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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.  
'''Storm Shadow''' ('''Thomas S. Arashikage''') is a ninja. You know he's not [[Snake-Eyes]] because he's the one in white. He usually works for [[Cobra]], but sometimes he switches sides to keep things interesting.  


His successor, '''"Storm Shadow II"''' (also known as '''Tempest'''), is a woman who appreciates a white ensemble even more than he does.
In some continuities he has [[Tempest (Cobra)|a protege]] who took up his name while he was believed to be dead.


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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:IDW Storm Shadow 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''...and the Woman in White followed.'']]
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The original Storm Shadow was a high-ranking member of the Cobra conspiracy, leader of the Arashikage ninja clan and the archnemesis of his sword-brother, [[Snake-Eyes]]. Ultimately, Snake-Eyes would seemingly kill his rival; {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Storm Shadow Profile}} and when G.I. Joe operatives successfully brought down Cobra the Arashikage clan collapsed with it.  {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
The original Storm Shadow was a high-ranking member of the Cobra conspiracy, leader of the Arashikage ninja clan and the archnemesis of his sword-brother, [[Snake-Eyes]]. Ultimately, Snake-Eyes would seemingly kill his rival; {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Storm Shadow Profile}} and when G.I. Joe operatives successfully brought down Cobra the Arashikage clan collapsed with it.  {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}


At some point over the next few years, an enigmatic woman — a cybernetically-enhanced warrior skilled in both ancient martial arts and modern firearms — would take up the mantle of "Storm Shadow." Covertly gathering a new clan of ninja from the remnants of the Arashikage, she dubbed them the "[[Red Shadows]]," and augmented her warriors with black market prostheses culled from a wide variety of sources: [[M.A.R.S.|Mars Industries]], [[Darkmatter Logic]], and reverse-engineered [[Transformer]] technology. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Storm Shadow profile}} Storm Shadow and her followers made a name for themselves while following the rogue European supervilain [[Doctor X]]; when Doctor X's cover as "Mercy Gale" was blown, the two made a daring escape and reconvened aboard X's airship, noting that they'd been contacted by "the Baron". {{istorylink|Mr Love and Justice}}  
Following his apparent death, an enigmatic woman — a cybernetically-enhanced warrior skilled in both ancient martial arts and modern firearms — would take up the mantle of "Storm Shadow." Following the return of the original Storm Shadow, she accepted a position as his tutor and assumed the name [[Tempest (Cobra)|Tempest]]. {{storylink|Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|Scarlett's Strike Force #3}}


The pair made for the elite [[Redcliffe Club]] in [[London]], home of the criminal [[Geddis]] brothers; shortly after Storm Shadow and her ninja massacred the criminal pair and their goons, they were approached in person by [[Joe Colton]]. Forced to go outside the law, Colton, in his alterego as "Baron Ironblood," informed them that he was putting together an alliance to destroy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Initially skeptical of his promises, Storm Shadow — after a brief confrontation — was duly impressed by Colton's new mechanical hand, a fusion of alien technology and sorcery made possible through the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]. Colton won her over by promising that, with the help of [[Merklynn|Garrison Krieger]] and the Talisman, she and her ninja could be further augmented, {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part One: Redcliffe Club|Redcliffe Club}} and that once Cybertron fell, they could be upgraded with the pillaged technology. {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Four: Hitting the Big Time|Hitting the Big Time}}
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When Storm Shadow and her clan next surfaced, it was in the service of Baron Ironblood's new [[Iron Ring]]. Thanks to Krieger's knowledge of the Talisman and it spower, she and her minions could take their cybernetic implants even further: genetic material culled from the [[Dire Wraith]]s gave her extreme strength, agility, and the ability to stretch her limbs and change her appearance. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Storm Shadow profile}} In this new capacity, Storm Shadow and her followers became the foot soldiers of Ironblood's conspiracy, gathering materials and resources to refurbish a [[Section Sabine|abandoned Cobra base]] on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Enter The Shadow}} {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1}}
 
When the British super-spy was inadvertently teleported to the Moon, he was captured by the Red Shadows. As Doctor X explained the situation, Storm Shadow stood guard over their captive; when he slipped his bonds, she gave chase and managed to stab him in the hand with her sword to prevent him from reaching the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] that would allow him to escape. Doctor X reiterated that he was not to be killed — an order that Storm Shadow objected to, as Ian had killed one of her ninja — but before their argument could escalate, [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]], [[Ayana Jones|Mayday]], [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]], and the [[Micronaut]]s burst through the roof. {{storylink|Enter The Shadow}}
 
