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|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]] | |letters by=[[Chris Mowry]] | ||
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]] | |editor=[[Carlos Guzman]] | ||
|continuity=[[ | |continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]] | ||
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]] | |chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era]] | ||
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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
In [[Inner Mongolia]], the brainwashed legions of [[Crystal Ball]] join the [[Dreadnok]]s in attacking the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]], who struggle to fight back now that their opponents are innocent civilians. [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] deduces that they need to get Crystal Ball away from his victims to break the control, which will require a vehicle, but the team's vehicular expert [[Cover Girl]] cannot make it through the throng of combatants to get out of the building and find one. Beefy Dreadnok [[Crusher ( | In [[Inner Mongolia]], the brainwashed legions of [[Crystal Ball]] join the [[Dreadnok]]s in attacking the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]], who struggle to fight back now that their opponents are innocent civilians. [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] deduces that they need to get Crystal Ball away from his victims to break the control, which will require a vehicle, but the team's vehicular expert [[Cover Girl]] cannot make it through the throng of combatants to get out of the building and find one. Beefy Dreadnok [[Crusher (G.I. Joe)|Crusher]] seizes the still-intoxicated [[Quick Kick]], but the martial artist easily overpowers him for a second time, hurling him across the room and smashing the front doors open, clearing the path Cover Girl requires to escape. | ||
In [[Greece]], the undercover [[Gung-Ho]] and [[Lady Jaye]] attend another gathering of [[Cobra]] anarchists—one that they find has turned from an ordinary protest into something like a cult meeting. Furthermore, it soon becomes apparent that the | In [[Greece]], the undercover [[Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)|Gung-Ho]] and [[Lady Jaye]] attend another gathering of [[Cobra]] anarchists—one that they find has turned from an ordinary protest into something like a cult meeting. Furthermore, it soon becomes apparent that the rabble-rousers running the show aren't just snakes... they're [[Dire Wraith]]s! Aware of the Joes in their midst, the Wraiths direct their faithful followers to attack Jaye and Gung-Ho, but they prove more than capable of defending themselves. Jaye radios ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Lemuria]]'' for extraction, while Gung-Ho just enjoys the fight, and the chance to finally take off his shirt. | ||
Back in Mongolia, as the Joes continue their fight, [[Rock 'n Roll]] manages to capture Crystal Ball so the team can pull out with him. Once he is in Rock's clutches, however, the ex-Cobra soothsayer places his fingers upon Rock's head and psychically enters his mind, urging him to release his lust for destruction. Rock seems able to resist the psychic attack, but Crystal Ball merely smiles as he is slung over the Joe's shoulder. With their target now in their custody, the Joes make their move to escape; [[ | Back in Mongolia, as the Joes continue their fight, [[Rock 'n Roll]] manages to capture Crystal Ball so the team can pull out with him. Once he is in Rock's clutches, however, the ex-Cobra soothsayer places his fingers upon Rock's head and psychically enters his mind, urging him to release his lust for destruction. Rock seems able to resist the psychic attack, but Crystal Ball merely smiles as he is slung over the Joe's shoulder. With their target now in their custody, the Joes make their move to escape; [[Ripper (G.I. Joe)|Ripper]] tries to stop them with his ostentatious knife-shooting gun, but Quick Kick easily snatches one of the blades out of the air and hurls it back into the weapon, causing it to backfire. The team make it outside... but unfortunately, Cover Girl is ''not'' waiting for them as expected! | ||
Aboard ''Lemuria'', [[Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)|Grand Slam]] and [[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc]] put the finishing touches to the equipment intended to restore the impatient [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW | Aboard ''Lemuria'', [[Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)|Grand Slam]] and [[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc]] put the finishing touches to the equipment intended to restore the impatient [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]]'s teleportation power. When Skywarp is directed to perform a test teleport, however, his system malfunctions, and feedback causes the machines to explode. Shrapnel hurtles toward Grand Slam... but Doc hurls himself in front of his team-mate to protect him, revealing that ''he'' is actually a Dire Wraith too! Grievously wounded by the shrapnel, the Doc-Wraith falls unconscious, even as he urges Grand Slam not to tell his daughter about his true nature. Skywarp quickly contacts [[Scarlett]] to summon her to the lab, interrupting her as she is giving new team member [[Salvo (G.I. Joe)|Salvo]] a tour of the facility. | ||
