Its time for the next Joe!
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Skiman
Super Freak
devilof76
Super Freak
thenammagazine
Super Freak
I dunno. Wild Bill's in a Cobra. The Rattler's designed off of the A10 which is virtually a flying tank. Be a good battle to see.
devilof76
Super Freak
That's what I'm saying. It's completely up in the air.
DinoDB1975
Super Freak
Dunno about Wild Bill vs. Wiold Weasel, but Weasel vs. Ace is essentially a draw...
Shakedown, from the middle of Hama's golden run. One of my favorite issues. (Summary taken from YoJoe.com)
At McGuire Air Force Base, Ace is taking Lady Jaye up for a flight on a newly upgraded Skystriker. At Springfield Municipal Airport, Wild Weasel is taking the Baroness up on a newly upgraded Rattler. Little do they know, their paths will cross.
Early on, Ace shows Lady Jaye how the Skystriker's radar filters out civilian aircraft and vehicles. They easily avoid a civilian passenger jet. At the same time, Wild Weasel shows the Baroness how the Rattler can fly extremely low to the ground and automatically avoid obstacles. They follow along a highway and dodge overpasses. While along the highway, the Baroness sees a blip on the radar, looks up and sees the Skystriker flying far above. Luckily for the Cobras, they are in the Joe's blind spot. Ace's radar detector senses the radar blip, and he realizes someone is in his blind spot. Wild Weasel initiates a firing sequence and launches two missiles. Ace shoots out two Electronic Counter Measures infra-red flares which destroy the missiles, but the Skystriker still gets a little damage. The right tail plane is burning, and the transmission antenna is destroyed. The Joes pull a three-gee turn and come up underneath the Rattler. Ace fires the Vulcan 20 Mike-Mike cannon, and shoots up the cockpit of the Cobra jet. No one is hurt, because of the aircraft's titanium steel armor [EDIT: As 'Nam said, the Rattler / A-10 Warthog is basically a flying tank].
Wild Weasel flies over neighborhoods, canceling Ace's ability to fire missiles. The Baroness swivels around the Rattler gun-turret, and blasts the Skystriker's cockpit. Ace survives but his helmet is ravaged. Lady Jaye is forced to take the controls until he can get his helmet off. Wild Weasel flips around behind the Joes and opens fire. Ace throws off his helmet and hits the afterburners. The Joes rocket into the air. The Cobras decide to take cover in the ground clutter and stay low. Unknown to them, the Joe's new radar can still see the Rattler while it flies in the same direction. Ace flies up behind the Rattler, chasing it out to sea. Just before Ace can fire his missiles, Wild Weasel hits the brakes, causing Ace to waste four missiles. The jets end up turning around and facing each other. The Rattler fires four of its missiles. The Skystriker plows into a hard right turn, the missile's servos go out of whack, and they miss.
The Rattler hugs the ground again, but makes a ninety-degree turn, throwing it out of the Skystriker's radar. Ace flips a coin to determine which way to go. Luckily, he goes right. The Joes find the Cobras flying over a junkyard. Ace figures it'll be okay to fire missiles at a junkyard, and pulls the trigger. Wild Weasel sees the missiles coming, and fires all of his remaining missiles into the ground. The huge explosion causes Ace's shots to miss. The now missile-less aircraft are forced to come head-on to each other and fire their rapid-fire cannons. Unfortunately, neither one manages to finish off the other. The two pilots realize that there is nothing more that they can do except salute each other as they fly by. Lady Jaye and the Baroness are enraged that the two men are just letting things go and returning to base. The pilots say nothing.
Shakedown, from the middle of Hama's golden run. One of my favorite issues. (Summary taken from YoJoe.com)
At McGuire Air Force Base, Ace is taking Lady Jaye up for a flight on a newly upgraded Skystriker. At Springfield Municipal Airport, Wild Weasel is taking the Baroness up on a newly upgraded Rattler. Little do they know, their paths will cross.
