the fact that one of his own troopers just blew up. Before too many more troops can be sacrificed, Shrapnel contacts Spanner, a kidnapped neutral scientist who designed the bridge, and identifies the fatal flaw. A watching Blaster, sent to hunt for Spanner, notes the info with interest. The space bridge is shut down pending repairs.
 
On Earth, Donny Finkleberg is still making broadcasts in his "Robot-Master" role, trying to convince [[Human|humans]] that the Autobots are hostile. He complains about his working conditions, as all [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] brings him for food is a snack machine full of candy. Megatron is barely tolerant of this. Shockwave arrives just then; he and Megatron argue about who leads the Decepticons until they receive a message from Straxus, declaring that he is about to open the space bridge. Given this development, the two leaders agree to a truce. Finkleberg decides he needs to find a way to warn the Autobots.
 
Unable to spare further time hunting for Spanner, Perceptor's [[Autobot|Autobots]] mount a full-scale assault on [[Darkmount|Darkmount]] as a diversion. With the Decepticons occupied, Blaster attempts to sabotage the bridge, but hesitates to detonate the explosives when he discovers that Spanner has actually been reconfigured into the space bridge itself, even as Spanner pleads with him to destroy his mutilated form. The Decepticons discover Blaster and attack, preventing him from carrying out the mission.   
 
Straxus orders the bridge to be activated, and the two sides battle between Earth and Cybertron. Blaster uses his earlier knowledge of the bridge's systems to destabilize it, and boots Straxus over the edge, destroying him. Blaster and his Autobot teammates flee to the other side of the space bridge to arrive on Earth, but the unstable bridge disappears behind them, and they are trapped on a strange new world.
 
 
==Featured Characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''


In a "meanwhile, on Earth" subplot, Megatron, Soundwave, and Donny Finkleberg (all last seen in "[[I, Robot-Master!]]" (US) or "[[Second Generation!]]" (UK)) are hanging around a coal mine.  Finkleberg is still making broadcasts in his "Robot-Master" role, trying to convince [[human]]s that the Autobots are hostile.  He complains about his working conditions (e.g., all [[Ravage]] brings him for food is a snack machine full of candy).  Megatron is barely tolerant of this.  Then, Shockwave shows up with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]].  He and Megatron argue about who leads the Decepticons until they receive a message from Straxus, declaring that he is about to open the space bridge.  Given this development, the two leaders agree to a truce.  Finkleberg decides he needs to find a way to warn the Autobots.
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===Major characters===
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(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> [[Autobots|Autobots]]</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> [[Decepticons|Decepticons]]</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> [[Human|Humans]]</th><th style="background:#FFEEB8"> Others
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
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! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
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! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
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|-
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* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (7)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (7)
* [[Powerglide]] (8)
* [[Powerglide|Powerglide]] (8)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (9)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (9)
* [[Cosmos]] (10)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (10)
* [[Seaspray]] (11)
* [[Seaspray|Seaspray]] (11)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (12)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (12)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (13)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (13)
* [[Corkscrew]] (19)
* [[Corkscrew|Corkscrew]] (19)
* [[Borebit]] (20)
* [[Borebit|Borebit]] (20)
* [[Spanner]] (21)


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* [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]] (2)
* [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]] (2)
* [[Straxus]] (3)
* [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (3)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (4)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (4)
* [[Bombshell]] (5)
* [[Bombshell|Bombshell]] (5)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
* [[Ravage]] (14)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (14)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (16)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (16)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (18)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (18)


| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
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* [[Donny Finkleberg]] (15)
'''Regulars'''
 
 
* [[Donny Finkleberg|Donny Finkleberg]] (15)
 
'''Guests'''
'''Guests'''
* [[Charley and Rita]] (1)
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* [[Charley and Rita|Charley and Rita]] (1)
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* [[Spanner|Spanner]] (21)
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==Errors==
==Errors==
* Straxus's colors change extensively by comparison to the previous issue.
* Straxus's colors change extensively in comparison to the previous issue.


