Crystal Ball
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- Crystal Ball is a member of Cobra from the G.I. Joe portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Crystal Ball is a Cobra soothsayer.
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Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Gazing into the Serpentress's future, Crystal Ball foresaw that her child with Cobra Commander would one day become the true emperor of Cobra. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12
2005 IDW continuity
Following the dissolution of Cobra, Crystal Ball fell in with the Dreadnoks, establishing himself as a sort of spiritual leader for the motorcycle gang. Crystal Ball profile With them as muscle, Crystal Ball traveled to Hohhot and used his powers of persuasion to convince the local populace that only he could protect them from the kinds of monsters that were encroaching upon the world and that their governments would once again fail to protect them from. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1
As the newly international G.I. Joe team arrived at his palace to take him down at the behest of the Chinese government, Crystal Ball greeted the Joes and ordered the Dreadnoks to attack them. As the Joes slowly but surely managed to fight back against the bikers, Crystal Ball denounced their short-sightedness and again insisted that only he could protect the world from the horrors that laid below the Earth's surface before having Burn Out unleash several seemingly mind controlled members of the Mongolian populace on their foes. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #2 Theorizing that getting Crystal Ball away from the civilians would break whatever hold he seemed to have on them, Rock 'n Roll jumped off of Roadblock's back to grab Crystal Ball off of the balcony. As he was grabbed by the Joe, Crystal Ball put his fingers to Rock's forehead, allowing him to sense a lust for destruction and a powerful guilt that filled the Joe that he encouraged him to embrace. This only momentarily dazed the Joe though and he soon through Crystal Ball over his shoulders, carried him down the stairs, and eventually threw him in the back of the beat up 4x4 Cover Girl had managed to procure. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #3 As the Dreadnoks gave the Joes chase, Crystal Ball continued to rave about the coming horrors from down below until he noticed Doc shoot some kind of energy blast from her hands, the realization that she didn't know what she really was causing him to cackle with laughter. With their transportation on it's last legs, the Joes were forced to abandon the jeep along with their prisoner. It was here that Crystal Ball cackled that the true, ancient gods of the Earth had finally awakened just as a gigantic monster burst from beneath the Dreadnoks' feet and dragged them back underground with it! G.I. Joe vol. 5 #4
Now a prisoner aboard G.I. Joe's underwater headquarters Lemuria, Crystal Ball meditated surrounded by a circle of various pieces of garbage. When Rock 'n Roll came down to give him his lunch, he answered his question about his circle by claiming it was allowing him to see both of their futures before again putting his fingers to the Joe's forehead, this time giving Rock a vision of himself as a monster similar to the one in Hohot. Imploring Rock to embrace the fundamental chaos of his soul, Crystal Ball agreed with the Joe that they were far from done with one another. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #5
With the two of them being held aboard the Lemuria without trial, Duke arrived to G.I. Joe's base to take both Crystal Ball and the Baroness into custody so they could be tried for their crimes in Geneva. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #7 While they were en route though, the prison transport suddenly came under attack from Cobranarchists and the amazingly still living Dreadnoks who were aiming to free both of them. G.I. Joe vol. 5 #8 As Buzzer and Torch released both of them, Crystal Ball suddenly sensed the destruction of the hatchery from which the subterranean monsters were being born, meaning only the two progenitors of the race still lived. Summoning those two remaining monsters to cover their escape, Crystal Ball stood alongside Destro, Dr. Mindbender, a hooded Dire Wraith, and Baroness as she addressed the crowd of Cobranarchists inside a serpentine temple, declaring herself Commander of a new Cobra! G.I. Joe vol. 5 #9
Admiring the snake shaped dagger and bowl Firefly had procured for him, Crystal Ball assured his new Commander that these artifacts were worth the trouble it took to acquire them and that all they needed for the coming ritual was to find the right location. M.A.S.K.: First Strike
Working alongside their Dire Wraith allies, Crystal Ball oversaw the ritual to open up the portal to Cobra-La. Once it was open and several unwilling Cobranarchists were forced inside and turned into Vipers, Crystal Ball informed his Commander that the Dire Wraiths had served their purpose and that the hungry Vipers could feast upon them. At the Commander's command, Crystal Ball began overseeing the transformation of the rest of the Cobranarchists. Scarlett's Strike Force #1
