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Snake-Eyes is one of the key characters in the '' G.I. Joe '' Comic Book series, and is a fan favorite. He is silent, apparently incapable of speech. Snake-Eyes is also quiet in his movements and is a swift and deadly master of Martial Arts . He is an expert in the use of the Ninjato , two of which he always carries in sheaths strapped to his back (but often uses only one) although he's equally ready to use modern weapons like Firearm s and explosives as desired. The character wears black fatigues and a face-mask to cover his face, which was disfigured in a combat-related accident. Since then, Snake-Eyes's face has been completely healed back to normal. In the comic book series, Snake-Eyes is romantically involved with fellow G.I. Joe member Scarlett . COMICS Origin According to the comic book mythology, Snake-Eyes comes from the same Ninja clan as his adversary Storm Shadow , who was at one time Snake-Eyes' closest friend, and sword-brother. The two, along with Stalker , served together in the Vietnam War on LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol), and upon returning home from the war and discovering that his family had been killed in a car accident (which coincidentally involved the brother of the man who would eventually become G.I. Joe's arch-foe, Cobra Commander ), Snake-Eyes went to study the ninja arts with Storm Shadow's family. Snake-Eyes’s ability to quickly learn skills especially impressed Storm Shadow’s uncle, the Hard Master. Despite Snake-Eyes deliberately throwing matches, the Hard Master knew who the true victor was. Even Storm Shadow knew this and this fact served to slowly drive a wedge between him and Snake-Eyes. Updated Origin by Devils Due It was stated to make the G.I. Joe team younger, Snake-Eyes and company did not serve in the Vietnam War , but instead in an unnamed conflict in the South Pacific. This change was put in so that the team now appears timeless, and allows for the characters to exist for 20 plus years of comics. Joining G.I. Joe Eventually, Snake-Eyes rejoined his other Vietnam buddies, (or in the case of the new Origin, his buddies from the unnamed conflict) when he was recruited into G.I. Joe. Once on the G.I. Joe team, Snake-Eyes became very close to Scarlett. It seemed that for Scarlett, it was love at first sight. On a mission in the Middle East, Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Rock 'n Roll and Grunt were sent to save George Strawhacker from COBRA. On the way, the helicopter they were in started to have trouble and was soon going to crash. It forced the Joes to bail out, but Scarlett was stuck in the burning helicopter. Snake-Eyes stayed behind to save his love. Snake-Eyes saved Scarlett, but a window exploded right in his face, scarring him and damaging his vocal cords. Despite his injuries, Snake-Eyes convinced Hawk to let him continue on with the mission. After many battles with Cobra, Scarlett was captured by Storm Shadow before the infamous silent issue, #21. Snake-Eyes rescued Scarlett and battled Storm Shadow for the first time since they had last seen each other. At first, Snake-Eyes was angered by his sword brother's actions, but he was eventually told the truth by Storm Shadow himself; after the Hard Master was killed and Storm Shadow was blamed by the Arashikage, he joined Cobra to find out who was truely behind the murder. Eventually, after discovering it was Zartan who killed his uncle, Storm Shadow left Cobra and joined G.I. Joe. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow would soon team together for some of G.I. Joe's toughest missions, and the bond between them would both be strengthened and tested. In one of the comics' most memorable story arcs, The Baroness sought revenge upon Snake-Eyes under the mistaken belief that he had killed her brother in Southeast Asia . She captured Snake-Eyes while he was sedated (recovering from the surgery to repair his face) and shot Scarlett at extreme close range in the process (many feel that Scarlett could not have survived such a wound). Storm Shadow, Stalker and Wade Collins lead a rescue operation coming to the aid of Snake-Eyes while he had already escaped his torture (assembling a new uniform and weapons from those who had been torturing him in the process) and was conducting demolition operations against the COBRA consulate building where he had been imprisoned. After a second rescue mission for George Strawhacker and a run in with the Night Creepers, he is reunited with Scarlett. For the first and only time in many years, Snake-Eyes spoke Scarlett's name. Scarlett was able to recover from her injuries and coma. Both he and Scarlett would also serve on the G.I. Joe special team, Ninja Force. They would continue to serve G.I. Joe until its disbandment. They were engaged to be married, but events forced Snake-Eyes to desert Scarlett. Master & Apprentice It was revealed in the series "Master & Apprentice" that Snake-Eyes left, grieving the loss of his first student, Ophelia, who was killed by Firefly. During this time, he trained a new student, Kamakura. Kamakura would later join G.I. Joe, and would be the first character created by Devils Due Comics that would be made into a Figure. Reinstatement Snake-Eyes and Scarlett would be reunited again upon G.I. Joe's reinstatement. While initially angry with him, she eventually forgave his actions. The two are again engaged. Later, after many skirmishes with Cobra, including the return of Serpentor (in which Snake-Eyes was injured in a grenade blast, but quickly recovered from) and altercations with Storm Shadow and the Red Ninja leader Sei Tin, and a close-call defeat at the hands of the heavily armored Wraith, the team was reduced to a smaller unit, with Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, and Duke in serious trouble. The shadowy cabal of generals in charge, the Jugglers had Snake-Eyes arrested, and when Duke attempted to blackmail them into giving up their attempts to wrest control of G.I. Joe from the Joes themselves, he joined Snake-Eyes in prison. Secretly however, Scarlett met with Storm Shadow (who had broken free of his mind control) and rescued them from a convoy, escaping to Iceland as vigilantes and hiding out with Scanner until they could figure out just what