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08-11-2021, 01:35 PM | #161 |
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All I know is when I was a kid, we played with Torch, Buzzer, Ripper, Monkey Wrench, Roadpig, and Gnawgahyde as the Noks. Zartan even felt like he didnt really belong as one of them.. more like they were his hired thugs and he just used them.
We used Thrasher just to drive the Thundermachine.. And zarana and especially zandar never even made it out of the box. |
08-11-2021, 02:46 PM | #162 |
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Zartan is a biker as an identity that he assumed and became comfortable in that role. He's a businessman, a spiritualist, a soldier and a mover and shaker. We've never seen him really bond with the Dreadnoks on a personal level, he's always been the guy who rolls in and gives them a mission. To some degree I think they are his hired help, although he likes to be around them and they clearly like to have him around. They're kind of his tagalongs. He can operate as a solo assassin and mercenary without them, but they are there when he goes home. Their headquarters don't seem to be Dreadnok headquarters, they generally seem to be Zartan's headquarters and they never go home. Recently in the comics we have seen that Zartan has some level of huge financial transactions happening in Southeast Asia. So the full scale of the Dreadnoks isn't likely to be revealed yet.
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08-11-2021, 02:53 PM | #163 |
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I never had Zarana or Zandar. I didn't care for the bright color and I thought she was annoying in the cartoon. I don't remember much about her in the comic book except that I remember seeing her once and thought she was drawn better on the paper than the toon. Honestly while talking about the toon I always liked the comic better. People actually died and got hit unlike the cartoon. I don't know why I liked that better maybe cause it was more realistic as much as a 80's brand of that sort could be. I always like Zartan but not the dreadnoks. They seemed like the dumbest group every conceived in a cartoon.
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08-11-2021, 05:09 PM | #164 |
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I believe that was their purpose. I've read multiple times that LH had a bad experience with some Aussie soldiers whilst enlisted and he used these characters to vent his dislike of Australians. Not sure if he'd admit to that in today's culture, but it's certainly not an unheard of habit amongst writers. There's a chance he did not want them to be seen as more than simpletons and annoyances and those who followed in his shadow didn't let them evolve either.
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08-11-2021, 07:00 PM | #165 |
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All this aside, I must be on a ton of ignore lists.[/QUOTE]
Well, if you're not sure why, I'll be MORE than happy to explain it to ya.
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08-12-2021, 02:54 AM | #166 |
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Yeah, I knew Zarana existed because of the cartoon and a few key scenes in the comics - taking over the bus and the cat fight with Lady Jaye, and as one of Zartan's family and the second major woman in Cobra, she stood out.
Road Pig I wasn't aware of till I got the Dreadnok 7-pack, same as a lot of the characters in it When it comes to the Noks I tend to just ignore most of their canon characterization for my own headcanon - they're essentially the Hell's Angels or Bandidos moonlighting as a Hair Metal band, and do more illegal shit than both of them combined. They aren't sent in to fight the Joes one-on-one, but rather conduct sabotage and get into fights with regular law enforcement when Cobra needs them to destroy something...or when they don't, and Cold Slither is one of the Commander's many sources of revenue. |
08-12-2021, 11:40 AM | #167 |
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In terms of female characters, is Zarana more popular than Cover Girl?
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08-13-2021, 06:58 AM | #168 |
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A well deserved winner! ;)
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08-13-2021, 08:49 AM | #169 |
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Agreed. I would like it if they made better use of her possibilities and truly differentiated her from Baroness. And, yes, if they want to involve Zandar, that is fine. There are so many extravagant and unexplored characters in the franchise. Someone needs to put them to use!
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08-13-2021, 03:25 PM | #170 |
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I want everyone except bat or death metal. I could live without those. The others, I can't vote out...lol
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