I just found this cover on DeviantArt labeled GI Joe TPB #10 cover:
http://jonboy007007.deviantart.com/art/ ... i+joe&qo=3



The artist also says he's working on the cover to #9 right now.

Very nice! We've actually got something new that represents what's inside. It even resembles Campbell's style, and kind of fits with the earlier covers. In fact, I think it kind of looks like a combo of these covers, with Stormy instead of Jinx in one:
http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe91.shtml
http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe95.shtml

Though, I'm assuming those stories are in there!

JMM

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I think I read somewhere that Andy said they would be breaking away from the 10 issue per trade on these. To make the last volumes more or less closer to the same size. I don't rtecall where he posted it however.

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Cool cover! Thank you IDW!

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Frankly, I am giving up one this one.

All I really care is that the cover somewhat matches the inside material.

UGH.

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After picking up 8 last week I was thinking up skipping the next few trades. I wasn't much of a fan of the period following the Cobra Civil War of comics up until 99-115.

But I do like the covers and I'm weak so I'll be most likely picking them up at least thru whichever trade contains 115.

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I'd be interested to know, assuming they reprint the whole series, how they'll do the issue break down. There's not the right amount of issues for ten in each volume.

I also wonder if they continue with the new covers, will they include the Transformers on the cover of the collection with those issues? At least since IDW has the rights to both, there won't be any problem putting those out. Not saying I liked that story very much, but the complete series should be reprinted. Plus, those crossover stories did sell well for DDP.

JMM

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I'd prefer it if they kept it to ten issues, then include some extras in the last volume like the McFarlane Special issue, the Order of Battle, the dossiers, Hot Potato (from issue 1), Best Defense (from issue 50), perhaps the script to issue 155.

Stuff like that.

Of course, they could also make the last 5 volumes 11 issues, which would make it a round 15 volumes series.

And maybe... just maybe, stop at 138, make a 4-issue TPB with the TF crossover, then start again at 142.

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I am pretty sure Andy said 1-11 will have 10 issues and 12-16 will have 9, but am unable to find where he said that. They are adding pages to make them roughly the same size.

I still don't think a Transformers title should be included in a Classic Joe TPB, regardless if the story continues there or not. IDW didn't include SM#6 in with volume 7, so I think it is safe to say they won't add it. To be honest, I wouldn't mind one bit if they didn't include 139-141 either. The less we are reminded of that travesty the better. If I could just get 5 minutes alone with the Hasbro exec that gave the green light on that horrible idea! Okay, one minute. Ten seconds even!

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There are a number of stories some may love and some may hate, right? I know you're kind of kidding here, but for posterity's sake, you gotta include every issue! And like I may have said before, for IDW's sake, advertising another Joe / TF story that people may not have seen may help sales. As long as they don't see the story first.

I was recently looking at that TF story again, and it got me thinking. Has IDW reprinted the 12-issue Transformers Generation 2? I personally liked that series. Maybe we can get a continuation of that series as sort of a companion to the continuation of the Marvel Joe continuity. Though, I suppose the 12-issue series may indicate it wasn't really liked by fans.

Oh, and one more thing. You could consider #156 not just the continuation of the Marvel G.I. Joe continuity, but of the Marvel TF continuity, as well! I'm sure that thought brightens everyone's day.

JMM

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I have not really paid attention to IDW's Classic Transformer trades because they had to butcher them with the Marvel characters taken out. They went to volume 4 and with all the butchering they did I think they had 14-15 issues per trade? Did they go as far as Generation 2?
EDIT: Amazon says volume 5 covered up to #74. With Volume 6 due in August and a page count of 352 pages. Would that be enough to cover #75-80 and all 12 issues of Generation 2? I am personally glad I have the superior Titan versions sans edits.

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With only 9 issues per trade it leaves room for the Yearbook stories and the Order of battle pages which we would all love to see included.

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I believe that IDW at first couldn't reprint the issues (or maybe just scenes?) that involved Circuit Breaker, but later volumes included her appearances and noted that she appeared with Marvel's permission, though I never saw it for myself. If true, that's actually pretty nice of Marvel if they gave permission to something that helped a competitor. Though, they did have a TF / Avengers crossover.

Marvel has an interesting history of having characters written for a TF comic first briefly appear elsewhere so they retain the rights to him. The Death's Head character who appeared in the Marvel UK series is another example. In fact, his entry in one of Marvel's Official Handbooks actually mentions Rodimus Prime and Galvatron, though they say that happened in one specific parallel world that the character traveled to for just that adventure. And one can assume the Action Force series also took place in that reality.

Back on the subject of G.I. Joe, Remember that J. Jonah Jameson makes a brief appearance in one of the Joe issues around #95 or so. I wonder if Marvel needed to give permission again. It could fall under the category of an homage, so they may not have any trouble there.

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It was #95, but the character was never identified as Jameson and the guy only referenced the paper as "the Bugle". Therefore the guy could be a regular bloke who took offense at the Blind Master dissing his favorite newspaper.

I view the Joe/TF crossover the same way. While it doesn't exist at all in my canon, there is also no tangible proof that the big alien robots found in #138-142 are the exact same as those found in the Transformers comics. Unless there is some specific reference in those pages, they are from an alternate universe, or how sean explains it so well, they were simply robots built on earth that overgrew their programming. Therefore there is no definitive link between the Joe universe and TF universe.

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OK, I agree that it's kind of fun to come up with that explanation to dismiss the Transformers if you prefer. But, does it work both ways? G.I. Joe #142 leads directly into TF Generation 2 #2.

Honestly, I don't think the Transformers should really ever crossover with the ongoing Joe universe ever again. And if they don't, what's the difference if they exist there or not? As long as we don't see 'em, why not? I'm sure IDW would never have them meet again, outside of a separate crossover mini-series.

JMM

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