Editing 2005 IDW continuity

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[[File:ChaosTheory1 montage.jpg|thumb|upright=2|This is around a ''fifth'' of what happened.]]

The '''2005 IDW continuity''' is the storyline of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] reboot comic book series, launched in [[2005]] and running until [[2018]]. It re-imagined the traditional [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] as a galaxy-spanning conflict, with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] abandoned as a dead husk and teams from both sides covertly operating on various alien worlds to defend or destroy the native populations—including [[Earth]].

Later stories abandoned the cloak-and-dagger conflict in favor of a more traditional take on the Cybertronian war, before ending the war entirely. While early stories stuck to a small cast focusing mostly on the more-familiar 1984 characters, as the universe progressed its scope slowly expanded to cover more and more characters and concepts from late "Generation 1" and beyond. In addition to adapting characters from other continuities (such as [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)#2005 IDW continuity|Blackarachnia]]), authors felt free to introduce entirely new characters (such as [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and [[Aileron]]) with substantive roles. Many new minor characters were also included throughout the series.

A 2016 retcon/expansion established that this continuity was part of the shared [[Hasbro Universe]]; two years later it was brought to an end with a [[Transformers: Unicron|climactic battle]] against [[Unicron]] before IDW debuted its [[2019 IDW continuity|rebooted ''Transformers'' continuity]] the next year.

Having run almost continuously for 13 years in some form or another, IDW's first ''Transformers'' universe is one of the largest and most developed ''Transformers'' continuities. Many of the plots and character arcs from "Phase 2" onward earned widespread praise from both devoted ''Transformers'' [[fandom|fans]] and the broader comic book/science fiction industries.

==Overview==
===Simon Furman and the "-ations" era===
[[File:TF Spotlight v1.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The [[Furmanism|down-to-earth one—literally.]]]]
{{chapters|title=''-ations'':|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]''</div>
* [[Infiltration issue 0|#0]]
* [[Infiltration issue 1|#1]]
* [[Infiltration issue 2|#2]]
* [[Infiltration issue 3|#3]]
* [[Infiltration issue 4|#4]]
* [[Infiltration issue 5|#5]]
* [[Infiltration issue 6|#6]] 
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]''</div>
* [[Stormbringer issue 1|#1]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 2|#2]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 3|#3]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 4|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]] Volume 1''</div>
* [[Spotlight: Shockwave|Shockwave]]
* [[Spotlight: Nightbeat|Nightbeat]]
* [[Spotlight: Hot Rod|Hot Rod]]
* [[Spotlight: Sixshot|Sixshot]]
* [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]''</div>
* [[Escalation issue 1|#1]]
* [[Escalation issue 2|#2]]
* [[Escalation issue 3|#3]]
* [[Escalation issue 4|#4]]
* [[Escalation issue 5|#5]]
* [[Escalation issue 6|#6]] 
<br/><div class="list-header">''New Avengers/Transformers''</div>
* [[Man and Machine, Part One|#1]]
* [[Man and Machine, Part Two|#2]]
* [[Man and Machine, Part Three|#3]]
* [[Man and Machine, Part Four|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Spotlight Volume 2''</div>
* [[Spotlight: Soundwave|Soundwave]]
* [[Spotlight: Kup|Kup]]
* [[Spotlight: Galvatron|Galvatron]]
* [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Spotlight: Ramjet|Ramjet]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]''</div>
* [[Devastation issue 1|#1]]
* [[Devastation issue 2|#2]]
* [[Devastation issue 3|#3]]
* [[Devastation issue 4|#4]]
* [[Devastation issue 5|#5]]
* [[Devastation issue 6|#6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Spotlight Volume 3''</div>
* [[Spotlight: Blaster|Blaster]]
* [[Spotlight: Arcee|Arcee]]
* [[Spotlight: Mirage|Mirage]]
* [[Spotlight: Grimlock|Grimlock]]
* [[Spotlight: Wheelie|Wheelie]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Spotlight Volume 4'' / ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]''</div>
* [[Spotlight: Cyclonus|Cyclonus]]
* [[Spotlight: Hardhead|Hardhead]]
* [[Spotlight: Doubledealer|Doubledealer]]
* [[Spotlight: Sideswipe|Sideswipe]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''</div>
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 1|#1]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 2|#2]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 3|#3]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 4|#4]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 5|#5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''</div>
* [[Megatron Origin issue 1|#1]]
* [[Megatron Origin issue 2|#2]]
* [[Megatron Origin issue 3|#3]]
* [[Megatron Origin issue 4|#4]]
}}

Veteran ''Transformers'' writer Simon Furman helmed the IDW continuity in its infancy, writing almost every series and one-shot to be released in its first few years. It began with [[2005]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' series, which ran for seven issues (including an introductory issue #0), which did away with the traditional "crashed on Earth 4 million years ago" origin in favour of a slow-burning "hiding in plain sight" storyline with emphasis on human characters, not dissimilar to the approach that was taken two years later by the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]]. However, detractors of this focus on human characters inspired the four-issue ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' miniseries, which checked in on the ruined [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. At this time, the concurrent ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' run of one-shots began. The first six of these ([[Spotlight: Shockwave|Shockwave]], [[Spotlight: Nightbeat|Nightbeat]], [[Spotlight: Hot Rod|Hot Rod]], [[Spotlight: Sixshot|Sixshot]], [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus]], [[Spotlight: Soundwave|Soundwave]]) elaborated on details from the first two miniseries and introduced cast members and concepts for [[2006]]'s six-issue ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' miniseries. The ''Spotlight'' issues for [[Spotlight: Galvatron|Galvatron]], [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]], [[Spotlight: Blaster|Blaster]] and [[Spotlight: Arcee|Arcee]] followed on from the events of that miniseries. The Earth-based conflict reached a climax in [[2007]]'s six-issue ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' miniseries, and at this point (as evidenced by the apocryphal "Hail and Farewell" ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' strip) Furman had sweeping plans for further series. However, IDW decided to switch directions for a major reboot, forcing Furman to squeeze the conclusion to the storyline he'd been building across the ''Spotlight'' stories into the four ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' issues. His plans for tying up the Earth-based plots meanwhile escaped largely unscathed, with ''[[Spotlight: Grimlock]]'' leading into the five-issue ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' miniseries.

A few other writers contributed to the universe in its infancy:
* [[Nick Roche]] created ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'', taking place sometime between ''Stormbringer'' and ''Spotlight: Optimus Prime''.
* [[Stuart Moore]] wrote a pair of titles loosely tying into ''Escalation'':
** ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'', a four-issue crossover taking place during the first issue of that miniseries;
** ''[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]'', which takes place in its immediate aftermath.
* [[George Strayton]] wrote ''[[Spotlight: Mirage]]'', which takes place mostly in a parallel dimension—however, a portion of the story is set in the main universe some time after ''Maximum Dinobots''. It was originally planned to be released after ''Spotlight Grimlock'', which would have reflected the chronological order, but the release order was switched.
* [[Klaus Scherwinski]] co-wrote the standalone ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]'' with Furman.
* [[Eric Holmes]] wrote ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin]]''—this four-issue miniseries was originally conceived with Dreamwave's Generation 1 continuity in mind, but [[Chaos Theory Part 1|later stories]] [[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|massaged it]] [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|into place]] as the earliest dedicated flashback series in the IDW continuity.
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====Chuck Dixon and "Evolutions"====
[[File:Hearts of Steel 1ri.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The "look what they turn into in this" one.]]
{{chapters|title=''Evolutions'':|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">''Hearts of Steel Volume 1''</div>
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 1|#1]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 2|#2]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 3|#3]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 4|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Infestation 2 Volume 2''</div>
* [[Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|#1]]
* [[Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|#2]]
}}

In the early days of IDW's Transformers comics, plans were made for a full line of Elseworlds-style miniseries under the title "''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]''", planned to run alongside the main IDW continuity. The first of these, the four-issue ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', took place in an alternate timeline where the Transformers' first contact with humanity was in the late 19th century. This plan was shelved as focus shifted to comics based on the live action movies, but the later ''[[Infestation 2]]'' tie-in returned to this timeline. Both of these stories were written by [[Chuck Dixon]] with art by [[Guido Guidi]]. They would be little more than a footnote, were it not for the fact that [[Revolutionaries|much, ''much'' later]], a version of the events of these titles was folded into the mainstream continuity.
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===Shane McCarthy and ''All Hail Megatron''===
[[File:All Hail Megatron TPB vol1.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The [[GEEWUN|Gee-one.]]]]
{{chapters|title=''All Hail Megatron'':|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">''All Hail Megatron Volume 1''</div>
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|#1]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 2|#2]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 3|#3]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 4|#4]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 5|#5]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 6|#6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''All Hail Megatron Volume 2''</div>
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 7|#7]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 8|#8]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 10|#10]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 11|#11]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|#12]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''All Hail Megatron Volume 3'' / ''Spotlight Volume 5''</div>
* [[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]]
* [[Spotlight: Jazz|Jazz]]
* [[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]]
* [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''All Hail Megatron Volume 4''</div>
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|#13]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 14|#14]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|#15]]
* [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|#16]]
}}

During 2008, in an attempt to entice new readers, IDW brought on new writer [[Shane McCarthy]] for a twelve-issue maxiseries titled ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]'' and another run of five mostly-standalone ''Spotlight'' issues ([[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]], [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]], [[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]], [[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]] (by [[Andy Schmidt]]) and [[Spotlight: Jazz|Jazz]] (by [[Josh van Reyk]] & [[Shaun Knowler]]). When the established fanbase's reaction to this new direction was... ''lukewarm,'' McCarthy suddenly began bringing more elements from Furman's run starting with issue #7, and following the series IDW released a four-issue "Coda" bringing some of Furman's ideas back to the fore. Each issue of the Coda contained two different stories by different writers, and most were set after the main series (with the exception of the two stories in issue #15 which respectively take place before and after ''Spotlight: Drift''). McCarthy later returned with a four-issue ''[[The Transformers: Drift]]'' miniseries, set before that same ''Spotlight'' issue.

