The Energon Pub

News Credits: 33 · Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:03 am

Hi look ive been collecting comics/graphic novels for a few years and have an understanding of pretty much what and where to start on most but ive never looked into transformers comics,
Now ive only been collecting the figures since just before the first movie but im also an early 80's child and love the classics can somebody give me a starting point on whats hot and whats not in movie/classic comics(not 80's marvel) , ive had a look on ebay for #1 to start and theres a couple mini series and ongoing.

News Credits: 22 · Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:02 am

Messiah Complex wrote:can somebody give me a starting point on whats hot and whats not in movie/classic comics(not 80's marvel)

What other classic comic series is there???

But if you don't want to read that, I'd recommend the 2 DW G1 series that ran from 2002 to 2004 IIRC. After that, read War Within's first 2 series. Don't bother with the 3rd, it was never finished. Then move onto the Armada comics from DW. Really good stuff. I can't tell you anything about IDW, because I stopped reading when the Energon comics started.

Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:18 pm

Messiah Complex wrote:Hi look ive been collecting comics/graphic novels for a few years and have an understanding of pretty much what and where to start on most but ive never looked into transformers comics,
Now ive only been collecting the figures since just before the first movie but im also an early 80's child and love the classics can somebody give me a starting point on whats hot and whats not in movie/classic comics(not 80's marvel) , ive had a look on ebay for #1 to start and theres a couple mini series and ongoing.

Start with Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1-16, Transformers: Spotlight-Jazz, Drift, Metroplex, Blurr and Prowl then read the ongoing along with Bumblebee, Ironhide, Drift, and The Last Stand of the Wreckers mini-series.

Don't pay attention to the crybabies do yourself a big favor and ADVOID Simon Furman's IDW run like the plague, all of it just plain sucks. Trust me I know.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:23 pm

Cyberstrike wrote:
Don't pay attention to the crybabies do yourself a big favor and ADVOID Simon Furman's IDW run like the plague, all of it just plain sucks. Trust me I know.

Yes, stay clear of nasty ads

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=advoid

Anyway, aren't you being a crybaby about Furman's work with your comment?

Don't simply force people to conform to your own tastes by saying what they should and shouldn't read.

My advice, give people a couple of pointers to good issues and then let them decide themselves.

I'd personally recommend the following:

War Within: if you like it then read vol. 2 and then DW ongoing

IDW: Read Infiltration and Escalation back to back. If you like it then read Stormbringer, Devastation, Revalation, Maximum Dinobots and Last Stand of the wreckers.

IDW 2: AHM, if you like it then read the list Cyberstrike gave.