G.I. Joe: Origins
G.I. Joe: Origins is a 2009 comic series published by IDW Publishing. Originally conceived as a five-issue mini-series telling the story of G.I. Joe's first mission as a team, it subsequently became an ongoing series with rotating creative teams, featuring a mixture of both standalone character spotlight stories and tie-ins to the main ongoing series.
Many of the book's standalone stories were originally intended for release as one-shot comics, much like IDW's The Transformers: Spotlight, before being folded into Origins. One exception was Helix's issue, which was instead released as a G.I. Joe: Special one-shot.[1]
Origins was the only one of the line's three titles not to return after the Cobra Civil War relaunch, its place in the lineup being replaced by G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.
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Overview[edit | edit source]
The book's opening five-issue storyline tells the tale of the very first G.I. Joe mission, before the group even adopted that name. Having gathered a team of seven capable soldiers, all officially deceased, General Hawk tasks his team with stopping a chaotic terrorist named the Chimera, a mission which sees them discover the facility which will one day become the Pit.
After the transition to an ongoing series, the book explores the backstory of a variety of G.I. Joe and Cobra characters in a series one-shot stories, along with a handful of longer stories, including a three-part origin story for Zartan which ties into the events of the main ongoing series, and a tale of the new character Mad Monk.
Creative team[edit | edit source]
The opening story is written by G.I. Joe veteran Larry Hama, with art from Tom Feister and Mike Hawthorne. Following this, the series features rotating creative teams. On the writing front, Hama returns for several issues, including a three-part sequel to the opening story, along with several stories from main series writer Chuck Dixon. Other writers include J.T. Krul, Marc Andreyko, Scott Beatty, Merrill Hagan, and David Lapham.
Collections[edit | edit source]
- G.I. Joe: Origins Volume 1 (September 15, 2009) ISBN 1600104975 / ISBN 978-1600104978
- Contains "In or Out?" and issues #1–5.
- Bonus material includes a cover art gallery.
- Contains issues #6–10.
- Bonus material includes a cover art gallery.
- Contains issues #11–15.
- Bonus material includes a cover art gallery.
- G.I. Joe: Origins Volume 4 (January 18, 2011) ISBN 1600108482 / ISBN 978-1600108488
- Contains issues #16–19.
- Bonus material includes a cover art gallery.
- G.I. Joe: Origins Volume 5 (September 20, 2011) ISBN 1613770472 / ISBN 978-1613770474
- Contains issues #20–23.
- G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume One (February 20, 2013) ISBN 1613775490 / ISBN 978-1613775493
- G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume Two (June 12, 2013) ISBN 1613776551 / ISBN 978-1613776551
- Contains issues #7 and #12–14, as well as "Deep Cover" from G.I. Joe #0, Cobra #1–4, Cobra: Special #1, and G.I. Joe #7–12.
- G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume Three (December 11, 2013) ISBN 1613777930 / ISBN 978-1613777930
- Contains issues #11 and #15, as well as G.I. Joe #13–17, Hearts & Minds #1–5, and Cobra II #1–4.
- G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume Four (April 30, 2014) ISBN 1613779313 / ISBN 978-1613779316
- Contains issues #16–19, as well as Cobra: Special #2, G.I. Joe #18–22, and Cobra #5–9.
- Contains "In or Out" and issues #1–12.
- Bonus material includes a cover art gallery.
- G.I. Joe: Origins Omnibus Volume 2 (September 16, 2014) ISBN 1631401181 / ISBN 978-1631401183
- Contains issues #13–23.
- Bonus material includes a cover art gallery.
- G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume Five (January 28, 2015) ISBN 1631401033 / ISBN 978-1631401039
- Contains issues #20–23, as well as G.I. Joe: Special - Helix, Infestation #1–2, G.I. Joe #23–27, and Cobra #10–13.