G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

A pensive Prime

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers was the first G.I. Joe/Transformers crossover published by Devil's Due Press (in conjunction with Image Comics), interestingly while the Transformers comic license was with Dreamwave Productions at the time. It established a new crossover continuity.

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Overview

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers opens with Cobra finding the buried Ark and the inert Transformers within. Cobra reformats the Transformers—Autobot and Decepticon—into traditional Cobra war machines and forces them to do Cobra Commander's bidding. When the Transformers break free of Cobra's control, all hell breaks loose...

Several major Transformers and G.I. Joes die in the course of the story, a facet of the storyline's tendency to play fast and loose with its source material. Pulp hero moments such as Optimus Prime's revival also began to establish the series' reputation as a fun and occasionally silly collection of stories.

The series spawned three sequels, though the concept of the Transformers with Cobra vehicle modes was dropped after the first one.

Creative team

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers was written by Josh Blaylock with pencils by Mike S. Miller.

Collections

No matter how the story turned out, this is just cool!

• G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers TPB (August 11, 2004) ISBN 1932796096

• Collects issues #1–6.
• Bonus material includes Mike Miller sketchbook art and a cover gallery.
• Also available in hardback form, exclusively from Dynamic Forces.

• G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers Omnibus (January 30, 2008) ISBN 9781934692059

• Collects the full 4 volumes of Devil's Due's G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers crossovers.

• G.I. Joe/Transformers Volume 2 (December 12, 2012) ISBN 1613775350 / ISBN 978-1613775356

• Collects this series, and its sequel, G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 95: G.I. Joe vs Transformers, Part 1 (May 13, 2020)

• Collects issues #1–6.
• Bonus material includes a one-page article about Devil's Due, a two-page article about creating the "Devil's Due-verse", three pages of Mike Miller's sketchbook art, a cover gallery and an intro from Simon Furman.

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  G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers TPB; art by Mike S. Miller
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  G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers Omnibus; art by Chris Lie, John Lowe and Jeremy Roberts
• 
  G.I. Joe/Transformers Volume 2; art by Brendan Cahill and Joana Lafuente
• 
  Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 95: G.I. Joe vs Transformers, Part 1;
  art by Mike S. Miller, Cory Hamscher (Wheeljack), Armando Durruthy (retro art) and Lynx Studio (Wheeljack)

See also

• G.I. Joe crossovers