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01-08-2008, 09:42 AM | #1 |
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anybody care to give me a little history of the origin of Cobra Commander...the only knowledge of G.I.Joe that I have comes from the toon, and as far as I know was never explained...I'm sure the comics did though
what's his back-story? how did he become the leader he is?...how did he become "evil"... I only ask because I see people would be very unhappy if they use the origin story in the first script for the movie...is this because it is very inaccurate compared to the comics? personally I like the idea, although it's very cliché, I think it's kinda cool...please fill me in so that I can be disgusted too... thanks guys in advance |
01-08-2008, 10:07 AM | #2 |
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http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Gi...s/773&start=15
Search for "commander", someone posted what he was in the comics. "In the comics he was a used car salesman who believed the government was the source of his bad life, his son's death, etc..." Nice piece of information i never knew cuz i grew up watching the cartoons... will eventually read the comics when i have the time. |
01-08-2008, 10:28 AM | #3 |
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01-08-2008, 10:36 AM | #4 |
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[QUOTE=ShadoViper]http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Gi...s/773&start=15
QUOTE] off topic, but I was wondering if there was an entry for when GI Joe jumped the shark back in the 80's. |
01-08-2008, 10:42 AM | #5 |
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Toon: Scientist for Cobra-La who got mutated in a lab accident
US Comic: Used Car salesman who believed the government ruined his life UK Comic: Baron Ironblood, leader of the Red Shadows decided to kill all of his loyal followers and start fresh with a snake themed terrorist organization called Cobra. He then started calling himself Cobra Commander As for how evil, Baron Ironblood and his right hand man, The Black Major, trained all the Red Shadows to fight to the death, even if it meant their death. In fact, many never survived the training exercises |
01-08-2008, 10:50 AM | #6 |
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good question and thanks for the breif history. i was only aware of the us comic history adn it's interesting to see what twist other media put on it.
is there some kinf og joe faq here that would have this info or is this all collected from various joe sites? i'd love to see a list of the most popular characters and their various histories/background collected in one place. |
01-08-2008, 10:54 AM | #7 |
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I think the link The Commander posted earlier is the best place for the US comic, as for the UK comic, you can't go wrong with www.bloodforthebaron.com They have all the UK comics scanned and archived
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01-08-2008, 11:42 AM | #8 |
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thanks again guys...good reads...
question though...is there ever any detail given about CC's youth?...before the irate salesman thing?...if not, i personally like the idea of him having a childhood connection to Duke, as (supposedly) in the 1st movie script...just so long as they possibly, at least, use the history that has already been established... Last edited by G.I.Eddie; 01-08-2008 at 11:50 AM.. |
01-08-2008, 11:50 AM | #9 |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G.I.Eddie
thanks again guys...good reads...
question though...is there ever any detail given about CC's youth?...before the irrate salesman thing?...if not, i personally like the idea of him having a childhood connection to Duke, as (supposedly) in the 1st movie script...just so long as they possibly, at least, use the history that has already been established... I've never seen anything about his youth (Mind you I have missed a lot of comics) As far as the movie is concerned, I think they should make their own history with elements from the US Comic. As much as I love Action Force and the Joe Toon Movie, I doubt those histories would work well |
01-08-2008, 11:54 AM | #10 |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shogi
As far as the movie is concerned, I think they should make their own history with elements from the US Comic.
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