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IDW announces G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte miniseries

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IDW Publishing has announced that Michel Fiffe, creator of the critically acclaimed indie comic Copra, is set to bring his auteur style to the world of G.I. Joe with the brand new miniseries G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte. “The opportunity to put my own spin on this iconic franchise was impossible to resist,” says Michel Fiffe. […]

Preview of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Silent Option #1

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The four-part limited series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Silent Option gets underway on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here courtesy of IDW Publishing; check it out… “Silent Option,” Part 1 (of 4)! Following in the bloody footsteps of the smash-hit “Dawn of the […]

IDW showcases the all-new Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Silent Option

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IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to showcase Dawn Moreno, the all-new Snake Eyes, in the upcoming four-issue miniseries G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Silent Option from legendary G.I. Joe writer Larry Hama. Each oversized issue of Silent Option features​ a full story by the superstar creative team of longtime G.I. Joe […]

Dwayne Johnson wanted for G.I. Joe 3 as rumoured plot and character details emerge

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Back in December, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro announced a March 27th 2020 release date for G.I. Joe, which was assumed to be a reboot of the franchise after the mixed critical and commercial results of the first two instalments, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Well, according to a report over […]

Hasbro promises “a different kind of G.I. Joe” with movie reboot

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Although Paramount Pictures and Hasbro spent time developing a third instalment of the G.I. Joe movie franchise under director D.J. Caruso (which would have crossed over with Transformers), it was announced back in December 2015 that the studio was instead rebooting the franchise as part of a shared cinematic universe with fellow Hasbro properties Micronauts, Visionairies, […]

D.J. Caruso’s G.I. Joe 3 would have crossed over with Transformers

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Before he was brought on to direct xXx: Return of Xander Cage, D.J. Caruso was tapped to helm a third G.I. Joe film for Paramount Pictures. While that project ultimately failed to materialise, Caruso has revealed in an interview with Collider that the third film was originally going to set up a shared universe with Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise, leading to […]

Comic Book Review – Street Fighter X G.I. Joe #5

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Gary Collinson reviews Street Fighter X G.I. Joe #5 (spoilers follow)… The final matchup of the World Warrior Tournament, and the fate of the planet rests on the victor! Will the forces of good prevail… or will M. Bison and Destro reign supreme and enact a New World Order? The greatest Street Fighter X G.I. […]

UPDATE: IDW launching shared Hasbro universe with Revolution event

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It’s not just on the big screen where the various Hasbro properties will be coming together in a shared universe, as IDW has announced that its upcoming Revolution event series will bring together the publisher’s G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, ROM, Action Man and M.A.S.K. series with new number ones and a new, shared status quo. “We didn’t […]

The plot to destroy the Transformers begins in IDW’s Hasbro event First Strike

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This August, General Joe Colton, the original G.I. Joe, will take the fight directly to the Transformers home world of Cybertron in the Hasbro Comic Book Event of 2017, First Strike, a six-part bi-weekly series from writers Mairghread Scott (Transformers) and David A. Rodriguez (Skylanders), with art by Max Dunbar (Dungeons & Dragons), and colors […]