While Crystal Ball continues taunting Rock 'n Roll, Roadblock and Quick Kick hold the doors of the Dreadnoks' mansion shut to keep their attackers from following while the group holds out for Cover Girl to arrive. She soon turns up, though the Joes are disappointed to find she has only managed to scrounge up a rusted old jeep, instead of the "awesome" stuff she normally finds. As everyone clambers aboard and Cover Girl peels out, however, they quickly learn they are not out of the woods yet when the entire roster of Dreadnoks comes roaring after them on their motorbikes! | While Crystal Ball continues taunting Rock 'n Roll, Roadblock and Quick Kick hold the doors of the Dreadnoks' mansion shut to keep their attackers from following while the group holds out for Cover Girl to arrive. She soon turns up, though the Joes are disappointed to find she has only managed to scrounge up a rusted old jeep, instead of the "awesome" stuff she normally finds. As everyone clambers aboard and Cover Girl peels out, however, they quickly learn they are not out of the woods yet when the entire roster of Dreadnoks comes roaring after them on their motorbikes! | ||
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*[[Cover Girl]] (2) | * [[Cover Girl]] (2) | ||
*[[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] (3) | * [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] (3) | ||
*[[Quick Kick]] (4) | * [[Quick Kick]] (4) | ||
*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (5) | * [[Rock 'n Roll]] (5) | ||
*[[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] (6) | * [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] (6) | ||
*[[Gung-Ho]] (13) | * [[Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe)|Gung-Ho]] (13) | ||
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*[[Lady Jaye]] (14) | * [[Lady Jaye]] (14) | ||
*[[Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)|Grand Slam]] (18) | * [[Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)|Grand Slam]] (18) | ||
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW | * [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] (20) | ||
*[[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc Senior]] (21) | * [[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc Senior]] (21) | ||
*[[Scarlett]] (22) | * [[Scarlett]] (22) | ||
*[[Salvo (G.I. Joe)|Salvo]] (23) | * [[Salvo (G.I. Joe)|Salvo]] (23) | ||
{{!}}} | {{!}}} | ||
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*[[Crystal Ball]] (1) | * [[Crystal Ball]] (1) | ||
*[[Road Pig ( | * [[Road Pig (G.I. Joe)|Road Pig]] (7) | ||
*[[ | * [[Buzzer (G.I. Joe)|Buzzer]] (8) | ||
*[[Zanzibar]] (9) | * [[Zanzibar]] (9) | ||
*[[Crusher ( | * [[Crusher (G.I. Joe)|Crusher]] (10) | ||
*[[Zarana]] (11) | * [[Zarana]] (11) | ||
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | {{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}} | ||
*[[Zandar]] (12) | * [[Zandar]] (12) | ||
*[[Dire Wraith]]s (15) | * [[Dire Wraith]]s (15) | ||
*[[ | * [[Torch (G.I. Joe)|Torch]] (16) | ||
*[[Burn Out ( | * [[Burn Out (G.I. Joe)|Burn Out]] (17) | ||
*[[ | * [[Ripper (G.I. Joe)|Ripper]] (19) | ||
{{!}}} | {{!}}} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
*Grand Slam's Dire Wraith detector has given apparent "false positives" while scanning Doc Senior in the previous two issues; here, we find out that it wasn't false, and that Doc actually ''is'' a Dire Wraith. | * Grand Slam's Dire Wraith detector has given apparent "false positives" while scanning Doc Senior in the previous two issues; here, we find out that it wasn't false, and that Doc actually ''is'' a Dire Wraith. He implies that he's been a Dire Wraith for a ''long'' time, and that the current Doc is his genuine biological daughter and unaware of her Wraith heritage. | ||
*In this issue's letters page, Sitterson clarifies the continuity issue surrounding Grand Slam, noting that the current character ''is'' the same Grand Slam who appeared in ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Origins}}'', and that he actually survived his apparent death in that issue thanks to the Joes' advanced medical facilities. | * In this issue's letters page, Sitterson clarifies the continuity issue surrounding Grand Slam, noting that the current character ''is'' the same Grand Slam who appeared in ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Origins}}'', and that he actually survived his apparent death in that issue thanks to the Joes' advanced medical facilities. | ||
===G.I. Joe references=== | ===G.I. Joe references=== | ||
*Originally released in 1990 as a white guy from Arlington, Virginia, Salvo has been ''completely'' reinvented; the character is now a Polynesian woman from Samoa. She still wears the "The Right of Might" shirt the character | * Originally released in 1990 as a white guy from Arlington, Virginia, Salvo has been ''completely'' reinvented; the character is now a Polynesian woman from Samoa. She still wears the "The Right of Might" shirt the character has worn since their inception. | ||
===Other trivia=== | ===Other trivia=== | ||
