[jlw515]

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Originally Posted by Cobra Agent 66

At the end of the day, the File Cards ruled.

Agreed! This was where I was going in my post above that that the toys, comics, and cartoons played three parts to the bigger GIJoe brand/story.

Based on the file cards, and then borrowing from the comics and cartoons, kids made up their own GIJoe universes!

Jason

[ScottyHawkeye]

The comic because it introduces these characters and gives them interesting backstories. It also has a more militaristic aesthetic than the show. The Marvel/Sunbow cartoon is still great though.

I feel the same way about Transformers preferring the Marvel comics to the Marvel/Sunbow cartoon. Still love the cartoon.

[bromanagro]

Both equally honestly.

Going back in time...

The Marvel comic: had that comic book smell of that 80's era. Do you guys know the smell I am thinking about. It was a good smell. Also the feel of the pages paper on the finger tips. This is not an ASMR kind of thing. The comic book ads, the postbox pit, reading a younger larry (with notably more conservative stances) respond in them , no prizes etc.
Of course, the stories, issues 1 through 75, were all amazing and then the quality waned afterwards IMHO.

The Sunbow: Ok... On the old CRT woodgrain television...viewing them weekday, after school and after watching some other awesome show that came on before it and after it and then casually doing the homework from school, then going back to playing GI joes, the atari, the...nintendo....well the nintendo became the thing that surmounted the cartoons and toys but thats another story.

[Joe Bro]

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Originally Posted by Cobra Agent 66

At the end of the day, the File Cards ruled.

I agree.

Overall, I liked the comic better for its more serious, 'realistic' approach. The cartoon was too cartoony, with dinosaurs, ghosts monsters, etc. It also turned Cobra Commander into a typical 80s buffoon bad guy. I did like the comedy duos they did, like Alpine & Bazooka or Footloose & Dusty.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by Joe Bro

I agree.

Overall, I liked the comic better for its more serious, 'realistic' approach. The cartoon was too cartoony, with dinosaurs, ghosts monsters, etc. It also turned Cobra Commander into a typical 80s buffoon bad guy. I did like the comedy duos they did, like Alpine & Bazooka or Footloose & Dusty.

The giant robot in issue #3 opened the storytelling to "everything's possible," but the show cashed-in on fantastical episodes. The cartoon made the Joe cereal taste better, though.

[jlw515]

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

The giant robot in issue #3 opened the storytelling to "everything's possible," but the show cashed-in on fantastical episodes. The cartoon made the Joe cereal taste better, though.

Man I was pointing out the big robot, the SEA Legs, and underwater base back when people were bashing the ROC movie for "not being real like the comics" ;-)

Some of those early Joe comics leaned heavily on the sci-fi aspect. Issues 11-19 focused more on the real-world type story telling. With the exception of issue 20 (which I'm sure was prior one-off story), the rest of the series maintained that real feel for quite some time.

Jason

[scruffyronin]

Sunbow for me. I've rewatched the cartoon multiple times. I tried reading a couple chapters of the old comic and got bored and stopped.