G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Devil's Due Publishing)

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Cover to G.I. Joe A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #1. Art by J. Scott Campbell.
Publication information
PublisherDevil's Due Publishing
Image Comics
FormatOngoing series
GenreMilitary
Publication dateOctober 2001 โ€“ June 2005
No. of issues43
Main character(s)See List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters
Creative team
Written byJosh Blaylock
Brandon Jerwa
Penciller(s)Steve Kurth
Kevin Sharpe
Brandon Badeaux
Tim Seeley
Inker(s)John Larter
Andrew Pepoy
Cory Hamscher

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (also known as G.I. Joe vol. 2 or G.I. Joe: Reinstated) is a comic book that was published by Image Comics from 2001 to 2005. Based on Hasbro, Inc.'s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line of military-themed toys, the series picks up seven years after the end of the Marvel Comics series.

Publication history

In July 2001, Devil's Due acquired the rights to G.I. Joe, and released a four-issue limited series through Image Comics, written by Josh Blaylock with John Larter and Steve Kurth as the artists. The title quickly became known to the fans as A Real American Hero vol. 2 (following from Marvel's original series), or G.I. Joe Reinstated (the title of the first four-issue arc). Strong sales on the limited series led to it being upgraded to an ongoing series, with the publication of a fifth issue and a monthly schedule.

The new series picked up seven years after the end of the Marvel Comics series, and also used elements from the animated TV series. Several older characters were featured in the title alongside several new recruits. While primarily continuing the stories from the Marvel Comics series, the success of the G.I. Joe comic allowed Devil's Due to branch out with more properties, and experiment with creating their own continuities. Devil's Due eventually broke off from Image to become their own company, and took over the publishing of the book with issue #26. The series ended with issue #43, and the introduction of a new enemy, the Red Shadows.[1]

The series was relaunched under the title G.I. Joe: America's Elite, which lasted for 36 issues, but was canceled when Devil's Due's license with Hasbro expired in 2008 and was not renewed.[2]

A comics convention special was released before the first issue.[3] IDW Publishing reprinted the entirety of the Devil's Due G.I. Joe run, under a "Disavowed" banner (as IDW would begin their own continuation to the original Marvel series in 2010, which ignored the DDP run), with five trade paperback collections of the original DDP series, as well as five collections of the America's Elite series.[4]

Plot synopsis

While performing surveillance around the

Greenshirts, are Flint, Scarlett, Roadblock, Shipwreck and Snake Eyes, while several other Joes are brought back as instructors. Meanwhile, Cobra Commander calls together the members of his organization, to let them know about his plan to take over the United States with nano-mites. Destro is the last to arrive, but after hearing the Commander's plan, he turns the tables on Cobra Commander, and takes control of Cobra.[5]

Destro reveals a plan to take over a highly powerful communications satellite, which carries the radio waves to control nano-mites that have been planted in thousands of phones, computers and appliances.

Mistress Armada prepare for the arrival of G.I. Joe. A team led by Roadblock, Scarlett, Snake Eyes, Stalker and Gung-Ho suffers casualties in Florida, as Scarlett and Snake Eyes are taken prisoner by Destro, who is revealed to be Destro's son Alexander masquerading as his father.[6]

The Joes are infected with nano-mites, as Hawk sends Kamakura and

Firewall figure out a way to reprogram the nano-mites. With reinforcements led by Lady Jaye, the Joes defeat Cobra, while Alexander and Mistress Armada are captured by the real Destro. Snake Eyes proposes to Scarlett.[8]

Cobra Commander returns, accompanied by

Battle Android Trooper. The B.A.T. fights against both the Joes and the Dreadnoks, until Firefly captures it for unknown reasons.[10] Rock 'n Roll, Mutt, Alpine and Bazooka reunite in the town of Delhi Hills, which turns out to be an underground Cobra operation.[11]

Meanwhile, Snake Eyes, Spirit and

Lt. Gorky, Flint and the Baroness are rescued, and Daina joins the G.I. Joe team after Lt. Gorky is killed.[13]

Storm Shadow breaks free of Cobra's mind control, and contacts Billy for help. Billy recruits Snake Eyes and Kamakura to assist him in rescuing Storm Shadow, but not before Cobra Commander brainwashes him again. A battle between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow ends in a stalemate, leaving Storm Shadow in the control of Cobra.

Cobra Island to rescue their comrades, but several Joes are killed, including Daemon, Flash, Mainframe, Skidmark, and Chuckles.[15]

With Serpentor presumed dead and Cobra Commander missing, Destro assumes command of Cobra. The Joes continue to deal with remnants of The Coil in Europe and Asia.

