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The Hama-verse....from the beginning. Read Along.
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11-12-2018, 03:50 PM
nero9000
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According to the method I introduced here earlier, this is the beginning of season 10 of G.I.Joe. This is a double-season that lasts from 116 to 134 and encompasses the 91-92 toyline (the ones that appear, that is). It's also the last good Joe season. I know a lot of fans think the comic is pretty much done after Trucial Abysmia, but this season is still solid. I think, we'll see, there are admittedly some slightly lame aspects involved.
This change of seasons is more conspicuous than some of the other ones. Besides the usual change of creative teams, we also get a bunch of new toy versions for major characters. G.I.Joe is now led by Matt Trakker, years before it actually happened! Unfortunately most of the new toys suck, but fortunately the lame ones don't stick around. Coincidence? The 1991 toyline did have a bunch of good designs, but we won't be seeing many of the good ones.
1991 also signals a change in the toyline, with the majority of new toys being new versions of old characters. At this point this was a good change, as the rosters were getting really overstacked. Not sure whose idea this change was, but I'm pretty sure a lot of the 1991 toys weren't supposed to be existing characters during the design phase. The cat in this issue clearly isn't Low-Light.
Anyway, onto the actual issue.
The cover is a classic. I remember seeing this a bunch of times, either in ads or at the store, before I bought it. It's nice to see D&B return, but unfortunately this storyline completes their face turn and pretty much signals the end of them as badass characters. Yes, it's never explained why CC has suddenly developed a huge beef towards Destro. The downside of Hama's writing style on display again. While a good story, the issue is also pretty detrimental to the mythos. After the events depicted, it seems unlikely CC and Destro could ever reconcile in any way. Yet they're pretty buddy buddy with each other at times during the IDW run. Oh well, "anything can happen between panels".
Nice to see Whigham back. Art's not quite on par with his first run, but looks good. Could've done with more of him.
Postbox legend Thomas Wheeler says any G.I.Joe issue that has the entire Joe ninja team in it has to be a winner. Comic will really test this theory during the next couple of years.
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