Nipponophile posted:

...goddamnit, am I going to have to pick my Let's Read back up?

Nipponophile posted:

You think COBRA would stoop so low as to indoctrinate children to do their dirty work???





Well, OK, maybe a little...

Nipponophile posted:

...goddamnit, am I going to have to pick my Let's Read back up?

Wanderer posted:

That's one of the earliest issues of the G.I. Joe ongoing. It's somewhere between #2 and #5, as I recall. I had it in trade paperback as a kid.

Hama very much does know how bullets work; he's a Vietnam veteran and his operational specialty was specifically firearms and ordinance.

IIRC, the story from that issue has two of the Joes going undercover in a militia compound to find and retrieve the nuclear bomb they have on the premises, as the compound's leaders intend to train their militia to survive after World War III, then start it themselves. It's a plot point that the trainers are psychotic and the trainees are largely frightened and out-of-shape civilians.

Nipponophile posted:

...goddamnit, am I going to have to pick my Let's Read back up?

Sentinel Red posted:

My absolute fav moment from a largely wonderful first 100 issues is the story where Cobra trick the US government into detonating a megaton's worth of explosive in the Gulf of Mexico to destroy a sham bunker on the sea bed, resulting in an earthquake that drags a big chunk of land up above sea level. Cobra immediately stake a claim on it and send in a squad of lawyers to the UN for official recognition as a sovereign state, which is granted. It ends with CC gleefully remarking that if you have enough money and buy the best lawyers, you can do anything you want while the Joes dejectedly slink off with their tails between their legs.

IronSaber posted:

evilmiera posted:

Well that's great and all but wouldn't the US just immediately invade because they are housing a known terror organization? Like blatantly hoisting their flag?

Kwyndig posted:

Sure but then it's an act of war so they have to get Congress involved.

site posted:

Just a group of concerned citizens freely expressing their 1st and 2nd amendment rights

CzarChasm posted:

Now I want to see what the COBRA equivalent of the Bill of Rights looks like.

evilmiera posted:

Well that's great and all but wouldn't the US just immediately invade because they are housing a known terror organization? Like blatantly hoisting their flag?

CzarChasm posted:

Actually, that's an angle I don't know if COBRA has tried yet - Get themselves declared a sovereign nation and then try and tempt away American citizens with promises of free guns and ammo, no EPA, no FDA, no DEA, no speed limits, no foreigners, and everyone speaks English. Isn't that lovely? And all we ask is that you swear allegiance to COBRA and fight and die for these freedoms.

Action Jacktion posted:

GI Joe was not without its problems:

Nipponophile posted:

Must... get home... so I... can post panels...

This last hour of work is going to drag.

Keeshhound posted:

"Ok kids, let's learn a new phrase: can you all say 'We disavow all knowledge any actions by the renegade unit which attempted to breach the sovereignty of the Republic of Iran. Further, the existence of a GI JOE program is an urban myth which has already been dispelled many times and is not worth pursuing further.'"

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

wait, why tfr?

Sentinel Red posted:

My absolute fav moment from a largely wonderful first 100 issues is the story where Cobra trick the US government into detonating a megaton's worth of explosive in the Gulf of Mexico to destroy a sham bunker on the sea bed, resulting in an earthquake that drags a big chunk of land up above sea level. Cobra immediately stake a claim on it and send in a squad of lawyers to the UN for official recognition as a sovereign state, which is granted. It ends with CC gleefully remarking that if you have enough money and buy the best lawyers, you can do anything you want while the Joes dejectedly slink off with their tails between their legs.

TwoPair posted:

And disavowing is half the battle!

CzarChasm posted:

_{G! I! Jooooe!}

You know, I just realized, the Street Fighter movie is a terrible SF movie, but it's a pretty awesome GI Joe movie. A multi-ethnic, multi-national group of soldiers lead by a team of specialists in color coded outfits, pitted against an over the top evil organization staffed by a loose consortium of varied specialists and lead by a man with delusions of grandeur. Said evil organization is involved in everything from kidnapping to weapons dealing, to scientific experimentation and slave trading. The most COBRA thing about the movie are the Bison dollars, which are going to be worth a fortune once all the rest of the world's currency is rendered useless because reasons. I'm pretty sure that was a COBRA plot from the cartoon.

Mr. Maltose posted:

That's why they literally just made the Street Fighter cartoon a GI Joe ripoff.

Kwyndig posted:

Cobra money was an episode (Money to Burn), if I remember correctly the idea was that they had a machine that remotely made all the country's paper money burst into flames, and Cobra issued gold Cobra Coins to try to control the US's economy.

GPTribefan posted:

That still can't beat Cold Slither, where COBRA went bankrupt, forcing most of the soldiers to go to the unemployment line. The solution? Start a rock band and hypnotically control radio listeners to buy their album and attend their concert!

Listen to the WHM Animation Damnation episode on this for maximum hilarity.

GPTribefan posted:

That still can't beat Cold Slither, where COBRA went bankrupt, forcing most of the soldiers to go to the unemployment line. The solution? Start a rock band and hypnotically control radio listeners to buy their album and attend their concert!