Here's my Zartan story. I was 4 years old when he was first released and it was through mail order only at first , my mom made a deal with me that if I learned how to tie my shoes she would order him for me. I had that skill mastered in a day, and a month or so later I got Zartan in the mailbox, I was extremely happy 😃

Anytime you see Zartan , you know the storyline is going to be good. The only villain who switches sides more then a light switch. Sometimes he even helps the good guys , because it furthers his own plans , and who would even know.

The way Zartan's Action-Figure changed colors in real sunlight was neat.

Remember if you put Zartan to the sun he will turn blue

Cold Slither!! A band of vipers, playing our tune!! With an iron fist, and a reptile hiss we shall rule!!....I loved that episode as a kid

Zartan was always my favorite. Thanx for posting this

Zartan looks like the lead singer of a Norwegian Black metal band...with a debut album named hail cobra the snake of eden...

One of my top 5 favorite Joe toys/figures as a kid!!! Loved Zartan!!!

I wish they put more of his look into the live action movies. That hood and face paint was so prominent in his character.

Dude, love your deep dives into these Joe characters. PLEASE keep them coming. Respect and love

I love Zartan man. He is one of my favorite charaters from G.I. Joe. This was an enjoyable analysis, thank you.

Who is the Master of Disguise? ZARTAN. Changes colors right before your eyes... ZARTAN!!! I can't believe I still remember that jingle from Zartan's commercial toy debut.

I remember getting Zartan and Hooded Cobra Commander before anyone else through the mail. I think you had to collect points or something from the boxes and packaging from other figures and vehicles etc. I remember waiting all summer for them to show up. Boy I was the coolest kid on tbe block when i got them. Other kids eventually were able to buy Zartan at the toy store (remember those?) but I never saw another Hooded Cobra Commander.

Zartan along with most or all the other 84 Enemy characters was awesome very cool character.....

Crimson Twins please for your next video

I remember getting confused when Raptor came out as a new Cobra figure. I thought he was supposed to be a new version of Zartan. I have always thought they looked so similar.

One of my first and favorite villains. Got Zartan and the chameleon for my 12th birthday. I still have them and all the accessories on display with the rest of my Joes. Seems like I remember Zanzibar (which I also have) taking over as leader of the Dreadknocks for a while.

I had that Zartan figure with the Swamp Skier

Zartan is one of the most interesting characters. He has technology that wasn't given to him by Cobra, and no doubt must have gone through some experiment with some quack doctor. His chest armor plate glows red when he gets real angry, sunlight affects him, and he has skills that could make you think he had some training in ninjitsu. He is a dangerous individual.

So mentally and psychologically he's kind of like John Travolta's character in the movie 'Swordfish',he's impersonated so many people his original personality has been forgotten.

Zartan was one of my favorite Cobras. You could see him displaying paranoid schizophrenia in certain episodes.

I wonder if Zartan got his holo-powers/holo-gear from the late Emmett Beton, or his A.I. creation: "Synergy". Wouldn't it be fun to have seen Cold Slither would have a Battle-Of-The-Bands against JEM And The Holograms.

Zartan trained among the faceless men in game of thrones

My favorite action figure when I was younger. Som many features.

Zartan. How do your powers work in the real action movies? Zartan: "Nano machines, son!"

In the animated film, when he was talking about that Ruby.... Hilarious. I would like to see an adult based GI Joe live action series

5.46 mins in & I must say, best marval / cartoon crossover review ever...

The original was One of my favorite toys!

i had Cold Slither stuck in my head the other day for no reason. Zartan is my fave Cobra agent.

I always liked Zartan for some odd reason.

The "cold slither" episode was one of the best ever!!! #you'll be joining us soon

Man, this is awesome! I’m totally a huge, huge fan of the 80’s Joe’s, and have recently been wanting to pick up from where I left off around 89. Subscribed and will definitely be watching more of these videos. Thank you! 🙏🏾

So zartan kills serpentor wooow thats awesome

He is half african and half irish red head so he gets a bizarre Tan when sun hits him ... Thats most realistic story for him

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I always thought he was one of the guys from Kiss.

Slight correction: The 1st issue of the Zartan toy had the Paranoid Schizophrenia comments at the end of his file. However, this was quickly edited out within a year due to backlash from the Psychiatry community. Further issues of the Zartan toy would have the same file minus the Psychiatric profile until his pink mohawk update in the early 90's, when he seemingly joined G.I.Joe.

Great video! Great job detailing the origin from the beginning! Thanks for your hard work!

Great work! Keep them coming!

Keep these GIJoe vids coming please

My favorite g.i joe villain 💪✔ Great video bro

Really in-depth, and researched. Good job.

I definitely had his action figure as a kid and he changed colors, I don't remember a hood and a mask that was detachable though. (Thats awesome)

I'm loving your vids!

My favorite Zartan line is from the animated movie: "A gem of that size....answers ALL my questions."

Awesome videos bud. PLEASE keep them coming.

Loving this channel! Notifications on!

And Zartan sits alone and wonders, who? Who is the real me? And in the end, do I really have any friends? Who love me for being Zartan? Who love me for being me?

These are terrific, thank you!

One of the best villains. Methodical, patient, physchotic, masterful and ruthless. What more could you ask for!

Keep up the great work. 👍 Love Gi joe.

