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Verity sticks out her thumb at the next car and is picked up by an intense young man, [[Hunter O'Nion]], who is rather self-conscious about his last name. Hunter takes a sudden detour and the pair discover that Verity's coach has been run off the road by two sports cars. Everyone's okay, except that the businessman whose palmtop Verity stole is missing. | Verity sticks out her thumb at the next car and is picked up by an intense young man, [[Hunter O'Nion]], who is rather self-conscious about his last name. Hunter takes a sudden detour and the pair discover that Verity's coach has been run off the road by two sports cars. Everyone's okay, except that the businessman whose palmtop Verity stole is missing. | ||
After lots of prodding by Verity, Hunter reveals that he's an internet alien conspiracy theorist tracking down reports of giant machines in the area. She just finishes a laugh at his expense when the two are scanned and attacked by [[Thundercracker (G1)|a blue fighter jet]]. | After lots of prodding by Verity, Hunter reveals that he's an internet alien conspiracy theorist tracking down reports of giant machines in the area. She just finishes a laugh at his expense when the two are scanned and attacked by [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|a blue fighter jet]]. | ||
Hunter's van is destroyed, but he and Verity are saved—by the smiling driver of [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|a suspiciously well-armed ambulance]]... | Hunter's van is destroyed, but he and Verity are saved—by the smiling driver of [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|a suspiciously well-armed ambulance]]... | ||
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*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (5) | *[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (5) | ||
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (7) | *[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] (7) | ||
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*Ratchet's holomatter driver states, "If you want to live, come with me," in a reference to the T-800's similar statement to Sarah Connor in the film ''[[wikipedia:Terminator 2: Judgment Day|Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''. Verity made fun of this in issue #1. Simon Furman would later be the author on a ''Terminator''-based comic series called ''Terminator 2: Infinity''. | *Ratchet's holomatter driver states, "If you want to live, come with me," in a reference to the T-800's similar statement to Sarah Connor in the film ''[[wikipedia:Terminator 2: Judgment Day|Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''. Verity made fun of this in issue #1. Simon Furman would later be the author on a ''Terminator''-based comic series called ''Terminator 2: Infinity''. | ||
*The issue features a welcome page by Chris Ryall (as ChrisCharger), a 3-page interview with author Simon Furman, and 2 pages of sketches from artist E. J. Su, including a 1-page writeup. | *The issue features a welcome page by Chris Ryall (as ChrisCharger), a 3-page interview with author Simon Furman, and 2 pages of sketches from artist E. J. Su, including a 1-page writeup. | ||
*At one point while looking for the palmtop, one of the Battlechargers mentions an "infradatabase". | *At one point while looking for the palmtop, one of the Battlechargers mentions an "infradatabase". Since "infra" means "below", this may be a homage to the [[Underbase]] from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Generation 1 comics]]. | ||
*This may be one of the most human centric Transformers stories ever. Not only is it told entirely from the perspective of humans, none of the Transformers transform and none of them even talk until the final pages. | *This may be one of the most human-centric ''Transformers'' stories ever. Not only is it told entirely from the perspective of humans, none of the Transformers transform and none of them even talk until the final pages. | ||
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | October 19, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | October 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Art by | E. J. Su | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | John Rauch | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Tom B. Long & Robbie Robbins | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Chris Ryall | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Infiltration | ||||||||||||
A young woman steals an item from a businessman that turns out to be more than meets the eye.
Synopsis
At a bus station in Phoenix, Arizona, young Verity Carlo is picking her marks when she spies a high-end palmtop PC in use by an anonymous businessman. Unknown to all, he's being tracked by someone, or something, in the guise of a black sports car.
Using a stolen ticket, Verity hops onto the same Los Angeles-bound coach as the businessman and while he's napping she lifts his palmtop. Helped along by a rancid bagel, Verity feigns illness and is left at the side of the road. The coach takes off, followed closely behind by two seemingly normal sports cars.
Verity sticks out her thumb at the next car and is picked up by an intense young man, Hunter O'Nion, who is rather self-conscious about his last name. Hunter takes a sudden detour and the pair discover that Verity's coach has been run off the road by two sports cars. Everyone's okay, except that the businessman whose palmtop Verity stole is missing.
After lots of prodding by Verity, Hunter reveals that he's an internet alien conspiracy theorist tracking down reports of giant machines in the area. She just finishes a laugh at his expense when the two are scanned and attacked by a blue fighter jet.
