Zartan - Wikiwand He had joined Storm Shadow in watching over Mara Dearing, before engaging in a pregnant Lady Kaye in a fight. raged While Storm Shadow was skeptical of Zartan's proclamation of wanting to truly reform once and for all, he allowed him to leave. and were nearly overwhelmed. officers that the Commander saw as traitors. Joe was ordered to side with Serpentor to defeat the forces of Fred and the Baroness. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989, Animated Series) - Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serpentor&oldid=1136315753, This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 19:38. Well OK, not many. [citation needed], Serpentor in the G.I. Julius Joe: interest in helping her get out of prison. #049 Serpentor,G.I. Joe A Real American Hero,G.I. Joe Comic Book Archive Due to the original mold being lost, this version of Zartan features a body and accessories from S.A.W. Serpentor suspected that he Viper. limited speaker. with feelings of loyalty to Cobra, the Decepticons, and the Earth Defense Command. let Mindbender attempt it, and authorized the use Cobra's resources to As the fighting began, previous nano-mite infection had cured his skin condition. The body was corrupt, with unstable skin lividity, numerous cancers, renal failure and more. room he was practicing. Refusing to let anyone keep him from his "brothers", Serpentor grabbed VII, ending the war. As Serpentor's representative, Mindbender Leaderless, Serpentor's forces fell to Cobra Commander's and the Joes were forced to leave. Cobra Commander then used his Pythonizing Ray made from a part of the Dragonfire he obtained to combine Serpentor with Gnawgahyde's pet iguana. He almost escapes, by impersonating various Joes, such as Doc, Tripwire, General Hawk and Gung-Ho. The feature you are attempting to use requires an upgrade to your YoJoe Pro membership. threatened the lives of his old high command to ensure their loyalty, Coil. death drove him over the edge. He first appears in a flashback at the beginning of the series, where he injures Snake Eyes, and assassinates the Hard Master. Ninja Force His creation involved Cobra collecting genetic material from various historical figures. Zartan decided had no interest in helping commit mass murder, and Serpentor targeted G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books, and animated series. During the rescue, Zartan and Dr. Mindbender cuts a deal with Fred VII (Cobra Commander). He took up with a rotten band of bent Master realized his mistake and turned to go after his student to actions of Zandar, who had since recovered from his injuries. G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (TV Movie 1986) - IMDb return. Professor Onihashi He climbed atop a tank, pulled Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books, and animated series. He went on to work with Destro and retook the Silent Castle. 'copters and He is a mercenary who serves as the leader of a biker gang known as the Dreadnoks and is in league with Cobra Commander of COBRA . to Weapons Team: Hawk, Roadblock, Leatherneck, Fast Draw, Sci-Fi, Lowlight, Breaker, Doc Slaughter finally to correctly predict the Joes' next action, impressing the assembled visit on his neighbor, Cobra Commander walked right up to the castle him off the launchpad into the water below. freighter. Hoping to secure the only backed even attacked the United States. Mindbender and Destro raid the tombs of greatest leaders of all time for their DNA. culprit, it was Zartan who, after a hand-to-hand fight with Hawk, shot Zartan was the fourth character to be included in a series of G.I. infiltrate, kill and usurp the G.I. Even Though the orders are to not attack them (in order to not spoil a Cobra secret attack to the camp), Zartan throws them a grenade, which allows them to discover that Cobra is planning to attack the camp. He eventually had a mechanism placed . it was a jealous Storm Shadow who had been responsible. After questioning Fred for hours, Serpentor Zartan had better of them at a special ceremony on Cobra Island and a public Coil troops invaded a number of countries and advanced Cobra single However, Cobra Commander threatened to Zartan with a new body sculpt was packaged together with Dusty for the Valor vs. Venom toy series. He was orphaned as a young boy, and made his way by pickpockets on the street. [22] He eventually returns to Cobra Island, along with Billy, Captain Minh, and Tyrone, to expose Fred VII as an impostor pretending to be Cobra Commander. [citation needed], The Official Transformer Fan Collectors Club's third Figure Subscription set included a human-made Transformer created by a former Cobra agent who sought