G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 9

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The Joes assemble to stop the Dreadnoks from rescuing the Baroness.

Synopsis

Though injured, Duke fights on, grabbing a gun and opening fire on the Dreadnoks as they try to intimidate the guards protecting the armored car containing the Baroness and Crystal Ball. While Buzzer and Torch begin cutting through the car, the other Dreadnoks keep Duke busy; Burn Out tries to run him down on an ATV, but a well-placed shot by the former Joe leader disables the vehicle. Zanzibar comes swooping down on his hoverboard, catching Duke unawares, only to be taken by surprise himself by soccer player Farooq "Spitfire" Shah, who lays him out. Shah introduces himself to Duke as a former Royal Air Force airman, and quickly proves he's still got the skills when Duke hands him a gun, and he shoots out one of Buzzer's chainsaws. Duke and Spitfire face down the Dreadnoks together, and Duke realizes he's going to have to call for back-up...

Aboard Lemuria, Scarlett receives Duke's call, and is less than impressed to learn what has happened. Duke requests aid in the form of Snake Eyes, Agent Helix, and Skywarp, but the former two are in the brig, and Skywarp is believed to have perished on his last mission, so Scarlett has no choice but to round up the next best Joes, including members of the subterranean team who have just returned to base. Luckily, reports of Skywarp's demise prove greatly exaggerated: he picks up Scarlett and Duke's conversation on his comm, and comes blasting out of an erupting volcano in Norway, setting course for the Netherlands to join the fight!

While Duke and Spitfire do their best against the Dreadnoks, Torch and Buzzer finished cutting open the armored car, whereupon the Baroness comes striding out and takes charge of things without a second thought. With her strategic direction, the Dreadnoks are able to get the better of Duke and Spitfire, but before the Baroness can personally execute Duke, Scarlett's team comes storming onto the scene, weapons blazing. The Dreadnoks are thrown into disarray; Quick Kick doesn't even have to throw a punch to scare Road Pig and Crusher into fleeing—he simply tells them he just beat Snake Eyes! Unfortunately, a bigger threat soon emerges: summoned by Crystal Ball, the last two remaining "Fatal Fluffies"—progenitors of the other creatures, all now wiped out by the Joes' destruction of their hatchery—burst up from beneath the Earth. But luck is on the Joes' side: Skywarp chooses that minute to arrive, and to reveal that Rock 'n Roll has also survived, thanks to the ex-Decepticon finally allowing him to ride inside his cockpit. Skywarp and Rock unleash a new combo maneuver they have concocted, the "Blast Beat," on the Fatal Fluffies, with Rock riding on robot-mode Skywarp's arm as he opens fire. In the chaos, the Dreadnoks scatter, forcing the Joes to choose between pursing them and stopping the Fluffies. Duke submits hismelf to Scarlett's command, Scarlett (reluctantly) makes stopping the Fluffies their top priority. Roadblock and Salvo manage to bring down one of the Fluffies by shooting its legs out from under it, allowing Skywarp to finish it off, while the other is dispatched by Quick Kick and Spitfire—the latter appropriates Zanzibar's hoverboard and carries Quick Kick into the air, where he drops down and delivers a precision sword-strike to the Fluffy's brain, killing it.

In the aftermath of the battle, Doc reunites with Rock 'n Roll, and Scarlett promises Spitfire that the Joes will "be in touch." Duke feels like the escape of the Baroness and the other villains is his fault, a sentiment Scarlett doesn't hesitate to agree with... but vows that when the Baroness next appears, she'll bring her in.

Elsewhere, at an unknown location, construction on a desert temple by the Cobranarchists nears completion. There, several old faces have gathered together... for Cobra lives again... with the Baroness as their new Cobra Commander!

Featured characters

{{#if:* Scarlett (11)

Dial-Tone (12)
Skywarp (14)
Doc (18)
Roadblock (19)
Quick Kick (20)
Salvo (21)
Rock 'n Roll (23)|

{{#if:* Scarlett (11)

Dial-Tone (12)
Skywarp (14)
Doc (18)
Roadblock (19)
Quick Kick (20)
Salvo (21)
Rock 'n Roll (23)|| style="background:#ffdddd;" valign="top" |
Scarlett (11)
Dial-Tone (12)
Skywarp (14)
Doc (18)
Roadblock (19)
Quick Kick (20)
Salvo (21)
Rock 'n Roll (23) }}{{#if:* Cobranarchists (13)
Baroness/Cobra Commander (15)
Crystal Ball (16)
Doctor Mindbender (23)
Destro (24)|

