Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic - Revision history

Cyberlink420: /* Reprints */

2023-08-22T18:13:22Z

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	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Beasts]]''''' <small>([[July 13]], [[2022]])</small>		*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Beasts]]''''' <small>([[July 13]], [[2022]])</small>
	:*Reprints [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering\|''The Gathering'']] [[The Gathering issue 4\|#4]], ''[[The Transformers: Windblade]]'' (vol.2) [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]], "[[Of Flying and Falling]]" (from the ''[[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase\|Synergy]]'' anthology), ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #9: "[[Thicker Skin]]", ~~and~~ ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]'' [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 3\|#3]].		:*Reprints [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering\|''The Gathering'']] [[The Gathering issue 4\|#4]], ''[[The Transformers: Windblade]]'' (vol.2) [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]], "[[Of Flying and Falling]]" (from the ''[[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase\|Synergy]]'' anthology), ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #9: "[[Thicker Skin]]", ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]'' [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 3\|#3]], and "[[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]".
	~~:*Also includes a reprint of the~~ "Optimus Primal vs Megatron!" ~~toy pack-in comic~~.

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Cyberlink420: No longer needed

2023-07-12T18:39:41Z

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	File:BestOfTheBeasts cvr.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Best of the Beasts'''''; cover art by [[James Biggie]]		File:BestOfTheBeasts cvr.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Best of the Beasts'''''; cover art by [[James Biggie]]
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	~~==External links==~~
	*[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460925871964012551 Scan of the comic]
	[[Category:Beast Wars media]]		[[Category:Beast Wars media]]

Cyberlink420 at 18:39, 12 July 2023

2023-07-12T18:39:25Z

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	\|title="Beast Wars: Transformers"		\|title="Beast Wars: Transformers"
	\|next=Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)		\|next=Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)
	\|image=~~BWgameadvert-FYIEnergonLethalToTransformers~~.jpg		\|image=Beast Wars game ad comic.jpg
	\|caption=		\|caption=
	\|publisher=[[Hasbro]]		\|publisher=[[Hasbro]]
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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	~~[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|Cheetor casually picking up a Cheetah]]~~
	After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".		After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".

	[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|~~right~~\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|~~Send~~ my regards to the ~~inferno~~!]]		[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|Give my regards to the [[Pit (BW)\|Inferno]]!]]
	Elsewhere, the crash-landed Predacons also scan beast forms and [[Tarantulas (BW)\|one]] takes the form of a tarantula, becoming "Tarantalus" {{sic}}.		Elsewhere, the crash-landed Predacons also scan beast forms and [[Tarantulas (BW)\|one]] takes the form of a tarantula, becoming "Tarantalus" {{sic}}.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
			[[File:BWgameadvert-FYIEnergonLethalToTransformers.jpg‎\|thumb\|upright=1.5\|TH-!-S !-S N-O-T H-O-W P-EO-P-LE T-A-L-K!]]
	* This comic presents an alternate telling of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]]'s early events, specifically from the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|first episode]], though with several notable differences.		* This comic presents an alternate telling of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]]'s early events, specifically from the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|first episode]], though with several notable differences.
	** Six Maximals, instead of four, are said to emerge from the wreckage of the Maximal ship.		** Six Maximals, instead of four, are said to emerge from the wreckage of the Maximal ship.

Risebell: /* Synopsis */

2022-09-02T18:41:29Z

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]		[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|Cheetor casually picking up a Cheetah]]
	After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".		After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".

	[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]		[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|Send my regards to the inferno!]]
	Elsewhere, the crash-landed Predacons also scan beast forms and [[Tarantulas (BW)\|one]] takes the form of a tarantula, becoming "Tarantalus" {{sic}}.		Elsewhere, the crash-landed Predacons also scan beast forms and [[Tarantulas (BW)\|one]] takes the form of a tarantula, becoming "Tarantalus" {{sic}}.