When these same heroes infiltrated the [[Iron Castle]] to retrieve files relating to Kreiger's experiments on [[Atomic Man|Mike "Atomic Man" Power]], Storm Shadow and Doctor X stood by in Kreiger's [[Brasnya]]n "[[Project Ice Man|Project: Ice Man]]" facility as they prepared to turn the base into a trap for their enemies. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} They didn't stay long and relocated before the chips fell. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}
 
With Colton's plan reaching its final stages, Storm Shadow was part of the team sent to retrieve the last piece of the puzzle: the Talisman itself, stolen by the "Revolutionaries" during their battle on the Moon. Storm Shadow used a holographic disguise to masquerade as Blackrock's assistant [[Camila]]; when her teammates arrived, she dropped her cover and stabbed Blackrock in the chest. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}} In the ensuing battle, Storm Shadow went up against Mayday and managed to overpower both Mayday and Action Man; before she could finish them off, however, Kup ran her over. Once he had recovered, Blackrock was able to analyze Storm Shadow's hybridized DNA and transmit the information to [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] so that the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] could broadcast the counter-frequency required to return the mutated inhabitants of [[Verenya]] to normal.
 
Forced into a retreat, Storm Shadow and Doctor X were able to use the M.A.S.S. Device to teleport out with the Talisman. Back at the Iron Castle, Storm Shadow stood by as Colton rallied the villains to take the fight to Cybertron, {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}} and later watched as Kreiger made his final preparations to the Talisman. {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Five: One Unholy Machine|One Unholy Machine}}
 
On the date of Earth's induction into the [[Council of Worlds]], the Iron Ring made themselves known: teleporting themselves to Cybertron, they disguised themselves within [[M.A.S.K.]] tech and invaded [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with the intent of using the Talisman to poison the planet's core and render it uninhabitable.  {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} While her Red Shadows ran amok in Iacon, Storm Shadow joined Joe Colton and his small group of operatives — Kreiger, [[Miles Mayhem]], [[Shazraella]], and [[Destro]] — to continue with their main objective. To aid in their mission, Storm Shadow was able to ambush and subdue [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] so that Shasraella could [[Enerchange]] with her body. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}} Continuing to follow the path to Cybertron's core, Storm Shadow grew tired of Mayhem's chauvinism as they planted sound dampeners to cover their tracks, {{storylink|First Strike issue 3|First Strike #3}} and took out [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] and his [[Badgeless]] troopers when the Cybertronians tried to pursue them. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}} The group eventually reached the core of the planet... but found that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his allies had caught up with them. {{storylink|First Strike issue 5|First Strike #5}}
 
In the ensuing battle, Storm Shadow fought [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] until Krieger was unmasked as the magical [[Merklynn]]; after raising the city of [[New Prysmos]] from the [[energon]] of Cybertron, and revealing that he had orchestrated the entire invasion based on a selfish falsehood, Storm Shadow and the others were arrested and placed under Cybertronian custody. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}
 
This incarceration evidently didn't last very long as she was soon back among Cobra's ranks on Earth now having taken the name "Tempest", following the return of her predecessor. {{storylink|Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|Scarlett's Strike Force #3}}
 
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Revision as of 22:12, 15 October 2018

This subject of this article goes by multiple names that apply to other articles as well. See Thomas (disambiguation), Tempest.
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Storm Shadow is a human from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"Of course I switch sides, look what the Joes make me wear!"

Storm Shadow (Thomas S. Arashikage) is a ninja. You know he's not Snake-Eyes because he's the one in white. He usually works for Cobra, but sometimes he switches sides to keep things interesting.

In some continuities he has a protege who took up his name while he was believed to be dead.

Fiction

Marvel Generation 2 comic

Storm Shadow once died, but was resurrected by Doctor Mindbender's cloning vat. Realignments At one point in the 1990s, he was in Ninja Force. One of their missions was to extract a semi-reformed Destro and the Baroness from the Silent Castle, where Snake-Eyes had to stab Scarlett to protect her cover as a G.I. Joe traitor within Cobra. Unfoldings! When Destro later tried to empathize with Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow told him not to bother as it was his fault the incident happened at all. Realignments

When a Cobra task force (which included Megatron) was spotted heading into Milleville, Storm Shadow led Ninja Force on an infiltration mission. He helped Snake-Eyes find Scarlett's hospital room. Goin' South When the team was spotted by Night Creepers, Storm Shadow led them into battle, and left Snake-Eyes to deal with the Night Creeper Leader while the rest of Ninja Force went to assist a recon team against Cobra Eels and B.A.T.s. When they managed to escape the town, Storm Shadow and Spirit were tasked with bringing back Snake-Eyes, as another agency in the United States government was running a sting operation that G.I. Joe couldn't get involved with. Sucker Punch The two ran into an Autobot strike team sent to deal with Megatron and transport Skydive aboard the captured Ark while disguised as Alley-Vipers. On their way out, they ran into Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, and Doctor Biggles-Jones, who were under attack from Megatron. They tried to make a run for it, but Megatron's unrelenting pursuit forced Biggles-Jones to give herself up to the Decepticon. The remaining four could only watch as the Ark flew away with Biggles-Jones, Skydive, and Megatron in it. Final Transformations

