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Originally posted by: Sol Fury @ TFW2005.com

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IDW have issued a press release about the new Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover miniseries, which we can now confirm is going to be its own, standalone continuity. The press release mentions that the series will be coming next summer - artist and co-writer Tom Scioli says of the series: "We're asking big questions. Is war an inevitable condition of life? What is free will? What is the future of man and machine as the line between them becomes increasingly blurred? The G.I. JOE team is trained to deal with dangerous situations and this is the ultimate test of their training. The TRANSFORMERS characters push the boundaries of what shapes life can take in this infinite universe of ours. Perhaps it will be a machine that teaches us what it is to be human."

In a tweet, Tom Scioli adds to this by saying "This Transformers vs. Joe script is the closest I've come to attempting the scope of what Kirby was aiming at with New Gods."

We've been told previously this would be a series on a cosmic scope, and co-writer John Barber says that "it harkens back to classic comic traditions—and to the origins of the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE characters—but feels constantly, irrepressibly new!"

The series is coming next summer, as a part of the anniversary celebration of both Transformers and G.I. Joe - be sure to pick it up when it hits comic stores! Read on for the original text of the press release which came to us via Comic Book Resources.

Original Source: IDW Transformers / G.I. Joe Crossover Press Release @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.