Jem: The Misfits (IDW)

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## Publishing Information

### Published

December 21st, 2016 to
June 7th, 2017

## Creative Team

### Created by

Kelly Thompson
Sophie Campbell

### Writers

Kelly Thompson
Sophie Campbell (*Our Songs Are Better, Part Three*)

### Artists

Jenn St-Onge

***The Misfits*** (stylized on the front cover as *Jem and The Misfits*) is a *Jem and The Holograms* spinoff comic miniseries announced at SDCC 2016 published by IDW Publishing. It takes place during the main series, starting just after Issue #20 and ran concurrently. The comic debuted on December 21st, 2016 and ended on June 7th, 2017 with a total of five issues and three crossover issues in the crossover miniseries *Jem: Infinite*

## Issues

### Main Series

* *For the full list of covers, see: **Covers (IDW)***

*Our Songs Are Better, Part One**Our Songs Are Better, Part Two**Our Songs Are Better, Part Three**Our Songs Are Better, Part Four**Our Songs Are Better, Part Five*
### Infinite Crossover

*Infinite, Part Two**Infinite, Part Four**Infinite, Part Six*

## Collected Reprints

### Trades

*Trade paperbacks* are the collected, omnibus editions of a comic book. They typically include one or more story arcs, reprinted in book format. These books sometimes contain edits or additional material not featured in the original published issues.

*Trade hardbacks* are the collected, omnibus editions of a comic book. They typically include one or more story arcs, reprinted in book format. These books sometimes contain edits or additional material not featured in the original published issues. These hardbacks are printed in a larger size than the original comics at 7"x11" versus the typical 6"x10" comic book format.

Currently, *Jem: The Misfits* has two published trade paperback editions and one hardback edition.

*Jem: The Misfits**Jem: Infinite*
*Jem and The Holograms: Outrageous Edition, Vol. 3* is the third and currently final trade hardback edition released for *Jem and The Holograms* and the only release for ***Jem: The Misfits*** spinoff. It collects together *Truly Outrageous* and *Our Songs Are Better* across 252 pages.

## Development

*Jem: The Misfits* was announced on July 23rd, 2016 at the IDW Publishing panel at San Diego Comic Con 2016 that Kelly Thompson was writing a spin-off comic based in the IDW Jem and The Holograms universe.

The comic focused on The Misfits as the main characters, instead of Jem and The Holograms. It featured some exploration into The Misfits' individual backstories and their origin as a band.

> One of the exciting things that I hope we’re going to get to feature a little bit in the new series, is how exactly The Misfits came together. Origin stories can be tiresome and over-explored in comics, but I think The Misfits are an exception as—apart from Blaze’s introduction to the group—it’s a subject that we’ve never seen tackled, even in the original show. And while The Holograms, as sisters, have a sort of beautiful and simple story of how they came together as a band, it’s safe to say The Misfits coming together is tinged with a lot more drama.
>
> Kelly Thompson,

The main interior artist was *JEM* newcomer Jenn St-Onge. It featured covers and colors by M. Victoria Robado. *Our Songs Are Better, Part One* was released on December 21st, 2016. Previews released by IDW Publishing had featured a logo based on band stickers, with The Misfits' sticker partially obscuring Jem and The Holograms' sticker.

## References

1. ↑ **Bleeding Cool:** *Bleeding Cool: The Misfits Get A Spinoff Comic* (July 22nd, 2016)
2. ↑ **Tumblr:** *Kelly Thompson: "We will definitely be exploring some backstory of The Misfits in the new book"* (July 22nd, 2016)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 **AVClub:** *Jem’s rival band rocks out on its own in this* The Misfits *#1 exclusive* (August 31st, 2016)

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