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Combiner Hunters #1
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That's why the people of this world believe in...
"An Uneventful Night"
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published July 8, 2015 (SDCC edition)
July 29, 2015 (regular edition)
Cover date 2015
Written by Mairghread Scott
Art by Sara Pitre-Durocher
Colors by Yamaishi
Letters by Tom B. Long
Continuity 2005 IDW continuity
Chronology Current era (2015)

When Arcee attempts to steal the Enigma of Combination, Windblade and Chromia pursue her into the Sea of Rust, where a new combiner is born!

Contents

Synopsis

With the Enigma of Combination locked up tight following the Combiner Wars, several Autobots guard it in shifts, along with one of Starscream's Badgeless soldiers. Chromia arrives late to relieve Ironhide, as a result of celebrations that have been going on following the declaration of an official holiday by the Mistress of Flame to commemorate Cybertron and Caminus's alliance. Already grumpy because she has had to don ceremonial paint for the occasion, Chromia plops down on a box, and has no inclination towards small talk with the Badgeless standing guard alongside her... but no sooner has Ironhide left than the concept of small talk becomes moot, when Arcee suddenly appears and knocks the Badgeless out! Evading Chromia's attack, Arcee snatches the Enigma and peels out, nearly running Waspinator over in the process. Chromia radios Windblade, and the pair give chase as Arcee roars out of the city and heads into the Sea of Rust.

Clear of the city, Arcee transforms for battle and quickly proves herself a match for Windblade and Chromia together. The fight is then interrupted by the appearance of a group of six unknown female Transformers named the Torchbearers, who recognise Windblade as a cityspeaker and all train their weapons on Arcee. Arcee, however, is unfazed—her goal was to get the Enigma of Combination out of Starscream's hands, she explains, and she will happily just destroy it. Realizing that the Enigma is a holy artifact of the Primes, the Torchbearers immediately fall back, but when Arcee raises her blade over the talisman, Torchbearer Rust Dust lunges forward to snatch it away. The Enigma activates, and the Torchbearers are merged into Victorion! The newborn combiner immediately attacks Arcee for her heresy, and Windblade pulls her to safety, unwilling to see anyone die over the fight. Arcee grudgingly agrees to work with the two Camiens, taking out the giant's weapons so that Windblade can have an opportunity to speak to her. Recognizing the Torchbearers as fellow Camiens and servants of the Mistress of Flame, Windblade calms the combiner and has her explain the team's presence; they were sent, Victorion explains, to see if there were any artifacts or other items of value in the ruins of the Rust Sea that they could preserve. Successfully convincing Victorion that rampaging is not the way to preserve anything, Windblade talks the combiner into separating back into the Torchbearers, who apologize for their actions. The experience proved disorienting; the mental link has, for instance, allowed Jumpstream to learn something she previously never knew about Dust Up, but the latter refuses to talk about whatever it is right now.

With the Enigma back in Windblade's possession, the cityspeaker is moved to ask why Arcee is so bent on destroying it. Arcee decries combiners as abominations in a speech that makes her sound like Galvatron, but when confronted with the comparison, Arcee quietly admits it is not an issue of racism or "purity", but rather, an intimately-held belief that no 'bot should be changed against their will. At Windblade's behest, the Camiens all agree never to speak of the incident, keeping it secret from Starscream in the name of maintaining peace on Cybertron for as long as they can. Arcee, impressed to find that the supposedly-perfect Windblade is actually willing to fight dirty in the name of her goals, agrees to go along with the plan... but reminds them that if it backfires, she'll be expecting them to kill Starscream permanently.

Chromia returns to her post, replaces the Enigma, then wakes the Badgeless, claiming she saved his life by driving Arcee off. The officer wants to report the attack to Starscream, but Chromia dissuades him, pointing out that it'll look really bad that he let himself get knocked out. The Badgeless agrees, and, feeling a little more at ease with the stern Camien, asks if she can make him a box to sit on as well.

Featured characters

Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Others

Quotes

"Okay, Torchbearers! Let's light the way!"

—Pyra Magna


"Transformers are not meant to be gestalts. They are perversions."
"Why? Because 'bots like Galvatron say they are? We're all perversions to him. Not the right shape, not the right alt mode, not whatever he thinks of as pure. But, the thing is, I don't care what Galvatron thinks of me. Why do you?"
"I don't. I... I don't think 'bots should be changed against their will."
"Neither do I."

