TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS #2 CVR A JOSH BURCHAM (JAN210498) (W) Erik Burnham (A/CA) Josh Burcham Celebrating 25 years of Beast Wars! The Maximals, led by Optimus Primal, and the Predacons, led by Megatron, have crashed on a strange new world and they are not alone. To survive the planet, much less each other, they'll have to explore their surroundings and their new bestial alt-modes in search of an advantage. The Beast Wars begin here! In Shops: Mar 03, 2021 SRP: $3.99 TRANSFORMERS #29 CVR A MALKOVA (JAN210501) (W) Brian Ruckley (A/CA) Anna Malkova "War World: Titans"! Sentinel Prime has a secret-something that could change the fate of Cybertron-something that Megatron wants. It's a battle for control of the Forge as the Autobots and the Decepticons come face-to-face in battle for the first time! In Shops: Mar 17, 2021 SRP: $3.99 TRANSFORMERS ESCAPE #4 (OF 5) CVR A MCGUIRE-SMITH (JAN210504) (W) Brian Ruckley (A/CA) Bethany McGuire-Smith As Wheeljack, Hound, and the others lead the evacuation efforts, they learn that one of their allies has secrets of their own that could ruin the whole escape plan. Meanwhile, the Decepticons search for the renegade Insecticons, but who's really hunting who? In Shops: Mar 24, 2021 SRP: $3.99
Looks like Strika has the Magnus Hammer if I\'m seeing things correctly. Also that Rhinox art is very Thrilling 30.
Anyone read BW#1? Was it any good? Hopefully that Dai Atlas sparks a Commander Class figure down the line, im not saying sooon but eventually.
If the title for that month\'s issue of the War World Arc is any indication, we may get more secrets about the Titans. Which I\'m down for since they are one of my favorite aspects of the transformers. I pray that that we get more character development for these guys since the only ones so far that got such attention are Metroplex, Trypticon, and Vigilem. I wanna eventually see more of Caminus, or maybe we can finally see Tempo\'s robot mode. I want more Titans darn it!
Oh hey Pyra Manga. Well I suppose I\'d better get ready for some salt. Nice axe though. Actually all those weapons look nice, though Strika\'s hammer looks best. Also Megatron is not interested in helping to recreate iconic scenes from the Bayformers movies it seems. It honestly felt like Victory Leo got treated better in his short apperence in Magnus story than all the other Japanese G1 guys except Overlord did in previous IDW. And you could do a lot more with someone who just decides they don't want to stick around for this war now that we've gotten a good look at pre war Cybertron, and can see all that it's costing and all that Megatron is going to ruin. Heck we got three more in Cyberverse, so clearly we're not the only ones. I'm not saying figures for everyone, but they've got some real room to experiment, like with more Beast form Titans like Cheela and Trypticon. Or a Cthulu like Dweller in the Deeps, or something else just unexpected.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that those alternate covers of a Maximal in robot mode + a Predacon in Beast mode will continue for the first set of issues. We've got Primal and Megatron for issue #1, Rhinox and Scorponok for issue #2, so I'm going to assume that we'll get like... Rattrap and Waspinator, Nyx and Terrorsaur, Cheetor and Tarantulas, and then after all of that just one of Dinobot by himself.
Escape looks like it has a good selection of characters. I'll probably grab whatever hardcover it ends up being in.
Honestly despite everything I can\'t help but be intrigued by where Ruckley is taking his series. Beast Wars is definitely what I\'m most excited for though. I kinda wish this was how IDW originaly did it\'s reboot after Unicron with two ongoings you\'ve got the G1 characters ongoing for those who want something familiar and then the Beast Wars ongoing for those who want something more unique. At least now we\'re getting that Beast Wars series I had a look at some of Burnham\'s previous works and I\'m confident he can pull this off.
