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The spelling of the name "Roadbuster" in The Transformers, a mini-comic included with the first 1985 European Transformers releases by Milton Bradley, in all its variations.

Top: Excerpt from the introductory page. Bottom: Page 8, panel 2.

From left to right:

• Original 1985 Dutch language version, scanned by Ben Yee from BWTF.com. "Roadbuster" is spelled as one word on the introductory page, and separated by a hyphen when spread across two lines on page 8.
• Original 1985 French language version, scanned and provided by TFW2005 member mattph76. "Roadbuster" is spelled as one word on the introductory page, and separated by a hyphen when spread across two lines on page 8. (The lettering in this panel is identical to the Dutch version, but slightly rescaled.)
• Original 1985 German language version, reprinted in The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5 by IDW Publishing. "Roadbuster" is spelled as one word on the introductory page, and separated by a hyphen when spread across two lines on page 8.
• Original 1985 Spanish language version, scanned by Miguelator 3 and provided by Twitter user Ivanspeedy. "Road Buster" is spelled as two words on the introductory page, and lacks a hyphen when spread across two lines on page 8.
• Center: 2013 English language fan translation based on the Spanish version, translated by Micah "Spark" Guy and lettered by David Willis. "Road Buster" is spelled as two words on the introductory page, and lacks a hyphen when spread across two lines on page 8. (The lettering in this panel is unchanged from the Spanish version.)
• Right: Official 2022 English language translation from Transformers: Best of the Rarities by IDW Publishing, directly based on the fan translation. "Road Buster" is spelled as two words on the introductory page, and lacks a hyphen when spread across two lines on page 8. (The lettering in this panel has not been rescaled, resulting in a lot of empty real estate in the caption.)

• Line-art: Barry Kitson