Red Ninja clan. Snake Eyes defeats their leader Sei Tin, and becomes the new master of the Red Ninja clan.[17]

Five new Joes are introduced, including

Wraith to rescue Scrap-Iron and Major Bludd from Blackgate prison. The Joes confront Cobra, and Destro is traded for Cobra Commander, but not before the Commander shoots Hawk in the back, and in turn is shot from behind by the Baroness.[18]

Hawk survives, but is paralyzed with an unretractable bullet lodged in his spine. General Joseph Colton returns to fill in for Hawk as commander of the team. A team of Joes is sent to New Moon, Colorado to investigate another Cobra front. After a battle there with Cobra forces, the town is destroyed, and G.I. Joe is set up to take the blame.[19] Several Joes are arrested, and the roster is cut severely. Destro consolidates his power within the Cobra organization, and discovers that his wife the Baroness is pregnant. Duke and Snake Eyes are rescued by Scarlett and Storm Shadow, as Cobra Commander is freed by the Dreadnoks, and revealed to have been Zartan in disguise.[20]

Meanwhile, an Army general named

The Pit. General Rey is made the new leader of the G.I. Joe Team, as Cobra discovers a weather control weapon named the Tempest, and moves it to their new Monolith Base in Badhikstan. G.I. Joe drops a nuclear bomb on Cobra Island, killing what's left of The Coil army. Cobra uses the Tempest to unleash the Deathangel Virus on the county of Badhi, as G.I. Joe attacks Cobra's new stronghold. Cobra Commander escapes, but not before shooting Dr. Mindbender, who dies helping G.I. Joe to disable the Tempest.[21]

The Red Shadows organization finally steps forward, targeting members of both G.I. Joe and Cobra. They also assassinate The Jugglers, a group of generals who had been manipulating G.I. Joe from behind the scenes, and had been hiding Serpentor's recovered body. Hawk is targeted, but is rescued from the Red Shadows by Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Kamakura. A G.I. Joe informant is also assassinated by Dela Eden, who escapes from Duke and Flint. Dela spies on G.I. Joe, and follows Flint and Lady Jaye home to their off-base residence. Dela attempts to kill Flint, but is stopped by Lady Jaye, who is then stabbed by Dela Eden and dies.[22] Dela is captured by Scarlett, who forms a plan with Flint and Hawk to investigate the Red Shadows organization, while Duke and General Rey interrogate Dela. The Red Shadows rescue Dela, and Scarlett tracks them to New York, where Flint has taken it upon himself to get revenge. Flint is captured, but uses a tracker to lead G.I. Joe to the Red Shadows headquarters. Flint refuses to kill Dela, even though he has the opportunity, and the leader of the Red Shadows Wilder Vaughn escapes. G.I. Joe is then deactivated by order of the President, given that Cobra as an organization has fractured, although Cobra Commander remains at large.[23]

Spin-offs

Battle Files

G.I. Joe: Battle Files gave profiles of the G.I. Joe and Cobra teams, as well as information on their vehicles. Published in 2002, issue #1 featured the Joes, while issue #2 featured Cobra and issue #3 featured weapons and tech. A Sourcebook trade paperback was published in February 2003, which collected issues one through three, with additional profiles added.[24]

Frontline

G.I. Joe: Frontline lasted eighteen issues, and featured a rotating creative team for every story. The stories explored what happened to G.I. Joe and Cobra concurrently with the main title's continuity, with the exception of the first arc, which was written by Larry Hama, "The Mission That Never Was", a four-part series set one month after the events of the Marvel series' issue #155.[25]

Master & Apprentice

G.I. Joe: Master & Apprentice, was a four-issue limited series written by

Junko Akita.[27]

Collected editions

Title (Trade Paperback) Material collected Publication date ISBN
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 1 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #1-5 2010 978-1600106583
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 2 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #6-13 2011 978-1600107962
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 3 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #14-19 2011 978-1600109010
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 4 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #20-26 2011 978-1613770467
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 5 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #27-32 2012 978-1613771334
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 6 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #34-38 2012 978-1613772225
G.I. Joe: Disavowed Volume 7 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 2 #39-42 2013 978-1613775622
G.I. Joe: Frontline Vol. 1 - The Mission That Never Was G.I. Joe: Frontline #1-4 2003 978-1582403007
G.I. Joe: Frontline Vol. 2 - Icebound G.I. Joe: Frontline #5-8 2004 978-1932796148
G.I. Joe: Frontline Vol. 3 - History Repeating G.I. Joe: Frontline #11-14 2004 978-1932796124
G.I. Joe: Frontline Vol. 4 - One-Shots G.I. Joe: Frontline #9, 10, 15-18 2004 978-1932796162

See also

References

  1. ^ G.I. Joe the Real American Hero, Volume 2,Devil's Due,G.I. Joe Comic Book Archive
  2. ^ "Devil's Due Loses G.I. Joe Comic Book License". IESB.net. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  3. ^ YOJOE.com. "G.I. Joe Convention Special 2001". Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  4. ^ "G.I. Joe: America's Elite Disavowed, Vol 1". store. IDW Publishing. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  5. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #1 (October 2001)
  6. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #2 (December 2001)
  7. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #3 (February 2002)
  8. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #4 (April 2002)
  9. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #6-9 (2002)
  10. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #10-13 (2002)
  11. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #14-15 (2003)
  12. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #16 (March 2003)
  13. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #17-19 (2003)
  14. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #20-21 (2003)
  15. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #22-25 (2003)
  16. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #26 (January 2004)
  17. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #27 (February 2004)
  18. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #28-32 (2004)
  19. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #33-35 (2004)
  20. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #36-38 (2004-2005)
  21. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #39-41 (2005)
  22. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #42 (May 2005)
  23. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #43 (June 2005)
  24. ^ YOJOE.com. "G.I. Joe: Battle Files". Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  25. ^ YOJOE.com. "G.I. Joe: Frontline". Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  26. ^ YOJOE.com. "G.I. Joe: Master & Apprentice". Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  27. ^ YOJOE.com. "G.I. Joe: Master & Apprentice 2". Retrieved 2012-07-25.
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