Modular Reading Guide for IDW’s “The Transformers”

Issues divided vertically are designed to be reversible, in order to reflect separate storylines and/or concurrent publication.
Infiltration and Stormbringer, for example -- either are great places to start with.

PHASE ONE
2005-2011

[“-ation”] (2005-2009)

Infiltration #0-6 Stormbringer #1-4

Spotlight #1 Spotlight #2 Spotlight #3 Spotlight #4 Spotlight #5

“Shockwave” “Nightbeat” “Hot Rod” “Sixshot” “Ultra Magnus”

Escalation #1-6

Spotlight #6 Spotlight #7 Spotlight #8 Spotlight #9 Spotlight #10

“Soundwave” “Kup” “Galvatron” “Optimus Prime” “Ramjet”

Megatron Origin #1-4

Devastation #1-6

Spotlight #11 Spotlight #12 Spotlight #13 Spotlight #14 Spotlight #15
“Blaster” “Arcee” “Mirage” “Grimlock” “Wheelie”

Spotlight #16 “Cyclonus” [Revelation #1]

Spotlight #17 “Hardhead” [Revelation #2]
Spotlight #18 “Doubledealer” [Revelation #3]
Spotlight #19 “Sideswipe” [Revelation #4]

Maximum Dinobots #1-5

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[All Hail Megatron] (2008-2009)

Spotlight #20 AHM #15 “Everything in its Right Spotlight #23 Spotlight #24
“Blurr” Place” “Cliffjumper” “Metroplex”
Spotlight #22 “Drift”
AHM #15 “Lost and Found”

All Hail Megatron #1-2

Spotlight #21 “Jazz”
All Hail Megatron #3-14, 16

[The Transformers (2009)] (2009-2011)

Drift #1-4

The Transformers #1-3 _ Last Stand of the Wreckers #1-5

The Transformers #4 | Bumblebee #1-4 _
The Transformers #5-6
Spotlight: Prowl

Classified Secrets of Infestation (One-Shot) Ironhide #1-4

The Transformers: Infestation #1-2
The Transformers #7-13
Spotlight: Megatron
The Transformers #14-18

The Transformers #19-20 Heart of Darkness #1-4

The Transformers #21

The Transformers #25, 27, 29 “Police Action” The Transformers #22-24, 26, 28, 30 “Chaos”
Spotlight: Bumblebee

The Transformers #31

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[Autocracy Trilogy] (2012-2014)
Spotlight: Orion Pax
Autocracy #1-12
Monstrosity #1-12
Primacy #1-4
Spotlight: Thundercracker

PHASE TWO
2011-2016

[Season One] (2011-2014)

The Death of Optimus Prime (One-Shot)

More Than Meets the Eye #1

Robots in Disguise #1-9 _ More Than Meets the Eye #2-5 _

Robots in Disguise #10 | RiD Annual 2012 _ Spotlight: Trailcutter | Spotlight: Hoist _
Robots in Disguise #11-22 More Than Meets the Eye #6 _
More Than Meets the Eye #7-8 | MTMtE Annual 2012_
More Than Meets the Eye #9-22

[Dark Cybertron]
Dark Cybertron: Dark Dawn [Dark Cybertron #1]
More Than Meets the Eye #23 [Dark Cybertron #2]
Robots in Disguise #23 [Dark Cybertron #3]
More Than Meets the Eye #24 [Dark Cybertron #4]
Robots in Disguise #24 [Dark Cybertron #5]
More Than Meets the Eye #25 [Dark Cybertron #6]
Robots in Disguise #25 [Dark Cybertron #7]
More Than Meets the Eye #26 [Dark Cybertron #8]
Robots in Disguise #26 [Dark Cybertron #9]
More Than Meets the Eye #27 [Dark Cybertron #10]
Robots in Disguise #27 [Dark Cybertron #11]
Dark Cybertron Finale [Dark Cybertron Finale]
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[Season Two] (2014-2016)

Robots in Disguise #28-32 | Windblade #1-4 _ More Than Meets the Eye #28-40 _
Robots in Disguise #33-34 MTMtE #41-49 | Drift - Empire of Stone #1-4
The Transformers Vol. 2 (2014) #35-38 Hol. Special “Silent Light” | _
Punishment #1-5 _ More Than Meets the Eye #50-55
[Combiner Wars]
The Transformers #39 [Opening Salvo]
Windblade Vol. 2 #1 [Combiner Wars #1]
The Transformers #40 [Combiner Wars #2]
Windblade Vol. 2 #2 [Combiner Wars #3]
The Transformers #41 [Combiner Wars #4]
Windblade Vol. 2 #3 [Combiner Wars #5] _
The Transformers #42-43 | Windblade Vol. 2 #4-7
| Hol. Special “Choose Me” _
Combiner Hunters (One-Shot)
The Transformers #44
Sins of the Wreckers #1-5
The Transformers #45
Holiday Special “The Thirteenth Day of Christmas” _
The Transformers #46 | Redemption (One-Shot) _
The Transformers #47-50 _
The Transformers #51 | Till All are One #1-4 _
The Transformers #52-55

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[Hearts of Steel] (2006-2012)
Hearts of Steel #1-4
Infestation 2: The Transformers #1-2

PHASE THREE
2016-2018

[Revolution] (2016)

Titans Return (One-Shot) Action Man #1-4 ROM #1-4 Micronauts #1-6 MASK:
The Transformers #56-57 ROM: Revolution Micronauts: Revolution Revolution
More Than Meets the Eye #56-57

Revolution #0-2 More Than Meets the Eye: Revolution

Till All are One: Revolution
Revolution #3 _
Transformers: Revolution | GI Joe: Revolution _
Action Man: Revolution
Revolution #4-5

[Reconstruction] (2016-2017)

Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #1-3 “Roadies,” ”Upgrade”

Till All are One #5-8 Revolutionaries ROM #5-9 Micronauts #7-9 GI Joe MASK #1-5 Lost Light
Salvation (One-Shot) #1-8 ROM Annual Micronauts Annual Vol. 5 M. Annual #1-9
Optimus Prime #1-8 ROM #10-14 Micronauts #10-11 #1-9 M. #6-10
Transformers Annual_ Micronauts: Wrath
OP #9 | TAaO #9-12 of Karza #1-5

[First Strike] (2017-2018)

Optimus Prime #10

First Strike #0

First Strike #1-6 Optimus Prime: First Strike Optimus Prime #11-12
Transformers: First Strike

ROM vs Transformers #1- Transformers vs Micronauts: First GI Joe: First Lost Light #10-17
5 Visionaries #1- Strike Strike
Optimus Prime #13-14 5 ROM: First Strike MASK: First
Strike
Till All are One Annual ROM/Micronauts #1-5
Scarlett’s
Optimus Prime Annual Strike Force #1-3
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[Unicron] (2018)

Optimus Prime #15-18 Lost Light #16-17

Unicron #0 (Spoiler warning for unreleased issues of OP)

5/9/2018
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