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11-04-2009, 03:04 PM | #11 |
Bridge Layer Driver
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I agree with Nacho and Jaybord's comments.
But "Heyday" could also refer to the SALES of the book. In that regard, the book was a big seller from about 1983 (issue 16 or so) to 1989 (issue 85 or so). In fact, in the Summer of 1988 Marvel placed what were, essentially, their four most popular books on a bi-weekly schedule. The four were: -Amazing Spider-Man -Uncanny X-men -Captain America -GI Joe Marvel did the same thing for the summer of 1989, but GI Joe's popularity had declined somewhat within that year.
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11-04-2009, 03:13 PM | #12 |
Agent
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didn't have as much of a problem with BF2k as I did with the ninjas. I mean BF2k was taken out real quick so it pretty much made the point "ok this is a bad idea, we will deal with it"
Ninjas on the other hand were way out of hand. I mean Ninjas are cool but the more you see them and the more you use them the less cool they are. When it turned to the point that it was pretty much all about what the ninja is doing it takes away from everything. |
11-04-2009, 07:30 PM | #13 |
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It's probably different for everybody, but my favourite stretch of the original Marvel comics was from issue #50 to #76 (coincidentally, it spans Serpentor's creation and death... which is funny since I never liked the character).
It contains my two favourite storylines and what I consider to be Hama's peak as the GI Joe comics writer: the Devlin Winchell/Borovia storyline and the Sierra Gordo revolution. Those two had the perfect mix of even-handed political satire and comic book action. That stretch also has the Cobra Civil War, which, while not on my list of top stories, is better than most of the extended stories that followed. It was also during that 25-issue run that Ron Wagner, I think, really hit his stride as a penciller (and the occasional fill-in artists weren't bad either). The original Marvel GI Joe: Special Missions was also great, everyting from issue #3 up until the final issue (#28) is at least as good as the better stories in the main title, with the added bomus that most of hte issues were self-contained, done-in-one stories reminiscent of Bronze Age style storytelling. |
11-07-2009, 12:39 PM | #14 |
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I agree with Zulu - Special Missions are the true "hayday" of this series. You need the main line to know the characters, but these stories were very good.
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