Forever War: GI Joe 126
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scans_dailyNow that we've finished the tales of the Drug Eliminating Forcers and the Eco Battlers, it's time to get back to Team Ninja and the most unexpected surprise villain since Taskmaster turned out to be... some girl... who was the daughter of some guy... and he ruled the world or something? And it was the chick from Quantum of Solace? Yeah, this is even more shocking than that!
Okay, this entire issue is basically one long infodump interspersed with some ninja violence, which sounds like the perfect comic book, admittedly, but... I'm really gonna nip and tuck here to try to give you the full effect without just mailing everyone photo copies. People, there is exposition on the letters page that I need to show you. This is A Lot.
I love that he has to take off his mask and put on another one so people will recognize him. Oh, G.I. Joe...
Yes, it's Firefly. And now that the Red Ninjas know he's a gaijin, they want his ass! Which begs the question of how he became their leader in the first place. (Judging from later reveals, I suppose he could've disguised himself as someone else, but who?)
(Had to leave out a page where all involved admitted that Firefly was pretty much a generic Cobra mercenary--the Joeverse equivalent to the Shocker or maybe the Beetle)
But wait, didn't Firefly die in the freighter on Cobra Island?
I would ask how no one noticed that he'd managed to dig his way out. Surely, someone would wonder "hey, where'd Firefly go?"
This all feels like one big reenactment of Larry Hama explaining this story arc to his editors and his editors asking him how any of it works.
Just with added ninjas.
"It's sorcery!"
"No! He's just instantly hypnotizing people!"
Who wrote this, Steven Moffat?
Swear to God, Cobra Commander spent more on killing Snake Eyes than the US did on fucking bin Laden.
Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have a sparring sesh involving putting out a candle flame with a katana while it's on top of one of their heads. See, that's what I thought a ninja duel would be like.
"Also, I was Jigsaw's seventh secret apprentice." I mean why not, at this point?
He uses a remote to summon...
And they knock out all the ninjas with knockout gas... which works...
This is literally so much effort to go to to prop up such a small-time, generic character. It's like they stuffed an entire run of Captain Marvel into one issue!
Okay, this entire issue is basically one long infodump interspersed with some ninja violence, which sounds like the perfect comic book, admittedly, but... I'm really gonna nip and tuck here to try to give you the full effect without just mailing everyone photo copies. People, there is exposition on the letters page that I need to show you. This is A Lot.
I love that he has to take off his mask and put on another one so people will recognize him. Oh, G.I. Joe...
Yes, it's Firefly. And now that the Red Ninjas know he's a gaijin, they want his ass! Which begs the question of how he became their leader in the first place. (Judging from later reveals, I suppose he could've disguised himself as someone else, but who?)
(Had to leave out a page where all involved admitted that Firefly was pretty much a generic Cobra mercenary--the Joeverse equivalent to the Shocker or maybe the Beetle)
But wait, didn't Firefly die in the freighter on Cobra Island?
I would ask how no one noticed that he'd managed to dig his way out. Surely, someone would wonder "hey, where'd Firefly go?"
This all feels like one big reenactment of Larry Hama explaining this story arc to his editors and his editors asking him how any of it works.
Just with added ninjas.
"It's sorcery!"
"No! He's just instantly hypnotizing people!"
Who wrote this, Steven Moffat?
Swear to God, Cobra Commander spent more on killing Snake Eyes than the US did on fucking bin Laden.
Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have a sparring sesh involving putting out a candle flame with a katana while it's on top of one of their heads. See, that's what I thought a ninja duel would be like.
"Also, I was Jigsaw's seventh secret apprentice." I mean why not, at this point?
He uses a remote to summon...
And they knock out all the ninjas with knockout gas... which works...
This is literally so much effort to go to to prop up such a small-time, generic character. It's like they stuffed an entire run of Captain Marvel into one issue!
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Date: 2024-05-02 11:01 pm (UTC)Firefly: