G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers 2 #1

Credits

Story - Dan Jolley / Pencils - Tim Seeley, E.J. Su / Inks - Andrew Pepoy / Letters - Dreamer Design / Colors - Jeremy Roberts

Story

Two years after the departure of the Transformers from Earth (at the end of the previous G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers limited series by Devil's Due), the terrorist organization called Cobra is rumored to be forming up again, using Cybertronian-derived technology. In pursuit of leads, the G.I. Joe team busts a weapons-smugging deal set up by the Dreadnoks. Though the Dreadnoks fight back with enhanced weaponry and an armored tank, the Joes manage to capture them with their own Cybertron-enhanced firepower and a pair of robotic exo-suits.

The next day, Cobra Commander pays a visit to Destro in Portugal, and tries to solicit the arms dealer's support for a raid on a Boston laboratory; scientists there have opened a wormhole to the Teletran-3 supercomputer on Cybertron, and Cobra Commander wants to seize the technology and exploit it for his own ends. When Destro remains skeptical, Cobra Commander reveals his secret ace -- a subservient Starscream! As Destro and Cobra Commander finalize their agreement, Destro's butler sneaks away from the mansion, revealing himself as the G.I. Joe undercover agent Chuckles...

On cybertron, Optimus Prime and the Autobots are on the run, a small band of rebels fighting against Shockwave's total control of the planet. Though the Autobots manage to steal a cache of energon from Decepticon stores, Shockwave considers them little more than an annoyance.

Later, in Boston, the Joes raid a secret Boston laboratory, just as Cobra has secured the facility. In the ensuing firefight, the wormhole surges, instantly transporting everyone to Cybertron! But before anyone can react, Teletran-3 surges again, sending tendrils of energy across Cybertron that causes numerous Transformers to vanish!

As the chaos dies down, Shockwave enters the chamber and prepares to capture the humans -- but is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Ultra Magnus and Perceptor! As Magnus sets up a portable force field around the humans, Perceptor captures Starscream and analyzes Teletran-3 for answers. According to him, the surges were ruptures in the space-time continnum, and numerous Transformers have been scattered to different times and places in Earth's history. Worse, if the Transformers are not returned to Cybertron within 12 hours, the temporal feedback will bathe Earth in unending nuclear fire.

Realizing the gravity of the situation, G.I. Joe and Cobra put aside their differences to retrieve the missing Transformers. Perceptor equips them with tracking devices and disruption units, then programs Teletran-3 to send four teams to the times when the Transformers were sent...

Zartan, Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Lady Jaye are transported to the '70s, and the thought of reliving pet rocks and disco makes Zartan nauseous. After securing some disguises, they quickly locate Jazz and Bumblebee, then head to San Francisco for their other targets. As a car thief swipes Hot Rod, Lady Jaye and Jazz challenges him to a race across the streets of San Francisco, ending in a hangar containing a cargo plane surrounded by cops! Before the situation can escalate, the Joes and Cobras slap disruptors on the last two Transformers, sending them all back to present-day Cybertron.

Elsewhen, a second team appears in an alley -- and suddenly everyone dives for cover as they're caught in a dueling gunfight between rival mobsters!