G.I. Joe Trifecta: Comic, Toys, and More Toys
? ComicNewsI has a pretty massive preview of G.I. Joe Origins #0, which is actually pretty damn good. Don’t let the routine first section put you off?make sure to at least read the second section, where Duke meets Hawk. It’s a bit silly, but I enjoyed it.
? G.I. Joe Club has pics of three more vehicle sets for 2009?the FLAK versus KLAW (artillery and jet glider, respectively), Cobra Stinger (black jeep) and the Arctic HISS Tank. They are totally, totally awesome.
? Lest you think I’d forgotten, the now-available first set of G.I. Joe Combat Heroes are the Toys of the Week. I don’t know why they make me so happy, but you guys are going to have to deal with it until I get over it of the line gets canceled.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.