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07-15-2015, 08:59 AM | #1 |
Hiss Tank Mechanic
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So we've learned from San Diego Comic Con that Hama's Book, the original continuity, will ship twice a month now. That's a good thing.
But what about the seemingly abandoned IDW Joe-Verse? I can't believe that after all the wonderful stories Mike Costa gave us in the Cobra Book, that everything would just end anti-climatically. But the biggest platform (SDCC) has come and gone, and we've heard nothing to suggest otherwise. I find it even more disturbing that the current IDW main book, most recently scribed by Karen Traviss, was ended so abruptly. For those of you who weren't reading her excellent street level espionage GI Joe Book, let me explain. She had plotted a 12 issue story arc, and suddenly was told to wrap it up in seven issues. The only reason we know this is because IDW permitted her to write a letter to the fans in the back of the final issue, explaining this. Something they never would have allowed had it been their decision to pull the plug on her story. So that tells me Hasbro shut it down. But why? That was two months ago. Yet no new titles have taken its place. Is this the end of the IDW Continuity? Why so abrupt? Why without conclusion? Why without Mike Costa getting to write a story with a real ending? What are your thoughts?
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07-15-2015, 10:23 AM | #2 |
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Don't know...but many people on here disliked Traviss' work. Not me or my son...we thought it was great! I was buying SE Agent, Fall of Joe, and ARAH. Personally, I want to see two main books: Traviss/Costa and Hama's ARAH.
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07-15-2015, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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I love Karen Traviss' work she did wonderful things in the expanded universe of Star wars and I really wanted to see what her resolution was going to be I hate when things are ended on a cliffhanger like that
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07-15-2015, 05:27 PM | #4 |
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And I understand that her work wasn't to everyone's taste, but either way, I was just happy to have two continuities going strong, despite bad movies, and despite franchise toy sales becoming almost completely internet exclusive. I get that a military themed franchise will never get the fan support of a star wars type fantasy franchise, but I loved that this franchise grew up with its initial fan base. Probably why I liked the Traviss stuff so much, and why I love it when Hama gets serious and tells straight military stories that don't involve cyborg ninjas and brainwave scanners. But either way, the lack of attention to their own Joe-verse, and the way Traviss was interrupted, scares me. I just want this franchise to survive with multiple stories to read per month.
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