Talk:Scrapper (issue)

2013-08-17T07:04:57Z

JayBird: /* Confused note */ new section

== Name Spelling ==
I don't have the issues on hand to check, so someone else please verify: Is the vaguely Italian-named character Campognolo (as in the synopses for issues 8 and 9) or Campologno (as in the "featured character" listing) for several issues. "Campologno" would seem to have majority rule, but it might also be a persistently copy/pasted typo.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 10:41, 16 July 2010 (EDT)

== Confused note ==

'He also must have had a seriously bizarre upbringing if he believes that acid, cranes and girders can be found in anyone's kitchen'

Correct me if I'm wrong but when Spike talks about 'Just a solution that can be made of stuff anyone would have in their kitchen' he's using solution in a chemical sense and is referring to the acid, not the entire ambush set up. [[User:JayBird|JayBird]] 03:04, 17 August 2013 (EDT)

The Transformers: Infestation issue 1

2013-08-17T06:53:44Z

JayBird:

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Infestation (IDW)|The Transformers: Infestation]]'' #1
|prev=Classified Secrets of Infestation
|next=The Transformers: Infestation issue 2
|title=
|image=Transformers Infestation 1A.jpg
|caption="Prime, does it have to be a headshot if you're using a huge laser cannon?"<br>"I don't know, but ''I'm'' looking forward to finding out!"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 2]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=February 2011
|written by=[[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]]
|art by=[[Nick Roche]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|assistant editor=[[Bobby Curnow]]
|edited by=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
}}
'''Galvatron's here to stop interdimensional zombies, whether the Autobots want it or not.'''

==Synopsis==
A Cybertronian shuttle crash-lands on the [[Las Vegas]] strip. Coming out of the shuttle is a swarm of [[zombie]]fied [[human]]s, giant robots, and [[Sweep]]s that make short work of the local police. Coming out of the shuttle as well are former [[Dead Universe]] inhabitants [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and the mysterious Bayonet. Galvatron screams for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s to come… and they do, along with [[Skywatch]] agents. Galvatron demands that the Autobots surrender command to him, riling Optimus Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] to attack Galvatron. Bayonet, Cyclonus and Scourge attack the Autobots, telling them that while their primary mission is to destroy the curse of unlife, the Autobots are in their way.

While fighting, Optimus Prime asks Galvatron to explain himself, but Galvatron orders Optimus to bow down before him. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] leads the Skywatch [[crash suit|crash-suits]] to battle the zombies, but a horrifying memory brings Kup back to [[Spotlight: Kup|the time when he was stranded and was assaulted by monsters]], causing him to lose his cool and sanity, and drop his [[cy-gar]]. In battle, several of the Skywatch agents are infected and turned into zombies themselves. Bumblebee and several other Skywatch crash-suits manage to latch three inhibitors to Galvatron, forcing him to transform into his alternate mode. Cyclonus surrenders, but tells the Autobots that they are not their enemy this time. Noticing the Infestation as the larger threat, Optimus Prime orders the Autobots to seal the city, and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] suggests a force dome. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] sets it up, sealing Las Vegas, but the dome can only hold for twenty hours.

Prowl and Optimus Prime interrogate Galvatron, who explains that they had found a mass of frozen remains of organics and machines with the telltale energies of the Dead Universe, coming out of a distortion in space-time. They had brought it aboard their ship, until the dead mass awoke with unlife. During the ensuing battle, the ship was damaged, causing them to plummet to [[Earth]]. Galvatron had then determined that only with Optimus' help can they end the plague. A crazed Kup stumbles towards them, screaming incoherently that nothing makes sense, that the truth is in disguise, and begins to point a finger at Bayonet, asking where she popped out from. Kup screams that the threat is right in front of them… and Bayonet thrusts her hand through Kup's torso. She opens her face mask to reveal an organic face and calls herself "[[Britt]]", giving the Transformers a greeting from the [[Undermind]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (10)
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (15)

|c2=
*[[Zombie]] [[Sweep]]s (2)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (3)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (4)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (13)
*[[Larson]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Zombie]]s (1)
*Bayonet/[[Britt]] (6)
}}

==Notes==
* Wheeljack shows up for one panel to do his thing. There's no sign of him elsewhere in the issue.
* Galvatron shows ''amazing'' restraint. He turns up to enlist the Autobots help, and they spend the first part of the issue demanding his surrender, attacking him, shooting him, throwing Inhibitors on him, and all he ever does in return is knock Optimus away and shoot he ground in front of the Autobots to get them to retreat. ''He even tells the humans to get out of their cars before he throws the vehicles at the zombies.''

===Reference===
* Optimus declares that he "Put [Galvatron] down once before", referring to [[Spotlight: Sideswipe]]
* Kup experiences flashbacks to the events of his [[Spotlight: Kup|Spotlight]] issue. Roche reuses the art style he used in that issue for Kup's POV.
* Kup says there is "More Than Meets The Eye" to current events.

===Errors===
* Spike refers to Galvatron as a Decepticon, when Galvatron and his crew are actually unaffiliated. While this ''may'' have simply been a case of generalization on Spike's part, the next issue would feature the Autobots themselves using the term to refer to the Dead Universe characters, and the classification would persist all the way through ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness]]'' and "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]", until Cyclonus finally began refuting it in "[[The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]" and ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' The Autobots stand off against Zombies; art by [[Nick Roche]] with [[Joana Lafuente]] on colors.
* '''Cover B:''' Optimus Prime holds an unconscious woman while Bumblebee trashes a car and humans look frightened; art by [[John K. Snyder III]].
* '''Cover RI A:''' A zombie hand "rips" the cover; art by [[Gabriel Rodriguez]].
* '''Cover RI B:''' Cover RI-A with added unique sketch of either Optimus Prime, Starscream, Megatron, Galvatron, Bumblebee, Prowl, Jazz, Kup, Rodimus Prime, or Soundwave by [[Dan Khanna]].

<gallery>
Image:Transformers Infestation 1A.jpg|The cowboy in the background is laughing at Bumblebee.
Image:Transformers Infestation 1B.jpg|Attack of the 50-foot Autobots
Image:Transformers Infestation 1RIA.jpg|Dammit, you're ruining the re-sale value!
Image:Transformers Infestation 1RIB.jpg|
</gallery>

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