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Originally posted by: Shin Densetsu @ Hisstank.com

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Fred Van Lente, writer of IDW's current GI Joe ongoing title, is leaving, with his last issue being GI Joe #11. His partner in crime, Steve Kurth, will remain on the title. Fred is leaving the title due to scheduling conflicts. He felt it was best to let GI Joe go rather than to let it suffer due to the tightness of his schedule. This information was revealed earlier this week by Newsarama.
Van Lente says he is going to go out with a big bang. Here's some of what he has planned:

The “Threat Matrix” arc brings back a villain from the IDW G.I. Joe: Origins series, the Mad Monk. David Lapham created a compelling character that fans repeatedly asked me to bring back. After reading David’s terrific comics, I said “hell yeah!” and went about bringing the Mad Monk back as a major antagonist.

To me the Mad Monk is a COBRA analogue to G.I. Joe’s Duke, and he’s bringing a wave of terror to New York City. He challenges the G.I. Joe team to stop all his various plans he has set in place around the city, and it turns into a big race against time.

And there’s even more COBRA characters involved, including a very major subplot involving the relationship between the Baroness and Destro. I learned that their relationship in the IDW comics isn’t what it was compared to the animation and earlier continuity, so we spend a lot of time in Scotland’s Castle Destro.

With issue #11, the focus will be on Roadblock with some nods to Sigma 6:

Another era of G.I. Joe than fans like is Sigma Six – the manga/anime version that introduced Roadblock’s cousin Heavy Duty. So in G.I. Joe #11 we see Roadblock from Heavy Duty’s point of view and see how he’s influenced by his cousin. And keeping with the Sigma Sixera, there’s lots of wide eyes, screaming and speed lines.

Read the entire interview at Newsarama.... [Read More]

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