Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending

by Simon Furman, Don Figueroa (Artist)

Spiraling out of the events in Beast Wars: The Gathering... Magmatron - now a disembodied entity, existing out of time and space - is witness to Cybertron's unchecked descent into chaos and madness, all of which is a prelude to its complete and utter destruction Powerless to directly affect this terrifying apocalypse, Magmatron's last desperate recourse is to try and bring his greatest enemy, Razorbeast, together with fellow Maximals Lio Convoy and The Pack

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

104 pages, Paperback

First published February 29, 2008

About the author

Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro/Tomy's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the Generation 1 minifranchise.

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a shame the story here doesn't get more space to breathe than a four-issue mini-series, but it was entertaining enough. Cleverly slots in just before Beast Machines in a way that not only preserves that story but gives some additional background to what happens to Megatron before that series begins. Fun stuff: colourful, explosive and has Grimlock in it.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

via NYPL - a pretty routine end-of-all-creation "epic" with few characters to invest yourself in. The illustrations are nice, although the storytelling is frequently poor and the character designs leave a lot to desire.

[Chris Hawks · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars is being pretty darn charitable.