For reasons and in ways unknown, Billy left his father and joined the anti-Cobra underground organization.
Within the town, he established a clandestine terrorist group called Cobra. He applied his influence to corrupt the township and eventually took control of it. He then moved to the town of Springfield, where the businesses were struggling and the population had become disillusioned with existing policy. He took the child and left his wife, becoming increasingly paranoid and 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. Ĭobra Commander returned to his domestic life, but after his wife gave birth to a son, Billy, she found out about what had happened in Japan. Storm Shadow was blamed for the murder and fled in search of the killer. However, it was not Snake-Eyes who was hit, but the clan's leader and Storm Shadow's uncle, Hard Master.
The 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, Zartan, who infiltrated the clan and shot at Snake-Eyes with an arrow stolen earlier from another ninja, Storm Shadow. That man was the soldier better known as Snake-Eyes.Ĭobra Commander managed to track Snake-Eyes to Japan, where he was training to become a member of the Arashikage ninja clan. He took specific interest in the surviving son of the family killed in the accident with Dan. Embittered by this tragedy, Cobra Commander became obsessed with vindicating his brother's death. 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. Not much is known of Cobra Commander's past, but in his early career he was a used car salesman.
He is ruthless, hatred-personified, and totally obsessed.
He knows he does it for control and power. What is his cause? World domination.Ĭobra Commander doesn't delude himself by justifying his actions as matters of principles or glory. In return, he demands that they swear absolute loyalty to his cause. He has amassed an army by recruiting displaced people, promising them money, power, and a chance to get back at the world that hurt them. We know that he has deliberately started political and social conflict in a number of areas. What we can only tell is how he works and how he thinks. Not much is known of the background of the man many call the Cobra Commander.