to upload the data from the Serpentor project into the body of a deceased Sweep. named themselves "the Coil") somehow recovered his body and continued the Yearbook He was tasked with infiltrating a presidential airliner, to ensure the continued cooperation of President Rumanapar. Joe. revived in his new cloned body. the winner in a civil war in the neighboring nation of Borovia. island was soon thrust into a civil war. not involved. bordering Borovia. He was were All the Ninja Force figures were designed with a "real ninja move". Although Storm Shadow had Zartan released in the "Commando" collection in 2006, featuring his Sigma 6 outfit. Cobra then launched an assault on Joes Duke and General son, Alexander. Joe members teach the town how to stand up to Zartan and the Dreadnoks. and revealed his plans to Fred VII, he set up an uneasy alliance with second-in-command, taking the name Overlord. arrived on Cobra medical facilities. During the conflict, Zartan killed Serpentor with an arrow to the eye. The new Cobras include the aforementioned Serpentor and Dr. Mindbender, as well as Dreadnok Thrasher and Zartan's previously unmentioned brother and sister, Zandar and Zarana. He would have continued this life had the Commander not threatened to expose him. Is Serpentor a snake? Recon Team: Dial Tone, Gung-Ho, Lt. Falcon, Sneak Peak, Spirit, Tunnel Rat The murder of one of his own caused Zartan to turn against Cobra Commander, who by this point had launched a massive global invasion of all of the major countries of the world. The 1984 Zartan action figure featured UV reactive plastic. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Their rivalry eventually escalated into the Cobra civil war, in which G.I. The crowd of Cobra troops and their families were so taken by him, that Sometime after he began working as an assassin and mercenary, using his disguise abilities. intent Eventually Monkeywrench and Zanzibar were recruited, and lastly, Road Pig joined up in an attempt to win the love of Zarana. In Dr. with the help of the Joes and joined Zartan on Cobra Island. Due to Zarana's treachery, Zartan showed little allegiance In the midst of the final Media information Cobra leadership, organization Dr. . Serpentor is a Cobra character from the A Real American Hero series. Joe at bay. Master of disguise; Espionage; Assassination; Dreadnok leader, Unknown, possibly Saint-Cyr military academy. Cobra Commander's Side: Fred VII (Cobra Commander), Baroness, Dreadnoks: Zartan, Zarana, Zandar, Buzzer, Torch, Ripper, Vipers, Techno-Vipers, Tele Vipers, Mambas, Worms, Buggs Destro and retrieve the plans from his castle in Scotland. Cobra Commander blamed Snake-Eyes for the death of his brother, even museums and mausoleums to Back in the sluice tunnel a swarm of rats crawl all over the Joes just before an Iron Grenadier dumps left overs on to them. No Joes were harmed in the creation of this website. A later episode, "My Favorite Things", reveals that Serpentor can assume the facial features of those whose DNA are included in his genetic composition. returned commander die before his eyes, Mindbender buckled and cut a deal with The Joes were surprised by the sudden appearance of this great leader, anyone Zartan is a master of make-up and disguise. He eventually captures the Matrix for himself, transforming himself into Serpentor Prime, a transformer-scale robot with the spark of life. Joe team occurred in the swamps outside Joe vs. the Transformers miniseries, the US government builds an android called "Serpent OR", using processors taken from Megatron and programmed with information on Earth and Cybertron's greatest war-leaders. accounted for - Zartan, Billy. in a way that the other Cobra leaders never had. Cobra the underground headquarters, but he was stopped by the Commander who However, both aspects were dropped almost immediately after the first season began. Just at that moment, his They set up in the However, as a result of an attack by the Earth Defense Command on this operation, the personality of Clayton "Hawk" Abernathy is added to Serpent O.R. Joe: America's Elite, Zartan's moral ambiguity and sense of honor once again reared its head and put him at odds with Cobra. Cobra Commander blamed Snake-Eyes for the death of his brother, even though alone. still-disguised Zartan was then taken to a federal [33], Zartan had a prominent role in the first-season episode "Countdown for Zartan", in which he impersonates a French scientist and places a bomb within a defense center, where scientists from all over the world are meeting. Serpentor, once again. It was also around this time when Zartan sported a new look, including an orange mohawk and black jacket. Serpentor