G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Yearbook #1 - Video Review by 80s Comics

80sComics.com. . What’s the only thing better than G.I. Joe? More G.I. Joe. It’s the G.I. Joe Yearbook Number One from 1985. Everything you need to know about America’s favorite heroes but were afraid to ask because Snake Eyes will stab you. It’s all right here. And my favorite part of the G.I. Joe Yearbook is the cover. I love the cover. Look how cool that is. There’s Ace rocking out in the Sky Striker. I forget what that thing’s called, but I used to have that. I didn’t have the Sky Striker, but I had that thing. The bike was fun. Any bike with a minigun is a good bike. And here we’ve got a really nice picture of the Joes: Snake Eyes, Wild Bill, Scarlett, Roadblock. There’s mine. Deep Six. You don’t get to see Deep Six enough. On the back we’ve got the Cobra Rattler and a really nice layout with the Cobras.

Actually, this is my favorite drawing of Destro ever. Destro normally looks kind of goofy, like he looks like kind of a douchebag. Destro looks pretty cool there, probably because he’s in the presence of the Baroness, who looks great. Also Storm Shadow looks pretty kick‑ass. Firefly, one of my favorites. Really nice cover. This one’s been banged up over the years. Now the G.I. Joe Yearbook is pretty big. All of the yearbooks are pretty big. There are four of them, I think. I have all four.

Here’s the table of contents. We get a reprinting of the first issue of G.I. Joe, one of many reprintings of the first issue of G.I. Joe. Lady Doomsday, a good issue. Also the saga continues, a little recap. The Pit. The top secret files of G.I. Joe profiles and G.I. Joe on television. So if you’ve never read the first issue, this is a good way to dive into it. This book does not cost as much as the first issue as an actual copy of the first issue. And there’s my favorite picture in it.

Rock ’n Roll jumping over Cobras, dodging machine‑gun fire while firing a machine gun from the motorcycle. Get back, Cobra. Rock ’n Roll is here to stay. And here’s a recap of some of the other G.I. Joe issues. If you’re not exhausted after all of that G.I. Joe action, you can still subscribe to G.I. Joe today, yesterday, like thirty‑some years ago. And here are the secret code files or whatever. There’s some Cobra Commander and my man Rock ’n Roll. You know I love Rock ’n Roll.

Duke, Recondo, Firefly. Everyone loves Storm Shadow. Roblox and Ripcord. There’s the Baroness.

I mentioned him just a few episodes ago. Steelers from Pittsburgh. Get it? His name’s Steeler. And actually they did their research because Steelers got the best yinzer name ever: Ralph Pulaski. That’s a total Pittsburgh name. Young, reckless, often clashes with authority figures, loves IC Light.

Here’s G.I. Joe on television. Now the G.I. Joe cartoons were pretty good. Had a great theme song. But it’s one of these cases where the comic books are really just much better. They were better written, the artwork is better, more consistent in the comic books. But the TV show was a lot of fun. It hasn’t aged as well as Transformers, I don’t think, or Galaxy Rangers, another one of my favorites, but still a good cartoon. And this is basically just one giant advertisement for the cartoon. And a memo from Hawk. And what do you do with memos? You ignore them.

Because look at the cover. There’s Spirit. Classic Scarlett can accessorize with ninja stars and look great. Also she throws it at Cobra Commander because he’s an asshole and frankly he deserves it. I missed the G.I. Joe Command Center blueprint, but you know what we didn’t miss was advertisements. There aren’t any, which for an 80s comic book is maybe kind of sad because the ads are often the best part of the book.

Comparing Comics and Cartoons. We just get a whole lot of G.I. Joe. It’s the G.I. Joe Yearbook. Number One cost a dollar fifty back in the day, which was a lot for a comic. But look how big this is. This is huge. And just a wonderful cover design. A lot of fun. Good book and a great way to get issue number one. Here on 80sComics.com..