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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 8103207" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>Oh yeah, that's the right tone for GI Joe:</p><p></p><p>Military realism and attention to detail. Preferably written by someone who actually served. Relatively accurate and realistic depiction of the military (at least by comic book and TV/movie standards). . .80's Ninja and Action movies mentality. A lot of old cheap ninja movies and big Hollywood action movies. . .and comic books</p><p></p><p>It's best to remember that GI Joe was basically a SHIELD spinoff comic rebranded. When Hasbro came up with the idea for a new GI Joe line circa 1982, they went to Marvel comics wanting a comic book created to market it. Marvel asked about details of who the characters were, who the villains were, what the plot was. . .and Hasbro really didn't have a firm grasp of that yet. They didn't have a clue about villains, and were fuzzy on characters. They just knew they wanted GI Joes in the 3 3/4 inch scale that Star Wars figures had made popular. So, Larry Hama went to an idea he'd shelved. He'd proposed a comic book a couple of years before called Fury Force, which was Nick Fury leading a paramilitary SHIELD task force around the world hunting Hydra. Marvel declined the concept, but he kept his notes and drawings and such for it around, and he pulled them out, and Fury Force became GI Joe.</p><p></p><p>A LOT of the original 80's GI Joe characters were basically originally written to be SHIELD agents, just slightly rebranded. Hydra became Cobra Red Skull became Cobra Commander. Baron Zemo becomes Destro. The entire concept stayed the same except instead of an international SHIELD task force, it was an American special operations team.</p><p></p><p>When you realize this, the tone of GI Joe. . .of basically a Marvel Comics tale of SHIELD vs. Hydra, except without superheroes and more military realism, becomes a lot more apparent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 8103207, member: 14159"] Oh yeah, that's the right tone for GI Joe: Military realism and attention to detail. Preferably written by someone who actually served. Relatively accurate and realistic depiction of the military (at least by comic book and TV/movie standards). . .80's Ninja and Action movies mentality. A lot of old cheap ninja movies and big Hollywood action movies. . .and comic books It's best to remember that GI Joe was basically a SHIELD spinoff comic rebranded. When Hasbro came up with the idea for a new GI Joe line circa 1982, they went to Marvel comics wanting a comic book created to market it. Marvel asked about details of who the characters were, who the villains were, what the plot was. . .and Hasbro really didn't have a firm grasp of that yet. They didn't have a clue about villains, and were fuzzy on characters. They just knew they wanted GI Joes in the 3 3/4 inch scale that Star Wars figures had made popular. So, Larry Hama went to an idea he'd shelved. He'd proposed a comic book a couple of years before called Fury Force, which was Nick Fury leading a paramilitary SHIELD task force around the world hunting Hydra. Marvel declined the concept, but he kept his notes and drawings and such for it around, and he pulled them out, and Fury Force became GI Joe. A LOT of the original 80's GI Joe characters were basically originally written to be SHIELD agents, just slightly rebranded. Hydra became Cobra Red Skull became Cobra Commander. Baron Zemo becomes Destro. The entire concept stayed the same except instead of an international SHIELD task force, it was an American special operations team. When you realize this, the tone of GI Joe. . .of basically a Marvel Comics tale of SHIELD vs. Hydra, except without superheroes and more military realism, becomes a lot more apparent. [/QUOTE]
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