The Ascending issue 1

Behind the Beast Wars and between seconds, Razorbeast's Maximals fight Ravage's Decepticons. Template:Comicnav

Writer: Simon Furman
Penciler: Don Figueroa
Colorist: Mark Bristow
Inker: Andrew Elder & Jeong Joo Park
Letterer: Robbie Robbins
Edits by: Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor

• Release date: October 3, 2007 (interior date is August)
• Characters in oder of appearance: Killerpunch, Guiledart, Halfshell, Magmatron, Shokaract, Unicron, Razorbeast Prowl Wolfang, Grimlock, Manterror, Retrax, Lazorbeak, Injector, Jetstorm, Sky Shadow, Transquito, Buzz Saw, Scourge, Buzzclaw, Optimus Minor, Bonecrusher, Bantor, Snarl, Polar Claw (seen launching his "Cyberbat"), Air Hammer, Stinkbomb, Cybershark, Insecticon, Terragator, Powerpinch, Iguanus, Drill Bit, Spittor, Manta Ray, Torca, Ravage, B'Boom, Ramulus, Longrack, Stampy, Apache, Mach Kick, Lio Convoy, Drill Nuts, Drancron, Elephorca, Rartorata

Synopsis

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Beetlejuice--Beetlejuice--Beetlejuice!

Magmatron, shifted out of existence, monitors reality as a chronal ghost, able to access and witness all of time but interact with nothing.

In prehistoric times on Earth, Razorbeast, Prowl, and Wolfang consider their place on Earth, fighting Ravage, unsure if there's any chance of rescue.

Elsewhere, Grimlock gets into a battle with Retrax and Manterror, but the fight is just a diversion to draw Grimlock away from Razorbeast's Maximal base. Retrax detonates some explosives that signal the start to a large battle between the two armies.

While Torca kicks tons of ass outside, Ravage sneaks inside of the Maximal base to access the hardware that would allow himself to shift his place in time so that he might interact with Optimus Primal and Megatron's fight. Razorbeast stops Ravage and deduces from the desperation of the Predacon attack that Primal is close to winning conclusively. While Ravage explains, confirming the news and his intentions, Snarl slips into position to blast Ravage away from Razorbeast. The two Maximals knock the Predacon leader out.

Magmatron, watching the universe move forward, brings his attention back to the transwarp signal sent by the Maximals to request help from Cybertron. Although he's unable to interact with the physical world, he uses his temporal presence to escort the transwarp radio message though space to arrive at it's intended destination. With his aid, the signal reaches Lio Convoy on Cybertron. The Prime decides to aid his agent on Earth.

In another location, and perhaps another time, the Blentrons have unleashed Angolmois energy and Shokaract lives!

Items of note

Covers (4)

• Cover A: the left (Maximal) side of an image drawn by Don Figueroa and colored by Josh Burcham
• Cover B: the right (Predacon) side of the same images
• Cover RI-A: Sketch cover by Nick Roche
• Cover RI-B: Uncolored covers A and B combined into a single (wraparound) image

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