When a particularly ambitous and charismatic Crimson Guardsman grew weary of Cobra Commander's eccentric and elaborate schemes, he persuaded a number of his peers and still others in different divisions of the organization to rise up in revolt against the existing hierarchy. Declaring himslef "Overlord," he led a brief and bloody rebellion that threatened to destroy the delicate balance of varied and competing interests the Commander had organized into the Cobra alliance.
Ultimately it was a core group of the Commander's mercenary henchmen who put an end to the rebellion through strategy, deceit and the careful placement of undetectable explosives beneath Overlord's personal modified H.I.S.S. tank.
The resulting blast didn't kill the upstart, however, and the Commander was glad to learn this, preferring a more typically elaborate and eccentric punishment for the man who tried to take what was his.
So the Commander had Dr. Mindbender preserve Overlord's mind, complete with his natural gifts for strategy and tactics, but stripped of the ambition that had defined it. Of course, he didn't want Overlord's personality and memories erased completely. He wanted his one-time rival to be at least partially aware of what he had been and what he'd become after being transplanted into the crude cyborg body Mindbender and Destro created for him.
Now trapped by his programming and tortured by the shadow of his own identity and aspirations, Overkill provides Cobra's robotic B.A.T. legions with the tactical advantage of a brilliant human mind, making them significantly more dangerous than the mindless engines of destructioin they once were.
It's a hellish existence, made bearable only by the fleeting experiences of joy he is allowed when personally indulging his homicidal rage on the battlefield.
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I've seen some pretty impressive takes on Overkill in recent months, but none has really felt right for my particularly take on the character. As the backstory above indicates, I see him as sort of an evil RoboCop, being manipulated to serve a power he'd rather destroy.
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His cyborg body is all about function, being a combination prison and war machine. So I wanted it to have a grotesque, almost peicemeal look to it.
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And I wanted to make sure he had enough arm attachments with various, deadly attributes to live up to his name.
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I haven't made the Overlord figure yet, but it's in the works. Meanwhile, what do you guys think of this?
