I got this under the x-mas tree in 1982. The nite before, I received 6 Joes. My parents had packaged them back to back so it was 3 packages. I was so pumped. I don't even remember when I got the VAMP and RAM. Anyway, I got the giant sized edition which I learned 20 yrs later (or so), that it was pretty darn rare.

I loved the story. I was instantly hooked on the toys and the comic only helped. It gave me adventures. There were many times I had RnR on the RAM, pretending to go thru the desert. But the main story, that was great fun. Unfortunately, I was still pretty young so going to the comic shop wasn't about to happen with my parents and well, I didn't hook up with another Joe comic until #16. I did grab the digests to fill in the blanks. (those were the lil comics, had about 4 stories under the cover, etc)

And just for the record, the original newsprint Joe comics were the best, imo. The reprint they did for the comic packs look like utter crap. At least the TPBs aren't quite as bad, but there was something special about newsprint back then.

AND the comment about too much talking and text... I never noticed that. I noticed it MORE with Image comics; Spawn in particular. Seems to me that comics of today utilize text to get thru the story instead of action.


We'll discuss #2 next week. I'll be relying on the TPB.