- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Mad Norwegian Press (Jan 1 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1570329028
- ISBN-13: 978-1570329029
- Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 16.9 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,592,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
The largest book on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero ever written, this comprehensive and witty book is the ultimate guide to the G.I. Joe TV and comic book series. Written by Lars Pearson (Wizard, ToyFare magazines), Now You Know features story summaries, reviews, top ten lists and a heap of humorous categories on more than 100 G.I. Joe TV episodes. Also included: full coverage of all G.I. Joe comic series, a complete toy price guide and fact-filled appendices.
About the Author
Lars Pearson (Wizard, ToyFare magazines; Prime targets) laments not naming this book The Scarlett Letter.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Encyclopedia of the World of GI Joe,
By Mike (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Now You Know: The Unauthorized Guide to G.I. Joe TV and Comics (Paperback)
If you are a huge GI Joe fan (like myself), then this book is a must-have! The book outlines everything you ever wanted to know about the world of GI Joe cartoons & comics (including the first few comics currently written by Devil's Due Publishing). The author goes into great detail about analyzing each cartoon episode, outlining storylines including mistakes within the storylines and animation. If you never read the original Marvel comic series, the author does an excellent job of summarizing the entire comic book line from beginning to end. This book is an excellent book and is absolutely bargain priced.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Absolute Textbook of GI Joe and COBRA,
By Jason Terrell (Springfield, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Now You Know: The Unauthorized Guide to G.I. Joe TV and Comics (Paperback)
If there were college courses dedicated solely to the subject of GI Joe and COBRA, this would be the one stop textbook on the subject and Lars Pearson would have the Doctorate in Joeology. If old school GI Joe was your cold war kid religion, then this is it's bible. If you just jumped on the new school Image bandwagon, read about the rich mythology you missed. Bless you Larry Hama for never dumbing down the comic (until it jumped the shark with the toyline, circa. Cobra-laaaa, but that wasn't your fault.) and allowing even the preteenage readers a chance to begin to understand news and the world. Thank you to the cartoon creators for the surreal clash between childish fantasy and hard cold war reality. Thank you, Lars Pearson, for writing this excellent guidebook, as a fan, for fans.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
An entertaining nostalgia trip.,
By T. Wylie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Now You Know: The Unauthorized Guide to G.I. Joe TV and Comics (Paperback)
What a fun book! Anyone who grew up during the salad days of the 1980's G.I. Joe cartoon and comics series will appreciate this exhaustive compendium of history, trivia, and minutia. Either as a nostalgia trip or as a means to fill in any missing holes from your comic or cartoon collection, this book will surely please any die-hard Joe fan. The author not only has a firm, loving knowledge of Joe lore, but with sections dedicated to goofs and implausibilities also provides matter with tongue firmly planted in cheek. The book chronicles the soaring highs and frustrating lows of the entire Hasbro-related Joe universe. Action figure collectors beware: this book has very little to offer in the way of figure collecting or appraisal. Also (most likely due to copyright issues) the only image(s) you will see are on the cover of the book. I had to bump down the book a star for lack of images relating to either the cartoon or comics--which in my humble opinion would have made the offering perfect. Definitely worth the price of admission....
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Absolute Textbook of GI Joe and COBRA,
By Jason Terrell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Now You Know: The Unauthorized Guide to G.I. Joe TV and Comics (Paperback)
If there were college courses dedicated solely to the subject of GI Joe and COBRA, this would be the one stop textbook on the subject and Lars Pearson would have the Doctorate in Joeology. If old school GI Joe was your cold war kid religion, then this is it's bible. If you just jumped on the new school Image bandwagon, read about the rich mythology you missed. Bless you Larry Hama for never dumbing down the comic (until it jumped the shark with the toyline, circa. Cobra-laaaa, but that wasn't your fault.) and allowing even the preteenage readers a chance to begin to understand news and the world. Thank you to the cartoon creators for the surreal clash between childish fantasy and hard cold war reality. Thank you, Lars Pearson, for writing this excellent guidebook, as a fan, for fans.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Encyclopedia of the World of GI Joe,
By Mike - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Now You Know: The Unauthorized Guide to G.I. Joe TV and Comics (Paperback)
If you are a huge GI Joe fan (like myself), then this book is a must-have! The book outlines everything you ever wanted to know about the world of GI Joe cartoons & comics (including the first few comics currently written by Devil's Due Publishing). The author goes into great detail about analyzing each cartoon episode, outlining storylines including mistakes within the storylines and animation. If you never read the original Marvel comic series, the author does an excellent job of summarizing the entire comic book line from beginning to end. This book is an excellent book and is absolutely bargain priced. |
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