 Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here and it's back to GI Joe comic book reviews I just had to get past Cobra convergence to pick these up again But we are returning to the GI Joe comic book series with issue number 27 of the Marvel Comics series issue 26 was part one of the origin of snake eyes and we learned a lot about snake eyes in that comic book We learned about his history in Vietnam and how he met his buddies stalker and storm shadow We learned that his family died in a car wreck We were learned that he had a twin sister and we also saw how he became a ninja Studying with his old war buddy storm shadow Snake eyes a time with the Arashikage ninja clan was a period of personal growth in his life But that time came to an abrupt end when the leader of that clan the hard master was assassinated apparently by storm shadow the B plot of that issue Involved a squad of Joes including mutt and junkyard tripwire and torpedo Surveiling a cabin in the floor to Everglades that was the base of operations of Zartan and the dread knocks all of Cobra high command was present in the cabin including Cobra commander Destro and the Baroness mutts dog junkyard went rogue and seemed to be leading Cobra back to the Joes But instead he led Cobra into quicksand good dog the cover of issue 227 has a dramatic and exciting scene with storm shadow kicking snake eyes off of a train With scarlet and wild bill hovering overhead in the dragonfly helicopter This is similar to something that happens in the comic book that but the details have been altered to make a more dramatic cover On the splash page There is a title snake eyes the origin part 2 with the creative team of Larry Hama script Frank Springer pencils and Andy Machinsky inks as is often the case with these comics this issue starts with the B plot as we catch up with Cobra commander Destro the Baroness and Zartan sinking into quicksand the Baroness and Zartan takes shots at junkyard But they miss tripwire torpedo and mutt think junkyard is leading Cobra right to them So they are on the move further up the same trail firefly and wild weasel are setting a trap for the Joes Destro uses a wrist rocket to knock over a tree so Cobra's entire command structure can Extricate itself from the quicksand. I still think it's funny that all of the important officers in Cobra We're together at the same time in the same place And they could have all died at the same time back at gi joe headquarters the pit Scarlet Hawk and stalker are piecing together snake eyes is known history Hawk describes how they were able to find snake eyes and recruit him for the gi joe team after leaving Japan Snake eyes had retired to an isolated cabin in the high Sierras He rarely returned to civilization and the locals had a rumor He was a werewolf hawk and stalker Eventually find snake eyes as cabin and in that cabin there is a wolf hawk asks if the wolf is snake eyes Which I think is funny Of course, he didn't believe the werewolf story But when you show up at snake eyes cabin and there is a wolf it doesn't hurt to be sure stalker says come on snake eyes You've forgotten enough for one lifetime. It's time to go home. Snake eyes doesn't seem too thrilled at this Does he want to leave are they bringing snake eyes home or are they kidnapping him from his home? Does snake eyes have a choice in the matter they leave the wolf behind the wolf is not named But it's assumed this is snake eyes is a wolf companion timber an important part of snake eyes lore is established here Snake eyes has always been closely tied to the wolf as if the wolf is his spirit animal Scarlett takes up the story here and describes the formation of the gi joe team and her job to Conduct the hand-to-hand refresher course for the Joes Of course the Joes being jocks don't think a woman can beat them up So she teaches them lessons about that starting with stealer snake eyes is next But scarlet quickly throws him and ends that lesson scarlet is an expert martial artist and has been most of her life So it's not surprising when she notices snake eyes his skill level He never loses control and she can tell he's letting her win this intrigues Scarlett So she decides to get to know snake eyes better and this is the beginning of the special Relationship between scarlet and snake eyes the story cuts to one of gi joe's first missions Which was a hostage rescue in a desert country the gi joe team was loaded into a pair of helicopters Unfortunately dust in the engine caused one of the helicopters to stall out some of the team was able to jump free But scarlet was stuck the stalled out helicopter collided with the blades of the other helicopter and that caused the Aviation gas to explode snake eyes was able to rescue scarlet But the explosion destroyed his face and rendered him unable to speak there are a couple things I really like about this sequence first all of the Joes are wearing the same uniform And this is a throwback to those 1982 Joes that mostly looked alike even snake eyes and scarlet Haven't gotten their unique uniforms yet. This is an insight not just into snake eyes's history But the history of the gi joe team another thing I like about this is it's a historical reference to Operation Eagle Claw which was one of the first missions of Delta Force Delta Force was an inspiration for the gi joe team Operation Eagle Claw was a failed mission in 1980 to rescue us