G.I. Joe }}{{#if:* Cobranarchists (13) Baroness/Cobra Commander (15) Crystal Ball (16) Doctor Mindbender (23) Destro (24)\|	Cobra }}{{#if:* Road Pig (1) Crusher (2) Zandar (4) Zarana (5) Buzzer (6) Torch (7) Burn Out (8) Zanzibar (9) Ripper (17)\|	Dreadnoks }}{{#if:* Duke (3) Farooq "Spitfire" Shah (10) Multiple Fatal Fluffies (22)\|	Others }}{{#if:\|	Misc }}{{#if:\|	Misc }}
Cobranarchists (13) Baroness/Cobra Commander (15) Crystal Ball (16) Doctor Mindbender (23) Destro (24) }}{{#if:* Road Pig (1) Crusher (2) Zandar (4) Zarana (5) Buzzer (6) Torch (7) Burn Out (8) Zanzibar (9) Ripper (17)\|	Road Pig (1) Crusher (2) Zandar (4) Zarana (5) Buzzer (6) Torch (7) Burn Out (8) Zanzibar (9) Ripper (17) }}{{#if:* Duke (3) Farooq "Spitfire" Shah (10) Multiple Fatal Fluffies (22)\|	Duke (3) Farooq "Spitfire" Shah (10) Multiple Fatal Fluffies (22) }}{{#if:\|	}}{{#if:\|	}}

Quotes

"Nice work for a soccer player."
"Footballer. But I used to have a more exciting job."
"Army?"
"Royal Air Force."
"Almost as good."

—Duke and Spitfire

"He wouldn't let me use the radio."
"You haven't earned the privilege!"

—Rock 'n Roll and Skywarp talk smack about one another

Notes

Continuity notes

When Spitfire blasts one of the chainsaws on the ends of Buzzer's staff, Buzzer exclaims "Bloody hell! Again?!" referring to when Rock 'n Roll did the same thing to the weapon in issue #2.
Rock 'n Roll has been trying to get Skywarp to let him ride inside his cockpit in jet mode since issue #1.
Baroness inherits the title of Cobra Commander. This isn't a new concept for IDW continuity; unlike in classic Joe media, where the Commander was one singular guy, IDW has always presented the "Commander" title as being transferrable, held by many people down multiple centuries, including the {{#if:one based on|one based on|Cobra Commander}} the original, then Krake, and most recently, in Revolutionaries #5, Tomax.
Standing with Baroness on the final page are Destro and Doctor Mindbender. In terms of G.I. Joe comics, this marks the first reappearance of these characters since {{#if:Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra #5|Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra #5|Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra Part Five: The Silent Warrior}} and {{#if:G.I. Joe vol. 3 #17|G.I. Joe vol. 3 #17|Deep Terror, Epilogue}}, respectively, but both men have been active in the wider Hasbro Universe since then, both working with Miles Mayhem's V.E.N.O.M. in separate instances in the pages of M.A.S.K.. At the time this story takes place, both Mindbender and Destro—along with Mayhem—are also in deep with Baron Ironblood's supervillain cabal, as detailed in the pages of First Strike, a connection that leads into the events of next issue.
Also standing with the other Cobras is a Dire Wraith. These aliens were revealed to be responsible for the Cobranarchist movement in issue #3, but they haven't been mentioned following the events of that story. Looks like they are still indeed tied in with Cobra, and not just using its symbols to lure in and entrap human victims, as seemed might be the case originally.

G.I. Joe references

The Baroness wears the cloth cowl used by the original Cobra Commander in classic G.I. Joe media, based on his 1984 action figure. This is the first time a Commander has worn this mask in IDW continuity, with past holders of the title having favored mouth-covering bandannas, or blank masks akin to the chromed faceplate of the original Commander's 1983 figure.
Doctor Mindbender is wearing his traditional Joe garb (what little of it there is), which makes its IDW continuity debut with this issue.

Other trivia

This is the final regular issue of G.I. Joe vol. 5. The series is scheduled to be replaced with Scarlett's Strike Force in December 2017 with Sitterson still writing and continuing the ongoing story.
Originally solicited for release in August, this issue continues IDW's ongoing series of delays, arriving significantly late in mid-October, a month-and-a-half after the originally delayed previous issue. The issue was supposed to be released before the G.I. Joe: First Strike one-shot, but delays meant that that issue came out first, spoiling... uh, virtually everything from this story, including Skywarp and Rock 'n Roll's survival, Spitfire joining G.I. Joe, and Baroness becoming the new Cobra Commander.
In place of the two Fatal Fluffy "progenitors", the original, Inhumanoids-centric outline for the series called for a final confrontation with Metlar, the traditional Inhumanoid leader.

Covers (4)

Cover A: Duke surrounded by the Dreadnoks, as Cobra Commander looms above them, by Aaron Conley and Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Cover B: The Baroness, by Giannis Milonogiannis
Cover C: The Joes assembled, by Bart Sears and David García Cruz
Retailer incentive cover Snake Eyes and the Joes stand triumphant, by Dylan Burnett

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