Become a GI Joe expert! How many of you had the first GI Joe Yearbook (or pined for it) back in the day? I was lucky enough to find it at the local newsstand, and devoured it. Along with a reprint of the first issue, we got some unique peeks behind the scenes and at the future of the storylines.
It's a little late in coming, but the annual podcast is now live. It also finally has a title. My Yearbook however bears little resemblance to the Marvel Comics concept, as I neither recap what's come before or tease to the future. I just don't have the time, folks. I…
I still remember reading issue #2 of the GI Joe comic, when the team first ran afoul of Kwinn, who would go on to become an early favorite character in the comic--wait, oh this the second issue of the DC GI Joe series. Oops, sorry for the mix-up. Once again,…
Presenting another new feature for Joe A Day. With more than a little nod to The Daily Show (okay, I ripped off the name) it's the GI Joe Moment of Zen. Each Saturday, I'll be presenting a snippet from the rich history of GI Joe media (cartoons, commercials, movies, comics)…
”Go to your nearest Comic Book store, and pick up the latest issue of G.I.Joe from Marvel Comics, and at the same time, find the 1st issue of the 4 part series-G.I.Joe Yearbooks.”
I bought it. And all the subsequent yearbooks. I was on the lookout for number 5, too, since we didn’t have the Internet to tell us things had been cancelled. (I’m still waiting on the first issue of Nick Fury: Agent of Shield from the ’80’s.
It’s hard to think back to a time when information wasn’t instantly at our fingertips via the Internet and special issues like this filled in between regular comics. It always felt a little like a cash grab, but if I had the dough, I’d buy it.
”Go to your nearest Comic Book store, and pick up the latest issue of G.I.Joe from Marvel Comics, and at the same time, find the 1st issue of the 4 part series-G.I.Joe Yearbooks.”
I bought it. And all the subsequent yearbooks. I was on the lookout for number 5, too, since we didn’t have the Internet to tell us things had been cancelled. (I’m still waiting on the first issue of Nick Fury: Agent of Shield from the ’80’s.
It’s hard to think back to a time when information wasn’t instantly at our fingertips via the Internet and special issues like this filled in between regular comics. It always felt a little like a cash grab, but if I had the dough, I’d buy it.
The Michael Golden artwork on the covers of the first two Yearbooks was brilliant!!