was going on. Secretly, they were tailed by former Coil agent Overlord, who was working as a freelance mercenary for the Jugglers. Overlord fatally injured Scanner, and locked the Joes in a bomb shelter until Federal Agents would arrive, but Scanner, in his last moments activated the Icelandic station's self-destruct, killing Overlord in the blast (and saving the Joes, who were in the safe shelter). Days later they were rescued, and came back to assist Flint, Lady Jaye and General Philip Rey in dealing with a new menace, the Red Shadows, while the rest of the short-staffed team cleaned up the Monolith Base victory in Badhikstan (where Barrel Roll recovered in a nearby hospital). When the Red Shadows attempted to assassinate Hawk while he recovered at a mountain camp, Snake-Eyes sent his apprentice, Kamakura to save him, then joining him and getting Hawk to safety. Snake-Eyes was later put his skills to good use in fighting and defeating the Shadows before their plot could go into motion (he even stabbed Wilder Vaughn, although if it hurt the bio-enhanced Vaughn is unknown). Amidst all this, Snake-Eyes and Kamakura travelled to Asia, to assist sword-brother Storm Shadow in finding his apprentice who had been kidnapped by the Red Ninjas. Snake-Eyes helped him defeat the Red Ninja leader, Sei Tin, but the mission was a failed one. Snake-Eyes relinquished control of the Red Ninjas (which he had won before) to Storm Shadow, bidding him to start the Arashikage anew. Storm Shadow left his clan in T'Jbang's care. America’s Elite Snake-Eyes was an obvious choice to continue the Joe team in it's new, sleek covert status of only a handful of members, and when the team was supposed to be "gone", he along with Stalker, Scarlett, Shipwreck, Roadblock, Flint and Duke (and Storm Shadow who also joined them) continued to track down Cobra cells and eliminate them in ''G.I. Joe: America's Elite''. When Vance Wingfield seemingly returned from the grave and, supplied by Destro , dropped deadly satellites onto major metropolitan areas with MARS equipment, the team scrambled to find answers. Snake-Eyes went his own way, not informing the team where he was going. Suspecting the explosives expert Firefly, he tracked his mortal enemy to the Ground Zero in Chicago, and interrupted Firefly doing an assassination on a gang lord. A fight occured, but more gangsters arrived and Firefly managed to escape. Upon returning to The Rock, the newly commissioned Joe base, Snake-Eyes learned that Scarlett had gone missing. The President wouldn't give their new commander, General G.I. Joe Colton permission to launch a side mission with Destro still out there. The rest of the Joes (with the exception of Duke, also missing) agreed to accompany him on an "unofficial" rescue mission, and Shipwreck lead them to Destro's titanic submarine, the ''Cataclysm''. Together, Storm Shadow and Snake-Eyes rematched against Wraith, but Wraith still managed to keep ahead of them, then disappearing into the shadows. Elsewhere on the ship, Destro assessed the situation, realized the Joes would win against his Iron Grenadiers, and escaped, but not before he ordered his own giant sub to be scuttled and flooded. Snake-Eyes was killed saving the lives of his comrades in an attempt to rescue Scarlett (who a cold-hearted Destro had planned to use as bait for the Joes). However, the rescue was successful. It has been stated by various characters that Snake-Eyes is truly dead, though many fans believe this to be untrue. His body was stolen from the Joe headquarters moments after the team's return, and it has been revealed that the Red Ninjas were the culprits. While Scarlett and the rest of the Joes went searching for clues as to who stole the ninja master's body, the Red Ninjas used mystical arts to revive Snake Eyes, who has now become one of them. Current speculation is that the Joe team will face Snake Eyes and later recover him in time for Cobra Commander's return in issue 13 of America's Elite. CARTOON VERSIONS ''A Real American Hero'' Unlike his comic book counterpart, Snake-Eyes did not play any major role in the TV series save for the mini-series specials and a couple of episodes. Fans attribute this fact to the reason that the show's writers did not have a feel for Snake-Eyes. Also, his relationship with Storm Shadow was never explored. Additionally, his relationship with Scarlett was nonexistent. ''G.I. Joe Direct to Video Movies'' Snake Eyes is a one of the G.I. Joe members in both of the direct to video movies, Spy Troops and Valor vs. Venom. In both movies, Snake Eyes fights Storm Shadow. In Valor vs. Venom, Snake Eyes is seen as the master to both Jinx and Kamukura for the first time. The continuity of these movies are not shown to tie to the previous history, and more directly lead into the events of Sigma Six. ''Sigma 6'' .]] Snake-Eyes is part of the team. His background history has been substantially changed from the ''A Real American Hero'' series but still shares a connection with Storm Shadow, who referred to him as "brother". It is unclear if this is a blood connection or if they are sword brothers, like in the original series. Although Storm Shadow is a brainwashed COBRA agent, he blames Snake-Eyes for the ruin of the Arashikage ninja clan. As is in the original series, Snake-Eyes is mute. During a battle in the fourth episode of the first season, Storm Shadow said, "What's the matter, Snake-Eyes? Getting tired? Face it, you're past your prime." This may indicate that Snake-Eyes is older than Storm Shadow or that he was simply experiencing fatigue from battling the COBRA B.A.T.s for quite a considerable amount of time. While the A Real American Hero cartoon series never showed Snake-Eyes's true face, the Sigma 6 continuity took some visual cues from the ARAH comics. In one episode when Snake-Eyes was fighting Storm Shadow, Snake-Eyes's visor partially broke and it appears that this Snake-Eyes has blonde hair, blue eyes, and his face is not burned. However, he does have a scar near his eye as a result of a training accident. In this series, both Jinx and Kamakura serve as Snake-Eyes's apprentices, which can be seen as a continuation from the Direct to DVDs Movie Continuity. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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