a man who can undermine the leader of an
entire organization devoted to world
domination is a man to be feared this
will buy you the time you need
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
destro leadership it has to be taken out
of chaos by someone with complete
control as with most comic book
characters there are often re-imaginings
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline which unfolded in 1983’s
GI Joe a real American hero numbers 11
14 and 15 which was expanded upon in
1987 s action force numbers four and
forty five with his metallic mask
destro looks like the kind of villain
that would be loaded with superpowers in
fact though he does have access to some
mighty technology Destro’s real power
lies in his Machiavellian skill and
cold-blooded strategic planning
we have only one target and that is the
volcano itself concentrate your fire at
this levels Destro’s introduction came
in the middle of an ongoing GI Joe
storyline as usual the team was fighting
their arch enemies the evil terrorist
organization known as Cobra soon Flint
and the other Joe’s will pass directly
over the pit of chaos and there they
will learn the folly of pursuit destro
apparently already had a past
relationship with existing Cobra member
the Baroness in his initial experience
destro I created a complicated scheme in
which a plague was unleashed upon an
entire town as a way of distracting the
world from Cobras actual goal of
obtaining plutonium at this delicate
juncture I shall take no chance of
anything going wrong some issues later
readers learned a bit more of the depth
behind destro and the Baroness’s past
relationship they also learned that
destro still cared a great deal for the
Baroness my beautiful Lady of the lake
he had set motion a plan to kill the
cobra commander but was forced to rescue
the leader when it appeared that his
plan would also destroy the Baroness
destro proved that while he was indeed a
villain he still possessed some positive
traits like honor and his heart was not
as cold as his metallic face would have
us believe a 1987 storyline revealed
even more tidbits about Destro’s past
the current destro was the latest in a
long line of arms manufacturers this
family had profited from selling
weaponry since the days of the Crusades
and directed a castle in the Balkans
destro became a member of Cobra not
because he believed in its ideals but
because the commander was powerful but
unstable thus this arms dealer planned
to manipulate Cobra to his own ends I
guess so sure you mean we in fact
readers saw a much younger destro in a
confrontation with his father who at the
time wore the trademark mask his father
berated him for selling arms to the
wrong people
the young man responded by killing his
father claiming the old man had become
kind of soft the son took his mask and
proclaimed himself to be the new leader
of the destro clan in 2007 some
revisions were made to that story the
destro family was actually McCullen and
they were of Scottish ancestry they had
sold weapons as far back as the 13th
century when the English broken
agreement with the mccollins they
imprisoned the head of the McCullen clan
for years making him wear an iron mask
to keep his identity secret I finally
taken my place in the long line of
McCullen James McCullen is no more No
you are destro in this story the current
head of the destro organization was
James McCullen he was visited one stormy
night by a masked man who wanted him to
join the revolutionary force that he was
forming
destro didn’t exactly trust the man and
certainly didn’t share his beliefs but
he saw an opportunity to profit
substantially and so began his alliance
with the cobra commander when I’m
finished the money will take care of
itself you’ll be able to do all the
research you want his trademark silver
mask makes destro villain with a
distinctive look that allows him to
really stand out on the comic pages but
it’s his ruthlessness and cunning that
makes him such a fan favorite as a foil
for Cobra Commander he provides a level
of complexity to many stories and adds
more conflict beyond simply fighting the
GI Joe force they have no commitment to
our cause they are nothing more than
money-grubbing mercenaries are you a fan
of the dastardly destro mm-hmm how well
you perceive the situation for more
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I believe the
expression is to me today
entire organization devoted to world
domination is a man to be feared this
will buy you the time you need
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
destro leadership it has to be taken out
of chaos by someone with complete
control as with most comic book
characters there are often re-imaginings
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline which unfolded in 1983’s
GI Joe a real American hero numbers 11
14 and 15 which was expanded upon in
1987 s action force numbers four and
forty five with his metallic mask
destro looks like the kind of villain
that would be loaded with superpowers in
fact though he does have access to some
mighty technology Destro’s real power
lies in his Machiavellian skill and
cold-blooded strategic planning
we have only one target and that is the
volcano itself concentrate your fire at
this levels Destro’s introduction came
in the middle of an ongoing GI Joe
storyline as usual the team was fighting
their arch enemies the evil terrorist
organization known as Cobra soon Flint
and the other Joe’s will pass directly
over the pit of chaos and there they
will learn the folly of pursuit destro
apparently already had a past
relationship with existing Cobra member
the Baroness in his initial experience
destro I created a complicated scheme in
which a plague was unleashed upon an
entire town as a way of distracting the
world from Cobras actual goal of
obtaining plutonium at this delicate
juncture I shall take no chance of
anything going wrong some issues later
readers learned a bit more of the depth
behind destro and the Baroness’s past
relationship they also learned that
destro still cared a great deal for the
Baroness my beautiful Lady of the lake
he had set motion a plan to kill the
cobra commander but was forced to rescue
the leader when it appeared that his
plan would also destroy the Baroness
destro proved that while he was indeed a
villain he still possessed some positive
traits like honor and his heart was not
as cold as his metallic face would have
us believe a 1987 storyline revealed
even more tidbits about Destro’s past
the current destro was the latest in a
long line of arms manufacturers this
family had profited from selling
weaponry since the days of the Crusades
and directed a castle in the Balkans
destro became a member of Cobra not
because he believed in its ideals but
because the commander was powerful but
unstable thus this arms dealer planned
to manipulate Cobra to his own ends I
guess so sure you mean we in fact
readers saw a much younger destro in a
confrontation with his father who at the
time wore the trademark mask his father
berated him for selling arms to the
wrong people
the young man responded by killing his
father claiming the old man had become
kind of soft the son took his mask and
proclaimed himself to be the new leader
of the destro clan in 2007 some
revisions were made to that story the
destro family was actually McCullen and
they were of Scottish ancestry they had
sold weapons as far back as the 13th
century when the English broken
agreement with the mccollins they
imprisoned the head of the McCullen clan
for years making him wear an iron mask
to keep his identity secret I finally
taken my place in the long line of
McCullen James McCullen is no more No
you are destro in this story the current
head of the destro organization was
James McCullen he was visited one stormy
night by a masked man who wanted him to
join the revolutionary force that he was
forming
destro didn’t exactly trust the man and
certainly didn’t share his beliefs but
he saw an opportunity to profit
substantially and so began his alliance
with the cobra commander when I’m
finished the money will take care of
itself you’ll be able to do all the
research you want his trademark silver
mask makes destro villain with a
distinctive look that allows him to
really stand out on the comic pages but
it’s his ruthlessness and cunning that
makes him such a fan favorite as a foil
for Cobra Commander he provides a level
of complexity to many stories and adds
more conflict beyond simply fighting the
GI Joe force they have no commitment to
our cause they are nothing more than
money-grubbing mercenaries are you a fan
of the dastardly destro mm-hmm how well
you perceive the situation for more
comic book origins be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com I believe the
expression is to me today
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