It’s a two-for-one week from IDW Publishing as we get treated to two new issues on one “new comic” day!  The latest installment in Larry Hama’s excellent Real American Hero continuation hits today as does the third issue of the new Dixon/Gulacy Special Missions title.  Two totally different G.I. Joe universes.  Enjoy them both, and check out the preview pages below.

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G.I. Joe: Special Missions #3

Chuck Dixon (w) • Paul Gulacy (a) • Sean Chen, Gulacy (c)

CRUSH DEPTH continues! Scarlett, Mainframe, and the Special Missions team are seeing their first operation fall apart as the weather and overwhelming odds thwart them at every turn. Things aren’t any easier for the Baroness as she faces a mutiny from the crew of scurvy dogs she hired to recover COBRA’s loot off the ocean floor. And now Serpentor has taken an interest and that spells mayhem for everyone!

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Variant Covers:

             “Untold Tales of G.I. JOE” variant cover by Jim Rugg!

Bullet points:

• The G.I. JOE: SPECIAL MISSIONS team takes on the missions the world can never know about!
• All-military action as only comics legends Chuck Dixon and Paul Gulacy can deliver!
• Learn the secrets of the BARONESS’ return!

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #190

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

EVERYTHING COMES TO HEAD! G.I. JOE’s high seas rescue mission has gone from bad to worse. Now, each team present must regroup and rally in hopes of stopping the BLACK MAJOR and his RED SHADOWS once and for all. The action heats up in G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #190!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Variant Covers:

             Larry Hama variant sketch cover!

IDW Limited has come out of the gates screaming with G.I. Joe content over the past month or so, already releasing the Marvel Complete Collection (volume 1) and the Danger Girl and G.I. Joe collection as well.  Soon to come is the IDW collection itself, and  Robert Atkins is doing some great signature plate work for the project!

Over on the Robert Atkins Art blog, he’s been detailing the work and previewing some of the Snake Eyes art he is providing for the project, and you should definitely keep tabs over there.  Some really gorgeous original stuff slated to come with the IDW Limited volumes, and Robert is far from done.

He mentioned on a recent Twitter post that he was moving onto Destro next.  Can’t wait to see more!  Keep on hitting up Robert Atkins blog for further details and keep watching IDW Limited for those pre-orders.

IDW’s landmark new program, IDW Limited launched it’s exciting Danger Girl/G.I. Joe volume yesterday to great fanfare.  I posted a thorough preview over at YoJoe.com, and frequent contributor Russ Sheath, a writer for Aint It Cool News also very kindly agreed to let me share in his review of the book.  You can jump over on the IDW Limited website to order the book in either Red Label or Black Label, depending on your preference.

Check out his coverage of Danger Girl/G.I. Joe on AICN directly, or after the jump and a huge thanks as always to Russ for his contributions to GeneralsJoes!  Please note that this article is reproduced with the writer’s permission.

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Robert Atkins has been a fan favorite G.I. Joe artist for the past few years, and as a result, he has built an impressive library of G.I. Joe themed artwork.  He’s offered prints for sale at many of his conventions, and this high quality work has pleased a bunch of G.I. Joe fans across the world.

Now, he is partnering with someone to offer a large collection of awesome G.I. Joe prints at a fantastic discount price.  The information is below:

Robert Atkins “Declassified”.

A limited edition of 100, numbered and signed featuring 30 color prints of some of Robert’s best GI Joe drawings.

30 11″x17″ color prints on heavyweight paper, suitable for framing packaged in a heavy duty archival box

Includes covers (sans text/headlines, etc) from GI Joe issues #1, #13, #14, #16, #17, #18 (4 variants), #21, Snake Eyes #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10, #13 (2 variants), #18, along with portraits of Cobra Commander, Zartan, Lady Jaye, Storm Shadow & Snake Eyes and more.

The color prints sell for $15 each at the conventions, so all 30 prints would cost you $450 individually. You can get this set of 30 prints for $200 plus shipping & handling.

First 10 orders get free shipping (domestic US only!). Email or paypal dirkv@groovedis.com for more info.

This is an awesome opportunity to own some great, high quality G.I. Joe prints at a fantastic price.  With only 100 of these available, they won’t last long, so grab ‘em while you can!  Check out images of some of these prints below:

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The latest season of IDW’s G.I. Joe title is cruising along, with Fred Van Lente on the writing duties as he makes great strides building this G.I. Joe universe.  We’re already getting some backstory that has been previously unrevealed…but are the memories real, or manufactured?

It’s an interesting look into Duke’s background, though some questions remain.

Click the Read the Rest of the Story link below for the full review.

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The new Fred Van Lente G.I. Joe title has obviously been a bit of a departure from what we’ve grown used to, but in many ways, I enjoy this new direction.  He seems to be taking some time to develop the characters a bit more than making them generic “SpecOps Guy 1, 2, and 3″ and that holds true with this issue as well, which puts the focus squarely on Duke.

Check out the preview for G.I. Joe #3 below, hitting comic shops Wednesday.

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G.I. JOE #3

Fred Van Lente (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Juan Doe, Kurth (c)

CHOOSE YOUR PATH! You become DUKE, leader of the G.I. JOE team, as he begins his journey to become a Real American Hero! You make the life or death decisions! Or—is Duke just being tortured horrifically at the hands of the Baroness, and this is way of dealing with it—a never-ending branching series of “Might Have Beens?” Or… is it both?

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

The comic world has changed in many ways over the past several years, and writers have learned to adapt to this new mentality.  Writing for the trade, or building stories in a certain way is considerably different now than it was even 15 or 20 years ago.  The entire landscape is different.

Someone forgot to tell Larry Hama this.

To read the full review of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #189 click the Read the Rest of the Story link below.

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While the world is shaking apart in the main IDW universe with some title reconfiguration, the Larry Hama Real American Hero title powers on, and powers on magnificently.  Issue #189 continues the excellent Red Shadows storyline.  Check out the preview below.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #189

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

G.I. JOE takes to the high seas to stop the BLACK MAJOR from eliminating the hostages aboard an oil survey ship. Can SCARLETT, STALKER, TORPEDO, GUNG-HO and BEACH HEAD storm the ship and get the hostages to safety? G.I. JOE is in for choppy waters in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #189!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant Covers:

            Larry Hama variant sketch cover!

No, I don’t mean the title is going to be canceled or anything like that… I just mean that issue #192 sounds like it could be nasty…  Cobra is trying to gain the upper hand and the “mighty shall fall”.  Sounds menacing.

Some interesting tidbits in the rest of the titles as well, from Cover Girl’s back story to an epic conclusion for the first arc of The Cobra Files.  To see the full list of July solicitations for G.I. Joe product, click the Read the Rest of the Story link below.

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I was hoping to get this review posted yesterday, but just didn’t quite have the time.  New comic day hit Wednesday and with new comic day came the first issue of the next generation of the “Cobra” universe from IDW!  Like The Who says “…meet the new boss… same as the old boss”.

But personally, even if this new iteration is more or less the same, I couldn’t be happier.  Click the Read the Rest of the Review link below for the full review.  BEWARE, SPOILERS for this issue will not be concealed!

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