>>11194259>Devil's Duea shit. Too much of the cartoon influence.
>IDWMore extreme than Larry Hama's and the cartoon, which actually makes it seem less dangerous than the OG comic.
Having Cobra not just being extremists, but your neighbor who just wants a better life for himself and his country, is more believable and scarier, because it can be more widely adopted. So you have an entire family who's seemingly normal, but willing to go an extra step (actively, not just in practice) to attain their goals.
>Standard policy is that Cobra publicly executes blue shirt recruits who fuck up or show anything less than total devotion to CobraStraight up cartoon villainy. How can you manage to create a massive organization doing this shit? It's too outlandish and why you generally never see this but laughable groups who never get anywhere.
Stuff like the Taliban took over an entire country, leaking into other countries, because the whole family benefits from this. But unlike the Taliban, Cobra is way more welcoming and provides a normalcy that even non-members wouldn't retract from.
You have to remember that Cobra Commander was written after a real life politician, William F. Buckley. Someone who actually existed and a lot of people listened to, even if no one ever took up a gun for his views. This is why Cobra held entire cities, it's own country, and corporations, with happy optimistic members. Entire cities with families hold a view, a normalcy, that they want to protect and work toward.
And greed was always Cobra's biggest motivation, just like IRL. It's what makes a Trooper want to move up to the higher paying Viper positions. Literally written on the file cards.
Specialized Vipers also offered all sorts of shit for adventuring, plus better pay. More excitement by wilderness nuts, stunt driving, gun nuts, swimming fanatics, tech nerds etc. It's attractive like a hobby, instead of being some nutty cult.