What do I need to read to catch up?

Post by **Computron** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:09 pm

Ok so MTMTE is brilliant but it obviously references things that have occurred in prior IDW comics, comics that I have not read.

I picked up Last Stand of the Wreckers, which while filling in some of the back story, doesnt cover everything.

To be clear I am aware much of prior IDW work isnt...ideal. I want to read what is necessary to have an idea of what went down but neither do I want to spend 50 bucks on a bunch of disappointment.

Is it something I should just wiki or are there a few comics I should pick up?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:28 pm

You need to read Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder.

That's what you need to read.

Post by **snarl** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:39 pm

This one:

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Th ... imus_Prime

and these ones:

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaos_Theory_Part_1

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaos_Theory_Part_2

Mr_Tigg · Post by **Mr_Tigg** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:14 am

Here's the general order:

Infiltration
Megatron Origins (set at before -tion saga)
Stormbringer (runs parallel to events of Infiltration)
Escalation
Devastation
Revelations
Max Dinobots
Spotlights (each issue is set at a different point during the -tion saga).
All Hail Megatron
Ongoing
Drift-mini (set before 'tion)
Ironhide-mini (set during ongoing)
Death of OP (one issue)
RiD
MTMTE

I've bolded the ones I think are worth reading. The -tion saga (and anything by Furman really) is decent, albeit not Roberts standard, but sowing the seeds of the IDW TF universe with some great ideas (e.g. ore-13, phase-sixers, infiltration protocol, etc). The spotlights are all worth reading too.

I'd skip all of All Hail Megatron (just read a summary on tfwiki) except issue #15 which has a good story by Roche. The rest of it is pretty poor stuff the nearly drove me off tf comics in general.

Again you can skim the ongoing (EXCEPT issue #22 & 23 which are by Roberts). The writer, Costa, never really got to grips with the material - reading a summary should fill in the blanks.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:16 am

I got some of Costa's work from the library just to know what happened, but it was fairly wank.

Post by **snarl** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:45 am

I think you're being kind.

It was more **** than Donald Trump's hair.

Sunyavadin · Post by **Sunyavadin** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:23 pm

The order I ran my other half through it was:

LSOTW (When she was away one weekend she finally caved to my demands that she give it a try, and demanded I give her a good one to get started on, to give her an impression of if Transformers comics were any good)

THEN:

Megs Origin
Spotlight Blurr
Autocracy
Spotlight Shockwave
Spotlight Wheelie
Spotlight Ultra Magnus
Spotlight Soundwave
Infiltration 0-2
Stormbringer 1-2
Infiltration 3-4
Stormbringer 3
Infiltration 5
Stormbringer 4
Spotlight Nightbeat
Infiltration 6
Spotlight Kup
Spotlight Sixshot
Escalation 1
Spotlight Hot Rod
Escalation 2-6
Spotlight Ramjet
Spotlight Galvatron
Spotlight Optimus Prime
Devastation 1
Spotlight Arcee
Devastation 2-4
Spotlight Blaster
Devastation 5-6
Spotlight Mirage
Spotlight Grimlock
Drift miniseries 1-4
Spotlight Cyclonus
Revelation 1-4
Maximum Dinobots 1-5
Spotlight Cliffjumper
Spotlight Drift
AHM 15
Spotlight Jazz
Spotlight Metroplex
AHM 1-8
AHM 14
AHM 9-13
AHM 16
Spotlight Prowl
Ongoing 1-2
LSOTW
Ongoing 3-7
Ironhide Miniseries
HOD 1-2
Ongoing 13
Spotlight Megatron
Ongoing 8-12
Ongoing 14-20
HOD 3-4
Ongoing 21-24
Ongoing 26
Ongoing 28
Ongoing 30-31
TDOOP
MTMTE 1-3
RID 1-3
MTMTE 4-5
RID 4-5
MTMTE 6
RID 6-7
MTMTE Annual
MTMTE 7-8
RID 8-10
RID Annual
MTMTE 9-11
RID 11-14
MTMTE 12-15

Keeps most stories with no obvious continuity errors neatly synchronous with each other, and has overlaps occur in the correct places.

Mr_Tigg · Post by **Mr_Tigg** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:08 pm

I forgot Heart of Darkness (mainly because it's asswipe too!) - Suny that's much better than my list.

Post by **Computron** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:28 pm

Thanks muchly. It is a bit comical that the lists mostly boil down to "Read the stuff at the beginning, then skip a bunch, and then read the new stuff."

Post by **Best First** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:50 pm

comical, yet accurate

Sunyavadin · Post by **Sunyavadin** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:06 pm

Read the Furmanations and Max Dinos (Essentially the unfinished "Machination" arc). Then assume they all leave Earth after that and start on LSOTW and then chaos theory. BOOM. Done.