I’ve been trying to stay really on top of the news about G.I. Joe: COBRA, because it’s shaping up to be a pretty bad ass looking book. But somehow this image of a variant cover eluded me until today. Check it out:
Am I the only one totally seeing those guys in shadows as updated Crimson Guards? That’s certainly what they look like to me. I find it pretty interesting that the first real glimpse of COBRA we may get in this new IDW universe isn’t even in the main book. I’m hoping the timeline here merges with the main book and we see some crossover. I think that would be a pretty cool way to tie the books together and introduce COBRA to the main title in the process.
I think those might be Crimson Guards as well. I hope we can get figures of those later on. Maybe with the Destro or CC wave.
They hadn’t really shown this cover until recently, was driving me just a little bit nuts! Some of the other G.I.Joe: Cobra Fuso drawn alternates showed up in an article on Comic Book Resources.
The lack of clear information from IDW is one of the most frustrating part of the new comics to me. Show me what covers are scheduled. Give us separate order codes for each regular cover, that way if I order one cover from my local retailer I can specify the cover I want (otherwise it is just randomly filled by either of the regular covers). Finally, explain the incentives with the solicitations, not “See your retailer for a Special Incentive.”
It would make things easier for both the obsessive cover completists like me as well as the casual collector who just wants to pick their favorite cover in advance.