[[File:FCBD 2009 coverB.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.8|The Serious Realistic Military Fiction™ one.]]

====IDW Publishing's ''G.I. Joe''====
Late in 2008, IDW acquired the license to publish ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' comics from the previous holder, [[Devil's Due Press]]. Though their new G.I. Joe continuity—spearheaded by Chuck Dixon, [[Mike Costa]], [[Christos Gage]] and ''Joe'' alumnus [[Larry Hama]], with later contributions coming from writers like {{w|Fred Van Lente}} and {{w|Karen Traviss}}—took a similar approach to IDW's Transformers continuity, with a modernised, more "realistic" take on the original '80s premise, the two were not initially intended to take place in the same universe—indeed, the apocalyptic aftermath of ''All Hail Megatron'' seemingly left that impossible.

More than half a decade later, however, it was established via retcon that the events of both IDW's Transformers and G.I. Joe were part of a wider, shared "Hasbro Universe"; [[#"Revolution"|see below]] for details. While the majority of IDW's G.I. Joe comics aren't under this wiki's remit, and they certainly aren't required reading for later series in this continuity, you can see a full list of their titles on the {{i|G.I. Joe (franchise)#IDW G.I. Joe series|''G.I. Joe'' franchise page}} at our sister {{i|Main Page|IDW Hasbro Wiki}}.
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===Mike Costa and ''The Transformers''===
[[File:IDW TF vol1.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|action movie]] one.]]
{{chapters|title=''The Transformers'':|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">Volume 1: "For All Mankind"</div>
* [[...For All Mankind|#1]]
* [[Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|#2]]
* [[Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|#3]]
* [[Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|#4]]
* [[Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|#5]]
* [[Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|#6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Bumblebee''</div>
* [[The Hanging Sword|#1]]
* [[The Impossible Knot|#2]]
* [[The Gift Horse|#3]]
* [[Wings of Wax|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Last Stand of the Wreckers''</div>
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|#1]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|#2]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|#3]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|#4]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|#5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Volume 2: "International Incident"</div>
* [[All His Engines‎|#7]]
* [[Scrapper (issue)|#8]]
* [[International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|#9]]
* [[International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|#10]]
* [[International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|#11]]
* [[International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|#12]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Volume 3: "Revenge of the Decepticons"</div>
* [[Heart Like a Wheel‎|#13]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|#14]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|#15]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies‎|#16]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome‎|#17]] 
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|#18]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Ironhide''</div>
* [[The Iron Age|#1]]
* [[Iron in the Blood|#2]]
* [[Ironing Out the Details|#3]]
* [[Any Old Iron|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Drift''</div>
* [[Drift issue 1|#1]]
* [[Drift issue 2|#2]]
* [[Drift issue 3|#3]]
* [[Drift issue 4|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Infestation Volume 1''</div>
* [[The Transformers: Infestation issue 1|#1]]
* [[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|#2]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Volume 4: ''Heart of Darkness''</div>
* [[Heart of Darkness issue 1|#1]]
* [[Heart of Darkness issue 2|#2]]
* [[Heart of Darkness issue 3|#3]]
* [[Heart of Darkness issue 4|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Volume 5: "Chaos Theory"</div>
* [[Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|#19]]
* [[Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|#20]]
* [[The Transformers issue 21|#21]]
* [[Chaos Theory Part 1|#22]]
* [[Chaos Theory Part 2|#23]]
<br/><div class="list-header">Volume 6: "Police Action"</div>
* [[Police Action: Part 1|#25]]
* [[Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|#27]]
* [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|#29]]
* ''[[Ride-Along|Spotlight: Prowl]]''
<br/><div class="list-header">Volume 7: "Chaos"</div>
* [[Chaos Part One: Lamentations|#24]]
* [[Chaos Part Two: Numbers|#26]]
* [[Chaos Part Three: Kings|#28]]
* [[Chaos Part Four: Genesis|#30]]
* [[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|#31]]
}}

Another major change in direction came in late [[2009]], when new writer [[Mike Costa]] (already known for his critically acclaimed work on IDW's ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Cobra}}'') was brought on board to spearhead a brand new ongoing series, titled simply ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]''. This series ran throughout [[2010]] and [[2011]] for thirty-one issues telling a continuous story, though several other spinoffs were released during this time:
* Editor Andy Schmidt wrote ''[[The Transformers Continuum]]'', a prose summary intended to bring new readers up to speed—but the resulting account was ridden with errors, and widely panned.
* [[Zander Cannon]] wrote ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'', a four-issue miniseries taking place between issues #3 and #5 of the ongoing series and aimed at a slightly younger audience than usual.
* Fan-favourite writer/artist Nick Roche (''Spotlight: Kup'' and "[[Everything in Its Right Place]]" from [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|''All Hail Megatron'' #15]]) returned alongside new writer [[James Roberts]] with the five-issue ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' miniseries, set in deep space during the first arc of the ongoing.
* Mike Costa himself wrote two additional titles:
** ''[[Ride-Along|Spotlight: Prowl]]'', a one-shot told mostly in post-''All Hail Megatron'' flashback but with a framing device set after issue #7 of the ongoing series, initially planned to be told later as part of the ongoing series itself but published early in response to fan backlash to Prowl's characterisation;
** ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]'', another four-issue miniseries set on Cybertron some time before [[Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|the later "Space Opera" story arc]].
* McCarthy returned for the aforementioned ''The Transformers: Drift'' miniseries, set before his previous ''Spotlight'' issue.
* [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]] wrote a pair of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]-centric titles:
** ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'', two issues set after the first arc of the ongoing series and tying into IDW's otherwise-disconnected multi-franchise "zombie invasion" crossover;
** ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness]]'', a poorly-received four-issue mini-series starring Galvatron and tying into the events of ''Infestation''.
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===James Roberts, John Barber, and "Phase Two"===
[[File:MTMTE vol1.jpg|upright=1|thumb|left|The sad gay space one.]]
[[File:RID vol3.jpg|upright=1|thumb|right|The [[John Barber|continuity fixing]] one.]]
{{chapters|title="Season 1":|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 1''</div>
* [[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|"The Death of Optimus Prime"]]
* [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]]
* [[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]]
* [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|#3]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 2''</div>
* [[Life After the Big Bang|#4]]
* [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]
* [[Interiors|#6]]
* [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]]
* [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 3''</div>
* [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|Annual 2012]]
* [[Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|#9]]
* [[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|#10]]
* [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|#11]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 4''</div>
* [[Before & After|#12]]
* [[More than Meets the Eye issue 13|#13]]
* [[Remembrance Day|#14]]
* [[Under Cold Blue Stars|#15]]
* [[The Gloaming|#16]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 5''</div>
* [[Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|#17]]
* [[Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|#18]]
* [[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|#19]]
* [[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|#20]]
* [[More than Meets the Eye issue 21|#21]]
* [[Little Victories|#22]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 1''</div>
* [[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|#1]]
* [[The World & Everything in It|#2]]
* [[Stick Together|#3]]
* [[Devisive|#4]]
* [[A Better Tomorrow|#5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 2''</div>
* [[Syndromica (1)|#6]]
* [[Interference Patterns|#7]]
* [[Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|#8]]
* [[Night and the City|#9]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 3''</div>
* [[Primus: All Good Things|Annual 2012]]
* [[Syndromica (2)|#10]]
* [[The End of the Beginning of the World|#11]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 4''</div>
* [[City on Fire|#12]]
* [[The Verge|#13]]
* [[Before the Dawn|#14]]
* [[Plan for Everything|#15]]
* [[Heavy Is the Head|#16]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 5''</div>
* [[Shockwaves|#17]]
* [[Second Exodus|#18]]
* [[Homecoming (IDW)|#19]]
* [[Three Monologues|#20]]
* [[Shockpoint|#21]]
* [[Soundwaves (issue)|#22]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Dark Prelude''</div>
* [[Omega's Conundrum|Orion Pax]]
* [[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Spotlight: Megatron|Megatron]]
* [[The Question|Bumblebee]]
* [[The Reluctant Specialist|Trailcutter]]
* [[The Waiting Game|Hoist]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Dark Cybertron Volume 1''</div>
* [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|#1]]
* [[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|#2]]
* [[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|#3]]
* [[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|#4]]
* [[Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|#5]]
* [[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|#6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Dark Cybertron Volume 2''</div>
* [[The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|#7]]
* [[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|#8]]
* [[Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|#9]]
* [[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|#10]]
* [[Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|#11]]
* [[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|#12]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Autocracy''</div>
* [[Law and Disorder|#1]]
* [[Parasites|#2]]
* [[The Hunt for Soundwave|#3]]
* [[Cause and Effect|#4]]
* [[Ruins|#5]]
* [[Purge|#6]]
* [[Choices|#7]]
* [[Overthrown|#8]]
* [[Transformation (issue)|#9]]
* [[Rise|#10]]
* [[Broadcast|#11]]
* [[Endgame|#12]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Monstrosity''</div>
* [[Derelicts|#1]]
* [[Wreckage (issue)|#2]]
* [[Faces of Darkness|#3]]
* [[Rage (IDW)|#4]]
* [[Fallout (issue)|#5]]
* [[Underworld (IDW)|#6]]
* [[Prey (issue)|#7]]
* [[Massacre|#8]]
* [[Unleashed|#9]]
* [[The Illusion of Control|#10]]
* [[Annihilation|#11]]
* [[Belly of the Beast (issue)|#12]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Primacy''</div>
* [[Primacy issue 1|1]]
* [[Primacy issue 2|2]]
* [[Primacy issue 3|3]]
* [[Primacy issue 4|4]]
}}

