Infiltration issue 1

Script: Simon Furman
Art: E. J. Su
Lettering: Robbie Robbins
Colors: John Rauch with Josh Burcham
Editor: Dan Taylor

• Major characters (in order of appearance): Hunter O'Nion, Ratchet, Verity Carlo, Runabout, Runamuck, Thundercracker, Ironhide, Jimmy Pink
• Originally published: January 18, 2006

Synopsis

As their mysterious rescuer attempts to evade the pursuing fighter jet, Verity and Hunter start to realize that not only are they being attacked by one of the disguised mechanoids Hunter has sought - but that the ambulance they're sitting in is also one of them. Suddenly, two sports cars, one white, one black, join the jet in pursuit of the ambulance. Deploying sophisticated gadgetry, the ambulance driver manages to lose their pursuers for a while, and Verity finds the fugitives a place to hide - the automotive workshop of Jimmy Pink.

Verity reveals that she Jimmy and are both net-hikers, members of a community of drifters who use the Internet to maintain their mutual-assistance network. Hunter realizes that not only is Verity's palmtop stolen, but that it's the very item that the jet and sports cars are trying to recover. He confronts the ambulance driver with a picture stored on the palmtop, but Verity, sick of conspiracy paranoia, takes it back from them and walks outside.

Within a second, she's back inside, babbling frantically about Decepticons - and the garage door is ripped from its mount, revealing two giant robots, one black, one white, demanding the palmtop...

Errors

• Prowl is miscolored as Ironhide on page 12.

Items of note

• The first page shows Hunter's website, which mentions "dinosaur-variant mechanoids" found at Eureka, Nevada and the eruption of Mount St. Helen in 1984. While the 1984 eruption was considered a nod to fans at the time, it actually ties into Spotlight: Soundwave; the Eureka dig site first appears in Spotlight: Shockwave.
• The "Decepticomments" section featured mail answered by Chris Ryall and a contest to win a full set of covers from issue #0.

Covers (10)

• Battlechargers by Andrew Wildman
• Verity and Hunter by James Raiz (also in gold foil (Cover RI-A))
• Bumblebee by Guido Guidi (also in gold foil (Cover RI-B))
• Ratchet by E. J. Su
• Starscream fights Ratchet cover by Don Figueroa
• Devastator vs Grimlock, Springer, Arcee and Optimus Prime by Don Figueroa (cover is homage to Fantastic Four #1)
• Starscream by Nick Roche
• Battle wraparound cover by Andrew Wildman

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