Storm Shadow

Storm Shadow is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Have you seen me?

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Storm Shadow (Thomas S. Arashikage) is a ninja. You know he's not Snake-Eyes because he's the one in white.

Sometimes he switches sides to keep things interesting.

Fiction

Marvel comic continuity

He switched sides a lot, and once he came back from the dead.

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Using a S.N.A.K.E. he had branded with the Arashikage logo to designate it as his own, Storm Shadow loyally defended Cobra Commander when things on Cobra Island became hot (due to Wheeljack freeing the enslaved Autobots and Decepticons). He single-handedly defeated Gears and Brawn, telling the Autobots that not everyone in Cobra was "dishonorable" like Brawn had claimed. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4 When a larger group of Autobots hunted down Cobra Commander and his S.N.A.K.E. guards, Storm Shadow fought back and managed to decapitate Trailbreaker. While this enraged the rest of the Autobots, the ninja somehow got away, albeit with his mech heavily damaged. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5 Along with Firefly, Storm Shadow later led an attack on the Autobots and G.I. Joes inside Cobra's SPS control facility, disrupting their attempts to stop the island from being destroyed by nukes. Eventually Bumblebee manages to subdue the ninja, but a stray shot from his unit caused the computers to go haywire. This resulted in the SPS Satellite raining hot laser death over the island. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6

Storm Shadow avoided capture, and two years later, he was present at Cobra's Boston facility as Cobra tried to remote-access Teletran 3. He defended the main computer when G.I. Joe attacked, but it was hit by a stray shot and malfunctioned, teleporting everyone in the room to Cybertron. On the alien planet, Cobra and G.I. Joe called a temporary truce, as their mucking-about with Teletran 3 had put Earth in severe danger. Along with Zartan, Lady Jaye and fellow ninja Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow was transported to mid-70's San Francisco to find and retrieve a number of Cybertronians that had ended up there when Teletran 3 malfunctioned. As a white-clad ninja in broad daylight would probably arise some suspicion, he switched to a snazzy white suit, but ultimately didn't do anything important during the mission other than ask Zartan who Steve McQueen was. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1

After returning to present-day Cybertron with Jazz, Bumblebee, Hot Rod and Blitzwing, Storm Shadow waited for the other teams to come back. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2 Unfortunately, Shockwave attacked and took control of Teletran 3, forcing the humans to scatter. Storm Shadow stayed behind for a few seconds as everyone else scrambled into hiding, and observed that Shockwave used Teletran 3 to block the last team from returning. However, staying behind had cost him; his back was severely scarred from Decepticon weaponsfire. After Storm Shadow reporting his discovery to the others, his wound was tended to by Cover Girl. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4

Later, Storm Shadow switched sides and joined G.I. Joe for reasons unclear. The Art of War #4 Together with the rest of the Joes, he traveled back to Cybertron and helped the Autobots fight Serpent O.R.'s new Decepticon army. He and Snarl joined forces to beat up Ransack and Venom. The Art of War issue 5

Transformers/G.I. Joe

They ate me! A F***ING SHARK ATE ME!

Stormshadow [sic] had a long-running rivalry with Snake-Eyes. From Snake-Eyes' narration, it can be inferred that they were friends when they were young ninjas-in-training, but Stormshadow became a traitor and eventually joined Cobra. However, Stormshadow still retained delusions of honor.

As G.I. Joe began their attack on Cobra's stronghold, Stormshadow led his sword brother on a long journey across the landscape, at one point injuring Snake-Eye's face. To prevent the wound from bleeding, Snake-Eyes had to use gunpowder to cauterize the would, but this ruined his visage. Transformed

After leading Snake-Eyes into the clutches of Ravage, Stormshadow was eventually thrown into the water below, where a shark ate him. Wolves

Merchandise

• Storm Shadow & Optimus Prime Statue

First4Figures has revealed images of a statue showing Storm Shadow taking a stance above Optimus Prime's damaged head. The piece was made in limited numbers (1000 internationally) and it is unknown if the statue was ever publicly released as of fall 2007.

External links

• Storm Shadow at Yojoe.com