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pheonyx74 · Private Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

I'm putting my IDW Transformers comics in the read order recommended by the HC Collections for my roommate. I'm at a hold up at the end of the 6th HC. Anyone got recommendations?

Bludgeon · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:49 am Post subject:

I can only recommend the order in which I put my comics. It's chronological, but there are few issues. For example, it puts autocracy before Chaos theory (because parts of CT happen in the future).
Anyway:

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CyclonusArmada · Transforumer Joined: 17 Jan 2012 Posts: 2470

@ 36 - Isn't that awful Avengers/TF crossover Canon/reading order to the SL Ramjet? given this was the story that put him on the run in his SL?
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Cattleprod · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:56 am Post subject:

Spotlight: Ramjet was intentionally vague about why he was on the run. Besides, I'm pretty sure Ramjet's role in that miniseries was written for Starscream, then changed when they realized he was out of action post-Infiltration. It would explain why Ramjet wasn't drawn as a conehead and suddenly had an usurper personality.
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CyclonusArmada · Transforumer Joined: 17 Jan 2012 Posts: 2470

I did wonder why Ramjet looked so odd in that Mini...
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Cattleprod · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:39 am Post subject:

That miniseries also goes to awkward lengths to point out that Optimus and Megatron don't physically confront each other, to fit in with Escalation's comments about them meeting for the first time in centuries. Ironhide and Sunstreaker are probably so conspicuously absent because they didn't want to deal with the human cast, so with them gone it places the story at the end of Escalation #1 after they left to take the humans home.
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pheonyx74 · Private Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

So where do the Ironhide and Heart of Darkness miniseries fit?

Kirjava · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:47 pm Post subject:

Ironhide can be read anytime after #1 of the Ongoing and before #19, which is Space Opera part 1 (though, as above, Bludgeon recommends you read it after International Incident, which is #8-#12). Heart of Darkness should not be read, but if you insist, I think it needs to come anywhere after whichever All Hail Megatron Coda it's in and before Infestation and Chaos. Again, Bludgeon recommends you read it after #7 of the Ongoing.
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pheonyx74 · Private Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

The Final issue of Heart of Darkness has the "Road to Chaos" label at the top. The first "ongoing" issue with that label is #19. Doesn't that change the order listed on Bludgeon's post?

Kirjava · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject:

No, because Heart of Darkness is terrible and should never be read by anyone ever.
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Cerebros · I'm kind of a big deal Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 149

Try this order. It's very easy to follow.

1. Megatron Origin
2. Autocracy
3. Spotlight – Shockwave (Spotlight Vol. 1 p. 9)
4. Spotlight – Cliffjumper (All Hail Megatron Vol. 3 p. 52)
5. Spotlight – Soundwave (Spotlight Vol. 2 p. 9)
6. Spotlight – Wheelie (Spotlight Vol. 3 p. 100)
7. Spotlight - Hot Rod (Spotlight Vol. 1. p. 50)
8. Spotlight – Sixshot (Spotlight Vol. 1 p. 73)
9. Spotlight - Ultra Magnus (Spotlight Vol. 1 p. 96)
10. Infiltration #0-3 (through p. 86)
11. Stormbringer #1-3
12. Infiltration #4-5 (p. 87-132)
13. Stormbringer #4 (Full page panel of Thunderwing in jet mode)
14. Infiltration #6 (p. 133 to end)
15. Spotlight – Kup (Spotlight Vol. 2 p. 2 Cool

16. Escalation #1-2 (through p. 46)
17. Spotlight – Nightbeat (Spotlight Vol. 1 p. 27)
18. Escalation #3-6 (p. 47 to end)
19. Spotlight – Ramjet (Spotlight Vol. 2 p. 100)
20. Spotlight - Optimus Prime (Spotlight Vol. 2 p. 76)
21. Spotlight – Galvatron (Spotlight Vol. 2 p. 52)
22. Devastation #1-4 (pages unnumbered; Chapter 4 ends with close-up of Starscream talking to Astrotrain)
23. Spotlight – Blaster (Spotlight Vol. 3 p. 4)
24. Spotlight – Arcee (Spotlight Vol. 3 p. 2 Cool

