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10-15-2019, 06:46 PM | #2661 |
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Cover showdown: Neither cover does much for me. I'll give it to Whigham, because Trimpe's seems like a retread of Jaye vs Zarana.
Baroness's previous rancor toward Billy? Is this a Star Wars crossover? No, really, they were fine with each other before brainwashing...so I don't get it. US border is laughably porous in this issue, but previously the only Americans complaining about it were worse than Cobra. Venom Billy and Zartan talk to themselves. True captains of exposition. Maggot on the highway goes unchallenged. Sometimes it's like Hama has never left NYC. I once got pulled over by a local cop on the highway for having an out of date inspection sticker in state that does have inspection stickers. So now Zartan's filling station has an old store next door? Or is this a different one? I guess it has to be. Thrasher's nose get broken again. *yay* How did Broca Beach get so run down with stripped cars every...oh, right. It's New Jersey! CC wants his return to Broca Beach on the down low, but THEY DROVE A MAGGOT TO THE TOWN. Mindbender is an idiot, too, and cannot pick up on the fact Billy's brain is Dr. Venom's now. "Mufti"...time to bring back the GI JOE comic drinking game. Battle of Cobra Island? Which one? The first one didn't have a MOBAT, Scarlett, Destro or Baroness. IIRC, Destro never fought any Joes in his original outfit on Cobra Island. Yeah, Mindbender took a lot of liberties. Baroness shopping in her black leather outfit that looks more blue to me. Also, CC had her do this despite having a town full of lackeys. CC is a bad boss. This ain't a kids comic no more, so why not let Baroness win the first fight? LJ mentions Psyche-Out and...she really does... Summary: An issue whose premise is based around Dreadnok sugar cravings. And it's clear that Cobra is full of idiots who cannot upkeep a small town. Yet, that is still better than anything Silent Castle related in my book. |
10-17-2019, 09:39 AM | #2662 |
Iron Grenadier
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This battle of Cobra Island iirc is from when the island was raised form the ocean bottom.
I will give Gallant some deserved credit. You know exactly who everyone is. During early DDP, everyone had a nametag because the art truly didn’t convey the characters properly. During late DDP it was even worse. So, kudos there for sure. |
10-20-2019, 03:36 AM | #2663 |
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It feels like post-vengeance Zartan has been overwritten by "still has vengeance" Zartan. Fun to see Venom gloating over Snakes. It would have been cool if he had stayed in Billy's body and Baroness had actually left Destro.
"Part of a cultural exchange mission for the betterment of international relations and world amity." Sad there are not any WORMS on that Maggot. Is Buzzer diabetic? Recently I dropped an engine back into my car. So I'm happy with the way the balancer is drawn but unhappy with the physical location of the hoist on the floor. Nitpicking. I would have been happy seeing an extended period of time that all of these Cobras were in the same room together, brainwashed or not. It's fun. Torpedo's board is a Hawaii themed board. Bit bothered that they would come in disguise like this, then suddenly be trying to tail a civilian car in the VAMP in uniform. Eh. That page with Snake-Eyes and Cobra Commander in front of the diorama is pretty cool. I would buy that original art. The diorama is very wrong but the dialogue seems to support it anyway. Lady Jaye could have lost that fight. It would have supported all the training scenes which Baroness has had in recent issues and felt right. The same outcome could have been achieved by having Torpedo sneak up from behind.
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10-20-2019, 03:37 AM | #2664 |
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Quote:
This battle of Cobra Island iirc is from when the island was raised form the ocean bottom.
I will give Gallant some deserved credit. You know exactly who everyone is. During early DDP, everyone had a nametag because the art truly didn’t convey the characters properly. During late DDP it was even worse. So, kudos there for sure.
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10-20-2019, 12:13 PM | #2665 |
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Everything wrong with the Wax Museum Cobra Island Battle:
Destro was not there. Scarlett wasn't there. Baroness was not present. No MOBAT was around, The Only Joe vehicles were the WHALE and the Sky Striker Roadblock was wearing his V1 outfit at the battle. Snake-Eyes was also still in V1 gear, despite the cover to issue #41 Dr. Mindbender wasn't shown with Cobra until issue 44. But Hama retconned the Doctor as being a Springfield orthodontist in one of the comic pack 1/2 issues. His claim about the display's accuracy is a deliberate joke in more ways than one.. I hope. |
10-20-2019, 01:19 PM | #2666 |
Iron Grenadier
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Ha. Points.
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10-22-2019, 12:20 PM | #2667 |
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10-22-2019, 12:22 PM | #2668 |
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Issue #163 is live to discuss. Yo Joe!
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10-22-2019, 05:28 PM | #2669 |
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Cover showdown: Whigham wins the carnival prize with CC cutting targets down to size! (Roadblock rhyming but his cover loses) Trimpe's has nothing to do with events inside.
"How did you get out Stormie?" "The cell just wasn't designed to hold a ninja." "Forget you..." CC mentions the Juggernaut, but this isn't part of the Marvel universe. Serpentor wax museum cameo. And we are supposed to believe that Storm Shadow crawled or swam up a 20 foot plus pipe filled with water to a water tower. "I...I underestimated both of you." Powerful scene, or would've if Storm Shadow hadn't been on the Joe team for years prior to his recent brainwashing. He probably didn't even need to sneak out! Mindbender thinks Billy is sounding like Dr. Venom, but did Mindy and Venom ever even meet? Snake-Eyes remembers is was Venom who killed his family all along! Venom framed CC's brother for it! Venom was the real villain...oh, it's a dream. "We've long suspected the Joes have an underground base in Utah desert..." No one told Destro that CC attacked it in back in like 1992. Stalker debates legality of holding a known terrorist. Some weirdo is in chair...who is that? Why is CC pointing at the Custer display? Overall: Uh...plot issue, but some points are dragging...basically, most of it could be done in half the pages it was. Last edited by Sean_C; 10-23-2019 at 12:30 AM.. |
10-22-2019, 11:43 PM | #2670 |
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Timber’s arm/paw, though...
...terrible. Just terrible.
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