G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds
G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds is a 2010 comic miniseries released by IDW Publishing. Each issue contains two character spotlight stories, one about a member of G.I. Joe and one about a member of Cobra.
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Overview[edit | edit source]
The featured Cobras are Major Bludd, who commits horrific acts in order to provide for his family; Firefly, who exploits both mechanical and human flaws in his sabotage missions; the Interrogator, who attempts to extract information from a captured soldier; Dr. Mindbender, who rejects the concepts of right and wrong in his pursuit of scientific truth; and four Cobra troopers, who explain the reasons why they joined the criminal organization.
The featured Joes are Spirit, who reveals that his tracking prowess is the product of a medical condition; Tripwire, who reflects on a lost love while defusing a bomb; Deep Six, who is constantly imagining the many ways he could die underwater; Doc, who experiences triumphs and tragedies throughout his medical career; and Blowtorch, who defends the use of fire-based weaponry in modern warfare.
Creative team[edit | edit source]
The series is written by Max Brooks. The Cobra stories feature art by Howard Chaykin and colors by Aburtov, while the G.I. Joe stories feature art by Antonio Fuso; Fuso's art is colored by Lovern Kindzierski in the first 2 issues and by Filippo Flores in the final 3.
Collections[edit | edit source]
- G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds Hardcover (November 23, 2010) ISBN 1600107761 / ISBN 978-1600107764
- Contains issues #1–5 with a foreword by Brooks.
- No bonus material.
- Contains issues #1–5.
- Bonus material unknown.
- G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume Three (December 11, 2013) ISBN 1613777930 / ISBN 978-1613777930
