GI Joe #89

 

This issue is designed primarily to introduce new characters and vehicles that Hasbro recently added to the ever growing GI Joe line. It’s pretty standard fair in which these new Joes and their newest tank undergo a training mission that inevitably becomes a real mission when they stumble upon a Cobra plot.

 

You’d think Cobra would know to stop planning their next mission for global conquest so close to the Joe’s training grounds. But, they never do.

 

About the only thing really enjoyable or memorable is the character Hardware. He’s a big strong Joe, so strong, that just about everything he touches breaks. So, of course, when it looks like the Joes are about to win out, Hardware breaks something, putting them into another pickle. If you asked me 20 years ago about this issue, I’d say “Why would I want to buy a vehicle and figure that breaks so easily?” I kinda feel the same way. With Joes like these, it’s no wonder that Cobra, with its confederacy of dunces, have been a boil on the backside of humanity for so long. However, Larry Hama does such a great job at crafting really interesting characters that you overlook some of the image problems associated with the later Joe toys.

 

This is not the worst Joe issue I’ve ever read, but it’s also not my all-time favorite either. It’s just okay.

 

Rating: 6 out of 10 stars.