Forever War: GI Joe 99

[knight_moves]

Lots to discuss, but this one is a table-setting issue that's going to update a lot of subplots at once, so let's just hit the ground running and take them as they come. First off, Billy and friends have been buried in an inactive volcano by Cobra Commander... buried alive... buried alive...





Don't worry, guys--Marvel Time will ensure you don't stay cooped up in there for too long.





Zarana shows him how Clutch and Rock&Roll are now Cobra sleeper agents, testifying before Congress due to that Jugglers business from last month.



Meanwhile, Mutt and Spirit visit the Rust Belt: downtown Milltown.







Oh, great, another franchise ripping off Stranger Things. They're met by Lady Jaye.







Maybe it's just that there are so many Joes, when they go on leave, some of them are statistically bound to run into Cobra.

Comments

[blues32]

Isn't an armada, all baring the Cobra symbol, going to ruin that whole "legitimate business" thing they have going, thereby giving the Joes a reason to exist?

[shakalooloo]

Ah, but Conbra Commander is wearing a mask, so it could be ANYONE leading that aramada to battle! You can't pin anything on him!

[blues32]

That's not Cobra Commander. That's the CEO of Arb Co. CLEARLY nothing to do with COBRA.

[lonewolf23k]

Not if nobody's left alive to report the sighting.

[blues32]

I really don't think they're going to be able to get EVERY witness.

[lonewolf23k]

Not with that attitude!

[shakalooloo]

CC has blue eyes when Zaranna's whispering in his ear! Are we sure he's the real deal?

[blues32]

Couple panels later, they're brown again. Maybe he's got special contact lenses that change the color of his eyes at random. I mean, I would NOT put that past him.

[super_fly]

I wonder how much effort it took to igore the urge to draw a single tear coming out of Spirit's eye after the panel of trash being thrown at his feet

[beyondthefringe]

You mean, for once it's not Clutch stumbling across a secret Cobra plot in an otherwise mundane area...

The whole bit with the teenage girls is so random; while it does dovetail into Clutch and Rock n' Roll's brainwashing plot, Roxy and Tiff never really pay off in any other narrative way.