In the Beginning...

A human hacker logs into the Decepticon mainframe and reads an overview of the Autobot/Decepticon war.

Stats
Originally published in: Marvel UK Annual 1986 Date: December 1985? Writer: Simon Furman Art: ? Colouring: ?

Characters: Adam Reynolds

Synopsis
Teen hacker Adam Reynolds mis-dials while trying to reach his local bank and instead reaches the Decepticon Mainframe Computer. A fluke results in him typing the correct access code, and he reads in amazement the history of the Autobot/Decepticon war.

However, Adam inadvertently triggers a security system when he tries to access a file his code doesn't give him access to. The Decepticon Mainframe Computer sends a 1,000,000 volt surge down Adam's phone line, destroying his computer and burning up his printouts. Adam would have been killed- except this cat startled him back from the computer a moment before it exploded.

Adam is undissuaded. He wonders if there's an Autobot computer online somewhere...

Items of note

 * Optimus Prime's bio includes the tidbit that he wanted to train as a medical officer before the war broke out and he signed up to fight.
 * Two instances of 'Cybertronain dates,' but like every instance of Cybvertronian dates, it provides no conversion ratio, andis inconsistent with every other instance.

Keywords
Adam Reynolds, Tommy Ryde