[[2012]] ushered in not one but ''two'' new ongoing series as successors to the previous series, kicking off with a one-shot titled "[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime]]" and beginning what many fans would come to describe as a "golden age" of Transformers comics. In [[The Transformers: The IDW Collection|their hardback compendiums]], IDW themselves distinguished these titles from everything that had come before by labeling them "Phase Two".

This new era was helmed two writers:
* [[James Roberts]] (having made a name for himself with ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'') wrote ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'', in which [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] led the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' into space to find the mystical [[Knights of Cybertron]].
* [[John Barber]] (writer of [[IDW Publishing#Live-action film series|IDW's tie-ins to the live-action movies]]) wrote ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'', in which [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] led those remaining on Cybertron through the aftermath of the [[Great War (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Great War]].

Initially, these series were outlined for sixteen issues each, with the two plots running in parallel. A "Primus" Annual was released for each series, creating a loose two-part story ([[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|the ''More than Meets the Eye'' Annual]] takes place concurrently with its [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|seventh]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|eighth]] issues, while [[Primus: All Good Things|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Annual]] takes place after [[Night and the City|its ninth issue]]). The success of both series led to them being extended, and IDW began working in partnership to produce issues that could also be packed in with [[Hasbro]]'s [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|figures]]. The first batch of these was six ''Spotlight'' issues, later collected as "Dark Prelude", with a common thread focusing on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]:
* ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]'', written by James Roberts and taking place some time before ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''
* ''[[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]'', written by John Barber and taking place some time before ''[[Spotlight: Metroplex]]''
* ''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]'', created by Nick Roche and taking place immediately after [[Heart Like a Wheel|issue #13]] of [[The Transformers (IDW)|the previous ongoing series]]
* ''[[The Question|Spotlight: Bumblebee]]'', taking place in the background of the [[Police Action: Part 1|"Police Action"]] [[Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|story]] [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|arc]] of the previous ongoing series
* ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'' and ''[[The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist]]'', written by James Roberts and set between [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|issues #5]] [[Interiors|and #6]] of ''More than Meets the Eye''.

While Roberts used issues #17-22 of his series as an extended "season finale", Barber used his extended run to set up [[2013]]'s twelve-issue ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' crossover, which was told across alternating issues of both series and co-written by both authors.

Around this time [[Chris Metzen]] and [[Flint Dille]] (the latter of whom wrote for [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original Generation 1 animated series]]) wrote a trio of connected prequel stories: ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Primacy]]''. These were ostensibly set sometime after ''Megatron Origin'', ''Spotlight: Orion Pax'' and ''Spotlight: Blurr'', but Metzen and Dille treated continuity rather loosely (apparently having planned to write a prequel to ''the original cartoon'', not the IDW comics) and few ideas from these series were picked up in any significant capacity by the other writers, aside from as the basis for further retcons.

===Post-''Dark Cybertron'', Mairghread Scott, and ''Windblade''===
[[File:IDWCountdownTo50RetailerIncentiveMilnePerez.jpg|upright=3|thumb|centre|The increasingly author appeal-y ones.]]
{{chapters|title="Season 2":|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 6''</div>
* [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]]
* [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|#29]]
* [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|#30]]
* [[Twenty Plus One|#31]]
* [[Slaughterhouse|#32]]
* [[slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|#33]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 7''</div>
* [[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|#34]]
* [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|#35]]
* [[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|#36]]
* [[Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|#37]]
* [[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|#38]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 8''</div>
* [[The Permanent Revolution|#39]]
* [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|#40]]
* [[The Sensuous Frame|#41]]
* [[The Frail Gaze|#42]]
* [[The One Where They Go to Earth|#43]]
* [[The Not Knowing|#44]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 9''</div>
* [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|#45]]
* [[Animals|#46]]
* [[The Lopsided Triangle|#47]]
* [[Speak, Memory: Part 1|#48]]
* [[Speak, Memory! (Part 2)|#49]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''More Than Meets The Eye Volume 10''</div>
* [[More than Meets the Eye issue 50|#50]]
* [[The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|#51]]
* [[The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|#52]]
* [[The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|#53]]
* [[The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|#54]]
* [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|#55]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Windblade''</div>
* [[A 'Bot and Her City|#1]]
* [[A Long Way Down|#2]]
* [[Windblade issue 3|#3]]
* [[Windblade issue 4|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 6''</div>
* [[Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|#28]]
* [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|#29]]
* [[Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|#30]]
* [[Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|#31]]
* [[Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|#32]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Robots in Disguise Volume 7''</div>
* [[The World of Tomorrow|#33]]
* [[The Crucible|#34]]
* [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|#35]]
* [[Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|#36]]
* [[Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|#37]]
* [[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|#38]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Combiner Wars''</div>
* [[First Contact (IDW)|Opening Salvo]]
* [[The Sum and Its Parts|Part 1]]
* [[The Possible Light|Part 2]]
* [[Mistakes and Mayhem|Part 3]]
* [[You, Me, and the Universe|Part 4]]
* [[All That Remains|Part 5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Windblade: Distant Stars''</div>
* [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|#4]]
* [[Race Against the Light|#5]]
* [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|#6]]
* [[The Will of the Few|#7]]
* [[An Uneventful Night|"Combiner Hunters"]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''The Transformers Volume 8''</div>
* [[Now and On Earth|#42]]
* [[South of Heaven|#43]]
* [[The Transgressors|#44]]
* [[The Nothing Man|#45]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''The Transformers Volume 9''</div>
* [[Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|#46]]
* [[Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|#47]]
* [[Conquerors Part 3: Helden|#48]]
* [[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|#49]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''The Transformers Volume 10''</div>
* [[The Transformers issue 50|#50]]
* [[All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|#51]]
* [[All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|#52]]
* [[All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|#53]]
* [[All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|#54]]
* [[All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|#55]]

<br/><div class="list-header">Drift - Empire of Stone''</div>
* [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 1|#1]]
* [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 2|#2]]
* [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 3|#3]]
* [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4|#4]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Redemption of the Dinobots''</div>
* [[City of Steel (issue)|''Punishment'' #1]]
* [[Fight or Flee (issue)|#2]]
* [[Quest for Fire|#3]]
* [[The Killing Jar (issue)|#4]]
* [[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|#5]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption]]''

<br/><div class="list-header">''Sins of the Wreckers''</div>
* [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 1|#1]]
* [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|#2]]
* [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|#3]]
* [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|#4]]
* [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 5|#5]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Till All Are One Volume 1''</div>
* [[07:00:00|#1]]
* [[Applicable Skills|#2]]
* [[Things We Said We'd Never Do|#3]]
* [[The Line Between Us|#4]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Titans Return''</div>
* [[The Last Autobot|"Titans Return"]]
* [[White Light|''The Transformers'' #56]]
* [[White Heat|#57]]
* [[Ten to Midnight|''More than Meets the Eye'' #56]]
* [[Last Light (issue)|#57]]
}}

[[File:TAAO-V1.jpg|upright=1|thumb|right|The Till All Are one.]]
In [[2014]], after ''Dark Cybertron'', new writer [[Mairghread Scott]] (previously known for her work on ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'') was brought on board for ''[[The Transformers: Windblade]]''. This four-issue miniseries starred [[Windblade (G1)|a new female Autobot]], the result of Hasbro's "Fan-Built Bot" poll, and continued with intrigue on Cybertron. Meanwhile, the two ongoings continued apace, splitting back off in their own directions but sharing a common thread of flashbacks to the immediate aftermath of ''Dark Cybertron''. The story of ''Robots in Disguise'' transitioned to Earth, and [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|shortly thereafter]] the series changed its name to "''The Transformers''" to prevent confusion with [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|a new animated series]] (and causing a great deal of confusion with [[The Transformers (IDW)|Mike Costa's ongoing series]]). ''More than Meets the Eye'' continued mostly without interruption through [[2015]] until [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|issue #55]]. [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] briefly departed the main cast in [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|issue #40]] to take part in the four-issue ''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone]]'' miniseries (written, of course, by Shane McCarthy) and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] departed after [[The One Where They Go to Earth|issue #43]] to participate in IDW's next big event—''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''.

