One of the many lessons that
DC has taught us over the years is that war is often
weird. (Also, that sports are often
strange...but that's another post).
So for this week's
Friday Night Fights, let's head back to
WWII.
G.I. Robot has just been destroyed!!
J.A.K.E. #1 (
Jungle Killer Automatic Experimental #1--what, you didn't know that?) sacrificed himself to save the
Creature Commandos--and the entire Pacific Fleet!--from the terrors of
Atlantis II (see, I told you
war was weird!!)
The focal point of the whole Pacific theater is now the tiny island of
Tattu--control its airstrip, and you have a massive tactical advantage. The Japanese know this, and given J.A.K.E.'s demise, they've decided that it's time to unveil their
own secret weapon:
Krakko,
the invincible Samurai robot!!
How tough is Krakko?
Well, that's it! Curtains for our marines, right?
No!! It's
J.A.K.E. #2, just airdropped to the island!!! (These days, we'd call him
J.A.K.E. 2.0, but hey, WWII, right?)
But
can J.A.K.E. #2 take on Krakko??
And is J.A.K.E.
tough enough to withstand mechanical samurai fury??
Uh...no.
Well, as Krakko turns menacingly on our marines, I guess that's
the end of this Friday Night Fight, right?
Hold on...what's
this?
Now,
that's having a good head on your shoulders! Or...J.A.K.E. was
head and shoulders above Krakko!! Or...
Spacebooger just shot me before I could make another head joke.
The cool parts of war that HBO mysteriously left out of The Pacific were brought to you by Robert Kanigher and Fred Carrillo in Weird War Tales #113 (1982).Now it's time to
go and vote for my fight this week. Because seriously--
a robot soldier just whipped around his own head like a wrecking ball to destroy a samurai robot. I should win just on the description
alone. But J.A.K.E. #2 gave up his head to defend your rights, so vote for one of the other fights, if you desire. But vote.
