I always thought that after Cobra Island got nice and established, Cuba would be a good followup target. There's a lot of room to grow in the Caribbean, but with Cuba, the US would likely just sit back and see what happened instead of getting involved. Lesser of two evils and all that. From there, some of the other less stable Latin American countries.

I agree I liked the whole Idea behind Cobra Island... but down to even the management of Cobra.. Stop making CC a clown.. I have been reading the Sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind. THe main bad guy from the old world JaJang.. He was a mean guy tough leader... I imagine CC should be more like that..

You're basically describing Serpentor. A military genius with a ruthless thirst for conquest. TO me, part of what makes CC likeable is his classic buffoonery.

Actually, that's kind of how Cobra Commander's ORIGINAL depiction, the one from his file card reads. Sunbow just neutered the character, and people have forgotten.

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I just watched Olympus has Fallen, and I was impressed with a number of things about it. GI Joe 3, or GI Joe 1 v2 would work well with a higher grit content. Not to exclude any of the young'uns out there, Paramount can continue with GI Joe 3, but something more mature with a seriousness that we find so prevalent in the world we live in today, yet retain a bit of tongue in cheek humor, would be a needed change of pace.

In secret over the past twenty years, a nameless man has been amassing an army. Comprised of men and women removed from various international militant forces, men and women with a bone to pick with their nationality. In the shadows of a place called Cobra Island they trained and they plotted, spreading sleepers to the four corners of the world.

When the man, now know as "The Commander" to the forces he controls, felt the time was right, he instructed the sleepers to detonate charges placed in the foundation and structure of the Pentagon, and sank it into the soil of Langley, VA. Similar orders were given to sleepers in all the superpowers.

Without giving the dust the appropriate amount of time to settle, "The Commander" hijacked all radio, wi-fi, and television signals in the world. He gave his demand, control.

The President of the United States, from an undisclosed secure location, ordered the ARAH Initiative be activated. General Abernathy of the U.S. Military, was appointed leader of the team he was to assemble in 12 hours, GI JOE

Here's more:

Have Cobra Commander played by Ron Pearlman, he has a voice and delivery that is perfect for a villain. This villain, not to steamroll over what Chris Latta (bless his heart) had established, but a high squeaky terrorist does not scream "Don't mess* with me."

I can imagine it very well, a clandestine meeting in Castle McCullen in northern Scotland. Two forms, illuminated by the light of a grand fireplace, separated by a long banquet table. Food of many kinds and origins fill the surface of the table as the pair discuss business.

"Solar powered, completely autonomous, they're the perfect soldiers for ye. With these ye need not cloth them, or feed them, or pay them. They be cheap, easy to manfacture, yet durable and deadly. What do ye thin o' that?"

"Excellent Destro. Your endeavors in the devices of war never cease to amaze me." (Imagine Ron Pearlman saying that!)


*insert stronger expletive here.

They have Cobra Island, that they established as the nation of Cobra. They have avoided taking and holding an established landmass with an established population due to the issues that always come from dealing with indigenous people. Take modern day Africa or the Middle East as prime examples. Europeans carved them up into nations and local peoples who had their own nations have been pissed off and fighting about it ever sense... So no locals on the bottom of the ocean, blam cobra makes an island, has it's own land and nation.

Marvel's Cobra Commander was never a military genius, not tactically, anyway. We are shown that a few times. When he personally leads assaults, he usually gets his butt handed to him...nearly dies in the PIT.

He was a shrewd manipulator, ruthless businessman and unscrupulous "terrorist".
Then he got hold of a thesaurus and became a little silly at times.

Now from there it uses Cobras three main business arms are where they wind up reaching out to and controlling nations.
1. M.A.R.S is their weapons manufacturing division and have no issues what so ever selling to any nation that wants what they have. They even provide training and education to military members of those nations. Through this they are able to implant the ideals of the Cobra way into officers and enlisted alike. The frequent military coups in the third world mean at even given time a Cobra sympathetic government could be established due solely to learned ideology.
2. Extensive Enterprises mega corporation, goes out of it's way to buy out other corporations. they are continually adding tech companies, computer start ups and numerous other businesses to the cobra business family. Their goal is to buy the world.
3. Broca Banking and Insurance, what it implies. They hold the cash, establish lines of credit on all levels personal, business and even national. They compete with the banks of the western powers while at the same time leaning in to buy up their assets. Cobra seldom takes a hit, since they are more creative with their resources. Economic crashes like the one in Spain would not happen in a cobra set up. They would simply collect on their loan, acquire the assets their borrowers built and turn it into something useful for Cobra. What was supposed to be a luxury countryside town in Spain, would be come a campus for a Cobra run international university, as opposed to sitting empty and slowly rottin