The Comic Box #42!!!
 

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#42. Ties That Bind


~Short Summary~
Having just escaped from The Pit, Buzzer has kidnapped Rip Cord's girlfriend Candy and heads to Springfield. General Austin has a heart attack and Hawk goes to visit him with Snake-Eyes and Stalker. The Soft Master breaks in the Cobra computer data banks at a police station in Springfield. Storm Shadow continues to train Billy, who abruptly leaves to confront his father, Cobra Commander. Wade Collins (Fred Broca), an old Vietnam veteran of Stalker and Snake-Eyes, reveals that he is alive and a Cobra agent..

~Notes of Interest~
General Austin has a heart attack.
Stalker and Snake-Eyes visit the Vietnam memorial and Wade Collins (Fred Broca) reveals himself to be alive.
Storm Shadow trains Billy as his apprentice.
The Soft Master hunts for information about the Hard Master's killer.
-summary courtesy of yojoe.com-


http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe42.shtml


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Discuss away!

My memory is real fuzzy on this one. This was a transitional issue, eh?

I wouldn't really say that, as a lot of important things happen. Almost every sub-plots in this comic lead to future -and some of them important- other archs: first, the future of Billy; second, the future promotion of Hawk (and his return no action after a bunch of issues); third: the quest of the Soft Master; and fourth, all the story about the past in Vietnam with Wade, Snake-eyes and Stalker. By the way, two and three are kind of a preparatory to the Cobra Islan plot.