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Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1

2012-02-06T23:27:31Z

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|image=Infestation 2 Transformers 1A.jpg
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 1]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=February 2011
|written by=[[Chuck Dixon]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|inks by=[[John Wycough]] (pgs. 15–22)
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[Bobby Curnow]]
|consulting editor=[[John Barber]]
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'''The Transformers of the 19th century must contend with the Elder Gods and The Evil Obama!.'''

==Synopsis==
Underwater in the [[Great Banks]] by the [[Flemish Cap]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1887]], the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] lay silent and waiting. They are activated by a race of [[Deep One|fish-men]], who bring the [[Decepticon]]s to their unearthly city.

[[1888|A year later]], the [[USS Mistkatonic|USS ''Mistkatonic'']] is traveling to [[Ireland]] when it is attacked by a tentacled and underwater menace. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], who has been hidden aboard the ship, jumps into the water, realizing the creature as an alien lifeform, and swims to the other [[Autobot]]s to warn them.

One week later, in [[San Francisco]], the married [[Tobias Muldoon|Tobias]] and [[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty Muldoon]] are walking down a street with their two children when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], now with a new trolley mode, approaches them. With the invasion of the [[Elder God]]s, Bumblebee needs Tobias's help again. What he needs is 1,000,000 watts of electricity. Muldoon makes it to [[Edison Machine Works]] in [[Schenectady]], [[New York]], a week later, but is refused the absurd amount of electricity by [[Thomas Edison]] himself. One of his workers, [[Nikola Tesla]], finds the prospect intriguing and offers his assistance.

Elsewhere, in [[Port Cenotaph]], [[Nova Scotia]], the fish people surface in the thousands. Hidden underwater, Ironhide observes them, but runs into [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], who has been pulled into the Elder Gods' servitude. Despite some fight, Ironhide succumbs to Bonecrusher's tentacles.

Two days later, Tesla and Muldoon are on a train in [[Quebec]] to [[Sant Felicien]]. Tesla finds the train strange, as it has not stopped for fuel and it is absent crew. Tesla finds out the secret when the rail ends in [[Ivujivik]], [[Ontario]], and the components of the train reveal themselves to be the [[Autobot]]s [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailblazer]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. The Autobots travel in foot while the [[human]]s ride in the comforts of [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s vehicle mode.

In Port Cenotaph, a boat's two-man crew discover that the city's populace has been changed, and that it is haunted by gigantic robots. Tentacles emerge from the water and pull the boat underwater.

On the north slope of the [[Mare Ruek Glacier]], the Autobots and the humans find what they have been seeking—the Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (12)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailblazer]] (16)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (17)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (18)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (19)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (23)

|c2=
*[[Skalor]] (1)
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] (3)
*[[Nautilator]] (4)
*[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] (5)
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]] (6)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (15)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (20)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (21)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Tobias Muldoon]] (8)
*[[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty Muldoon]] (9)
*[[Toby Muldoon]] (10)
*[[Katherine Muldoon]] (11)
*[[Thomas Edison]] (13)
*[[Nikola Tesla]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Deep One]]s (2)
}}

==Notes==
*The "Deep Ones" are drawn in homage to the [[Pretender]], [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]].

===Errors===
*[[Ivujivik]] is in [[Quebec]], not [[Ontario]].

====Covers (3)====
* '''Cover A:''' Art by [[Guido Guidi]], colors by [[Joana Lafuente]]
* '''Cover B:''' Art by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
* '''Cover RIA:''' Art by Guido Guidi and Livio Ramondelli

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