==Items of note==
==Items of note==
* When Shockwave shows up to confront Megatron with Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, Megatron comments that he had sent the two bird-mode mini-cassettes to retrieve [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the other [[Seeker]]s, not Shockwave.  This raises questions about Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's loyalties.  Along with Soundwave and Ravage, they rescue Megatron from his immobility in "[[I, Robot-Master!]]" (#15 of the US series).  Presumably, Megatron sends them to collect the Seekers shortly after the end of that issue.  In #16, "[[Plight of the Bumblebee!]]", the two bird-cassettes are working for Shockwave and go along with him on his mission to capture [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].  They do not appear in #17, then show up in this issue with Shockwave in tow, clearly to Megatron's dismay.  On the face of it, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw are only loyal to whatever leader is closest at the time.  The real-world explanation is likely that "Plight" was written by [[Len Kaminski]], not Budiansky, and thus this is a continuity error.  On the third hand, a whacked-out [[fanon]] explanation could hinge on the fact that Laserbeak's name is misspelled "Lazerbeak" in "Plight" (and Buzzsaw is not explicitly named), and thus might not actually be the same character... (Yeah, right!)  Yet another explanation is that Shockwave himself intercepted the message and took the ''logical'' action.
* When Shockwave appears with Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to confront Megatron, Megatron comments that he had sent the two condors to retrieve the [[Seeker|Seekers]], not Shockwave. This is new information, most likely an attempt to explain an earlier continuity hiccup: Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (along with Soundwave and Ravage) had rescued Megatron from his immobility in [[I, Robot-Master!|issue #15]] of the US series, but in [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#16]] (written by a [[Len Kaminski|different author]]), the two bird-cassettes were working for Shockwave. This issue's revelation that they had been sent out on a mission provides an explanation: They had succeeded in finding the Seekers, but since the Seekers were serving under Shockwave at the time, the condors simply fell into his band. Notably, the UK comic inserted an [[Robot Buster!|additional]] [[Devastation Derby!|seven]] [[Second Generation!|issues]] between US #16 & 17, wherein Soundwave and the cassettes served under Shockwave but manipulated events to bring him together with Megatron to resolve the Decepticon leadership issue.
** The UK comic has an additional seven issues between US #16 & 17 (comprising "[[Robot Buster!]]", "[[Devastation Derby!]]" and "[[Second Generation!]]"), in which Soundwave and the cassettes serve under Shockwave but manipulate events to bring him and Megatron together to resolve the Decepticon leadership issue.
* ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Donny Finkleberg was captured by the Decepticons in [[I, Robot-Master!|I, Robot-Master!]].
* ''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Donny Finkleberg was captured by the Decepticons in [[I, Robot-Master!]].''
* The full title of the previous issue was given as "Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!". Ostensibly, this would make "The Bridge To Nowhere!", "Return to Cybertron Part 2", although it is not explicitly named as such.  
* The full title of the previous issue was given as "Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!". Ostensibly, this would make "The Bridge To Nowhere!", "Return to Cybertron Part 2", although it is not explicitly named as such.  
* This issue introduces the concept of the [[space bridge]], and it is radically different to how it appears in the cartoon.
* This issue introduces the concept of the [[Space bridge|space bridge]], and it is radically different to how it appears in the cartoon.
* This issue was reprinted as issue 6 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.
* This issue was reprinted as issue #6 of [[IDW Publishing|IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series.
* The Letters to the Editors section of the Marvel US publication of this issue includes the first mention of [[Shingo]].
* The Letters to the Editors section of the Marvel US publication of this issue includes the first mention of [[Shingo|Shingo]].


===Covers (3)===
===Covers (3)===
* '''U.S. cover:''' Blaster vs Straxus by [[Herb Trimpe]]
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* '''UK issue 68 cover:''' A half Earth/half Cybertron with the respective leaders of each by [[Phil Gascoine]]
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* '''UK issue 69 cover:''' reuse of art from U.S. cover with a new background
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[[Image:MarvelUK-068.jpg|thumb|center|200px|A really bad space soap opera]]
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[[Image:MarvelUK-069.jpg|thumb|center|200px|The U.S. cover on acid]]
'''US issue #18''' - "Maybe we should start seeing other people?"
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'''UK issue #68''' - A really bad space soap opera.
 
 
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'''UK issue #69''' - The US cover on acid.
 
 
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* '''US cover:''' Blaster vs. Straxus, by [[Herb Trimpe|Herb Trimpe]].
* '''UK issue #68 cover:''' A half Earth/half Cybertron with the respective leaders of each, by [[Phil Gascoine|Phil Gascoine]].
* '''UK issue #69 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover with a new background.


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They're actually both looking for characterization.
They're actually both looking for characterization.

<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr /> This article is in need of images.


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<tr style="font-size:14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink">« </td><td align="center">The Transformers (US) #18 </td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">» </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink">« </td><td align="center">The Transformers (UK) #68–69 </td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">» </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> <img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/1/12/MarvelUS-18.jpg/230px-MarvelUS-18.jpg" width="230" height="352" border="0" /><br />"May I axe you a question?" </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "The Bridge to Nowhere!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Publisher </td><td> Marvel Comics </td></tr> <tr> <td>Date published </td><td> March 1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> July 1986 </td></tr>










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<tr> <td>Penciler </td><td> Don Perlin </td></tr>


















<tr> <td>Inkers </td><td> Keith Williams & Vince Colletta </td></tr>









<tr> <td>Colorist </td><td> Nel Yomtov </td></tr>




















<tr> <td>Letterer </td><td> Janice Chiang </td></tr>







<tr> <td>Editor </td><td> Michael Carlin </td></tr>












<tr> <td>Continuity </td><td> Marvel Comics continuity </td></tr>



</table> While the Cybertronian Decepticons build a device that will allow travel between Cybertron and Earth, the Autobots make a desperate attempt to stop them.

