A few years ago, I had the privilege of writing an  article  for Bloody-Disgusting.com in which I detail the magical and bizarre history behind the Stephen King and Owen King influenced creation of the GI Joe character, Crystal Ball. It was a very big honor and something that I still look back and feel very proud of. So imagine how excited I was to find out that Hasbro was giving ol’ CB a modern update in the fan-favorite GI Joe Classified line. Obviously, I had to have it and thanks to my friend Ash, I was able to score one…and had quite a few thoughts. So many thoughts in fact, that I had to dust off this blog and write about it.  Now a little history here. Crystal Ball, a Cobra hypnotist/interrogator,  was originally released in 1987 to absolute ZERO fanfare. He was not a beloved character. In fact, if you were a Joe fan or collector, I’d probably say he was one of the last figures you’d want in your collection at the time. Even “The Godfather of GI Joe...