"Special Forces" (GI Joe): How much do you remember those strange villains?

With the release of "Special Forces: The Origin of Snake Eyes" ,

evoked a wave of memories in everyone's hearts. Maybe "Hasbro" (Hasbro) and themselves did not expect that the scattered stories compiled for the sale of 12-inch active soldiers (later changed to 3.75 inches) would form such a complete and huge worldview, which would affect several Childhood of a generation of children.

In the 1970s, the U.S. military was stuck in the quagmire of the Vietnam War and . Driven by the domestic anti-war wave, the soldier toy business of Hasbro was naturally greatly affected, so they themselves had a strong desire to improve the military. Negative image in the minds of ordinary people. So a cartoon about a group of veterans working together against evil forces was launched by the toy company in cooperation with the military. Of course, the characters are all from the soldier dolls that Hasbro launched earlier.

Today I will take you to review the classic villains in "Special Forces" .


Firefly (Firefly)

Firefly is one of the first villains of Hasbro (earlier than "Snake Eye" and "White Ghost"). No one knows his true identity, only that the father of firefly was once a mercenary. Because he owed a huge debt, he sent the young firefly to Kogariyu clan to repay the debt. After that, he quickly grew into a Kogariu ninja , and he inherited his father's career and continued to work in his father's line.

With the rise of "cobra" , international terrorist activities have rapidly increased, and many infiltration and sabotage services have been outsourced. Firefly is the main undertaker of these services. Although he charges a lot and never accepts refunds, "Commander Cobra" trusts him very much. Many high-value targets are handed over to Firefly , including the task of assassinating "Snake Eye" . .

Firefly soon realized during the execution that he could not defeat "snake eye" head-on, so he secretly obtained the heart rate of "snake eye" , and then used a composite tracking infrared heart rate The bow sniped the opponent from an impossible angle. This seemingly perfect plan is about to succeed, but it happened that the master of "snake eye" taught the apprentices to control breathing and heartbeat at Lanying Dojo. The master is demonstrating how to imitate the heart rate of "snake eye" When he was stabbed in the heart by a flying arrow, he died.

This incident also caused "Storm Shadow" (Storm Shadow) to be mistaken for the murderer of the master. The latter had to escape the Lanying clan with a grudge, and was eventually used by the Cobra Group.


"Crimson Twins" (Crimson Twins)

lead the Cobra Group's elite unit "Crimson Guard" (Crimson Guard) is a pair of twins, respectively named Tomax (Tomax) and Xamot (Xamot) , So the two of them are also called "Scarlet Twins" . The two brothers

were originally the mafia on Corsica , and later joined the French Foreign Legion to participate in the Algerian War of Independence . However, during the war, the two found that they were more proficient in calculation rather than charging into battle, so they fled to South America to bluff and deceive. Because they look almost exactly the same and only use one identity publicly, they have a special advantage when they cheat. When they are absorbed into "Cobra" , "Scarlet Twins" has become a bank in Zurich Director.

The outside world was able to distinguish between the two brothers until Sheemate was almost captured by special forces in an operation, leaving obvious scars on his face.

"Scarlet Twins" has a very good understanding of the financial status of "Cobra" , and has approached many senior officials. Later, with excellent management capabilities, they took over most of the group's profitable business (mainly advanced weapons sales and speculative business), so they The two can be regarded as the signature characters of "Cobra" .


James McCullen Destro (James McCullen Destro)

Although James Destro is also a villain, he does not Not a member of the "Cobra Group" . The Destro family has been sowing discord among European countries since the Middle Ages to gain political capital. In modern times, it has become the world’s major weapon manufacturer and between countries. The war for them is unlimited business opportunities. Although

has reached the James generation, the Destro family has become less powerful than before, but he still relies on his outstanding personal ability to integrate the existing family resources to establish " MARS", an enterprise specializing in the development and production of advanced weapons. The rise of "Cobra" just gave "MARS" a chance to grow. The silver mask of

