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{{Comicstory|
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Gathering|''Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering'']] #4
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'' #4
|prev=The Gathering issue 3
|prev=The Gathering issue 3
|next=The Ascending issue 1
|next=The Ascending issue 1
|title=
|title=
|image=Thegathering4a.jpg
|image=Thegathering4a.jpg
|caption=Me Grimlock star in musical called [[JaAm|life is pain]]. Percussions: Predacons.
|caption=Me Grimlock star in musical called life is pain. Percussions: Predacons.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 10]], 2006
|date=[[May 10]], 2006
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|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars cartoon continuity]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars cartoon continuity]]
}}
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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Sky Shadow locates the [[Maximal|Maximals]]' base, and Ravage moves in.  
[[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]] locates the [[Maximal]]s' base, and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] moves in.  


Grimlock tears through Drill Bit and Iguanus, then engages Magmatron. Optimus Minor takes advantage of the distraction and steals a small device.
[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tears through [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], then engages [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]]. [[Optimus Minor]] takes advantage of the distraction and steals a [[chronal phase facilitator|chronal phase armband]].


Snarl fixes the transwarp signal amplifier, using the spare parts he gathered from the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''.
[[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] fixes the transwarp signal amplifier, using the spare parts he gathered from the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''.


Magmatron's triple dinosaur modes finally overpower Grimlock, knocking him unconscious. Magmatron returns his attention to sending Megatron through the transwarp shunt back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].  
Magmatron's triple dinosaur modes finally overpower Grimlock, knocking him unconscious. Magmatron returns his attention to sending [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] through the transwarp shunt back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].  


Ravage and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] have gathered outside the Maximals' cave. As the Maximals finally prepare to send a warning signal to Cybertron, the Predacons attack. Bonecrusher], B'Boom, Ramulus, and Wolfang rush off to face the threat while Snarl tries to get the signal off.
Ravage and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] have gathered outside the Maximals' cave. As the Maximals finally prepare to send a warning signal to Cybertron, the Predacons attack. [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]], [[B'Boom]], [[Ramulus]], and [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] rush off to face the threat while Snarl tries to get the signal off.


Razorbeast, meanwhile, reveals himself to Magmatron. The smaller Maximal quickly gains the upper hand by altering his chronal placement.  
[[Razorbeast]], meanwhile, reveals himself to Magmatron. The smaller Maximal quickly gains the upper hand by altering his chronal placement.  


The Predacons outnumber the small band of Maximals, and round them up. But just in time, Torca and the rest of the wayward Maximals arrive and battle the Predacons.
The Predacons outnumber the small band of Maximals, and round them up. But just in time, [[Torca (BW)|Torca]] and the rest of the wayward Maximals arrive and battle the Predacons.


Back at Magmatron's camp, Razorbeast's scuffle is the perfect distraction for Optimus Minor to reach the prone Megatron and attach the device, shifting the rogue Predacon back into his native chronal phase. Magmatron is outraged and reaches for Minor, who is sitting on the Transwarp device. The agile Maximal avoids Magmatron's advance, and Razorbeast sends Magmatron through the shunt.
Back at Magmatron's camp, Razorbeast's scuffle is the perfect distraction for Optimus Minor to reach the prone Megatron and attach the device, shifting the rogue Predacon back into his native chronal phase. Magmatron is outraged and reaches for Minor, who is sitting on the Transwarp device. The agile Maximal avoids Magmatron's advance, and Razorbeast sends Magmatron through the shunt.


