History and Origin of GI Joe's STORM SHADOW ! 

Storm shadow is definitely one of the best developed characters in the comics.

We all grew up loving Snake Eyes but we all eventually became Storm Shadow

Growing up I always got snake eyes and my brother always got storm shadow. These to characters were Paramount to our childhoods and I can't even begin to describe all the adventures we put these characters through. I really appreciate watching these videos , it's amazing seeing the old comic book covers from the 80s that I had from pouring through boxes of comics at second hand book stores. I really feel bad for kids that didn't grow up in the 80's/ early 90's it truly was a golden age .

You don't even know the joy I experienced as a kid when I went down the aisle at the toy store and found the "good guy" version of Storm Shadow. Back when it was first come, first serve and no online shopping. To find the G.I. Joe figure you were chasing was like a dream come true.

Great Vid. Keone Young, Storm Shadow voice here! Quick Kick (Francois Chau) and I will be hitting the Con circuit in 2020. Hope to see you there.

I was the original voice of Storm Shadow. Come see me at a Con near you!!!!

SnakeEyes and Storm shadow’s story is amazing , they’re going to F it up in the new movie

This is so good to learn about the origins of heroes and villains in the GI Joe history

Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes top two favorite

It took forever for me to find a storm shadow figure back in the day. I assume it was one of the most popular figures.

Always loved Storm Shadow GI Joe action figure

I really hope they do right by Snake eyes for his movie & its not all goofy & "diverse"... Just make a really good origin/ war/ ninjitsu/ Stormshadow movie.

My favorite Joe

Cool story,thanks 👍. I grew up with GI Joe. Brings back some good memories.

I always loved Storm Shadow

I just realized the name, “Snowjob” is funny name. I just haven’t heard it since I was young.

As a kid growing up in the 80s, Stormshadow and Snake-Eyes were my two favorites of the Joes. :) I did prefer the comic (Hama) version over the dilluted and rarely seen Sunbow-Marvel one... and don't get me started on the travesty of the DIC G.I. Joe. :P

My favorite cobra character aside from the evil twins Tomax & Xamot.

I started collection GI Joe comics with that Silent issue #21. I was absolutely fascinated by both Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes....they were my favorite part of the series.

Storm shadow is So Cool

I lost my stormshadow when I was 9....we were in the back yard conducting a winter battle in the snow, stormshadow was in stealth mode in a “snow drift” when I went to get him for the ambush attack..I couldn’t find him in the snow.....I thought we would find him when the snow thawed out.....nope.....

Ending the year with quick kick and starting a new year with storm shadow. Very clever.

ALWAYS LOVED STORM-SHADOW!!!

When i was in the 4th grade we had a christmas gift lottery....and i got the white and grey hoodie storm shadow....one of the happiest days of my life.....

Northern California...? One of his file cards read that he was from St Louis.

Man so glad the quick kick video made me a subscriber cause I'd have hated to miss this video keep em coming man appreciate them all

Could this be Billy from double dragon!? Could the splinter clan be Master splinter from tmnt!?!

Wish more commentary on Snake eyes like Storm Shadow but thanks for your time and effort🤘🤘

Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow were 2 of the Greatest characters and action figures in all of GiJoe. Why is there no love for Quick Kick? He's also a martial arts master who fought Storm Shadow all the time when Snake Eyes wasn't around.

I didn’t know he went back to cobra 🐍 Interesting

As a child I did enjoy the animated series but as I was growing up you see how different and mature the source material was and is throwing action and a bit of drama which makes it more interesting and Storm Shadow was a tragic character but truly badass, the Resolute version was ruthless and eager to prove to Snake, his brother, that we was the worthy Arashikage heir, the version in the two movies was very cold and dangerous and I liked it, especially in the second one, both movies presented the relationship between the two ninjas in brotherly way, as for the spin off let's see how it turns out, then again great job.

Cool cool cool!!! Snake and Shadow are my all time favorites!!!

One of my favorite G.I..Joe characters Is Storm Shadow! Storm Shadow Is one of my favorite G.I.Joe characters from the G.I.Joe Lore!

It's the NINJA! who doesn't like NINJAS! 👍💪

Thank you. I'm in the UK and over here they suddenly stopped publishing the comic (here it was called Action Force) for no apparent reason. They stopped just around the time when Storm Shadow awoke from the water tank. All these years I wondered what happened and you've just filled in the gaps. Thank you. One thing I get from this is that the idea of killing characters and bringing them back doesn't really work out well. Anyway... many thanks again. This was interesting.

Dis is one of my alltime fav Dudes!

Great Storm Shadow explained lore! Thanks a bunch! :)

Issue 21, just legendary. Didn't know that was the 1st appearance of Storm Shadow. Anytime I see one, I buy it lol

The mid 80's GI Joe Marvel comics were so much cooler than people realize now. Just the Snake Eyes/ Zartan/ Cobra Commander stuff.

Another great video

I really wish sometimes you wouldn't gloss over the Image/Devil's Due continuity (2001-2008) which beautifully continued from the Hama's Marvel series and had a spectacular run and ending. It's a great timeline and I think you guys should talk about that timeline before going back into Hama's continuity (155 1/2 - present). So many great directions and character development from Devil Due. 👍

great job!

