The Power of Packaging: Major Bludd
I never had a Major Bludd on card. I got mine in one of those Christmas catalog 3-packs. I’m not complaining, but I missed out on staring at a full-size example of his card art. However I did have his file card, and the example of his poetry brought me great joy. “and make the suckers jump and dance” still cracks me up.
Bludd’s artwork is nothing short of awesome. As a kid I took the dogtags to be those of the men he’s killed.
As for the poetry, in 5th grade, I wrote his poem down as a secret santa gift for the girl whose name I drew. The next day, the whole class got a lecture on “appropriate” gifts. For that reason, I still remember the stanzas.
That is AWESOME! Probably get a kid counseling these days, though. I was the same about his dogtags, too. Major Bludd was a bad dude. Got mine via mail away, so I never had this cardback, but it’s one of my favorites.
That sounds risky even in eighty three.
My Bludd was a very worn example from a yard sale. Seeing that card is greag!
~Great
”Major Bludd. Cobra’s class clown, who always gave G. I. Joe a lot of trouble, and took no sides, except when it came to the highest bidder for his services.”
Such a great staple from 1983. He always seemed to be Manning or leading a unit of Hiss tanks, from the crystal cave tobisland of no return. He made Cobra seem legit as a quasi military organization.
With Swivel-Arm Battle Grip…for just the one arm.
I forgot his card said “Major Bludd The Enemy” back when they weren’t so hung up on labeling everything Cobra. Odd his file card says GI JOE on it.
Then there is Destroys respect for him when he comes back with the crystals. Cobra needed more mercenaries, and less eccentrics