Hopefully I’m not being redundant but as a kid this issue was mind blowing due to the fact it was all put into play for the big reveal ending. The tattoos that linked Snake eyes and storm shadow who were they what does it mean etc. etc. as kids it’s what we live for. This issue was also how we used to play with our toys and so it really represented that process of creativity on the playground
At the time in the storyline Baroness was thought to be dead (hence being a discarded piece from the board) and Destro likely was lamenting the woman he cared for and lost.
I remember picking up GI Joe #21 in a Spartan Supermarket. I'd usually pick it up at the rack and read it in the car when my mother took me along to help with groceries. At first I was frustrated that I read it all before the car trip was over. But then I went back to that one again and again. I always treated it as a classic. The run of GI Joe issues in the 20s really were definitive. Those were what hooked me on comics.
the context for that yearbook story is that is the Cobra Embassy. Essentially non US soil. That is why just getting them to the street at the end was success for them.
I remember 'Silent Interlude' reprinted in the Marvel UK weekly over two issues. They generally carried 8 page originals and 11 pages of US reprint. Well the influence of that story... the issues we got started with jokey covers with speech balloons on em but when 'Interlude' ran that went out. They got into iconic Snake and Storm images, over a half dozen which could have been alts for that story. And it goes without say (badom-tish) the weekly went big on giving the ninjas plenty of focus in the original material.
Even though I had and loved many comics in the early 80s as a kid, issue 21 and GI Joe in particular, made me a weekly buyer and solidified my obsession with comics and comic art for the last 35 years. Great video guys. I seriously get extra excited when you cover GI Joe. I'm also interested in hearing your opinions on Hama and Wagners Nth Man. I met Larry Hama at a small convention about a year ago and talked to him for a while about Nth Man. Apparently he doesn't get much feedback on the book anymore but he was totally into chatting about it.
I’m 45 and I still have that GIJoe Year Book 3. I remember going to a comic convention in Montreal and getting Mike Zeck to sign it, good times. It’s so beat up buts it my fav comic in my collection, I will cherish it always. Good stuff guys
There is also a great silent section in GI Joe #22 that is very effective but very different that is well worth checking out.. great stuff guys I have been revisiting the 80s GI Joe lately (as I can find the trades, some of which are going for stupid money on line) and have been super impressed with what Hama was able to do story wise, pop culture ref wise and ideology wise.. keep them coming.
I find it interesting that these issues basically presaged the elaborate fight scenes that would later be popularised in Cape books in the late 90s and early 2000s by comics like The Authority.
GI Joe #21 is a historical response to modern decompressed comic books; today this story would be a 6 issue arc with a lot of meaningless dialogue. And it would fail at highlighting subplots and character building uniquely - the subtle matching tattoo reveals at the end and Destro's fixation on the Baroness. You guys have the best comics channel on YT, no question; I've been binging your vids since I found your channel.
Hopefully I’m not being redundant but as a kid this issue was mind blowing due to the fact it was all put into play for the big reveal ending. The tattoos that linked Snake eyes and storm shadow who were they what does it mean etc. etc. as kids it’s what we live for. This issue was also how we used to play with our toys and so it really represented that process of creativity on the playground
At the time in the storyline Baroness was thought to be dead (hence being a discarded piece from the board) and Destro likely was lamenting the woman he cared for and lost.
Everyone in the pile she was placed in was a dead character.
I remember picking up GI Joe #21 in a Spartan Supermarket. I'd usually pick it up at the rack and read it in the car when my mother took me along to help with groceries. At first I was frustrated that I read it all before the car trip was over. But then I went back to that one again and again. I always treated it as a classic. The run of GI Joe issues in the 20s really were definitive. Those were what hooked me on comics.
the context for that yearbook story is that is the Cobra Embassy. Essentially non US soil. That is why just getting them to the street at the end was success for them.
Age of reptiles and a sequence in Lone Wolf and Cub have awesome Silent Issue moments
Talking about the influence of Japanese comics in this vid, would be cool for you to look through some of Cynthia Martin's Star Wars run
I remember 'Silent Interlude' reprinted in the Marvel UK weekly over two issues. They generally carried 8 page originals and 11 pages of US reprint. Well the influence of that story... the issues we got started with jokey covers with speech balloons on em but when 'Interlude' ran that went out. They got into iconic Snake and Storm images, over a half dozen which could have been alts for that story. And it goes without say (badom-tish) the weekly went big on giving the ninjas plenty of focus in the original material.
Even though I had and loved many comics in the early 80s as a kid, issue 21 and GI Joe in particular, made me a weekly buyer and solidified my obsession with comics and comic art for the last 35 years.
Great video guys. I seriously get extra excited when you cover GI Joe. I'm also interested in hearing your opinions on Hama and Wagners Nth Man. I met Larry Hama at a small convention about a year ago and talked to him for a while about Nth Man. Apparently he doesn't get much feedback on the book anymore but he was totally into chatting about it.
I’m 45 and I still have that GIJoe Year Book 3. I remember going to a comic convention in Montreal and getting Mike Zeck to sign it, good times. It’s so beat up buts it my fav comic in my collection, I will cherish it always. Good stuff guys
The chess pieces were brought up again years later when Destro and Baroness relocated to the silent castle.
I'm remembering now Milt Gross's He Done Her Wrong, which was a wordless hardcover cartoon novel from the 1930s.
Leialoha is one of my favorite inkers and my favorite Starlin inker. I think those two look great together
I love this channel so much, thank you Ed and Jim.🙏🏽
I love these videos.
Thank You Guys For All You Do For The Culture!
5:43-Lol, Ed with the Cobra collapse budget analysis. Loved issue #21 as a kid. It was the only G.I. Joe issue I ever bought back then. Great pick.
I had the GI Joe board game. It came with stand up card characters, and posts to put your figures on. Loved it.
There is also a great silent section in GI Joe #22 that is very effective but very different that is well worth checking out.. great stuff guys I have been revisiting the 80s GI Joe lately (as I can find the trades, some of which are going for stupid money on line) and have been super impressed with what Hama was able to do story wise, pop culture ref wise and ideology wise.. keep them coming.
Lovin' all your stuff. Thanks for posting so frequently!!
I find it interesting that these issues basically presaged the elaborate fight scenes that would later be popularised in Cape books in the late 90s and early 2000s by comics like The Authority.
Mike Zeck's cover for #46. Nuff said.
GI Joe #21 is a historical response to modern decompressed comic books; today this story would be a 6 issue arc with a lot of meaningless dialogue. And it would fail at highlighting subplots and character building uniquely - the subtle matching tattoo reveals at the end and Destro's fixation on the Baroness.
You guys have the best comics channel on YT, no question; I've been binging your vids since I found your channel.
You should read or re-read all the Special Missions. Those are definitely underrated, they are much more realistic stories that feel more real world.
I wonder if Cobra ever has a problem with janitorial staff falling into the lava while vacuuming that bridge.
Mopping was the real hazard. 😂
First appearance of the trigrams too no?
10:30 I really like how the sai is a baton, like in real life, and not a small sword or dagger as it's sometimes portrayed.
Yo Joe!
Oft copied. Rarely matched.
#21 gets all the press and glory, but I always thought the Yearbook story was far superior.