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07-17-2022, 10:02 PM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Houston
Posts: 2,449
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So, what's the "timeline" for the Cobra Ninja troops?
In the Marvel comic, there were Red Ninja that worked directly for Storm Shadow in "Silent Interlude". Years later, in the 2nd "silent issue" (#84), there were Red Ninja working for Zartan, hunting Jinx and Storm Shadow, during his run as a Joe operative. In the following issue (#85), Zartan is sitting on his skull throne, and the Red Ninja are loyal to him. Were these rogue Arashikage ninja, or Cobra Ninja? We never had that action figure, but there was a mail-in Cobra Ninja Viper with the vintage line (kind of a teal / aqua color), so an official Ninja Viper existed. Then with the 25th line we had a Cobra Red Ninja, and the file card states something about them working directly for Cobra Commander (and they're vehicle operators? kind of weird, like the Vypra stuff). We also had a carded 25th Ninja Viper (teal / aqua color), which, according to the file card, are selected from Vipers to undergo specialized ninja training. Plus, there are Night Creeper ninja, which seem to be neither. So, long story short, Cobra has both Red Ninja and Ninja Vipers (teal), even though, in the Marvel comic, they always seemed to be red. The Night Creepers love technology, the Ninja Vipers are Old School, but will also pack a Mini-Uzi, and the Red Ninja are pretty traditional, even though in the comic they also carried Micro-Uzis and MAC-10's. Just staring my carded figures and sorting some shit in my head... |
07-18-2022, 02:24 AM | #2 |
Commando
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Britain
Posts: 3,827
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Some of the Red Ninjas are Arishikage. Some are loyal to Zartan, some work for Firefly.
Night Creepers are a separate clan. |
07-18-2022, 05:21 AM | #3 |
Dark Lord of the Mods
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 7,331
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I think the Night Creepers are a mercenary group, similar to the Dreadnoks. They're loyal to Cobra as long as they get paid. They're basically Swiss bankers, or something like that.
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