your thoughts on the new gi joe comics so far
 

I have only picked up a couple of issues of the new book, but it seems pretty good. I agree that Dialtone is just wrong but if I keep reading will probably get used to that. I wish my fellow toy buddies collected Joe so that I could build dios with them. One only collects 1/6th WWII and the other just He-Man. I have been helping the later design a huge Snake mountain that he could have in his living room thaat I might use for a few pics as a cobra mountain. The design is about 4 ft tall right now.

I'm not a big fan of how it's being handled with a giant staff in the thousands and an entire underground city.
Also, the plot seems to be running around in circles.

Of course, that's just the "main" title.

Origin is pretty cool with that Chimera guy and Snake-Eyes being badass without being superninja.

Cobra, I didn't like at all. Formulatic, and a complete bastardization of Jinx for the sole purpose of killing her.

No opinion... haven't bought any, haven't found any. Have found the classic Marvel at the big bookstores, being reprinted in group form. Will buy those first.

Good thinking!

And if you find the Storm Shadow solo series TPB, give it a try. It's not really GIJoe but it's a great adventure comic!

yeah, i like origins better myself, so far. i picked up a few of the movie prequels and 2 of the cobra ones, but havent read them yet, i might do that now since i have free time.

I'm waiting for the TPB collections. Origins and Cobra look interesting.

Welcome back, Lehsreh!

I'm loving Origins so far... I don't have anything bad to say about it! I was a bit worried about Larry Hama's abilities after the Hasbro comic packs that came out recently, but this series proves he hasn't lost his touch!

I've actually enjoyed Cobra for the most part, except for the unfortunate fate of Jinx. But heck, who's to say that was the real Jinx? As Jay points out, it was definitely not her character. Maybe it was someone else using the codename, and the Jinx we all know and love will inherit it from her down the road!

The main book is okay, but it's way too slow-paced. It's been, what, five issues or so, and I feel like nothing's happened! Everything that went on in those issues could've happened in one single issue of the old Marvel title. Also, even though I get that they're trying to give us a younger version of Duke, I find that he's way too casual and nonchalant with everyone. It just doesn't work for me. Likewise, Destro's accent is also a problem. I know he's Scottish, but no one, from Hama to Blalock to Jerwa to Casey to whoever else, has ever written him with an accent! It doesn't work. And what's with his flowing mane of thick, lustrous blond hair?!? This is not Destro!!!

And as others have said, Dial-Tone as a woman doesn't work for me. Why not just use the Devil's Due character Firewall if you want a female comm/tech person? And I also don't like the creation of that new tech guy -- his name eludes me at the moment -- when they could've used Mainframe or even Hi-Tech or Hard-Drive!

But Chuck Dixon is usually a good writer, so I'll give him more time to win me over.

I have only picked up the main book and the pace just killed me on it, really killed my interest in the others as well. I know it has been said the pace is to make the story fit into trade format but really if you sacrifice story that is pointless.

Shame too cause generally IDW is much smarter than that when it comes to many of thier stories.