John Barber teamed up with Livio Ramondelli on ''[[The Transformers: Punishment]]'', a digital-first comic that would lead directly into this new event. ''Combiner Wars'' was told in alternating issues of ''The Transformers'' (starting with [[First Contact (IDW)|issue #39]]) and a renewed ''Windblade'' series (renumbered back to [[The Sum and Its Parts|#1]]). As with ''Dark Cybertron'', these comics were packed in with various figures. A ''[[An Uneventful Night|Combiner Hunters]]'' one shot was released, taking place between the first epilogue to the event (in [[Now and On Earth|''The Transformers'' #42]]) and the second (in [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|''Windblade'' #4]]). Windblade's story continued for [[Race Against the Light|another]] [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|three]] [[The Will of the Few|issues]], creating a combined total of eleven issues across two miniseries.

''The Transformers'' plowed ahead, with three brief sidetracks: 
* ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]'', Nick Roche's five-issue sequel to ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'', taking place between [[The Transgressors|issues #44]] [[The Nothing Man|and #45]];
* ''[[The Transformers Holiday Special]]'' containing three stories by Scott, Roberts and Barber taking place between issues #45 [[Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|and #46]];
* ''[[The Transformers: Redemption]]'', Barber's sequel to ''Punishment'' taking place parallel to issues #46-[[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|49]].

At their conclusion, the ongoings briefly converged for ''[[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]]''. This event consisted of [[The Last Autobot|a one-shot]] followed by a pair of stories told in ''The Transformers'' issues #[[White Light|56]]-[[White Heat|57]] and ''More than Meets the Eye'' issues #[[Ten to Midnight|56]]-[[Last Light (issue)|57]]. Around this time, Mairghread Scott got a fully-fledged ongoing of her own in the form of ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]''; the book suffered a highly delayed launch, and its events seem to begin after the events of ''Titans Return''.

===''Revolution'' and "Phase Three"===
[[File:Rev4 HasbroUniverse.jpg|upright=3.5|thumb|centre|The "tip out the toybox" one.]]
{{chapters|title="Season 3":|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">''ROM Volume 1''</div>
* [[Earthfall: Prelude|&#35;0]]
* [[Earthfall|&#35;1]]
* [[Earthfall, Part 2|&#35;2]]
* [[Earthfall, Part 3|&#35;3]]
* [[Earthfall, Part 4|&#35;4]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Micronauts Volume 1''</div>
* [[Micronauts issue 1|&#35;1]]
* [[Micronauts issue 2|&#35;2]]
* [[Micronauts issue 3|&#35;3]]
* [[Micronauts issue 4|&#35;4]]
* [[Micronauts issue 5|&#35;5]]
* [[Micronauts issue 6|&#35;6]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Action Man''</div>
* [[To the Victors the Spoils|Prologue]]
* [[Absolute Beginners|&#35;1]]
* [[England, Half English|&#35;2]]
* [[Out of the Way|&#35;3]]
* [[Mr Love and Justice|&#35;4]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Revolution''</div>
* [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|#0]]
* [[Concorde Hymn|#1]]
* [[The Divine Source of Liberty|#2]]
* [[O Ship of State|#3]]
* [[The New Colossus|#4]]
* [[Valley Forge|#5]]
<br><div class="list-header">''Revolution: Heroes''</div>
* ''[[Field Test|ROM]]''
* ''[[M.A.S.K.: Revolution|M.A.S.K.]]''
* ''[[Micronauts: Revolution|Micronauts]]''
* ''[[D.T.A.|G.I. Joe]]''
* ''[[The Modern World|Action Man]]''
<br/><div class="list-header">''Revolution: Transformers''</div>
* [[Informed|''Till All Are One'']]
* [[Thundercracker & Buster Save the World|''The Transformers'']]
* [[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|''More than Meets the Eye'']]
* [[The Transformers Holiday Special|Holiday Special]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Lost Light Volume 1''</div>
* [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|#1]]
* [[Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|#2]]
* [[Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|#3]]
* [[Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|#4]]
* [[Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|#5]]
* [[Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|#6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''ROM Volume 2''</div>
* [[Reinforcements, Part 1|&#35;5]]
* [[Reinforcements, Part 2|&#35;6]]
* [[Reinforcements, Part 3|&#35;7]]
* [[Reinforcements, Part 4|&#35;8]]
* [[Reinforcements, Part 5|&#35;9]]
* [[Cold Fire|Annual]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor''</div>
* [[Shining Armor issue 1|#1]]
* [[Shining Armor issue 2|#2]]
* [[Shining Armor issue 3|#3]]
* [[Shining Armor issue 4|#4]]
* [[Shining Armor issue 5|#5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Micronauts Volume 2''</div>
* [[Micronauts issue 7|&#35;7]]
* [[Micronauts issue 8|&#35;8]]
* [[Micronauts issue 9|&#35;9]]
* [[Micronauts issue 10|&#35;10]]
* [[Micronauts issue 11|&#35;11]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Micronauts: Into the Microspace''</div>
* [[Micronauts Annual 2017|Annual]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Till All Are One Volume 2''</div>
* [[Informed|Revolution]]
* [[Ping|#5]]
* [[Desperate Times|#6]]
* [[Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|#7]]
* [[Rubicon|#8]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''G.I. Joe Volume 1''</div>
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|#1]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 2|#2]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 3|#3]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 4|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Revolutionaries Volume 1''</div>
* [[Crisis Intervention|#1]]
* [[Enter the Shadow|#2]]
* [[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb|#3]]
* [[The Iron Klaw|#4]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''M.A.S.K. Volume 1''</div>
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 1|&#35;1]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 2|&#35;2]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 3|&#35;3]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 4|&#35;4]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 5|&#35;5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Optimus Prime Volume 1''</div>
* [[New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|#1]]
* [[New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|#2]]
* [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|#3]]
* [[New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|#4]]
* [[New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|#5]]
* [[New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|#6]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Redemption of the Dinobots''</div>
* ''[[The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation]]''

<br/><div class="list-header">''Lost Light Volume 2''</div>
* [[After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|#7]]
* [[An Axe to Break the Ice|#8]]
* [[Chasing the Infinite|#9]]
* [[The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|#10]]
* [[The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|#11]]
* [[The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|#12]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''ROM Volume 3''</div>
* [[Interlude (ROM)|&#35;10]]
* [[ROM issue 11|&#35;11]]
* [[ROM issue 12|&#35;12]]
* [[ROM issue 13|&#35;13]]
* [[ROM issue 14|&#35;14]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza''</div>
* [[Wrath of Karza issue 1|#1]]
* [[Wrath of Karza issue 2|#2]]
* [[Wrath of Karza issue 3|#3]]
* [[Wrath of Karza issue 4|#4]]
* [[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Till All Are One Volume 3''</div>
* [[Heavy|#9]]
* [[The Price of You|#10]]
* [[If I Know You|#11]]
* [[Your First Mistake|#12]]
* [[The Chosen One|Annual]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''G.I. Joe Volume 2''</div>
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 5|#5]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 6|#6]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 7|#7]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 8|#8]]
* [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 9|#9]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Revolutionaries Volume 2''</div>
* [[Strange Visitors|#5]]
* [[Power and Glory|#6]]
* [[When Eagles Scream|#7]]
* [[Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|#8]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''M.A.S.K. Volume 2''</div>
* [[The Deathstone|Annual]]
* [[The Origin of V.E.N.O.M. Part 1|&#35;6]]
* [[The Origin of V.E.N.O.M. Part 2|&#35;7]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 8|&#35;8]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 9|&#35;9]]
* [[M.A.S.K. issue 10|&#35;10]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Optimus Prime Volume 2''</div>
* [[The Next Day, and the Next|#7]]
* [[What It's Really Like|#8]]
* [[Ghost Stories|Annual]]
* [[The Life of Sideswipe|#9]]
* [[Origin Myths|#10]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook''</div>
* [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|#1]]
* [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|#2]]
* [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|#3]]

