by generalsjoes | Nov 2, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Recently revealed that IDW would be relaunching their mainline G.I. Joe title with a “Season 2” in early 2011, the fans have been speculating a bit on what that really means. Upcoming G.I. Joe artist Javier Saltares has posted a number of pages on his eBay store, which appear to reveal potential upcoming events in the G.I. Joe title. The listings all appear in the “Completed Items” of the store.
Highlights of these pages are appearances of Storm Shadow and Zartan…and one particular panel could reveal some heavy spoilers.
Check out the link, or the images (at your own risk if you want to avoid spoilers) themselves. Thanks to regular GeneralsJoes reader m6d for the intel!
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I’ll admit, I wasn’t too keen on the Saltares news…his style always seemed way too stylized to work for a more real world military book. But I’ll be damned if these pages don’t look pretty nice. Much more hard-edged and realistic than I’ve seen from him in the past, and I’m really liking this new take on Zartan (if that is who it is).
by generalsjoes | Oct 27, 2010 | 5 Page Previews, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
The latest issue of G.I. Joe: Cobra has hit stands today, and we have a five-page preview for you here, thanks to IDW.
Wow. Only five pages in and this already looks like a thrill ride. Can’t wait to get out of work and hit the local comic shop so I can scoop this bad boy up. Check out the preview below.
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G.I. Joe: Cobra #9
Mike Costa, Christos N. Gage (w) • Sergio Carrera (a) • Antonio Fuso (c)
The shocking conclusion to “Serpent’s Tales”! Scoop has gathered a wealth of information on Serpentor’s cult, the Coil. Now he plans to escape and reveal it to the world. Can one man bring down the Coil, or does its reach extend farther than anyone imagined?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
by generalsjoes | Oct 22, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
IDW has provided the latest list of upcoming solicitations, this time for January, 2011. Highlights of the list are G.I. Joe: Cobra #12, which promises the death of a major player, and G.I. Joe #26 which has a pretty awesome looking cover featuring Snake Eyes and Agent Helix.
Check them all out after the jump!
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by generalsjoes | Oct 21, 2010 | 5 Page Previews, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Yes, the issue hit comic shops yesterday…what can I tell you, we’re a little behind the times. Nevertheless, here’s a five page preview for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #159, which already promises to keep up the crazed pace of the previous few issues.
Gotta tell you, believe it or not, the art is really growing on me. At first I wasn’t sure about Padilla’s work, but the more I see of it, the more it really pays awesome homage to the 90’s style, and the more it really blends with the previous universe. I’m digging it. Check out the five page preview below.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #159
Larry Hama (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Padilla, Rod Whigham (c)
After a surprise strike that catches COBRA off guard, the hastily re-formed G.I. JOE team takes back the initiative and launches its full counter-offensive against COBRA. And Dr. Venom’s plot from beyond the grave finally begins to unfold!
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #159
Larry Hama (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Padilla, Rod Whigham (c)
After a surprise strike that catches COBRA off guard, the hastily re-formed G.I. JOE team takes back the initiative and launches its full counter-offensive against COBRA. And Dr. Venom’s plot from beyond the grave finally begins to unfold!
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
by generalsjoes | Oct 12, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Now that NYCC has wrapped up, we’re starting to finally get some good, nicely detailed reports about all of the panels and events that went on in the Big Apple this past weekend. Among those reports was one from Comic Book Resources which focused on IDW and Hasbro’s joint panel and what to expect from their licensed titles over the next several months. I will try and outline the various news items below.
- G.I. Joe: Origins #23 is the final issue. Editor Andy Schmidt revealed that G.I. Joe: Origins would end with the 23rd issue. I’m not sure if this is sales related or that they simply had no more stories to tell, but regardless, after just wrapping issue #19, we’ve got about 4 more issues to go.
- Christos Gage is leaving G.I. Joe: Cobra after issue #13. I reported this during NYCC, but IDW confirmed it, also reporting that Mike Costa would handle the writing duties solo from then on.
- G.I. Joe #27 will wrap up “Season One” of the main Joe title. In April of 2011, G.I. Joe will begin “Season Two”, starting over from issue #0 and kicking off with a Cobra Civil War. Schmidt also says that in April, the only Joe title taking place in IDW continuity that month released would be G.I. Joe #0. Dixon will still be writing the title, but Javier Saltares will be tackling the art chores.
Schmidt also talked a bit about Infestation and how it ties into the G.I. Joe realm, and remarked that Joe fans did not seem very “chill” to the idea…at least not to the level of Transformers fans.
Some interesting news, to be sure. I could have sworn that at one point I read that this latest issue of G.I. Joe was going to be the end of “Season One” but apparently that’s being pushed off a bit. Chuck Dixon has been hit or miss for me throughout his G.I. Joe run, and honestly I’m not sure what I think of Saltares on the title. Loved his stuff with Moon Knight, and his Ghost Rider work was pretty cool as well, but those are both very supernatural, dark, and gritty worlds. I think G.I. Joe can be gritty (just see the Cobra title) but I’m not sure Saltares’ exaggerated style works real well in a pseudo-realistic military setting. I’ll certainly give it a shot, though.
You can read the entire article right here, and thanks to The Terror Drome for the heads up!
