Blind Master

Blind Master

In Spanish Harlem, New York City, a young boy walks into a small oriental restaurant and pulls out a gun. The owner, an old Japanese man, plays along with the boy, and calmly yet quickly grabs the gun, drops out the magazine and tosses the boy $50. He claims that he likes to buy empty pistols. The man drops the gun into a box of pistols that he has collected over the years. The whole time, Snake Eyes has been inside the restaurant in disguise, holding onto an uzi.

The old man starts a historic tale about Snake-Eyes. The future G.I. Joe had gone to Japan, following his friend Tommy, and met his family. Its members included the old man, known as the "Soft Master," the man's elder brother and leader, the "Hard Master," and Storm Shadow, called the "Young Master." There, Snake-Eyes went through the vigorous training to become a ninja. He became superior in most skills, but the Young Master was still superior with the bow. He could even shoot squirrels on the opposite side of a wall with an arrow. Storm Shadow's violent ways became abhorrent to Snake-Eyes, and their friendship weakened. One day Snake-Eyes was training with the Hard Master on ways to impersonate people through a way of changing breathing patterns and heart beat, called "Mantle of the Chameleon." While he was impersonating Snake Eyes, an arrow flew through the wall, killing him. As he died, he claimed that Storm Shadow was innocent, yet all evidence pointed to him.

In Denver, as Billy and Jinx are sparring, Billy gets the upper hand on Jinx. Pinning her down, he asks how she is connected to Storm Shadow and why she has the same tattoo.

The Blind Master interrupts saying "It is not her place to tell you nor is my place to tell you. I can show you this much though." On the wall is a picture of the Hard Master, he takes it down and on the back is a group photo of the Arashikage Clan. Included in the picture are the Hard Master, Soft Master, Storm Shadow, Snake-Eyes, Jinx, Blind Master, Professor Onihashi, and Onihashi's Assistant. Jinx is Storm Shadow's second cousin on his mother's side.

They tell Billy that Jinx is going to take him to San Francisco, and the Blind Master is off to someplace warm with palm trees. (G.I. Joe ARAH #62)

Blind Master - #91

The Blind Master aka Sensei Moore was in the clan for 10 years before he went blind