Target-Exclusive Ultimate Battle Pack Pictures

I can't wait for this to come out so that one of my friends in the states can buy it and ship it to me. Unless if Zellers decides to carry this in Canada.

In case you haven't heard, this pack contains a red HISS Tank, Cobra Commander's Personal Flight Pod (a blue Trubble Bubble), a MOBAT (yep, it's still motorized), a modified Iron Grenadier Destro, Cobra Commander in his Battle Helmet (with stripe), a HISS Driver, a Cobra Vehicle Gunner, and on the Joes' side, Stalker with the JUMP, Steeler in his beige cammies, and Short-Fuze. That's right, baby. Short-Fuze. Original 13 FTW.

For pictures of the pack, click here!

Photos of New GI Joe Products Online

HissTank.com got some news from Diamond Comics Distribution: photos of upcoming Joe toys.

Combat Heroes Wave 2, 12" Wave 3, and the 25th Water Moccasin and Sky Hawk.

For photos and discussion, click here.

JoeCanuck.com's September Newsletter now Online

In Canada, we don't just have free health care, we have free GI Joe newsletters, too!

JoeCanuck.com, THE Canadian GI Joe message boards and online home of the Canadian Joe Convention, releases a newsletter every month with plenty of information for Joe fans. Previews, reviews, interviews, dio comics, Q&A sessions with Hasbro Canada... there's something for everyone, even non-Canadian Joe fans!

This latest issue focuses on army building, and the answers to a recent Q&A session with Hasbro Canada have been posted.

If you'd like to ask Hasbro Canada a question next time and/or if you're a Canadian Joe fan, become a member of JoeCanuck.com! (I'm SnakeEyesOnAPlane on the forums, if you need me.)

You can view the September Newsletter by checking out its thread. Click here.

This should be better!

Thanks to HissTank.com member and Ages 25 & Up reader Imperial_Serpentor for pointing out an annoying formatting issue here on the blog. There was a bad cropping issue, but I think it should be resolved now.

Instead of loading the comics at their full size, they will now be shrunk down in the posts. Click on the comics themselves to view them in their full-sized glory.

Let me know how this works. Thanks, guys!

COMIC - File #04: "In the Clutches of Death"

Last week, I was out on Saturday (Comicon FTW) and ended up posting the comic at 9 PM. To avoid that this week, I figured I'll just post this week's comic right now.

A lot of readers seem to feel bad for Clutch, as ol' Lance always seems to get the short end of the stick in Ages 25 & Up. Let's see the reaction to this issue, the longest yet, with larger panels and more action!

Click on the comic to view full size. Enjoy it, troopers!

After reading the comic, click here to view its Archive entry.    [OUTDATED; NOSTALGIC USE ONLY]

CLICK ON COMIC TO ENLARGE

Vexar Designs

I want to thank Vexar Designs for putting up an Ages 25 & Up ad on their site. Be sure to check out Vexar Designs for all your action figure diorama needs!

Unrelated: I'm going to be busy on Saturday, so to prevent you guys from having to wait all day like I did last weekend (sorry, was at the Comiccon), I'll put the comic up some time on Friday.

New Vehicles Commercial

Hasbro's updated their Monkey Bar TV section with a new commercial for the GI Joe 25th vehicles. You might find it funny.

Click here to watch it.

COMIC - File #03: "Taking Chances"

Whew, sorry about the wait, gang. I went to the Montreal Comiccon today, rummaged through bargain bins, found some grails of mine, met longtime Marvel artist Herb Trimpe (who signed some GI Joe comics for me), and met some pretty Transformers fangirls (thanks for helping me find that comic, you two. Hope you each got your Spotlight Arcee!) Came home and spent some time bagging, boarding, and sorting longboxes.

OK, enough with my R/L Drama. Here's this week's comic! Click on the comic to view full size. Enjoy.

After reading the comic, click here to view its Archive entry.    [OUTDATED; NOSTALGIC USE ONLY]

CLICK ON COMIC TO ENLARGE

Navigation Changes

Hey Gang.

I've made some changes to the navigation system in order to make it easier to browse through the comics. Sure, I've only posted 2 so far, but still.

Here's how it works:

At the top of the navbar on the left, there's a large button which will link you to "this week's comic," meaning the latest comic I've posted in case I ever fall a week behind! Click on that image to go the post containing the freshest comic.

Each comic will now have navigation buttons posted with them. Click on "Previous Comic" to view the post containing the previous comic. Click on "Next Comic" to to the post containing the next comic. (I link to posts and not the images themselves because sometimes there is information about the comic that might be useful to read, and in case you want to read/post comments.)

In case you want to view the images themselves without being burdened by 'posts,' 'comments,' 'text,' and 'literacy,' all you have to do is click on a comic strip to be brought to the Comic Image Archive. There you can browse all of the comics I've posted (and you might find upcoming comics I've uploaded but haven't posted yet!).

The navbar column on the left also has instructions written at the top in case you need them.

I hope that these changes make it easier for you guys to navigate the site and enjoy the comics. Thanks for browsing and sticking around!

Also, in case I forget to update links, let me know by posting a comment or sending me an email. Thanks for the help, guys!

One more thing, this Saturday, I'll be going to the Montreal Comic Con and I'll try to get some comics signed by Herb Trimpe. Fear not, once I get home and finish bagging/boarding my dollar-bin treasures, I'll post the next Ages 25 & Up strip. See you Saturday!

Ages 25 & Up Thread at HissTank.com Forums

I was a bit nervous about sharing my work with the gang over at "The Tank," I wasn't sure what they'd think of it. Well, I decided to try my luck and so far the reactions have been positive. Popular are Flash's attempt at humour and Clutch's exclamation of surprise: "Sweet Bouncing Tits." A lot of people seem to feel bad for ol' down-on-his-luck Clutch. We have a motto here at Ages 25 & Up: "Every Greasemonkey Will Have His Day."

Hang in there, Clutch. Your day will come, eventually.

You can check out the comments and contribute to the discussion by clicking here!