At the Maximals' cave, the Predacons have been beaten, and they retreat. Torca assists in freeing Snarl from the collapsed cave. Snarl has managed to send off the signal, but there's no way of knowing if it was received. While Ravage and the Predacons regroup, the Maximals settle in, building a new base. Razorbeast mulls over his decision to "rescue" Megatron, but Prowl insists that they must concentrate on their own Beast War.
At the Maximals' cave, the Predacons have been beaten, and they retreat. Torca assists in freeing Snarl from the collapsed cave. Snarl has managed to send off the signal, but there's no way of knowing if it was received. While Ravage and the Predacons regroup, the Maximals settle in, building a new base. Razorbeast mulls over his decision to "rescue" Megatron, but [[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl]] insists that they must concentrate on their own [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Optimus Minor]] (3)
{{collist|2|
* [[Razorbeast]] (4)
*[[Razorbeast]] (3)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Optimus Minor]] (4)
* [[B'Boom]] (10)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (7)
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] (11)
*[[B'Boom]] (10)
* [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] (12
*[[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] (11)
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] (13)
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] (12)
* [[Air Hammer]] (27)
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] (13)
* [[Armordillo]] (28)
*[[Ramulus]] (22)
* [[Bantor]] (29)
*[[Nightglider|Night Glider]] (29)
* [[Claw Jaw]] (30)
*[[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] (30)
* [[Cybershark]] (31)
*[[Armordillo (BW)|Armordillo]] (31)
* [[K-9]] (32)
*[[Torca (BW)|Torca]] (32)
* [[Night Glider]] (33)
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl]] (33)
* [[Noctorro]] (34)
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] (34)
* [[Polar Claw]] (35)
*[[Claw Jaw]] (35)
* [[Prowl II]] (36)
*[[Bantor (BW)|Bantor]] (36)
* [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] (37)
*[[Noctorro]] (37)
* [[Stinkbomb]] (38)
*[[Cybershark]] (38)
* [[Torca]] (39)
*[[Stinkbomb]] (39)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (40)
*[[Polar Claw]] (40)
* [[Optimus Primal]] (41)
*[[K-9]] (41)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (42)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (42)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (43)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (44)}}
 
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
* [[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]] (1)
{{collist|2|
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (2)
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]] (1)
* [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] (5)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (2)
* [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] (7)
*[[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] (5)
* [[Magmatron]] (8)
*[[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] (6)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] (8)
* [[Manterror]] (14)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (9)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] (15)
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] (14)
* [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]] (16)
*[[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] (15)
* [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]] (17)
*[[Manterror]] (16)
* [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] (18)
*[[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]] (17)
* [[Snapper]] (19)
*[[Snapper]] (18)
* [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] (20)
*[[Terragator]] (19)
* [[Terragator]] (21)
*[[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]] (20)
* [[Buzz Saw]] (22)
*[[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] (21)
* [[Lazorbeak]] (23)
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] (23)
* [[Injector]] (24)
*[[Lazorbeak]] (24)
* [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]] (25)
*[[Injector (BW)|Injector]] (25)
* [[Scarem]] (26)
*[[Jetstorm (BW)|Jetstorm]] (26)
*[[Scarem]] (27)
*[[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]] (28)}}
}}
 
 
 
 
==Quotes==
"Always the same. Go into stasis, wake up grouchy. Nothing personal, just got to work it ''out'' of system!"
:—'''Grimlock'''
 


|c4=
"After ''all'' we've been through, you don't have time to say ''goodbye?''"<br>
"''Razorbeast'', for you... I'll ''make'' time!"
:—'''Razorbeast''' challenges '''Magmatron'''


|c5=


}}
"I had him [Megatron] at my ''mercy'', Prowl, I could have ended his threat ''forever''. I was taught to respect the timeline, ''not'' to tamper. But I was ''sorely'' tempted."
:—'''Razorbeast'''


==Notes==
==Notes==
* The "Maxi-Mail" section featured mail answered by Chris Ryall and short ads for next month's issues: [[Infiltration issue 6|''Infiltration'' #6]], [[Hearts of Steel|''Hearts of Steel'' #1]], and [[Generations (comic reprints)|''Generations'' #4]].
===Production notes===
* Obviously Furman's going to bring in Grimlock if you give him the chance!
* The "Maxi-Mail" section featured mail answered by Chris Ryall and short ads for next month's issues: [[Infiltration issue 6|''Infiltration'' #6]], [[Hearts of Steel|''Hearts of Steel'' #1]], and [[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|''Generations'' #4]].
 
