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#45. In Search of Candy

~Short Summary~
Snake-Eyes is sent a message about who killed the Hard Master. He finds Storm Shadow and gives him the news that it was Zartan. Rip Cord has infiltrated Cobra Island and is trying to find his girlfriend, Candy. Zartan and Rip Cord fight with Zartan coming out the winner and taking on Rip Cord's identity. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow arrive on Cobra Island.

~Notes of Interest~
First Appearance of Alpine, Quick Kick
Hard Master's killer is revealed to be Zartan.
Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow fight together for the first time against Cobra.
Hawk gets promoted to Brigadier General and commander in chief of the GI Joe team.
General Austin retires.
-summary courtesy yojoe.com-


http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe45.shtml



-photo courtesy yojoe.com-



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this issue was fun because you get to see the fight between Zartan and Ripcord which leads to Zartan impersonating Ripcord and learning the location of the PITT..also seeing Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow working together was neat ,as well the introduction of Alpine and Quick Kick seemed dropped in as neither really had that much face time in the comic as other Joes..overall this issue had some great build up towards what is to come in the next few issues

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got to get tough JOHIO!!!!!!

The ninja stuff was starting to take prominence around this time, and as a result, issues like this one didn't "grab" me as much. But the Ripcord angle was good, as was the debut of Alpine. One of those so-so issues.

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This was a good one, I thought. Love the battle between Z and Ripcord. Hawk's new duds are great, and all the "backstory" stuff is pretty cool too. The next one is really one of my favorites though. Really gotta get these out and read 'em again.

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I thought this issue was great. I didn't feel the presence of the heavy-handed ninja action that would plague GI Joe later on. It was a good issue, one that I read many times as a kid. My beef is still the events that occured immediately after the Cobra War.