Both sides end up travelling through time and crashing on a mysterious world. The series is inspired by the animated series but set in a different continuity.Ĭenturies after the end of the Great War, a small squadron of Maximals - the Autobots' descendants - pursue a team of Predacons - the Decepticons' descendants - who have stolen a spacecraft and an Ancient Artifact known as the Golden Disk. It is written by Eric Burnham ( Ghostbusters, Transformers/Ghostbusters), with art by Josh Burcham ( Transformers: More than Meets the Eye). Transformers: Beast Wars is a comic book launched by IDW Publishing in 2021, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Beast Wars animated series.