Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending

TPB cover

Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending is a comic book miniseries originally published in from October 2007 to January 2008 by IDW Publishing. It is a sequel to The Gathering.

Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending issues:
#1 | #2 | #3 | #4

Preceded by: The Gathering
Followed by: ???

Overview

Errors

• None yet identified.

Items of note

• Like its predecessor, the miniseries was reprinted in Titan's UK Transformers comic.
• North American direct market sales were 14,223 for #1, descending to 11,493 for #4 - half the sales of Gathering #4. Ouch. [1] Sales on the Titan reprint were higher [[2], ensuring an extra 20,000 readers saw the story.

Creative team

The Ascending, like its predecessor, was penned by Simon Furman and penciled by Don Figueroa. However, due to Don's hiatus from the Transformers franchise, Guido Guidi filled in on penciling duties for the final issue.

Collections

• Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending TPB (February 25, 2008) ISBN 1600101585 / ISBN 978-1600101588

Bonus features includes the covers from each issue.

• Transformers: Beast Wars Omnibus (March 25, 2009) ISBN 1600103901 / ISBN 978-1600103902

Also contains The Gathering and the Beast Wars Sourcebook.