Thread: GI Joe questions

Quote: Originally Posted by grphxkindaguy What is entailed in restoring a comic? Is it just recoloring? I own all 5 of the Marvel tpbs and was waiting for IDW to start publishing where Marvel left off. Glad to hear its continuing! I forget the exact terminology, but IDW's had a hard time getting their hands on the original prints (apparently many don't exist anymore) that Marvel used to publish the comics way back when. Marvel spent...

G.I. Joe editor Andy Schmidt has publicly stated that the G.I. Joe reprints will continue from volume 6, onward. And YES, they will be re-colored.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sean Walsh I forget the exact terminology, but IDW's had a hard time getting their hands on the original prints (apparently many don't exist anymore) that Marvel used to publish the comics way back when. Marvel spent a lot of money to restore the first 50 for newer publishing formats, but eventually it became too cost-ineffective to do so (that's why they ended with Volume 5). IDW's reprinted...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sean Walsh Apparently IDW is either stopping at Vol. 5 (not quite out yet) or putting them on hold while they work on refurbishing the original prints for #51 and beyond. Volume 6 is listed for preorder in the new PREVIEWS next week (shipping in November).

i am pretty new to the GI Joe comics world. I have pretty much only read the World War 3 story line. I thought that was pretty damn good. My question is what "classics" should i check out? Are all the collected Larry Hama trades worth checking out? I am really intersted in Cobra Commander's origin story. Was it ever told in the Hama books? thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sean Walsh CLASSIC GI JOE Volumes 1 - 5 contain the first 50 issues of the Marvel series. Those are pretty good. A great start!

Yea, I'm really confused b/c just a couple months ago I posted on these boards (and the IDW boards) asking if this Classic GI Joe series was going to continue and as I remember it I was told that it would not but now I'm seeing comments referring to Vol. 7 already, so does anybody have any more details about whether this series will continue through the end of the original run or not?