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HISS Tank presents to you, an early review for GI Joe Cobra #6! IDW takes on Cobra La, and it's not what you might expect! This issue is part 2 of Serpentor's origin, and the 2nd part of Scoop's infiltration, or rather, introduction, to The Coil!

GI Joe Cobra #6 is due out tomorrow July 21st, hit the title bar to see how it turned out!
HISS Tank presents to you, an early review for GI Joe Cobra #6! IDW takes on Cobra La, and it's not what you might expect! This issue is part 2 of Serpentor's origin, and the 2nd part of Scoop's infiltration, or rather, introduction, to The Coil!


GI Joe Cobra #6

Credits
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Written By: Mike Costa & Christos N. Gage
Art by: Segio Carrera & J.K. Woodward
Colors by: Peter Dawes & J.K. Woodward
Letters by: Chris Mowry
Assistant Editor: Carlos Guzman
Editor: Andy Schmidt

Covers
Cover A - Art by Antonio Fuso
Cover B - Art by Ben Templesmith

Review

IDW takes on 2 groups in this issue:

• The Coil
• Cobra La

The team of Costa & Gage has steadily impressed me since the 1st GI Joe Cobra mini-series, and their take on classic Cobra characters is refreshing. Their strides towards keeping everything garnered towards realism as opposed to over the top is something that can be seen as a challenge. How do you incorporate the likes of Golobulus and Cobra La without coming off as a kiddified story that no adult would take seriously?

Yet there is nothing childish about this issue at all. Personally, I was never a fan of Cobra La. Cobra La's introduction in the GI Joe The Movie(1987) left me shaking my head as a child. My reaction to Golobulus was "come on, a guy that is part snake....really?"(you'll see the term Golu bulas used in this issue; it's a neat play on words and someone "familiar" shows up too, only not as visually...surprising as you once knew him). Yet I knew if there was any creative team able to breathe new life into characters best left forgotten, and end up with a good story, it would be Costa & Gage.

Speaking of breathing new life into someone, I think fans will be satisfied with Scoop. His use in this issue reminds me of the 1st GI Joe Cobra mini-series. It poses the same question we all had for Chuckles; how is this guy going to get out? Will he even get out? Like Chuckles, the odds are definitely against Scoop, as The Coil wraps its coils around him.

Fuso won't be back for a couple more issues, but noothing seems obtrusive with regards to the artwork. The team of Carrera/Woodward/Dawes did a great job maintaining a consistent look.

The background story told here for Cobra La is not very sci fi or over the top. Costa & Gage put a unique twist on them and The Coil. The back story is told well with painted pages. The art team nailed these sequences; the handwritten lettering is a neat touch too.

Will Chuckles and Scoop cross paths? Can Scoop free himself from Serpentor's clutches? This issue is another exciting addition to the GI Joe Cobra series, and one that you should pick up.

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