Cobra Commander
Cobra Commander is a comic book character that first appeared in G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #1
Cobra Commander is the Founder and Leader of the terrorist Organization known as "COBRA".
Bio - G1
Cobra Commander past is shrouded in mystery. But in his early career he was a used car salesman. While struggling to keep his business afloat, he learned that a car crash had taken the life of his older brother, Dan, who had been driving drunk. Embittered by this tragedy, Cobra Commander became obsessed with vindicating his brother's death. He took specific interest in the surviving son of the family killed in the accident with Dan. That man was the soldier better known as Snake-Eyes. Cobra Commander tracked Snake-Eyes to Japan, where he was training to become a member of the Arashikage ninja clan. Cobra Commander hired a mercenary called Firefly to kill him, but Firefly soon realized he was no match for his target, instead referring Cobra Commander to another assassin named Zartan . Zartan was able to infiltrate the clan temple and shot at Snake-Eyes with an arrow stolen from another ninja, named Storm Shadow. However, the target was not Snake-Eyes he hit, but the clan's leader and Storm Shadow's uncle, Hard Master. Storm Shadow was blamed for the murder and fled in search of the real killer.Birth Of Cobra
Cobra Commander returned to back to America and returned to his domestic life, but after his wife gave birth to their son named Billy, she discovered what he did in Japan. He took their child and disappeared. He became increasingly paranoid and started blaming all his problems on "the system". He traveled across America with Billy, seeking out people who shared his desire to topple big business and the government, using money he had earned from pyramid schemes to attract followers. He moved to the town of Springfield, where the businesses were struggling and the population had become disillusioned with existing policy. He applied his influence to corrupt the township and eventually took control of it. Within the town, he established a clandestine terrorist group called Cobra. For reasons and in ways unknown, Billy leaves his father, and joins the anti-Cobra underground organization. Storm Shadow's continued his search for his uncle's killer eventually leading him to Cobra, which Storm Shadow joined, pledging loyalty to Cobra Commander as his personal bodyguard.
For a while, Cobra has remained a in the shadows, slowly building up its forces and resources. Cobra Commander finally decides his first plan to Kidnap a nuclear physicist named Dr. Adele Burkhart. With his plan initiated The U.S. government responds by sending in the team G.I. Joe to rescue her. The team sent in Scarlet and Snake Eyes to rescue her. Soon they found her being held hostage by Cobra Commander. Burkhart tried to sacrifice herself to save the Joes but Scarlett managed to injure the Commander and save her but Cobra Commander manages to escape. Angered at the Joes' interference, Cobra Commander initiated a plan to let a sophisticated battle robot infiltrate their base by being captured by the Joes. The robot was meant to be transported to the G.I. Joe headquarters called the Pit, where it will activate by itself, and attempt to escape send the location to Cobra. The Joes caught wind of the plan and it failed.
Cobra Commander has lead and been overthrown as leader of Cobra on several occasions. He has also been captured by and escaped G.I. Joe. Cobra Commander has not only been Cobras leader but a competent operative. He can be ruthless and extremely violent. At one point he used Destro and Baroness’s infant child as a bargaining chip to take control of Destro’s arms dealing empire.
Appearances In Other Media
Transformers G1
Cobra Commander appeared in the third season of Transformers Episode "Only Human". He appeared wearing a different version of his metal mask and wearing trench coat. Due to the setting of Transformers being in 2006 he seemed somewhat old due to his voice. He was a weapons dealer called Old Snake. He is approached by a crime lord named Victor Drath, who wishes to purchase synthoid technology (a material seen in the cartoon series). Old Snake transfers the sparks of Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Arcee and Springer into synthoid bodies, leaving their robotic shells for Victor Drath's use in criminal activities. Drath planned to then destroy the Autobots' now mindless robot bodies, but Old Snake dissuaded him, noting what excellent weapons they would make. Eventually, the Autobots managed to return to their original Cybertronian bodies and Victor Drath and his gang were arrested. However, Snake managed to escape capture. After watching Drath and his gang get hauled away, Old Snake began walking into the sunset. He said to himself that "they just don't make terrorists like they used to", and began shouting the Cobra battlecry to the heavens.
| Super Name: | Cobra Commander |
| Real Name: | None |
| Aliases: |
Old Snake Cobra Commander CC Cobra Rex Lewis The Doctor |
| Publisher: | Devil's Due |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #1 |
| Appears in: | 201 issues |
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G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra
Live action G.I. Joe film
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G.I. Joe: The Movie
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