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They make it clear in the final issues they know that Destro didn't make the Transformers.


* WrongGenreSavvy: At the conclusion, Duke continues to believe M.A.R.S. to be the makers of the Transformer robots, Hawk and the nascent GI Joe agency are starting to suspect the same, while Destro suspects they're being made by an unknown third party. None of them yet comprehend that the robots are sentient beings entirely from another planet.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: At the conclusion, Duke continues to believe M.A.R.S. to be the makers of the Transformer robots, Hawk and the nascent GI Joe agency are starting to suspect the same, while Destro suspects they're being made by an unknown third party. None of them yet comprehend that the robots are sentient beings entirely from another planet.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: At the conclusion, Duke continues to believe M.A.R.S. to be the makers of the Transformer robots, Hawk and the nascent GI Joe agency are starting to suspect the same, while Destro suspects they're being made by an unknown third party. None of them yet comprehend that the robots are sentient beings entirely from another planet.
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* NoSell: Duke makes an ineffectual punch on a B.A.T., which then simply sweeps Duke aside. Even when Duke rips its head off, the B.A.T. ''still'' after him until Duke finally shuts it down by smashing its head on its power source.

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* NoSell: Duke makes an ineffectual punch on a B.A.T., which then simply sweeps Duke aside. Even when Duke rips its head off, the B.A.T. is ''still'' going after him until Duke finally shuts it down by smashing its head on its power source.

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* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:Hawk shows Duke a footage of Optimus Prime firing with Megatron's arm.]]



* MoeGreeneSpecial: The Baroness delivers one [[spoiler:on Major Bludd. But it didn't kill him; only slowed him down temporarily.]]

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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Duke grabs a M.A.R.S.-made assault rifle to take out a B.A.T., but he quickly finds out it is unloaded. So he decide to use it as a club to disorient the B.A.T. and long enough to tear its head off.
* MoeGreeneSpecial: The Baroness delivers one [[spoiler:on Major Bludd. [[NotQuiteDead But it didn't kill him; him]]; only slowed him down temporarily.]]



* NoSell: Duke makes an ineffectual punch on a B.A.T., which then simply sweeps Duke aside. Even when Duke rips its head off, the B.A.T. ''still'' after him until Duke finally shuts it down by smashing its head on its power source.




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* UseYourHead: Duke rejects Destro's offer to find the flying robot by headbutting him. However, Destro is left [[NoSell unaffected due to his head made out of metal]] while Duke is left with a large bruise on his forehead.
**Duke use the decapitated head of a B.A.T. to smash its power source.
* WeCanRuleTogether: After Duke is roughed up by a B.A.T., Destro offers Duke to work for him and M.A.R.S. while proposing to find the flying robot that killed Frosting. Duke rejects his offer by [[UseYourHead headbutting]] Destro's metal head.
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** [[spoiler: In order to join what will become G.I. Joe [[DeathFakedForYou Duke's death is faked for him]]. This mirrors the original G.I. Joe IDW comics where faking ones death was a mandatory part of joining the team]].

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** [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In order to join what will become G.I. Joe [[DeathFakedForYou Duke's death is faked for him]]. This mirrors the original G.I. Joe IDW comics where faking ones death was a mandatory part of joining the team]].
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** [[spoiler: In order to join what will become G.I. Joe [[DeathFakedForYou Duke's death is faked for him]]. This mirrors the original G.I. Joe IDW comics where faking ones death was a mandatory part of joining the team]].

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* EnemyMine: Duke and the Baroness have to work together to escape an underground prison they're both dumped in, [[spoiler:and a M.A.R.S. kill squad led by Major Bludd]]. Once out they part ways, so their partnership is nothing close to how it was in [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra the first live-action film]], though it might bring that to mind.



* MoeGreeneSpecial: The Baroness delivers one [[spoiler:to Major Bludd]].

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* MoeGreeneSpecial: The Baroness delivers one [[spoiler:to [[spoiler:on Major Bludd]].Bludd. But it didn't kill him; only slowed him down temporarily.]]
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* MoeGreeneSpecial: The Baroness delivers one [[spoiler:to Major Bludd]].
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Bludd survived.


* DeathByIrony: Unlike in other continuities, [[spoiler:Major Bludd has both of his eyes]] when he debuts in issue #3. Then the Baroness gives him the MoeGreeneSpecial in the same issue.

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* DeathByCameo:
** Dr. Adele Burkhart, a minor character from Creator/MarvelComics' ''G.I. Joe'' series, is featured and killed in issue #1.
** [[spoiler:Major Bludd]] appears in issue #3, but then killed [[spoiler:by the Baroness]].

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* DeathByCameo:
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DeathByCameo: Dr. Adele Burkhart, a minor character from Creator/MarvelComics' ''G.I. Joe'' series, is featured and killed in issue #1.
** [[spoiler:Major Bludd]] appears in issue #3, but then killed [[spoiler:by the Baroness]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A dying Dr. Burkhart tells Duke that the man who shot her and the alien conspiracy theorists "flew all the way from Australia." [[spoiler:Her killer, Major Bludd, shows up in Issue #3 to track down Duke and even brags to him about what he did to his victims.]]
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->'''Duke''' I have followed every order to the best of my ability sir. And right now my country is ''lying'' to me. I'm getting answers. I will know what that [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} flying robot]] is, then I'm taking it out.

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->'''Duke''' ->'''Duke:''' I have followed every order to the best of my ability sir. And right now my country is ''lying'' to me. I'm getting answers. I will know what that [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} flying robot]] is, then I'm taking it out.
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->'''Duke''' I have followed every order to the best of my ability sir. And right now my country is ''lying'' to me. I'm getting answers. I will know what that [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} flying robot]] is, then I'm taking it out.
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In the page that shows the Cobra weapons and vehicles being developed, i nthe lower right hand corner we clearly see the silhouettes of Battle Android Troopers, as well as a CLAW hanging from the ceiling.


** The weapons shown developed at M.A.R.S. include H.I.S.S. tanks, F.A.N.G.s, and S.N.A.K.E.s.

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** The weapons shown developed at M.A.R.S. include H.I.S.S. tanks, F.A.N.G.s, and B.A.T.s, S.N.A.K.E.s.s, and a C.L.A.W.

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