[Ratel]

https://www.newsarama.com/43775-copr...ra-muerte.html

Are you psyche about this one?

[J James]

I am an underground comic illustrator and I always like to support good independent creators. This one has me a little conflicted because it looks like an enthusiastic viewpoint of the characters but not necessarily something that jives with my own preferences on how they are handled. I'm going to definitely pick up the first issue to see what I think of Fiffe's storytelling, but it might be a more objective interest for me.

[Breakerfan]

I looked at the pages on previews and passed on it. It didn't really draw me in, especially at the $4.99 price tag. I stopped reading the other IDW Joe books years ago and I think I am at the point that outside of the Hama continuation, I'm not really interested on a new take anymore.

[solosam]

I will buy anything with Rock & Roll on the cover.

[solosam]

I just read it and I liked it. The art is unconventional and the storytelling is a little too compressed. But it’s not bad. The story itself is pure Joe goodness, without reinterpretation or trying to make Joe into something more than it is. It carries the same vibe as the early ARAH, and could easily be slipped into ARAH continuity.

[J James]

Quote:

Originally Posted by solosam

I just read it and I liked it. The art is unconventional and the storytelling is a little too compressed. But it’s not bad. The story itself is pure Joe goodness, without reinterpretation or trying to make Joe into something more than it is. It carries the same vibe as the early ARAH, and could easily be slipped into ARAH continuity.

That sounds good to me.

[seaneley]

Well, Doc's still alive and Storm Shadow is working for the Joes. I thought they killed Major Bludd, but he appears to be alive...
When I saw Rock 'n Roll on the front with his Gatling guns, I was excited... But, then, inside the comic, he was running around with an Uzi? That seems to be a waste of his skills.
Also, they seem to be redoing the Serpentor origin... Which wouldn't fit in with RAH canon... But, we'll see what happens.

[skinny]

Quote:

Originally Posted by seaneley

Well, Doc's still alive and Storm Shadow is working for the Joes. I thought they killed Major Bludd, but he appears to be alive...
When I saw Rock 'n Roll on the front with his Gatling guns, I was excited... But, then, inside the comic, he was running around with an Uzi? That seems to be a waste of his skills.
Also, they seem to be redoing the Serpentor origin... Which wouldn't fit in with RAH canon... But, we'll see what happens.

I think Fiffe is drawing more from Sunbow and his own memories than anything in IDW or ARAH established canon.
Much like The Scioli run.
I hate to do it but as I read I can't help but think... Roadblock would not say that or like you said. Rock N Roll had the "wrong" weapon. Although I can let that pass any more since even Hama really just uses the gun of the month now in ARAH.
Especially with not being hamstringed by making sure the comic character matched the figure.

Serpentor?
I am not seeing that so much but anything is possible. I think "Oscar" is going to have a bigger role than we realize in things.

[hardcorps]

to be fair, sure, RnR is a machine gunner, but really, that just means he is an infantryman that mostly carries a machine gun. Any spec ops soldier, or even regular grunts sometimes, will switch weapons at times based on the situation.

And of course, the Uzi was an iconic gun of the 80s for action heroes.