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Laser Beasts comic: I translated most of that comic years ago for some Battle Beasts forum; lost the script when my computer crashed --Spengs
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==Beastformers/Battle Beasts fiction==
==Beastformers/Battle Beasts fiction==
===''Laser Beasts'' comic===
===''Beastformers'' manga===
Tens of thousands of years ago, the [[Three Wise Men]] (later to be known as the God Beasts) crash-landed on planet [[Beast (G1)|Beast]] and quickly discovered that they could not survive due to the planet's incredible temperature, lack of water and virtually no breathable atmosphere.  Immediately, they located a cave and chose to live underground where they could survive somehow.  Using their incredible knowledge, they created three machines capable of unfathomable destruction which they dubbed "Hunters".  They used the Hunters to build a vast subterranean empire, but fearing the destructive power of the Hunters, had all three units separated and hidden across the globe.  Later, they developed a new kind of lifeform, the '''Laser Beast'''.  Using a lens located in its chest, the Laser Beast could absorb artificial solar energy and power itself.
At some point, the [[Three Wise Ones]] in their underground empire created the [[Laser Beast]]s based on the Beastformers who had evolved on the surface.


20014 years later, the underground civilization of the Laser Beasts eventually succumbed to over-mechanization, destroying their own environment and causing a rift between the once-peaceful citizens.  A group of Laser Beasts, fearing the new hostilities, chose to leave the subterranean empire and journey to the surface for the first time ever.  Surviving the journey, the Laser Beasts found the surface of Beast to have changed drastically since when the Three Wise Men founded their civilization, as it was now a jungle brimming with life.  Almost immediately after their arrival, a great natural disaster flooded the subterranean empire of the Laser Beasts, destroying their city.  The surviving Laser Beasts then chose to travel to the surface of Beast, albeit reluctantly.
Thousands of years later, the Laser Beasts' habitat fell into disrepair and the race was forced to relocate to the surface of the planet. Unknown to the Laser Beasts, the surface of Beast was already inhabited: by the Beastformers! The Laser Beasts and the Beastformers then clashed in a massive battle, deciding which Beast lifeform would rule the surface of Planet Beast! {{storylink|Legend of the Three Wise Ones}}
 
Unknown to the Laser Beasts, the surface of Beast was already inhabited: by the Beastformers! The Laser Beasts and the Beastformers then clashed in a massive battle, deciding which Beast lifeform would rule the surface of Planet Beast!
{{storylink|Legend of the Three Wise Ones}}


===Blackthorne ''Battle Beasts'' comics===
===Blackthorne ''Battle Beasts'' comics===

Revision as of 22:48, 17 October 2011

This article is about the species. For the franchise, see Beastformers.
Adorably vicious

The Beastformers (ビーストフォーマー Bīsutofōmā) are a species of anthropomorphic animals that reside on the planet Beast.

Transformers fiction

Japanese cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

A bucolic Sylvanian... er, Beastformer family, before the Decepticons invaded.

The Autobots came into contact with two refugee Beastformers who were seeking help. They said that their world, planet Beast, was a happy and peaceful one ruled by a just hereditary monarchy of lions (what else?) until the Decepticons invaded and helped the enemy forces of Alligatron take control. To all appearances, this tragedy changed their society from a girls' toy brand to a boys' toy brand. The Autobots traveled to Beast inside of Fortress Maximus and helped the good Beastformers free planet Beast from Decepticon tyranny. Rodimus Prime left the Monsterbots behind to protect the planet from any future Decepticon incursions.

After Scorponok blew up Cybertron and Rodimus Prime departed to find a new homeworld, the Monsterbots rejoined the Autobot forces under Fortress Maximus. This led to further suffering for the Beastformers as the Decepticons invaded again (see below) and Scorponok took many of them to the planet Zarak as slaves to build him a giant transtector. Smooth move, Monsterbots. Rebellion on Planet Beast

The Headmasters comic

Once again, the Decepticons teamed up with Alligatron to take over planet Beast. The good Beastformers under the command of White Leo (with help from human-turned Beastformer, Kane) sent for assistance from the Autobots, who arrived to help defeat the Decepticons and Alligatron. Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!

Dreamwave Generation 1 comics

While hunting down the rogue Predacons, Megatron's search brought him to planet Beest during the middle of a battle amongst the Beastformers. Welcome to the Jungle

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Beastformers acting as Unicron's antibodies.

In order to keep the planet-devouring chaos god Unicron from munching Earth, Flint and Cosmos traveled within the giant's body in order to deliver a devastating payload of metal-eating spores to his brain. Flint and Cosmos were stalled by Unicron's antibodies, in the form of mind-controlled Beastformers. Flint and Cosmos fought past the Beastformers and defeated Unicron with the fungus. Whether this freed the enslaved Beastformers or not remains unclear. However, Joe Colton is charged with leading a mission to Unicron's dead body in order to bring assistance to its residents (presumably the Beastformers). Black Horizon Part 2

Beastformers/Battle Beasts fiction

Beastformers manga

At some point, the Three Wise Ones in their underground empire created the Laser Beasts based on the Beastformers who had evolved on the surface.

Thousands of years later, the Laser Beasts' habitat fell into disrepair and the race was forced to relocate to the surface of the planet. Unknown to the Laser Beasts, the surface of Beast was already inhabited: by the Beastformers! The Laser Beasts and the Beastformers then clashed in a massive battle, deciding which Beast lifeform would rule the surface of Planet Beast! Legend of the Three Wise Ones

Blackthorne Battle Beasts comics

The cover of Blackthorne Battle Beasts #1

The Battle Beasts did get some outside fiction in the U.S., in the form of a short-lived (four issues) Blackthorne black-and-white comic book. Good luck finding it.

The comic is set on an unnamed planet inhabited by sentient, armored animals, each imbued with the power of one of the three elements: water, fire, and wood. Their powers and the health of their world are maintained by the Soulspirit, a ghostly figure that—strangely for a planet of talking animals—appears to be human. By keeping her animal charges and their nature totems in harmony, the Soulspirit helps maintain a balance that prevents the return of her ancient enemy—Ruhin, the sludgy lord of chaos. An evil plot by the totem-switching, mind-controlling crimelord Chameleon, and his minions Blitzkrieg Bat, Rocky Rhino, and Cutthroat Cuttlefish, disrupts the Soulspirit's planetary totem renewal ritual: the subsequent psychic totem disruption drives every creature on the planet insane and makes them start viciously attacking each other. The only beasts spared from this madness are Chameleon's forces and a small group of heroes (Horny Toad, Knight Owl, and Gargantuan Gorilla) who had already tried and failed to stop him. With their world now plunged into madness and nonstop war, the heroic faction must journey to find the one being on the planet—the near-mythical Sunburst Warrior—who can restore the harmony and sanity of the Battle Beasts. But they must hurry, because the disruption of the balance of nature has also revived the evil Ruhin!