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927:Escalation
722:References
710:issues on
625:Astrotrain
523:Starscream
489:including
317:Jimmy Pink
295:Starscream
274:Astrotrain
217:continuity
211:Characters
162:comic book
149:John Rauch
124:Written by
16:Comic book
1059:War's End
934:Spotlight
839:Dreamwave
716:Soundwave
712:Shockwave
519:Blitzwing
511:Bumblebee
263:Wheeljack
233:Bumblebee
134:Artist(s)
97:of issues
50:Publisher
1310:Category
1272:G.I. Joe
1248:Skybound
1038:Galaxies
738:Archived
651:Analysis
557:Megatron
491:Ironhide
444:Runamuck
440:Runabout
286:Runamuck
283:Runabout
279:Megatron
237:Ironhide
227:Autobots
145:Inker(s)
138:E. J. Su
109:Autobots
82:October
61:Schedule
37:E. J. Su
1282:Related
1205:Related
1018:Unicron
614:—
579:—
545:—
515:Skywarp
479:—
452:Ratchet
428:—
393:—
360:—
290:Skywarp
255:Ratchet
64:Monthly
1045:Escape
854:Armada
793:Marvel
638:Ark-19
629:Ark-19
591:Ark-19
503:Ark-19
334:Title
306:Humans
69:Format
1230:Titan
1069:Other
457:Prowl
340:ISBN
251:Prowl
206:Story
714:and
517:and
493:and
442:and
241:Jazz
181:2006
177:2005
88:2006
84:2005
896:IDW
878:Fun
623:As
330:No.
95:No.
1326::
718:.
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564:05
530:04
464:03
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378:01
345:00
202:.
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