Alliance issue 1

2009-07-11T02:51:25Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[Alliance (comic)|''Transformers: Alliance'']] #1
|prev=
|next=Alliance issue 2
|image=Alliance1_CoverA.jpg
|caption=Been there, done that
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 17]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=December 2008
|written by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
}}
'''As the Autobots clean up after Megatron's Mission City rampage, old enemies begin to resurface.'''

==Synopsis==
Four months before the [[Mission City]] "incident", two F-22 fighter jets fly over the Nevada desert, escorting a US Air Force cargo plane to a secret [[Sector Seven]] base. [[Agent Salazar]] is delivering [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] for the purpose of conducting research. After explaining Wreckage's [[Planetfall|story]] to [[Vine|Professor Vine]], Salazar oversees the beginning of experiments conducted on Wreckage.

One month before the "present" time: In the aftermath of the [[Transformers (2007)|Mission City battle]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]], [[Robert Epps|Technical Sergeant Epps]] and a few other soldiers track down and destroy the [[All Spark]]'s creations. Meanwhile, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] is reattaching [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s leg. [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] are watching on when Sam is suddenly hit by a soda can. [[Dispensor]] attacks them, but Ratchet nonchalantly stomps him into pieces. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] asks Lennox for a favor, helping them leave the city before humans he doesn't consider trustworthy show up. After placing the remains of [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] in a truck trailer Prime can haul, the Autobots set out to leave the city. Lennox gives Ironhide his cell phone so Sam can call Epps when they have left the city.

Shortly afterward, [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] and his fellow Sector Seven agents show up to retrieve the remains of the fallen Decepticons and the All Spark's creations. Simmons asks Lennox for Sam's location, but Lennox claims Sam just disappeared. Simmons wants to recruit Lennox and Epps for Sector Seven, but Lennox would prefer to return home to his wife and daughter. Just then, Epps's cell phone rings. Sam informs then that they have left the city, but because of the bad connection, he's yelling into the phone, loud enough for Simmons to hear him as well. Lennox asks Simmons for a vacation before he agrees to accept the offer.

The next morning, Simmons is in the Sector Seven facility in Nevada, overseeing the arrival of the Decepticons' remains. He informs the scientist that he has received order to dump the robot bodies into the ocean, so they only have one month to conduct their research. The scientist replies that Wreckage has not been active since Salazar shut him down a few weeks earlier, and now [[The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Two|Salazar is dead]]. Simmons suggests to call Lennox in case Wreckage doesn't wake up.

One month later, Lennox and Epps have a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide (according to Optimus, Bumblebee continues his assignment as Sam's guardian). The Autobots mention having been followed by a police car, to which Lennox suggests it might have been [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. Lennox informs Prime that the Decepticons' remains are about to be dumped into the ocean, and they want the Autobots to escort the transport. Unbeknown to them, however, they are secretly being spied on by Barricade, who transmits his newly gained information to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who has recently [[The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Five|returned]] to [[Mars]]. Though unsure whether Barricade might end up betraying him as well, Starscream decides that the opportunity of disposing of Optimus Prime, Megatron ''and'' Wreckage all at the same time would be too good to ignore. 

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (4)
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] (Dead) (14)
|c2=
* [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] (3)
* [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] (dead) (16)
* [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] (dead) (17)
* [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (21)
* [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (22)
* [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] (dead) (23)
|c3=
* [[Salazar]] (1)
* [[Vine]] (2)
* [[Robert Epps]] (5)
* [[William Lennox]] (6)
* [[Mikaela Banes]] (10)
* [[Sam Witwicky]] (11)
* [[Seymour Simmons]] (15)
|c4=
* [[Xbox 360 robot]] (7)
* [[Dispensor]] (12)
* [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] (18)
* [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] (19)
* [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] (20)
|c5=

}}

==Quotes==
'''Captain Lennox:''' "Nice. Showing off a bit, aren't you?" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Just showing you humans what '''real''' firepower is, that's all." 
'''Captain Lennox:''' "Well, next time try not to burn our faces off, okay?" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Target neutralized. Sorry about your faces." 
—After destroying the <strike>X-Box 360</strike> Y-Box robot. 

