The name "Cobra-la" was supposed to just be a placeholder name for the secret country where Cobra Commander came from in the tepid GI Joe animated film from the 80's. "Like Cobra came from Shangri-La!" It never got changed to anything better.
Koh-Buru-La is probably just an attempt to make that sorta good.
"What he thinks is a Cobra combat drone is really a living engine of destruction forged in the red glare of a the smelting pits of an impossibly-distant grey world of eternal war." #Swoon
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
...koh-buru-lah? What even are they doing there?
ReplyDeleteNo idea but it's awesome. It's like if Jack Kirby and Steranko wrote GI Joe.
ReplyDeleteThe name "Cobra-la" was supposed to just be a placeholder name for the secret country where Cobra Commander came from in the tepid GI Joe animated film from the 80's. "Like Cobra came from Shangri-La!" It never got changed to anything better.
ReplyDeleteKoh-Buru-La is probably just an attempt to make that sorta good.
Yeah it really channels Kirby
ReplyDeleteOne thinks "Starscream" is a composite of star and scream. But in actual fact it's of stars and cream.
ReplyDeleteStar cream! Delicious
ReplyDeleteI swear a long time ago I talked about how Snake Eyes was a blonde guy in the comics at one point and you didn't believe me.
ReplyDeleteHis mask was blonde... He maybe was before being disfigured, I don't think they ever show his eyes and hair in a flashback.
ReplyDeleteBut in this comic he's not pretty for long...
"What he thinks is a Cobra combat drone is really a living engine of destruction forged in the red glare of a the smelting pits of an impossibly-distant grey world of eternal war." #Swoon
ReplyDeleteI think I need to pick this one up!
Issue 0 is free on Comixology. That's what this is from. All the writing is like this.
ReplyDeleteThis is also the only time anyone has made Starscream badass. "Paragon of DEATH!"
ReplyDeleteThat art and writing is great.
ReplyDeleteIn a split-second he decides to throw a grenade to the weird-robot ;)
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