The Transformers issue 21

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"Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix"
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	July 6, 2011
Cover date	July 2011
Editor	Andy Schmidt
Assistant editor	Carlos Guzman
Continuity	2005 IDW continuity
Chronology	Current era (2011)

As Optimus Prime takes most of the Autobots back to Cybertron, Prowl begins investigating their human allies on Earth.

Contents

This issue is split into two stories:

• "Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix"
• "Police Action: Prologue"

See individual articles for details.

Notes

• The two stories in this issue set up the pair of parallel storylines that the series will follow from now until its conclusion, as part of the "Chaos" event. After the two-part "Chaos Theory" that follows this issue, these storylines will be dealt with in alternating issues; to accommodate this method of storytelling, the series was published on a bi-weekly schedule from this issue until its conclusion.

Covers (3)

• Cover A: Bumblebee looks disappointed as Rodimus wields the Matrix in the background; art by Marcelo Matere.
• Cover B: Optimus Prime receives the Matrix from Rodimus; art by Guido Guidi and colors by Joana Lafuente.
• Cover RI: Prowl and Megatron staring each other down; art by Brendan Cahill and colors by Priscilla Tramontano.

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