A master ninja of the Arashikage clan and sword-brother to Snake Eyes, the two trained together before circumstances put them on opposite sides. Storm Shadow served Cobra as a bodyguard and assassin while pursuing his own quest to find his uncle's true killer.
Storm Shadow is a Cobra operative in the original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line. First released as a Hasbro carded action figure in 1984, with 4 distinct figure versions produced across the 1982 to 1994 ARAH run.
Storm Shadow appears in 5 episode synopses across the Sunbow (1983 to 1987) and DiC (1989 to 1992) runs, first appearing in Sunbow's "The Revenge of Cobra, Part 4: Battle on the Roof of the World" (1984). Full screencap and continuity review pending.