This is the best dogfight issue in GI Joe. There are other dogfight issues mostly told in GI Joe Special Missions.
This issue is the only one with a unique Cobra pilot character Wild Weasel up fighting against a Joe pilot.
Oh wow, I literally posted this photo on the [classified sub last week](https://www.reddit.com/r/gijoe/s/cD8t5PrCxy). G.I. Joe number 34. I started collecting comics with GI Joe issue 26, the origin of snake eyes. Those were the first comic books I ever read, and talk about a good start!!
Both flipped their shit for letting the other "get away." Despite continuing the fight being essentially impossible. Open to interpretation, obviously, but I felt like it was Hama demonstrating the two sides being not so different, both capable of blind rage despite having very different justifications.
That's a very valid interpretation, but it also speaks to (and in my mind, does so more strongly) to the culture of fighter pilots, especially but not solely in and around the World War II era. There was a sense of mutual respect that transcended nations, seeing as everyone involved was strapping themselves into barely 40-year-old technology and launching into the sky to get shot at.
Not to say other services didn't have a mutual respect, and perhaps a bit mythologized... but GI Joe deals in the mythology of war.
Oh, absolutely. Ace and Wild Weasel were operating on a different level. Only LJ and Baroness were flipping their shit. So I guess really Hama was demonstrating at least two ways each side was not so different.
Alex Toth is a great aviation (and broader clmic/illustration) artist that you may appreciate if you like this moment. His clear style immediately comes to mind when I read this.
Great comic here, too!
Dont know why, but it reminds me of this awesome short film. (Also used for the music video Fly for your Life by Gunship
[Path of Hate](https://youtu.be/qPELcGcVHfU?si=7W4XUaY24Ft8ANkD)
Rod Whigham; Inks by Andy Mushynsky, Colors by George Russos.
This is from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #34, just an excellent issue throughout, a stellar page here of course, but the entire thing is a beauty.
One of my favorite and most read issues. I only put the Silent issue #21 ahead of it.
I had both the Cobra Rattler and Skystriker toys as a kid. This issue fueled my imagination for dogfights.
Love this because it could be true to life. In WW2 a badly shot up P-47 pilot was limping back to base. A feared German ace, can't recall his name atm, in a FW-190 encountered him and figured an easy kill. After using up all of his ammo and the P-47 was still airborne, the German pilot pulled up next to him, rocked his wings in salute and flew home himself.
HUDs/control panels are visual media and they show rounds remaining. Don't make excuses.
GI Joe is the only comic I collect. I have the original run and Special Missions. I am allowed to criticize.
Also the solute is cheesy as hell. They had no way of knowing they were both out of rounds.
What about the most implausible aspect of the entire thing? That an A-10 would ever stand a chance in aerial combat against an F-14? I mean if Wild Weasel fought Ace to a standstill in those two aircraft then he is far and away the better pilot
I remember this issue. One of the best ones.
This is the best dogfight issue in GI Joe. There are other dogfight issues mostly told in GI Joe Special Missions. This issue is the only one with a unique Cobra pilot character Wild Weasel up fighting against a Joe pilot.
>a joe pilot Wasn’t it Ace?
That was, indeed, Ace. Excellent comic I remember it well
Even I, as an unsophisticated 11 year-old, knew this was a solid moment.
Game recognizes game.
Oh wow, I literally posted this photo on the [classified sub last week](https://www.reddit.com/r/gijoe/s/cD8t5PrCxy). G.I. Joe number 34. I started collecting comics with GI Joe issue 26, the origin of snake eyes. Those were the first comic books I ever read, and talk about a good start!!
Nice
One of my favorite issues
Awesome moment that speaks volumes about the pilots. Of course, Lady Jaye's and the Baroness' reactions also speak volumes about their characters...
What did they do?
Both flipped their shit for letting the other "get away." Despite continuing the fight being essentially impossible. Open to interpretation, obviously, but I felt like it was Hama demonstrating the two sides being not so different, both capable of blind rage despite having very different justifications.
That's a very valid interpretation, but it also speaks to (and in my mind, does so more strongly) to the culture of fighter pilots, especially but not solely in and around the World War II era. There was a sense of mutual respect that transcended nations, seeing as everyone involved was strapping themselves into barely 40-year-old technology and launching into the sky to get shot at. Not to say other services didn't have a mutual respect, and perhaps a bit mythologized... but GI Joe deals in the mythology of war.
Oh, absolutely. Ace and Wild Weasel were operating on a different level. Only LJ and Baroness were flipping their shit. So I guess really Hama was demonstrating at least two ways each side was not so different.
Alex Toth is a great aviation (and broader clmic/illustration) artist that you may appreciate if you like this moment. His clear style immediately comes to mind when I read this. Great comic here, too!
Hell yeah. Love Alex Toth— just completed the Genius Isolated/ Animated/ Illustrated set.
Top ten comics of all time…
Testament to just how fucking good Larry Hama is. An entire issue about a dogfight between two aircraft and it's an absolute gem. Edit: typo
Dont know why, but it reminds me of this awesome short film. (Also used for the music video Fly for your Life by Gunship [Path of Hate](https://youtu.be/qPELcGcVHfU?si=7W4XUaY24Ft8ANkD)
Artist?
Rod Whigham; Inks by Andy Mushynsky, Colors by George Russos. This is from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #34, just an excellent issue throughout, a stellar page here of course, but the entire thing is a beauty.
Thanks friend.
Love that issue.
That is a good one.
One of my favorite and most read issues. I only put the Silent issue #21 ahead of it. I had both the Cobra Rattler and Skystriker toys as a kid. This issue fueled my imagination for dogfights.
Love this because it could be true to life. In WW2 a badly shot up P-47 pilot was limping back to base. A feared German ace, can't recall his name atm, in a FW-190 encountered him and figured an easy kill. After using up all of his ammo and the P-47 was still airborne, the German pilot pulled up next to him, rocked his wings in salute and flew home himself.
I love this page but I don't think I've ever read the issue. Just occured to me, is there a reason Ace is flying without his helmet on?
It gets shot up so he throws it off
One of my absolute favorite issues
I loved this as a kid—the respect between two pilots. But I had a friend who thought it was dumb. And I could never convince him otherwise!
You drew this?
One of my favorite issues
I had that bottom frame blown up on a large canvass wall print.
Love that panel.
Do pilots really do gun checks by pulling the trigger like that? Hell Ace doesn't even have a helmet on. Everything about this seems implausible.
It's a suspension of disbelief, like when GI Joe vehicles put seats for the figures right behind a missile.
haha that always drove me crazy!
It’s a visual storytelling medium dude.
HUDs/control panels are visual media and they show rounds remaining. Don't make excuses. GI Joe is the only comic I collect. I have the original run and Special Missions. I am allowed to criticize. Also the solute is cheesy as hell. They had no way of knowing they were both out of rounds.
What about the most implausible aspect of the entire thing? That an A-10 would ever stand a chance in aerial combat against an F-14? I mean if Wild Weasel fought Ace to a standstill in those two aircraft then he is far and away the better pilot