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This TPB includes some of my favorite stories, some of which are more like story arcs. Stalker and the boys in Borovia, Snake-Eyes and Scarlett get blown up, Fred VII takes command and gets way in over his head, the Iron Grenadiers arrive, and the Joes and Dreadnoks get mixed up in Sierra Gordo's civil war.

Of course, in Volume 8, assuming we get it, we'll get the Cobra Island civil war, which may very well be the high point of the entire series.

I hope we'll get at least one new cover for these. Honestly, if people see another DDP cover reprint, they may assume that's what's inside! EDIT: Ah, never mind what I said about the cover... I just added it thanks to Amazon.com.

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You took the words right out of my mouth! I LOVE the Cobra Island Civil War story. I truly wish that Hama would've/could've made the story a little longer. Even as a kid reading I wished for more! Even though I'm not a big fan of Motion Comics, I would love to see Hasbro/IDW do a motion comic of G.I. Joe, especially the Civil War. Hey! I think I know what my next question for Hasbro/IDW will be!

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I'm totally with those who'd prefer different covers, but I'm excited about these too--I didn't start picking them up off the shelf until about issue #52, and I remember these issues as some of the highlights of my childhood reading experience!

Im wanting volume 8! when will we be able to pre-order volume #8 ? anyone?

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I noticed on amazon and indigo.ca that the price has gone up on these. The solicit in this thread still shows $19.99, but the amazon.com price is $24.99. Does this mean it's now more expensive to get these through book stores than through comic shops? And why the sudden increase?

Volume 8 is listed at 256 pages as compared to 232-236 for the previous issues.

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Is one issue of content worth the price increase? That does not make sense. Plus I thought these were still going to be 10 issues per trade. The next double sized issue isn't until #100 so why the page increase? I think the page count listing just might be wrong on Amazon and that indigo.ca.



I have never seen a tradepaperback be more expensive at a bookstore. They all have and use the same ISBN number. The only exception to this that I can think of is when Top Cow released 1 tradepaperback volume of the newer Witchblade and The Darkness storylines to comic shops at a special $4.99 price. Even then the bookstore edition was a cheap $9.99. Most IDW trades are in the $17.99 to $19.99 range. The $24.99 price is usually reserved for their hardcovers and Omnibus trades. From what I notice anyway.

I am hoping this is still going to be at the $19.99 price. Volume 6 looked okay to me for the remastered process they used, BUT it still looked a little rough in places. Since I didn't want to pay $34.99 for the DDP WW3 omnibus due to the art quality of the released books I don't want to pay a higher price for the IDW remastered Marvel editions. That higher price point means the product must look GREAT to me and volume 6 was around a solid "7" for me on a scale of 1-10. The Marvel editions I give a solid "9" only due to leaving out Hot Potato and not having full covers included. The IDW "Classics" version of volume 1-5 get a solid "10" in my book due to the full covers and fixing the left out page and placing it in the right volume. I should replace my Marvel volumes with the IDW ones, but I don't want to spend another $100 to do so.

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I checked with my LCS and they have it listed as $24.99 as well but with a page count of 232. I agree, Hellstrom. A $5.00 increase for 24 pages is not a good deal. Does anyone one here pick up other IDW trades? If so, have the other upcoming releases increased in price as well?

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Well, if they're upping the price by $5, they should fix the issue with the blurry linework. Marvel didn't have that problem, Dark Horse didn't have that problem with the classic Star Wars stuff. IDW should be able to keep up to standard.
Also, I noticed that IDW dropped the Special Missions backup story from issue #50 in volume 5. Which Marvel INCLUDED! So if I'm rating things out of 10, the IDW trades get an 8/10 for the first 5 volumes. They lose points for missing hot potato and especially the Special Missions issue. No excuse for that being dropped. For volume 6, I'll give them a 7. But once you notice the blurry linework it becomes a bit distracting. I dunno, after the comments made by IDW I had really high hopes for these, but all these little issues are adding up to a nice reading collection rather than a definitive collection. As I've said, I'm happy to have these, but they have so much more potential to be better and I'd love to see it fulfilled.

Does anyone know what the last issues volume will be numbered as that is the only one I need plus the Special Missions volumes to finish my Marvel run?

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I am guessing the price jump is because IDW is now taking care of the recoloring, so it costs them more.

It would be nice if the covers still matched up with the interiors, but I just like having the TPBs!

Keep 'em coming!

The problem with this is the process they are using is not worth the extra cost. I am now wishing I had not purchased volume 6. I know the Marvel trades were said to be pricey, BUT they were worth that $25 cost. From the look of volume 6 I would say the IDW trades are NOT. I don't care how much I want the Marvel run in trade I want quality reproductions as well. I think they need to call Dark Horse. Somebody else mentioned Dark Horse's quality on old Marvel issues. Look at all the old Conan and Star Wars trades they reprint. Quality reproductions and those are from older issues then Joe. Most from before 1980.

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Just read this today. A few notes...

1) IDW forums has a thread on the spelling mistakes. It's kinda hard not to notice.
2) Issue #69 is the worst looking issue in the batch. The rest of the issues look pretty good.
3) The blurry lines are still there somewhat, but I really did not notice it as bad as volume #6.

They still need to get the kinks in the remastering process they are using by the next volume or I will consider leaving these future volumes on the shelf. I don't care how bad I want the whole run in trade. I hope the DDP trades they release look better then this. Those at least have modern coloring. However, I do not think that will save them from messing it up if they are not careful. I flipped through the IDW version of Dreamwave's Transformers: Energon series and those were all blurry from what I saw.

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Here is the link to the Andy Schmidt's explanation for the mistakes. It is very informative, http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopi ... 0b49bbb0bf

And we all hope they print them better and with no mistakes.

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