<br/><div class="list-header">''Transformers/G.I. JOE: First Strike''</div>
* [[First Strike issue 0|#0]]
* [[First Strike issue 1|#1]]
* [[First Strike issue 2|#2]]
* [[First Strike issue 3|#3]]
* [[First Strike issue 4|#4]]
* [[First Strike issue 5|#5]]
* [[First Strike issue 6|#6]]
* ''[[The Origins of Evil]]''
<br/><div class="list-header">''Optimus Prime Volume 3''</div>
* [[Unification Day: Dawn|''Optimus Prime: First Strike'']]
* [[Unification Day: Dusk|''The Transformers: First Strike'']]
* [[Primeless, Part 1|#11]]
* [[Primeless, Part 2|#12]]
* [[The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|#13]]
* [[The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|#14]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Lost Light Volume 3''</div>
* [[Sardines|#13]]
* [[The Ties That Bind (issue)|#14]]
* [[Kill All 'Cons|#15]]
* [[The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|#16]]
* [[The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|#17]]
* [[The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|#18]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Rom & The Micronauts''</div>
* ''[[Micronauts: First Strike]]''
* ''[[ROM: First Strike]]''
* [[Small World|&#35;1]]
* [[Microspace Knight|&#35;2]]
* [[Entropy|&#35;3]]
* [[Asymmetric Warfare|&#35;4]]
* [[Gods and Monsters|&#35;5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Scarlett's Strike Force''</div>
* ''[[G.I. Joe: First Strike]]''
* ''[[M.A.S.K.: First Strike]]''
* [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 1|#1]]
* [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 2|#2]]
* [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|#3]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Optimus Prime Volume 4''</div>
* [[The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|#15]]
* [[The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|#16]]
* [[The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|#17]]
* [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|#18]]
* [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|#19]]
* [[The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|#20]]
* [[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|#21]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Transformers vs. Visionaries''</div>
* [[Schismatic|#1]]
* [[Cybertron No More|#2]]
* [[Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|#3]]
* [[Good Men|#4]]
* [[The Curtain|#5]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''The Wreckers Saga''</div>
* ''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers]]''
<br/><div class="list-header">''Lost Light Volume 4''</div>
* [[Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|#19]]
* [[Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|#20]]
* [[Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|#21]]
* [[Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|#22]]
* [[Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|#23]]
* [[Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|#24]]
* [[How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2|#25]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Optimus Prime Volume 5''</div>
* [[Unstopped and Unstoppable|#22]]
* [[Time Will Rust|#23]]
* [[A Sunrise Dark|#24]]
* [[Post|#25]]
* [[Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Annual 2018]]
<br/><div class="list-header">''Unicron''</div>
* [[Our Darkest|#0]]
* [[Last Stand (Unicron)|#1]]
* [[Stranger Eons|#2]]
* [[Our Finest|#3]]
* [[Road's End|#4]]
* [[Assembly (Unicron)|#5]]
* [[Ceremony|#6]]
}}

[[File:Revolution-TPB.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' one.]]
This was when things got reaaally crazy.

In [[2016]], IDW announced the "[[Hasbro Universe]]"—a new direction for the Transformers continuity that will slowly bring other Hasbro properties into the fold. The first steps in building this new shared universe came in the form of a new six-issue series for the ''[[Micronauts (comic)|Micronauts]]'', written by [[Cullen Bunn]], and later for ''[[ROM (comic)|ROM]]'' (issues #0–4 courtesy of [[Chris Ryall]] and [[Christos Gage]]) and ''[[Action Man (comic)|Action Man]]'' (a four-issue miniseries from John Barber). IDW's previous ''{{i|G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe}}'' comics were retroactively folded into the continuity, supposedly having taken place in the time since ''All Hail Megatron''. Barber and Bunn teamed up to set these properties on a collision course in ''[[Revolution]]'', the most ambitious [[crossover]] event in history.

IDW presented a checklist for the event at the back of each issue, but the publication order of the tie-ins didn't match the main series due to various delays and complications. For reference, a sequential ordering would be as follows:
* [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|''Revolution'' #0]]
* [[Concorde Hymn|''Revolution'' #1]]
* ''[[Field Test|ROM: Revolution]]''
* ''[[M.A.S.K.: Revolution]]'' (scheduled after #2, but introduces M.A.S.K. for their appearance there)
* [[The Divine Source of Liberty|''Revolution'' #2]]
* ''[[Micronauts: Revolution]]''
* ''[[Informed|Till All Are One: Revolution]]'' (scheduled before #4, but set between #2 and #3, building on the reveal from the ''Micronauts'' tie-in)
* [[O Ship of State|''Revolution'' #3]]
* ''[[D.T.A.|G.I. Joe: Revolution]]''
* ''[[Thundercracker & Buster Save the World|The Transformers: Revolution]]''
* ''[[The Modern World|Action Man: Revolution]]''
* [[The New Colossus|''Revolution'' #4]] (scheduled before the tie-ins for ''The Transformers'' and ''Action Man'', but takes place afterwards)
* [[Valley Forge|''Revolution'' #5]]
* ''[[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|More than Meets the Eye: Revolution]]'' (a standalone comedy issue not referenced by the main series, scheduled before #5)

After the publication of ''Revolution'', a non-canon three-issue spoof of the event was released: ''[[Aw Yeah Revolution!]]'' written by [[Art Baltazar]] in the style of his other comics. Originally solicited for five issues, the series was seemingly truncated down to three issues.

[[File:FirstStrike TPBcvr.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|The "go buy ''Visionaries''" one.]]
''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]'' continued to run from issues #5–12, while ''More than Meets the Eye'' was relaunched as ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light]]''. Roberts' story was still playing catch-up, chronologically speaking, but was so disconnected from everything else that it ran until issue #25 without really interacting with the rest of the Hasbro Universe. He found out that ''Lost Light'' was to be cancelled at issue #25 while writing issue #12, resulting in a great deal of reshuffling of plot threads from that point on. Scott's plans, however, were to be truncated even earlier, by IDW's next crossover.

''ROM'' continued until issue #14. A pair of flashback stories focused on the Space Knight were also released: [[Cold Fire|an annual]] and a five-issue ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' crossover miniseries. These stories are probably best read after issue #10, which included a similar flashback. ''Micronauts'' continued until issue #11, with [[Micronauts Annual 2017|an additional annual]] taking place between issues #9 and #10, before concluding in a five-issue miniseries titled ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]''.

New [[G.I. Joe vol. 5|''G.I. Joe'']] and ''[[M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand|M.A.S.K.]]'' series were launched. [[Aubrey Sitterson]]'s ''G.I. Joe'' ran for nine issues; eschewing the "realistic" approaches of earlier authors, Sitterson's take on the premise was one that incorporated overt science-fiction and fantasy elements, including the surprise introduction of [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] as a supporting character. Meanwhile, [[Brandon M. Easton|Brandon Easton]]'s ''M.A.S.K.'' ran for ten issues. [[The Deathstone|An ''M.A.S.K.'' annual]] by the co-writer of IDW's next event saw them team up with the ''G.I. Joe'' cast, but various inconsistencies with Easton's timeline make placing it chronologically a little tricky (the collected editions just put it between issues #5 and #6).

''The Transformers'' was relaunched as ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]''. [[Ghost Stories|An annual]] was published under a generic ''Transformers'' label, taking place between issues #8 and #9. John Barber also released ''[[The Transformers: Salvation]]'', the final part of his ''Redemption of the Dinobots'' trilogy (the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s would later show up in issue #13). At the same time, Barber also wrote the eight-issue team book ''[[Revolutionaries]]'', which continued plot threads from ''The Transformers'', ''Action Man'', and ''Revolution'' while featuring frequent guest-stars from the other series. After issue #10 of ''Optimus Prime'', IDW's next crossover began.

Three issues of the [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]] profile series were released—in addition to profiles on various characters in the universe, each issue included a four-page comic story. [[2017]]'s ''[[First Strike]]'' event, written by Mairghread Scott and David A. Rodriguez, brought the Transformers and G.I. Joe together in a six-issue miniseries. A series of backup strips titled ''[[The Origins of Evil]]'' ran alongside the event. Meanwhile, four loosely-connected two-part tie-in stories were published for other series, taking place concurrently with the crossover without directly factoring into its events:
* ''Optimus Prime'' #11–12
* ''[[Unification Day: Dawn|Optimus Prime: First Strike]]'' & ''[[Unification Day: Dusk|Transformers: First Strike]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe: First Strike]]'' & ''[[M.A.S.K.: First Strike]]''
* ''[[Micronauts: First Strike]]'' & ''[[ROM: First Strike]]''
[[File:Unicron-Bcovers-JamesRaiz.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The Unicron-eats-every-one.]]

Following the event, the non-''Transformers'' books were relaunched as ''[[Rom & the Micronauts]]'' by Gage and ''[[Scarlett's Strike Force]]'' by Sitterson. Sitterson's story was cancelled prematurely, ending on a cliffhanger in issue #3, with the script to issue #4 and outlines to the rest of the series later being released on his Patreon. Gage fared a little better, releasing the planned five issues of the miniseries.

Another ''Optimus Prime'' two-parter, #13 and #14's "The Dead Come Home", picked up where the event left off. Scott returned one final time to tie up her dangling plot threads in a ''Till All Are One'' annual; Barber wrote another annual set roughly concurrently with hers and leading into his next six-issue arc, "The Falling". The five-issue ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' miniseries introduced another old Hasbro property to the universe, and Roche returned in its immediate aftermath for ''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers]]'', the final part of his ''Wreckers Saga''.

The 2005 IDW continuity finally drew to a close in [[2018]] with Barber's six-issue ''[[Transformers: Unicron]]'' crossover. An additional issue #0 was released a little out-of sequence for [[Free Comic Book Day]]; the events of ''Optimus Prime'' #22, released three months later, bookend those of that issue and are intended to be read afterwards. To check in on the Hasbro Universe at large, a series of four-page back-up strips (mostly by those books' creative teams) were printed alongside the event.

Following the continuity's conclusion, IDW published a chronological prose recap of the entire story in the form of ''[[Transformers: Historia]]'' by [[Chris McFeely]]. In [[2020]], quite unexpectedly, Chris Ryall returned for the three-issue ''[[Rom: Dire Wraiths]]'' flashback miniseries, set in the Hasbro Universe.