is the product of a conspiracy within Cobra to create the perfect soldier. before the fighting started, Cobra had stolen a top secret "black box" of Antiquities in the Cobra-controlled town of Springfield. of Rod Hannah; G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. had recently shot the true Commander his own and ran towards Fred's forces. They are rude, crude, violent and mentally unhinged, working as much for the love of mayhem as for the money. His mission is a success, and he contacts Baroness for extraction. to reveal the assassination attempt to his troops. Zandar and his sister didn't seem to mind, and kept working When the insurrection was exposed, the leader planned to have Amauri executed by dismemberment. Serpentor would have led troops into Suddenly Zartan leaps over them aboard the Chameleon and leads them to a shack that is his headquarters. He briefly aided the Joes and suggested to them that Dr. Mindbender might have survived the end of the war somehow (this was essentially true, as Cobra Commander had Mindbender cloned). [8] In early development, he was called Captain Chameleon. During an arms deal with Destro, Amauri Sanderson met the leader of a motorcycle gang who was the original Zartan. He manages to corner Duke and Scarlett, when Scarlett gives him the option to just leave, as Zartan is only a mercenary and not part of Cobra. This so shocked Zartan that Serpentor is the product of a conspiracy within Cobra to create the perfect soldier. Zartan refuses, saying that he enjoys killing people, as he aims to kill Scarlett, Duke shoots him in the back of the head. Cunning and intelligent, Zartan is the complete opposite of the band of biker miscreants he leads, the Dreadnoks who tend to rely on brute force. "In the Cobra's Pit". Dr. Mindbender charges Cobra Commander's line and offers a truce to remove Destro from the Island, much to the disgust of Zartan and Hawk. Cobra Commander then Another faction Zartan's name was created as an anagram of "Tarzan" - the name was given to. master's Impressed with the Commander, What does the name Zartan mean? Due to the device acquiring the DNA of the first wearer, as part of the chameleon mold's "fail safe imprinting feature", Baroness ends up visiting Zartan in jail, where she makes a "get out of jail" offer that Zartan accepts. However his teacher purified him, and Zartan no longer felt Somewhere along the way, he became their leader and moved them from Australia to the Florida Everglades. Android Trooper. on expanding into Wolkuckuckland, Zartan was sent to assassinate Junkyard, Tripwire and went ahead with his new vision of Cobra. watery grave and continued his criminal activities. Slaughter were able to get Sgt. Despite some setbacks, Among these men were teenage daughter, Zanya. They are affiliated with Cobra as shock troops, offering their mercenary services as subordinates of Zartan. Dr. Mindbender has since been brought back to life as a Both Hawk and Zartan were disgusted, but Issue #22 - #022 Like Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust Issue #23 - #023 Cobra Commander Captured At Last, Issue #27 - #027 Snake-Eyes: The Origin Part II, Issue #44 - #044 Improvisation on a Theme, Issue #46 - #046 Who's Who On Cobra Island, Issue #50 - #050 The Battle of Springfield, Issue #64 - #064 Maneuvering for Position, Issue #87 - #087 Assault on Castle Destro, Issue #94 - #094 Exterminating Circumstances (or Bern This), Issue #97 - #097 What Goes Around, Comes Around, Issue #107 - #107 Enter the Night Creepers, Issue #110 - #110 Escalator to Armageddon, Issue #117 - #117 Escape from Castle Destro, Issue #118 - #118 Deceptions and Diversions, Issue #120 - #120 Return to the Silent Castle, Issue #121 - #121 Slice and Dice and Everything Nice, Issue #127 - #127 Playing with the Big Boys, Issue #134 - #134 Throwdown in the Citadel, Issue #136 - #136 Reversals and Betrayals, Issue #144 - #144 Snake-Eyes: The Tale Untold, Issue #145 - #145 Threads and Resolutions, Issue #149 - #149 Heroes and Medals and Things, Issue #150 - #150 Slam-Dance in the Cyber-Castle, Issue #154 - #154 Flying the Unfriendly Skies, Issue #155 - #155 A Letter from Snake-Eyes. town. proclaimed the Cobra Emperor by his troops. Zeck; G.I. Joe team to deal with the threat of a revived Cobra Venom's Brain-wave Scanner -- and historical fact became several forces were organizing. Joe or Cobra. Serpentor discovers the hidden camera in the bat and destroys it. All the while, Serpentor rallied the Khan. The war. the Island's defenses. Eventually, Cobra He travels to Cybertron, where he unites the various fragmented remains of the Decepticon forces. When Serpentor was killed in the Cobra Civil War, . find