'''Ratchet:''' "This substance is loaded with stimulants and ingredients that are harmful to your human structures. Absorption could lead to decay of necessary formations in your oral cavities, as well as increased weight gain." 
'''Sam Witwicky:''' "Thanks, Ratchet. I'll, um...we'll be careful." 
—[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] on the health hazard posed by canned soda. 

'''Seymour Simmons:''' "Ah, Captain Lennox. Long time...no talk. Still want to point a '''gun''' at me?" 
'''William Lennox:''' "Well, my short-term memory still works. What do '''you''' think?" 
—No love is lost between these two. 

'''Robert Epps:''' "Man, you should've seen it! There was a [[Dispensor|soda machine]], and a game system, and a [[Steering wheel robot|steering wheel]] that—" 
'''William Lennox:''' "He gets it, Epps." 
—And there was a [[Brawl (Movie)|tank]], and a [[Blackout (Movie)|helicopter]], and an [[Starscream (Movie)|F-22]]... 

"Look. I'll cut to the chase. I want you '''both'''. No, not in that kind of way." 
—'''Simmons''', eloquent as ever 

"Captain Lennox, it's Sam! Ironhide told me to call you! It's a bad connection right now so I hope you can hear me!" 
—YES, '''SAM'''! CAPTAIN LENNOX CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR! 

'''William Lennox:''' "You're late. Stopping to take '''soil samples''' again, Ratchet?" 
'''Ratchet:''' The mineral deposits contained in them are most interesting, Captain Lennox." 
—Ratchet, not getting a joke.

==Errors==
* Why are [[William Lennox|Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps|Epps]]'s cell phones working again? What happened to the total communications blackout from the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]]?
* What happened to all the Sector Seven troopers? In the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]], they were loyally under Lennox's command on the [[Autobot|Autobots]]' side, but here they've conveniently vanished so they can't report to [[Seymour Simmons|Simmons]].

== Items of note ==
[[Image:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|right|thumb|250px|So do we, Epps. So do we.]]
* One of the F-22 pilots uses the call sign [[Leader-1 (disambiguation)|Leader One]].
* Probably to avoid licensing fees, the X-Box 360 robot is now a "Y-Box", and [[Dispensor]] no longer dispenses Mountain Dew, but rather "Mountain [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]".
* On page 6, a comic book store also features an "IDW" sign.
* The Y-Box robot hides inside a [[Ironhide (G1)|rather familiar looking van]], which [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] promptly blows up.
* Optimus Prime's [[Hologram|holo-driver]] is in the likeness of [[Peter Cullen]].
* Lennox's phone number is (555) 555-[[1984]].
* Optimus Prime leaves Mission City hauling a trailer similar to that of his [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 namesake]].
* Both Lennox and Epps's cell phones look like [[Highline 1070]].
* The bulldozers and cranes used to clean up the corpses of the Decepticons bear a resemblance to the alt modes of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]].
* On the final page, resting on the arm of a chair behind Starscream, is the severed head of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Others]] have [[Bludgeon (G1)|done]] [[Emirate Xeon|this]].

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Character collage; art by Alex Milne & colors by [[Josh Perez]].
* '''Cover B:''' Wreckage and Sector Seven; art & colors by [[Josh Nizzi]].
* '''Retailer Incentive Cover:''' Wraparound character collage; art by Alex Milne & colors by Josh Perez.
* '''Mania #100 Cover:''' The first issue of the Australian reprinting of the story. With a tiiiiiny little bit of Milne art on the cover.
<gallery>
Image:Alliance1 CoverA.jpg|Mikaela's always sporting cleavage... and we ain't complaining!
Image:Alliance1 CoverB.jpg|Yo guys, don't turn around.
Image:Alliance1 CoverRI.jpg|Must fit... more... into... cover!
Image:Alliance_Mania100cover.jpg|Mmmm-mmm tasteful.
</gallery>

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