While both DC and Marvel announced strong new titles at this year’s New York ComicCon, IDW may have outshine them when they announced that they were going to bring back G.I. Joe and Transformers.
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Two
of the most popular comic book franchises of all-time,TRANSFORMERS and G.I.
JOE, will be going head-to-head in a brand-new ongoing series debuting next
summer! Written and drawn by comic luminary Tom Scioli (Godland, American
Barbarian) with co-writer and TRANSFORMERS veteran John Barber (TRANSFORMERS:
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, FALL OF CYBERTRON), these classic characters will explode
off the page like never before!
Based
on the iconic Hasbro brands, this stand-alone series is set to explore the
intriguing encounter between these starkly different teams. Cosmic in scale,
the series will utilize Scioli's unique artwork to traverse the perils of space
and pit the G.I. JOE team against the ominous threats of CYBERTRON. Featuring
the characters synonymous with bothTRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE this will be a
team-up for the ages!
"This
is a dream project for me," says Barber, "and I'm blown away by the
imagination and the unique take that Tom Scioli is bringing to this project. It
harkens back to classic comic traditions-and to the origins of the TRANSFORMERS
and G.I. JOE characters-but feels constantly, irrepressibly new!"
"This
feels like the comic I was born to make," says Scioli. "We're asking
big questions. Is war an inevitable condition of life? What is free will? What
is the future of man and machine as the line between them becomes increasingly
blurred? The G.I. JOE team is trained to deal with dangerous situations and
this is the ultimate test of their training. The TRANSFORMERS characters push
the boundaries of what shapes life can take in this infinite universe of ours.
Perhaps it will be a machine that teaches us what it is to be human."
Both
brands have found immense success over the decades with action figures, feature
films, cartoons, comics and more; and have each found unique and avid fanbases.
With influential and iconic characters, the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE brands
are globally renowned as multi-media powerhouses.
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