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The Hama-verse....from the beginning. Read Along.
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01-10-2021, 02:31 PM
vxc961
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: San Diego
Posts: 155
Man, I had quit collecting ARAH around the 170s...the revanche robots were too much for me, but I wish I'd have stuck it out to participate in this. I'd started re-reading, got up to issue 200, and then jumped ahead to this. So...
I liked it more than I thought I would. If anyone else had done the Hama-exposition ("Snake-eyes kept is Fairbairn-Sykes dagger, but upgraded..") I would have hated it, but I did get a warm fuzzy knowing it was Hama writing that. I like my GI Joe a bit more grounded though, so I did groan a bit with the upgraded magic nigh-vision goggles and air-breather though.
I liked seeing Dawn on the lacrosse field, and I get he was trying to show us what a bad-motor-scooter she is, but it was a bit too much for my tastes. I do like the idea of Springfield, the town where even the Lacrosse team wears the cobra sigil on it's uniform.
I like discord in the Cobra ranks, but it seems too easy for Crystal Ball to roll in and mind-control everyone. I wish it was a bit tougher to pull off. I feel like in the Marvel days, Larry would just write and let whatever happened happen. This seemed more like "I need these guys to get the whole town to flip on CC and I don't have time for more than an issue...OK, Crystal Ball can now do that via TV waves!"
Looking and writing a bit about this issue made me realize how tough a job Larry must have. A big part of me wants to re-live the nostalgia of reading GI Joe in 6th grade, but another part of me is like "man, I have seen all this before!" If Larry's trying to please his fans, it's probably a bit like naming his dog "Stay".
Overall though, I'd still give the issue a thumbs up. I've found that sometimes I have a hard time following the action with Gallant, but I do think the art is great, especially when I compare it to the old Marvel run. I know where the arc is going, and I wish we could focus on anybody Snake-Eyes/Fake-Eyes/Dawn, but I had fun seeing the character interactions between both the Joes and Cobras.
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