In those pre-internet days, and especially before the cartoon, those file cards were where you got the characterization for the figures. We absolutely paid a ton of attention to the backstories of the toy figures. The original run for the comic was 82-94.ġ2:22 PM - 5 days agoNames like "Leatherneck" and "Roadblock" are ingenious? A poor follow-up by a different studio aired from 89-91. In fact, the popularity of the ads FOR the comics led to the miniseries in 83, another in 84, and then finally a full-fledged cartoon beginning in 85 to 86. Larry Hama absolutely deserves a large share of credit for the characterization development of the characters, the cartoon kind of followed that but was far more goofy without much continuity.
The comic survived both before and after the cartoon, so yes. But then Marvel suddenly had this contract with Hasbro on their hands, and Hama was the guy with the most military experience, so. Strangely enough, Larry Hama's original concept (before being drafted as essentially, a subcontractor for Hasbro) that he's been trying to pitch was for a modern-day "Howling Commandos" type unit, of which the son of Nick Fury would have been the team leader. Hasbro was obviously selling far more toys than Marvel was selling comics. And even then, I doubt many of them thought much about it, beyond what was printed on the packaging card. they just looked neat, that's why they bought them.
Names like "Leatherneck" and "Roadblock" are ingenious?įrankly, I doubt that most kids paid all that much attention to the backstories of the toy figures. Where do I stand? firmly in Gerber & Dille & Dixon's camp.the comic has never been one I've cared to go reread again. I just have to see how they've tried to revive the concept over the decades since and it just never lived up to the original, where often they attempted a humourless ultra-violent approach that is at first captivating but ultimately empty. The names for the original dozen or so Joes are so basic and sometimes silly (Ace the pilot taken from an air Ace, leader Duke borrowing John Wayne's famous moniker, red-headed tough gal Scarlett taking her southern charm from gone with the Wind's Scarlett O'hara.but the following generations' aliases are often downright ingenious (i.e.: Dial-tone, Roadblock, Leatherneck, etc.) Would the comic have survived even for 1 or 2 years if it didn't have the show rerouting hundreds of kids starving for more back to the comic? 8:32 PM - 5 days agodoes the GIJoe concept from the 80s owe most of its success to Larry Hama who came up as far as I know with its original rosters of tough guy soldiers and bad guy terrorists, or is its durability owing more to Steve Gerber, Flint Dille and the legion of writers and actors at Marvel Animation who loaded the basic concept with catchphrases, humour, sometimes silly premises given a twist?
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