Well isn’t this a nice Tuesday morning surprise!
Thanks to the Daily Blam for reporting that the French trailer for upcoming G.I. Joe motion picture sequel actually has some NEW footage, and some impressive new footage to boot! Great close up of the Ripsaw Tank, an extended scene with Cobra Commander and the President… WOW.
Check out the embedded awesomeness below!!
Halloween is still a long ways away, but Disguise Costumes has already revealed a hefty section of G.I. Joe: Retaliation themed costumes and accessories. Included in this run are various Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Jinx, and Roadblock items.
Check out the section right here, and I’ve mirrored the images below. A big thanks to Dave Tree from All the Cool Stuff for the information, and I’m totally putting my 2 year old in one of those Snake Eyes toddler costumes this year.
Guarantee the divorce will be shortly thereafter. It’ll be worth it.
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Cobra Command continues full steam ahead, continuing on in the Snake Eyes title. Snake Eyes brings Cobra Ninja Storm Shadow on to the scene, accompanied by his Red Ninjas, with issue #10 hitting stands on Wednesday.
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Snake Eyes Ongoing #10
Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, Robert Atkins (c)
COBRA COMMAND CONTINUES! The new Cobra Commander’s war of conquest turns to a war of destruction. COBRA troops are forcing an entire populace to become refugees while eliminating any who dare stay behind. Snake Eyes is now in the killing fields, playing his own game of predator and prey with Stormshadow and the red ninjas of the Arashikage clan!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Vertically inter-connected variant Tom Whalen cover!
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During the frenzy of reveals for the G.I. Joe: Retaliation movie toys late last week, one thing that many folks latched on to was the header up above that said “Coming Soon! 14 more movie line items to be revealed…”
Well, today the GIJoeMovie Twitter account posted a link to the Retaliation reveal, and the next now reads “Coming Soon! 16 more movie line items to be revealed…”. Yes, in the grand scheme of things, two is a pretty small number, but for folks desperately hoping for more movie accurate figures like Joe Colton, Flint, Lady Jaye, etc… you now have two extra spots to work with.
Time will tell if we’ll see any of these 16 items at Toy Fair. I’ll be on the scene this weekend to keep you in the loop!
Thanks to Caped Crusader and ToyCollector962 on Twitter for the heads up.
The initial run of Infestation was something I wasn’t real sure about. I know there are plenty of zombie fans out there, but I’m not necessarily one of them, and I was kind of struggling to see how they would fit a zombie story into a more “real world” G.I. Joe element. Granted, recent figures like Zombie-Viper have opened that door even more, but you get the impression that the Zombie-Viper isn’t a TRUE zombie necessarily, more of a Cobra experiment.
Now, the sequel to Infestation, instead of dealing with zombies, goes even more into the horror/supernatural elements by tackling Lovecraft and the Lovecraftian monsters that seem to have such a following. Now how in the heck could this possibly tie into the G.I. Joe universe?
Comic Book Resources spoke with Infestation 2 writer Mike Raicht to get some details, and you can check out the interview right here.
It’s a very thorough and illuminating discussion and I found myself actually interested in seeing how this all ties together. It certainly doesn’t hurt that Raicht throws some cameos to Cobra characters Cesspool and Razorclaw (!!) in the preview pages in the interview.
Definitely curious to see how this ends up. Click here to read the full interview, and thanks to The Terror Drome for the intel.