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Okay, so... About 2 years ago I stopped buying the comics.

Since I fell behind and they released all the crossovers, it became way too much work to figure out how to jump back in, as I stopped right as RID and MTMTE was wrapping up (really bad place to stop, honestly)

I want to jump back in where I left off but I am having a problem figuring out where I should be going.

The last Barber book I read was #57. And I actually read Lost Light 1-6 in the trade last Christmas. I'm going to kind of leave Lost Light for now and catch up on the other half of things... But what came after #57 (it was Titans Return, I guess, but Comixology has it listed with all my RID issues)?

I know this is something that gets asked a lit, sorry! I did try to look at the chronology Va'al has posted... But I think I might be beyond chronology help now

I think you would have a much easier time than most. You know where you left so just go from there. Read Till All are One from the begining then get into the Optimus Prime series and that will land you right smack into the current Unicron story.

Thanks William

That was what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure what went where anymore. Though I was told months ago the crossovers didn't affect the story.

It seems I have Till All Are One up to #6. I had to really dig yesterday I'll get #7 and then go from there! Then I can tackle the rest of Lost Light.

ctrlFrequency wrote:Thanks William

That was what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure what went where anymore. Though I was told months ago the crossovers didn't affect the story.

It seems I have Till All Are One up to #6. I had to really dig yesterday I'll get #7 and then go from there! Then I can tackle the rest of Lost Light.

Yeah, thats why I didnt mention combiner wars. Just ignore it and move on Let us know what you think of TAAO, I loved it.

Even though it was a mess, you should still read Combiner Wars at least once, just so you get all parts of the story. Or at least read the Wiki summaries. And yeah, TAAO was pretty good, though I think it could have been better. To me it didn't seem like Sarah Pitre-Durocher took every chance she could, which seems like even more of a disappointment, considering TAAO was cut short. It could have been really something.

Hey Roddy!!!

I'm pretty sure I read Combiner Wars. Unless I am confusing it with something else.

Hey yourself!

And I doubt you can confuse Combiner Wars with something else, it got its own miniseries and TPB, though it was actually a part of the RiD timeline. But as far as disappointment, yeah it ranks up there. There could have been so much more combiner action than what we got. I would also love to see a whole series that deals with an in-depth analysis of what it means to be a combiner on every level, physical, mental and emotional. I was kinda hoping TAAO would do that since it seemed to put the Combaticons in the spotlight, but all we got was some PC fanservice and a half-hearted story of manipulation. That's why I said before that it could have been so much more. Unfortunately IDW doesn't have the writers with enough skills to pull it off.

Thanks Scotty!

ScottyP wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote: I was kinda hoping TAAO would do that since it seemed to put the Combaticons in the spotlight, but all we got was some PC fanservice and a half-hearted story of manipulation. That's why I said before that it could have been so much more. Unfortunately IDW doesn't have the writers with enough skills to pull it off.

This sure is an opinion.

TAAO is fantastic and you should ignore most everything RP says about it here, imo

I know how Roddy is, he's a rebel! That's what I like about him.

I was saying that mainly about the story involving the Combaticons, which is the first part of TAAO. Part 2 is actually the conclusion of Titans Return, which is much better, and the final part is a story involving Starscream, Windblade and Vigilem, one of the Titans. I should have been clearer when I made that statement. Overall, TAAO is a positive experience, but the Combaticons' story fell way short of my expectations.