Thursday, January 15, 2009

The early word on G.I. JOE #1...


...is good, according to reviews here, here and, to a little lesser degree, this one from Wizard magazine.

Wizard was a bit more glowing in its praise of our TERMINATOR SALVATION MOVIE PREQUEL comic that also debuted yesterday:

"In this globe-trotting, post-Judgment Day comic prequel to the forthcoming movie starring Christian Bale, the dwindling human resistance in 2018 struggles to mount a life-or-death final offensive that will hopefully defeat the
Terminators. As various cells around the world play their respective parts, the robotic killers make a deadly counter-strike, unveiling the latest models that look more human than ever before. Naraghi's precision-paced plot kept me hooked throughout, while avoiding the usual Terminator burnout by focusing on a new cast of characters, led by the hard-nosed Commander Elena Maric, who, we learn via flashback, has feelings for the present-day but presently married John Connor. Meanwhile, Robinson's razor-sharp pencils make for cinematic visuals that do this film-to-comic franchise justice. The only thing missing is a Governator cameo!"

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really thought the first issue of G.I. Joe was great. Definitely off to a great start, keep up the good work!

Anthony Schiavino said...

Bought issue 1 of G.I. Joe and rather liked it. So we'll see where it goes.

DanielW said...

I'm not the biggest G.I. Joe fan out there, but I have to say, it was a great starting issue.

Here's hoping (and based on IDW's track record, it's almost a certainty) of a brilliant issue 2+...