Synopsis

A young couple is out for a drive through the mountainous countryside, when they discover a huge bridge. They further find that the bridge only goes half-way across, and has strange giant metal creatures that appear and promptly explode. They flee just as the bridge itself vanishes into thin air.

On Cybertron, Straxus is furious: the space bridge is returning from Earth, unprompted. He's somewhat less concerned about the fact that one of his own troopers just blew up. Before too many more troops can be sacrificed, Shrapnel contacts Spanner, a kidnapped neutral scientist who designed the bridge, and identifies the fatal flaw. A watching Blaster, sent to hunt for Spanner, notes the info with interest. The space bridge is shut down pending repairs.

On Earth, Donny Finkleberg is still making broadcasts in his "Robot-Master" role, trying to convince humans that the Autobots are hostile. He complains about his working conditions, as all Ravage brings him for food is a snack machine full of candy. Megatron is barely tolerant of this. Shockwave arrives just then; he and Megatron argue about who leads the Decepticons until they receive a message from Straxus, declaring that he is about to open the space bridge. Given this development, the two leaders agree to a truce. Finkleberg decides he needs to find a way to warn the Autobots.

Unable to spare further time hunting for Spanner, Perceptor's Autobots mount a full-scale assault on Darkmount as a diversion. With the Decepticons occupied, Blaster attempts to sabotage the bridge, but hesitates to detonate the explosives when he discovers that Spanner has actually been reconfigured into the space bridge itself, even as Spanner pleads with him to destroy his mutilated form. The Decepticons discover Blaster and attack, preventing him from carrying out the mission.

Straxus orders the bridge to be activated, and the two sides battle between Earth and Cybertron. Blaster uses his earlier knowledge of the bridge's systems to destabilize it, and boots Straxus over the edge, destroying him. Blaster and his Autobot teammates flee to the other side of the space bridge to arrive on Earth, but the unstable bridge disappears behind them, and they are trapped on a strange new world.


(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)


<table border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" align="center" style="border:#800000"> <tr> <th style="background:#FFEEEE"> Autobots</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> Decepticons</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> Humans</th><th style="background:#FFEEB8"> Others </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top">

</td><td style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top">

</td><td style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top"> Regulars


Guests


</td><td style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top">

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Errors

  • Straxus's colors change extensively in comparison to the previous issue.

Items of note

  • When Shockwave appears with Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to confront Megatron, Megatron comments that he had sent the two condors to retrieve the Seekers, not Shockwave. This is new information, most likely an attempt to explain an earlier continuity hiccup: Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (along with Soundwave and Ravage) had rescued Megatron from his immobility in issue #15 of the US series, but in #16 (written by a different author), the two bird-cassettes were working for Shockwave. This issue's revelation that they had been sent out on a mission provides an explanation: They had succeeded in finding the Seekers, but since the Seekers were serving under Shockwave at the time, the condors simply fell into his band. Notably, the UK comic inserted an additional seven issues between US #16 & 17, wherein Soundwave and the cassettes served under Shockwave but manipulated events to bring him together with Megatron to resolve the Decepticon leadership issue.
  • References to other Transformers continuities/issues: Donny Finkleberg was captured by the Decepticons in I, Robot-Master!.
  • The full title of the previous issue was given as "Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!". Ostensibly, this would make "The Bridge To Nowhere!", "Return to Cybertron Part 2", although it is not explicitly named as such.
  • This issue introduces the concept of the space bridge, and it is radically different to how it appears in the cartoon.
  • This issue was reprinted as issue #6 of IDW Publishing's Generations series.
  • The Letters to the Editors section of the Marvel US publication of this issue includes the first mention of Shingo.

Covers (3)

<table class="gallery" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/1/12/MarvelUS-18.jpg/78px-MarvelUS-18.jpg" width="78" height="120" border="0" /></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> US issue #18 - "Maybe we should start seeing other people?"


</div> </div></td> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/7/7d/MarvelUK-068.jpg/89px-MarvelUK-068.jpg" width="89" height="119" border="0" /></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> UK issue #68 - A really bad space soap opera.


</div> </div></td> <td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div class="thumb" style="padding: 13px 0; width: 150px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 120px;"><img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/0/04/MarvelUK-069.jpg/91px-MarvelUK-069.jpg" width="91" height="120" border="0" /></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> UK issue #69 - The US cover on acid.


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  • US cover: Blaster vs. Straxus, by Herb Trimpe.
  • UK issue #68 cover: A half Earth/half Cybertron with the respective leaders of each, by Phil Gascoine.
  • UK issue #69 cover: reuse of art from US cover with a new background.

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