The book I am reviewing today is one that I am really excited about. Yeah it came out last week. But I hadn't got my issue until after last Family Comic Friday's press time.
GI Joe: Saturday Morning Adventures gives us old fogeys a chance to relive the thrill of watching a new animated episode when you got home from school. Okay- at least in my neck of the woods, G.I. Joe came on every weekday at 4pm on channel 22. Maybe for writer Erik Burnham and illustrator Dan Shoening the show came on on Saturdays. Hence the title. But for kids in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, we said 'Yo Joe!' every Monday-Friday afternoon!
In this brand new series from IDW Publishing, Cobra Commander has come into possession of the legendary magic lamp of Aladdin. With only 3 wishes, the villain must choose wisely if he hopes to conquer the planet! Wish #1 is for a squad of giant BATS- Battle Android Troopers. But because Cobra Commander is such a massive tightwad, a Cobra squad is only 5 deep and one of the androids has already been wiped out by the Joes! With only 2 wishes and 4 BATS remaining, Cobra has got to get creative if they're going to be triumphant.
This first issue was like watching the first episode of 'The M.A.S.S. Device'. All your favorite characters bad and good were there. (Okay- I don't remember seeing Snake Eyes.) There's action. There's adventure. And then there's that darn 'To Be Continued!'
But we do get one of those great PSAs at the very end. It deals with the modern plague of online bullying. But it's still ended with 'Knowing is half the batlle.' (And for those of you not in the know- the other half of the battle is 25% red lasers and 25% blue lasers.)
As soon as I finished issue #1, I was online with my comic book guys placing a subscription for the rest of this series run. I'm not sure how many issues this story will be. But if I had to guess, it's probably going to be 5 issues long as the opening storyline for each season was always 5 episodes in length.
If you were a kid of the 80s, you're going want to go out and grab this book. You'll relive a lot of memories and share some with the young reader in your life too! The storyline is classic. The artwork looks like stills from an unaired episode of the original series. This is something everyone is gonna love! And hey! Maybe if this is a hit, we'll see other 80s toons get the Saturday Morning comic book treatment as well!
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.
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