Review of
G. I. Joe: A New Beginning, #0,
written by Joe Casey
Four out of five stars
While the super
soldiers known collectively as the G. I. Joe team have largely been put on
standby, Cobra is still active and there are cells to be hunted down and destroyed.
That happens here, but as usual the G. I. Joe members wipe the Cobra operatives
out with no damage to their forces. Typical of the genre, the Cobra forces are
largely hapless in the face of the super soldiers.
However, the
real action takes place in Chicago, where a human made metallic object from space
crashes into the city. The devastation is tremendous, causing the full G. I. Joe
team to be activated and travel immediately from their base in Wyoming to the
site of the crash. While some are quick to leap to the conclusion of foul play,
others hold out the possibility that it was an accident. Although how such a
large object could survive reentry into the atmosphere intact remains one of
the scientifically questionable aspects.
Yet, the storyline
proceeds rather well and given that this is the first issue in the story, the
background is well developed. At the end, the reader knows what has happened
and there are hints as to the responsible party. If you can suspend the usual
disbelief regarding some of the science and the super soldier invincibility, you
will enjoy this comic.
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