The Comic Box #48!!! With a 'Special Extra'!!

[General Scarlett]

Welcome to The Comic Box. This is a discussion thread for the GI Joe comics. We start at Marvel’s #1 and move thru the series every week. It’s a chance to give your thoughts, opinions and remarks about the comic in question.


#48. Slaughter


~Short Summary~
Zartan posing as multiple Joes has gotten loose in The Pit and Sgt. Slaughter prevents him from escaping. Rip Cord mistaken for Zartan learns the location of Springfield and reports that back to The Pit. Storm Shadow's dead body is bagged and Dr. Mindbender takes him away.

~Notes of Interest~
First Appearance of Sgt Slaughter. Hawk is introduced to Jugglers. Storm Shadow appears dead. Zartan is posing as Rip Cord and Rip Cord is mistaken for Zartan.
~summary courtesy of yojoe.com~


http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe48.shtml

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/GIJoe48.jpg
~image courtesy yojoe.com~

AND..................

Since it's overdue, and since we'll soon be tagging 'Special Missions' onto 'The Comic Box'........................

Here's the [SIZE=4]'G.I. Joe Yearbook #1'[/SIZE]

~Short Summary~
A complete reprint of Issue #1 story Operation: Lady Doomsday as well as "The Pit" map, dossiers, series summary, cartoon preview.

~Notes of Interest~
~Table of Contents ~

~GI Joe Operation Lady Doomsday~
Presenting the first ever GI Joe adventure, complete and uncut.

~The Saga Continues~
Everything that's happened since that first adventure. Exerts from Issues #8, #10, #11, #12,#13,#14 #15,#16, #22,#25,

~The Pit~
From the top secret files of GI Joe: a look at the Joes' old headquarters and their ultra modern new base deep beneath the Chaplains' Assistant school at Fort Wadsworth.

~Profiles~
All the inside info on some of your favorite Joes.

~GI Joe on Television~
The Joes bring their brand of excitement to the home screen.

~Major Players~
Dossiers for:
Joes: Snake-Eyes, Cutter, Rock 'n' Roll, Duke, Recondo, Tripwire, Blowtorch, Deep Six, Roadblock, Rip Cord, Mutt, Spirit, Steeler

Cobra: Cobra Commander, Copperhead, Firefly, Storm Shadow, Baroness, Major Bludd, Wild Weasel, Scrap Iron, Destro, Zartan,
~summary courtesy yojoe.com~


http://www.yojoe.com/comics/yb/yb1.shtml


http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o47/PrncsLeia/GIJoeYearbook1.jpg
~image courtesy yojoe.com~



Discuss away!!

[Self-Modifier]

Both of these were among the very first Joe comics I bought (though as I've said before, I bought them several years after they were published). I loved the yearbook because I'd never read all the old issues, and since this was before the internet was around, I couldn't read summaries online. Therefore, the section at the end of the Yearbook that summed up everything that had happened in the Joe saga thus far was very handy for me.

As for issue 48-- It's definitely a fun read, thanks to Zartan's antics in the Pit and the classic introduction of Sgt. Slaughter. His appearance here wasn't quite as epic as his single-handed dismantling of a hundred B.A.T.s on the cartoon, but the facts that he beats up Clutch, Steeler, and Heavy Metal, then punches some guy who might be Zartan still bring him into the picture in an interesting way. I actually rather liked Larry Hama's take on the Sarge-- It's too bad he all but vanishes forever a couple of issues later.

Plus we get an appearance by Duke, who at this point Hama was phasing out again thanks to Hawk's return to the field. Any comic with more than a one panel cameo of Duke --as many of his mid-series appearances were-- is worth reading as far as I'm concerned.

[gogorobo]

the yearbook was a comic i had up until a few years ago when i gave my beat up very much read copy to my younger cousin cause he was getting into the Valor vs Venom line, while this issue did a great job of leading up to the Springfield battle and introducing the Sarge by having him beat some Joes and then knocking out Zartan,overall this is when the book really started getting good for me

[Outrider]

Issue 48 was another one that was okay without being memorable, the storyline was a little weaker around this time compared to most of the run up until after the Cobra civil war. But Yearbook No. 1 was awesome (as were all the Yearbooks). I loved all the extra info that was crammed into it. And Special Missions about to be included is awesome news, it had some one-shot stories that were among the best in the entire run. :)