Python
Patrol? That’s the stupidest name for a GI Joe team/ figure/ vehicle/ or play
set ever! The idea isn’t so bad. Destro comes up with a new type of stealth
technology with a radar resistant paint scheme process he calls pythoning.
Since Cobra is a snake-themed organization, it’s appropriate. To best market
the new product, Cobra hosts a demonstration in a fictional European country.
Concerned
that this show of products may underlie with a plan to infiltrate a neighboring
country that is an ally of the US, the Joes provide a show of force of their
own with a joint military training maneuvers exercise. What happens next is
sheer insanity when a greedy border guard allows Joes and Cobras to crisscross
into hostile territory.
I
have thought something was this European and this madcap since the days of
Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Maybe Larry Hama was paying the Pythons tribute
with this whole insane bit of Joes and Cobras invading their perspective enemy’s
land and their not being anyone to greet them. Plus calling the stealth painting process “Pythoning”,
maybe I’m on to something.
The addition of Snake Eyes, Scarlett, Flint,
and Lady Jaye posing as boorish American tourists give this issue a touch of
the mistaken identity craziness of A Fish Called Wanda. Plus with Cobra
Commander trying to rent a car from a bunch of snooty French waiters, I don’t
think I’ve laughed so much to an issue of GI Joe before. Like I said, this issue is totally insane and
with the exception of the cover, I love it.
Worth
Consuming.
Rating:
9 out of 10 stars.
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