Usfmm at 07:54, 25 August 2022

2022-08-25T07:54:56Z

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	File:BestOfTheBeasts cvr.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Best of the Beasts'''''; art by [[James Biggie]]		File:BestOfTheBeasts cvr.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Best of the Beasts'''''; cover art by [[James Biggie]]
	</gallery>		</gallery>
	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460925871964012551 Scan of the comic]		*[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460925871964012551 Scan of the comic]
	[[Category:Beast Wars media]]		[[Category:Beast Wars media]]

Usfmm at 09:56, 24 July 2022

2022-07-24T09:56:54Z

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	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Beasts]]''''' <small>([[July 13]], [[2022]])</small>		*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Beasts]]''''' <small>([[July 13]], [[2022]])</small>
			:*Reprints [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering\|''The Gathering'']] [[The Gathering issue 4\|#4]], ''[[The Transformers: Windblade]]'' (vol.2) [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6\|#6]], "[[Of Flying and Falling]]" (from the ''[[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase\|Synergy]]'' anthology), ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #9: "[[Thicker Skin]]", and ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]'' [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 3\|#3]].
			:*Also includes a reprint of the "Optimus Primal vs Megatron!" toy pack-in comic.

	<gallery>		<gallery>

Usfmm at 09:52, 24 July 2022

2022-07-24T09:52:58Z

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	* Cheetor has quite a potty mouth in this comic.		* Cheetor has quite a potty mouth in this comic.

			===Reprints===
			*'''''[[Transformers: Best of the Beasts]]''''' <small>([[July 13]], [[2022]])</small>

			<gallery>
			File:BestOfTheBeasts cvr.jpg\|'''''Transformers: Best of the Beasts'''''; art by [[James Biggie]]
			</gallery>
	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460925871964012551 Scan of the comic]		*[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460925871964012551 Scan of the comic]
	[[Category:Beast Wars media]]		[[Category:Beast Wars media]]

The Wadapan at 17:16, 6 May 2022

2022-05-06T17:16:53Z

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[~~http~~://~~www.allspark~~.com/~~forums/topic~~/~~95823-larger-psx-beast-wars-game-ad~~/ ~~Comic at AllSpark~~]		*[https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460925871964012551 Scan of the comic]
	[[Category:Beast Wars media]]		[[Category:Beast Wars media]]

Jon T at 22:28, 18 November 2021

2021-11-18T22:28:11Z

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	\|caption=		\|caption=
	\|publisher=[[Hasbro]]		\|publisher=[[Hasbro]]
			\|date=April [[1998]]
			\|coverdate=May [[1998]]
	\|art=[[Geoff Senior]]		\|art=[[Geoff Senior]]
	\|continuity=[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)\|PC/PSX video game continuity]]		\|continuity=[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)\|PC/PSX video game continuity]]
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	** Cheetor also seems to be in command of the Maximals here (or at least high enough in rank to give out orders), as well as being a bit on the psychotic side, threatening to mutilate Tarantulas during their battle (see above quote).		** Cheetor also seems to be in command of the Maximals here (or at least high enough in rank to give out orders), as well as being a bit on the psychotic side, threatening to mutilate Tarantulas during their battle (see above quote).
	* Energon is depicted not as a fuel which overcharges the Transformers, but as a Kryptonite-like substance ala [[Tox-En]] that is "'''lethal''' to Transformers, as it drains their power", though the scanning Beast Modes to protect oneself from energon's harmful effect is unchanged.		* Energon is depicted not as a fuel which overcharges the Transformers, but as a Kryptonite-like substance ala [[Tox-En]] that is "'''lethal''' to Transformers, as it drains their power", though the scanning Beast Modes to protect oneself from energon's harmful effect is unchanged.
	* This comic is the first piece of English-language media to depict a Transformer [[scanning]] and replicating an alternate mode under their own power. All past media required them to use external scanning and rebuilding mechanisms to achieve this, but here, Cheetor is shown using the method that will become standard in pretty much all future ''Transformers'' series: a scanning beam is projected by his optics, and his body then reconfigures itself into its new form. The first ''ever'' use of this method of scanning was seen in [[The New Forces Arrive!\|the first episode]] of [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)\|the ''Beast Wars II'' anime]], which debuted ~~around a~~ month ~~before~~ this comic was published.		* This comic is the first piece of English-language media to depict a Transformer [[scanning]] and replicating an alternate mode under their own power. All past media required them to use external scanning and rebuilding mechanisms to achieve this, but here, Cheetor is shown using the method that will become standard in pretty much all future ''Transformers'' series: a scanning beam is projected by his optics, and his body then reconfigures itself into its new form. The first ''ever'' use of this method of scanning was seen in [[The New Forces Arrive!\|the first episode]] of [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)\|the ''Beast Wars II'' anime]], which debuted earlier in the ''very same month'' this comic was published.

