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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 8, 2008 18:29:23 GMT
Over at Newsarama is a few pages from issue 0. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 29, 2008 10:56:02 GMT
I gave it a go as I was mildy intrigued. Not picked up a Joe comic in years.
Even for a dollar, I feel ripped off.
What we have are three seemingly random teaser strips. One of which ends with 'to be continued February 2009', another says...'to be continued March 2009'. I think the other one starts January 2009 IIRC. Three overlapping minis? Which one am I supposed to read first?
Um.
Um.
No....what???
Someone please explain the logic of launching a comic series in which the reader is expected to remember to come back for the next instalment...up to 6 months later? I just don't get it.
Sorry, IDW, you've lost a reader here. One would have thought they had learnded their lesson after their slow start on Transformers.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 29, 2008 13:29:24 GMT
Sounds like a waste of paper. Damn and I was looking forward to some new Joe stuff.
Andy
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Post by legios on Oct 29, 2008 21:20:49 GMT
Hmm, doesn't sound so great. A #0 trying to launch three different mini-series at once, not exactly calculated to be able to be maximally successful at the task.
From the description I think I will be skipping it to be honest . A shame, I was halfway to being interested in what the new Joe series was going to be like.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 29, 2008 22:41:01 GMT
Looking forward to the reprints of the Marvel series though. I have a certain soft spot for the earlier issues in that run.
-Ralph
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Post by Jaymz on Oct 30, 2008 1:19:55 GMT
Similar to how they started Transformers with a teaser #0 in October and then the main series starting in January, but the 3 separate series' idea is a little silly.
One series focuses on GI Joe, another on Cobra and the 3rd is an origins series about GI Joe's early days.
Then there'll probably be a movie tie-in series and a crappy reprint series later in the year.
They say you don't need to read all 3 series' to get the whole story, but you probably do, and at the inevitable $4 an issue, it's not going to be worth it. I'll just read them during lunch break.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2008 12:14:29 GMT
Read the zero issue and it was entertaining enough but setting up three minis annoyed the hell out of me.
Andy
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