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, and helped out by sneaking onto a jet and placing a disruption unit, revealing it to be Blitzwing. He also asked Zartan who Steve McQueen was. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1

After returning to present-day Cybertron with Blitzwing, Jazz, Bumblebee, and Hot Rod, 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. Before returning to Earth, Storm Shadow and Cover Girl exchanged some loving glances. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4

Hanging out with G.I. Joe apparently had some effect on the ninja, as Storm Shadow later switched sides and joined them. The Art of War #3 When the Autobots had trouble with Serpent O.R.'s new Decepticon army, Storm Shadow and the rest of the Joes prepared to help them out. The Art of War #4 They traveled to Cybertron through a warpgate, where Storm Shadow joined forces with Snarl to beat up Ransack and Venom. The Art of War #5

Transformers/G.I. Joe

Stormshadow [sic] and Snake-Eyes were both members of the Arashikage clan when they were young, until an unspecified incident where Snake-Eyes brought shame on Stormshadow before the clan. Out of revenge, Stormshadow somehow rendered Snake-Eyes mute, then left the clan behind to live a life without honor. This lifestyle eventually led him to join Cobra. Transformed

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

Many years later, in 1939, Stormshadow was stationed at Cobra's Fera Islands headquarters when it came under attack by a G.I. Joe strike force. Learning that Snake-Eyes was among the Joes, Stormshadow decided to pay him back for what he did. The Line Stormshadow blinded his rival and cut his face, but failed to kill him as Stalker interrupted the duel. Escaping across the island, Stormshadow tried to lure Snake-Eyes onto a bridge, where a team of Cobra machine gunners would gun him down. Unfortunately, Snake-Eyes saw through this plot and killed the soldiers, so Stormshadow fetched another ally: Ravage. Transformed

After Snake-Eyes took out Ravage, Stormshadow attacked him again, but lost their bout of wrestling. In spite of this, he called his rival weak and ran off elsewhere, only for Snake-Eyes to lob a grenade at him. Trial by Fire He survived, and soon attacked Snake-Eyes again using an old halberd. The two combatants ended up falling into the sea, where Stormshadow was fatally bitten by a shark. Wolves As Snake-Eyes carried him out of the water, Stormshadow realized that his old enemy had become a true warrior, and regretted his own actions. Before passing away, he asked Snake-Eyes to understand his feelings, even if his actions could never be forgiven. Trenches

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

Storm Shadow attempted to snipe Hawk while he was greeting the newly arrived Decepticons, but his aim was spoiled by Snake-Eyes and he merely succeeding in wounding the Joe. The War Never Ends He later attacked Hawk in his home to finish the job and steal his tomahawk heirloom, an object of great interest to the Decepticobra alliance. Despite catching him off guard while he shaved, Storm Shadow failed in both assassinating Hawk and retrieving the tomahawk. Everybody Hates Metroplex During the apparent destruction of Earth, Storm Shadow made his way to Koh-Buru-Lah to free his pupil, Billy, from Cobra's clutches. Using a winged jetpack, he fought his way past Snake-Eyes and succeeded in rescuing Billy, to the confusion of Cobra Commander who thought he'd come to join the rest of them. Earth: R.I.P. He dueled with Snake-Eyes again during the final battle between Cobra and G.I. Joe on Cybertron, but lost and received a fatal sword wound. As he passed away, he praised the killing blow and expressed pleasure in his relationship with his ninja brother, believing they had both lived to strengthen one another. The War Never Ends

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Main article: Storm Shadow on the IDW Hasbro Wiki

The original Storm Shadow was a high-ranking member of the Cobra conspiracy, leader of the Arashikage ninja clan and the archnemesis of his sword-brother, Snake-Eyes. Ultimately, Snake-Eyes would seemingly kill his rival; Storm Shadow Profile and when G.I. Joe operatives successfully brought down Cobra the Arashikage clan collapsed with it. Secret Raiders

Following his apparent death, an enigmatic woman — a cybernetically-enhanced warrior skilled in both ancient martial arts and modern firearms — would take up the mantle of "Storm Shadow." Following the return of the original Storm Shadow, she accepted a position as his tutor and assumed the name Tempest. Scarlett's Strike Force #3


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Merchandise

  • Storm Shadow & Optimus Prime Statue (2007)
Produced by First 4 Figures, this 7.5-inch statue is based on the cover of issue 5 of G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers, featuring Storm Shadow taking a stance above Optimus Prime's damaged head. The statue was limited to 1000 samples.

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