	===Errors===		===Errors===
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	===Other notes===		===Other notes===
	* This comic was ~~released~~ as part of an advertising promotion of the PlayStation/PC ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)\|Beast Wars]]'' video game in the UK.		* This comic was produced as part of an advertising promotion of the PlayStation/PC ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)\|Beast Wars]]'' video game in the UK and first saw print in April 1998 in several video game magazines cover-dated May 1998.
			* Magazines this comic is known to have appeared in include ''Computer and Video Games'' #198, ''GamesMaster'' #68, ''PC Zone'' #63 and ''PlayStation Plus'' #32.
	* Cheetor has quite a potty mouth in this comic.		* Cheetor has quite a potty mouth in this comic.

Chris McFeely at 20:54, 18 November 2021

2021-11-18T20:54:06Z

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]		[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]
	After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] scans the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".		After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".

	[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]		[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]
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	** Cheetor also seems to be in command of the Maximals here (or at least high enough in rank to give out orders), as well as being a bit on the psychotic side, threatening to mutilate Tarantulas during their battle (see above quote).		** Cheetor also seems to be in command of the Maximals here (or at least high enough in rank to give out orders), as well as being a bit on the psychotic side, threatening to mutilate Tarantulas during their battle (see above quote).
	* Energon is depicted not as a fuel which overcharges the Transformers, but as a Kryptonite-like substance ala [[Tox-En]] that is "'''lethal''' to Transformers, as it drains their power", though the scanning Beast Modes to protect oneself from energon's harmful effect is unchanged.		* Energon is depicted not as a fuel which overcharges the Transformers, but as a Kryptonite-like substance ala [[Tox-En]] that is "'''lethal''' to Transformers, as it drains their power", though the scanning Beast Modes to protect oneself from energon's harmful effect is unchanged.
	* This comic is the first piece of English-language media to depict a Transformer scanning and replicating an alternate mode under their own power. All past media required them to use external scanning and rebuilding mechanisms to achieve this, but here, Cheetor is shown using the method that will become standard in pretty much all future ''Transformers'' series: a scanning beam is projected by his optics, and his body then reconfigures itself into its new form. The first ''ever'' use of this method of scanning was seen in [[The New Forces Arrive!\|the first episode]] of [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)\|the ''Beast Wars II'' anime]], which debuted around a month before this comic was published.		* This comic is the first piece of English-language media to depict a Transformer [[scanning]] and replicating an alternate mode under their own power. All past media required them to use external scanning and rebuilding mechanisms to achieve this, but here, Cheetor is shown using the method that will become standard in pretty much all future ''Transformers'' series: a scanning beam is projected by his optics, and his body then reconfigures itself into its new form. The first ''ever'' use of this method of scanning was seen in [[The New Forces Arrive!\|the first episode]] of [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)\|the ''Beast Wars II'' anime]], which debuted around a month before this comic was published.

	===Errors===		===Errors===

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]		[[File:Cheetor-beastmodescan.jpg‎\|left\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|Cheetor casually picking up a Cheetah]]
	After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".		After a battle above the "[[Earth\|Planet Energon]]" between two warring factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacon]]s, a pair of scout ships, one from each side, crash-land onto the planet's surface. The Maximal ship lands in the jungle area of the planet and six Transformers emerge from the wreckage. Desperate for energy, the Maximals discover [[energon]] nearby, which they notice has no effects on the planet's indigenous lifeforms. [[Cheetor (BW)\|One Maximal]] [[scanning\|scans]] the form of a cheetah and becomes "Cheetor".

	[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=0.85]]		[[File:BWgameUK-Tarantulas.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=0.85\|Send my regards to the inferno!]]
	Elsewhere, the crash-landed Predacons also scan beast forms and [[Tarantulas (BW)\|one]] takes the form of a tarantula, becoming "Tarantalus" {{sic}}.		Elsewhere, the crash-landed Predacons also scan beast forms and [[Tarantulas (BW)\|one]] takes the form of a tarantula, becoming "Tarantalus" {{sic}}.