*Back matter for this issue includes Milonogiannis's character design sheet Shipwreck, and the first "Mission Missives" letters page. | * Back matter for this issue includes Milonogiannis's character design sheet for Shipwreck, and the first "Mission Missives" letters page. | ||
*Originally solicited for release in February, this issue arrives a month late halfway through March. | * Crystal Ball's manipulation of Rock 'n Roll makes multiple references to "chaos", a nod to the {{w|symbol of Chaos}} on his shirt, which originated in the works of {{w|Michael Moorcock}} and was made famous by ''{{w|Warhammer 40,000}}''. | ||
* Originally solicited for release in February, this issue arrives a month late halfway through March. | |||
===Covers (4)=== | ===Covers (4)=== | ||
*'''Regular cover:''' Doc and Grand Slam work on Skywarp, by [[Aaron Conley]] and [[Jean-Francois Beaulieu]] | * '''Regular cover:''' Doc and Grand Slam work on Skywarp, by [[Aaron Conley]] and [[Jean-Francois Beaulieu]] | ||
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Lady Jaye and Gung-Ho in trouble, by [[Giannis | * '''Subscription cover A:''' Lady Jaye and Gung-Ho in trouble, by [[Giannis Milonogiannis]] | ||
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Scarlett, Rock 'n | * '''Subscription cover B:''' Scarlett, Rock 'n Roll, Quick Kick, and [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]], by [[Paolo Villanelli]] and [[John-Paul Bove]] | ||
*'''Retailer incentive cover''' [[Baroness]], [[Destro]], and Snake | * '''Retailer incentive cover''' [[Baroness]], [[Destro]], and Snake Eyes by [[Brandon Graham]] | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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===Advertisements=== | ===Advertisements=== | ||
*''G.I. Joe'' #4 | * ''G.I. Joe'' #4 | ||
*"The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting February's [[Hasbro Universe]] titles, including this issue, [[Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|''Lost Light'' #3]], [[New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|''Optimus Prime'' #4]], [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]], [[Ghost Stories|''Transformers'' Annual 2017]], | * "The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting February's [[Hasbro Universe]] titles, including this issue, [[M.A.S.K. issue 4|''M.A.S.K.'' #4]], [[Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|''Lost Light'' #3]], [[New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|''Optimus Prime'' #4]], [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]], [[Ghost Stories|''Transformers'' Annual 2017]], [[M.A.S.K. Annual 2017|''M.A.S.K.'' Annual 2017]], [[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb|''Revolutionaries'' #3]], [[Micronauts issue 10|''Micronauts'' #10]], and [[Reinforcements, Part 4|''ROM'' #8]]. | ||
*IDW at the NC Comicon | * IDW at the NC Comicon | ||
*IDW congratulates Top Shelf Publishing on ''March'' winning the National Book Award | * IDW congratulates Top Shelf Publishing on ''March'' winning the National Book Award | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://comicsalliance.com/sitterson-milonogiannis-gi-joe-3-preview/ Preview] | * [http://comicsalliance.com/sitterson-milonogiannis-gi-joe-3-preview/ Preview] | ||
[[Category: G.I. Joe vol. 5 issues]] | [[Category:G.I. Joe vol. 5 issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:11, 8 February 2026
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 15, 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | February 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Aubrey Sitterson | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Giannis Milonogiannis | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Lovern Kindzierski | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Carlos Guzman | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 2005 IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era | ||||||||||||
While Roadblock's unit continues their battle with the Dreadnoks, the threat of the Dire Wraiths resurfaces on multiple fronts.
Synopsis
[edit]In Inner Mongolia, the brainwashed legions of Crystal Ball join the Dreadnoks in attacking the Joes, who struggle to fight back now that their opponents are innocent civilians. Doc deduces that they need to get Crystal Ball away from his victims to break the control, which will require a vehicle, but the team's vehicular expert Cover Girl cannot make it through the throng of combatants to get out of the building and find one. Beefy Dreadnok Crusher seizes the still-intoxicated Quick Kick, but the martial artist easily overpowers him for a second time, hurling him across the room and smashing the front doors open, clearing the path Cover Girl requires to escape.
In Greece, the undercover Gung-Ho and Lady Jaye attend another gathering of Cobra anarchists—one that they find has turned from an ordinary protest into something like a cult meeting. Furthermore, it soon becomes apparent that the rabble-rousers running the show aren't just snakes... they're Dire Wraiths! Aware of the Joes in their midst, the Wraiths direct their faithful followers to attack Jaye and Gung-Ho, but they prove more than capable of defending themselves. Jaye radios Lemuria for extraction, while Gung-Ho just enjoys the fight, and the chance to finally take off his shirt.
