Blitzwing Bop

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"Blitzwing Bop"
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	November 17, 2009
Written by	Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak
Illustrations by	Chad Porter
Cover	Chad Porter
Continuity	Shattered Glass
Page count	35pp

Blitzwing inadvertently becomes a musical countdown, and not the kind that sounds like Bluestreak.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Decepticons	Autobots	Humans	Others
Blitzwing (2) Soundwave (6) Heatwave (7) Starscream (10) Slugslinger (18) Sideswipe (19) Bombshell (20) Thunderwing (27) Whisper (28)	Goldbug (3) Wheeljack (4) Side Burn (5) Rodimus "Prime" (13) Elita-One (15) Swoop (16) Star Saber (17) Brawn (21) Blaster (22) Ratchet (23) Beachcomber (24)	Will (1) Professor Arkeville (9) Sephie (11) Rick (12) Big Steve Ludwig (25) Wyatt (26)	Cliffjumper (8) Teletraan-X (14)

Notes

Errors

• None yet identified

Real-world references

• Ratchet thinks the lyrics to "Zydrate Anatomy" from Repo! The Genetic Opera are catchy.
• Beachcomber's dialogue in the story is full of song lyric snippets:
  • "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
  • "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas
  • "Transmaniacon MC" by Blue Öyster Cult
  • "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
  • "PDA" by Interpol
  • "Fire Poem" by Arthur Brown
  • "(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult
  • "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
  • "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles
  • "Nowhere to Run (Vapor Trail)" by The Crystal Method
  • "One Way or Another" by Blondie
  • "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
  • "Ace of Spades" by Motörhead
  • "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum

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