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Tweak says, "You've stolen my soul!"

zechs27 (zechs27) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-27 15:37:00

Entry tags:

char: cobra commander, creator: larry hama, publisher: marvel comics, title: g.i. joe

Cobra Commander, Living the American Way

From G.I. Joe #100, Cobra lays seige to a midwestern town to turn it into another Springfield, USA (for those not in Joe lore it was a town that was all brainwashed to be pro Cobra and a base that later gets abandoned when the Joes invade it during #50).

This issue was double sized so I get a little more freedom to show you how Cobra take's over an American town with no one the wiser. Plus I get to show you this:

That dog's face is just priceless. And I actually think this was the first time he showed his cruelity knew no bounds with his first doggy punt.

Two Joes are in the town, Spirit and Mutt, they run like heck. Tele-Vipers take out the phone lines and take over the telephone exchange in the town. Meanwhile:

Translation to what the Commander really means:

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	silverzeo 2009-07-27 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	And people say that Bush was a bad public speaker. CC: Attention small dirt ball city, I have made coup on this very town, kicked a puppy, blown up the police station, and now have you herded together with arm soldiers. I am telling something that you here, and all will it cost is personal freedoms that you use everyday." Random Townsman: "Sound good to me. I trust him." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	box_in_the_box 2009-07-27 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	... Oh God, does this mean that Cobra Commander is ... an Osborn??? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sir_razorback 2009-07-28 01:15 am UTC (link)
	Makes more sense than any other theories I've heard. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	box_in_the_box 2009-07-28 01:19 am UTC (link)
	NO WONDER NORMAN OSBORN MANAGED TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD IN DEFIANCE OF ALL STORYTELLING LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE BEHIND THE SCENES, ALL ALONG, SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME, HE HAS SECRETLY BEEN AIDED BY HIS ANCESTORS IN ... COOO-BRAAA-LALALALALA!!! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-07-28 01:43 am UTC (link)
	Urgh, I had that toy when I was little. Though as I remember the movie made no sense to me at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-07-28 03:06 am UTC (link)
	I did to. I still refuse to watch anything but that opening due to how badly the Commander is treated in that. Also somebody modified that toy cause his bottom half looks different than I remember. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	"YOU DIDN'T EVEN WIN YOUR LOUSY WAR!" box_in_the_box 2009-07-27 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	FUCKING WOW, LARRY HAMA. Somebody was working off some resentment in his writing. :) This works much better than it has any right to. (Reply to this)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-07-27 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	I would totally vote for Cobra Commander if he was running for office. ... Okay, no I wouldn't. But the temptation would definitely be there. (Reply to this)

	escherichiacola 2009-07-27 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Cobra Commander/Sarah Palin 2012 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thokstar 2009-07-27 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	If Cobra Commander wanted the "My VP is hot" vote, he'd have the Baroness be his VP candidate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	crinosg 2009-07-27 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	Or Zartan. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hyperactivator 2009-07-27 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	For evil terrorists Cobra strikes me as quite nifty. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-07-27 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Good thing those two Joes just happened to be in that small town in the middle of nowhere. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-07-28 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Well Mutt's cousin's brother's friend was there thus he was. But then again there's so many damn Joes what can ya expect. Just one that knew that had to be there. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xandertarbert 2009-07-28 12:16 am UTC (link)
	"So what's your job at Cobra?" "We follow Cobra Commander around with a giant American flab banner, just in case he ever needs it." "Does that even happen?!" "You'd be surprised..." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-07-28 12:29 am UTC (link)
	Cobra Commander only breaks out the flab banner when he's trying to encourage the Vipers to get more exercise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-07-28 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Nah, he just encourages Mindbender to walk around in the nude for that. The way the scramble out of the way for days on end makes them lose twenty pounds fast. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-07-28 01:15 am UTC (link)
	I thought he uses the Dreadnoks for that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xandertarbert 2009-07-28 01:28 am UTC (link)
	He uses them when he wants the Vipers to work all night. Just slip them into the bunkhouses naked and the Vipers avoid them like the plague. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-07-28 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	See, cobra commander's no commie! (Reply to this)