Death Week: Serpentor

[alexanderlucard]

One can easily say that the entire G.I. Joe comic revolved around three characters: Zartan, Cobra Commander and Snake Eyes, although you could expand that to include Scarlett, Baroness and Storm Shadow. One of the highlights of the comic for me as a child was the "Cobra Civil War" where ex-Crimson Guardsman turned fake Cobra Commander and his forces square off against Serpentor and his forces, who also have G.I. Joe on their side. As a kid, everyone expected Serpentor to win, but well, things didn't go down that way.

Beneath the cut, one of the most memorable death scenes I've ever seen in a comic, for many reasons.












Tags: Char: Serpentor, Char: Cobra Commander/Fred VII, Char: Zartan, Char: Zarana, Char: General Hawk, Char: Roadblock, Title: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Creator: Larry Hama, Creator: Ron Wagner

Comments

[lbd_nytetrayn]

That was pretty awesome by Zartan...

...but it's too late; Robot Chicken has set him in my mind forever:

"...but seriously, folks: don't marry Jewish."

"ZARtaaaaan! We're going to be late for Seder!"

"...kill me."

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[proteus_lives]

History-pwn!

[foxhack]

So wait, this so-called ultimate badass was killed with a friggin' arrow to the face?

[alexanderlucard]

Yep. Because Zartan was a even bigger bad ass.

[cainofdreaming]

There's always someone with even bigger ass?

[rordulum]

I take it that's fake Cobra Commander panicking like a little girl, there?

And I don't recall any Harold Godwinson DNA being used in creating Serpentor. Maybe there was some William the Conqueror, though.

[alexanderlucard]

Yep, that's fake CC aka Fred VII. He designed the battle armour and then murdered Cobra Commander when he wanted to retire and become a good father. Of course Cobra Commander got better eventually...

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Err, that depends on how you define 'got better' ;)