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5 Page Previews for G.I. Joe: Origins #5 and Rise of COBRA Adaptation #2

by | Jul 2, 2009 | 5 Page Previews, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: The Movie, IDW

Phil Kost from JoeReloaded.com passes on the word that he’s posted 5-page previews for upcoming G.I. Joe issues from IDW.  These two issues are slated to hit shelves next Wednesday.  Check them out on JoeReloaded here and here, and also take a peek at the mirrors below.  Keep in mind, of course, there may be movie-related spoilers in the 5-page preview for the movie adaptation.  I think the thumbnails are small enough to prevent any real detail, but always keep that in mind.

G.I. Joe Origins #5

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Movie Adaptation #2 (WARNING – MOVIE SPOILERS!)

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Mini review and spoilers from G.I. Joe: Above and Beyond

by | Jun 30, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Movie

I’ve seen various places online talking about this G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA prequel novel written by Max Allen Collins, who also is writing the Rise of COBRA novelization.  This creates a nice seamless writing style (for better or worse).

Above and Beyond is about 260 pages long and features Duke and Ripcord as the leaders of “Able Team” a special forces team that gets caught in the middle of a MARS Weapons deal with a South American country.  There is military action galore, Ripcord is fairly obnoxious with his one-liners, but for the most part it was an enjoyable read.  I was honestly very surprised at the level of violence in the book, with various soldier deaths described in disturbing layers of detail.  It’s fairly apparent that this book was not meant for kids.

Throughout the whole book we follow along behind Able Team, who is also being shadowed by G.I. Joe’s “Alpha Team” consisting of Gung Ho, Snake Eyes, Scarlett, Heavy Duty, and Breaker.  Seeing Gung Ho used as the Team Leader was a pretty cool touch, and this actually really got me fired up for the whole launch of this movie “universe”.  Gung Ho appearing in Above and Beyond as well as the Wal-Mart 2-Packs, then also tied into the video game all really started to make me realize how neat this whole interweaved universe is shaping up.  I know everyone has their own issues and complaints with the movie, but to me, it’s an opening door to another fresh take, just like Sigma 6 was, or even the whole Spy Troops/Valor Vs. Venom storyline was.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my old school Joe, but I’m always enamored with a fresh take as well.

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