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05-02-2024, 11:16 AM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
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I'm re-reading all the Marvel TF and Joe books.
Finished TFs (US/UK/Regeneration One/'84). About to start GI Joe (US, Special Missions, Annuals, Action Force Weekly/Monthly) I've read all the Devil's Due stuff that's been in TPB by IDW till the end. I thought it was decent with introductions to Zartan's daughter and Kamakura. I never read Hama's IDW ARAH continuation. Any opinions on either or both after all this time? thx |
05-02-2024, 11:46 AM | #2 |
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Hamas continuation not readable imo tried reading 156-280 and meh not memorable
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05-02-2024, 01:35 PM | #3 |
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Everyone likes to bag on Hama's ARAH, but it is actually pretty impressive that the same guy has written 305+ issues of the same comic! It is fun overall. I even like the IDW 155-300 run. Some parts are inspired, many are fun if you love the property, some are phoned in, some are dreck. I really like Hama's work, even the new issues. Keep in mind, pretty much everything we love about ARAH came from his brain. I have the whole run of ARAH 1-300 in TPB or comic issues.
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05-02-2024, 01:57 PM | #4 |
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Hama's IDW stuff isn't nearly as good as his Marvel stuff, but it's a continuation of the story and it's better than the DDP and other IDW series, in my opinion.
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05-02-2024, 01:57 PM | #5 |
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Between the two, I'd go with Hama's ARAH. The highlight's are the Special Missions and Untold Tales arcs.
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05-03-2024, 03:59 AM | #6 |
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Overall I vastly prefer the DDP continuation to the IDW continuation. But I'm obviously not a hater, I've probably spent more time cheerleading the latter half of Hama's ARAH than anyone else.
I've read the new half three times. There are some storylines which really stand out, such as the Darklon story and many of the missions which had Long-Range involved (for whatever reason).
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Yesterday, 11:37 PM | #7 |
Iron Grenadier
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Ehhh... the Hama stuff, I keep an eye on it, I'm even buying the current issues for the heck of it, but it feels very much for completionists.
I do remember Devils Due and its time in the sun with GIJoe. The moment Devils Due killed Lady Jaye, I felt like all the good will was gone. |
Today, 01:03 AM | #8 |
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There was a lot of interesting ideas and characters introduced in Devil's Due but a lot of the ideas and characters never got a story to expand on them. And stories like the Red Shadows that could have been interesting was cut short by the loss of the license.
Mindbender contemplating what it means to be a clone and why he has memories of dying in the oil tanker that the genetic material he was made from never experienced. Before that was expanded on he was killed off immediately. The Barrel Roll, Blackout, and Bombstrike siblings storyline was never resolved from what I remember. And a ton of interesting characters only showed up once as a commercial for the recent toys and vanished never to be seen again. Devil's Due to me was like a JJ Abram's property, tons of cool concepts, mysteries, and characters popping up throughout the run to spark your interest and keep you reading that never get fully explained before the whole thing falls apart at the end. Its a lot of fun while your reading it but by the end is so disappointing. I haven't read any of the IDW run to judge it. Yeah the stories really seemed to go downhill when Lady Jaye was killed off and Flint went bonkers. Last edited by sisco; Today at 01:06 AM.. |
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