Wow! Excellent job! You used mostly the canon ARAH series for this one! IMO, what could have amped this vid up a notch is if you included the Storm Shadow solo series that was published in DDP. As per Larry Hama, it's 1 of the ONLY GI Joe related series that was not published by Marvel and/or IDW to be a part of the ARAH continuity. The other series that's part of that same continuity is the Snake Eyes Declassified series. In the Storm Shadow solo series, we are introduced to another Non-Japanese member of the Arishikage clan who eventually masters mystic sword skills that surpass both Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. Sadly, that member died of complications of Stage 4 Cancer while in combat. We are also introduced to Pale Peony (whom you referenced in the vid). After several combative encounters w/ Pale Peony (who had some kind of "iron man" style ninja tech powered armor in that series), Storm Shadow recruits her into the Arishikage clan. It's safe to say that soon after he brought her to Japan, Pale Peony started training under Demon Granny (the Hard Master's widow). Honestly, I wouldn't exactly say that Storm Shadow was Snake Eye's most fearsome foe. I say this because years later, a perm amped Serpentor took that role in the Death of Snake Eyes arc.

That's a pretty impressive character continuity 😎👍 great video

Nice! This was a great video. Keep up the great work!

Nice work Jesse! That was some serious research and it shows. This has to be your longest video yet. I’m already looking forward to the next video!

Yes another great video! Keep up the good work, brotherman!

great video jesse i love these history /bios i want to make a few of these my self but i know they take alot of hardwork & research or knowledge of the characters

I like how they bring the original story with Vietnam back into perspective.

Awesome channel

I never had the toy when I was a kid growing up but I knew someone who knew someone who had it

Storm Shadow Serpentor link: ✔

Good vid. Can you give the references of the GI joe comic series?

Love the video. You found some rare and nice artwork. I love the 1st appearance and the Snake Eye origin story. But all the other stories were more silly (the terminator robot) and multiple brainwashing? I did read the Cobra Commander's son and stuff, but I lost interest by then already. And it did not look like I missed much. The magic was those few issues.

can’t wait to see him and Snake Eyes on the big screen again

So storm shadow is both protagonist and antagonist He is basically one of the most iconic anti heroes o.o ever and this is coming from someone who grew up with g.i. joe

Favorite, even before snake eyes....complicated individual, that's what make him special

I always liked Storm Shadow more than Snake Eyes. He felt more flawed and human, and had an even greater sense of mystery, at least to me.

I firmly believe Hamas Stormshadow is the reason ninjas became popular in the US. Definitely my first exposure to the culture

Great Video!!!

Came here as soon as I heard about the new snake eyes movie

Around 12:27 you mispronounced PEONY as PONY. They are quite popular flowers in Japan.....for some reason. In Japanese, 牡丹 (botan) if your interested. Like the videos.✌🏻

Excellent video! I learned a lot!

Tomisaburo Wakayama hehehhehhe my husband’s favorite actor from the 1970s Samurai films! i hope everyone knows who Tomisaburo Wakayama is

I have some comics of Storm Shadow. I put them on my channel.

I remember in the 80s cartoon that Storm Shadow fought Cross-Country. Cross-Country was able to beat him with his unorthodox fight

Awesome 👏🏼 breakdown

Storm Shadow has always been one of the best characters created. Just recently I feel like if Mortal Kombat made a White Ninja he'd look similar to him.

Storm Shadow is the Best

Wow, thank you for this…

A very interesting video, looking forward to seeing the next one, great job

Can u do Mercer next and Col. sharp and Killhaul

No lie...I love the thought of ninjas in San Francisco!!!

A ninja in a white garb is quite strange.

Next time can we have a video about Billy

I still have issue 24, I wonder how much it is worth now?!

Huge favor to ask. Can you do video on Metal Head and the Rock Viper. Also, start adding vehicles and bases. I’ll gladly step up and help with research.

Have you made a Destro lore just curious?

I would like to learn the way if archery and swords man ship.

You forgot to mention that in the DIC continuation of the Marvel cartoonsStorm shadow was a good guy.

I’m really really not happy about the actors being replaced

SnakeEyes needs a great rival,enter StormShadow.

SS was my favorite character. I own, 3 or 4 original action figures.

To an elementary school kid in the 1980s......storm shadow was a god.

Excellent video. Keep up the good work. Any interest in doing GI Joe / Transformer cross over comic history?

Storm Shadow is the Vegeta of GI Joe

To get 8 degree in the martial arts I study you need to practice for like 40 + years! How old is storm shadow?

I did not know jinx and Storm Shadow was related 😎

Revanche...Psylocke...another Marvel refrence maybe...

Spirit in storm shadow where more enemies in the cartoon

Cobra now Cobra forever

Do Duke

How in the hell did you document all this? Good job. This is like a daytime drama. Did you like the snake eyes movie? I didn't read the comics and even though I watched the cartoon I didn't remember a background story for him. So I enjoyed the movie... I wonder what you think since you have all that knowledge.

Actually the Storm Shadow series that Hama wrote is still cannon. It takes place between when GI Joe was shut down and when we see Storm shadow again in the continuation. Hama considers the issues he wrote for DDP as a part of his cannon. So his declassified issues also count. Otherwise the Morning light story Obasan and the Russians wouldn’t mean anything.

We shall meet again spirit

GI Joe real American Hero #269 Will have two variant covers Storm Shadow and Snake eyes On sale 1/8/20 Im getting two copies of each cover Don't miss out get yours Yo Joe

Would be alot more interesting if the bad guys won once in a while.This is where the original Star Wars trilogy got it right with The Empire Strikes Back. It made for a great story line. If theyre going to make more of these movies they should have the villains come out on top, & make their Cobra Commander a much better fighter too.

I want to know who finally wins this war! Cobra or the GI Joes!?

Man the later stories really fell short.

G.i.joe needs to make a come back on tv with a whole new series like that or a new brand animate movie Rated R G.i.Joe