[FunkyBunch]

Mark and Tim will be live at 1pm Eastern time (6pm UK time) , talking G.I. Joe ARAH # 317 released Wednesday, 4th June, 2025. ,

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Synopsis:
Snake Eyes strikes! The G.I. Joe ninja team has infiltrated Springfield...but nothing is as it seems. Meanwhile, Dr. Mindbender has his revenge.

Creative team
Writer: Larry Hama
Penciller Paul Peleteier
Inker Tony Kordos
Colorist: Francesco Segala, with Sabrina Del Grosso (Flatter)
Letterer: Pat Brousseau
Editor: Alex Antone
Publication design Jillian Crab, Production Design Richard Mercado
Creative Consultant: Diana Davis

[JFRiley11]

Quote:

Originally Posted by koogie

More new characters, because there are 200 existing characters that are ignored.

In my opinion, I think you misread that. When he says new characters, he was answering the letter?s question about seeing older characters getting their chance to shine. So when he says new characters will be showing up, I think he means team members who have not had the time to shine or been apart of the action lately. Just my two cents.

[FunkyBunch]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopdead

, both of whom have "mondo" lame codenames (to use an overused Larry descriptor) IMO.

I always laugh when I see the word "mondo" used because I have only ever heard Larry use that term.

[stopdead]

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunkyBunch

I always laugh when I see the word "mondo" used because I have only ever heard Larry use that term.

Me too. You know it's Larry's writing when you see that word. That said, I think he should limit its use to one character.

Another great episode of Talking Joe, btw. Keep up the good work!

[Josh Z]

I thought this issue was pretty lame, unfortunately. The plot is pure wheel-spinning. Mindbender's new outfit is incredibly cheesy, and would have looked ridiculous as hell even if it had debuted around 1996, which is about when it feels like it was originally designed. (I just love that he now has some weird robotic monocle, as if that somehow made more sense than Revanche simply giving him a new bionic eyeball that actually works while replacing every other body part.)

The art is also cluttered and messy. But perhaps the worst aspect of the issue is the way Hama continues to confuse military jargon for character dialogue. Not a single line of spoken dialogue in the issue feels even remotely like a natural conversation human beings would have with one another. That has always been a problem with Hama's writing, but some issues read better than others, and this was one of his worst in that regard.

Perhaps more than any other issue since ARAH passed from IDW to Skybound, this issue feels totally phoned-in. I didn't like anything about it.