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Transformers: Beast Wars #1
Transformers Beast Wars #1 CVR A Burcham
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!
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Published January 1, 2021
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Erik Burnham
683 books74 followersErik Burnham is a Minnesotan writer and artist that first broke into comics with a series of humorous short stories in the Shooting Star Comics Anthology. These stories featured his original creation, Nick Landime, and culminated in a one-shot: Nick Landime vs. the World Crime League, published by Shooting Star in 2005.
Off and on, in this same time period, Erik also produced a short run of an online strip, The Down Side, until technical issues wore him down. He aims to return to the strip one day.
In 2007, Erik found produced work for two other anthologies – a short humor piece for History Graphics Press’ Civil War Adventures #1, and a horror story for Gene Simmons’ House of Horror #3, produced by IDW Publishing.
This lead to several other projects for IDW, up to and including his critically acclaimed run on the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book.
Erik has worked on other projects not related to comic books, and hopes one day to share those with the public at large. In the meantime, he still lives quietly in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he’s completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time.
Off and on, in this same time period, Erik also produced a short run of an online strip, The Down Side, until technical issues wore him down. He aims to return to the strip one day.
In 2007, Erik found produced work for two other anthologies – a short humor piece for History Graphics Press’ Civil War Adventures #1, and a horror story for Gene Simmons’ House of Horror #3, produced by IDW Publishing.
This lead to several other projects for IDW, up to and including his critically acclaimed run on the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book.
Erik has worked on other projects not related to comic books, and hopes one day to share those with the public at large. In the meantime, he still lives quietly in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he’s completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time.
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February 4, 2021
A safe but entertaining retelling of the events that preceded crashland to Earth of the Maximals and the Predacons with some great art and a couple of surprises. I'm excited to see wherever this takes us.
February 4, 2021
Yeeeees!
What a great start! The art is incredibly charming and lends itself well to the tone and characters. The story (from both the in-text content and interviews) appears to be a love letter to the original Beast Wars show. This is a delightful reimagining and I highly recommend it for Transformers fans, Beast Wars fans, and everyone else!
What a great start! The art is incredibly charming and lends itself well to the tone and characters. The story (from both the in-text content and interviews) appears to be a love letter to the original Beast Wars show. This is a delightful reimagining and I highly recommend it for Transformers fans, Beast Wars fans, and everyone else!
February 5, 2021
My favourite version of Transformers is back! This issue is a retelling of the pilot from the TV Series with two new characters, a maximal and a predacon. Counting the days until the next issues arrives.
February 5, 2021
great start hoping for a long ongoing serie !
August 11, 2021
Excellent introduction to the book. I'm a big fan of Beast Wars since childhood, too.
July 22, 2021
Memory lane
I remember watching the show as a kid and this comic is bringing back so many memories. the comic itself is cool, the art is dire it I like it. So far I'm loving the idea, the story, and the art.
I remember watching the show as a kid and this comic is bringing back so many memories. the comic itself is cool, the art is dire it I like it. So far I'm loving the idea, the story, and the art.
March 22, 2021
Pure nostalgia, and that's okay with me. Nice to see some "fresh" characters to discover
April 1, 2022
A perfect balance of old and new. Familiar enough to feel like I’m visiting with old friends, new enough that it’s not a straight rehash of the original episodes.
I could read this series all day. I’d love to see a full and long run covering all of the TV series, and maybe fixing the travesty that was the Beast Machines “ending” to this story. I could happily read 100+ issues, but it seems it’s not to be. With IDW losing the license at the end of 2022 it, our time with this pitch-perfect adaptation will be all too short.
I’ll hope Skybound hires the same creative team and keeps it going, but it seems doubtful. Fingers crossed!
I could read this series all day. I’d love to see a full and long run covering all of the TV series, and maybe fixing the travesty that was the Beast Machines “ending” to this story. I could happily read 100+ issues, but it seems it’s not to be. With IDW losing the license at the end of 2022 it, our time with this pitch-perfect adaptation will be all too short.
I’ll hope Skybound hires the same creative team and keeps it going, but it seems doubtful. Fingers crossed!
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