G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #30 - Video Review by 80s Comics

My name is Mark and I fight for the users. Welcome to future year 1982. It's the return of 80s comics. Edit station one. Kick it! What? Oh, sorry. I was asleep. Uh, engage turbo volcano. Sure, shut it off, format C:

So I'm just learning how to use this camera and setting up the... It's the aliens crawling through the vents. They always set off the ring alarms.

It's time to review GI Joe issue number 30! What's the time? 1146. Time to review GI Joe issue number 30 from December of 1984. As you can see this comic book is well loved because I read it a thousand times because it's incredible. We have the Dreadnoks cutting apart a GI Joe Skystriker.

That's destruction of government property. And that's why we love, or at least tolerate, the Dreadnocks. Let's get started. He traveled all that distance for Reese's Pieces. Well, who can blame him? Because they're really good.

What's going on in GI Joe issue number 30? Well, for starters, I'm still trying to figure out this camera setup. And there's no microphone yet, so just hang in there.

Here's the creators, and we love them. We give them a hug from future year 1982. There's Zartan. Kinda like Zartan. I'm not sure about the rest of the Dreadnocks; they just seemed like morons, but Zartan, Zartan was all right.

And this issue is titled Darkness. Zartan can change his shape and his appearance. Basically, Game of Thrones just ripped off G.I. Joe, except G.I. Joe is much better than Game of Thrones ever was because we've got characters like Wild Bill, there's Doc, and Cobra Commander. You know what Cobra Commander wouldn't do? Screw up the ending of his show. Also hit the camera with....

The Oreo advertisement. He might do that.

So the Dreadnoks and Cobra are looking for G.I. Joe headquarters. Those dumbass kids and their BMX bike. I think this guy here is the Crimson Guard, who's moved in to the suburban neighborhood next to the air base.

And they're using surveillance equipment and the G.I. Joe... I guess it's not, it doesn't have, it's just an ambulance. It doesn't have a fancy name like, you know.

Hello Baroness. It's been a while. She still looks good.

As I suspected, the circus vehicles are filled with Cobra Hiss tanks and helicopters. I forget what those helicopters are called. What are those called? Snap Heli— Snap, really?

They were called snap helicopters. I had one of those. This little turret in the front would wobble around so you could fly around and strafe your G.I. Joe soldiers and Star Wars figures. And then you could fly it upside down and use the blades to cut off the heads of your Ewoks.

My childhood really explains a lot. Hey, it's Spider-Man. Be ahead in 1985. Yeah, three years from now. Moron.

Boom! That's why we G.I. Joe. Well, blow.

Larry Hama and Frank Springer do a fabulous job, always, telling an action-packed story with lots of action and gunfire. Cobra Commander's pissed off that Zartan does the job that he can't do and upstages him like usual.

So with all the Joe airplanes on fire, Cobra attacks, lots of gunfire. Love that shot right there. Rock and Roll, my favorite GI Joe of all time, of course. Well, kind of tied with Roadblock and Snake Eyes.

But check out this ad over here. We've got, wait on for a terrific body. You know, after two years being stuck in quarantine, eating fruit pies and drinking beer, I think I need the one called wait off, but you know.

I don't think that's in this comic book. There's probably some fruit pie advertisements somewhere, though. Really love those things.

And I love the action. Look at that. Like you totally want to run out and buy all of those toys and play with them in future year, 1982. This is a fun book. I really like this one. I missed this one on the original series. It was going to get reviewed right after Merc 3 2020, but I just, I like to forget.

That that year exists. There's my man Clutch and Scarlett. Clutch is pretty cool. I like Clutch.

A lot of gunfire. There's Stalker shooting at the Hiss tanks, which were poorly built so they explode easily and topple over. Those things were really top heavy.

And that thing, I already forget what it's called again. The Nat, the Snap. That's the dumbest, stupid-ass— Tomahawk is better than that.

And I'm about to run out of my memory card here. Still trying to figure this out. What's there to figure out? You're a moron! Ha! I'm back!

Bitches! BOOM! I love the absurdity of shooting a 15 cent comic book in 4k in the future in 1982. 80s comics! Test video. Number, I guess, whatever. Whatever one it is, I've lost count. There's a whole bunch of these. And they're fun, so thanks for watching.

Spaceships of red, blue, and green, you can hear the alien lady scream! BLAHH!

I lean in and hold up Starcast. How's it work? That looks good. Damn it, the things I do for you.

Is definitely the best lighting solution. I like this one. You can't see me, but you know I'm here, and I could be picking my nose.

Pour one out for Delta Bass.

Was my incompetence that led to their death.