A [[Transformers (2019 comic)|new series]] set in [[2019 IDW continuity|a fully-rebooted continuity]] began in [[2019]].
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==Collected editions==
[[File:IDWCollection1.jpg|upright=1|thumb|right|The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume one.]]
Every single comic published as part of the 2005 IDW continuity, bar one (see below), has been collected in at least one trade paperback. Each trade paperback typically collects four to six issues, usually forming one or more complete arcs.

Since 2010 IDW has also been collecting stories in hardback with ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection]]'', which presents stories in a "suggested reading order" that ultimately leaves much to be desired. Phase One was collected across eight volumes, the first two of which were also collected together in [[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Compendium, Vol. 1|a paperback compendium]]. Phase Two's collections numbered twelve, with a reading order that haphazardly jumps back and forth between the two ongoings. Phase Three managed to eke out three volumes before IDW's losing of the license forced publication of the collections to cease, cutting off right before [[First Strike]]. Still, these collections remain the only way of getting many of the older series new in print.

If you live in the UK, [[Hachette]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]'' similarly attempted to print every story in hardback along with previous [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] series. The reading order presented in this partwork, however, is every bit as baffling as that of ''The IDW Collection'' and is further complicated by the fact that individual volumes are ''themselves'' released out of order to keep people subscribed for the full duration of the run.

''Requiem of the Wreckers'' was only collected as part of a larger trade paperback—''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga]]'', containing over ten issues that had already seen release in prior collections. It was later released in Vol. 80 of the aforementioned ''Definitive G1 Collection''.

A similar situation would have occurred for the [[Micronauts Annual 2017|2017 ''Micronauts'' annual]], which would have been collected as part of ''[[Micronauts (comic)|Micronauts: Into the Microspace]]''. Unfortunately, the trade was cancelled, leaving this annual as the only comic of this continuity '''not''' to have been collected in a trade.

==Timeline==
''See main article: [[2005 IDW timeline]].''
{{note|As information about the IDW universe was slowly revealed in non-chronological order, this timeline is intended mainly as a reference for people who are already familiar with it.}}

==Artists==
{{Creatorstub|accurate information on more artists and colourists. Notable missing include [[Livio Ramondelli]], [[Joana Lafuente]], [[Priscilla Tramontano]], [[Marcelo Matere]], [[Josh Perez]], [[Rob Ruffolo]]}}
Many artists contributed to the IDW continuity across its thirteen-year run.

===Line art===
[[File:Infiltration EJ covers.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The "{{w|Ultimate Marvel}}" one.]]
* [[Alex Milne]] illustrated a whopping 1407 pages. He was the main artist of ''Megatron Origin'', ''The Transformers: Drift'', ''More than Meets the Eye'', ''Rom vs. Transformers'', and ''Transformers: Unicron''. In addition, he worked on ''Spotlight: Arcee'', several issues of the 2009 ''Transformers'' series, an issue of ''Optimus Prime'' and an issue of ''Lost Light''.
* [[Andrew Griffith]] worked on 1020 pages, most notably as the main artist of ''Robots in Disguise'', but also contributing to many others, such as a coda story in ''All Hail Megatron'', inking 2 issues of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'', the full series of ''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza'' (with [[Ron Joseph]]), 3 pages of ''Lost Light'', one issue ''Optimus Prime'', 4 pages of the Annual 2018, 7 pages of issue 24, and 7 pages of the sixth issue of ''Transformers: Unicron''.
* [[Guido Guidi]] illustrated 722 pages for ''Hearts of Steel'', ''Infestation 2'', ''All Hail Megatron'', ''Spotlight: Galvatron'', ''Spotlight: Mirage'', ''Drift - Empire of Stone'', ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'', ''The Transformers'', ''More than Meets the Eye'', ''Robots in Disguise'', ''Revolutionaries'', and ''Optimus Prime: First Strike''.
* [[Nick Roche]] illustrated 603 pages, including ''Spotlight'' issues for Shockwave, Hot Rod, Kup, Hardhead, and Megatron along with ''Infestation'' and ''The Death of Optimus Prime''. He was the main artist on ''Maximum Dinobots'', and also contributed to ''Devastation'', the ''All Hail Megatron'' Coda, ''The Transformers'', and ''More than Meets the Eye''. He was the creative force behind IDW's ''Wreckers'' stories.
* [[E. J. Su]] illustrated 511 pages. He was the main artist for ''Infiltration'', ''Escalation'', ''Devastation'', and ''Revelation'', in which he redesigned many G1 characters with a sense of realism and updated, modern alternate modes, while still being relatively faithful to the originals. He also illustrated ''Spotlight: Jazz'', ''Spotlight: Prowl'', the flashback sequences in ''All Hail Megatron'' #7, and ''The Transformers'' #7. Years later, he would return to the IDW comics for the final arc of ''Lost Light''.
[[File:Earthworks menasor vs autobots.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|The "[[:File:IDWongoing1 dons new style.jpg|Oh Primus, Rodimus, what happened to your face?]]" one.]]
* [[Jack Lawrence]] created 320 pages over 16 issues of ''Lost Light''.
* [[Don Figueroa]] illustrated 297 pages including the entirety of ''Stormbringer'' and ''Spotlight: Optimus Prime''. He also contributed [[All Hail Megatron issue 13#"Old Ways"|a story]] to the ''All Hail Megatron'' Coda. For the 2009 ongoing series, to which he contributed eight issues, Don brought an entirely new (and controversial) aesthetic, with detailed and complex designs that were evocative of those used in [[Live-action film series|the live-action film series]]. He was also responsible for designing [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s stealth bomber form.
* [[Brendan Cahill]] illustrated 270 pages including the entirety of the "Police Action" storyline in ''The Transformers'' and several contributions to ''Robots in Disguise'', ''More than Meets the Eye'', ''Lost Light'', and ''Requiem of the Wreckers''.
* [[Kei Zama]] illustrated 246 pages as they were the main artist of ''Optimus Prime'', as well as contributing 9 pages to the sixth issue of ''Unicron''.
* [[Casey Coller]] illustrated 205 pages, including ''Spotlight: Blurr'', ''Spotlight: Drift'', the entirety of ''Ironhide'', and a couple of contributions to ''All Hail Megatron'', ''The Transformers'' and Barber's various ongoings. He regularly provided variant covers.
* [[Saren Stone]] created 132 pages for ''Windblade'' and ''Robots in Disguise''.
* [[Ulises Fariñas]] created 89 pages for ''Heart of Darkness''. He was clearly unfamiliar with Transformers and his artwork did no favors for the already-disjointed writing, resulting in perhaps the most-reviled miniseries in IDW ''Transformers'' history.
* [[Emiliano Santalucia]] illustrated 52 pages across ''Spotlight: Blaster'' and ''All Hail'' Megatron #9, #10, and #14.
* [[James Raiz]] illustrated 41 pages—a few for ''Maximum Dinobots'', and the entirety of ''More than Meets the Eye'' #22.
* [[Jimbo Salgado]] and [[Emil Cabaltierra]] contributed 37 pages total in the ''More than Meets the Eye'' Annual.
* [[Robert Deas]] illustrated 14 pages of ''All Hail Megatron'' #9.
* [[Marcelo Ferreira]] pencilled 6 pages of the last issue of ''Drift - Empire of Stone''.

===Colors===
* [[Josh Burcham]] colored an amazing 2029 pages. He started almost at the beginning with ''Infiltration'' #1, the full ''Stormbringer'' arc, 5 ''Spotlights'' and 2 issues of ''Devastation''. He colored the main set of ''All Hail Megatron'' plus an issue and a half of the coda, 2 issues of ''Maximum Dinobots'' and all issues of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers''. Into "Phase 2", he worked on ''The Death of Optimus Prime'', 23 issues of ''More than Meets the Eye'', "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas" (art and colors), the full ''Sins of the Wreckers'' series, 6 issues of ''The Transformers'' Vol. 2, and work on ''More than Meets the Eye: Revolution''. Finally he colored 21 issues of ''Optimus Prime'', its Annual and the ''Requiem of the Wreckers'' one-shot.

==Toyline==
Although IDW's stories were never really intended to promote any particular toyline being produced by Hasbro, over the years there were many instances of Hasbro looking to IDW's character designs for inspiration, or vice versa! The following list can be broadly split into the following categories:
* Toys in '''bold''' are directly inspired in some part by their appearance in the comics.
* Toys which are <u>underlined</u> share a "common ancestor" with an IDW design, usually in the form of a particular piece of concept art.
* The rest were either directly used for reference by IDW's artists, or specifically requested by Hasbro for inclusion in the comics.

