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The Hama-verse....from the beginning. Read Along.
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06-12-2018, 05:36 PM
LowTech
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I'm torn on this arc.
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nero9000
Great and classic cover. I guess that's why that's why it became a part of my collection pretty early on. Certainly the first issue I read from this era.
OK, I admit it. I think the Snake-Eyes trilogy is a top storyline. Even the idea of Baroness knowing Snake-Eyes from Vietnam isn't completely terrible, and I'll tell you why. It really ups the stakes and makes things intense and personal for this story! This isn't just an everyday scrap, you can just feel the rage coming from The B and (later) SE. OK, probably they could have found some other way to make it personal, so the SE-centrism still sucks. But this is a powerful and intense story, and because of the upped stakes a Snake-Eyes rampage isn't as tiresome as it could be. This is also a rare Joe moment where SE is not in full control of the situation, even if it's only because he's been doped to the max. Having the main hero actually be in a heap of trouble, a novel idea! Scarlett's last stand is very well done, and the new Cobra toys are coming off as capable troops.
I was so into this story as a kid. Those bastards killed friggin' Corky and got away with it (for a while)! The Baroness is also completely despicable here. Shooting unarmed people in the head is just not cool! OK, so Scarlett has a skull made out of plot armor, but it's a great moment, so I'll let that one slide (too).
Even with some of the unbelievable plot devices, this is a top class Joe comic.
All true.
BUT . . .
the "I must have my revenge on Snake Eyes" trope is thin by now.
If this arc occurred in the first 15 issues it would be fantastic. As a stand-alone trilogy, it's fantastic. But following the Cobra Commander-Zartan-Storm Shadow-Snake Eyes-Blind Master soap opera? It's tired.
If there had to be revenge, why Snake Eyes? Why not Stalker? Isn't anyone out to get him? Heck - he ran a gang in Detroit! How come Cobra never recruited any of his old gang rivals?!
The issue itself - Snake Eyes proves to be reckless in 'Nam and Stalker wishes he were a medic. Huntkinder's reappearance is a stretch, but at least he likes good Swiss soundproof windows that keep out even the roar of helicopter engines. Snake Eyes being drugged and incapacitated is a neat story-telling element. Scarlett gets to use a weapon she's qualified on (likely an accident - Hama seems to have a MAC-10 fetish). I don't want to talk about Raptor.
So yeah - take it out of sequence and it's a cool arc. But I just couldn't quite dive in to a variation on the drama of half the previous issues.
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