Talking Joe: A G.I. Joe Comics Podcast

TALKING JOE 242 - DISAVOWED - G.I. JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS BRAZIL (DEVILS DUE 2007) Mark and Tim are continuing their side quest into the mini series and one-shots that were coming out during the America’s Era Disavowed era. This latest episode is Special Missions: Brazil from Devil's Due (May 2007) , which was collected in the TPB GI Joe Special Missions from Devils Due. Creative Team Special Missio...

Also available as a YouTube video with talking heads. Mark and Tim talk with Michael Kelly the former VP, Global Publishing for Hasbro. With 17 years at Hasbro and 12 year at the helm of Hasbro's Global Publishing department he headed up G.I.JOE publishing at Hasbro since the start of the IDW era through to the launch at Skybound. The first hour we look back at the IDW era, including some controve...

Mark and Tim continuing our side-quest into the mini series and one-shots that were coming out during the America’s Era Disavowed era. This time it is the turn of Special Missions: Antarctica from Devil's Due released December 2006. It was collected in the TPB GI Joe Special Missions from DD March 2007. Will we love this one or will it be a frosty reception? Listen on to find out! Creative Team Sp...

TALKING JOE - COBRA COMMANDER 1 - SKYBOUND ENERGON UNIVERSE - WITH GUEST WORDBURGLAR YouTube video with images: https://youtu.be/MUfiJiBm8QU Cobra Commander #1 released 17th January 2024 - review from Mark & Tim with special guest Wordburglar Creative team: writer Joshua Williamson (DC’s Superman, Dark Ride), artist Andrea Milana (Impact Winter: Rook) and colorist Annalisa Leoni (Oblivion Song). S...

TALKING JOE 238 -ARAH 303 - Skybound G.I Joe A Real American Hero . Mark and Tim are Joined by special guests Brad and Lisa Gullickson of the Comicbook Couples Counseling podcast to look at G.I. Joe ARAH # 303, released 17th January 2024. It's a blast of an episode; a new song parody, we talk about the Snake Eyes/ Scarlett dynamic, Lisa gets us thinking about the big question on Cobra's motivation...

Mark and Tim Finn are joined by special guest Ryan Sweeney (AKA Dreadnok Ryan AKA The island of misfit toy collectors). In this episode; we continue our look at the Disavowed era of GI Joe with the one shot comic - G.I.Joe: Dreadnoks: Declassified 1-3 from Devil's Due January - May 2006 , and collected as Dreadnoks: Declassified Trade Paperback January 2007. YouTube Link https://youtu.be/7yF7TxCnF...

Mark and Tim Finn look at the first GI Joe book from the new Skybound Energon Universe - it's Duke #1 released 27th December 2023. Direct link http://cast.rocks/hosting/15498/duke-1.mp3 or via your favourite podcast platform of choice, links at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ YouTube video to follow Creative Team: writer Joshua Williamson artist Tom Reilly colorist Jordie Bellaire Covers: https://league...

Mike O'Sullivan - Devil's Due Editor interview This was recorded 12th November 2023 as a web-chat with video on - it is for the most part just talking heads so audio only is possibly the way to go. As normal - the audio only version has more editing & clean up. The YouTube version is here: https://youtu.be/7rJUFQ-FF2o Mike was Editor for much of the 2nd half of the Devil’s Due era, joining as asso...

Mark and Tim dig into the latest issue of ARAH, G.I. Joe ARAH # 302 (released 20th December 2023) with Zombies, Funerals and Bedrooms, oh my! This episode has a brand new song parody intro, the return of Larry Hama Colloquialisms, Name The Joes with Diana Davis helping on the official answer, and a new "Postbox Pit" jingle for listener voicemails. And if you've ever wondered, we answer the questio...

TALKING JOE 233 - DISAVOWED - G.I. JOE Scarlett: Declassified - Devil's Due September 2006. Mark and Tim are continuing to look back at the Disavowed era of GI joe with the 48 page one shot comic - G.I.Joe: Scarlett: Declassified from Devil's Due September 2006 Creative Team Writer: Mike O'Sullivan, Artist: Phil Noto, Letterer: Brian J. Crowley, Military Advisor: Phil Kost, Special Thanks to Rober...

Disavowed - G.I.Joe America's Elite # 19-20 (Devils Due Jan – Feb 2007) Mark and Tim continue to look back at the Disavowed era as General’s Mysterious secrets are revealed in G.I.Joe America's Elite # 19-20 (Devils Due Jan – Feb 2007) in the 2 parter “Emperor’s New Clothes” written by Editor Mike O’Sullivan. For those reading along in collected editions, this is in DD's 2007 Americas Elite TPB 4...

Diana Davis interview - The road to ARAH 301 at Skybound Recorded 16th November 2023 as a YouTube livestream https://www.youtube.com/live/lReXmh4iIYE?si=XtuyzlvgWFXp6FZt This audio only version has been edited for pauses etc. We don't share any images on screen, so audio only is my recommended option for listening to this one. Following the release of ARAH issue 301, Mark catches up with Sybound's...

