Just a few days ago I covered issue 7 of the GI Joe digest series. I waxed nostalgic about picking up old stories I had missed in the 80s, and I doubted finding something other than Archie in this format nowadays was a wish. Well, it turns out that Marvel is going back to supermarkets with a Spider-Man digest, which goes on sale next week (it’s in comic shops now). That’s heartening news, and hopefully it will serve to get kids exposed to comics just as we were.
The iconic cover of the first issue of the Marvel GI Joe series is of course reused here. Thinking back on the size formats that were around during the 70s and 80s (both the small digest and the oversize treasury), GI Joe was one of the few comics whose first issue appeared in both.
I miss the old digest format. Before the days of trade paperback collections, and especially before I'd discovered a local comic shop, these bite-sized compendiums of back issues were the only way I could read adventures I had missed thanks to spotty distribution at 7-11 and QuikTrip newsstands. This cover…
What could be a better 80s comics nostalgia blast than a GI Joe comic cover released as part of Marvel's 25th Anniversary back in 1986? The special portrait covers still stand as some of my favorite Marvel covers, and even the Joe comic got in on the act. Judging by…
Earlier today, I heard that Herb Trimpe, the original Marvel GI Joe comic penciler, passed away. This entry is dedicated to him. His work on the Incredible Hulk, Shogun Warriors, GI Joe and other comics enthralled this young toy/comic book fan. Thank you for all the wonderful art and memories,…
I have this for reprints. I bought all of the Tales of G.I. Joe. And, I bought the original issues as they came out as well as every back issue my comic shop got in stock. I was the sucker that they targeted with all these reprints and I fell for it every time. I even enjoyed the reprints of U.S. stories in the Action Force comics.
G.I.Joe books of all kind can be treasures for all, wherever you can find them,especially if the’re from Marvel.”
The first time I read the main story from G.I. Joe #1, it was in Year Book #1.
Can’t beat this cover!
I have this for reprints. I bought all of the Tales of G.I. Joe. And, I bought the original issues as they came out as well as every back issue my comic shop got in stock. I was the sucker that they targeted with all these reprints and I fell for it every time. I even enjoyed the reprints of U.S. stories in the Action Force comics.