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Beast Wars (IDW Publishing)
''Transformers: Beast Wars'' is the name of several comic book series by IDW Publishing. It is based upon Hasbro's toy line and the original television series. The first two series is set in-continuity with the television series, but also uses characters that were made into toys but not featured in the series. The first miniseries, '' The Gathering'', was released between February and May 2006. The second miniseries, '' The Ascending'', was a direct sequel and debuted in October 2007. Background 2006–2008 After ''Beast Machines'' finished airing in 2000, there was no official revisiting of the Transformers continuity established by the ''Beast Wars'' animated series until after publisher Dreamwave Productions acquired the rights to the ''Transformers'' comic franchise from Hasbro. Although the Transformers convention Botcon created several storylines external to the ''Beast Wars'' continuity (such as ''The Wreckers'' and a continuation of ''Beast Machines'' entitled ''Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic book publisher in the United States, behind Marvel Comics, Marvel, DC Comics, DC, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse, and Image Comics, ahead of other comic book publishers such as Archie Comics, Archie, Boom! Studios, Boom!, Dynamite Entertainment, Dynamite, Valiant Comics, Valiant, and Oni Press. The company is known for its licensed comic book adaptations of films, television shows, video games, and Cartoon, cartoons. History 1990s Idea and Design Works (IDW) was formed in 1999 by a group of comic book managers and artists (Ted Adams, Robbie Robbins, Alex Garner, and Kris Oprisko) that first met while working at Wildstorm Productions. Each of the four was equal partners, owning 25%. When Jim Lee sold Wildstorm to DC Comics in 1999, Lee turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transformers (comics)
There have been four main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name ''Transformers'' based on the Transformers (toy line), toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four Spin-off (media), spin-off miniseries. This was followed by a second volume titled ''Transformers: Generation 2'', which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. The second major series was produced by Dreamwave Productions from 2002 to 2004 with multiple limited series as well, and within multiple story continuities, until the company became bankrupt in 2005. The third and fourth series have been published by IDW Publishing with the third series starting with an issue #0 in October 2005 and a regular series starting in January 2006 to November 2018. The fourth series started in March 2019 with issue #1 and concluded in June 2022. There are also several limited series being produced by IDW as well. Skybound Entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