===Continuity notes===
* It's quite abrupt that the other Maximals just happen to show up in time but we had seen a "Maximal militia" gathering in #1 and #2.
* Torca reveals the Maximals have been gathering "for ''days'' now", confirming how long this story's been going on for. This also means that [[The Gathering issue 1|Issue #1]] began a few days before "[[Changing of the Guard]]", since the bulk of this issue's story takes place between the last two scenes of that episode.
* The final page is set "two weeks later" and shows that Megatron is now in dragon form, which places everything between "Changing of the Guard" and "[[Master Blaster]]" into a two-week timeframe. That seems a bit short but that's what the comic says!
* Razorbeast being assured he did the right thing in sparing Megatron is [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|dripping with dramatic irony]].


===Errors===
===Errors===
*Razorbeast's decision not to destroy the hapless Megatron because of "respect [for] the timeline" makes more sense from a real-world perspective than in-fiction. When the comic was published, the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] had ended seven years earlier. Razorbeast's comment seems in line with [[Simon Furman|the writer]]'s desire to leave the original continuity unaffected by his new story. However, within the fiction, Razorbeast was Megatron's contemporary; when Razorbeast left his future Cybertron, the Beast Warriors had not yet returned. Megatron was still as much in the process of "tampering" with the timestream as Razorbeast was. The logic of time-travel is dicey at best in the Transformers multiverse, but this situation would seem to afford Razorbeast a lot more leeway than he gave himself.
*Grimlock was part of the Axalon crew manifest, which means the Beast Wars cast had a famous historical figure somewhere out there in a statis pod and never at any point mentioned it?
*Razorbeast's decision not to destroy the hapless Megatron because of "respect [for] the timeline" makes more sense from a real-world perspective than in-fiction. When the comic was published, the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] had ended seven years earlier. Razorbeast's comment seems in line with [[Simon Furman|the writer]]'s desire to leave the original continuity unaffected by his new story. However, within the fiction, Razorbeast was Megatron's contemporary; when Razorbeast left his future Cybertron, the Beast Warriors had not yet returned. Megatron was still as much in the process of "tampering" with the timestream as Razorbeast was. The logic of time-travel is dicey at best in the Transformers multiverse, but this situation would seem to afford Razorbeast a lot more leeway than he gave himself.


===Covers (6)===
===Covers (6)===
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===Reprints===
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*2007 — ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa]]''
<small>Other than [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering#Collections|reprints of the full series]]</small>
 
* '''''[[The Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa]]''''' <small>([[August 1]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100813 / ISBN 978-1600100819</small>
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:*Other material was mainly related to the [[Transformers (film)|2007 Movie]].
 
* '''''[[Transformers: Best of the Beasts]]''''' <small>([[July 13]], [[2022]])</small>
:*Reprints ''The Gathering'' #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>
File:BestofDon.jpg|'''''Best of Don Figueroa'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (duh) and [[Alan Wang]]
File:Tf mag 10 2008.JPG|'''''Transformers Comic'' #10'''; cover art by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Kris Carter]]
File:Tf mag 11 2008.JPG|'''''Transformers Comic'' #11'''; cover art by [[Gary Erskine]] and [[Chris Sotomayor]]
File:Tf mag 12 2008.JPG|'''''Transformers Comic'' #12'''; cover art by [[Barry Spiers]] and [[Jason Cardy]]
File:Tf mag 13 2008.JPG|'''''Transformers Comic'' #13'''; cover art by Gary Erskine and Jason Cardy
File:BestOfTheBeasts cvr.jpg|'''''Transformers: Best of the Beasts'''''; cover art by [[James Biggie]]
</gallery>
 


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« Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering #4 »

Me Grimlock star in musical called life is pain. Percussions: Predacons.
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published May 10, 2006
Cover date May 2006
Written by Simon Furman
Sript [sic] consultant Ben Yee
Art by Don Figueroa
Colors by Josh Burcham
Letters by Tom B. Long
Edits by Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor
Continuity Beast Wars cartoon continuity

Magmatron's plans go awry when Grimlock attacks! Ravage's troops locate the Maximals' base.

Synopsis

[edit]

Sky Shadow locates the Maximals' base, and Ravage moves in.

Grimlock tears through Drill Bit and Iguanus, then engages Magmatron. Optimus Minor takes advantage of the distraction and steals a chronal phase armband.

Snarl fixes the transwarp signal amplifier, using the spare parts he gathered from the Ark.

