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	* '''Cover B:''' The Maximals, by [[Freddie E. Williams II]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]		* '''Cover B:''' The Maximals, by [[Freddie E. Williams II]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]
	* '''Cover RI:''' Strike a pose, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]		* '''Cover RI:''' Strike a pose, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]
			* '''Cover RE:''' by [[Redcode]]

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	* In addition to the long-running "Maximal Mailbag" feature, backmatter for this issue also includes artist Josh Burcham's concept art for [[Razorbeast]].		* In addition to the long-running "Maximal Mailbag" feature, backmatter for this issue also includes artist Josh Burcham's concept art for [[Razorbeast]].

	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (4)===
	* '''Cover A:''' Fly the friendly skies, by [[Anna Malkova]]		* '''Cover A:''' Fly the friendly skies, by [[Anna Malkova]]
	* '''Cover B:''' The Maximals, by [[Freddie E. Williams II]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]		* '''Cover B:''' The Maximals, by [[Freddie E. Williams II]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]

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	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===
	* '''Cover A:''' Fly the friendly skies, by [[Anna Malkova]]		* '''Cover A:''' Fly the friendly skies, by [[Anna Malkova]]
	* '''Cover B:''' The Maximals, by [[Freddie Williams]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]		* '''Cover B:''' The Maximals, by [[Freddie E. Williams II]] and [[Jeremy Colwell]]
	* '''Cover RI:''' Strike a pose, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]		* '''Cover RI:''' Strike a pose, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]

Smasher at 22:09, 5 March 2024

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	* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.		* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.
	* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{citesocial\|quote=Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring 😏\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{citesocial\|quote=Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring 😏\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on ~~how~~ her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=12\|day=27\|(defunct=)}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{citesocial\|quote=That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460756681718181889\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=12\|day=27\|(defunct=)}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{citesocial\|quote=That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460756681718181889\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.		* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.
	* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.		* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.

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	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===
	* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.		* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.
	* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{~~twitter~~\|Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring\|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|Josh Burcham\|2021\|11\|16}}</ref>		* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{citesocial\|quote=Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring 😏\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on how her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{~~twitter~~\|I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|Josh Burcham\|2021\|12\|27}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{~~twitter~~\|That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/~~1460713713804140557~~\|Josh Burcham\|2021\|11\|16}}</ref>		* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on how her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=12\|day=27\|(defunct=)}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{citesocial\|quote=That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460756681718181889\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.		* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.
	* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.		* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.

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Quotes

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	Blackarachnia: Wait, what's that sound?<br>		'''Blackarachnia''': Wait, what's that sound?<br>
	Terrorsaur: I don't hear anything.<br>		'''Terrorsaur''': I don't hear anything.<br>
	Waspinator: I do... It'zzz '''familiar'''. I-- --! '''Everybody down! Now!'''<br>		'''Waspinator''': I do... It'zzz '''familiar'''. I-- --! '''Everybody down! Now!'''<br>
	<cue missile strike><br>		<cue missile strike><br>
	:—'''Waspinator''' recognizes the sound of impending doom		:—'''Waspinator''' recognizes the sound of impending doom

Usfmm at 06:54, 7 October 2022

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	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	* '''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' Volume 2''' <small>([[June 29]], 2022) ISBN 1684059038 / ISBN 978-1684059034</small>		* '''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' Volume 2''' <small>([[June 29]], [[2022]]) ISBN 1684059038 / ISBN 978-1684059034</small>
	** Collects ''Beast Wars'' issues #7–12.		** Collects ''Beast Wars'' issues #7–12.
	** Bonus material includes alternate covers, and an one-page sketch by Burcham.		** Bonus material includes alternate covers, and an one-page sketch by Burcham.

Usfmm at 06:52, 7 October 2022

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	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	* '''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' Volume 2''' <small>([[June 29]], [[2022]]) ISBN 1684059038 / ISBN 978-1684059034</small>		* '''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' Volume 2''' <small>([[June 29]], 2022) ISBN 1684059038 / ISBN 978-1684059034</small>
	**Collects #7–12.		** Collects ''Beast Wars'' issues #7–12.
	**Bonus material ~~currently unknown, most likely~~ alternate covers.		** Bonus material includes alternate covers, and an one-page sketch by Burcham.

