Caught up with Mighty Morphin' and have been reading the Marvel GI Joe comics:
Mighty Morphin' 1-4: If there's anything to be impressed about in this series, it's how every writer so far has been able to make the Power Rangers feel absolutely weak and unprepared. I don't want them to win every fight, but damn all they do is lose. When they do win, it feels hollow and boring. I don't know how they do it. Maybe I'm spoiled because I've been watching Ultraman lately, but the Power Ranger comics just feels cheap.
G.I. Joe 1-5: Exactly what you would expect from reading an old comic in terms of story structure and art. There are some really interesting character dynamics regarding the concept of the war these characters are part of. The first issue shows our "heroes" commenting on how they should just abandon a kidnapped character (that had been lied to by the government to create weapons of mass destruction and was currently denouncing them publicly and exposing their corruption) since she wasn't 100% on board with the good ol' USA. They're told off by the commander and sent to do their mission. At the end, the person is rescued and is still against the government, but now sees that not "all of them are bad".
It's like the comic is saying "America, fuck yeah!" and "War isn't black and white. There's lines you don't cross and you don't get to choose who freedom applies to."
Honestly, I dig it.
Mighty Morphin' 1-4: If there's anything to be impressed about in this series, it's how every writer so far has been able to make the Power Rangers feel absolutely weak and unprepared. I don't want them to win every fight, but damn all they do is lose. When they do win, it feels hollow and boring. I don't know how they do it. Maybe I'm spoiled because I've been watching Ultraman lately, but the Power Ranger comics just feels cheap.
G.I. Joe 1-5: Exactly what you would expect from reading an old comic in terms of story structure and art. There are some really interesting character dynamics regarding the concept of the war these characters are part of. The first issue shows our "heroes" commenting on how they should just abandon a kidnapped character (that had been lied to by the government to create weapons of mass destruction and was currently denouncing them publicly and exposing their corruption) since she wasn't 100% on board with the good ol' USA. They're told off by the commander and sent to do their mission. At the end, the person is rescued and is still against the government, but now sees that not "all of them are bad".
It's like the comic is saying "America, fuck yeah!" and "War isn't black and white. There's lines you don't cross and you don't get to choose who freedom applies to."
Honestly, I dig it.
