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At the bookstore today, noticed G.I.Joe Vs Cobra: The Essential Guide. Looking through it, its actually a pretty comprehensive look into both the comic (well, the Marvel/Image/DDP continuity) and cartoon. They kinda fudge the bios by including stuff that happened to characters in both the cartoon and the comic. Like they follow the comic continuity and pair Scarlett and Snake Eyes rather than her and Duke, but they also mention the Shipwreck/Cover Girl relationship from the tail end of the DDP run, while also mentioning his fling with that Mara mermaid chick in the cartoon. Heh, they also mention the Duke/Falcon being half brothers from the cartoon, but also say the exact nature of their connection is unknown, because Duke's family tree doesn't seem to support that, as they aren't half brothers in the comix.
In any case, their Joe roster is pretty comprehensive, I think it does have all the Joes from that one big-ass pic I posted here before. Its odd though, they do a write up on General Rey, but no mention is made of the Phoenix Guard. They also have other DDP/Image-run creations like the Stalls (Barrel-Roll, Bombstrike and Black Out), Wraith, and Firewall, but they don't cover the Plague or Delta, which is odd given the book mentions the Baroness' secret Athena Guard, which only showed up at the very end of the series. They also list the Para Viper amongst the Cobra troopers, which is a figure that only came out last year, so I'm surprised that it is pretty up to date but omits certain things.
Heh, I also paged through a trade paperback covering the origin of Megatron, and I'm amused that they had a scene from his gladiatorial combat days where he fights a robot who looks very much like Cy-Kill of the GoBots.
TV Commentary:
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead- So, there's only 5 David Tennant eps left, before they change to the new guy, but did this past Christmas special count towards the 5? ( spoiler cut )
True Blood- Ooh, interesting ep this week. ( spoiler cut )
Entourage- Bah, these guys lives are so hard! ( spoiler cut )
Criminal Intent- ( spoiler cut )
In Plain Sight- ( spoiler cut )
In any case, their Joe roster is pretty comprehensive, I think it does have all the Joes from that one big-ass pic I posted here before. Its odd though, they do a write up on General Rey, but no mention is made of the Phoenix Guard. They also have other DDP/Image-run creations like the Stalls (Barrel-Roll, Bombstrike and Black Out), Wraith, and Firewall, but they don't cover the Plague or Delta, which is odd given the book mentions the Baroness' secret Athena Guard, which only showed up at the very end of the series. They also list the Para Viper amongst the Cobra troopers, which is a figure that only came out last year, so I'm surprised that it is pretty up to date but omits certain things.
Heh, I also paged through a trade paperback covering the origin of Megatron, and I'm amused that they had a scene from his gladiatorial combat days where he fights a robot who looks very much like Cy-Kill of the GoBots.
TV Commentary:
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead- So, there's only 5 David Tennant eps left, before they change to the new guy, but did this past Christmas special count towards the 5? ( spoiler cut )
True Blood- Ooh, interesting ep this week. ( spoiler cut )
Entourage- Bah, these guys lives are so hard! ( spoiler cut )
Criminal Intent- ( spoiler cut )
In Plain Sight- ( spoiler cut )
