G.I. JOE

• Title: G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Silent Option #2
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• Writers: Larry Hama, Ryan Ferrier
• Artists: Netho Diaz, Kenneth Loh

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Silent Option #2 continues the search for the Helix as the team of Dawn Moreno, Alpine, Throwdown, Topredo, and Bombstrike continue to follow the path of bodies the missing Helix leaves in her wake while targeting human traffickers.

Following evidence that Helix has been taken by the human trafficker she has been hunting, who has ties to both Firefly and the Red Ninjas, leads the team to an offshore oil platform where they will eventually find Helix, after slicing their way through an army of Red Ninjas, with a bomb strapped to her side and being thrown out of moving plane straight towards them.

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• Title: G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Silent Option #1
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• Writers: Larry Hama, Ryan Ferrier
• Artists: Netho Diaz, Kenneth Loh

The new four-part mini-series begins with Dawn Moreno‘s search for the missing Helix which will lead a small group of JOEs including Moreno, Alpine, Throwdown, Topredo, and Bombstrike to Trucial Abysmia, Borovia, and Scotland as the missing JOE has been keeping busy targeting human traffickers and leaving a path of bodies in her wake.

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Silent Option #1 is a bloody and gritty issue (given its subject matter and level of violence, I’m a bit surprised it doesn’t have a mature reader tag on its cover). Although I like the characters assembled here, the first issue is entirely the JOEs playing catch-up and we still have yet to have an appearance by Helix.

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• Title: G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #255
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• Writer: Larry Hama
• Artist: Netho Diaz

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #255 concludes the “Special Missions” single issue tales featuring different G.I. JOE and Cobra agents. Things end on a melancholy note as the latest issue focus on Scarlett, and primarily her feelings for the lost Snake Eyes. While thinking back to better times and later telling tales to other JOEs, the comic offers flashbacks of Snake Eyes and Scarlett together including the events that scarred his face and the first time he put on his trademark costume.

The decision to show these flashbacks in a washed-out sepia style doesn’t do the art of Netho Diaz any favors, and it bizarrely also makes the other (far more mundane) scenes pop with more vibrant colors. It’s an odd choice.

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• Title: G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #254
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• Writer: Larry Hama
• Artist: Netho Diaz

The focus of the latest “Special Mission” one-shot story turns its attention on Destro. We catch up to the weapons supplier in the middle of a sales pitch to a wealthy, but reluctant, prospective client. In a series of controlled tests, Destro showcases the inventions of M.A.R.S. Industries, but its not until an attack by the client’s enemies who rips through existing defenses and leaves only Destro between the man and certain death that the true salesmanship begins.

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #254 offers another nice single-issue adventure which should please Destro fans. Although the Baroness does get a supporting role, Destro is the focus of the issue.

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