Head of C.O.R.P.S.E. Project
Name: Classified
Birthdate: Classified
Birthplace: Classified
Dr. Mindbender's role in Cobra's hierarchy had begun to wane: his experiments and projects had produced mixed results at best, and his borderline obsession with the Brainwave Scanner had caused the organization's leadership to lose faith in his usefulness. When Cobra Commander's burgeoning interest in the occult as a potential avenue to greater power started to include missions to locate relics and sites of power, Mindbender saw this as an opportunity to regain some stature. He volunteered to spearhead the research into the occult, and was placed in charge of the C.O.R.P.S.E. project...largely because none of the other higher-ups had any interest in doing the job themselves, nor any faith that the project would produce any actual results. Mindbender assembled a team of scientists and occult experts and built a small army of hand-picked troops to form the military arm of the operation.
Mindbender's newest experiment is a portable version of Dr. Pretorius's Resonator. It produces a wider field that links our dimension with the ones perceptible through stimulation of the pineal gland, without the psychotic side-effects of the original Resonator. He also wears a device that allows him to perceive several other wavelengths of light beyond normal human perception, which allows him to see the movements of the creatures inhabiting those dimensions even without the Resonator's effects, as well as a wide variety of other information that assists in his occult research.
The Mindbender figure was easy and fun. I never had much affection for him as a character, so this seemed like a good opportunity to find a use for him. I had originally planned to use a different head, but I was using the production Mindbender one as a placeholder and ended up liking it. Everything else was just a matter of cutting, sanding, and gluing.