>>11555434There's a distinction between sci-fi elements that are not strictly real, but can still be explained with science and could plausibly be real within the next 50 years or already as some super secret skunkworks used by an elite special force like G.I.Joe. Jetpacks, laser guns, orbital lasers, power armor, DNA manipulation, androids. And "sci-fi" elements that are closer to pure fantasy like literal magic, ghosts, time travel and underground lizardmen, all the weird stuff from the cartoons.
Hard science fiction vs soft sci-fi / fantasy.
I always got the sense Hama writes about futuristic technologies and their possibilities for warfare with the passion of someone who reads actual SF authors like Heinlein. Even when the story goes to unlikely places like space he tries to keep it semi plausible. No doubt he was rolling his eyes at a lot of the stuff coming from Hasbro but only because he cares more about the genre than the toy designers who just make whatever they think looks cool.
