Codename: G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book One - by Joshua Williamson (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The Road to G.I. Joe and Cobra in THE ENERGON UNIVERSE begins here in the deluxe hardcover collection of the bestselling Duke and Cobra Commander miniseries.

THE ROAD TO G.I. JOE BEGINS HERE!

Experience the epic origin of G.I. Joe and Cobra like you've never seen before - welcome to THE ENERGON UNIVERSE.

Conrad "Duke" Hauser made first contact with a Transformer and lived to tell the tale. Now, one of the US Army's most decorated soldiers is on the hunt for answers, drawn into a conflict that no amount of training could prepare him for.

Meanwhile, one man's sinister plans utilize the mysterious alien substance known as Energon sends shockwaves across the globe. Who is Cobra Commander? Where does he come from? And what horrors is he planning to unleash that will rock the world - and maybe the universe - to its core?

Red-hot writer Joshua Williamson (G.I. Joe, Superman) teams up with artists Tom Reilly and Andre Milana to introduce two of the most powerful factions Earth has to offer in CODENAME: G.I. JOE DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE.

Collects DUKE #1-5, COBRA COMMANDER #1-5 & material from ENERGON UNIVERSE 2024 SPECIAL .

About the Author

Joshua Williamson resides in Portland OR, home of big trees, rain, great beer and half the comic industry. Joshua has written for nearly every comic publisher there is, mostly on creator-owned works such as GHOSTED, DEAR DRACULA, and MASKS AND MOBSTERS. He is known for writing BIRTHRIGHT, NAILBITER, DARK RIDE, COBRA COMMANDER, and DUKE for Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.

Jordie Bellaire is a two-time Eisner winning colorist for acclaimed projects such as Vision, They're Not Like Us, Pretty Deadly, Injection, Auttumnlands etc, as well as mainstream hits like Batman, Deadpool, Moon Knight, and Hawkeye. She is writer and co-creator with artist Vanesa R. Del Rey on the ongoing Image Comics series Redlands.

She lives in Ireland with her famous cat, Buffy.