With the new G.I.JOE movie coming out I'd figure I'd ask which version you guys like? ME? I prefer the O.S.I.
Which version of G.I.JOE do you prefer?
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i prefer the ARAH line because that's what i grew up with in the UK.
I think I first knew the cartoon before the comic books, but the cartoon was pretty lame. The comic book, on the other hand, was pretty serious... not counting the time they blew up Bumble-Bee. I don't remember how long I followed the comics for, but I think I remember Scarlett getting killed off?
Scarlett wasn't killed off to my knowledge. Jaye was in the DDP line.
oh... wait, there was a story in which Snake Eyes stabbed her because she supposedly defected, but he didn't kill her. IIRC, that was DDP as well though...
oh... wait, there was a story in which Snake Eyes stabbed her because she supposedly defected, but he didn't kill her. IIRC, that was DDP as well though...
Action Force. Brought up on the old Palitoy line... Baron Ironblood and the Red Shadows. Liked the old IPC pull-out comic strip in issues of Battle. Somewhere along the line Red Wolf became Destro and Ironblood morphed into Cobra Commander.
Jumped ship over to Marvel UK and kept it's very British take thanks to Simon Furman, I think... who I also followed with his Transformers stories. Yeah, I knew they screwed around with the all US backgrounds of Flint, Duke etc but I was 8 and didn't know or care about that. I think I still have all my Marvel Transformers/Action Force comics in the loft. Wish I'd held on to the IPC ones.
Jumped ship over to Marvel UK and kept it's very British take thanks to Simon Furman, I think... who I also followed with his Transformers stories. Yeah, I knew they screwed around with the all US backgrounds of Flint, Duke etc but I was 8 and didn't know or care about that. I think I still have all my Marvel Transformers/Action Force comics in the loft. Wish I'd held on to the IPC ones.
TOYS:
I liked the original thirteen ARAH Joes from '82. As a kid, they simply blew me away when I saw them in a toy store the first time and were much better than the original Kenner Star Wars toys.
COMICS:
The original Larry Hama run by Marvel, although I do admit that I like what IDW is doing with the current run by taking a slow approach to the Joes vs. Cobra conflict.
CARTOONS:
I actually liked Sigma Six. I'm an anime fan, so I liked the character designs and the animation. G.I. Joe: Resolute, however, had the best take on the Joes, IMO, but it just isn't my personal favorite.
I liked the original thirteen ARAH Joes from '82. As a kid, they simply blew me away when I saw them in a toy store the first time and were much better than the original Kenner Star Wars toys.
COMICS:
The original Larry Hama run by Marvel, although I do admit that I like what IDW is doing with the current run by taking a slow approach to the Joes vs. Cobra conflict.
CARTOONS:
I actually liked Sigma Six. I'm an anime fan, so I liked the character designs and the animation. G.I. Joe: Resolute, however, had the best take on the Joes, IMO, but it just isn't my personal favorite.
Sorry, but the original Joe didn't have "Kung-Fu Grip". That fancy stuff came along in the 70's when Joe left the military and fell in with that bunch of Adventure Team hippies. You know the ones, they had that fuzzy hair and beards. He was also seen in the company of "Bullet Man, the Human Bullet" during that... let's just say Joe was in an experimental phase. And that safety yellow helicopter? Pffft. Joe wasn't about safety, GI Joe is about DANGER!
Anyway, my vote would be for the original Joe, complete with the Jeep equipped with the 105mm recoiless, trailer and searchlight. That Joe also had a Mercury space capsule and pressure suit available, as well as many other hardcore militaria accessories.
Screaming "Yo, Joe" on the battlefield would get a soldier shot. Maintian noise and light discipline!
Anyway, my vote would be for the original Joe, complete with the Jeep equipped with the 105mm recoiless, trailer and searchlight. That Joe also had a Mercury space capsule and pressure suit available, as well as many other hardcore militaria accessories.
Screaming "Yo, Joe" on the battlefield would get a soldier shot. Maintian noise and light discipline!
MeanJoePhaser
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A Real American Hero. Regarding the cartoon vs. comic debate...the most fun I had was making my own adventures with the toys. Unlike STAR WARS, GI JOE wasn't a set story with a beginning and end. There was a lot more freedom to their world. Unlike Masters of Universe, it was a diverse team of heroes, not just one blonde hero and some sidekicks (despite efforts to make it all about Snake-Eyes...).
And there's other, less popular, incarnations of GI JOE,
SUPER JOE (GI JOE's late 70's sci-fi series...lasted like a year)
Sgt. Savage (A spin off of A Real American Hero but at a bigger scale, destined to fail as the Kenner team took over Hasbro's brands)
GI JOE Extreme (Kenner's horrid take on GI JOE, which sums up everything wrong with 1990 toys and cartoons)
And there's other, less popular, incarnations of GI JOE,
SUPER JOE (GI JOE's late 70's sci-fi series...lasted like a year)
Sgt. Savage (A spin off of A Real American Hero but at a bigger scale, destined to fail as the Kenner team took over Hasbro's brands)
GI JOE Extreme (Kenner's horrid take on GI JOE, which sums up everything wrong with 1990 toys and cartoons)
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the IPC comics have all been scanned and a dedicated band of colourists are colouring the b&w strips and they're going to be collected into trades. there's a very active forum, but beware, you may be sucked into buying toys from fee bay, like i was...
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I grew up with Real American Hero and the cheesy cartoon. When I got a bit older, I discovered the comic and decided it was infinitely better. I even altered how I played with the toys to match.
I wonder what became of some of my GI Joe toys... I think they're in some family member's basement. Must go on a quest the next time I go home.
I wonder what became of some of my GI Joe toys... I think they're in some family member's basement. Must go on a quest the next time I go home.
This is GREAT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9bZwBzITyk&NR=1 
I like the new Resolute figures,.... we will see how the new ROC figures look
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
When I first read about the Action Force line, I was amused that Red Shadow's frogmen are actually FROG MEN (or actually clones of creature from the black lagoon monsters from prehistory).
I was intrigued how much more violent some of the Action Force stories were. When it changed to using GI JOE characters, in Zartan's debut he kills like a dozen people (no name good guys). In his Marvel comics debut...he mucks about the swamp then high tails it when things get rough (later he becomes more a badass). The Baroness was even more psychotic, too.
Kraken... cloned lizard men from prehistory. "they obey without question...the perfect marine army."
"aye, and smell like old sardines too!"
yeah, i've been some what surprised by the amount of bloodshed and the body count as well.
"aye, and smell like old sardines too!"
yeah, i've been some what surprised by the amount of bloodshed and the body count as well.