Destro is his most remarkable The mask is made of beryllium gold. As early as a few centuries ago, during the Rose War in England, an ancestor of the Destro family was discovered to Lancaster family and York family Both sides of sold weapons at the same time. After the war, this man was intimidated by a group of nobles and put on a steel mask to humiliate and frighten the descendants of Destro family (both sides were unwilling to execute him because they still wanted They want their family’s weapons). However, in the view of the Destro family , war is only a manifestation of the most natural state of mankind, so the people did not regard this matter as a family stain, but regarded it as a symbol of pride. Since then, every Destro patriarch will give this mask to the next generation as a family heirloom, which lasts for more than 20 generations.

has arrived at James, and he will always wear the mask of his ancestors to remind himself to both sides of the war. How dangerous it is to sell weapons, “but more importantly, don’t get caught” . So he redesigned the family mask with beryllium gold , and the modified mask adds convenient functions such as bulletproof and perspective.

Although "Cobra" is Destro's most important customer, he doesn't like Cobra Commander, and the alliance between the two sides is only for profit. In some cases, Destro will also choose to help special forces (of course Is to achieve self-interest), so Cobra refers to Officials often call him a double-handed villain. But James Destro didn't agree, he thought his career was far more important and noble than the guy understood.


"Cobra-La" (Cobra-La)

"Cobra-La" is not a character, but an ancient human civilization that once ruled the world. Later, because of the arrival of the ice age, the civilization retreated to hide in caves in the lower Himalayas. After entering the modern era, "cobra-la" tried to rule the earth again. They naturally regarded themselves as the master of the whole world, and later humans were just samples they used to fill the gene bank .

The current leader of "Cobra-La" is an immortal named Golobulus (Golobulus) . Over the long years, he has used advanced biotechnology within the clan to integrate other body organs except the central nervous system. Once replaced, some body parts do not even belong to human beings or any known earth species, but they are the result of gene editing cloned, so sometimes Golob Bruce does not look like a human being. After

entered modern society, Goro Bruce noticed a young man who was disfigured in an experimental accident, trying to achieve hegemony through himHe was the later Cobra Commander.


"Serpentor" (Serpentor)

"Cobra Emperor" is a clone created by Goro Bruce and his subordinate Dr. Mindbender (Dr. Mindbender) , originally they planned to make z "Cobra Group" A super soldier. For this reason, he smashed the tombs of many ancient emperors, just to get the DNA of those great warriors in history ( Napoleon , Hannibal , Julius Caesar , Genghis Khan Etc.), they even used the corpse of "White Ghost" killed by "Baroness" .

But what they did not expect is that those great fighters themselves are also greater conquerors. "The Great Cobra" has keen military talent, courage, courage, and charm, and has inherited the ability of "White Ghost" and even better than the latter in terms of fighting skills, so he will soon not be Contented to be another conquer tool, began to challenge the authority of cobra commander .


"Cobra Commander" (Cobra Commander)

No one will forget the sharp clamor he made after being defeated by the special forces of ; he is a model of repeated defeats and more frustrated; even in the "Cobra Group" Internally, he is not the most authoritative one, and he has even been forced to step down several times by his subordinates, but he can squeeze out his opponents and return to his job every time with a tenacious will. He is the "Cobra Commander" Official".

"Cobra Commander" never deceives himself, beautify his behavior into principles or glory. He always generously admits that this is done for control and power. He is ruthless and personified with hatred. And as a meticulous person, he likes to personally supervise all important projects, and sometimes even personally participate in military struggles. The setting of

"Cobra Commander" has undergone several changes. In the original Marvel comics, he was an ordinary second-hand car salesman. Because of his paranoid personality, he had little achievement in his career. It was such a person who suddenly appeared in the small town of Springfield , transformed himself into a cult organization called "cobra" in the name of the leader, and gathered a large number of believers. It was later confirmed that he actually got it. Golubruce’s behind-the-scenes funding.

In the animated series, "Commander Cobra" became a downright noble (he was set as the younger brother of "The Baroness" in "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" in 2009).

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