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05-22-2009, 10:06 PM
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It's not so much that she's enhanced, it's not the death of the line, but it does take away some of the appeal of the rest of the Joe team.
One of the things that made the Joes great was that they were highly skilled and trained but were underdogs to the forces of Cobra.
Cobra had legions, the Joes had a couple hundred. Cobra had dozens of ninjas, the Joes had a handful. Cobra had a genetically engineered super-leader, the Joes had....
The idea of a super-soldier has been around for eons, but it was never part of the Joe (I'm ignoring Robo-Joe) team. No matter the odds, these guys used nothing but their training and skills.
It was one of the main appeals of the Joe team.
Cobra can create these things like the MASS Device, Weather Dominator, Strangle Vines, Spore Vines and various other things. But the Joes just used their natural abilities to get on top.
Who didn't think "That could be me"? when playing/watching Joe?
Captain America is cool, but he's always been enhanced, so it takes away from some of his accomplishments. The new Cap is cooler because he doesn't have a super soldier serum, just training (and a bionic arm, but what good does one bionic part really do?).
I love Hawkeye (now Ronin) because here's a guy with no super powers, just training and natural ability, going toe to toe with Gods, aliens and Super-Villians.
Now they go and throw an enhanced (maybe) soldier into Joe. That takes away some of the appeal.
Edit:
Actually, that was the whole premise of Valor vs. Venom. Cobra has this army of genetically engineered soldiers and Joe has just their "Valor".
Agreed, except, like I said BEFORE< TWICE NOW, that the artist has "spoiled" us and explained she's not enhanced.
However, while I really like the new Cap (getting to the point that he rivals the old one in a way), but I never thought of Cap as enhanced, just the best a human could be, and while he is certainly more than average, it is his spirit that makes him the hero he is, not his Serum. Granted, to each their own...
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