Mirage (Transformers) first to rush into battle, Mirage was destroyed by a flamethrower to his neck; his death was soon avenged in battle by Ironhide. Mirage is one of the light blue robots in the 2010 card game "Monopoly Deal Transformers". The first truly new, different character to bear the name of Mirage appeared in the 1999 "Beast Machines" toyline, a portent of the frequent reuse the name would soon receive. A member of the evil Vehicons, with the requisite (albeit stylised and alien) racing car alternate mode, this Mirage did not appear in the accompanying animated series, but was characterised as
The Transformers (IDW Publishing) Maximo also made their first appearance in the "First Strike" and "Till All Are One" series respectively. Furman also expressed interest in re-inventing Japanese-exclusive characters and female Transformers, exploring the challenge of rationalizing sex/gender in giant robots. Furman addressed the issue of gender in Transformers in a "Spotlight" issue on Arcee, rationalizing them as a failed attempt to introduce gender into the Transformer race by Jhiaxus. Elita One and a few other female Transformers later appeared in the "Megatron Origin" mini-series. The miniseries titled "" (which is the finale of IDW's "Transformers" comics) started being published on May 5, 2018.