Comics
INFESTATION: G.I. JOE #1
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Issue Date: March 2011
Series: Infestation
Issue Number: 1
The Baroness captures Psyche Out and a robotic Arm he was transporting. The Arm is plugged into the Cobra computer system and it beings to take over the entire facility. It uses the BATs as weapons to begin killing all of the humans.
Alternate Covers
Cover #1D (Retail Incentive with Sketch) came with hand drawn sketches.
Notes of Interest
New Joe trainees Hound and Dolphin.
Death of Hound.
Major Players
GI Joe: Psyche Out, Hound, Dolphin
Cobra: Baroness, Interrogator, Dr. Elizabeth Zych, Dr. Mitchell, Viper, Eel #3,
Creative Team
"Infestation: G.I. Joe #1"
Writer: Mike Raicht
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Colors: J. Brown
Letters: Chris Mowry
Editor: Andy Schmidt
Assistant Editor: Bobby Curnow
Cover Credits
Cover A: Artist: John K. Snyder III, colors by Jason Wright
Cover Company: IDW
Cover B: Artist: Giovanni Timpano, colors by J. Brown
Cover Company: IDW
Cover C (Retail Incentive): Artist: John K. Snyder III, colors by Jason Wright
Cover Company: IDW
Cover D (Retail Incentive, Sketch): Artist: John K. Snyder III
Cover Company: IDW
Full Details
On a Cobra submarine, Covert Eel Raid Team 1 is preparing to exit the submarine on a mission to raid a sailboat. Eel #3 is complaining that he wants a real mission. The Baroness walks in hearing him complain. She explains that the sailboat is a bare transport with no technological accouterments, staffed by 3 GI Joe's moving under the cover of darkness and is something that Cobra is very interested in.
The hold they are in fills with water as the Eels leave on their mission. The Baroness turns to the still complaining Eel #3 and cuts his air hose and he drowns.
On the sailboat above new Joe trainees are complaining about the mission and being on a simple sailboat. Hound is setting up an M-60 machine gun on the deck as Dolphin is watching. Psyche Out comes out of the boat hatch just as one of the Eels comes over the side of the boat. Hound opens fire. Dolphin is captured quickly and the Baroness drops a flash bang grenade at the feet of Psyche Out and Hound.
Later in an undersea Cobra base, Psyche Out is tied to a chair as Interrogator is basically just having a conversation with him. The Baroness walks in and opens the wall screen outside are two Eels who are holding a tied up Hound in the water. She gives a signal and they pull out the respirator right in front of Psyche Out. He can do nothing as Hound drowns.
The Baroness then opens a silver brief case that has a damaged robotic hand that is partially covered to look like a human hand.
In lab 9, Dr. Elizabeth Zych is reviewing a test of the latest BAT. They have set up manikins with Cobra uniforms and Joe uniforms and are testing if the new BAT can determine the difference. As they start the test, the BAT open fire, destroying all of the manikins, then it turns around and fires at the scientists doing the test. Dr. Mitchell, who is in charge of the project, hits the kill switch and the BAT stops dead.
Dr. Zych is in a wheelchair and begins to wheel way to report to Cobra Commander. Dr. Mitchell stops her saying that the BAT enhancements aren't going to work to help her walk again. So she then orders Dr. Mitchell to continue to perform the implant surgeries on the animals. She believes the animal implants will help make the difference with the BAT technology.
The Baroness is waiting outside the door as Dr. Zych comes out of the lab, they head to her office. In her office is series of the upgraded deactivated BATs. The Baroness shows her the arm they captured from the Joes. She marvels at the how amazing the technology is and she begins to immediately examine it. The Baroness walks out telling her that she had better get these new BATs working properly.
Dr. Zych then begins to plug connection wiring into the Arm so she can evaluate it. She has several computer inputs built into her body that she connects to her computer, yet her legs still don't respond to her thoughts.
Psyche Out watching the floating body of Hound tells the Baroness that he was just a grunt and didn't know anything and that his death was unnecessary. She wants to know if GI Joe is creating a robot army, Psyche Out says no they found the Arm and thought is was Cobra technology. He tells her they were transporting to a remote area so that no one could mess with it since it is very dangerous and needs to be left alone.
In Dr. Zych's lab, she is finally successful in connecting the Arm. In a computer voice (Editor's note, the italics are the the Arm's voice) Room Locked. In search of control bot. . Her computer goes crazy and she is electrocuted. Success. Control bot Located. Prime Subject demonstrates intimate knowledge of all systems. Prime Control bot subject has catastrophic system failure. Lack of mobility.
Holding a knife to Psyche Out's throat the Baroness is grilling him for information on the Arm. He begins to explain that they were taking it away because the tech in that Arm has purpose and wants to take over everything. Psyche Out explains that it blew past their firewalls in the computer systems in milliseconds and it began trying to activate the missile systems all before they just barely able to disconnected it. The Baroness laughs and Integrator just smiles.
Dr. Zych now controlled by the Arm is being used by it to get into the facilities computer system. Searching for Attack Bots After discovering the deactivated BATs. 100% Match. Assessing Offensive capabilities. Rebooting. Rebalancing arming. Releasing Attack Bot Initiated. The BATs all go activate and begin walking to the door. Defeat/Consume Human Threat. Expand Offensive. Assessing Threat Level. The BATs are charged by a group of Vipers Threat High. The BAT's open fire on the Vipers killing the small group.
Psyche Out is very concerned that Cobra is going to attach the Arm to their computer systems and it will take over the complete facility. The Baroness receives a report that their is gunfire in the research & development section. She heads off with a Viper to check o it.
The Arm, using the BATs, is now actively searching to kill all of humans inside the base. Guards remaining 52, Total Staff 84, Time until reinforcements following alarm 2 hrs, 32 minutes. Without alarm, 26 hrs 37 minutes. Time for complete conversation of facility 12 hrs, 3 minutes. Assessment More time needed, disabling communications. Disabling CO2 scrubbers. Searching for more Attack Bots.
In the animal testing section of the base, Dr. Mitchell is releasing a hawk from its cage and taking a sensor off its head. There are numerous cages with a variety of animals in them which all have a sensor attached to their head or chest. There is gunfire right outside the door of the lab. As a team of Vipers fights the BATs. Several Vipers rush into the lab and seal the door, believing they are safe.
Still using Dr. Zych as a host body, the Arm is gaining more and more control. Assessing Lab 2. 23 warm bodied vertebrates connected to system. Conversion to Attack Bots Initiated. The animals in lab begin going crazy in their cages. Then they all at the exact same time stop, their eyes begin glowing red and they all look at the humans in the lab. Releasing Attack Bots Initiated. The cage doors open and the Vipers begin firing at the animals as they attack. Dogs, monkeys, real bats and hawks begin swarming the Vipers.
The Baroness and Integrator are in the hallway as the BATs approach.
Wi-Fi control established. Initiating Power Shut Down. Locking Down Facility. Extreme Prejudice Protocols Initiated. Complete Facility Conversion in 11 hrs, 57 Minutes and 22 Seconds.
Summary by Josh Eggebeen
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