Hunter's van is destroyed, but he and Verity are saved—by the smiling driver of a suspiciously well-armed ambulance...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- With Ratchet's appearance, it's established that the Transformers have concealed heavy artillery in their alternate modes. This will often be used in subsequent issues—the fight scenes in the next two issues are primarily done in vehicle mode.
- Ratchet's holomatter driver states, "If you want to live, come with me," in a reference to the T-800's similar statement to Sarah Connor in the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Verity made fun of this in issue #1. Simon Furman would later be the author on a Terminator-based comic series called Terminator 2: Infinity.
- The issue features a welcome page by Chris Ryall (as ChrisCharger), a 3-page interview with author Simon Furman, and 2 pages of sketches from artist E. J. Su, including a 1-page writeup.
- At one point while looking for the palmtop, one of the Battlechargers mentions an "infradatabase". Since "infra" means "below", this may be a homage to the Underbase from the Marvel Generation 1 comics.
- This may be one of the most human-centric Transformers stories ever. Not only is it told entirely from the perspective of humans, none of the Transformers transform and none of them even talk until the final pages.
Errors
- After identifying herself as "Verity Carlo" in the narrative text, the character identifies herself to Hunter as "Verity Carter". An internal justification could be that "Verity Carter" is an alias she uses to prevent Social Services tracking her down, but when Ratchet asks for her name in issue #1 she answers with "Verity Carlo".
- When Verity points her knife at the duffel bag on the bus, her right hand has six fingers. Also, when Verity whips out her dual mace spray attack, she has six fingers on each hand.
- Hunter must possess both superhuman vision and nerves of steel to be able to see there is no pilot inside Thundercracker's cockpit as the Decepticon jet passes overhead.
- In possibly an art error, cover A features Jazz with his original Porsche 935 hood/chest, but when actually seen in the comic, he transforms into a current-model Porsche 911 (aka 997), though it's possible that at the time IDW and E. J. Su hadn't finalized the designs yet.
Covers (13)
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Infiltration #0 cover A - Eat lead, dig? -
Infiltration #0 cover B - Could it be? Respecting scale??? -
Infiltration #0 cover C - Forget Megatron, every girl in the city's got some serious cleavage! -
Infiltration #0 cover D - Still function now, Megatron?
- Infiltration #0 cover A: Autobots, by E. J. Su.
- Infiltration #0 cover B: Decepticons, by E. J. Su.
- Infiltration #0 cover C: Megatron in city, by James Raiz.
- Infiltration #0 cover D: Optimus Prime fighting Megatron, by Milx.
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Infiltration #0 BotCon 2005 exclusive cover - Come on, Archer, finish the cover! -
Infiltration #0 Gatefold Incentive cover - Totally cool, totally not in this comic! Yet. -
Infiltration #0 Retailer Summit Exclusive (Boston) cover - Well, that's just Prime! -
Infiltration #0 Retailer Summit Exclusive (Fort Wayne) cover - Pissed he won't be in the book for another 6 months.
- Infiltration #0 BotCon 2005 exclusive cover: Optimus Prime sketches wraparound cover by Aaron Archer and assorted Hasbro artists
- Infiltration #0 Gatefold Incentive cover: Shockwave wraparound cover by Ed McGuinness
- Infiltration #0 Retailer Summit Exclusive (Boston) cover: Optimus Prime face by E. J. Su
- Infiltration #0 Retailer Summit Exclusive (Fort Wayne) cover: Megatron face by E. J. Su
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Infiltration TPB -
Infiltration "Manga" TPB -
Premiere Collection Volume 1 -
IDW Collection Volume One
- Infiltration TPB cover: reuse of issue #0's cover A.
- Infiltration "Manga" TPB cover: reuse of issue #0's cover A.
- Premiere Collection Volume 1 cover: crop of issue #6's cover C.
- IDW Collection Volume One cover: Megatron, by E. J. Su.
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Phase One Omnibus
- Phase One Omnibus cover: reuse of issue #6's cover C.
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Reprints
- The Transformers: Infiltration TPB (September 13, 2006) ISBN 1600100104 / ISBN 978-1600100109
- The Transformers: Infiltration Manga TPB (November 29, 2006) ISBN 1600100198 / ISBN 978-1600100192
- The Transformers: The Premiere Collection Volume 1 HC (December 5, 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One HC (May 26, 2010) ISBN 1600106676 / ISBN 978-1600106675
- The Transformers: Phase One Omnibus TPB (September 10, 2014) ISBN 1631401130 / ISBN 978-1631401138
