G.I. Joe: Reloaded was a G.I. Joe comic published by Devil's Due Publishing. It is a separate continuity from G.I. Joe (Devil's Due) and deals with a more realistic take on the G.I. Joe universe.
After beginning with two 48-page one-shots titled G.I. Joe: Reborn and Cobra: Reborn to show the formations of G.I. Joe and Cobra, the story continued with an ongoing title that lasted 14 issues.
Tropes:
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Roadpig is depicted as a redhead instead of having white hair with red streaks.
- Adaptational Villainy: In this continuity, Duke turns out to be a traitor affiliated with Cobra.
- Alternate Continuity: The series is a separate canon from Devil's Due Publishing's main G.I. Joe series.
- Bad Boss: Cobra Commander has a bad habit of killing subordinates who displease him.
- Bald of Evil: Destro is depicted as bald when not wearing his metal mask.
- Death by Adaptation:
- Duke gets stabbed in the back by Scarlett at the end of the series.
- The Baroness ends up mortally wounded.
- Death by Origin Story: Rock 'n' Roll is motivated to fight Cobra because his girlfriend was killed by Firefly blowing up the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Gender Flip: Doc is reinterpreted as a woman named Carla Greer.
- Related in the Adaptation: Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are half-brothers in this version.
- Ultimate Universe: The series serves as an updated version of G.I. Joe while still co-existing with the then-ongoing Devil's Due series that served as a continuation of the Marvel Comics series.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: The series ends with Cobra Commander getting away and planning to rebuild.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Cobra Commander insists that he isn't a terrorist and that his actions are for the greater good.
