Thanks to WildWeasel from The Terror Drome for this info…here are the G.I. Joe-themed comics slated to be released by IDW in May, highlighted by G.I. Joe #5, G.I. Joe Origins #4, and G.I. Joe: COBRA #3.
G.I. JOE #5
Written by: Chuck Dixon,
Art by: Robert Atkins
Cover(s) by: Dave Johnson & Robert Atkins (2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.)
32 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $3.99 • Available May 2009
The battle in The Pit becomes a chase across the Nevada desert. Only one of Destro’s mechanized killers is left and it’s the most dangerous. Meanwhile, Flint is figuring out Where in The World is Castle Destro. And in Manila, Snake Eyes shows up as Stalker is closing in on a runaway arms dealer but on whose side?
G.I. JOE: COBRA #3
Written by: Christos Gage & Mike Costa
Art by: Antonio Fuso
Cover(s) by: Howard Chaykin & Fuso (2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.)
32 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $3.99 • Available May 2009
If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” After months as a mole inside Cobra, Chuckles discovers the truth of these words — and may well pass the point of no return — as he commits what is probably the most shocking act ever seen from a Joe.
G.I. JOE: ORIGINS #4
Written by: Larry Hama
Art by: Mike Hawthorne
Cover(s) by: Andrea DiVito & Tom Feister (2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.)
32 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $3.99 • Available May 2009
New recruits Rock & Roll and Breaker infiltrate Chimera’s stronghold with the rest of the G.I. Joe team! Things are going from bad to worse and it all leads up to a big finale next issue!
G.I. JOE MOVIE PREQUEL #3
Written by: Chuck dixon
Art by: SL Gallant
Cover(s) by: Joe Corroney & photo cover (2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.)
32 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $3.99 • Available May 2009
“Baroness.” Using her feminine wiles and deadly styles, the Baroness plans to steal a centuries-old valuable from a billionaire oil sheik. Wild nightlife mixes with dangerous wild life on the Italian Riviera as Cobra’s deadliest female attempts the heist of the century in this action-wracked tale that leads right into this summer’s movie!
G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF HAWK TPB
Written by: Larry Hama
Art by Herb Trimpe, Mike Vosburg, Rod Whigham & Ron Wagner
Cover(s) by: Andrea DiVito
TPB 140 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $19.99 • Available May 2009
Collecting the most defining comics moments of the beloved G.I. Joe cast, this volume focuses on Hawk, leader of the G.I. Joe team. Read all about his adventures and heroic action in classic issues from the past. Includes Marvel Comics’ G.I. Joe #4, 16, 45, 47, 70, and 74!
G.I. JOE: THE BEST WORST OF COBRA COMMANDER TPB
Written by: Larry Hama
Art by: Herb Trimpe, Don Perlin, Mike Vosburg, Rod Whigham & Marshall Rogers
Cover(s) by Andrea DiVito
TPB 152 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $19.99 • Available May 2009
Collecting the most incriminating comics moments of G.I. Joe’s Cobra, this volume focuses on Cobra Commander, the mastermind behind Cobra. Read all about his criminally-genius, sinister actions in classics issues from the Marvel Comics run, #1, 5, 16, 38, 55, and 61!
CLASSIC G.I. JOE, VOL. 3 TPB
Written by: Larry Hama
Art by: Larry Hama, Steve Leialoha, Mike Vosburg, Jon D’Agostino & Russ Heath
Cover(s) by: J. Scott Campbell.
TPB 240 pages, Full Color • Cover Price $19.99 • Available May 2009
The original Marvel Comics adventures of America’s elite special-mission force continues with a special silent issue featuring Snakes Eyes and Scarlett, mysterious twin tattoos, a funeral for a friend, and plastic surgery for a wounded enemy. Plus the (old) origin of Snake Eyes revealed!