Hmmmmmmmm..........its a bit easier for me to say what we *DO* put in our Joeverse, as opposed to what we don't.


That being said, I'll say right off, Flint & I don't incorporate death of named characters. We see enough death in the real world and we can't control that-but in our Joeverse, WE are the 'be all and end all'. So if we want to give someone a rest, they don't die-they are either sent off on a TOP SECRET mission or they are injured in a battle (or something similar) and placed in a coma for as long as we need.

99% of the 'multi-dressed' figures are renamed to be someone completely new. The exception really being Cobra Commander, Duke, Snake Eyes, Destro, Zartan-y'know, some of the characters who have really good (or multipurpose) figures.

We don't follow one single aspect of the canon. Some are strictly comic, others are strictly 'toon and still others only follow the file cards. Flint & I have spent over a quarter of a century taking aspects of all three and then utilizing the pieces to form our own take on 'G.I. Joe'. For us, it makes it that much more interesting to see what and how we can incorporate at any given time.

Its interesting that others have talked about Superheroes and aliens and such. I don't want to say that we categorically don't use them, its more like we haven't gotten to a point yet where we feel the need to introduce them into the fold. Case in point, Tony Stark does deal with the G.I. Joe team as a weapons design/distributor, but he's not walking around the PITT in his Iron Man armor.

The whole Scarlett/Snake Eyes thing. No. In our Joeverse, its been Duke and Scarlett from the word 'go'. Snake Eyes is an old friend of Joe's and as such, he's always looked at Scarlett as more of a 'sister type' (hey, if Larry Hama can say it, then so can we!). Besides, Snake Eyes has his own lady love (and if you want to know, just stay tuned!) and they have been happily together for a long time.

Cobra Commander as a resident of 'Cobra-La'. Again, no. CC is and always will be a former Used Car Salesman Extraordinaire. So we're not going to see any "I wasssss oncccccccce a maaaaan..." Tho' we do have him run his 'S's from time to time, just for sh*ts 'n' giggles.




I'm sure that there are other things, I just can't think of them at the moment......but in looking back at this, I'm surprised at how much I was able to get out-considering that I thought I wouldn't be able to ramble off this much in one shot!

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