G.I.Joe 

A Look Back at the Iconic 1986 GI Joe Episode “Arise, Serpentor, Arise!

Story by Mitchell Smith Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at the the 1986 episode 1 of the 5 part miniseries Arise, Serpentor, Arise! At this point in Gi Joe history there were many great characters established. Even some of smaller characters had action figures with file cards and may have had a larger part in the comics. At the time it was hard to believe there could be a lot of new and exciting characters created. Millions of kids like me had become accustomed to characters…

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G.I.Joe 

Exploring GI Joe’s 1986 Season: A Deep Dive into Episode 19, “My Favorite Things”

Story by Mitchell Smith Welcome to The Outpost. Today I’m taking a look into the 1986 season of GI Joe with a deeper look into episode 19, “My Favorite Things”. This is an interesting episode as Serpentor goes on a quest to collect artifacts from the individuals Cobra collected DNA from to create Serpentor in the first place. The artifacts will give Serpentor extraordinary strength and solidify him as the pure leader of the Cobra organization. Many characters like Lifeline, Mainframe, Dial-Tone, and Hawk are Highlighted in the episode but…

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