List of Japanese Beast Wars comics

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The Japanese Beast Wars franchise has received a relatively conservative body of comics for a franchise its size, largely concentrated in one continuous run in Comic Bom Bom written and illustrated by Shōji Imaki. They include:

Comic Bom Bom

"Volume 1" - Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers

Japanese Generation 1 continuity « Beast Wars II » Toyline Cartoon Comic Guidebook Commercials BW Special short Arcade game Board game Stage show Sausage

"Volume 2" - Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo

Japanese Generation 1 continuity « Beast Wars Neo » Toyline Cartoon Comic Commercials Duel Fight BW Video Game

"Volume 3" - Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals

Japanese Generation 1 continuity « Beast Wars Metals » Toyline Cartoon Comic Commercials Transmetals Video Game (N64) Transmetals Video Game (PS)

Collections

• Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers Volume 1 (November, 1998)
• Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers Volume 2 (March, 1999)
• Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (December 6, 1999)
• Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (July 3, 2015)

• Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers Volume 1; art by Shōji Imaki
  Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers Volume 1; art by Shōji Imaki
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  Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers Volume 2; art by Shōji Imaki
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  Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo; art by Shōji Imaki
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  Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals; art by Shōji Imaki

Post-series releases

• Scorching Heat Showdown

Miscellaneous short comics

• The Maximal Brainwashing Operation
• Trembling Beast Land

English language comics

Bizarrely, about a third of the comics associated with the Japanese Beast Wars franchise are the product of US publisher IDW Publishing's radical re-imagining of the series to more closely align with its American counterpart.

Collections

• Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering (August 16, 2006)
• Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering Manga (March 14, 2007)
• Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending (February 13, 2008)
• Transformers: Beast Wars Omnibus (March 24, 2009)
• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 93: Beast Wars: The Gathering (June 17, 2020)
• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 94: Beast Wars: The Ascending (September 9, 2020)

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  Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering; art by Don Figueroa
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  Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering Manga; lineart by Don Figueroa, colors by Josh Perez
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  Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending; lineart by Don Figueroa, colors by Josh Perez
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  Transformers: Beast Wars Omnibus; lineart by Don Figueroa, colors by Josh Burcham
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  Definitive G1 Collection Volume 93: Beast Wars: The Gathering; cover art by Don Figueroa
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  Definitive G1 Collection Volume 94: Beast Wars: The Ascending; cover art by Don Figueroa