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The Hama-verse....from the beginning. Read Along.
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10-24-2020, 01:51 PM
J James
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issue 215
Burned Sean Collins, recuperating in the hospital ward.
Lifeline had been at the funeral, so Sean must have been stable at the time. It seems important to me to point out that Sean was not in fact at the funeral, as was important for the plausibility of this issue and the nostalgia of the funeral.
We don't know how much time has passed. I suggest a week at most based on the Cobra dialogue.
Okay I've been consistent in my approval of the death of Snake-Eyes, however here is a point which has always stood out to me. Why would Cobra suspect that Snake-Eyes is dead? I love the deception, but what's the rush? Serpentor wasn't a Cobra or in contact with them during his revival. The robot which came to the PITT wasn't Cobra's robot. Maybe the Toxo-Vipers carry a broadcasting body camera or something, that would fix this situation for me.
Serpentor is quickly forgotten and Cobra never learned about his resurrection.
The breakdown of the "most formidable Joe we have encountered to date" is somewhat interesting. I had forgotten this conversation. This reminds me of how Dawn was earmarked as being highly advanced even before she had a clear role as well. This helps the case for Sean being as good as he eventually becomes, although Sean being less capable than Snake-Eyes is important to me. He can never be able to measure up to the legacy, and in my opinion he never has.
I am fairly confused by Sean’s aging-up for the role, however it makes me want to contrast his number of issues aging-up and training to Billy's number of issues. And Raymond's perhaps too.
Learning more about the Arashikage compound is cool with me. So Granny lives in the decrepit old farm house from way way back. Seeing Tommy recalling these events is pleasant for me. His narration makes a lot of sense when considering Raymond's presence. This same dialogue radically shifts our understanding of Jinx's history and depth of experience within the clan however, which is very interesting to me. She's a highly trained combatant, but apparently spent little time at the classic compound. This may even be her first trip there.
No Joes are at Sean's funeral.
This baited trip to the Sierra's makes this one of my favorite issues of the second half of ARAH. Props to Larry for remembering that the cabin isn't the original one, although I suppose it hasn't really been more than a few years of stories since the new one was placed.
Okay we have an Ice Viper as an undercover driver of an ice cream truck. Funniest driver cameo since the two Astro-Vipers were used as common pilots. Further evidence of the financial problems that the shrinking Cobra organization is experiencing.
These are some well-drawn Night Creepers. This version of the Leader is a cool design, significantly better than the orange bandanna version and I think similar to the cartoon one? I've not watched the show but I know what he looks like.
This sequence is stellar. Stalker, Muskrat, Tunnel Rat, Low-Light, Outback: some of the scariest most cut-throat Joe's on the team. These are the dudes you really don't want to run into for any reason in the dark dark woods. I would have picked Leatherneck instead of Muskrat, but this scene just serves to make Muskrat more cool to me and I'm down with that.
This whole setup is great. It demonstrates many things to the reader. Sean is not Snake-Eyes. He's not on his level despite Mindbender's comments. He isn't healed. Sean isn't at his own highest performance level. They sent a whole squad of the scariest Joes to masquerade as Snake-Eyes in an ambush. This is so clever, and so out-of-the-box.
Larry starts "life after Snake-Eyes" strong with this issue and (most of the time) his stories regarding the loss of Snake-Eyes only get more creative and interesting from here.
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