Series author Erik Burnham keeps anticipation high for the incoming Transformers Beast Wars through his Dynamic Forces interview, discussing the show’s history for newcomers, what readers can expect from this 2021 comic version & the artwork by TFW2005 member Josh Burcham.
What else is new in this iteration of the Beast Wars?
Erik Burnham: One of the things we’re going to be doing is adding in new characters… and we have some right up front in issue #1. Nyx, a new Maximal, was spotted on the cover to the first issue when the announcement was made and HOLY SMOKES, fans have theories, there’s fan art, there are fan sculpts… she’s no more than one image and she’s already hooked a crazy amount of interest. And there’s more where she came from.
Prepare for issue #1‘s scheduled arrival on February 3rd, then sound off on the 2005 boards!
Creator credits: Erik Burnham (Author), Josh Burcham (Artist, Cover Artist), Fico Ossio (Cover Artist), Dan Schoening (Cover Artist), Nick Brokenshire (Cover Artist)
Celebrating 25 years of Beast Wars! In the future, the planet Cybertron belongs to the scientific-minded Maximals and the action-oriented Predacons! When a crew of Predacons, led by the successor to the Megatron name, steal a golden disk and a ship capable of traveling through time, it’s up to Optimus Primal and his Maximal crew – Rattrap, Rhinox, Cheetor, and new character Nyx – to catch them! A brand-new Beast era begins in an oversized first issue by Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Transformers/Ghostbusters) and Josh Burcham (Transformers, Transformers Galaxies), yesssss!
Joalro
Beast Wars has always been about the story and characters for me first, toys second. I know that's not how Hasbro thinks about them, but I mean… if they DON'T make toys of them… I guess that is how they think of them?
But I always liked the transmutate episode, even though we didn't get a toy of her years later (strange friend is amazing). Ravage was a great way to add to the finale of season 2, even if he didn't get a toy in North America.
I would to get toys of the new characters… but I just want the new characters to be fun and interesting first and foremost. If we get toys of them, then that's bonus.
Trooper028
I’ve been thinking while I’m not against new characters being made. I think I only want new characters if we’re getting toys of them. Otherwise there isn’t much of a point for them to exist. I mean Transformers is a toy line after all.
Omegax80
I've never been big into Beast Wars, but the artwork alone is hooking me. Both interior and all cover art looks phenomenal.
Scarlet knight
Will the physical version of the comic be on Amazon?
DarkRed401
this might've already been answered been answered but where would you guys recommend ordering these online?
T-Hybrid
Same. They'd be a great replacement for Megatron's raptor drones.
Daimao
I haven't read comics since the early days of IDW but I'll probably give this a shot. The Gathering will be hard to top but with Kingdom hitting shelves my BW nostalgia is at an all time high and I need more. I'm hoping to see the Fossilizers show up at some point.
SHIELD Agent 47
https://twitter.com/dyemooch/status/1352757984594694144
Josh Perez tweeted a clean view of his cover to Beast Wars #3.
Magmatron95
I wish I knew myself. My local store is tanking right now due to covid and other reasons
Trooper028
You misunderstand me they had similar roles yes, but in terms of personality Shockwave is a Logician while Tarantulas is a Sadist.
james archer
So I’ve preordered the 1st issue and am about to preorder the 2nd. I’m hoping to collect all the covers so correct me if I’m wrong but so far there’s 4 covers for issue 1, 2 covers for issue 2? And 3 covers for issue 3?
levandowski
What's best the best online retailer if I am looking to get it in physical form? My local comic shop is no longer with us
Magmatron95
You can get it from your local comic store or Amazon, comixology, or the Google play store
levandowski
Where can this be ordered from?
SHIELD Agent 47
Amusingly, we recently learned from Hasbro documentation posted to the Internet that early development assigned the "Shockwave" trademark to Scorponok.
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Novaburnhilde
I think that's oversimplifying their relationship. They were never really a thing except for some really surface level stuff, she'd try to use her wiles and charm on him but it never really had the amount of success I'm figuring she hoped it would.
He viewed her as his creation, his property, rather than a girlfriend or whatever.
RazorclawX
We do have a Season 1 episode where Scorponok was beating the piss out of Dinobot for about 10 seconds (ref. Dark Designs). Dinobot throws his sword at him, Scorponok jumps on him and just punches the heck out of him.
I get the impression the original plan was Scorponok was going to be the Predacon's Cheetor– the dumb punk kid. Except like every other episode the writers did something else with him so he kind of wore all kind of hats throughout season 1 (to the point where he actually had a tech lab) and only consistently came off as a bootlicking grunt (which is basically the role Quickstrike inherited, only they had him carry out an actual betrayal arc when they got around to using him).
ZeroBG82
Nonsense. They are both lone wolf schemers who will play along with Megatron when it suits them, but mostly just want to focus on their experiments. Both believe their faction would be better off with them in charge, and both are probably capable of actually toppling Megatron if they really wanted to. But neither really cares to lead, and so they spend most of their time focusing on their own ends.
Just because one is cold and the other manic doesn't mean they don't conform to the same archetype.
Trooper028
Tbh Tarantulas isn't really Logic-driven/Emotionless enough to be Shockwave. He's a creepy sadist, a cannibalistic serial killer, his treatment of BA in season 2 was domestic abuse. The only thing they really have in common is both are Mad Scientists. In that case I'd say Tarantulas is a cross between Mixmaster (mad scientist) and Pounce (a sadist that does the dirty jobs even other 'Cons shy away from).
Scorponok in terms of role would be Soundwave with his Cyberbee in place of the Cassettes. Albeit, a Soundwave Wannabe in the same way Terrorsaur is a Starscream Wannabe.
In terms of personality? I consider him more of a G1 Scavenger.
Dinoprime09
So if Terrorsaur = Starscream, Tarantulas = Shockwave, G1 Megatron = BW Megatron who would be Soundwave\'s BW counterpart Scorpinok or someone else?