Alaska on Ice: When Cobra Tried to Turn the Cold War Into a Land Grab
When the last surviving heir of the Russian Imperial Alaskan Colony Company, Count Mikhail Orlov, arrives and loudly claims he owns Alaska, the panic button gets smashed at G.I. Joe HQ. Legally, the situation is murky enough that both the U.S. and Russia can argue they have equal rights to pursue evidence—because if the long-missing Imperial Seal exists, it could reshape the entire dispute. But in the 1980s G.I. Joe cartoon mythos, “Russia shows up” almost automatically means “Russia is the threat,” and that reflex is exactly what makes the…
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