Infiltration issue 4

Script: Simon Furman
Art: E. J. Su
Lettering: Tom B. Long
Colors: John Rauch
Editor: Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor

• Major characters (in order of appearance): Verity Carlo, Hunter O'Nion, Jimmy Pink, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Drake, Mister Dante, Mister Jolly, Blitzwing, Skywarp, Megatron
• Originally published: March, 2006

Synopsis

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Verity, Hunter and Jimmy explore the abandoned Decepticon base. In the process, Verity discovers a months-old human corpse and almost has a nervous breakdown. Topside, Skywarp and Blitzwing try to destroy the bunker, forcing Ratchet and Bumblebee into battle. Bumblebee is able to shoot down Skywarp, his processor speed outmatching Skywarp's, but Ratchet is taken out by Blitzwing.

Meanwhile, the Machination prepares to "appropriate" Cybertronian technology, having discovered the location of Ark-19 via the SM-40's homing signal.

Back underground, Verity discovers someone else has entered the bunker - Megatron.

Errors

• Has same publish date as issue #3.

Items of note

• Megatron is talking to Razorclaw. The full conversation appears in Stormbringer #3.
• The Machination's plot and the purpose of the SM-40 is revealed in Devastation #1 - a preview with the relevant pages is printed in Spotlight: Optimus Prime.
• The human corpse is that of a human abducted and replaced by a Decepticon Facsimile; the pod it was in is a life support vessel, keeping it alive in case a new Fascimilie needs to be grown, but which was abandoned and allowed to fail. This is explained in Escalation #2.
• This is the first issue to make it explicit that Verity is more emotionally vulnerable than she lets on.
• The "Decepticomments" section featured mail answered by Chris Ryall and short ads for next month's issues: Infiltration #5, The Gathering #4, Generations #3.

Covers (8)

• Cover A: Starscream by E. J. Su
• Cover B: Bumblebee on Blitzwing's turret by Guido Guidi
• Cover C: Bumblebee with giant gun by Andrew Wildman
• Cover D: Humans by James Raiz
• Cover RI-A: Foil stamp of cover C
• Cover RI-B: Megatron by Guido Guidi
• Cover RI-C: Bumblebee by Guido Guidi (includes 3 mini-prints)
• Cover RE-A: Megatron and Optimus Prime by Andrew Wildman (drawtheworldtogether.com exclusive)

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