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Real life inspiration for Cobra?
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07-12-2018, 08:44 PM
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Hydra was definitely the model pitched by Goodwin, Hama, and refined by Hama and Rudat.
My hypothesis:
Cobra is a militia group that is intent on overthrowing the U.S. Government and seizing power forming a new Government.
In the cartoon they did exactly that.
Cobra decimated G.I.Joe and took over the government. A new dictatorship led by Cobra Commander. (Worlds Without End)
In the comics Cobra Commander won the hearts and minds of dissidents, and then brainwashed those who resisted with the Brainwave scanners. (Millville)
Wingfield had his own militia group in Montana in issue 4 that the Joes were sent to stop from having nuclear weaponry.
He was the budget version of Cobra. A compound full of people training to be soldiers to take over the government.
Cobra is an extremely large very well funded grass roots militia group intent on taking over the U.S.
I don't recall how prevalent militia groups were in the media (Gordon Kahl was 1983) but there must have been some knowledge, because Hama portrayed militias in issue 4.
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