[Zbu Manowar]

Well, let's get back on topic. Anybody else got any more Gracefully Forgotten Joes? Here's a Cobra one to be fair:

ZANTAR

As far as the little cliques of Cobra goes, I never have anything against a Dreadnok. Sure, they're all products of their time, a bunch of punks designed with either bikers or New Wave music in mind, but their design was solid and convincing and they weren't complete dorks in the series.

That said, the least of their numbers is bad indeed. Zantar sucks.

Who is Zantar? That's the first problem. Nobody remembers him. He's a Zartan clone who doesn't have any distinguishing characterstics: he looks like some dork with a bow and arrow. Now, a bow and arrow can either make someone look like a badass due to the relative obscurity of the weapon and its possible weaknesses (like that Oatmeal guy in Hard Target) or make them look like they can't fucking hold a gun. Zantar is the latter. Compared to the badass leopard-print wearing/torn shirt/everyday objects as weapons motif that was the Dreadnoks, Zantar is the pussy. And his 'Billy Idol's Donations to the Salvation Army' clashes with the rest of them.

This is not to say that Zartanna is any better. The only way she is saved this indignity as her brother is that she's the chick of the whole group. A chick who's probably colorblind and looks like Ms. Trailer Park Whore/KKK Breeder of 1985, but at least she's not the member of the group that has a fucking bow and arrow and is backhanded violently for being derivative in a group that is quite unique style wise.

So, Zantar is just a Zartan ripoff with a bow and arrow and possibly mental issues when the other Dreadnoks mistake him for his sister after a long week party of drinking and pissing off Destro. And that's it. Fuck, what else could you say about a Dreadnok who makes Thrasher look somewhat original?