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WARNING ! spoiler in the lead for Duke # 2Now thatG.I. Joehas a Modern house at Skybound Entertainment , America ’s elite fighting force will need a home - base to control out of . gratefully , the recently releasedDuke#2may have just bring home the bacon a headquarters in the Energon Universe for the new Joe squad … if Duke and his current allies can fly the coop from it first , that is .
Duke#2 – by the creative squad of Joshua Williamson , Tom Reilly , Jordie Bellaire and Rus Wooten – features the championship character onthe run from the U.S. militaryafter trying to reveal the enigma of the Transformers .
Duke runs afoul of his Stalker and Rock ’ N Roll , two of his teammates from the classicG.I.Joecontinuity , and jazz up being conquer after a breathtaking ambush . After his capture , Duke is taken to an unrevealed location : the Pit , an old foundation that ’s fall on hard times .
Cobra Commander at last meets the Dreadnoks in the Energon Universe for the first time , but they might prove to be more than he can handle .
The Pit: G.I. Joe’s Hi-Tech Headquarters
“ I think the Pit was decommission in the LXXX ? ” Duke ask his capturer , in a clever nod to theG.I. Joe : A substantial American Heroseries ' debut in 1982 . Stalker texplains that the Pit now serves as “ a safe sign of the zodiac for high hazard prisoners before they can be transport . ” First come out all the way back in 1982’sG.I. Joe : A Real American Hero#1,the Pit serve up as the official HQ for the elect G.I. Joe team . Originally an underground radical located beneath the Chaplain ’s motor pool in Fort Wadsworth , no one knew about the top - secret installation , except the Joes .
The base was aggress by Cobra and relocated several times throughout the original ladder of the serial , before finally square up down at a lasting location in Utah . While the Pit was decommissioned in 1995 when the original Marvel running come to an end with issue # 155 , the team returned to their previous HQ when that serial publication re-start in 2012 . Now that the Pit has appeared in the Energon Universe , fans can bear this is all set up for when the G.I. Joe team officially mould in the new continuity .
Will Duke End With The Formation of G.I. Joe?
Neither Cobra nor the G.I. Joe organization yet survive in Skybound ’s brand - new Energon continuity , so watching both factions come together in the Page ofDukeandCobra Commanderhas been fabulously exciting for foresighted - time fans . Most exciting of all is the ending scene ofDuke#2 , which promises an epic team - up between improbable alliesDuke and Baronessas the two attempt to break out of the decommissioned installation . With so many classic character and concepts showing up in the new strip , fans are clamor to know if the five - issueDukeminiseries will end with the prescribed shaping ofG.I. Joe .
Two further miniseries have been announced to followDukeandCobra Commander , although specific contingent for either series have yet to be released , leaving little elbow room for speculation as of now . It ’s potential one of the subsequent serial could be a team - up book , but more than likely , all the miniseries are leading to an all - new ongoingG.I. Joetitle once the team officially comes together . Whanever the legendary organization finally does take form , it ’s good to know thatG.I. Joewill have a familiar home - root in the Energon Universe .
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Duke # 2
