Skybound is running a Kickstarter project starting today for a compendium of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero comics. The series collects : “every issue of the original 1982 series, G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO, G.I. JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS, G.I. JOE AND THE TRANSFORMERS, and the long out-of-print G.I. JOE: ORDER OF BATTLE and G.I. JOE SPECIAL #1! Lovingly bound and presented in the official reading order, these gorgeous premium hardcover editions won’t be available anywhere else!”
The cost ranges depending on the level of backing you choose. There are G.I. Joe and Cobra sets, signed versions, additional collectors cards, and a lot more. To get a basic hardcover copy of everything originally printed puts you in the $300 dollar range. There are also PDF versions available a bit cheaper. Head on over to the Kickstarter and grab what works for you! More info and pics after the break!
SKYBOUND LAUNCHES G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO COMPENDIUM SET KICKSTARTER TODAY
The Campaign for the Definitive Hardcover Collections Is Live NOW!
LOS ANGELES 05/28/2024 — Yo, Joe! Today Skybound, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro, launched the campaign for the Kickstarter-exclusive G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Compendium Set, which will collect every issue of the original 1982 comic book series in four definitive hardcover compendiums. Lovingly bound and presented in the official reading order, the gorgeous faux-leather editions won’t be available anywhere else. The campaign is live on Kickstarter now.
You can check out the official trailer here.
The pop culture world changed forever when Larry Hama’s G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero made its comic book debut, and now fans can experience every issue from the original series and its tie-ins here.
These collections include every issue of the original 1982 series G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, G.I. JOE Special Missions, G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS, material from G.I. JOE Yearbook series, and the long out-of-print G.I. JOE: Order of Battle and G.I. JOE Special #1, across four stunning compendiums with box art by the incomparable Andy Kubert (X-Men) and Brad Anderson.
Featuring the iconic series writer Larry Hama (Wolverine) and a murderers’ row of series artists, the G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Compendium Set presents the incredible heroes of G.I. JOE, the terrifying villains of Cobra, and the unforgettable stories that set them on a collision course.
Choose your side! Will you stand with G.I. JOE or will you rule the world with Cobra? These box sets will be presented in distinct G.I. JOE and Cobra versions for fans to choose their faction, for once and for all.
Each box set includes a set of nine campaign exclusive JOE or COBRA Collectible Trading Cards from some of the very best G.I. JOE artists of the past, present, and future! Including art from Chris Mooneyham, Lee Weeks, Rod Whigham, Carlo Pagulayan, Paul Pelletier, Pat Olliffe, Ron Wagner, Dan Jurgens, and the legendary Larry Hama! The first six cards of each set will be revealed when the campaign launches, and the last three will be voted on by the fans.
Previous Skybound campaign backers and mailing list members will receive a free Storm Shadow by Andy Kubert collectible trading card when they back the campaign at any physical book level. The campaign also exclusively presents tiered access to G.I. JOE merch, including prints, bookplates, bookmarks, stickers, pins, and posters.
This campaign joins a record-breaking slate of graphic novel campaigns from Skybound that have elevated a diverse group of voices, including Extremity: Signature Edition, Ava’s Demon Book One, Ava’s Demon Book Two, Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings, Excellence, The King-Killing Queen and The Extra Fabulous Experience.
The G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Compendium Set campaign is live now on Kickstarter, with stretch goals and campaign-exclusive products to be announced through the close of the campaign on Wednesday, June 26, at 12 p.m. PT.
Skybound’s compendium releases are an integral component of its overall comics partnership with Hasbro. While the Energon Universe has delivered a fresh new start for the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE franchises in Void Rivals by writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead) and artist Lorenzo De Felici (Oblivion Song), TRANSFORMERS by writer Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity, Do a Powerbomb) and artist Jorge Corona (Middlewest), Duke by writer Joshua Williamson (DC’s Superman, Dark Ride) and artist Tom Reilly (The Thing), and Cobra Commander by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Andrea Milana (Impact Winter: Rook), these compendiums celebrate the rich history of G.I. JOE in comic book form.
