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01-25-2022, 02:23 PM | #31 |
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Larry Hamma is the writer who wrote the file card and wrote the stories concerning the relationship between Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Zartan (Hard-master, Soft-master, etc). According to him--at least back in 1985--Zartan was an enhanced human, genetically altered with Chameleon DNA. This was revealed on page 13 of issue 48 of the story written by Larry Hamma. In those stories (roughly issues 45-47) Zartan infiltrates G.I.Joe disguised as Rip Cord and Doc performs a blood test on him (not knowing he is Zartan). This revealed that Zartan had been genetically modified with chameleon DNA. In a fight between Gung Ho and Zartan, it was revealed that Gung Ho could not best Zartan in a fight because Zartan had enhanced strength / agility resulting from the same process. This doesn't "negate" all of the other facets of his character, such as his training as a spy, martial arts, languages, and being a master of disguise. Those would be the reasons he was selected for the augmentation process to begin with. The writer that creates a character pretty much is the ultimate authority. The less I know about Zartan the better. All I need to know is that he's a badass. |
01-25-2022, 02:24 PM | #32 |
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The singer of Whitesnake.
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01-25-2022, 02:41 PM | #33 |
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I like the Renegades, one of a kind chameleon mold suite that imprinted onto his DNA explanation. Infrared messing with the suits machines would explain his direct sunlight aversion and skin turning blue too. Also explains his mechanical sounding voice.
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01-25-2022, 03:01 PM | #34 |
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He's some kind of space alien. His voice was always put through some kind of effects filter in the cartoon and he turns blue in the sun.
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01-25-2022, 03:23 PM | #35 |
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Holograms like the comics.
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01-25-2022, 03:49 PM | #36 |
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01-25-2022, 03:53 PM | #37 |
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Quote:
Sorry to necro an old thread...
Larry Hamma is the writer who wrote the file card and wrote the stories concerning the relationship between Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Zartan (Hard-master, Soft-master, etc). According to him--at least back in 1985--Zartan was an enhanced human, genetically altered with Chameleon DNA. This was revealed on page 13 of issue 48 of the story written by Larry Hamma. In those stories (roughly issues 45-47) Zartan infiltrates G.I.Joe disguised as Rip Cord and Doc performs a blood test on him (not knowing he is Zartan). This revealed that Zartan had been genetically modified with chameleon DNA. In a fight between Gung Ho and Zartan, it was revealed that Gung Ho could not best Zartan in a fight because Zartan had enhanced strength / agility resulting from the same process. This doesn't "negate" all of the other facets of his character, such as his training as a spy, martial arts, languages, and being a master of disguise. Those would be the reasons he was selected for the augmentation process to begin with. The writer that creates a character pretty much is the ultimate authority. And while you're certainly correct that LH is officially the ultimate authority on the topic, I find the vast web of toy-inspired headcanon to be one of the key differentiators between GI Joe and other comics/cartoon IP, and I love reading how other folks have reinterpreted characters in their own stories and universes. Given the "your head canon" qualifier on the thread title, it would seem I'm not the only one!
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01-25-2022, 10:21 PM | #38 |
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Quote:
Sorry to necro an old thread...
Larry Hamma is the writer who wrote the file card and wrote the stories concerning the relationship between Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Zartan (Hard-master, Soft-master, etc). According to him--at least back in 1985--Zartan was an enhanced human, genetically altered with Chameleon DNA. This was revealed on page 13 of issue 48 of the story written by Larry Hamma. In those stories (roughly issues 45-47) Zartan infiltrates G.I.Joe disguised as Rip Cord and Doc performs a blood test on him (not knowing he is Zartan). This revealed that Zartan had been genetically modified with chameleon DNA. In a fight between Gung Ho and Zartan, it was revealed that Gung Ho could not best Zartan in a fight because Zartan had enhanced strength / agility resulting from the same process. This doesn't "negate" all of the other facets of his character, such as his training as a spy, martial arts, languages, and being a master of disguise. Those would be the reasons he was selected for the augmentation process to begin with. The writer that creates a character pretty much is the ultimate authority. Thanks for the canon reminder MajesticLizard! Loving everyone's headcanon, love this stuff! I've always thought of Zartan as a mixture of original canon and his Sunbow interpretation. I've always thought he was perfect as a character - Yo Joe! Last edited by deathvalleymachine; 01-25-2022 at 10:26 PM.. |
01-25-2022, 11:26 PM | #39 |
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To me, Zartan is an enhanced human who has had holography implants and chameleon genetic alteration. His siblings? Maybe, maybe not.
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01-26-2022, 01:32 AM | #40 |
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I always envision a separate universe where Zartan and the dreadnoks are motorcycle riding vampires, They perform as Cold Slither, a c-list rock band, they travel to town to town, playing gigs, feasting on groupees, and robbing the surrounding area blind
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