Special Missions 25
Special Missions 25
We’re getting towards the end of the run here. I included the cover this time because it’s an awesome homage to The War That Time Forgot comics. Just great. This is a “toy” issue featuring Battleforce 2000, a line of repainted Joe vehicles and figures, but Larry Hama didn’t let that stop him from inserting his trademark cynicism of government officials and revolutionaries. This issue is convoluted and has a lot going on, but it’s pretty fun.
Darklonian separatist terrorists are holed up in a warehouse in New York. Duke and the Battleforce show up and Duke immediately body checks their federal contact to the ground. Once again when dealing with feds, the Joes smell a rat and treat them accordingly. A Darklonian suicide bomber blows himself up to let the other terrorists escape. I’m pretty sure Hama’s view of terrorists here is 100% accurate. Dark satire at its best. There’s a huge car chase with the terrorists throwing bombs all over the Natural History museum. This is where the cover comes in. A pterodactyl model almost crashes into one of the Joe vehicles.
Meanwhile, Alpine, Lightfoot and Jinx are undercover following the Darklonian ambassador. He’s got a briefcase handcuffed to his arm. There’re pretty sure the ambassador is up to no good, but they’re also aware he’s got diplomatic immunity. They discover the ambassador is going to blow up a catholic school and try to blame it on the Darklonian terrorists the Joes are after. He’s in cahoots with the Fed Duke punched in the beginning. The Fed gets to take credit for taking down the terrorists, who he hopes the Joes will just kill, the Ambassador discredits his government’s enemies and gets off scot free since he’s got immunity.
But Alpine figures this all out. So he and Jinx beat up the Ambassador and take him and his bomb (handcuffed to his wrist) to the Federal agent’s office in The World Trade Center. I reiterate. The Joes bring a live bomb into the World Trade Center. Alpine forces the corrupt agent to make a choice: either let the bomb go off, or push the ambassador out the window.
This ending is crazy. Yes, push the guy out the window. The bomb still goes off next to the WTC right? In-fucking-sane. And the Joes didn’t disarm it off scene. Lightfoot says it’s too well made and their only option is to throw it in the ocean. But Alpine is all like, waitaminnit, I got a better idea.
Bad Guys: Darklonian terrorists, the Darklonian ambassador, and a corrupt federal agent.
Running Dog Insult: No, but check out the suicide bomber’s rhetoric
Cool Toy(s): Battleforce 2000, yo!
Badass Non-Joe: Despite all the civilians running around, nope.
Rating: 4 Yo Joes
#yojoeday
We’re getting towards the end of the run here. I included the cover this time because it’s an awesome homage to The War That Time Forgot comics. Just great. This is a “toy” issue featuring Battleforce 2000, a line of repainted Joe vehicles and figures, but Larry Hama didn’t let that stop him from inserting his trademark cynicism of government officials and revolutionaries. This issue is convoluted and has a lot going on, but it’s pretty fun.
Darklonian separatist terrorists are holed up in a warehouse in New York. Duke and the Battleforce show up and Duke immediately body checks their federal contact to the ground. Once again when dealing with feds, the Joes smell a rat and treat them accordingly. A Darklonian suicide bomber blows himself up to let the other terrorists escape. I’m pretty sure Hama’s view of terrorists here is 100% accurate. Dark satire at its best. There’s a huge car chase with the terrorists throwing bombs all over the Natural History museum. This is where the cover comes in. A pterodactyl model almost crashes into one of the Joe vehicles.
Meanwhile, Alpine, Lightfoot and Jinx are undercover following the Darklonian ambassador. He’s got a briefcase handcuffed to his arm. There’re pretty sure the ambassador is up to no good, but they’re also aware he’s got diplomatic immunity. They discover the ambassador is going to blow up a catholic school and try to blame it on the Darklonian terrorists the Joes are after. He’s in cahoots with the Fed Duke punched in the beginning. The Fed gets to take credit for taking down the terrorists, who he hopes the Joes will just kill, the Ambassador discredits his government’s enemies and gets off scot free since he’s got immunity.
But Alpine figures this all out. So he and Jinx beat up the Ambassador and take him and his bomb (handcuffed to his wrist) to the Federal agent’s office in The World Trade Center. I reiterate. The Joes bring a live bomb into the World Trade Center. Alpine forces the corrupt agent to make a choice: either let the bomb go off, or push the ambassador out the window.
This ending is crazy. Yes, push the guy out the window. The bomb still goes off next to the WTC right? In-fucking-sane. And the Joes didn’t disarm it off scene. Lightfoot says it’s too well made and their only option is to throw it in the ocean. But Alpine is all like, waitaminnit, I got a better idea.
Bad Guys: Darklonian terrorists, the Darklonian ambassador, and a corrupt federal agent.
Running Dog Insult: No, but check out the suicide bomber’s rhetoric
Cool Toy(s): Battleforce 2000, yo!
Badass Non-Joe: Despite all the civilians running around, nope.
Rating: 4 Yo Joes
#yojoeday
the terrorists are terroristing for the right to drive on the right-hand side of the road? wtf.
ReplyDeleteFucking Upper Darklonians. Left side driving assholes.
ReplyDeleteIt just seems like one of the worst reasons to go blow up another country for.
ReplyDeleteI take it to mean Hama thinks any ideology someone might commit suicide for is pretty dumb.
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