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Guión: | Bob Budiansky |
| Dibujo: | Jose Delbo | |
| Entintado: | Dave Hunt | |
| Letra: | Bill Oakley | |
| Color: | Nel Yomtov |
Resumen:
A television commercial shows Starscream flying a family of humans to "Club 'Con," a new Carribean island vacation resort. As if that's not enough, the Autobots on the Ark are further surprised to learn that the island's king is Buster Witwicky. Sent by Optimus Prime to investigate the matter, Blaster uses a flying capsule to go to Portland, Oregon, where he finds Sparkplug Witwicky and Jessie, Buster's girlfriend. Blaster asks Sparkplug's help to investigate the island; Jessie suggests that her youth makes her a better choice to play tourist, and Sparkplug reluctantly approves.
After arriving at Club 'Con and escaping the attention of Starscream the "manager," Jessie goes snorkeling in a nearby reef. There, she sees the Seacons swimming from a shipwreck and entering the island via an underwater tunnel. Quickly surfacing, she grabs Blaster over his protests, then takes him with her into the tunnel. They soon find Buster, chained inside a human-sized cell, but there isn't enough room for Blaster to transform and rescue him.
Buster explains the Decepticons' mission: several hundred years ago, the Autobots of Cybertron detected something that was headed towards Earth, due to arrive two hundred years later. Raindance and Grand Slam were sent to Earth to warn the Autobots there, but their ship malfunctioned and crashed. The two cassettes ended up in a pirate's treasure chest, whose ship sank in a storm. The Decepticons are now exploring the shipwreck in hopes of finding the Autobot cassettes. To cover up their work, Ratbat has declared the island to be a sovereign nation for the Decepticons, with Buster as a figurehead king to prevent retaliation from other nations.
After saying goodbye, Jessie and Blaster leave just as the Seacons return with the treasure chest. Unspotted, Jessie takes Raindance and Grand Slam from the chest while the Seacons are reporting to Ratbat, then makes her escape with the Autobots. They soon return to the beach, but it's too late; finding her tracks, the Seacons followed Jessie to the surface. They start to attack the tourists on the beach, demanding the return of the Autobot cassettes. Blaster transforms and fights the Seacons, but soon realizes that he cannot distract them all and protect the humans.
In desperation, Blaster ejects the cassettes back into the ocean; the Seacons break off the fight to pursue them, and Blaster transforms back to his tape deck mode and hides in the crowd. Jessie apologizes for her impulsiveness, but Blaster comforts her about the information they've found. The two take the next flight off the island, and Blaster vows to return soon.
Este número es la primera parte de la saga "The Underbase Saga (La saga de la base submarina)".
Este número tiene otra de las peores historias de la serie. Es una idea ridícula que los Decepticons gestionen una isla de vacaciones. A pesar de tener un "rey" humano, ¿que impide a los otros poderes mundiales (o las Naciones Unidas) tomar acciones? ¿Por qué los Autobots de Cybertron envían a Raindance y Grand Slam a la Tierra hace varios cientos de años, cuando la tripulación del Arca presumiblemente estaba perdida durante millones de años? ¿Por qué se tomaron la molestia de informar sobre un peligro (que no llegaría hasta doscientos años después) cuando ellos mismos podrían interceptarlo o detenerlo?
En este número aparecen varios personajes introducidos aleatoriamente en las escenas secundarias, en las que no deberían estar presentes. Por ejemplo, aparece un Battlecharger en la isla Decepticon, cuando supuestamente están desaparecidos. Durante el entrenamiento de Blaster, aparece un Battlecharger y Outback (el cual nunca fue introducido en el cómic y no vuelve a aparecer), aunque se puede suponer que Blaster se entrena dentro de un simulador. Y cuando Buster cuenta lo que ha oído, aparecen Defensor y Sunstreaker en Cybertron.
No se mencione desde donde viene los Seacons, aunque presumiblemente fueron enviados desde Cybertron, ya que Blaster les reconoce.
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