25. Devastation #5-6 (pages unnumbered; Chapter 5 begins with “Cybertron-The Past”)
26. Spotlight – Mirage (Spotlight Vol. 3 p. 76)
27. Spotlight – Grimlock (Spotlight Vol. 3 p. 52)
28. Spotlight Volume 4 – Revelation
29. Maximum Dinobots
30. All Hail Megatron Vol. 2 Chapter 2 p. 1
31. All Hail Megatron Vol. 2 Chapter 1 p. 3-13, 17-19
32. All Hail Megatron Volume 4: “Everything In Its Right Place”
33. Spotlight- Blurr (All Hail Megatron Vol. 3 p. 4)
34. Spotlight – Drift (All Hail Megatron Vol. 3 p. 76)
35. Spotlight – Metroplex (All Hail Megatron Vol. 3 p. 100)
36. All Hail Megatron Volume 4: “Lost And Found”
37. Spotlight- Jazz (All Hail Megatron Vol. 3 p. 2)
38. All Hail Megatron Volume 1-2 in full
39. All Hail Megatron Volume 4: “Old Ways”, “Uneasy Lies The Head”, “Replay”, “Rebirth”, “The Man Of Steel”, “Hidden”
40. Spotlight- Prowl (Ongoing Vol. 6)
41. Last Stand of The Wreckers BULLETS
42. Last Stand Of The Wreckers #1
43. Ongoing Vol. 1 For All Mankind #1
44. Last Stand Of The Wreckers 2-3
45. Ongoing Vol. 1 #2
46. Last Stand Of The Wreckers 4
47. Ongoing Vol. 1 #3-4
48. Bumblebee
49. Ongoing Vol. 1 #5-6
50. Last Stand Of The Wreckers 5
51. Last Stand of the Wreckers BULLETS Nine Months Later
52. Wreckers Mosaic Dead Man’s Boots
53. Ironhide
54. Drift
55. Ongoing Vol. 2: International Incident #1-2
56. Ongoing Vol. 4: Heart Of Darkness.“The Road To CHAOS”. Infestation occurs towards end of #4. End of #4 lines up with end of Ongoing #20 in Ongoing Vol. 5: Chaos Theory.
57. IDW Infestation Vol.1
58. IDW Infestation Vol. 2
59. Ongoing Vol. 2 #3 to end
60. Ongoing Vol. 3: Revenge Of The Decepticons
61. Ongoing Vol. 5: Chaos Theory
62. Ongoing Vol. 6: Police Action
63. Ongoing Vol. 7: CHAOS
64. #125 The Death Of Optimus Prime
Story splits in two, interconnected series.
65. More Than Meets They Eye Ongoing with Rodimus
66. Robots In Disguise Ongoing with Bumblebee

CyclonusArmada · Transforumer Joined: 17 Jan 2012 Posts: 2470

Living upto the namesake there... Laughing

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pheonyx74 · Private Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

Ummm. Sorry but Infestation 2 takes place in the "Evolutions" continuity, not the main continuity. Leaving me to question your timeline.

Cattleprod · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject:

I think it's meant to be the two TPBs the original Infestation crossover was collected in, though the Transformers' role in volume 2 is limited to one panel in the recap.

The sequel crossover is always called Infestation 2 (or that variant where one of the letters is a 2, I can't remember which one), never Infestation vol. 2.
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batkinson001 · Red Shirt Joined: 05 Mar 2012 Posts: 17 Location: Canada

Every fan or group of fans have their preferred reading order... Which is why i decided to get the idw collection since its as close to an official reading order as i can get. Still annoyed that i cant get a copy of vol 4...