Classic G.I. Joe Vol. 6 [Paperback]

Larry Hama (Author), Rod Whigham (Author), Andy Mushynsky (Author), Sam DeLaRosa (Author), Kim DeMulder (Author), Bob McLeod (Author), Todd McFarlane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 9, 2009

More classic G.I. JOE action is this sixth collection of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero! Including issues like "Thunder Machine," "Snap Decisions," and "Pit-Fall," read along with the action as the G.I. JOE team fights to remain operational amidst government oversight scrutiny. Meanwhile, Serpentor and Cobra prepare to lauch an attack that catches the JOE team off-guard - with major consequences!

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (December 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600105459
• ISBN-13: 978-1600105456
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, tho a little more thought about continuity would have made this better, January 29, 2010

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Bruce (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic G.I. Joe Vol. 6 (Paperback)

Most of the stories in this volume are among the best in the Marvel G.I. Joe canon. It shouldn't be missed. The Joes' underground base is destroyed, romance flickers with Flint and Lady Jaye, Cobra Commander begins a new life and the long-term plotline with the Cobra Terror-Drome launch bases continues. As usual, Larry Hama does great things with Hasbro's directives ("we have to sell this toy this month", basically) and then-regular artist Rod Whigham provides cinematic style. (Todd McFarlane filled in on the last issue; since someone else inked his pencils, it's not as "hatchy" as McFarlane's work often is.)

IDW did an very good job with this reprint collection. I've seen some of their other volumes and often the reproduction is terrible, looking like it was shot directly from printed comics (fuzzy lines, dot-patterns from the old coloring processes, muddiness), and/or it's been badly recolored. The coloring here is top-notch. Some lines are a little fuzzy tho -- this is worst on issue 54 -- which probably means they worked from scans of the comics, instead of original art like Marvel's reprints (volumes 1-5) (IDW also printed 1-5, but I haven't looked at them, because I own the Marvel editions; I assume that since those books used modern printing that IDW would have been able to get the digital files to print from for their editions). I knocked off one star for the fuzziness of the scans.

This book collects issues 51-60. Unfortunately, the story in #56 concluded in that year's GIJoe Yearbook, which isn't included, and apparently won't be in the next volume, either. Issue 60 could easily have been pushed to the next volume (#59 wraps up well and 60 is a filler before the next big story arc) and the Yearbook story inserted, but oh well, hopefully a collection of the four yearbooks is forthcoming. Volume 7 is also expected to skip Special Missions #6, which falls between 61 and 62.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic stories, good art, could use better reproduction, May 17, 2010

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This review is from: Classic G.I. Joe Vol. 6 (Paperback)

Classic GI Joe Vol 6 reprints issues 51-60 (1986-7) of the Marvel GI Joe comic. We get blazing combat in Central America, Scotland, the Mideast, Staten Island and the Jersey Shore. New toys are introduced and promptly blown to smithereens. The Pit is destroyed, Destro unmasks and Cobra Commander dies (but gets better). So yes, you're getting everything you could ever want in a GI Joe comic.

Larry Hama's scripts are as solid as ever, a wild mix of military terminology, humor and outright crazy ideas. By the admittedly weak standards of this book the art is solid throughout, mostly by Rod Whigham but with a fill-in issue by a young Todd McFarlane.

My one complaint is the reproduction. Most comics from before the 90s have to be recolored for modern printing, an expensive and often unprofitable process. According to their website publisher IDW has been trying a new computer process for these volumes and it's obvious they were still working the bugs out. The art look scratchy and faded, colors are muted and some background are almost colorless. Letters are changed in some of the dialogue creating embarrassing typos that were not in the original book. It's not the worst reproduction job I've seen but it certainly feels sub-standard.

Despite the problems I bought it anyway, and enjoyed the heck out of it but buyers should be aware of these issues.

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality classic material, March 15, 2010

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Derrick O'Rourke "Prof. G. Tripp" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic G.I. Joe Vol. 6 (Paperback)

There are some brilliant stories in this collection and the amount of plots and subplots running at the same time is masterfully crafted by Hama. The art is classy except for McFarlane's but it doesn't hurt too much. A couple of stories are obviously directed by Hasbro to sell toys but Hama works them in well for a story purpose. For old & new GI Joe comic fans these collections are a must simply because they are the definitive GI Joe stories & world.