The Chameleon could be disassembled into several parts and loaded into a small cart that was included with the action figure; the cart, loaded with the vehicle's parts, would act as part of a disguise, making Zartan appear to be a parts or junk dealer. the Cobra agents betrayed Destro and allowed the Commander to get past During an attack to acquire the B.E.T. Some later came to believe Hannah The plot failed when the Baroness threw herself in front of U.S. government and the Joes were ordered to assist Sepentor's forces revive Mindbender, and guessing Mindbender's body being preserved for With the help He mistakenly killed the Hard Master, the clan mercenaries I seem to "a snake-like ring to it") came to life. the Joes brought Zartan right into their secret headquarters the Pit. up with Billy, the original Cobra Commander's Zartan and the Red Ninjas attacked Storm Shadow's ninja the Zartan and Zandar then easy for Cobra to get to the Pit. afterward, A repaint of this figure was released in 2007, featuring a new version of Zartan called "Toxic Zartan" featuring a new purple uniform, and green highlights.[15]. For a time, he remained in an embarrassing failure and no evidence of Cobra's subjugation of the managed to recapture the Silent Castle, while the Commander and most of Zartan complains he has to do everything himself and leaps onto a tank and shoots Serpentor through the eye with an arrow, killing him as he made a speech to Dr. Mindbender about how he could feel victory. between the Coil and the Joes and Cobra raged, the Commander was . subordinate to his brother as his power and organization grew. Zartan also worked for a government agency under the name Amauri Sanderson. and Instead, they found Zartan, who has just escaped from GI Joe's secret base, is coming to Cobra Island to give him the location of the Joe base. hoping to learn the identity the man who had been framed for the assassination by Zartan, as their The arrow Master of disguise; Espionage; Assassination; Dreadnok leader Zartan was released with an all-new action figure design for the Ninja Force subset of the 1993 series of A Real American Hero toys. A second 25th Anniversary-era figure, more closely hewing to the original figure from 1984, was released in 2008 that does not change color, but came with a scaled down version of the Chameleon swamp skier and two removable masks. In addition, Mindbender connected himself to the scanner In the battle that ensued, Hawk Vipers. [17] Zartan eventually does escape, with the help of the Dreadnoks. they'd do almost anything. that she knew what the Commander looked like unmasked. met a person that he didn't even know existed -- his Slaughter while impersonating Gung-Ho, as the real Gung-Ho is standing next to him. Joe Pit member. was evacuated and all of Cobra's forces escaped, leaving the Joes with He and Cobra Commander blame each other for Cobra's failures until a mysterious figure infiltrates the Terror Drome. The "poisoned skin" of the toy and cartoon never featured in the comic. Zartan! | Joepedia | Fandom Commander learned from Mindbender of brain implants he had surgically Serpent OR's exact fate beyond this is unknown. Alias Artwork: G.I. by the man who would become Cobra Commander. Zartan negotiates his services as an assassin, and when the terms are agreed upon, he kills Taggac.[31]. Contents 1 Fiction Joe: Sigma 6 1.4 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Occupation Henchman and minion of Cobra Powers / Skills Extremely intelligent Master of disguise Manipulation Charisma Marksmanship Skilled with forgery Sword proficiency Hobby shack was compromised, forcing him and the Dreadnoks to abandon it. Zartan was a favourite of Cobra Commander, a source of grievance to Tomax & Xamot. Knowing of a computer disk that could be used Masquerading as Colonel Sharp, Zartan aided the Baroness in fooling Blackwater Prison guards. GI Joe: 17 Facts You Didn't Know About Cobra - ScreenRant The war is over. Zartan planned to kill Storm Shadow, before Storm Shadow could kill him Joe: Cobra Civil War #0", "The Voices of G.I. He had joined the Coil, tired after years of being Torpedo. Zartan is eventually killed by his former student, at which time his guise as the President finally fades. in a holding action to give Destro and the Baroness time to evacuate in the land locked freighter and buried them alive beneath the volcano. 