ZARTAN ... SKUNK with SWAMP BEAST set ; twin Gatlin’ guns blazing ... Buzzer with tactical shot gun stocked assault chainsaw ... God, The 80s toys and cartoons rocked!!!

The line "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, formally, that is..." is pretty ambiguous, and does indeed feel like a feint in hindsight.

Now that I know a little bit more about him; I like Zartan.

Was hoping to hear more about the Zartan from GI Joe Renegade. It's an interesting origin story but this version of Zartan had no history/ relationship with the Stormshadow or Snakeeyes or the Arashikage clan.

Nice thanks for the Info on Zartan

My biggest problem with the live action GIJoe Movies is that the characters in the movies look nothing like their comic book and animated counterparts. Except for Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, and The Baroness. I wish they went towards a more comic book route and made all of the Joe’s and Cobra look like how we know them. I will say that I am very excited to see what Hasbro Studios is going to do with their Cinematic Universe. From what I understand The HCU for a lack of better words is going to include; The GIJoes, The Freaking Micronauts, Romm The Space Knight, and I do believe The Transformers. What I really want to see out of all of those movies is The rebooted GIJoes and The Micronauts. I think Hasbro is going to go all out and finally give us The GIJoes that we all know and love. The Micronauts on the other hand will definitely be a movie with characters that we have never really seen on the big screen. The Micronaut toy line is easily one of the coolest and innovative toy lines of the 1970’s and 80’s. In fact when the toys were popular, Marvel put out a killer comic book series based on the toys and if the Micronauts movie is anything like the comic books we will be in for a treat.

Zartan and Storm Shadow are my favorite baddies, I have other favorites but I use to dream these two would have a knockdown drag out fight. If anybody knows if this happened in the comics please let me know.

man you are breaking out the memories. had zartan and the dredknots. cant remember the spelling.

Zartan is Tarzan's doppelganger obviously.

These videos are great!

Good job, these are cool! Would be even cooler if you through in some more toy and collectible iterations of the characters....

love the info man

Zartan is leader of The Dreadnoks which has his brother and sister Zandar and Zarana as well as his daughter Zanya along with Buzzer, Ripper, Torch, Monkeywrench, Thrasher, Road Pig, Zanzibar, Gnawgahyde, Heart Wrencher, Demolishor, Burn Out, Chop Shop, Rugrat, Crusher, Death Metal, Billy-Bob, Cletus, Joe-Bob, Otis, Roscoe, Vance, and Machete. In The G.I. Joe and Street Fighter crossover from IDW in 2016, he beat Chun-Li who is The World's Strongest Woman disguised as Dan and then when he fought Guile, he lost when Guile hit him with a Sonic Boom.

Great video! I do feel you missed the opportunity to gush over the v1 figure a little more tho

Speaking of Steve Blum I met Steve Blum twice one back in 2016 at Momocon. The second Time in 2019 and the best part is he still remembers me.

Cool video zartan was a cool character and I had the figure as a kid LoL

Have you done one for the Dreadnoks? Was thinking it would be covered here

Think you so very much from all of your friends in cobra

Who were Zartan's parents, though, let alone the parents of his "siblings"?

The best character from GIJoe cartoons. Cool look.

Ohhhhh u have the action figure I remember the files in the back when you cut them out how's the simpler days

Excellent video

More GI Joe please

I always thought that Destro and Zartan were very interesting characters because both were basically mercenaries, in it for the money, unlike all the real members of Cobra who were ideological believers...in an ideology that was never explained at all.

I know this is old, but, his sled upper plastic is what turned color, not the stickers... The additive into the plastic is photochromic, kinda the same process that your "auto-tinting" eye glasses do in out doors to indoors lighting, (UV)....

please do a video on the gi joe ninja force team

A GEM THAT SIZE ANSWER ALL MY QUESTION...love you hat line from the movie

Good job,!

This explains the accessories for the deluxe classified zartan.

Just subscribed; cool channel!

This made me subscribe

Thank you😺

The inspiration for WWE legend Ultimate Warrior’s face paint logo

Zartan was always a favorite

My favorite merc

Listen to Welcome to Cobra Island Wordburgler

Nice post! 🤟🏻

You didn't mention the Zartan from GI Joe Renegades series. A really fun take on the character!

Can you do one for Destro and Serpentor

Zartan is a Master of Disguise he changes colors right before your eyes LOL that was part of the commercial slogan

VERY COOL!😁!

The stickers on the US version 1 figure changed colors true but the figure would change color to an aqua-green color in the sunlight.

Changing colors right before your eyeeez ZATRAN!

Was that guy (mask) from the "TAPOUT " crew the real life version of ZARTAN???? The world may never know!

Zartan was my favorite toy next to StormShadow.

Interesting. As a kid I always thought he was named Zartan because of his light-sensitivity. Too bad the 80s cartoon had him use the same "fake faces" that every other "master of disguise" did, instead of the holographs that Chameleon used in the 90s Spider-man cartoon. But I think Mystique's still my all-time favorite, "super-spy, master of disguise" in fiction.

I feel connected when you said Ron in the tater LOL I know about that

Which was the dreadnought with the blond ponytail ?

When i was a kid i use to like this series Zartan and the Dreadnoks reminds me of Jean Simmons and KISS 🤭