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#47. Sea Duel


~Short Summary~
The Joes have rescued Zartan who is posing as Rip Cord, after Doc sedates him; he is rushed back to The Pit. On Cobra Island, Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow fight to get off the island. They steal a Cobra Hydro foil, but close to escaping the ship is wrecked and Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow are thrown into the ocean with tons of sharks. After Snake-Eyes is rescued, they see Storm Shadow walk out of the ocean only to shot by the Baroness.

~Notes of Interest~
First Appearance of Beach Head & Wet Suit.
The Baroness shoots Storm Shadow.
Zartan is posing as Rip Cord and Rip Cord is mistaken for Zartan.
~summary courtesy of yojoe.com~


http://yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe47.shtml



~image courtesy of yojoe.com~

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the highlight of this issue for me was Storm Shadow being gunned down, nothing shocks you more than when a major character dies especially one you've grown fond of, one thing that Mr. Hamma was good at is when introducing new characters he always gave them a chance to shine no matter what else was going on in the story

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got to get tough JOHIO!!!!!!

I really like this one! Lots of combat on land and especially water......the new Devilfish,Hydrosleds,and Hawk's new uniform!

Not to mention the intro of Beachhead and Wet-Suit!

Loved this issue! I really liked the EELS fighting with Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow. And the intro of Beach-Head. I didn't really latch on to Wet-Suit right away, but Beach-Head was too cool.

Hawk putting himself out there personally to go get Snake-Eyes gave a lot of insight into his character, and his devotion to his men.

I was shocked when SS was gunned down. I think she shot him 3 times. Brutal. But at that point I was "ninja-tolerant" since they seemed deadly, but not magical or invinceable. Seeing the Arashikage heir mowed down was quite a moment in the comic continuity.

At least in this issue the ninja angle was balanced with some good old-fashioned military stuff. An okay issue with some great characters making thier debut.

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