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C Ov E R   AART & COLORS BY

BRIAN ROOD

C Ov E R   R IART BY 

CARLOS MAGNO

COLORS BY J. BROWN

I S S U E F O U R C O V E R C H E C K L I S T :

Special thanks to Hasbro’s Aaron Archer, Michael Kelly, Amie Lozanski, Val Roca,Ed Lane, Michael Provost, Samantha Lomow, and Michael Verrecchia for theirinvaluable assistance.

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TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON: RISING STORM #4. MAY 2011. FIRST PRINTING. HASBRO and its logo, TRANSFORMERS, and all related characters aretrademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. © 2011 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. © 2011 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. TM & ®denote U.S. Trademarks. Hasbro Canada, Longueuil, QC, Canada J4G 1G2. General Motors trademarks used under license to Hasbro, Inc. IDW Publishing, a division ofIdea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With theexception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printedin Korea.

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R I S I N G   S T O R M   # 4

STORY BY

JOHN BARBER

ART BY

CARLOS MAGNO

COLORS BY 

ABuRTOv AND GRAPHIkSLAvA

LETTERS BY

SHAWN LEE

ASSISTANT EDITOR

CARLOS GuZMAN

EDITOR

ANDY SCHMIDT

Ted Adams, CEO & PublisherGreg Goldstein, Chief Operating OfficerRobbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic ArtistChris Ryall, Chief Creative OfficerMatthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial OfficerAlan Payne, VP of Sales

Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots,

has moved his forces into Philadelphia

to protect his human friend, Sam

Witwicky, who’s been attacked by

Decepticons. Sam—aided by the

Autobots Bumblebee and Wheelie—has

been protecting Brains—on the run

from the Decepticons—and Carly, who

he met earlier in the year. 

Prime believes he’s about to strike a

decisive blow against Starscream, who

has been leading this Decepticon

faction…but Prime doesn’t know that

Shockwave, the deadliest of all

Decepticons, has actually arranged

this attack. This fact is discovered by a

team of Autobots sent to infiltrate

what prime thought was Starscream’s

base…but was actually a trap. Now,

Chromia and the injured Arcee hold off

the Decepticons so their sister, Elita-

One, can reach the other Autobots and

warn Prime. But Shockwave’s

lieutenant, Astrotrain—who’s spent the

last several days building a cage for

something—is in pursuit.

Meanwhile, Shockwave has launched a

deadly siege against the Autobot’s

base in Diego Garcia. And all the while,

Megatron watches his plan come to

fruition… 

THE STORY SO FAR:

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