Warning! Spoilers ahead for Transformers: Beast Wars #17! The final issue of Beast Wars shows one Transformer taking over the Predacons once Megatron disappears, but whether or not she can truly replace the iconic Predacon leader will never be fully realized.
IDW Publishing's opportunity to explore this possibility ended prematurely when it was announced that the publisher lost the rights to Transformers and Beast Wars, among others, to a currently undisclosed competitor.
Although the series' creators decided to conclude their series with a cliffhanger, it's highly unlikely that whatever imprint purchased the licenses from Hasbro will continue IDW's compelling story.
Related: Beast Wars is Turning One Transformer Into an Absolute Monster Megatron's replacement, whether temporary or permanent, is revealed to be the treacherous Transformer Blackarachnia after the Maximal Rattrap fires a special beam of energy that sends the former Predacon leader through time to either the past or present, in Transformers: Beast Wars #17 by writer Erik Burnham, artist Josh Bucham and letterer Jake M.
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