In 2001, two years after the plans for Bench
Press Comics' G.I. Joe series fell through, another young company named
Devil's Due Publishing acquired the rights and began publishing a new
series distributed through Image Comics. The company's founder, Josh
Blaylock wrote the series, starting with a 4 issue story arc. The story
depicts the Joe team's reinstatement following the return of Cobra
Commander to the United States after Cobra was defeated several years
earlier. The series followed along with the storyline of Marvel's
original series, mixing some new characters with the original Joes,
including the son of Destro and the daughter of Zartan. The new G.I.
Joe had a successful debut that received some mixed reviews, but most
fans were just happy to see G.I. Joe return. The series spawned a
number of new miniseries and one-shots. Later, Devil's Due ended their
partnership with Image and started publishing the series on their own.
Writing chores for the series were taken over by Brandon Jerwa.
Eventually, after 43 issues and four years, it was decided to again
relaunch the comic series and the storyline ended with the Joe team
disbanded once again. The next series, G.I. Joe: America's Elite, would
pick up where Devil's Due's first series left off.
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