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#23. Cobra Commander Captured At Last


~Short Summary~
Cobra Commander is captured in Switzerland, of all places, where Major Bludd has taken the Baroness for corrective plastic surgery.

~Notes of Interest~
Cobra Commander gets captured. The Baroness finally recovers from her injuries suffered in issue #16. She also gets her costume that we recognize from her action figure. We happily get to see just how finicky Roadblock is about food. A very enjoyable issue.
-summary from yojoe.com-

http://yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe23.shtml



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Still rebuilding my comic collection, haven't read this one in years. I recall an oddly costumed person who happened to resemble Cobra Commander.

THe cover was...is... one of the best.

This was the first time I saw Storm Shadow, having missed #21, he's a killing machine in this issue IIRC.

Major Bludd employed 1920's style gangsters...or something?


Duke and Roadblock immediately become significant players...indeed RB's second appearance get his the first of quite a few cover shots.

Fun issue! Yes,this was one of Michael Golden's painted covers,a real beauty too!

Humor:Clutch sexually harassing Cover Girl,Bludd demanding the ransom in a "Gucci Suitcase",Roadblock's food critiques...........the Costume Festival...

Incidentally-I think the "Tommy-gun toting gangsters" were 'cuz of the Costume Festival.......either that,or the penciller was REALLY lazy............ (for non-comic fans out there,Marvel Comics worked 'Marvel Method',which is: the writer makes a quick plot,the artist actually tells the story in pencils,adding what's needed-then the writer dialogues the story based on the finished artwork.......this is a quick turnaround method,but it can lead to..........surprises.....Marvel had a LOT of lazy pencilers though,drawing WWII Nazi U-Boats when the story CLEARLY states 'Nuclear Attack Submarine'.Other company's,like DC,usually work from the writer's full-script,like a movie screenplay)

Another of those great early issues. I haven't read this one in years, but iirc it's in this issue that Cobra Commander sucks a drink through a straw via a little hatch in his faceplate!

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that whould be next issue, #24 after the commander is captured and in the custody of the joes. The 25A battle mask CC has a removable helmet with the anti-tamper exposives as seen in #24

I love this Issue!!! Great use of Characters, Clutch taking Roadblock down the side of the mountain to capture Cobra Commander!!! Classic!!!

Thanks for the correction! It's been a long time since I read these issues, and the memory is a little foggy!

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