Skybound and Hasbro have also brought back the hit series G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero to fans, from series writer Larry Hama, artist Chris Mooneyham (DC’s Nightwing, Sgt. Rock and the Unknown Soldier) and covers by the legendary Andy Kubert (Marvel’s X-Men).
ABOUT HASBRO
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ABOUT SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT
Established in 2010, Skybound is a multiplatform content company that works closely with creators and their intellectual properties to create cool stuff and deliver one-of-a-kind experiences to fans. Skybound extends their stories across platforms including comics, television, film, video games, tabletop, books, digital content, audio programming, and beyond. The company is home to critically-acclaimed global franchises including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Superfight, and hit new podcast series Impact Winter.
Led by Skybound Entertainment co-founder Robert Kirkman, Skybound Comics is an award-winning line of comics published by Image Comics and promotes a shared vision to collaborate with top and emerging talent across the comics industry. The Skybound line includes acclaimed series such as The Walking Dead, Invincible, Ultramega, Stillwater, Fire Power, and Excellence, while also delivering powerful licensed comics, including a partnership with LEGO Books. It is also home to Skybound Comet, a new line of Young Adult and Middle Grade original graphic novels published by Image Comics, launching in June 2022 with Clementine Book One, by award-winning writer/artist Tillie Walden and set in the world of The Walking Dead. Skybound has seen numerous comics series adapted for the screen, including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Super Dinosaur and Outcast, with more projects in development.
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UPDATED OVERVIEW:
Skybound is reprinting the Marvel era of Larry Hama's A Real American Hero run, along with spinoffs including Special Missions, G.I. Joe and the Transformers, Order of Battle, and the Todd McFarlane special, as a series of four compendium collections.
The mass retail version of the compendiums, available through bookstores and comic shops, will be $65 paperback volumes with newsprint pages.
- Compendium 1: A Real American Hero #1-50 (ISBN 9781534371507, releasing October 15, 2024)
- Compendium 2: A Real American Hero #51-76, Yearbook #2-4, Special Missions #1-15 (ISBN and release date TBA, expected 2025)
- Compendium 3: A Real American Hero #77-113, Special Missions #16-28 (ISBN and release date TBA, expected 2025)
- Compendium 4: A Real American Hero #114-155, G.I. Joe and the Transformers #1-4, Order of Battle #1-4, Special #1 (ISBN and release date TBA, expected 2026)
In addition to the paperbacks, Skybound held a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, running May 28 through June 26, 2024, to produce a premium box set of hardcover versions of the four Marvel compendiums. The set features faux leather covers and "80gsm Ivory uncoated WF pure paper" pages, comes in two variant versions with either G.I. Joe or Cobra artwork, and includes a trading card set themed to the chosen faction. After reaching its funding goal in its first 6 minutes, the campaign set and achieved multiple stretch goals for cosmetic enhancements and additional pack-in merchandise, concluding with $3.7 million pledged and setting the record for the highest-funded comic book Kickstarter. The box set was priced at $300 and began shipping to backers in December 2024.
ORIGINAL POST:
People have been asking constantly when Skybound would get around to reprinting the older comics, and we finally have an answer. In the letters page for Duke #3, editor Sean Mackiewicz mentions in one response that Skybound will be reprinting the entirety of Larry Hama's A Real American Hero comics in compendium format starting this fall. (He also says that Skybound would have announced this news before the issue came out, but... they didn't. Oops.)
EDITING to add confirmed details for Compendium 1: October 1/2 release date, $64.99, ISBN 9781534371507, 1,168 pages, collects A Real American Hero #1-50.
Oh, awesome news!
Guess I’ll be selling of my HCs and TPBs…
A solicitation for the first book has shown up in the Previews catalog. $64.99, October 2 release date, no listing of what's in it (though these Image compendiums all usually contain around 48-50 issues).
Skybound didn't announce it yet, but Diamond did! Coming out in October, issues 1-50. Not hardcover or oversized (it seems) though. Bummer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OmnibusColl..._october_2024/
$65 and not hardcover? Is that common for comics? (I just got back into reading them, mostly on the back of Joe.)
I hope they can do this for Transformers as well.
To be honest I would have preferred smaller deluxe editions in HC with extra content. Although I suppose we might get the ol' double-dip depending on how this one sells.
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