G.I. Joe #13
An awesome cover sets the tone for one of my favorite issues of my favorite G.I. Joe story arc of all time. Surpassed only by “Red Eye to Miami”, the “Last Plane from Rio Lindo” really delivers. I had previously read DC's Sgt. Rock, the Haunted Tank, and Unknown Soldier, but I dropped them all when I discovered G.I. Joe. I still bought the other titles here and there, especially Sgt. Rock's 300th issue, but none of them seemed as exciting as what was going on with Marvel's G.I. Joe.
Scar Face, one of the only masked cobra grunts to ever have a personality, keeps Baroness from finishing off the Joes after a big explosion. Gung-Ho travels solo overland to get a radio message to HQ. Hawk scrambles a rescue team to support the remaining Joes after that big explosion seems to have taken the life of fan-favorite character Snake-Eyes. Stalker, Breaker, and Steeler get caught in an exposed position and dig in to wait until reinforcements get there. Foreign mercenaries working for Cobra happen upon the scene. All just so a coded microdot with fake information on it can be "captured" by the Joes in order to lay a trap for them!
This is good, good stuff even when not filtered through the eyes of childhood nostalgia. If you have never read the early G.I. Joe comics from Marvel, do yourself the favor. Larry Hama’s writing was in top form. Watching him build the cast, backstories, and series lore issue by issue really is a joy to behold.
Side Note: Stalker must be tough as nails to lecture his buddies on the scientific classification of a crocodile while his leg is still caught in the damn thing’s mouth!
Side Side Note: Vosburg and Dagostino, this issue's penciller and inker, put their cover signatures in the taxi's license plate!
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