Back in Mongolia, as the Joes continue their fight, Rock 'n Roll manages to capture Crystal Ball so the team can pull out with him. Once he is in Rock's clutches, however, the ex-Cobra soothsayer places his fingers upon Rock's head and psychically enters his mind, urging him to release his lust for destruction. Rock seems able to resist the psychic attack, but Crystal Ball merely smiles as he is slung over the Joe's shoulder. With their target now in their custody, the Joes make their move to escape; Ripper tries to stop them with his ostentatious knife-shooting gun, but Quick Kick easily snatches one of the blades out of the air and hurls it back into the weapon, causing it to backfire. The team make it outside... but unfortunately, Cover Girl is not waiting for them as expected!
Aboard Lemuria, Grand Slam and Doc put the finishing touches to the equipment intended to restore the impatient Skywarp's teleportation power. When Skywarp is directed to perform a test teleport, however, his system malfunctions, and feedback causes the machines to explode. Shrapnel hurtles toward Grand Slam... but Doc hurls himself in front of his team-mate to protect him, revealing that he is actually a Dire Wraith too! Grievously wounded by the shrapnel, the Doc-Wraith falls unconscious, even as he urges Grand Slam not to tell his daughter about his true nature. Skywarp quickly contacts Scarlett to summon her to the lab, interrupting her as she is giving new team member Salvo a tour of the facility.
While Crystal Ball continues taunting Rock 'n Roll, Roadblock and Quick Kick hold the doors of the Dreadnoks' mansion shut to keep their attackers from following while the group holds out for Cover Girl to arrive. She soon turns up, though the Joes are disappointed to find she has only managed to scrounge up a rusted old jeep, instead of the "awesome" stuff she normally finds. As everyone clambers aboard and Cover Girl peels out, however, they quickly learn they are not out of the woods yet when the entire roster of Dreadnoks comes roaring after them on their motorbikes!
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| G.I. Joe | Others | ||||
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Quotes
[edit]"As a physician, I have to inform you—picking a fight with a Joe is bad for your health."
- —Doc schools Torch
"Some of us don't need guns to throw knives."
- —Quick Kick isn't impressed with Ripper's new armament
"Knowing Cover Girl, she'll be driving something awesome."
"Do they have monster trucks in Hohhot?"
- —Roadblock and Quick Kick
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Grand Slam's Dire Wraith detector has given apparent "false positives" while scanning Doc Senior in the previous two issues; here, we find out that it wasn't false, and that Doc actually is a Dire Wraith. He implies that he's been a Dire Wraith for a long time, and that the current Doc is his genuine biological daughter and unaware of her Wraith heritage.
- In this issue's letters page, Sitterson clarifies the continuity issue surrounding Grand Slam, noting that the current character is the same Grand Slam who appeared in G.I. Joe: Origins, and that he actually survived his apparent death in that issue thanks to the Joes' advanced medical facilities.
G.I. Joe references
[edit]- Originally released in 1990 as a white guy from Arlington, Virginia, Salvo has been completely reinvented; the character is now a Polynesian woman from Samoa. She still wears the "The Right of Might" shirt the character has worn since their inception.
Other trivia
[edit]- Back matter for this issue includes Milonogiannis's character design sheet for Shipwreck, and the first "Mission Missives" letters page.
- Crystal Ball's manipulation of Rock 'n Roll makes multiple references to "chaos", a nod to the symbol of Chaos on his shirt, which originated in the works of Michael Moorcock and was made famous by Warhammer 40,000.
- Originally solicited for release in February, this issue arrives a month late halfway through March.
Covers (4)
[edit]- Regular cover: Doc and Grand Slam work on Skywarp, by Aaron Conley and Jean-Francois Beaulieu
- Subscription cover A: Lady Jaye and Gung-Ho in trouble, by Giannis Milonogiannis
- Subscription cover B: Scarlett, Rock 'n Roll, Quick Kick, and Snake Eyes, by Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove
- Retailer incentive cover Baroness, Destro, and Snake Eyes by Brandon Graham
Advertisements
[edit]- G.I. Joe #4
- "The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting February's Hasbro Universe titles, including this issue, M.A.S.K. #4, Lost Light #3, Optimus Prime #4, Till All Are One #8, Transformers Annual 2017, M.A.S.K. Annual 2017, Revolutionaries #3, Micronauts #10, and ROM #8.
- IDW at the NC Comicon
- IDW congratulates Top Shelf Publishing on March winning the National Book Award
