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Animated Obsidian, when? What do you mean, never?!
Publisher	Fun Publications
First published	mid-December 2008
Cover date	Dec08/Jan09

A whole NEW season... a whole NEW set of adventures!

Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue #24

Editor-In-Chief: Brian Savage
Editor: Pete Sinclair
Associate Editor: Benson Yee
Research Editor: Karl Hartman
Lead Writer: Rik Alvarez
Creative Director/Layout: Lanny Lathem
Columnist: Rob Meyer
Columnist: Scott Marble
Columnist: R.M. Eljay
Head Proofreader: Heather Choplin
Proofreader: Mark Baker-Wright
Resident Cartoonist: Jesse Wittenrich
Resident Colorist: Drew Eiden
Resident Artist: Evan Gauntt
Staff: Greg Sepelak, Trent Troop
Featured Artists: Alex Milne, Josh Perez

Contents

• On the cover: Animated Strika and Rodimus Prime in anticipation of Season 3 of the cartoon (p. 1)
• Inside cover: "Brian's Bytes and Bolts", "From the Editor's Desk" (p. 2)
• "Transformers Animated: Looking back... Looking Forward!," an interview by J. E. Alvarez with Eric Siebenaler and Derrick Wyatt, along with Animated character development sketches (pp. 3 & 6-7)
• Transformers Animated Tech Specs:
  • "The 'Bots" (p. 4)
    • Rodimus Prime
    • Ironhide
    • Red Alert
    • Hot Shot
    • Brawn
  • "The 'Cons" (p. 5)
    • Strika
    • Cyclonus
    • Blackout
    • Spittor
    • Oil Slick
• "The world of... TRANSTECH" bios:
  • Transtech Optimus Prime (p. 8)
  • Transtech Megatron (p. 15)
• "Transcendent: Part 6" - comic story (pp. 9-14)
• "The Back Cover..." (p. 16)
  • Around Cybertron
  • "Rob's Hot Pick! Blitzwing Baby!"
  • Mini Mayhem!

Notes

• Twelve profiles in one issue! That's gotta be some kind of record, right?
• Characters mentioned in the Animated tech specs include: Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Megatron, Lugnut, and the Omega Sentinels.
  • The Animated tech specs are all modeled on the original Transformers Tech Specs, complete with decoder-pattern, with some characters sharing their mottos and functions with their counterparts. Much of the information in them would be expanded upon in Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II, including the idea that Lugnut is the consort of Strika; that Cyclonus appeared out of nowhere after the war; and that Blackout destoyed several Omega Sentinels in the war.
  • Strika's functions is "General of Destruction," in reference to the Japanese title for the various Decepticon leader's, Emperor of Destruction.
• Characters mentioned in Optimus Prime's bio include: Megatron, the Liege Maximo, and Sentinel Prime.
  • Optimus Prime's history is based on Barack Obama. His motto paraphrases Obama's keynote speech at 2004's Democratic National Convention.
  • Like his Dreamwave Generation One counterpart, Prime used to be an archivist. He worked at Tyger Pax, a city introduced in The Age of Wrath.
• Characters mentioned in Megatron's bio include: Optimus Prime, Shockwave, and the Liege Maximo.
• This installment of Around Cybertron ties into the prose story "I, Lowtech". Read that story to discover the diabolical significance of the plush lizard!