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Advertisements: reprints

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	===Advertisements===		===Advertisements===
	* Pop Insider Holiday Gift Guide		* Pop Insider Holiday Gift Guide

			===Reprints===
			* '''''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' Volume 2''' <small>([[June 29]], [[2022]]) ISBN 1684059038 / ISBN 978-1684059034</small>
			**Collects #7–12.
			**Bonus material currently unknown, most likely alternate covers.

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			IDW-BW-vol2.jpg\|'''''Beast Wars''''', Vol 2; cover art by [[John Yurcaba]]
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	==References==		==References==

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	* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.		* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.
	* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{citesocial\|quote=Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring 😏\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{citesocial\|quote=Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring 😏\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on ~~how~~ her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=12\|day=27\|(defunct=)}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{citesocial\|quote=That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460756681718181889\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>		* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=12\|day=27\|(defunct=)}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{citesocial\|quote=That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460756681718181889\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.		* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.
	* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.		* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.

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	* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.		* It probably goes without saying that the mysterious vessel in the Upsilonus Belt is, of course, the original [[Voyager spacecraft\|''Voyager'' space probe]], which carried the Golden Disk into interstellar space in both real life and in the original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The idea that the probe ''itself'' travelled through transwarp, however, didn't originate with the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but shares some conceptual DNA with the recent ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)\|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, which showed a time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] flinging the disk back in time to a younger Megatron in an attempt to change the past.
	* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{~~twitter~~\|Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring\|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|Josh Burcham\|2021\|11\|16}}</ref>		* The asteroid miner who stumbles across the ''Voyager'' space probe is based on [[Landmine_(Energon)#Energon\|''Energon'' Landmine]]. While the greyscale flashback makes it impossible to tell which version of the character he's supposed to be, artist [[Josh Burcham]] clarified that it's meant to be a Generation 1 version of the American-exclusive character [[Landquake (Energon)\|Landquake]].<ref name="joshlandquake">{{citesocial\|quote=Good eye! That's actually Landquake(cuz he's an emerging miner!), the repaint, but it's hard to tell with the flashback coloring 😏\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460731428136652800\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on how her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{~~twitter~~\|I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|Josh Burcham\|2021\|12\|27}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{~~twitter~~\|That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/~~1460713713804140557~~\|Josh Burcham\|2021\|11\|16}}</ref>		* The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''-original character [[Botanica (BM)\|Botanica]] makes an appearance on two, although she's sporting a humanoid body based on how her brief appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' magazine comic. She's accompanied by another Maximal who's using Rattrap's Cybertronian body from [[Savage Landing Part 1\|issue #1]]; according to Burcham, this is actually the ''Uprising''-original character [[Labrat]].<ref name="joshreptilion"/> Also present is Wheeljack, sporting the design of [[Wheeljack (Animated)\|'' Transformers Animated'' Wheeljack]]<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=I even just straight up used his design for Wheeljack in issue 10. My love for the work Derrick did is pretty unabashed and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even like to think that some alternate version of TFA kinda sets up the backstory for our Beast Wars comic-\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584556749275137\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=12\|day=27\|(defunct=)}}</ref> instead of the Generation 1-based design his statues had in issue #1, and a coneheaded Predacon who leaks news of their findings to the young Galavar. Although he's not named in the issue, Burcham has clarified that this is a new version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)\|Universe]]'' character [[Reptilion]] and not the ''Beast Wars'' character [[Iguanus (BW)\|Iguanus]].<ref name="joshreptilion">{{citesocial\|quote=That mystery bot is Reptilion! [And thats not actually Rattrap but his transmetal repaint Labrat<nowiki>]</nowiki>\|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1460756681718181889\|name=Josh Burcham\|site=Twitter\|year=2021\|month=11\|day=16\|(defunct=)}}</ref>
	* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.		* A passerby on page one of panel four appears to be based on [[Soundwave (WFC)\|''Prime'' Soundwave]] with a new head.
	* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.		* While bickering with Dinobot, Rattrap sardonically implores him to "kiss [his] [[Anatomic euphemism\|skidplate]]", an insult lifted from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)\|the first episode]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.