Mark and Tim from Talking Joe had the privilege of moderating Josh Blaylock's panel at Assembly Required GI Joe convention on Sat 4th November 2023. Here is the recording of that panel! A note of caution - The audio on this panel recording aren't up to our normal high quality studio standard but relatively clear. I did a bit more of an audio clean-up on this Podcast version. A video version of thi...

Here it is, the episode you’ve been waiting for, ever since G.I. Joe ARAH # 300 was released 23rd November 2022! Mark and Tim talk about issue of G.I. Joe ARAH # 301 released 15thNovember 2023 We talk in depth about the issue, the new creative team and more. Mark wonders how well the issue addresses the cliff-hanger questions from issue 300 - · Will the Joes be able to carry through on their attac...

TALKING JOE 228 - RON WAGNER INTERVIEW - G.I. JOE LEGEND On Friday 3rd of November Mark and Tm were in Des Moines Iowa for the Assembly Required GI Joe convention. You can find out more at https://www.codenameiowa.com/ Des Moines is the home town of GI Joe artist Ron J. Wagner and he is a regular attendee at the show. Tim and I had the privilege of meeting Ron in person, finding an empty echoey co...

Talking joe talking to Joe. Its the Joe Casey G.I. Joe America's Elite Deep Dive Interview Joe talks with Mark & Tim about his time writing America's Elite. We find out all about his original pitch and how closely he kept to it, his childhood encounters with GI Joe, why his run came to an end and so much more. We also resurrect everyone's favourite segment - "Devils Due or Devils Poo?" Audio only...

TALKING JOE 226 - DISAVOWED - G.I. Joe Americas Elite 15-18 (Devils Due September 2006 – December 2006) Mark and Tim continue to look back at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite # 15-18 (Devils Due September 2006 – December 2006) as the Joe Casey run concludes. PHOENIX GUARD! BARONESS! GENERAL REY! DUKE! And caught in the middle is the G.I. JOE team members that are still standing! One...

TALKING JOE 225 - Recap summary of G.I. Joe ARAH 155.5 - 300 IDW ERA extended plot breakdown! (Authors note. As it happens this is probably the most time consuming episode I've ever made - I began a recap read through of the IDW series writing down a summary of each issue with this episode in mind many months ago. as you can imagine, re-reading 150 odd issues and making notes, then condensing thos...

G.I. Joe 291 - 300 plot summary recap of High Stakes & All in - the Cobra Casino saga from IDW - prepare for 301 at Skybound / Image Its a bonus episode with recycled content. Youtube version here: https://youtu.be/ja_DhOXe8Os To get you up to speed for the start of GI Joe #301 at Skybound, Mark summarises the plot for issues 291-300 of GI Joe A Real American Hero written by Larry Hama, with art b...

Comic News - 21 October 2023 - ARAH, Duke, CC covers and previews Youtube version https://youtu.be/5skFFwyjv2w Patreon post with images: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91393075 There's been a lot of comics news, so Mark gets you up to speed on the latest news, announcements, and cover reveals from the last few weeks (up to date as at 21 October 2023 ) covering ARAH, Duke, CC and more.

TALKING JOE 223 - Disavowed - G.I. Joe America’s Elite # 13 - 14 (2006) Find it at your favourite Podcast platform. Links to those platforms can be found at https://talkingjoe.co.uk/ Direct episode link Mark and Tim are continuing to look back at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite # 13 -14 (Jul-Aug 2006) as the Joe Casey run continues. For those reading along in trades, this is collect...

TALKING JOE 222 - DISAVOWED - G.I. Joe Americas Elite: Hunt for Cobra commander Mark and Tim are continuing to look back at the Disavowed era with G.I. Joe America's Elite 25 cent special "The Hunt For Cobra commander" (Devils due, May 2006) For those reading along in trades, this is collected in 2007 Americas Elite TPB 3 (which collects 13-18), and possibly the IDW volume 3 but i don't have that...

TALKING JOE 221 - Disavowed - Special Missions Tokyo (Devils Due 2006) We are continuing our look at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite Special missions Tokyo (Devils Due September 2006) http://cast.rocks/hosting/15498/SPECIAL-MISSIONS-TOKYO.mp3 For those reading along, this is collected in G.I.JOE AMERICA'S ELITE: SPECIAL MISSIONS TPB March 2007 collecting Manhattan, Tokyo, Antartica...

Talking Joe - My Palitoy Story with Bob Brechin & Brian Hickey Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/3cR4v0SMBLA?si=6pDdX1unnCP59Lam Mark talks to Palitoy & Action force Legend Bob Brechin about his new book and also joined by the book's designer Brian Hickey Thanks to Blood For the Baron, the AMAZING Action force website, where i sourced the Action force merchandise images from: https://www.bloodfo...

TALKING JOE 219 - Disavowed - G.I. Joe America’s Elite # 9 - 12 (2006) TALKING JOE 219 - Disavowed - G.I. Joe America’s Elite # 9 - 12 (2006) We are continuing our look at the Disavowed era with G.I.Joe America's Elite # 9-12 (Devils Due March 2006 – June 2006) as the Joe Casey run continues and we overload on ninja magic. For those reading along, this is collected in 2006 Americas Elite TPB 2 Tie...