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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2664410" data-attributes="member: 13892">That bugged me, too - but what really got me was all of the Cobra baddies working together hand in hand under the rule of Cobra Commander. In the original series, all of the main Cobra baddies (Major Bludd, Dr. Mindbender, Zartan, Destro, Tomax, Xamot, etc) were all freelancers with their own goals and motivations who worked for Cobra under contract, but few of them were actually loyal to Cobra (save, perhaps, for the Baroness) - most of them were in it purely for personal gain. Note that Destro, Zartan, and the Crimson Guard (under the leadership of Tomax and Xamot) had all made power grabs at one time or another, attempting to seize control of Cobra for themselves. This whole 'One Evil Empire United' thing that Sigma Six has going on is largely a product of common Japanese anime conventions, and strays afar from the original Joe series (both comic and television). Cobra was more a marriage of convenince than a truly united evil empire in the old comics and cartoon series. [Addendum: Zartan has always had a chameleon ability, but I haven't seen it in Sigma Six yet - does it work differently now?]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 2664410, member: 13892"] That bugged me, too - but what really got me was all of the Cobra baddies working together hand in hand under the rule of Cobra Commander. In the original series, all of the main Cobra baddies (Major Bludd, Dr. Mindbender, Zartan, Destro, Tomax, Xamot, etc) were all freelancers with their own goals and motivations who worked for Cobra under contract, but few of them were actually loyal to Cobra (save, perhaps, for the Baroness) - most of them were in it purely for personal gain. Note that Destro, Zartan, and the Crimson Guard (under the leadership of Tomax and Xamot) had all made power grabs at one time or another, attempting to seize control of Cobra for themselves. This whole 'One Evil Empire United' thing that Sigma Six has going on is largely a product of common Japanese anime conventions, and strays afar from the original Joe series (both comic and television). Cobra was more a marriage of convenince than a truly united evil empire in the old comics and cartoon series. [Addendum: Zartan has always had a chameleon ability, but I haven't seen it in Sigma Six yet - does it work differently now?] [/QUOTE]

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