Death's Head #6 - Yo-Yo Joe
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scans_dailyI guess Death's Head #6 could be read either as a parody of such gung-ho military titles as GI Joe or Commando, or as a tribute to them. Probably a little of both, featuring a crack military team of characters with designs so ugly they could easily have been included in the later GI Joe toy line.
Early Liam Sharp on art duty for this issue.
The mission of the week for Death's Head is this: Death's Head has been hired by Senator Letterman, to protect a valuable witness in a case against Minister Carson, a rival politician with… very Trump-like hair and attitude.
The cynical (or accurate, depending on your point of view) general there has sent his crack team, Sudden Impact, to the compound where the witness is being guarded by Marshal Lek. Lek doesn't think much of Death's Head being there, especially as he has spent most of the time in the luxury suite where they're holed up watching TV and playing chess with the nervous witness.
When Sudden Impact attack, Lek's men are pretty much wiped out, while Death's Head repeats the terms of his contract.
Death's Head viciously works his way through the commandos making Arnie-esque quips, while the group's leader, Mayhem (presumably Major Mayhem or something, yes?) calls the shots.
Eventually, after tossing an armoured vehicle around and being the immovable object to the upstoppable force of Sudden Impact, Death's Head confronts Mayhem directly.
Ah well, hopefully DH got paid half up front, right? You can't win them all.
Speaking of losers, back in Death's Head's offices, a rivalry is emerging between Spratt and the new arrival on the scene.
What's that? A future plot point? How mysterious!
Early Liam Sharp on art duty for this issue.
The mission of the week for Death's Head is this: Death's Head has been hired by Senator Letterman, to protect a valuable witness in a case against Minister Carson, a rival politician with… very Trump-like hair and attitude.
The cynical (or accurate, depending on your point of view) general there has sent his crack team, Sudden Impact, to the compound where the witness is being guarded by Marshal Lek. Lek doesn't think much of Death's Head being there, especially as he has spent most of the time in the luxury suite where they're holed up watching TV and playing chess with the nervous witness.
When Sudden Impact attack, Lek's men are pretty much wiped out, while Death's Head repeats the terms of his contract.
Death's Head viciously works his way through the commandos making Arnie-esque quips, while the group's leader, Mayhem (presumably Major Mayhem or something, yes?) calls the shots.
Eventually, after tossing an armoured vehicle around and being the immovable object to the upstoppable force of Sudden Impact, Death's Head confronts Mayhem directly.
Ah well, hopefully DH got paid half up front, right? You can't win them all.
Speaking of losers, back in Death's Head's offices, a rivalry is emerging between Spratt and the new arrival on the scene.
What's that? A future plot point? How mysterious!
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Date: 2024-09-11 08:08 am (UTC)The guy in the shadows looks more like IDK, an O'Brien imo.