Three
Strikes for Snake-Eyes
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Cover Date:
June, 1983
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| Scripter: Larry Hama |
Penciler: Mike Vosburg
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Inker: Jon
D'Agostino
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| Letterer: Joe Rosen |
Colorist: Glynis
Wein
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Editor: Denny O'Neil
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Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter
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"Snake-Eyes!
He's really gone this time!"
— Breaker
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Summary (by
James Bjarnason):
Clutch, Scarlett and Breaker are chasing, in the VAMP,
some Cobra couriers driving a van marked Naja Hanna Video Corp. ("naja
hanna"
is Hindi for "king cobra"). The van barrels into a parked station wagon
destroying
both vehicles in the process. A scar faced courier escaped from the
van.
The Joes give chase on foot. Breaker catches up to the courier who
knocks
him into a motorcycle gang. While Breaker is being pummelled Scarlett
stops
and breaks up the incursion. Clutch gives continues to give chase and
is
shot in the leg. The courier gets away but the Joes discover some
missle
guidance chips in a crate with video game circuits.
A piece of a shipping crate is found at the scene of the
accident which
leads the Joes to Sierra Gordo. Breaker, Stalker, Snake-Eyes and
Gung-Ho
are dispatched. Stalker and Breaker are the point men posing as
businessmen
in the market for some video games. Snake-Eyes and Gung-Ho are keeping
an eye on them from the treeline. Snake-Eyes spots Dr. Venom, who is
posing
as the man they are meeting, from his perch in the trees. Snake-Eyes
jumps
down and starts heading for back-up, Gung-Ho is close behind. Gung-Ho
runs
into one of the locals who turns out to be the Cobra courier.
Snake-Eyes
stops him from giving chase. Meanwhile Stalker and Breaker slip up
giving
away their cover. Some guards are called in but fortunately the Joes
are
able to get behind a table. There is a stalemate and some Cobras are
called
in to even the odds with a heavy machine gun but before they get to
their
destination Snake-Eyes and Gung-Ho stop them and overwhelm the
remaining
Cobras. As the Cobras are being escorted out the Joes are disarmed by
an
air-cooled 30 caliber Browning wielded by the large Eskimo named Kwinn.
All the Joes are tied up and escorted to a waiting boat
except Snake-Eyes
who is kept behind by Dr. Venom to be interrogated. Dr. Venom pistol
whips
Snake-Eyes until he is stopped by Kwinn, who remembered that Snake-Eyes
is mute and would not be able to answer any questions. Snake-Eyes, who
is presumed dead, is tossed into the warehouse and the warehouse is set
on fire. The burning building reminds Dr. Venom of incense smoke rising
from an Asian temple which reminded him of the Ninja temple in which
Snake-Eyes
studied. He then realized that Snake-Eyes was alive. Snake-Eyes breaks
out of the building and beelines for the river. Meanwhile on the boat
Gung-Ho
is devising a plan to escape which involves Breaker's gum and some
rats.
By smearing the gum on the ropes the rats, which are attracted by the
smell
of sugar will gnaw through the ropes. Snake-Eyes commandeers a boat by
scaring away the driver who calls him a river demon. The Cobra's boat
docks
at an armored Cobra island bunker surrounded by concertina wire and
guarded
by a pair of vicious dobermans. Also docked at the island was a missle
firing sea-plane, three Cobra commandos, the scar faced courier and the
Baroness. Baroness, who is followed by the courier and Kwinn, escorts
Dr.
Venom to the bunker where a transaction is to take place. Snake-Eyes
took
out one of the commandos and Gung-Ho took care of the other two after
snapping
what was left of the ropes that had him tied. Breaker, who wanted to
congratulate
Snake-Eyes on surviving, is shoved back into the boat to complete the
mission
which was to get away with the computer chips. Snake-Eyes elected
himself
to neutralize the bad guys.
In the bunker it is discovered that the package the courier brought
from San Francisco contained a harmless virus which, when mutated by a
serum, becomes quite dangerous. Kwinn discovers Snake-Eyes
eavesdropping
on the bunker and shoots at him. When he kicks the door open Snake-Eyes
has disappeared. Baroness and the courier head towards the plaen and
give
chase to the boat. A missle is launched, the Joes abandon ship and the
boat explodes. Meanwhile at the bunker Dr. Venom sneaks out of the
bunker
with his gun cocked and Kwinn's back turned but before he can get a
shot
off Snake-Eyes jumps from the top of the bunker and begins pummelling
Dr.
Venom. Baroness turns the sea-plane around and starts heading back to
the
bunker to eliminate the redundant and expendable Kwinn and Dr. Venom.
The
missle explodes while Breaker sees Kwinn pushing Snake-Eyes towards the
bunker door. The island is vaporized. |