—Arcee and Windblade


"Exclusion is the first step in justifying war. That's why the Enigma has to go back. It's why we have to embrace Starscream as tightly as possible. If there are no "abominations," there is nothing to go to war against. And every day of this imperfect peace is a day Cybertronians cling to peace a little tighter."
"How many of these dirty little secrets are you willing to bury, Windblade?"
"As many as I have to."
"Hnn. So you're not the perfectly[sic] idealist everyone says you are. Okay. I guess if you're willing to fight a little dirty, I'm willing to have a little faith."

—Windblade and Arcee

Notes

Continuity notes

  • Arcee is on Cybertron, and still in her stealth paint, placing this between The Transformers vol. 2 #43 and #45. It would also appear to be set before Sins of the Wreckers.
  • Victorion explains that the Torchbearers are out in the Sea of Rust (see "Transformers references" for more on that) because the Crystal City and its Metrotitan once dwelled there, as originally introduced in the 2012 Robots in Disguise annual. It was left in ruins after the events of "Dark Cybertron", though there's no sign here of the miniature singularity that should be located in the area, per Robots in Disguise #33.
  • If the weight of Arcee's statement about 'bots being changed against their will being perversions is lost on you, recall that, per her original Spotlight, she was changed against her will by Jhiaxus to become the female 'bot she is now. Although the rarity of female Transformers has been a prominent subject in the comics for some time now, the squicky circumstances of Arcee's "conversion" haven't really been brought up for years.

Transformers references

  • Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia all have new color schemes in the story, based on the "Combiner Hunters" redecos of their Generations: Thrilling 30 toys that were available as an exclusive set at San Diego Comic Con. Windblade and Chromia's new looks and weapons are here explained to be temporary ceremonial regalia, while Arcee's new colours were shown to be the product of color-changing stealth paint in The Transformers #42. In contrast to that issue, though, here, she is drawn to resemble her Generations toy, but we can hardly call that bit of deliberate toy-promoting synergy an "error".
  • The Sea of Rust is a landmark seen in various other pieces of Transformers fiction, but this is the first time it has been referred to has such in the IDW continuity. The Transformers vol. 2 #47 would reveal that "Sea of Rust" is the modern name for the "Rust Spot", a location featured in Spotlight: Orion Pax. During the poll that led to her creation fan votes determined that Victorion would come from the Sea of Rust; we guess she sort of does, as she was effectively "born" there, but the Torchbearers themselves are visiting Camiens.

Errors

  • The story's called "An Uneventful Night", but, uh, the whole thing sure seems to be set in broad daylight. (Perhaps it is because the following night was definitely less eventful than the day preceding it?)
  • Just like Defensor before her, Victorion shows no sign of the "chest armor" component (Groove in Defensor, Rust Dust in Victorion) that is meant to integrate with the torso of each respective combiner. Instead, she's drawn with a gun that has two wheels on it, indicating that Rust Dust became a weapon instead of armor.

Other trivia

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  • This issue was first available at San Diego Comic Con 2015 with an exclusive cover (see below), as part of a tie-in with the "Combiner Hunters" toys also exclusive to the show, and to introduce Victorion, winner of the 2015 Fan Built Bot poll, who was also revealed in full by Hasbro at the convention.
  • None of the Torchbearers are actually referred to by name in the story, presumably because their names hadn't been finalized at the time it was being written. A slide of the comic shown at a panel during the convention featured Dustup being referred to with the preliminary name "Crash Test".
  • The story is followed by a letter to the readers from John Barber, detailing the history of the comic's development, and introducing new readers to the rest of the IDW universe.

Covers (4)

  • Regular cover: Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia leap at a combiner, by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
  • Subscription cover: Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia by Livio Ramondelli
  • Retailer incentive cover: One of a series of "Pan Cybertronian Spaceways" travel posters by James Biggie that make up the Retailer Incentive covers on IDW's July Transformers titles; this one promotes the Rust Sea.
  • Convention cover: Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia by Sara Pitre-Durocher, available exclusively from IDW at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.
  • (thumbnail)

    Arcee,

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    Chromia,

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    Windblade,

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    and Steven!

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