Raptor
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- Raptor is a Cobra character from the A Real American Hero series.
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Unknown |
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| Specialties |
Falconry; Accountancy |
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Before he ever donned his bird outfit, Raptor was your typical white-collar tax consultant. It wasn't until he got into falconry that birds of prey became his life, leaving the finance world behind. Raptor turned to hunting and poaching, using and breeding his winged predators to produce and outfit larger and stronger birds of prey. After targetting minks on a Cobra-owned ranch, he was apprehended by Destro and later was brought into the fold. While his world revolves around making predatory birds to attack G.I. Joe, he still knows it's all about the money.
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[edit] A Real American Hero comics continuity - Marvel
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Raptor worked for Destro on a mission when a Phantom X-19 stealth plane was shot down in the Jordanian desert. A local warlord sought to auction the plane and other nomad warlords, G.I. Joe the Action Force, Destro and Cobra all converged on the site. Destro was also seeking the fighter and ordered Raptor to kill the Cobra ninja Storm Shadow. One of Raptor's eagles attacked Storm Shadow, scratching the ninja with claws dipped in poison but the Joe medic Lifeline saved Storm Shadow's life. Storm Shadow and Raptor found they had to work together to escape the city of Tehtrad, but vowed to one day kill Raptor.[1]
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He is Cobra's falconer, who wears a bird-head helmet and face paint around his eyes, and wears a wing cape which enables him to fly which can intimidate even the bravest opponents. He has a pet falcon. In the UK, his code name was "Cobra Raptor".
In one comic he is sent out with a Techno-Viper on a mission to attack Action Force with his flying ability. He uses the ability to fly to overpower whoever the Action Force leader is, evoking in him so much fear that he is even too scared to assemble Action Force to defeat him. However, he is ousted from whoever the Action Force leader's path by Muskrat, giving the whole team the time to assemble and subsequently defeat him.
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[edit] A Real American Hero (1987)
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| A Real American Hero (1987)
The lone Raptor action figure was released in 1987. Appearance: brown bird-head helmet; black face-paint around eyes; no shirt; red medallion; feathers on shoulders; orange-brown pants; black belts with silver falcon buckle; brown gloves and bird-foot boots with feathers Accessories: tan wing cape / backpack; brown and off-white falcon. |
[edit] Trivia
- Since the release of Jurassic Park in 1993, the word "raptor" is usually associated with the velociraptor dinosaur, but the term is actually references any predatory bird with a strong notched bill and sharp talons. The word was first recorded in relation to birds in 1873.[2]
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