G.I. Joe: Cobra is a four-issue G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe (IDW Publishing)

G.I. Joe is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based upon Hasbro's G.I. Joe characters and toy line.The series is marketed as three ongoing series , two mini-series and a small series of one-shots...

 comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 miniseries

Limited series

A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....

 written by Christos Gage

Christos Gage

Christos N. "Chris" Gage is an American comic book writer and screenwriter.-Early life:Gage is the son of author and journalist Nicholas Gage. He was born in New York, and grew up in Athens, Greece, and then North Grafton, Massachusetts...

 and Mike Costa, drawn by Antonio Fuso and published by IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...

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Publication history

G.I. Joe: Cobra was published in 2009. It was generally well-received, and was followed by the one-issue G.I. Joe: Cobra Special, which investigates the relationship of Tomax and Xamot since the events of G.I. Joe: Cobra. The Cobra Special was the recipient of the MTV award for Best One-Shot Issue of 2009.

In 2010, another 4-issue miniseries, G.I. Joe: Cobra II, was published as a direct continuation of the previous Cobra miniseries and one-shot. After its conclusion, the title became an ongoing series with the publication of G.I. Joe: Cobra #5, which continued the storyline of Cobra II while preserving the numbering of the original Cobra miniseries. There was another one-shot issue, G.I. Joe: Cobra Special #2, which explored Erika la Tene in her new role as the Chameleon. The ongoing series ended with #13.

In 2011, a new ongoing G.I. Joe: Cobra ongoing series was announced under the banner of Cobra Civil War. In January 2012, the series will earn an annual titled G.I. Joe: Cobra Annual 2012: The Origin of Cobra Commander, showcasing the origin of the new Cobra Commander. Also in January 2012, the series will become part of a 9-issue crossover with the other two G.I. Joe ongoing series: G.I. Joe and G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes. The crossover is titled Cobra Command.

Plot synopsis

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...

 member Chuckles

Chuckles (G.I. Joe)

Chuckles is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's undercover specialist and debuted in 1987.-Profile:...

 is the Joes' top undercover agent. And he's just infiltrated Cobra, a top secret, highly organized terrorist organization. Chuckles is pulled deeper and deeper into the dark underbelly of Cobra, where one misstep means death, while he tries to pull off the ultimate deception, and bring them down from within.

External links

• G.I. Joe: Cobra at the Comic Book DB