Saturday, May 12, 2012
G.I. GI JOE COMIC BOOK YEARBOOK RAH 1987 MARVEL LARRY HAMA SNAKE EYES SCARLETT!!
G.I. JOE YEARBOOK.
MARVEL COMICS
VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S ITEM PUBLISHED IN 1988!
For GI JOE fans of the eighties! A complete update on America's favorite heroes!
Contains:
Hush Job
Writer: Larry Hama
Pencils: Ron Wagner
Inks: Kim DeMulder
My Dinner with Serpentor
Writer: Larry Hama
Pencils: Mike Zeck
Inks: Dennis Janke
Joes on Television:
An uncredited article, this feature discusses the cartoon series, and its direction for the future. Like the article in the previous Yearbook, it details new characters and vehicles for the 1986 season, with more information than before. It goes on to discuss the process of producing an episode. What makes the article interesting is the brief mention of the 1987 "season", mentioning some elements that appear in G.I. Joe: The Movie. It seems that the plans for another season of the cartoon were adapted to become the movie that was the end of the Sunbow cartoon series.
Pin-Up Gallery:
The "pin-up" gallery includes artwork of various characters and is scattered throughout the book. The pencils for each pin-up are done by frequent cover artist Mike Zeck. The characters here are: Lady Jaye, Dr. Mindbender, Serpentor, Zandar & Zarana, the Dreadnoks and Hawk.
Cover Gallery:
This gallery features the covers of issues #45-56. The cover for #53 is shown without the Marvel Comics anniversary artwork that wrapped around the image.
And the Adventure Continues:
This segment is designed to help readers catch up to the storyline by seeing what important events they've missed. The feature is "narrated" and reprints important scenes from the series from issue #25 up to Wade Collins returning to Fred's family in issue #43. This section is actually a nice way to give new readers access to the comic book, but the order of events aren't xactly as they happened in the individual issues. Scenes are shown (in this order) from issues #25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 36, 34, 33, 42, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and #43.
Memo from Hawk:
The inside back cover features another "memo" from Hawk, briefly talking about the past year and mentioning the creation of Cobra Island and his new promotion
COLLECTOR'S ITEM! Highly sought after.
RARE and OUT OF PRINT! Impossible to find!