Magmatron's triple dinosaur modes finally overpower Grimlock, knocking him unconscious. Magmatron returns his attention to sending Megatron through the transwarp shunt back to Cybertron.

Ravage and the Predacons have gathered outside the Maximals' cave. As the Maximals finally prepare to send a warning signal to Cybertron, the Predacons attack. Bonecrusher, B'Boom, Ramulus, and Wolfang rush off to face the threat while Snarl tries to get the signal off.

Razorbeast, meanwhile, reveals himself to Magmatron. The smaller Maximal quickly gains the upper hand by altering his chronal placement.

The Predacons outnumber the small band of Maximals, and round them up. But just in time, Torca and the rest of the wayward Maximals arrive and battle the Predacons.

Back at Magmatron's camp, Razorbeast's scuffle is the perfect distraction for Optimus Minor to reach the prone Megatron and attach the device, shifting the rogue Predacon back into his native chronal phase. Magmatron is outraged and reaches for Minor, who is sitting on the Transwarp device. The agile Maximal avoids Magmatron's advance, and Razorbeast sends Magmatron through the shunt.

At the Maximals' cave, the Predacons have been beaten, and they retreat. Torca assists in freeing Snarl from the collapsed cave. Snarl has managed to send off the signal, but there's no way of knowing if it was received. While Ravage and the Predacons regroup, the Maximals settle in, building a new base. Razorbeast mulls over his decision to "rescue" Megatron, but Prowl insists that they must concentrate on their own Beast Wars.

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Maximals Predacons



Quotes

[edit]

"Always the same. Go into stasis, wake up grouchy. Nothing personal, just got to work it out of system!"

—Grimlock


"After all we've been through, you don't have time to say goodbye?"
"Razorbeast, for you... I'll make time!"

—Razorbeast challenges Magmatron


"I had him [Megatron] at my mercy, Prowl, I could have ended his threat forever. I was taught to respect the timeline, not to tamper. But I was sorely tempted."

—Razorbeast

Notes

[edit]

Production notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • It's quite abrupt that the other Maximals just happen to show up in time but we had seen a "Maximal militia" gathering in #1 and #2.
  • Torca reveals the Maximals have been gathering "for days now", confirming how long this story's been going on for. This also means that Issue #1 began a few days before "Changing of the Guard", since the bulk of this issue's story takes place between the last two scenes of that episode.
  • The final page is set "two weeks later" and shows that Megatron is now in dragon form, which places everything between "Changing of the Guard" and "Master Blaster" into a two-week timeframe. That seems a bit short but that's what the comic says!
  • Razorbeast being assured he did the right thing in sparing Megatron is dripping with dramatic irony.

Errors

[edit]
  • Grimlock was part of the Axalon crew manifest, which means the Beast Wars cast had a famous historical figure somewhere out there in a statis pod and never at any point mentioned it?
  • Razorbeast's decision not to destroy the hapless Megatron because of "respect [for] the timeline" makes more sense from a real-world perspective than in-fiction. When the comic was published, the Beast Wars cartoon had ended seven years earlier. Razorbeast's comment seems in line with the writer's desire to leave the original continuity unaffected by his new story. However, within the fiction, Razorbeast was Megatron's contemporary; when Razorbeast left his future Cybertron, the Beast Warriors had not yet returned. Megatron was still as much in the process of "tampering" with the timestream as Razorbeast was. The logic of time-travel is dicey at best in the Transformers multiverse, but this situation would seem to afford Razorbeast a lot more leeway than he gave himself.

Covers (6)

[edit]
  • Cover A: Magmatron vs Grimlock by Don Figueroa
  • Cover B: Ravage by Nick Roche
  • Cover C: Magmatron beast modes vs Razorbeast by Nick Roche
  • Cover D: Magmatron by Guido Guidi
  • Cover RI-A: Foil stamped cover D
  • Cover RI-B: Uncolored cover A
  • Cover B
    Cover B
  • Cover C
    Cover C
  • Cover D
    Cover D

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Reprints

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Other than reprints of the full series

  • Reprinted The Gathering issue 4 over the space of 4 issues.
  • Other material was mainly related to the 2007 Movie.
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