Major Bludd
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Major Bludd (Sebastian Bludd), is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of the 1980s. Appearing in both the comic books and the cartoons, Major Bludd is one of the series villains, a mercenary working for the COBRA Organization.
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[edit] Action Figures
Major Bludd appeared in 1983, he has had 6 figures in the 3 3/4" scale and one convention figure. Bludd has commanded the Super Sonic Fighters, Python Patrol, and the Skull Squad for Cobra.
[edit] Character
An Australian, he served in his country's special forces and French Foreign Legion before becoming a mercenary. He is wanted on almost every continent for numerous war crimes and even a few crimes against humanity. Bludd is easily identified by his eyepatch and Snidely Whiplash-style mustache. He was also something of a poet at heart, albeit a very bad one, and was possibly the only poet to ever utilize the word "Uzi" in a poem, as seen in this poem from his file card: "When you're feeling low and woozy/slap a fresh clip in your uzi/assume the proper firing stance/and make the sucker jump and dance"
[edit] Comic books
In the comic book series, Cobra Commander hired Bludd to kill Destro, fearing that Destro would try to usurp the commander's authority, but the Baroness, who was in love with Destro, foiled the attempt. Afterwards he was apprehended by an injured General Hawk and brought to Joe headquarters, but he escaped (killing G.I. Joe's original commanding officer, General Lawerence Flagg, on his way out) and remained in Cobra employment despite Destro's knowledge of his attempted murder. Bludd eventually left Cobra to resume his career as a mercenary. He was captured and sent to Leavenworth, but he escaped during a prison riot. Cobra Commander offered him a chance to rejoin Cobra, and he accepted. Bludd was captured following the battle against The Coil on Cobra Island and sent to Blackwater Prison. He and Scrap-Iron were broken out of jail by Wraith (G.I. Joe). He continued to serve with Cobra until the terrorist group was defeated. Bludd rejoined Cobra during Destro's brief period of leadership, serving as the Coil's field commander with Mistress Armada, but secretly working for the Commander. During this time, his hand was cut off by General Philip Rey and replaced with a cybernetic hand. Following Cobra's defeat at the Monolith Base, Major Bludd disappeared and is still at large working as a mercenary.
[edit] America's Elite
In the G.I. Joe: America's Elite comics, Major Bludd was stopped by Storm Shadow from assassinating the VP of the United States. During the battle Bludd's cybernetic hand was blown off.
[edit] G.I. Joe: Reloaded
In the reboot series G.I. Joe Reloaded, Bludd was hired by Cobra Commander to train the forces of Cobra. He also leads the attacks on Blue Mountain and Hawaii.
[edit] G.I. Joe animated series
[edit] A Real American Hero
Major Bludd makes his debut in the first Mini Series, as a Cobra Field Commander. He appeared frequently throughout the First season, but was not seen at all in the second season. Major Bludd appeared mainly loyal to Cobra Commander, and The Commander once made a reference to Major Bludd being in charge of recruitment for Cobra. He was a conniving character, and usually only hung around when he was being paid enough.
He appeared briefly in the beginning of G.I. Joe: The Movie, in the attack on the statue of Liberty, just before his glider was shot down by The Joes. He is shown to survive this, when he appears in the Cobra Terrordrome with the other members of the High Command. He was absent for the rest of the Movie however. He was voiced by Michael Bell.
[edit] DIC Series
Major Bludd is absent in the first DIC produced Season, but appears frequently in the second season. He once again serves as Cobra's primary field Commander, working alongside Cobra Commander and The Baroness. Where as some characters had very different appearances and voices in the DIC series, Major Bludd is very accurate to his previous portrayal. He now wears a blue Cobra uniform, unlike his previously brown officers outfit.
[edit] G.I. Joe vs. Transformers
Major Bludd also made a brief appearance in the first G.I Joe/Transformers crossover from Devil's Due. Attempting to use his jet to battle back an Autobot invasion. Unfortunately the "jet" turned out to be Skywarp, who had ideas of his own and crushed Bludd inside his cockpit as he transformed to robot mode.