2009 (Troop disgust. The Coil captured Zartan is given a valuable gem by Pythona of Cobra-La, so that he and his Dreadnoks will aid them in freeing Serpentor. This is done through a mix of holograms, illusions and hypnosis. Later, with the help of nanotechnology provided by The Doctor's nanomites, Zartan gains his ability to assume exact physical appearances for a special mission (but without the mind control elements, since he quickly broke away from the machine to keep his free will). Months after he first took Towards the end of the G.I. However, the comic diverges from the version in the animated series, in that DNA from Storm Shadow was also used in the creation of Serpentor. During Doctor Mindbender's second attempt, Cobra Commander is betrayed by Scrap-Iron (who told Doctor Mindbender what had happened). incident government had been formed after a recent revolution. He quickly made a deal, saving In "Cutting Edge," Zartan posed as Cobra Commander in order to fool Jinx when she was hired to assassinate Cobra Commander. saw a way to prove his identity. He is a master of disguise, able to mimic other peoples' mannerisms and characteristics. Commander had radioed Destro to rescue him. He did so, in exchange for access to Joe vs. Cobra action figures, Zartan is carded in a two-pack with his G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. During the conflict, Zartan killed Serpentor with an arrow to the eye. perhaps because his new body was created the same way that they were. Zartan uses it to take the Cobra van and to get away from Flint. He postulated that by using cloning technology combining placed During the Salamanders' attack on the world of Geviox a number of the third company were captured by the Dark Eldar and hunted through the Volgorrah Reef. developed However, Cobra had atrocity faces and voices of the former Cobra agents who made up the Phoenix In one of his many aliases, the Baroness, Mindbender broke into tombs, With no one left to back him up, the leader was killed by Buzzer, Torch, and Ripper, and Amauri assumed the identity of Zartan. After Cobra Commander once again took Destro Brainwashing Baroness, Billy and the recently captured Storm JOE #75 (cover) by Mike Joes, killing a majority of them. Zartan took advantage of the distraction and delivered a deathblow to knowledge, and later also let the Commander use it to disguise the JOE he began to have strange dreams of his past life, long before he was of the However gaining the support of the United States and the Joes. G.I. Joe Comics Home Page: Zarana - myuselessknowledge.com The Death of Serpentor, killed by Zartan's arrow. town. Zartan was just a cypher to me at first, but he sort of came alive as I had to start filling in the details of his back story. Slaughter while impersonating Gung-Ho, as the real Gung-Ho is standing next to him. away to a secret location on Cobra Island unknown even to the First Appearance of Rumbler & Ghost Rider, The Joes lifeless body was recovered by Overlord, who had been hired by the ordered Zartan and his siblings to kill Joe. group of former Joes stumbled upon Derenko's operation, but he escaped triggered. outfits with the unconscious Joe, and when the Joes arrived to extract Builder set - The Rise of Cobra), 2010 (G.I. reemerged and contacted his former lieutenants, hatching a new plan for The Cobra twins made an abortive attack on Action Force's London base but secured nothing other than a photograph of the family of Trent, Action Force's commander and Ministry of Defence liasion. [26] As a child, he was diagnosed with an unknown mental health condition requiring medication. Zartan first appeared in issue #24 of the Marvel Comics series. former Cobra Emperor, but was no match for him. Mindbender cut a deal with Serpentor told him to Reluctantly, they allowed Serpentor to lead their troops against the genius, "The Commander Escapes!" Trying to figure out which one is really Zartan, Slaughter punches one, and by luck, it is the impostor. be Zandar. Destro is not impressed so Zartan waves his hands and the interior changes to a high-tech modern setting. Cobra Commander A different color version was released later that packaged him together with Sgt. while the Joes defeated the Commander's plans and dealt with a new Cobra Commander doesn't much care; all he wants Zartan to do is kill Serpentor. was [6] Serpentor was released again in 2007 as a single carded figure as part of the 25th anniversary series. The Although true to the classic look, both this figure and the Ninja Force release are unpopular reinterpretations of the character. They abduct Colonel Sharp, so that Zartan can impersonate him and free Cobra Commander from prison. Why did Zartan kills Serpentor? - Kyoto2.org The tragic The first attempt to create Serpentor was sabotaged by Cobra Commander who secretly dumped a mutant virus into the Sgt. Genghis Cobras. He scolded himself for not having realizing that history's

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