Line #22 ComicBook/GIJoe2019


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"[[ArcWords Be Careful. Survive!"]]]]
3	In 2008, Creator/IDWPublishing acquired the publication rights to Franchise/GIJoe, continuing the [[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel original comic]] where it left off, while also creating [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW their own G.I. Joe universe]] in the same vein as ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMegaseries'' they began in 2005.
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5	Similar to ''ComicBook/Transformers2019'', this series reboots continuity again, with writer Paul Allor and artist Chris Evenhuis as the creative team.
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7	In this continuity, Cobra has taken over an unspecified number of countries throughout the world, including the United States, and G.I. Joe is [[LaResistance a small band of rebels]] fighting back. Outnumbered by their implacable foe, the Joe leadership must recruit civilian spies and saboteurs: Ordinary people living in occupied territories who will put their lives on the line to strike back through clandestine but high-impact missions. Rithy "Tiger" Khay, a motorbike deliveryman who has had to resort to contraband smuggling to make ends meet, finds himself embroiled in the struggle and becomes their latest operative.
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9	After a run of ten issues, the series came to an end with the one-shot ''G.I. Joe: Castle Fall''.
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11	Character page is a W.I.P.
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13	!!Tropes Include:
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15	* TenMinuteRetirement: Hawk had retired from the military after serving with distinction for at least twenty years, but once Cobra takes over, he comes out of retirement to form LaResistance.
16	* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:The series ends without any resolution to Hawk making a deal with Destro or Jinx choosing to fight Cobra on her own terms with the aid of Snake Eyes after Scarlett boots her from G.I. Joe.]]
17	* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While most of the older characters are considerably different than previous depictions, the most prominent are:
18	** While Roadblock is still TheBigGuy, here he is a civilian cook who never had any military experience prior to the rebellion. The first time he has to kill somebody, he takes it [[HeroicBSOD VERY hard]].
19	** In the original comic, Fred Broca was one of the first Cobra soldiers to join the [[PraetorianGuard Crimson Guard]]. Here, he's a civilian who initially knows nothing of Cobra's true agenda and is horrified when he finds out. He is promptly deemed a security risk and executed.
20	* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Averted. Tiger (the son of Cambodian immigrants) doesn't know how to fight at first, and has to learn from Scarlett.
21	* AnyoneCanDie: Played with. Having a starring role in other iterations of the franchise does NOT provide any level of immunity in this series. [[spoiler: Duke is killed early on to prove this point]].
22	* ArchEnemy: Major Bludd is shaping up to be the [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader to Tiger's Luke Skywalker]].
23	* BadassBookworm: Before the war, Lightfoot was a librarian for the University of Chicago and Frontier was a teacher. Now they are the Joes' explosives expert and field commander, respectively.
24	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Near the end of the series, Dr. Mindbender is shown to have an assistant who questions his decisions. [[spoiler:The end of her debut reveals that she's this continuity's Lady Jaye, working as TheMole.]]
25	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cobra Commander and Destro, moreso than previous incarnations. Cobra was originally a tech-oriented MegaCorp before it went rogue and took over the world. Destro and his Military Armaments Research Syndicate appear to be manipulating both sides of the G.I. Joe/Cobra conflict for their own agenda.
26	* CrapsackWorld: The first issue alone has corner stores advertising gas masks and ration packs, and armored stormtroopers carrying out public executions as a scare tactic to keep the rest of the populace in line.
27	* DealWithTheDevil: Hawk makes one with Destro to get additional resources to fight Cobra.
28	* DeathByAdaptation: The series kills off a lot of characters who survived to the end in previous continuities.
29	** [[spoiler:Duke]] becomes the first casualty when Major Bludd shoots him.
30	** The ninth issue has Tunnel Rat reveal that Heavy Duty, Ripcord, Dial Tone, Grid Iron, Hi-Tech and Dusty died combating Cobra.
31	** [[spoiler:The series ends with the Baroness and Cobra Commander perishing when their escape helicopter blows up in flames during the Joes' final assault on Cobra.]]
32	* TheEmpire: Cobra. They have taken over the United States and rule it in with an iron fist.
33	* {{Expy}}:
34	** The writers cite the UsefulNotes/{{SOE}} as an inspiration for this incarnation of the G.I. Joe team.
35	** As a masked supervillain who has conquered (most of) the world and killed off (most of) his heroic opposition, Cobra Commander is a loose one of [[ComicBook/{{Empire}} Emperor Golgoth]].
36	** Frontier looks like Flint with a beard, and fills Flint's traditional role as field commander/executive officer. He also shares Flint's academic background, being a teacher before the war.
37	* GenderSwap:
38	** The Doc of this series, as seen in Issue #4 is female.
39	** The ninth issue shows Dial-Tone to be female like her counterpart in the previous IDW continuity.
40	* GrandFinale: The one-shot ''G.I. Joe: Castle Fall'' marks the end of this continuity, having [[spoiler:G.I. Joe finally take down Cobra and encourage the liberated populace that they are free to live their lives on their own terms.]]
41	* TheMole: Lady Jaye works with Dr. Mindbender while undercover for the Joes.
42	* RaceLift:
43	** Cover Girl and Lightfoot were Caucasian in the original comics; here they are both African American.
44	** Zartan is Latin American.
45	** Snake-Eyes is Japanese-American.
46	** Dr. Mindbender is from India, according to a mini-bio in Issue #10.
47	* ShoutOut: The series is essentially a [[DarkerAndEdgier gritty]] {{Deconstruction}} of [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero the Sunbow cartoon]]'s "Worlds Without End" two-parter with its "What if [[TheBadGuyWins Cobra won]]?" premise. Both works briefly mention the Weather Dominator from the cartoon's [[FiveEpisodePilot second five-parter]].
48	* TheStarscream: Major Bludd against Cobra Commander (really, the senior leadership in general).
49	-->'''Bludd:''' I know he's untouchable, unless I'm willing to abandon control. Unless I'm willing to destroy myself. And I'm not ready for that... ''not yet''.

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