I'm with outrider on this one... My joeverse is based on the Marvel line (minus some REALLY stupid stuff, like Star Brigade etc..)

But in my Joeverse the battle of Benzheen has not happened yet (or it never will, dont know yet)...cos otherwise I cant use all the awesome figures that died during that event...

But rebooting would not affect my joeverse at all... And as much as I like the Americas elite storyline... I think they are trying to kill too many characters, so that is just a fun read to me, but not "canon"... more like possible future etc...

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I'll probably buy the first issue (or two, what with advance ordering -- my comic store doens't order GI Joe comics for the shelves as they wouldn't sell...) but chances are I'll not bother.

What I'll be curious about is what of the characters' histories will they choose to acknowledge and what will they drop? Like where will the cutoff point be?

The idea of starting over from where the Marvel run left off seems a bit pointless, since that's what DDP did and why would the people asking for this be satisfied with what IDW would do any more than they were with DDP? Plus people seem to forget that by the end, the Marvel series was pretty dire anyway in most respects. Getting Larry Hama to follow up on the end is also something DDP did already with the first story-arc in the Frontline series.

Really, it feels like a reboot will be more work than continuing the 25-year-long history (something Transformers didn't have when IDW started with them) and just done for the sake of being different, and to use the relatively tiny number of characters who've been killed off (like Crank Case is going to do anything significant -- most of the dead Joes, people only cared about them after they died!).

I feel the same towards Marvel's Ultimate line of comics -- I'd rather read about the characters I know and care about than people who just look like them, and waste my time trying to figure out what's the same and what's different while reading storylines that are just "edgy," post-modern takes on what's been done before that depend on a familiarity with the REAL stories for a large part of their impact...

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I don't know. I tired of the DD stuff. Just lost interest because I enjoyed doing my own thing. I'd LIKE to think DD had some good ideas going, but when I actually think about it, I can't really remember anything.

I'd love to say, "I loved how DD had Crosshair and Dart show up in the comic." BUT those were NOT DD creations, those were Hasbro creations. Therefore, I can NOT give DD credit for those two particular characters and their portrayals.

Duke as a super-spy during the 'down' years? I kinda go for it, but I still see Duke as the All-American Hero from the cartoon.

I WILL give DD that the creation of Zanya and Firewall were excellent additions.





Personally, if there's a toy for the figure, they exist (since 2002 at least). Therefore, if Quick Kick comes back, he'll exist. We already have a 25A Lady Jaye so she's alive and kicking DESPITE what the comic tried to pull. And like some others have said, I use cloning technology so in theory, anyone can come back. (However, Mindbender is DEAD so he ain't coming back regardless.)

Maybe I'll see how the comic is. Maybe I won't. I'll let YOU guys give reports and see what's up.