
In two instances, Verity is drawn with six fingers.Verity drawn with six fingers in panels from pages 5 and 9. The coloration of the bus-gray and blue-match the company's livery. The bus appears to be an MCI MC-12 which was only produced for Greyhound Lines.Desert Center, where Hunter plans to drop Verity and continue north along California State Route 177, is located along Interstate 10. The direct route from Phoenix, Arizona to Los Angeles, California is along Interstate 10.Ratchet's line "If you want to live, come with me," references the line "Come with me if you want to live," from The Terminator.Verity refers to Hunter wearing "general sub- Mulder apparel," referencing the lead character of The X-Files played by David Duchovny.It is also the first issue set in what will become the Hasbro Comic Universe.This is the first The Transformers comic published by IDW Publishing after they acquired the license.Runabout: 4th Generation Chevrolet Camaro.Runamuck: 4th Generation Chevrolet Camaro.It is established that the Transformers have concealed weaponry in their alt-modes.In Latin, "infra" means "below." "Under" is another word for "below," and "base" is a contraction of "database." The infradatabase might be a reference to the Underbase from the original Marvel Transformers comic run.Aside from the brief glimpse of Starscream's lower face, all of the Transformers in the comic remain in their alt-modes.First appearance of: Ratchet, Runabout, Runamuck, Starscream, and Thundercracker.Using his holomatter avatar, Ratchet tells Verity and Hunter that if they want to live, they will have to come with him. Verity and Hunter abandon the vehicle seconds before Thundercracker destroys it.Īs Thundercracker comes back around for another pass to kill Verity and Hunter, Ratchet arrives and fires on him while still in his alt-mode, causing him to retreat. Thundercracker scans the van, finding that the data cache is on the palm computer than Verity stole. Verity is initially disbelieving, and mocks him for his beliefs until Thundercracker passes low over the camper van.

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The driver of the bus is not too worried, though, believing he wandered off and that help is on the way.īack on the road, Hunter reveals that he is hunting for giant robot aliens that can disguise themselves as vehicles. Everyone is okay apart from the fact that Stoker is missing. During the ride, they come across the bus that Verity was on crashed into the side of the road. The driver of the camper van that Verity hitched a ride with introduces himself as Hunter O'Nion. In Oregon, Starscream is delivered a report that Runabout and Runamuck have intercepted and killed Stoker, but that the data cache he was in possession of is missing. Satisfied with her haul, Verity hitches a lift from a passing motorist. As she inspects the computer at the side of the road, Runabout and Runamuck pass her, tracking the bus. Faking illness, she gets the bus driver to stop and let her off. On the bus's journey to Los Angeles, Verity waits until the man is asleep, and then cuts through his bag with a knife and steals the computer. He is also tracking the man with the palm computer. Also at the bus station is the Decepticon Runabout.

As Verity's one had died in Denver, she plans to steal it, along with a bus ticket to Los Angeles and a bagel. In Phoenix, Arizona, runaway Verity Carlo targets a mark at a bus station who has an expensive palm computer in his possession.

The can of worms is open, the genie out of bottle… and nothing will ever be the same again! Plot In their way stand an embattled crew of seven hardy AUTOBOT warriors, sworn to prevent the impending Armageddon at any cost, and an unlikely trio of human misfits, pulled kicking and screaming into a hitherto hidden world of pain and hurt. Earth: 2006, and the fate of the planet is already sealed, its destiny decided… by the marauding mechanical beings known as DECEPTICONS.