hostages held in Iran and resulted in Helicopter crashes snake eyes could have quit the gi joe team and quit the army at that point He was disabled by this helicopter crash and honestly if he wasn't able to speak anymore He probably wouldn't really have been given a choice on whether he quit or not But somehow he was able to remain in the army and remain on the gi joe team The image of snake eyes on this page in his army uniform with his Arashaka get tattoo and with his face Bandaged tells us a lot about snake eyes his history his bandaged face with the sunglasses may also be an illusion to the Invisible man back in Florida junkyard safely springs wild weasel and fireflies trap Which allows the two cobras to be captured by the joes? That's about the time the other cobras show up and the shooting starts back in New York City now that this story is Nearly half over we see snake eyes himself in the previous issue He was meeting with the soft master the soft master recaps some of the information from snake eyes's ninja origin from last issue The soft master warned snake eyes that storm shadow is watching them through the window and tell snake eyes to get him So snake eyes fires his oozy through the front window of the restaurant and out into the street the gunfire causes panic on the streets of course what snake eyes just did is Super illegal and very likely to injure or kill some random person storm shadow jumps through the window and snake eyes Continues his gunfight inside the restaurant the cops show up of course to arrest snake eyes They have no reason to arrest the other guy because even if storm shadow was peaking through a window That's not quite the same as firing a gun into a crowded street Make eyes follows storm shadow through a basement exit and the chase is on through the streets of New York Make eyes gets his oozy caught in a street sweeper and loses it Which is fine if you can't use it responsibly you shouldn't have it Scarlett intercepts the police report and deduces that must be about snake eyes and storm shadow Good somebody go fetch that young man before he shoots up a bus stop or something Storm shadow and snake eyes continue their fight to the top of a train with the Joe's attempting to reach them in Both the vamp and the dragonfly we get some ninja fighting action on top of the train which is pretty cool That's exciting. I like that girl it and wild bill in the dragonfly catch up to the ninjas Just as the train is about to go through a tunnel snake eyes can see the tunnel But storm shadow has his back to it storm shadow reminisces about their time in Vietnam as the tunnel and the no clearance sign inch closer snake eyes throws away his knife Prompting storm shadow to lunge at him snake eyes falls backwards pulling both ninjas between the cars Saving storm shadows life this scene shows where comic book timing and pacing can become a little awkward There's a lot of dialogue and a lot of action in these panels Whereas in real time they would have reached that tunnel entrance in a matter of seconds There would not have been enough time for all of these things to happen storm shadow Recognizes that snake eyes saved his life and decides they're even now storm shadow explains that he did not kill the hard Master some shadowy figure within the cobra organization did storm shadow joined cobra in order to work his way up the ranks and Discovered the identity of his uncle's killer by the time scarlet and wild bill reach snake eyes Storm shadow has vanished the final panel is back in the swamp where cobra has lost track of the joes and Zartan says it's time to call out the dread knocks at the bottom of the page next enter the tank smashers This is a pretty good issue though Not quite as good as the previous issue as part two of the snake eyes origin It spends quite a bit of time off of that topic the story works best when it focuses on the history of snake eyes And by telling the history of snake eyes It gives us a bit of the history of the gi joe team as well some important elements of snake eyes's backstory are Established here including where he went after he left Japan his connection to the wolf How he was recruited for the gi joe team we are shown the beginning of snake eyes his connection to scarlet We now know why he always wears a mask and why he doesn't speak the action in this issue is fine The b-plot story in the florida everglades Probably could have waited for another issue snake eyes firing his uzi into the street is a little bit ridiculous But I liked the ninja fighting that was pretty cool. I command Frank Springer for his work on this issue I criticized his artwork in a previous issue. I thought it looked a bit sloppy and unfinished But this issue is much better That makes me think his previous issue was a rush job and when he has time to actually finish the pages It comes out much better I definitely recommend this issue for the snake eyes and storm shadow origin parts Not as good as issue number 26, but still pretty good That was my review of gi joe a real american hero issue number 27 written by larry Hama and published by marvel comics. I hope you enjoyed it I've got more vintage gi joe toy and comic book reviews coming up So please subscribe if you haven't already. I'll be back soon with the vintage gi joe toy review I really hope you like that when I put some extra work into it until then remember only gi joe is gi joe