space
head
head head head
Home Contact RSS Feed
COMICS   •   MOVIES   •   MUSIC   •   TELEVISION   •   GAMES   •   BOOKS
Comic Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation #2: Official Movie Prequel
space
PS Hayes   |  @   |  

GI Joe Retaliation Prequel 2G.I. Joe: Retaliation #2
Official Movie Prequel
Written by John Barber
Art by Salvador Navarro and Atilio Rojo
Colors by Esther Sanz
Letters by Chris Mowry
Covers by Salvador Navarro
IDW Publishing
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Cover Price: $3.99

With just four months to go until this summer’s biggest blockbuster (sorry, Avengers), it’s time to start getting EXCITED!!! And G.I. Joe: Retaliation #2 will get you excited. Although, I’m afraid that for the spoiler-free, this might come with a bit of a caution sign.

Writer John Barber does a fantastic job of giving you, largely, Roadblock’s origin. And an extra kudos for throwing in some great classic Roadblock traits and HEY! in this issue, you can LITERALLY smell what The Rock is cookin’!

My biggest problem with this issue is that I think it gives away some spoiler stuff from the actual movie, and if you’re like me and try to stay spoiler free, that’s a bit of a bummer. But, I guess we won’t know for sure until the movie actually comes out, so take that with a grain of salt and do NOT let it steer you away from this comic. What I especially liked about this issue is that, there’s a TON of Joes in it. Hawk, Scarlett, and some from the new movie. It’s got a real G.I. Joe flavor to it, and that’s what I was looking for.

The art by Salvador Navarro and Atilio Rojo is a bit of a weak spot. Although they’re both fine in their own right, when you mix them together in this book, it’s a little unsettling. One handles the “current” story while the other does the flashback pages, and while I know they’re supposed to be different, they’re just TOO different. I was also not a big fan of the actor likenesses. While you could tell who everyone was, I think a little more time could’ve been spent on making them look like the actors.

All in all, another reason to be excited for G.I. Joe: Retaliation! This issue’s got plenty of action, some great story and it’s a really fun read. And, hey, I know that some G.I. Joe fans weren’t a fan of the movie, but give this a try, if your expecting a continuation of that film here, your sorely mistaken.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

space
space
Previous Article
space
Next Article
«
»
space
space
space
Amazon.com
space
You may have noticed that we're now AD FREE! Please support Geeks of Doom by using the Amazon Affiliate link above. All of our proceeds from the program go toward maintaining this site.
space
Geeks of Doom on Twitter Geeks of Doom on Facebook Geeks of Doom on Instagram Follow Geeks of Doom on Tumblr Geeks of Doom on YouTube Geeks of Doom Email Digest Geeks of Doom RSS Feed
space
space
space
space
The Drill Down Podcast TARDISblend Podcast Westworld Podcast
2023  ·   2022  ·   2021  ·   2020  ·   2019  ·   2018  ·   2017  ·   2016  ·   2015  ·   2014  ·  
2013  ·   2012  ·   2011  ·   2010  ·   2009  ·   2008  ·   2007  ·   2006  ·   2005
space
Geeks of Doom is proudly powered by WordPress.

Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press

Geeks of Doom is designed and maintained by our geeky webmaster
All original content copyright ©2005-2023 Geeks of Doom
All external content copyright of its respective owner, except where noted
space
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under
a Creative Commons License.
space
About | Privacy Policy | Contact
space