===''Stormbringer''===
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{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Jetfire]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Scoop (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Scoop]]''' (head only, later used in ''Dark Cybertron'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Spotlight''===
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Ramjet]] (''Spotlight: Ramjet'')}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Galvatron]]''' (''Spotlight: Galvatron'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Orion Pax]]''' (''Spotlight: Blurr'')}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Blurr (G1)/toys#Legacy|''Legacy'' Blurr]]''' (''Spotlight: Blurr)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Thundercracker]] (''Spotlight: Thundercracker'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Landmine (Energon)#Energon|''Energon'' Landmine]] (''Spotlight: Trailcutter'', artist error)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Megatron Origin''===
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Ratbat]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Sentinel Prime]]''' (loose inspiration only, later used in ''Titans Return'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Devastation''===
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Jhiaxus (G2)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Jhiaxus]]''' (sculpt only, colors later used in ''Dark Cybertron'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''All Hail Megatron''===
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{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#MasterpieceUS|''Masterpiece'' Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thrust (G1)/toys#Gentei! Gentei!|''Gentei! Gentei!'' Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Astrotrain]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Octane#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dropshot (G1)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Dropshot]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hound (G1)/toys#Univ2008Dx|''Universe'' Hound]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Prowl]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Sunstreaker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|''Reveal the Shield'' Perceptor]]''' (details only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Blurr (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Blurr]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Drift (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Drift]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Kup]]''' (later used in ''Revolutionaries'')}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Perceptor]]'''}}
* '''[[Sparkplug Witwicky#Kre-O|''Kre-O'' Colonel Daniel Witwicky]]'''
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TFU08-toy Dropshot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Universe'' Dropshot put in a surprise appearance in ''All Hail Megatron''.]]
|}

===''The Transformers''===
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Silverstreak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Smokescreen]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Drag Strip (G1)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Drag Strip]] (loose inspiration only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Windcharger (G1)#Transformers (2010)|''Reveal the Shield'' Windcharger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Optimus Prime]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Bumblebee]]'''}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Megatron]]'''}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Sunstorm (G1)#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Sunstorm]]</u> (sculpt only)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Acid Storm (G1)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Acid Storm]] (deco only) / <u>[[Acid Storm (G1)#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Acid Storm]]</u> (sculpt only)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Megatron]]'''}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Starscream (G1)/toys#GenLegends|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Starscream]]''' / '''[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Starscream]]'''}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Skywarp]]''' (Legends/Leader)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Thundercracker]]''' (Legends/Leader)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Generations Leader TC.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Guido Guidi's updated version of E.J. Su's Seeker design was the basis for several toys.]]
|}

===''Last Stand of the Wreckers''===
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{{Bp-a1|'''[[Guzzle (DOTM)#Dark of the Moon|''Dark of the Moon'' Guzzle]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Springer (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Springer]]'''}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Impactor (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Timelines'' Impactor]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Impactor (G1)#AmazonFanVote3Pack|''Siege'' Decepticon Impactor]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Drift''===
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{{Bp-a1|'''[[Drift (G1)#Generations|''Legends'' Deadlock]]''' (deco only)}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Lockdown (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Lockdown]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
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===''The Death of Optimus Prime''===
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<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Timelines|''Timelines'' Sideswipe]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
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===''More than Meets the Eye / Lost Light''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
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<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Swerve (G1)#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Swerve]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Tailgate (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Tailgate]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Trailcutter]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Brainstorm (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Brainstorm]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Titan Force Brainstorm]]''' (head and deco only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Whirl (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Whirl]]''' (loose inspiration only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Skids (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Skids]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Gears (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Gears]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Hoist (G1)/toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Hoist]]''' (head only, later used in ''Spotlight: Hoist'')}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sandstorm (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[High Wire (Armada)#Armada|''Armada'' High Wire]] (repurposed as [[Tripodeca]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (WFC)#Robots in Disguise|''Prime'' Ratchet]] (vehicle mode only, artist error)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[IP infringement|''Mastermind Creations'' Calidus]]''' (vehicle mode only, artist error)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[IP infringement|''Mastermind Creations'' Stray]]''' (vehicle mode only, artist error)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Drift (G1)#Adventure|''Adventure'' Drift]]''' (head only)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blades (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Blades]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rook (CW)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Rook]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Defensor (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Defensor]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Windcharger (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Windcharger]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Ultra Magnus / Minimus Ambus]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Megatron]]''' (stickers only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Chromedome (G1)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Chromedome]]''' (head only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Rewind]]''' (head only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Chromedome (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Chromedome]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Rewind (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Rewind]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Getaway#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Breakaway]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cerebros (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Cerebros]] (robot mode only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Roller (IDW)#Unite Warriors|''Unite Warriors'' Wandering Roller]]''' (deco only)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Rung (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' Rung]]'''}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Sky Shadow]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#FirstEdition|''Prime'' Vehicon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#CyberverseAir|''Prime'' Air Vehicon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Insecticon (WFC)#Prime|''Prime'' Insecticon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Tarn (G1)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Tarn]]'''}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-E-Battle-Master-Rung.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Rung finally made the jump to toy form in the ''Siege'' line, as a [[Battle Master]].]]
|}

===''Robots in Disguise''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Rumble (G1)/toys#United|''United'' Rumble]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Frenzy (G1)/toys#United|''United'' Frenzy]]}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#Generations|''Fall of Cybertron'' Starscream]]</u>}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Shockwave (WFC)#Generations|''Fall of Cybertron'' Shockwave]]</u>}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Soundwave (WFC)/toys#War for Cybertron|''War for Cybertron'' Cybertronian Soundwave]]</u> / <u>[[Soundwave (WFC)/toys#Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'' Soundwave]]</u>}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Laserbeak (WFC)#Generations|''Fall of Cybertron'' Laserbeak]]</u>}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Onslaught (WFC)#Retail|''Fall of Cybertron'' Onslaught]]</u>}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Brawl (WFC)#Retail|''Fall of Cybertron'' Brawl]]</u>}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Blast Off (FOC)#Retail|''Fall of Cybertron'' Blast Off]]</u>}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Dreadwing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Blitzwing]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Warpath (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Warpath]]}}
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Jazz (WFC)#Generations|''Fall of Cybertron'' Jazz]]</u>}}
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Sideswipe (WFC)#Generations|''Fall of Cybertron'' Sideswipe]]</u>}}
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Generations|''War for Cybertron'' Cybertronian Bumblebee]]</u> / '''[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Bumblebee]]'''}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire|''Thrilling 30'' Goldfire]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#T30Deluxe|''Thrilling 30'' Waspinator]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rhinox (BW)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Rhinox]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Bravo#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Alpha Bravo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Arcee]]''' (head only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Generationstoy-BumblebeeBlazemaster.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Andrew Griffith's version of Bumblebee's ''War for Cybertron'' design served as the basis of his ''Thrilling 30'' toy.]]
|}

===''Autocracy Trilogy''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Heavy Load (Universe)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Heavy Load]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Hailstorm (TF 2010)#Transformers (2010)|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' Hailstorm]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Lugnut (TF 2010)#Transformers (2010)|''Reveal the Shield'' Lugnut]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)#Prime|<u>''Prime'' Bulkhead</u>]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Dark Cybertron''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' ''Armada'' Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Mini-Con Assault Team#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Mini-Con Assault Team]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Tankor (BM)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Tankor]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Nautica (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Nautica]]''' (head/turbines only)}}
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Windblade (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Windblade]]</u>}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Windblade (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Windblade]]'''}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromia (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Chromia]]}}
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Arcee (G1)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Arcee]]</u>}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Crosscut (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Crosscut]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Jetfire]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Windblade''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Rippersnapper (Prime)#Prime|''Prime'' Rippersnapper]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Windrazor (Prime)#Cyberverse|''Prime'' Windrazor]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Twinstrike (Prime)#Cyberverse|''Prime'' Twinstrike]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Combiner Wars''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Motormaster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Breakdown]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Drag Strip (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Drag Strip]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Offroad (CW)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Offroad]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Blackjack (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Blackjack]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Air Raid (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Air Raid]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Skydive]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Fireflight (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Firefly]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Silverbolt (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Hot Spot]] (artist error)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Combiner Hunters''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Combiner Hunters Arcee]] (sculpt non-canonical)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Combiner Hunters Windblade]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Chromia (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Combiner Hunters Chromia]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Till All Are One''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Toys|''Cyberverse'' Starscream]]</u>}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Onslaught (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Onslaught]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Swindle (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Swindle]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Blast Off]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vortex (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Vortex]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Brawl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Brawl]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Titans Return''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Infinitus#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Infinitus]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sovereign#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Sovereign]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Optimus Prime''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Toys|''Cyberverse'' Optimus Prime]]</u>}}
{{Bp-a1|<u>[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Toys|''Cyberverse'' Bumblebee]]</u>}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|<u>[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Toys|''Cyberverse'' Shockwave]]</u>}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Seaspray (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Seaspray]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beachcomber (G1)#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Beachcomber]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Transformers vs. Visionaries''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Quickswitch#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Quickswitch]] (robot mode only)}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Thrustinator|''Timelines'' Thrustinator]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Requiem of the Wreckers''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Smolder (PCC)#Power Core Combiners|''Power Core Combiners'' Smolder]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Steamhammer (PCC)#Power Core Combiners|''Power Core Combiners'' Steamhammer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Unicron''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Broadside (Classics)#Classics|''Classics'' Broadside]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Sledge (Classics)#Classics|''Classics'' Sledge]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Wideload (Classics)#Classics|''Classics'' Wideload]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{toystub|Flame Toys, Evergreen, and perhaps even 3P? ''Siege'' Chromia has roots in IDW as mentioned by John Warden}}

