"Beast Wars: The Gathering" was released in 2006 as a four-issue series written by the "Stormbringer" team of Furman and Figueroa. The series takes place after season 2 of the "Beast Wars" animated series and features characters that had toys produced but were not featured in the cartoon. The trade paperback was released in August 2006. A second series called "The Ascending" was released in August 2007, with a 3-issue bi-monthly series of "More Than Meets The Eye"-style profile books titled "Beast Wars: Sourcebook" released in August. The continuity is separate from the new IDW Generation One universe, and is set in-continuity with the original show.