For those who grew up with the four issues of Universe (the original profiles that were written by Bob Budiansky) they are being reprinted by IDW in their Classics series... and the best bit - it should include all the extra profile pages that were included at the back of many of the issues between #47-79. That's about 70 Universe profiles... half the number in the 4 issues... compiled for the first time with the original 4-issue series. (the first 4 issues were once released as a compilation, but left out nine from the individual issues)

Being only the size of 6 issues, the Universe profiles mustn't have been enough on their own, as Volume 8 will also have the original 4-issue mini-series of GIJoe vs Transformers tacked on... but who cares, as this has been a dream (of mine at least) since the letters column in the original Marvel comic hinted at a second volume, but never happened. (could be why they were in the back of the comics, so that they weren't wasted)

A bit of a wait though, as it is scheduled for release in March 2015. Priced between US$20-30, depending on the pre-order discount.
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