tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post5032716765737126160..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: G. I. JOE # 16 - October 1983 (The Commercial, Not the Comic)Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-70702643828868413012019-05-07T12:08:28.105-05:002019-05-07T12:08:28.105-05:00Speaking of connections between Destro and Major B...Speaking of connections between Destro and Major Bludd -- there's an issue of the comic, somewhere in the sixties, I think, where Destro returns to his castle after being presumed dead for a while to find that Bludd is impersonating him. After he beats the stuffing out of the Major, Destro wonders if Serpentor was behind the masquerade. To my knowledge, this plot point was never followed up! I figure Hama lost it in the shuffle (he had a lot going on in the series around that time), but it would've been nice to see something come of it.<br /><br />That was also, as I recall, Bludd's first appearance in the comic since somewhere around the thirties or maybe forties, and his final appearance for a few years as well. He next returned in the early hundreds.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-92118086314694276452019-04-29T20:34:06.159-05:002019-04-29T20:34:06.159-05:00A blonde Cover Girl makes sense; it seems Hasbro i...A blonde Cover Girl makes sense; it seems Hasbro instantly changed their mind since her toy doesn't resemble the miniseries/commercial model. One of my first "hmmm...that's odd" moments as a kid was watching that mini after the debut of 1985 series and recognizing her original design.<br /><br />The first time I saw the bit about Captain America and Hawkeye looking the same, the editor used John Byrne art, I believe in some Marvel humor book. Byrne later cited it as evidence of the editor exercising her grudge against him.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-22336501462722320792019-04-29T08:37:07.144-05:002019-04-29T08:37:07.144-05:00Major Bludd is a dangerous foe
Trained by Destro,
...<i>Major Bludd is a dangerous foe<br />Trained by Destro,<br />the enemy of G.I. Joe</i><br /><br />I do love how direct and no nonsense these jingles are. "Here's a new guy and he's a bad guy and cue the theme song!" <br /><br /><i>Cover Girl remains inside the Wolverine, and doesn't receive her close-up, ironically.</i><br /><br />Ha! Also, she's blond, which I believe the cartoon did to help differentiate her from Scarlet (when you've only got two women running around, it makes sense to distinguish them visually in an obvious way). Which then begs the question of why the toy wasn't just made a blond in the first place. <br /><br /><i>And, ultimately...she ends up looking essentially the same.</i><br /><br />I was thinking that just before you wrote it. Like, I'm glad that Hama was worried about continuity on that level, but I'm not sure the art (in either the animation or the comics) was capable of the kind of subtlety required to differentiate one brunette with glasses from another brunette with glasses. I mean, the internet has done plenty with the fact that, take away their costumes, there's very little to distinguish Captain America from Hank Pym from Hawkeye, so it's funny that Hama was so concerned with something probably nobody noticed (or anyone who did chalked up to differences in artistic mediums). Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com