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G.I. Joe Origins#2 Review
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03-25-2009, 12:53 PM
Shin Densetsu
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In this issue, we learn a bit more about
Snake Eyes
. He is featured on the variant cover, looking ready to kill. A fair warning for you Snake Eyes fans, he isn’t active in this issue. While we do learn more about him, he is just laying in bed. I realize that many of you on the boards have thought Snake Eyes would be blazing into action very soon. I don’t anticipate this happening until we see him on a regular(non-variant) cover, like the last issue of
Origins
.
The issue starts off with a nosy doctor examining Snake Eyes. Right off the bat, we see the “I’Ching” hexagram, the
Arashikage
clan symbol, on his forearm. The dialogue in these first panels serve to introduce the reader as to why Snake Eyes may have such a thing on his arm. For those of you who are new to G.I. Joe comics, this works in your favor.
While the doctor makes observations on Snake Eyes injuries, the artwork shifts towards grey scale, first through Snake Eyes’ lenses, and then we see a flashback through his eyes. This was a clever shift in colors, and is a neat way of starting a flashback scene.
The
Chimera
appears in this flashback, as he taunts Snake Eyes he starts stating the obvious, showcasing an over the top attitude. Some of you might be used to it from the last issue, I wasn’t expecting it, so I thought it was funny. In the last issue he spoke cryptically at times and it was obvious that he wasn’t a good guy, but he didn’t come off as a guy who would be like “HAH Look what I’m going to do!”.
The flashback sequence showed how Snake Eyes got more injuries in the clinic where the Chimera was staying, in the last issue.
The doctor apparently knows here Scarlett and crew are headed, and he isn’t supposed to know.
Stalker shows up at a funeral in Arlington, seen with another soldier. At first I thought he might be a new joe recruit, but it turns out he was a friend of Snake Eyes. This soldier talks admirably about Snake Eyes, and for the first time we find out why he may have gotten the codename, Snake Eyes. This is good because we barely know anything about Snake Eyes at this point. I hope we find out how exactly he earned the codename later on.
We are treated to a flashback of Scarlett’s past, with her looking back, almost as if looking at the panels behind her, in blue. This was done effectively, I did a double take to make sure I was catching everything. It’s a creative way of showing a character’s introspective. At the end of the flashback, we still see Scarlett looking back, with her face in regular color, different from the blue of the flashback sequence, showing that we are now in present time.
A new joe is introduced, and while yes this guy is
Roadblock
, for legal reasons he is called
Heavy Duty
here. He is on a discreet recon mission that is anything but discreet, by the way he is carrying himself. He disregards some of what Hawk says, and with that we have our first rebel Joe. With this tension, this leaves something to be explored further in upcoming issues.
In Snake Eyes room, 2 would-be robbers shows up, and one of them has a ranger tattoo on his arm. After seeing Snake Eyes’ silver star, the ranger has 2nd thoughts. Now I wonder, is this ranger going to be a future G.I. Joe member? I kept looking at his other tattoos, thinking that maybe this is Storm Shadow, or another familiar face, typically connected to Snake Eyes. He has no Arashikage symbol on his forearm, just a tattoo of a spider web.
We don’t see much of the Chimera in this issue, but he does appear again towards the end, as he goes about his plan to gain power.
This issue introduced a new joe, and perhaps more. Could Snake Eyes’ comrade at the funeral become a future joe? How about the ranger who had 2nd thoughts about robbing Snake Eyes? The Chimera shows more of his intelligence, and cunning personality.
The artwork in this issue was consistent all throughout, it does not suffer from the abrupt, back and forth shifts shown in the last issue. The colors are handled well and the transition to flashback sequences is executed seamlessly. Those sequences are the highlights of this issue. The clarity of the artwork is high all throughout, nothing distracting and the flow from panel to panel is smooth.
The story was written in a way that both new Joe fans, and old can appreciate. Not all fans know what the “I’Ching” hexagram is, or where it’s from, but in this issue they’ll know. A serious tone is maintained all throughout, Hawk is always on edge, and the only thing close to campy was the Chimera’s dialogue in Snake Eyes’ flashback. Even then it’s not as over the top as to be downright ridiculous. You never get the feeling that the Chimera is a one-dimensional joke.
If the Chimera isn’t
Cobra Commander
, then just imagine how much more of a threat Cobra Commander will be.
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