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06-10-2013, 01:38 PM | #1 |
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Here is my Amazon.com review.
It may sound like gushing, but I love the treatment "my" GI Joe series is receiving. I hope that these volumes sell well enough to print the entire series. And hardcore guys like me will *love* all the extras. If this were a DVD release, there is plenty of "bonus material." _____________ You had me at "Hama." …and the second volume does not disappoint! Like a CIA mole, or maybe Larry Hama’s next-door neighbor, Mark Bellomo drops minutia that hardcore (“old school”) Joe fans will love. The after-action “debrief” following each issue is—honestly—something I would pay for were it sold separately. The content is *that* good. What would be better? *Two* pages of debrief commentary rather than one! And I also appreciate his efforts to correct obvious mistakes, as in, the first volume switching out Grand Slam’s name for Flash’s on the computer screen prior to the mission in Afghanistan. In this issue, he deftly does this as well—some 30 years after the fact. Sure, it’s revisionism, but it only honors the initial creator intent. These issues, some would argue, set a strong pattern of adept storytelling that we fans came to expect from the series. Case in point, the “Night Attack” story, with its (at the time) heart wrenching cliff-hanger. And I know much has been written about the influential Silent Interlude, but what that story truly is, is Larry Hama shooting from the hip, under a tight deadline. In life, under pressure, we see the “real person.” In Larry’s case, Silent interlude, though I certainly did not appreciate it at 12, provides a visceral, adrenaline-slam of an adventure, approachable to most any level of reader. And don’t tell me it isn’t an influential piece, when, years later, Marvel Comics does an entire “silent” month. The art? Ever hear of Russ Heath? Yeah, *that* Russ Heath. He contributes pencil chores herein. And Mike Vosberg started off rather slowly, in my opinion, with his artwork in this series, but very rapidly became a tremendously memorable craftsman in this series. Heck—the man was trying to keep up with 20-30 characters! Some of his images stay with me to this day. Are there some improvement to me made? Sure. Some of the print, from decades old copy, suffers just a touch, but nothing to really complain about. So I’ll say it this way: if you liked the GI Joe comic book, this is its ultimate representation. And if you weren’t a fan of the comic, you don’t know what you are missing. Here’s to 12 more volumes, and a butt-load of footnotes. Smitty |
06-10-2013, 02:16 PM | #2 |
Christian Soldier
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I was wondering about the bonuses, I have them all in tradeback and nearly all in singles, so the bonuses would have to be good to get these also.
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