Early on, Ace shows Lady Jaye how the Skystriker's radar filters out civilian aircraft and vehicles. They easily avoid a civilian passenger jet. At the same time, Wild Weasel shows the Baroness how the Rattler can fly extremely low to the ground and automatically avoid obstacles. They follow along a highway and dodge overpasses. While along the highway, the Baroness sees a blip on the radar, looks up and sees the Skystriker flying far above. Luckily for the Cobras, they are in the Joe's blind spot. Ace's radar detector senses the radar blip, and he realizes someone is in his blind spot. Wild Weasel initiates a firing sequence and launches two missiles. Ace shoots out two Electronic Counter Measures infra-red flares which destroy the missiles, but the Skystriker still gets a little damage. The right tail plane is burning, and the transmission antenna is destroyed. The Joes pull a three-gee turn and come up underneath the Rattler. Ace fires the Vulcan 20 Mike-Mike cannon, and shoots up the cockpit of the Cobra jet. No one is hurt, because of the aircraft's titanium steel armor [EDIT: As 'Nam said, the Rattler / A-10 Warthog is basically a flying tank].
Wild Weasel flies over neighborhoods, canceling Ace's ability to fire missiles. The Baroness swivels around the Rattler gun-turret, and blasts the Skystriker's cockpit. Ace survives but his helmet is ravaged. Lady Jaye is forced to take the controls until he can get his helmet off. Wild Weasel flips around behind the Joes and opens fire. Ace throws off his helmet and hits the afterburners. The Joes rocket into the air. The Cobras decide to take cover in the ground clutter and stay low. Unknown to them, the Joe's new radar can still see the Rattler while it flies in the same direction. Ace flies up behind the Rattler, chasing it out to sea. Just before Ace can fire his missiles, Wild Weasel hits the brakes, causing Ace to waste four missiles. The jets end up turning around and facing each other. The Rattler fires four of its missiles. The Skystriker plows into a hard right turn, the missile's servos go out of whack, and they miss.
The Rattler hugs the ground again, but makes a ninety-degree turn, throwing it out of the Skystriker's radar. Ace flips a coin to determine which way to go. Luckily, he goes right. The Joes find the Cobras flying over a junkyard. Ace figures it'll be okay to fire missiles at a junkyard, and pulls the trigger. Wild Weasel sees the missiles coming, and fires all of his remaining missiles into the ground. The huge explosion causes Ace's shots to miss. The now missile-less aircraft are forced to come head-on to each other and fire their rapid-fire cannons. Unfortunately, neither one manages to finish off the other. The two pilots realize that there is nothing more that they can do except salute each other as they fly by. Lady Jaye and the Baroness are enraged that the two men are just letting things go and returning to base. The pilots say nothing.
The Craw
Super Freak
yeah. 2 women telling the men how to drive. how typical.
that is a great issue BTW.
EXOTICLEX
Super Freak
how much are the original joe comics worth now???
EVILFACE
Insufferable S.O.B.
I would have ejected them.
Like the saying goes, no matter how hawt the chick is (wel, baroness somewhat in this case) somewhere a guy is tired of her ____.
Like the saying goes, no matter how hawt the chick is (wel, baroness somewhat in this case) somewhere a guy is tired of her ____.
Skiman
Super Freak
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Not today. We are getting the Desert Weapons Cache and I am betting on a preview of one of the Desert Troops. I am hoping for the Sniper!
Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Yeah, I hope we get one of the Troopers. Hell put them up for PO too.
I'm down. Put them both up. To tell the truth...all three in desert camo is good with me! And I'll order them today.
If they have different sculpts,I will buy, if not easy pass.
The Craw
Super Freak
i forgot. the newsletter gets posted earlier now. we can _____ longer about No Joe™ now.
So more walls and the 4th trooper variant is a acceptable replacement for announcements of new figs?? Not in my books.
EVILFACE
Insufferable S.O.B.
I don't see a issue with the varint Trooper. It is the first variant this year. I'm sure the next announcement will be a Joe. Stalker, Recondo or Shipwreck.
The Craw
Super Freak
you're right, it's not acceptable. i was being serious. let the _____in' commence. i want more main characters before this line inevitably tanks.
MANDO
Super Freak
I'd of thought Destro would be announced by now, were this line running at the speed of SW he would have been. Were there ever a no-brainer, aside from the previously released Joes, it woud be Destro I think.
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