DC Jones and Adventure Command International 2

Rescue at the Arctic Outpost

By: Jim Beard

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

Action figures on the loose!

It’s 1974, and Adventure Command International is still on the job in hotspots - and cold! - at the four corners of the wide world! After a harrowing year, Adventure Command’s members have taken their knocks and licked their wounds and now stand ready to plunge into a new set of three amazing adventures designed to thrill boys and girls of all ages!

Rev up the Mobile Command Vehicle and set up the Flying Recon! Give them both the gas for tales of action and suspense with the team in the frozen Arctic, along Florida’s space coast, and up the sides of one of Japan’s most active volcanos!

DC Jones and Adventure Command International 2 features all the characters, equipment, danger, and mystery you loved as a kid - and still crave as an adult!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Jim Beard (P)2022 Oasis Audio

An excellent action/adventure story that will bring out the kid in you!

DC Jones 2: Rescue at the Arctic Outpost is a fantastic follow up to the first DC Jones: Adventure Command International volume, Secret of the Sunken Tomb. Like that first book, Rescue at the Arctic Outpost is a collection of three separate stories that are linked together by an overarching narrative.

If you are not familiar with the Adventure Command premise, it is basically the author’s love letter to all the great action figure toys from the late 60s and early 70s, primarily the GI Joe and Big Jim toy lines. The fiction captures all the fun and nostalgia that are wrapped up with my many fond memories of playing with such toys, and reading these stories evokes a childlike sense of wonder without being childish.

The tone of the stories in this volume strike a perfect balance between action and character, and Beard skillfully gives each member of the Adventure Command distinct and easily identifiable personalities. The characters are broadly painted, yet they all have enough depth to be interesting. The interactions between Glenn and Kent in the second story, “Moonwalk Mystery”, were particularly fun and engaging. And Beard’s prose keeps the stories moving at a good clip with snappy dialogue and plenty of action. His writing just gets better and better with each new book.

The presentation of the book is every bit as good as the fiction. The cover art emulates the vintage packaging of an imagined Adventure Command toy playset, right down to a price tag sticker. It fits the tone of the book perfectly. Inside, there’s a roll call of the characters, with each character bio accompanied by a portrait. Again, it’s like something straight off a vintage toy package, and it’s a nice way to put a face to the names in the stories.

The audio version is where this book really shines. The narrator, Johnny Heller, has the perfect voice and delivery for this type of story. The real gems, though, are the DC Jones: Adventure Command theme song and the faux toy commercials. They are both spot on, and they add a lot of fun to the experience. Audio is definitely the way I will go with any future DC Jones books.

Over all, DC Jones 2: Rescue at the Arctic Outpost is an excellent read, and it’s well worth upgrading to the audio version. My highest recommendation!