==Notes==
[[File:Spotlight Octane unused.jpg|upright=0.67|thumb|right|The [[Octane#Titans Return|Oct-one]].]]
[[File:Spotlight Cosmos panel.jpg|upright=0.67|thumb|right|The UFOne.]]
* The IDW continuity overtook the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics US continuity]] in terms of raw issue count with issue #6 of the 2009 ongoing series. [[Primus]] only knows how many more issues there are now.
* When IDW first picked up the ''Transformers'' license, Simon Furman pitched a story that would have tied in to his idea for a ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' ongoing comic, and would possibly have been in continuity with the [[Dreamwave Productions]] comics. The G1 story would have begun with the destruction of Cybertron and the discovery that the destruction of [[Unicron]] in the [[universal stream|Aurex cluster]] had destabilized the entire [[omniverse]]. To save all of existence, the Autobots would have travelled across the galaxy attempting to reassemble an artifact called the 'Decepticon Matrix', which would have resurrected Unicron. This plot parallels that of ''Cybertron'', in which the Autobots seek out the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to revive [[Primus]]. [[Vector Prime]] would have appeared in both series, travelling between universes to guide both groups of Autobots in their quest. It seems that series would then have come together with the concurrent ''Cybertron'' comic as Transformers from across the [[multiverse]] were brought together for a final, epic clash.<ref>Pitch printed in ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]''</ref>
* A couple of other ultimately-unused pitches are known to the public:
** Alongside ''Spotlight: Kup'', [[Nick Roche]] came up with his own idea for a ''Spotlight: Blurr'' issue, taking place on a battlefield entirely in the space of a single second. This was felt to be a little too high-concept. Another unused idea was for a ''Spotlight: Roadbuster'', about him "training his cadets and doing terrible things to them", which later informed ''Sins of the Wreckers''.<ref name=TFN2022>Nick Roche at TFNation 2022, 2022/08/14</ref>
** In [[2007]], Roche and [[James Roberts]] pitched an [[Octane]]-based issue of ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' to IDW.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=In 2007, @jroberts332 and I attempted to pitch Spotlight: Octane. Here's the cover and character design. https://t.co/5fS4W2grfz|link=https://twitter.com/NickRoche/status/737318150660886529|name=NickRoche|site=Twitter|year=2016|month=5|day=30|(defunct=)}}</ref> Some of the concepts from the pitch were later used in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Not a script, but James wrote a very extensive outline which he then hacked down. Some of it has shown up in MTMTE. https://t.co/7sjztgmVv5|link=https://twitter.com/NickRoche/status/737321240428486656|name=NickRoche|site=Twitter|year=2016|month=5|day=30|(defunct=)}}</ref>
** Roche also pitched a ''Spotlight: Rumble'', first alluded to in the ''Sins of the Wreckers'' trade paperback, which described it as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] on "a weapons grade pub-crawl" being tailed by [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]].<ref>Sins of the Wreckers TPB - "Noisemaze Logic"</ref> At his panel at [[TFNation]] 2022, Roche gave a more detailed summary: with Laserbeak and Ravage seen early in Furman's run, but Rumble and Frenzy absent, it would have seen Rumble waking up on an alien planet with a hangover, a wanted fugitive of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], who sends a cadet, Stakeout, to bring him in. Rumble finds himself in trouble, and Stakeout is forced to try and keep him alive so that he can arrest him; the two are "handcuffed to each other". Rumble doesn't want to use his piledrivers because he's hungover, but ultimately does so he can get away, knocking out Stakeout in the process. Rumble would have turned into a motorbike in this issue, and there would've been a chase through the streets of the alien city. Stakeout's role as Magnus' cadet made its way into ''Sins'', and Rumble (perhaps through coincidence) wound up as a motorcycle in [[John Barber]]'s run.<ref name=TFN2022 />
** A ''Spotlight: [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]'' was announced at [[San Diego Comic-Con|San Diego Comic-Con 2008]] for release in 2009, with art by [[Andrew Griffith]], to be written by [[Chris Mowry]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=If you're a comics or Transformers fan (or both) you may have seen this shown at Comic-Con. Well, I've finally decided to post it here. Just think of it as a preview...|link=https://www.deviantart.com/glovestudios/art/Cosmos-97118564|name=Andrew Griffith|site=deviantART|year=2008|month=09|day=06}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=After a not so revealing IDW panel today at SDCC, there were only a few new tidbits of upcoming releases by IDW. They confirmed that a Spotlight Cosmos is in the works, and they talked about the upcoming Spotlight Blurr a little.|link=https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/idw-news-from-sdcc-spotlight-cosmos/13613/|name=Skalor|site=Seibertron|title=IDW News From SDCC (Spotlight Cosmos!)|year=2008|month=07|day=25}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=Spotlight: Cosmos Chris Mowry and Andrew Griffith art. Some time in 2009. Tie in with Acsention / All Hail timelines|link=https://tformers.com/transformers-sdcc-2008-day-2-idw-transformers-gi-joe-panel/9904/news.html|name=BaCon|site=TFormers|title=SDCC 2008 Day 2 - IDW Transformers & GI Joe Panel|year=2008|month=07|day=25}}</ref> Later, though, Mowry announced on a (now defunct) IDW forum thread that the project was likely postponed or cancelled altogether, citing demotivation as a result of fan backlash towards IDW's output at the time.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=If it's done, it will be made to fit into the "universe" as neatly as possible. But in all honesty, the reaction to things as of late with G1-related stories really has me not interested in doing this at all. There seems to be a "bash it before you see it" epidemic as of late, so I really have to ask myself "why bother?" I've said it before, I'm a lucky guy who has been given some incredible opportunities. But this isn't my main job, I don't NEED to do this. Recent events have really made me take a closer look at this. We all have a right to express our opinions, but the blatant disrespect and rudeness that people have—and continue to show—towards creators or the fans that speak up for them, is really discouraging. We'll see, though. I've got a few other things to finish up first, and Andrew and I do have a rough outline of where we want this to go. If it's going to happen, you'll hear it here first. But in our minds, Cosmos is absolutely clunky. We're not going to make him a secret agent or anything. On second thought....|link=http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5052|name=Chris Mowry|site=the IDW forums|defunct=y}}</ref> Now, the cover art is the only piece of this we've officially seen... but in May 2009, the unofficial ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' strip "I Am..." was released, created by Mowry and Griffith. How exactly this was related is unknown.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.deviantart.com/transformers-mosaic/art/I-AM-123825255|name=''Transformers: Mosaic''|site=deviantART|title=I Am...|year=2009|month=05|day=27}}</ref>
** A four-issue miniseries titled ''[[Legacy of Rust]]'' was planned at some point, starring [[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]] and [[Jimmy Pink]].<ref name="tformers.com">https://tformers.com/article.php?sid=15437</ref> It was announced as being in development by [[Andy Schmidt]] at [[San Diego Comic-Con|San Diego Comic-Con 2010]], and brought up again at [[BotCon 2011]].<ref>https://tformers.com/transformers-botcon-2011-idw-publishing-chaos-begins-panel/15843/news.html</ref> All four issues were written by [[Stuart Moore]],<ref>https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2015/02/windblade-returns-in-transformers-combiner-wars/</ref> but the title was delayed <ref name="tformers.com"/> until changes in the IDW universe meant that it could no longer be released without significant rewrites to fit the new status quo, and the scripts have yet to be revealed to the public.
* In a couple of cases, in-canon material by writers on the continuity has been published in an unofficial capacity online:
** After the release of ''[[Spotlight: Cyclonus]]'', Nick Roche posted [http://web.archive.org/web/20100104064123/http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=77231 a one-page joke comic] finishing a dropped plot thread.
** Later, Josh Burcham illustrated [https://dcjosh.tumblr.com/post/107665292031/its-done-the-mtmte-22-deleted-scene-in-all-its a short deleted scene] by James Roberts, originally written for ''More than Meets the Eye'' #22 but cut for space.
* It was originally unclear whether [[Kelly Thompson]]'s ''{{i|Jem and the Holograms (comic)|Jem and the Holograms}}'' comics were part of the Hasbro Universe or not. Some version of the band was shown to exist there, but later information meant that events in that series were incompatible with those that took place in the Hasbro Universe at large.
* {{i|Paul Allor}}'s ''{{i|Clue (comic)|Clue}}'' miniseries was in a similar situation, as its story gave no indication that it was taking place in the Hasbro Universe. However, the [[Hasbro Tribune]] was printed in the back of the first issue, and [[Sarah Gaydos]] later "officially confirmed" that it was indeed part of the continuity, so... we ''guess'' it's canon? <ref>{{citesocial|quote=Bombshell revelation from @sarahgaydos at today's @IDWPublishing panel: Clue DOES take place in the Hasbro shared universe. Official canon, no takebacks.|link=https://twitter.com/PaulAllor/status/969761848399548417|name=Paul Allor|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=03|day=03}}</ref>
* ''[[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase]]'' was released in the aftermath of the continuity, featuring an autobiographical comic by Mairghread Scott and some short strips focusing on Hasbro Universe characters (but generally not set in the canon).

==External links==
* [https://tfwikicommunity.wordpress.com/reading-guides/idw/ IDW Reading Guide] at the TFWiki community blog

==References==
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