The Gathering issue 1
Magmatron initializes his plans to build an army to conquer Cybertron, and the Maximal Razorbeast must stop him.
Beast Wars: The Gathering issue #1
Script: Simon Furman
Art: Don Figueroa
Lettering: Tom B. Long
Colors: Josh Burcham
Editor: Chris Ryall and Dan Taylor
- Major characters (in order of appearance): Magmatron, Razorbeast
- Originally published: March 2006
Synopsis
Magmatron and his Predacons set down on prehistoric Earth, in the midst of the Beast Wars. Razorbeast sets up a transmitter array which will activate the Axalon's abandoned stasis pods. Magmatron sends his troops to report on the results.
Depth Charge suddenly appears, but Magmatron reminds Drill Bit that his team has been chronally displaced, rendering them invisible to the rest of the beast warriors.
Flashing back to Cybertron, Magmatron has gathered a group of disenchanted Predacons. He promises victory over the opressive Maximal regime as well as the stagnant Tripredacus Council. Tripredacus Agent Ravage sends tactical planetary scans to Magmatron, presumably of ancient Earth. Razorbeast seeks to go undercover to learn what Magmatron is planning.
Back on Earth, in the "present", Razorbeast sends the signal, waking up the multutude of Maximal stasis pods scattered across Earth. Most of Magmatron's troops report in, confirming that the new Transformers are indeed Predacons. Spittor, however, is attacked by a newly-roused Maximal, Polar Claw. This reveals Razorbeast as a traitor, and the Maxiamal rushes off to gather his own troops. Magmatron, eager to complete his plan, sends his Predacons into battle.
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Items of note
- The main story takes place early in the third season Beast Wars cartoon. The flashback sequences take place on Cybertron sometime after the Triprecacus Council dispatched Ravage to Earth.
