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Do you prefer the Marvel comic or the Sunbow series?
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11-12-2021, 06:06 AM
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It’s not so much that Sunbow didn’t give time to new characters in its later years as that the 1985 season has far, far more episodes than 1986, or (of course) the two miniseries’ or the movie.
New stars like Flint, Lady Jaye, and Shipwreck, and new supporting characters like Bazooka & Alpine or the Dreadnoks have disproportionately larger presences because the season their toys were being especially promoted during was the long one. 1986 actually did try to develop characters with character-focus episodes like Low-Light’s nightmares, Mainframe’s star-crossed romance with Zarana, or Lifeline’s family conflict with his pacifist minister father, as well as recurring character detail bits like Wetsuit’s bickering interservice rivalry with Leatherneck or Iceberg being a southerner who loves the cold. Serpentor and Mindbender got quite a bit of time over on the Cobra side, a lot of time that otherwise would have gone to Destro and the Baroness.
These things said, though, I think Hama is the gold standard for Joe, and I agree with you that his character work is a strength of his work.
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