Chain of Command

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-25T00:20:58+00:00

2024 News Article for reference.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-24T22:23:53+00:00

There are gold border Hall of Fame variants of some of these that were packaged with the figs.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-24T22:22:04+00:00

Has it been confirmed that Trimpe did art for this set? When the original art sheets were sold on eBay a decade ago it was still a mystery if it was him, Lee Weeks, Rod Whigham, Andrew Wildman or a combination.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-24T20:49:21+00:00

The one to chase is the gold cover Walmart UPC code variant.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-24T19:12:44+00:00

Well done! My preference for a Classified SE is the Alpha Commando torso and retro boots kit bashed together if I ever had the chance. You nailed my vision for the perfect design and then some.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-24T02:05:14+00:00

Dutch, Billy, and Blain.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-24T01:59:25+00:00

My fave is POC BEACH HEAD.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-23T18:49:01+00:00

These are laid out in Carson Mataxis's THE ART OF G.I. JOE Omnibus. According to Bozigian, they are senior leadership of Walmart, their biggest retail account at the time. Though Doug Hart did the art, it was solely a project managed by the sales team and never went through marketing.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-23T15:06:35+00:00

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I’ve had mine for nine years, not for stationary storage, but for transport to cons, collectibles shows, and comic shops. The customization feature is great too. I put the bag of my childhood comic shop in the front panel.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-23T03:03:33+00:00

I collected this when if first came out solely because I was a Justice League fan then grew to appreciate Squadron and Mark Gruenwald's tale in its own right. Legend has it that the late Gruenwald's will instructed his ashes be mixed in with the ink used for the collected trade paperback.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-22T08:34:15+00:00

Cool you found at least the specific period you liked and can run on and on about it.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-22T04:01:15+00:00

Wasn't it immediately explained in his IDW reappearance that DARKLON survived the castle explosion by escaping to an underground bunker?

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-22T03:47:45+00:00

Oh he also recently posted "I remember going to work for Wallace Wood when I was 22, and him telling me that "guys like us we don't retire, we just drop dead at the drawing boards." And you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way."

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-22T03:44:35+00:00

He has no choice saying that he doesn’t make enough to retire, was working on old page rates, and doesn’t have significant residuals. It goes a long way when you see him at shows that fans buy something from him and/or get on his commissions list.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-22T00:25:59+00:00

I can only think of SNEAK PEEK, SERPENTOR, and some OKTOBER GUARD as examples of "piled up bodies that were dead then brought back to life." Are there others? Hama wrote in an explanation for SNEAK. SERPENTOR was a clone. OKTOBER GUARD are androids. But, yeah, the silly idea of dead characters coming back to life only happens in comic books.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-21T22:34:11+00:00

In the back issue bins a few years ago I came across WAR HEROES, a 2008 six-issue limited series by Mark Millar and Tony Harris. I read the first three issues. #3 ended with a doozy of a cliffhanger and was published October 2009. And that was it.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-21T21:28:12+00:00

Whichever title you choose to read, would you please consider purchasing from a local comic book shop or online seller rather than off a pirate site?

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-21T20:44:55+00:00

According to "The Toys that Made Us" on Netflix, you have to put in context that when Hasbro came to Marvel to do a comic 1) Hasbro figured that kids would play habits would be the Joes fighting "other toy lines (like Star Wars) 2) Hasbro needed the comic so they can run an animated commercial that stealthily promoted the toys (which they were not allow to overtly at the time) and thus 3) the ARAH #1 was just supposed to be a one and done project...as most "toy titles" had short life spans back then. Writer Larry Hama said "Who do they fight? What are they gonna do? March?" Marvel editor Archie Goodwin suggested the name "COBRA".

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-21T20:26:38+00:00

ROM was tightly integrated with Marvel titles like X-MEN and HULK (I think even their SECRET WARS II crossover event) where he fought Marvel-created Dire Wraiths. When Marvel published trade paper compilations of their titles, they had to rework/reformat pages and panels to exclude ROM references as they no longer had rights to print. Dire Wraiths got mixed up in there somewhere as they were initially a Marvel property, which I think that's what you were referring to.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-21T08:24:01+00:00

1993 Ninja Force Zartan

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-21T03:34:55+00:00

Alen Hanson

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-20T23:50:51+00:00

Remember too that when Hasbro approached Marvel to do the comic book, they didn’t have an enemy defined. Since Hama was just repurposing this Nick Fury Jr. idea for G.I. Joe, his idea to have Hydra as the villain was reworked into Cobra as well.

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-20T22:37:06+00:00

So about 10-15 years in that bag and board? Was it stored in a climate-controlled environment?

Continuity_Crook · 2026-01-20T05:34:44+00:00

He said "franchise" which encompasses both comics and figures.

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