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08-04-2022, 11:48 AM
Dust Viper
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Well, once we got the Iron Grenadiers, yeah. But prior to that all the media basically presented him as Cobra Commander's exasperated second-in-command (or maybe third-in-command depending on where you view the Baroness as being in the command structure). He showed more independence in the comics but even then seemed pretty inextricably linked to Cobra as an organization until he split off on his own.
There were a lot of Cobra individuals that were basically written up as being mercenaries and freelancers, but for all the talk that implied "standing apart" a whole bunch of them ended up with Cobra logos on their clothes (and stamped on their cardbacks).
Its pretty simple, if you have a Cobra logo on your figure. You are Cobra. Destro did not. Guys like Firefly, Wild Weasel, Storm Shadow, Scrap Iron did.
Filecard says, "He dons his silver battle mask (a family tradition) and enters the battle himself, either with COBRA Command (Destro is their major weapons supplier) or against them if its better for business."
I'd also argue the figure packaging (card art/filecard) trumps all licensed media in terms of information. The reason Destro stands apart is he was his own man.
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