I think I may have stumbled onto something that Larry Hama wove into the ongoing GIJOE saga many issues ago. At a convention Larry said something to the effect of there being a story element no one had caught on to yet.
Well I think I may have it, or at least an inkling of it.
The return to San Francisco strengthened my theory.
There are several hints dropped in several issues, beginning with the story of Billy in issue 10, moving to the Snake Eyes origin in 26 ,27, Wade Collins story in 43 and the origins of Cobra in 84 and possibly more.
Let us review some facts:
1. Snake Eyes' family and Cobra Commander's brother were killed in the same accident.
2. Hawk said he was four hours late compared to the time Snake Eyes family should have arrived.
3. It took him 2 hours to drive to the airport. So using that data let us assume that wherever the family was coming from was around a two hour trip.
4. Let us skip ahead to issue 43, when Wade Collins returned from a POW camp. He is pictured sitting in the San Francisco airport.
5. Let us make a big assumption here that San Francisco is the same airport that Snake Eyes returned from Vietnam to.
6. The Presidio is roughly 2 hours from the San Francisco airport. If Hawk was stationed there that makes sense.
7. Springfield, California is roughly two hours from San Francisco.
8. The Sierras are near Springfield, California. Snake Eyes cabin, is in the Sierras.
9. Back to issue 43, Wade says he "wandered" for a bit after his return to the US before coming to a town that welcomed him with open arms and indoctrinated him into Cobra, then he volunteered to be a Crimson Guard. Again Springfield, CA is not far from San Francisco.
10. Storm Shadow's hideout is in San Francisco.
11. Billy trained with Storm Shadow in San Francisco along with Jinx.
12. Billy's mother is able to find him at that facility rather easily. Perhaps she lived nearby?
So is it not possible that Snake Eyes' birthplace (classified), is also from Springfield? Could Cobra Commander have known him as a neighbor or at least a resident of the same city?
Wouldn't that be a more plausible reason to want revenge on Snake Eyes by sending Zartan after him in Japan than just a random car accident?
Is it not reasonable that people tend to return to a certain area that they consider home? If Snake Eyes was from Springfield, California it is not a huge leap to consider that the family had a cabin in the nearby Sierras.
Do the puzzle pieces all fit or am I way off? I did bounce the theory off on a few people and they seem to agree it is possible.
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