Hmmm, that pretty vague...I have a lot of non-joe Characters that exist in my Joe Verse. Jim Armstrong (LordRaven's Viper), Sgt Riddick (Who was an unwilling subject to remerge the Venom Project), The Punisher aka Frank Castle (looking for Headman and other Drug dealers!), Wraith, Dr Knox, and a few unsavory characters.


As for Cobra-la...it exists, but the subjects are simply bad genetic experiments of Dr. MindBender.

The comics provide the basics, but they are only the background of the unit. The rest of the back story is more personal. Some of the characters that have been killed in the comics, still live in my story. Others, who are "fundamental" characters have very different fates in my "Joeverse".

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I follow the comics way too closely. In some ways it limits my imagination, but in others I think it challenges me to be more creative, to work around the plots and events in the book. I've got a pretty good (IMO ) storyline running parallel with the America's Elite series which I keep claiming I'm going to do in dio-story form but if I don't get on with that they'll just print something that invalidates my story... As it is, I'm waiting until after World War III this summer in case any characters I might use don't survive!

I don't acknowledge Cobra-La, and Black Horizon isn't a problem as the GI Joe Vs Transformers minis from DDP are a totally seperate continuity (just look at "Serpent O.R." in the third series). I love that they can do more outlandish things in this "side-universe," with time travel, the Autobot Matrix, Cobra-La, Unicron, Lunartix and even a cameo appearance from the Battle Beasts toy line...! I'm hoping there's another series so we can see Colton lead the Star Brigade into action!

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As you may be able to tell, the Transformers and G.I. Joe co-exist in one universe where I come from. Therefore, all TFs and their associated characters are in my G.I. Joe world.

Besides them, pretty much everyone from the comics and TV shows exists in one way or another. I haven't fleshed them all out, and likely won't until I decide to use them in a story, but all the following inhabit my world in one way or another:

Cobra-La is out there someplace, though it likely has no real connection to Cobra in my world. Perhaps, as in the cartoon, they planted the seed of Serpentor's creation in Dr. Mindbender's "rather pedestrian" brain (to quote Golobulus), but it would've been more to try and seize control of Cobra than from any past association with their leader. Cobra Commander is 100% human around these parts!

Also, Action Force is in my Joe world as the U.K.'s equivalent of G.I. Joe. There's a reason Big Ben hasn't been in any of my TF crossovers even though he's one of my favorite Joes-- He's a member of Action Force. Lt. Stone (based on the Sigma Six character) is their leader, even though I haven't made a figure of him yet. Naturally, since Action Force exists, so do the Red Shadows.

Finally, since you can never have too many ruthless terrorist organizations out there, even though G.I. Joe Extreme isn't in my world, their enemy organization, SKAR, is, led by Iron Klaw. I'll probably never use them in anything, but Iron Klaw is just too cool-looking not to acknowledge. Someday I plan to make a custom of him using a Cobra CLAWS head with a beret.

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is on indefinite hiatus...

When I was little, the Marvel comics and filecards had more pull than the cartoon. The comic, when written by Hama, seemed to follow the filecards pretty well. When the DD comics came out, I was kinda so-so. It didn't take long for me to throw DD continuity out the door. Being on JBL, I learned to treat the Joes how I wanted. One didn't HAVE TO follow the comic or cartoon or movie or S6, y'know? So I'm doing things my own way.

Cobra La in my verse? Nope.

Red Ninja. Not really. (The Arashikage, yes)

Snake Eyes deaded? Nope.

When I was a kid, I had ONE Joe comic, and I think it was a special missions issue with the Star Vipers or something to that effect. The cartoon RULED my life, and I had most of the toys. Now a days, after reading all the comics, that's really changed my way of thinking when it comes to Joes. Everyone's alive. There's Jim, the viper I made for my and Franko's joint dio story, there's the last chance squad, and a new character me and the lovely Jen have been workin on together, you might get to meet her soon.

Wow, Shane, that's crazy. Cuz from all your pics and dios, you wouldn't know that the cartoon biased you! I mean, we can take a few other people here :P and know that the cartoon is all they ever had so what you see in their pics is very cartoon oriented. NOT that that's bad, it's just... I'm more about independent thinking on GI Joe. Your dio w/ Frank proves that you can think outside the box.

There's nothing wrong w/ being a strict comic guy or whatever. But at the same time, I like people to do their own thing w/ GI Joe. THAT'S what makes it all interesting to me. To see other things. To do other things.

For me-my Joeverse is pretty much the Filecards/Hama Comics.............I love the cartoon,don't think I don't..............but the Marvel Comic is just so 'it' for me.I don't hold to the DD stuff at all,however.............neither do I hold with the Deaths in Hama's or DD's comics.............all the character's who were figures are still alive in my world..............only General Flagg II,Kwinn,Dr. Venom,Scarface,and Mangler are dead..................