GI JOE ORIGINS (2009)

"By Larry Hama The fanatical CHIMERA builds his army as G.I. JOE recruits it's final soldier to round out it's core team! Brought to you by fan-favorite writer Larry Hama and artist Tom Feister!"

"Larry Hama (w) o Mike Hawthorne (a) o Andrea DiVito, Feister (c) Introducing the newest member to the JOE team! HEAVY DUTY signs up and takes aim-but at who? Meanwhile, the stage has been set for a harrowing battle between the fledgling G.I. JOE team and the mysterious new villain CHIMERA-but is there more to him behind the mask? "

"Larry Hama (w) o Mike Hawthorne (a) o Andrea DiVito, Feister (c) New recruits Rock & Roll and Breaker infiltrate Chimera's stronghold with the rest of the G.I. Joe team! Things are going from bad to worse and it all leads up to our big finale next issue! *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Larry Hama (w) o Mike Hawthorne (a) o Andrea DiVito, Tom Feister (c) As the Joes close in on Chimera's stronghold, an unbelievable new surprise is waiting for them. Meanwhile, Snake Eyes begins to do what he does best-and you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of this skill, trust us! *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99 *Retailer Incentives: Order 10 copies, get one free variant virgin DiVito cover"

"Chuck Dixon (w) o Augustin Padilla (a) o Padilla, Tom Feister (c) The five-part series has become an ongoing, with rotating creative teams! On a mission to prevent a terrorist attack in a far-flung corner of the world, Scarlett's former, civilian life and her new hard-ass life collide. Now, in the middle of a white-hot operation with the fate of millions in the balance, Scarlett decides which friend lives and which one dies. *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Chuck Dixon (w) o Alex Cal (a) o Cal, Tom Feister (c) Why did Mainframe go AWOL in the first place and vanish to where the Joes could never find him? Get the whole backstory on what's going on with the G.I. with the I.Q. while his adventure with Snake Eyes is going on the pages of the current issue of G.I. JOE's monthly series (both tales written by Chuck Dixon, to boot!) *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Larry Hama (w) o Andrea Mutti (a) o Mutti, Tom Feister (c) Larry Hama is back and he's joined by Italian sensation Andrea Mutti for part one of this three-part story continuing the earliest adventures of G.I. JOE! Construction on the Pit begins, Snake Eyes pays off old debts, and Scarlett is trapped in a van full of hostiles! *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Larry Hama (w) o Andrea Mutti (a) o Mutti, Tom Feister (c) The Joes track suspected terrorists to Paris and go into full-thrash throwdown mode. SNAKE EYES has to take a commercial flight to Lockerbie, Scottland, and goes through customs and immigration with a very strange diplomatic passport. Meanwhile, SCARLETT cracks a computer code and finds out where the terrorists are going to strike. *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"Larry Hama (w) o Andrea Mutti (a) o Mutti, Tom Feister (c) Larry Hama closes out his latest story arc with a bang! The JOES have to retake a U.S. Embassy that is under siege by terrorists, but they have to do it ultra-hush. An unlikely hero emerges to change the outcome and the attitude of the team. *2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio. *Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive FC o 32 pages o $3.99"

"J.T. Krul (w) o Klaus Scherwinski (a) o Scherwinski, Tom Feister (c) When Army Ranger Wayne Sneeden washes ashore in Guatemala with no memory of who he is, how he got there, or who shot him, putting together the pieces of his past shows him a future he never imagined-and a new name to go with it: BEACH HEAD!"

"The Baroness was once part of a respectable, aristocratic family, before leaving them in search of her own destiny. Soon, she would meet the man that changes her path in life forever. Now a deadly COBRA operative, The Baroness seeks this man once more, but perhaps rescue is not her intention "

"First appearance of RIPCORD! The latest candidate for G.I. JOE status may already be dead! Meet Wallace Weems, a soldier everybody calls RIPCORD. Lost in a forbidding jungle, Ripcord has one mission: SURVIVE! And if he doesn't outwit, outfight, and outlast the terrorists hunting him, thousands more might die! "

"No food. No water. No weapons. With only the survival skills he learned in commando training, Wallace Weems (a.k.a. RIPCORD) fights an uphill battle to escape a hostile jungle and prevent a terrorist enclave from unleashing a terrible bio-weapon! If he lives, Ripcord just might earn Joe membership! "

"A dangerous political situation is about to explode in the capital city of Venezuela and the only Joe who can help is... SNOW JOB?! Outgunned and out of his element, can Snow Job possibly succeed in a sniper battle on the dangerous rooftops of Caracas?"

"(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Alex Cal (C) Tom Feister, Cal Who is Zartan? You may think you know the murderous master of disguise but you don't know the whole story! A hired killer under the command of the Baroness is dangerously compromised. He's offered the protection of COBRA and sent on a risky mission that ends with a scene that will have Joe fans talking for years. This one is 100% guaranteed to shock!"

"The Origin of Zartan, Part 2: The twisted origin of COBRA's man of a thousand identities continues as Zartan is trained in the ways of death and disguise by his COBRA masters. But perhaps he knows far more than they. A deadly game begins; a game where only Zartan knows the rules. A glimpse inside COBRA and their evil schemes to manipulate world events from the shadows."

"'The Origin of Zartan,' Part 3: The origin of the killer chameleon of COBRA concludes! Zartan is on the run from COBRA in the back alleys of a European metropolis. They must capture the elusive agent before he escapes forever. But Zartan has no intentions of letting COBRA off that easy. This three-part arc comes to its bloody conclusion."

"Larry Hama (w) o Joe Benitez (a) o Tom Feister (c) Larry Hama returns along with super-star Joe Benitez (Superman/Batman) and it's a SILENT ISSUE with SNAKE EYES! Not to steal from Stan but, ' 'Nuff said.' "

"'Sedition by Numbers,' Part 1: Psychologist Dr. Lester Horvath is a rising star in COBRA: he has developed a number scheme to categorize recruits, and its implementation has shaped COBRA into a well-oiled machine. Michael Monk is a failure-jobless, broke, on the verge of suicide. When a therapy test brings startling results, Dr. Horvath may suddenly have a purpose for Michael Monk "

"David Lapham (w) o Werther Dell'Edera (a) o Tom Feister (c) David Lapham's 'Sedition by Numbers' continues here! The Mad Monk begins his training with COLOSSUS WORLD SECURITY, INC., which is owned by COBRA, of course. Torture is the routine and Monk is singled out for extra attention. If the camp doesn't break him, then his first mission might have him wondering whose side he's on. There's no bottom to this rabbit hole."

"David Lapham (w) o Werther Dell'Edera (a) o Tom Feister (c) Michael Monk falls further down the rabbit hole, climbing the ladder of success out of Colossus and into 'the Movement.' With his family, his life, and his very his sanity at stake, the 'Mad Monk' will do anything to achieve his mission goals, even if he has to step over the dead bodies of G.I. JOE to do it "

"Dr. Lester Horvath has transformed Michael Monk from a suicidal ex-soldier into the ultimate assassin. Now, the wolves are at the door and 'the Mad Monk' has come to kill his one-time benefactor. It's time for Dr. Horvath to play his final card in a game where death is assured, but the revelation of a single number may change everything."