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Absolute power. Total domination of the world... its people, wealth, and
resources–that's the objective of Cobra Commander believes is his destiny.
Implicit in every word he utters, this ruthless egomaniac's principle desire is
to take over the world and totally crush the G. I. Joe Team while he's at it.
A roiling mass of contradictions, Cobra Commander is intelligent, yet
oblivious to reality; passionate about his nasty aims, yet cold to
people; perceptive of the minor faults of others, yet blind to his own
foibles. Cobra Commander is basically an ingenious small-time hustler, card-cheat,
junk-bond salesman, and real estate swindler who had visions of grandeur and has risen to greater power than was ever expected–but the same could be said
for many infamous dictators of the past.
Cobra Commander actually started out as a used car dealer, but increasingly
began to believe that governments and big business were "out to get the little
guy." He was determined to find a way to climb to the "top of the heap"
by any means necessary. Already an unstable personality, the man who
would be Cobra Commander went completely around the bend when his brother was
fatally wounded in a traffic accident with a soldier's family. It
mattered not that it had been his brother who caused the accident. He built an organization of malcontents and
financed it with everything from pyramid schemes to selling household products
door-to-door. He gradually realized his dream of forming a terrorist
organization
backed by legions of Cobra Vipers, a small air force,
and navy with the will and firepower to cause chaos around the world. He
personally led uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other trouble
spots. He is responsible for kidnapping scientists, businessmen, and
military leaders, then forcing them to reveal their top level secrets. He has built a large network of spies who supply him with information
about governments and businesses around the globe. He uses this
information to expand his empire and increase his power.
In 1987, to protect the Cobra leader in the heat of battle, the best technical
minds of
Destro's armament factory and a
Siegie named Fred VII created
a special suit of body armor that combines flexible bullet-proof polymer
fabrics with beryllium steel plate components. The entire suit is
air-conditioned, solvent-resistant, and ray-shielded. The helmet is
fitted with an integral commo-system, internal read-outs for environmental
quality and a miniaturized computer display. Each suit costs as much as
a jet fighter. The plate parts can withstand a direct hit from a heavy
machine-gun and the flexible parts will stop anything up to a .357 magnum.
In 1991, Cobra Commander became a stickler for detail and kept track of his
most remote Vipers with his radio-controlled, buzz-bomb, flying surveillance
weapon equipped with wide-scan view monitor and thermal image enhancements.
Later, Cobra Commander began wearing a field commander's dress jacket and
trousers that included a battle dress cord for extreme ruthlessness in action,
a specialized ammo and weapons belt, a synthetic, non-flammable hood to
continue disguising his identity, customized, puncture-proof all-weather
boots, and his Cobra Command rank insignia.
In 2001, Cobra Commander once again enlisted Destro and his best technical
minds to enhance his one-of-a-kind, battle armor with miniaturized laser
weapons that emit invisible beams of explosive firepower, and protective
infra-red sensor barriers, so he can stand front and center in any battle
using the latest laser technology. The suit resisted blasts from as
close as 40 feet away.
Two years later, Cobra Commander first learned of the
Black Dragon organization when
the Black Dragon Leader petitioned for an alliance between the two subversive groups,
destroying the G. I. Joe Mobile Strike Headquarters as a "gift" to
prove their worth. While Cobra Commander routinely squashes any threat
to his leadership, he allowed the two groups to form a tenuous
partnership, a relationship which existed solely to serve the selfish interests
of Cobra Commander. On the eve of the historic union, he took no chances,
increasing Cobra Island perimeter patrols by
Swamp-Viper team members and doubling the overhead
Flight Pods piloted by
Air-Viper
members. Finally, with the unstoppable might of the Black Dragon
organization to be used as pawns at his disposal, he planned to eliminate
G. I. Joe once and for all, freeing himself to conquer the world unchallenged in
his own selfish pursuit of power and riches.
Cobra Commander's latest update to high-tech armor occurred in 2003 when he
artfully disguised it as his battlefield command uniform. The "fabric"
parts are laminates of flexible bulletproof polymer composites and the
helmet is bonded with beryllium steel plates. The suit is completely
airtight, climate controlled, solvent resistant, ray-shielded, and
impervious to boring insects. It has long been suspected that the
helmet contains an anti-tamper device wired to plastic explosives. If it were anyone else,
you'd have to give the guy credit for having guts, but where Cobra Commander
is concerned, it's all about control of everything.
Today, Cobra is regarded as the number-one terrorist threat across the globe.
As supreme commander of the Cobra Legions, contraband arms merchant,
and international terrorist, Cobra Commander is the
ultimate foe of G. I. Joe. He stands at the very center of his
own universe, smugly congratulating himself on his use of greed and fear to
achieve his terrible aims. Ruthless and unimaginative, self-involved and
unrepentant, vengeful and unforgiving, he combines the worst traits of
humanity with the moral rectitude of a corporate executive, the honesty of a
politician, and the compassion of an HMO administrator. A stickler for
detail, he keeps track of his most remote Vipers with his radio-controlled, buzz-bomb, flying
surveillance weapon equipped with wide-scan view monitor and thermal image
enhancements.
Cobra Commander even likes to be up
front in the thick of the action when his Vipers, Eels, and Siegies confront the
G. I. Joe Team. Cobra Commander can operate any Cobra Vehicle
in the organization's arsenal. He especially enjoys operating
the Rat hovercraft and the
Parasite armored personnel carrier, which he named himself. Although no Cobra Vipers, or even his most trusted
Crimson Guard
Commanders and officers, have ever seen the face of Cobra Commander, they
are all too familiar with the nasty sound of his voice, screeching the Cobra
battle cry while exhorting the Viper Legions to attack or shout dire threats.
His soldiers know the man behind the mask is the most diabolical villain
imaginable.
His main battle plan for world control relies on revolution, chaos, terrorism,
social tyranny, and economic slavery. Totally ruthless and utterly
devoid of conscience, honor, or scruples, Cobra Commander is utterly dedicated to starting
conflict, overthrowing nations, and doing everything possible to bring down
the governments of the world. With his desire to conquer the planet
under his iron fist, Cobra Commander is unquestionably the most dangerous and
ruthless man on the face of the Earth. He demands total loyalty and
allegiance and gives out strong punishments to anyone who questions him.
He has even gone so far as to order the twisted genius
Dr. Mindbender to experiment
with combining human and animal DNA to produce more savage warriors for his
legions. Cobra Commander's numerous attempts to accomplish this
distorted dream of world dominance have so far been foiled by the Joes, but
they are always on the alert because he keeps coming back stronger and
stronger, with incredibly destructive weapons and vehicles.
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