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Originally Posted by Swindle
Cobras Terrordrome plot was lame. The Cobra in the comic wanted to take over the world. These guys are selling security to fictional countries in the comic. It just seems insubstantial.
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I thought the Terrordrome plot was very clever and liked how it played out over years of stories (the seeds are in issue 2!) -- Cobra goes to small, unassuming countries that nobody's really paying attention to, convinces them to buy a Terrordrome or six (or just sets up a "demonstration model"), then the 'drome sends out the low-frequency soundwaves that agitate the population, causing violence and unrest, so they can then provide MORE equipment and forces to "keep the peace." Cobra then has a legitimate power base in multiple locations around the world, with the respective national governments too preoccupied with civil instability to realise just how much power Cobra is getting...
Much better than "Swear loyalty to Cobra rule, otherwise I'll press a button and send all the world's farmlands to the Moon!"-type stuff, IMO.