IDW, 2005 continuity · after the war ends

The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol. 1

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With the war over, Rodimus takes a crew of Autobots on a ship chasing a legend; collects the Death of Optimus Prime one-shot and issues #1–3

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Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to the end of the saga.

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Everything8 of 17
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BeforeTransformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers

AfterTransformers: Lost Light Vol. 1

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Quick recap

The war is over, and the Autobots have to figure out what to do with peace. Optimus Prime leaves Cybertron, and Rodimus, formerly Hot Rod, invites volunteers to search for the Knights of Cybertron, legendary envoys who vanished long ago. Over two hundred board the Lost Light, with Ultra Magnus as second-in-command. Right after launch, the ship jumps off course, a fifth of the crew is thrown onto a nearby planet, and a warning from the future goes unheeded. There's also a Sparkeater aboard, a predator that devours sparks. Rodimus and his team lure it into the engine room and trap it in a generator. The crew goes back to routine, and little Tailgate decides he wants to be a Decepticon.

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Trivia

Behind the scenesOne tagline per series
The title is one of the franchise's two taglines. Its sister series, launched the same year, took the other: Robots in Disguise.
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Behind the scenesIt opens with a farewell
The book opens with The Death of Optimus Prime one-shot, which ends the war and splits the line into the series that follow.
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Behind the scenesCritics' awards
The series won two ComicsAlliance awards, in 2015 and 2016, and became one of IDW's most popular titles.
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SetupThe Knights of Cybertron
The Knights of Cybertron the crew is chasing were religious envoys who vanished before the series began. The search runs the length of the series.
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