Unlike Craig, I never bought the comics when it went ninja heavy. For me, the whole time I collected (to the end of the Cobra War), the ninja stuff was balanced enough for me. Sure, it got a tad heavy when Se, Blindy, Scar and whoever else went to go spring Stalker and posse out of the gulag, but it didn't detract from GI Joe.

So in terms of THIS issue, I thought it was awesome. I enjoyed the whole on-the-water battle and the fact that the ninja stole the Moray only to crash it into rocks (OUCH!). Great issue all around but I believe the next couple of issues aren't so hott in that Serpentor is introduced...