I only started recently...
 

I pretty much stopped just after the Cobra War. To me, that was the ultimate height of the comic and the issues after that, they seemed pretty bad. I never even made it to the whole ninja thing or CC is SE's dad or Firefly's Asian and all that weird stuff.

But then again, there is a giant robot story coming up here soon, isn't there? ;)

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I also came into this comic later in the series(#103) but over time i was able to track down the previous 102. altought for issue # 1, I had the ToG version. oddly enough I got a orginal copy just last week in a trade.

FYI- CC isnt SE father, CC link to SE is that CC's brother killed SE's family in a drunk driving accident. and Firefly is white ( french i belive) but grow up in asia

also it has a few more features including 3 vehical profile( MOBAT, VAMP and HAL) , 4 personnal files ( Scarlett, Breaker, Flash and Stalker), and my favorite, the file on the "PIT". All this adding to the joe mythology.

because of this tread, i relooked at #1 and notice a new charactor, on page 12 panel 1 there is Officer who is bald, dress in a suit with a knife straped to his leg. a idea for new custom figure

Like Sonne, I had comic #1, regular size though and didn't get another comic until #15 at a general store while on vacation at my Grandpa's. I enjoyed the comics when I could get them, but it was hit and miss. I filled in the gaps later when I was older. #1 was picked off a stack at Target. They were laid flat on a shelf in the GI JOE toy section and there were at least 50 copies in that stack. It was 1982 or early 83 and I think it is a first edition.

I remember collecting issues more regularly starting at #28. I made it to the 120's, and it was weird, and I went off to college and had no money for "discretionary expenses." I look forward to commenting when I can, but a colleague at work left abruptly and I am pressing hard at work these days.

As far as complaining about the dialogue, I actually enjoyed it. I read them to my little brother and actually helped him learn to read better.

Thanks for the great idea!

Yeah, I remember noticing that guy when I re-read this issue with the comic pack it came with. Pretty cool looking.

I was being sarcastic cuz Hama made a situation where everything seems to be centered around a few people.

Okay, I thought you were probably being sarcastic, but then I wondered if you knew something I didn't...

Personally, I don't find it that big of a deal. Most all fiction centers around outrageous coincidences when you get right down to it, so I see no reason why G.I. Joe can't too.

If C.C. wanted Snake-Eyes dead, then how come he takes no great interest in Snake Eyes in issue 9? I mean, other than wanting the location of GI JOE HQ. Yet, later we learn that C.C. was once so obssessed he tracked Snake-Eyes to the ninja dojo and spent a fortune hiring not only Zartan, but originally Firefly to kill him. Which also brings up why the two characters don't seem to recognize each other when they meet in issue...was it 25? Zartan probably being an expert on human mannerisms...even Firefly shouldn't be able to fool him. Of course, I could write that off as professional courtesy, not making it known they have met before...informally.

Also, issue 9 shows 4 caskets at a funeral in SE's flashback. His parents, his sister and ????...or is it another funeral?


I've always found as much hype as the regular Marvel run gets, Special Missions is ignored. Special Missions greatly benefited the Joe comic universe. Out of 28 issues, Snake-Eyes only appears in 3. Chuckles sees a lot of action along with a lot of Joes who'd otherwise only make cameos in the regular run, and GI JOE is shown to be more than just a group that fights Cobra. That must be it, Joe fans seem to be bigger Cobra fans...

Plus they were mostly one shots. Devil's Due cannot seem to tell a coherent (or engaging) story in a 10 issue span, back then Hama could write a decent one-shot. Actually, a few non-Hama issues were decent one-shots...though Herb Trimpe got a bit goofy with some of his writing.

I remember July 4th 1982, we were at a cookout at my Aunt Geri's. My Dad and Uncle went to get more beer and I went with them. We went to a FAYs drug store and they had most of the first collection (minus the MOBAT and the Cobra Troops) I grabed Snake Eyes and Stalker and got them. The next day I saw the animated ad for the comic. Me and my Friend Mike went to the local newstand (Fischers Newsstand in Albion NY) and there was issuse one! Shiny and bright on the rack! We both grabbed a copy and read it on the walk to his house.

I loved it because since I was a old enough to play with Toys, the US still had a bad taste in it's mouth for Soldiers. Instead of remembering the valiant things some men did on VietNam, the Media preferred to focus on Mai Lai and the Kent State Incident. Now, President Regan was in Office and he was spending money to make the Military great again. It was a good time.

I grew up with friends who's grandfathers fought in WWII or Korea and who's Fathers had strong feelings about VietNam. I couldn't see how two generations could have such different feeling about war. (again, I was 14 and just thought guys ran out on a field and shot at each other)

GI Joe made me want to be a Soldier (and Later a Marine!). I loved the way these guys stuck together and worked as a team even though they were diffrent races, genders and backgrounds. I wondered what could make a group of people come together like that!? I wanted to be a part of that. I wanted to do more than sit at home and gripe about how "Something needed to be done". I wanted to get out and do it!

It's funny this is the only issue I see Snake Eyes using Sign language. I figured after this issue Snake eyes would ALWAYS communicate through Scarlett with Sign Language. I also liked how cobra was using Soviet gear (AK-47's and T-72 tanks). Also, this was the first time I saw Soldiers with Kevlar helmets instead of steel pots on their heads! Up to this point, all the soldiers I had to play with were WWII or Vietnam Vintage( Think TOy Story's Army Men!!) and still had Ancient weapons! The Joes had an M-1 Abrahms clone (The Mobat) a Hawk Missile (MMS) and a Humvee clone (VAMP) It was cool to have MODERN gear!

Later (after I had some time in the military, I thought it was funny how you had 2 officers (Hawk and Steeler) on the team, but Zap was the only one who could fly a helicopter! Later I read "Rouge Warrior" and Richard Marchinko talks about how he wanted to have his SEALS trained to fly planes iin case they ever got caught in a situation like that and the NAVY said no. I guess having a College degree makes you a better pilot!

And does anyone wonder how you steer the JUMP? Mobius, you like to research aerodynamics, you think it's possible?

all this reminiscing makes me feel like Richard Dryfuss in Stand By Me "I never had friends like I did when I was 11, ....Jesus, does anyone!?"