Stoker
- Stoker is a human from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Stoker, alias Finklerock, is an agent of the mysterious Machination. He's good at his job - which bodes ill for him, as his job entails messing with big angry robots.
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
Apparently operating out of a trailer in Tucson, Arizona under the name "Finklerock", Stoker infiltrated a Decepticon bunker in Nebraska and took pictures of the interior, storing them on his SM-40 computer. Infiltration, Part 3 Stoker boarded a bus in Phoenix, and had his SM-40 stolen by Verity Carlo while he napped. Before he could discover the theft, he was killed by Decepticon agents Runamuck and Runabout. Infiltration, Part 0 His body was somehow removed from the bus and dumped in the desert, where it was discovered by the police (among them a Machination agent, who reported his demise to his employers). Infiltration, Part 2 Stoker's trailer was subsequently destroyed by Blitzwing and Skywarp Infiltration, Part 3, and his SM-40 eventually fell into Autobot hands, leading his Machination comrades (via a homing device in the computer) to their base. Infiltration, Part 4
Trivia
- While he first appears in Infiltration, Part 0, Stoker isn't named until Infiltration, Part 4, several issues after his death.
- Stoker's alias of "Finklerock" is likely derived from the names of Donny Finkleberg and G.B. Blackrock, human supporting characters from Marvel's original Transformers comics.
