The Comic Box #20!!!

[General Scarlett]

Welcome to The Comic Box. This is a discussion thread for the GI Joe comics. We start at Marvel’s #1 and move thru the series every Wednesday. It’s a chance to give your thoughts, opinions and remarks about the comic in question.


#20. Home Is Where the War Is


~Short Summary~
Clutch goes on leave, and finds out his best friend is in the unwilling employ of Cobra.

~Notes of Interest~
One of the very few issues not written by Larry Hama. Tells a lot about the life of Clutch. John Byrne did the cover art.
-summary from yojoe.com-


http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe20.shtml


http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/DSC02012_edited.jpg
-image from yojoe.com-



Discuss away!

[General Scarlett]

John Byrne, one of my all time favorite artists..........

And this was a cool episode delving into the life of our favorite grease monkey......



:cool: :D

[Stormer]

IIRC (I'm at work and my comics are at home...) this one wasn't too bad for a non-Hama issue. The most glaring difference was the use of thought balloons...

Shame they couldn't get Byrne to do a full issue's art, I'd have liked to see his depiction of more of the Joe & Cobra characters.

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=Stormer]IIRC (I'm at work and my comics are at home...) [/QUOTE]


I do put the link directly to the summary of each issue under them. Just so that if you find yourself away from your collections, it's an easier access to do a quick read through............

[Flint]

This was one of my favorite stand alone issues!!! :)
I Loved the fact they gave Clutch time in the spotlight, I wish they would have done it more with so many characters!!! :)

[maxtype]

This isn't one of my favorites...............but I'm biased-it's not the story or art quality that bothers me...........it's WHERE they scheduled it as a fill-in.......between the AWESOME #19 and INCREDIBLE #21...............I realize that Hama needed extra time 'cuz he did the breakdowns on #21................

It is a fun issue-I like the part where Clutch knocks the house off it's foundation with the car................ :p

[lehsreh]

[COLOR=Red]i cant say anything bad about the old issues. it was issues like these that really let me know who clutch was and got me liking him. in the cartoon, which was my only joe outlet until 3 years ago, clutch was a nobody.[/COLOR]

[Lava Boss]

[QUOTE=Stormer]IIRC (I'm at work and my comics are at home...) this one wasn't too bad for a non-Hama issue. The most glaring difference was the use of thought balloons...

Shame they couldn't get Byrne to do a full issue's art, I'd have liked to see his depiction of more of the Joe & Cobra characters.[/QUOTE]

Actually, Hama broke his own "no thought bubbles" rule at least once. In the post Cobra Civil War issue after a motorist yells at Roadblock, he thinks "He wasn't even driving American iron!" Or something like that.

I'm not opposed to non-Hama issues, but issue 20 was a forgettable issue, really. Belt jet packs?

Score: 3/10

[Stormer]

[QUOTE=Lava Boss]Actually, Hama broke his own "no thought bubbles" rule at least once. In the post Cobra Civil War issue after a motorist yells at Roadblock, he thinks "He wasn't even driving American iron!" Or something like that.[/QUOTE]
I thought there was at least one more, but the one I remember was when Cobra was in the middle of rebuilding Megatron's body, CC's talking about double-crossing Megatron but doesn't realise Megs can hear him. There's a close-up of Megatron's face and a thought balloon of, simply, "Hah!"