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Numero99
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 Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:19 am Post subject: G.I. Joe: ARAH #176 Preview/Discussion *SPOILERS* |
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Creative Team:
Larry Hama (w) S L Gallant (a) Herb Trimpe, Gallant (c)
Synopsis:
Its pure pandemonium, as three sides rush to track down the leader of the Blue Ninja menace. Can Cobra Commander, Snake Eyes and Baroness find a way to aid each other in their quest for vengeance? Or will their animosity toward each other give their common enemy the upper hand? Tension runs high as the Blue Ninja threat escalates in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #176!
FC 32 pages $3.99
*Variant covers:
Larry Hama variant sketch cover cover!
PREVIEW:
http://www.freakinawesomenetwork.com/2012/03/comic-preview-g-i-joe-a-real-american-hero-176/
I don't usually read ARAH, but this issue looks sick!
If anyone can find a copy of the sketch or B covers, let me know.
EDIT: Covers and poll added. - Shane
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Mamu_Nestor
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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uh what happened IDW? At first I thought it was just my state that got jiped, but Comixology doesn't have it either. I saw the first 8 page preview, so where's the rest?
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General Tekno
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Ooooo. Interesting preview....
I'm calling it now - the Blue Ninja leader is Cobra Commander II, having also survived his death. The Fred-series face plus the proficiency with robotics/armor both point to him being involved.
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Firefly210
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't find this issue online to order, I thought this was coming out the 7th? Nobody has it listed as being in stock. |
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m6d
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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It's relisted on Midtown as coming out next week along with GIJoe 11, and Infestation 2: GIJoe #1 so maybe it didn't ship?
Haven't been to my comic shop yet either to check. |
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Lionheart
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| m6d wrote: | It's relisted on Midtown as coming out next week along with GIJoe 11, and Infestation 2: GIJoe #1 so maybe it didn't ship?
Haven't been to my comic shop yet either to check. |
I called my comic shop and they said they got it in. Hopefully the guy on the phone was correct.
I'd call before you assume one way or the other. |
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destro!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I picked up mine first thing this morning in Seattle...only 2 left on the shelf. Can't wait to read it later today. |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| General Tekno wrote: | Ooooo. Interesting preview....
I'm calling it now - the Blue Ninja leader is Cobra Commander II, having also survived his death. The Fred-series face plus the proficiency with robotics/armor both point to him being involved. |
Hmmmmmmm... interesting theory...
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Lionheart
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:05 am Post subject: |
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Wow. Stunning story. Emotionally intense, especially on the Cobra side.
Hama and Gallant adeptly depict the terrifying brutality of the Blue Ninjas in a somber tone, yet with a careful avoidance of gratuitous gore - a change of point-of-view here, a carefully placed body in the foreground there. A cracked and bullet-riddled window screens a decapitation. The most heart-wrenching violence is simply stated by a Tele-Viper, but seeing a kneeling Cobra trooper in shock is more than enough to sell the scene. How is it that you guys made me root for Cobra? I mean, REALLY root for Cobra! By the end of the issue, I want what Cobra Commander screamed at Mindbender.
Wow. Well done, Larry and SL. I wish I could read the next one tomorrow. 4 or 5 weeks is too long a wait! |
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General Tekno
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| CrazyK wrote: | | General Tekno wrote: | Ooooo. Interesting preview....
I'm calling it now - the Blue Ninja leader is Cobra Commander II, having also survived his death. The Fred-series face plus the proficiency with robotics/armor both point to him being involved. |
Hmmmmmmm... interesting theory... |
As yeah; he never explicitly died on-screen. And we know that by Hama's standards, that's grounds for a death-cheat. There's already been three survivors - why not four?
As for an explanation, you can say that the CC armor barely kept him alive, or somesuch. Only plothole I see is the whole "all the bodies were accounted for", but the beauty of the Crimson Guardsmen is that they share faces.
That, and/or it's possible Fred uploaded his mind to the armor or something like that. Or he even got out with Firefly, explaining the ninja connection.
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Firefly210
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| General Tekno wrote: | Ooooo. Interesting preview....
I'm calling it now - the Blue Ninja leader is Cobra Commander II, having also survived his death. The Fred-series face plus the proficiency with robotics/armor both point to him being involved. |
Thats good, I never even thought about that at all, Back in issue 116 when it showed all the major players dead in the freighter, Fred was nowhrere to be seen. The last we seen of him he was getting attacked by Raptor and some others, who knows what happened after that. Very good theory sir, very good indeed!! |
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SoberChef
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| This and Joe #11 both didn't come to my LCS ... wtf!? |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| SoberChef wrote: | | This and Joe #11 both didn't come to my LCS ... wtf!? |
Mine either... And no digital either... From the lack of discussion I think there were several marketst that didn't get them.
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I enjoyed this issue a great deal. The blue ninjas were presented in a scarier way and I liked mindbender's hint of cobra plans to come. I do wish there was more scripting and plot progression but I'm a child of the eighties. The artwork was great and I liked the Fred reference. The house-to-house killings were very well played but I do want to see more of cobra's big wigs like xamot and Tomax and even cesspool. I always enjoyed the back stabbing of the cobra elite. I wonder what big plans mindbender alludes to. Can I end a sentence with to?
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| My comic shop didn't receive it either. I don't know what the heck is going on. |
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