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01-17-2008, 09:57 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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THE CUSTOMS I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS ARE FINNALLY FINISHED. READ THE STORY BEHIND THE FIGURES. THEN LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: The GI Joe series was partially based on a previous Marvel pitch Larry Hama made to Marvel. STATUS: True In the early 80s, Hasbro came to Marvel looking to both have a comic book to tie into their new launch of smaller, more detailed GI Joes and also have a back story for the characters. Luckily, Marvel editor Larry Hama already had developed a series for Marvel that had not been picked up called Fury Force, which was about, oddly enough, a group of specialized soldiers who worked for SHIELD. The concepts very easily translated to Hasbro’s pitch, and Hama was given the job of not just writing the comic, but designing the backstory for each toy character. According to Hama (in an interview at QKTheatre.com), There were a lot of holdovers from the ‘Fury Force’ concept that I had been developing for Marvel at the time. The whole idea of a secret base under a motor pool, for instance. I even had a “Snake-Eyes†type character, who didn’t speak, had his face covered with a cowl and was a mysterious assassin type. He carried a pump shotgun and a commando knife in his boot and was actually inspired by the Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah (Wolf Who Stands in Water) character in the old ‘Yancy Derringer’ TV show. Luckily for us, Metropolis Comics got ahold of the original Fury Force design sheets, and they have a nice bit about it at this link. Here are some of the original designs: The whole team Hawk Scarlett Soon, all of these characters would make their way, in one form or another, into 1982’s smash hit, GI Joe #1. Oddly enough, though, while you might have expected that Cobra was just a substitute for Hydra, that was not the case. Archie Goodwin came up with the concept of Cobra after Hasbro approached Marvel. |
01-17-2008, 10:00 AM | #2 |
Crimson Guard
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FURY FORCE LOUIE LOUIE |
01-17-2008, 10:01 AM | #3 |
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01-17-2008, 10:01 AM | #4 |
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BRI JO
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01-17-2008, 11:34 AM | #5 |
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Awesome work man!
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01-17-2008, 01:04 PM | #6 |
Crimson Guard
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Thanks man!
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01-17-2008, 02:26 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, very cool work. Thanks for going in depth a little more with the Fury Force info. I knew some of it, but not all of what you shared.
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01-18-2008, 12:17 AM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
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Here's a better group picture
Last edited by vega-1; 01-18-2008 at 12:25 AM.. |
01-18-2008, 12:33 AM | #9 |
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Thats what that rifle looked like! Ive had that brown sniper rifle for decades now.....but the end has been broken off for aslong as I can remember. Its so odd to see it whole. Youve made this old mans day. And your Furry force is pretty cool too.
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01-19-2008, 12:04 AM | #10 |
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All I can say is that its totally about time someone pulled these off. Glad to see that it was someone with some skill and in the RAH stlye. Way to break away for the 25th Ann craze that has swept the boards.
Love your work, keep it up man. |
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