When I was a kid, I used to look forward to Saturdays. It wasn’t like how it is now, where as a working adult, I am living for the weekend. It was Saturday mornings that I woke up early for every weekend. I had my staples that I watched very week, and G.I. Joe was one of them.

The cartoon gave me my first impression of good and evil.  It provided me with heroes like Lady Jaye and Hawk. It also gave villains like Cobra Commander and Destro.  In the debut issue of G.I. Joe: Real American Hero Saturday Morning Adventures, we find these factions at odds like I used to see every weekend.

We are taken to Cobra temple, where Cobra Commander has gotten his hands on Aladdin’s knowing that every wish is his command, an advantage that he looks to use for his own evil  intent, by using his first wish by creating giant android troopers. We are also taken to The Pit, which is  Gi Joe’s Base of Operations,  where Cobra Commander has deployed one of these robots, to attack GI Joe, but defeat would come swift, as it would prove no match for Joe’s battleground tactics. Of course this doesn’t deter Cobra Commander, as it pushes him to modify the ones he did not deploy and try a different plan. By issue’s end, Cobra puts the world on notice and Joe has invented a plan to stop them.

Overall, G.I. Joe: Real American Hero Saturday Morning Adventures #1 is a definite throwback to the Saturday morning cartoon I grew up loving. The story by Burnham is pure fun. The art by creative team is beautiful. Altogether, a story that proves to be more than your typical trip to nostalgia.

Story: Erik Burnham Art: Dan Schoening
Color: Luis Antonio Delgado Letterer: Neil Uyetake
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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