Origin of Cobra Commander?

pluv · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:29 am

IDW G.I. Joe #12 wrote:

Paul Allor (w) • Alex Cal, S L Gallant, Atilio Rojo, Nicole Virella (p) • Steve Kurth (c)
The Secret History of COBRA! In the aftermath of COBRA’s New York attack, BARONESS leads a new up-and-coming officer called SIREN around the world—and into the past! SIREN uncovers the secrets of the previous COBRA COMMANDERs—and comes face-to-face with the ruthless current one!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
• An all-star line-up of G.I. JOE artists reveal the origins of previous COBRA COMMANDERS!
• Writer Paul Allor (TMNT Micro-series: Shredder) reveals ancient COBRA secrets!
• Variant Cover by Freddie Williams III!

Neat, a League of Batmen story for Cobra Comander. What are the chances one of them came form a secret organic cult hidden in the mountains.

Kilcarr · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:34 am

This is a slap in the face to Used Car Salesmen everywhere.

harlie · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am **Location:** indy

But we already know the origins of Cobra Commander... Oh wait they mean the IDW Cobra Commander. :roll:

Eh, unless it's the same as the Hama-verse I'm not to sure I'll be overly impressed. I mean to me most of his appeal was the fact that he was a home grown terrorist back before we even knew what that was. That actually was my biggest complaint about the Sunbow universe, the fact they made Cobra Commander into a resident of Cobra La. :roll:

revsears · **Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:10 pm

One of the many reasons IDW has lost me. I can buy some change, i didn't want it to be Cobra-La based, but this Cobra as a long standing orginzation with many commanders thing feels far too different. I think I even prefer the ROC origin, because at least that way CC is a character, not just a title or a plot device. and the current CC? Just Krake to me.

Lev · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Everyone knows Cobra Commander is Rex Lewis, former squadmate of Duke and Ripcord and apprentice of Dr. Mindbender. How silly to think differently.

Suntzu · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

..I don't know how many of you are reading IDW's Joe title('s) but ..their Cobra Commander is bad ass. He comes off as / is written as a serious threat not only to GI Joe but to his own employees and territories .

The way he indirectly let a hacker employee know his stance on failure in a recent Special Missions issue (and the fact that he immediately followed up on that implied threat) was impressive.

Darko · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Snake-man scientist or nothing.

AdrienVeidt · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

If this isn't one of the variants, this comic will suck.

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Jay · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:22 am

Suntzu wrote:

..I don't know how many of you are reading IDW's Joe title('s) but ..their Cobra Commander is bad ass. He comes off as / is written as a serious threat not only to GI Joe but to his own employees and territories .

The way he indirectly let a hacker employee know his stance on failure in a recent Special Missions issue (and the fact that he immediately followed up on that implied threat) was impressive.

Which Cobra Commander was that? The first one that basically showed up to eat a bullet or the second one that was some super-original-super-cool-original-IDW-creation-you-guuuuys that won the ridiculous "who can kill the most Joes" contest to become the new Cobra Commander? Or did a new one sprout up?

Kambei · **Posted:** Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:24 pm

Watchootalkinabout, Willis?

Evey fool know that Cobra Commander was originally Baron Ironblood before he betrayed the Black Major and the Red Shadows

chad_ghost · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Suntzu wrote:

..I don't know how many of you are reading IDW's Joe title('s) but ..their Cobra Commander is bad ass. He comes off as / is written as a serious threat not only to GI Joe but to his own employees and territories .

The way he indirectly let a hacker employee know his stance on failure in a recent Special Missions issue (and the fact that he immediately followed up on that implied threat) was impressive.

The original Cobra Commander, late in the run, also had a way of dealing with failure:

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from Marvel's GI Joe #133

Gaigaan-Dnok · **Posted:** Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:54 am

Wait, I thought Cobra Commander's name was Fred.

And he was working as a mechanic, who then shot some hippie in the back and put on some armor to become the Cobra Commander.

:shifty:

Stalker · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Gaigaan-Dnok wrote:

Wait, I thought Cobra Commander's name was Fred.

And he was working as a mechanic, who then shot some hippie in the back

:shifty:

No, the hippie WAS Cobra Commander. After Fred shot him, he was buried alive, and a bunch more Freds dug him up and brought him back to life, where he had a crisis of conscience and then decided he was evil after all.

Lev · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Did it seem weird that when he talked about his recovery he looked just like all the Freds in the flashback scenes?

Jay · **Posted:** Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:00 am

Levantine wrote:

Did it seem weird that when he talked about his recovery he looked just like all the Freds in the flashback scenes?

Yeah.

And it also looked weird even later on when he unmasked in front of Destro and Zartan and he had this weird teensy ponytail behind his head.

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