Beast Wars' End Confirms the One Transformer Who Can Replace Megatron
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.
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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. Wood. Although never officially stated, Blackarachnia clearly steps into the leadership role after the Maximals leave in search of Megatron. When one of her comrades asks about what they should do about their former leader, she is the one who answers before laying out a multistep plan on what needs to be done. In addition to representing and speaking for her comrades during negotiations with Optimus Prime, Blackarachnia is the one who discovers how they can finally leave the planet.
Although Blackarachnia is devious enough to lead, the only other contenders for the position were either Waspinator, Skold, or the recently recruited Inferno who
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