Current Boss

The boss is an evil character(s) who almost always has a Power Level higher that that of everyone else. However, he's usually lazy and wastes a lot of time talking in battle.

In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, a bitter man, warped by personal tragedy and his failed business, drove off into America, blaming all his miseries on big business and big government. He had become paranoid to the extreme and decided that if the system was against him, he would create his own system. Traveling the country, he lived in various towns, moving from one motel to another, finding people just like him who blamed their lives' failures on everyone but themselves. He got them involved in pyramid schemes, selling cleaning products and magazines. Using the profits from his shady businesses, he gained followers who agreed with everything he said. Soon, he wasn't just their boss, he was their leader. Finally he was a success, and he was in control. His power only served to feed his ego, making him believe he was as great as his followers thought he was. He had finally found a town that seemed to be made for him: Springfield. Springfield had been a nice little town, but its businesses were failing and its people were becoming disillusioned. The townpeople listened to this man's lies and he soon became the most powerful person in town. Soon, he corrupted the entire town and became their savior. In that small town somewhere in America, a secret organization was founded, its goal to wrap around the entire world like a giant Cobra. The organization became known as Cobra Command, and the man who founded it became known only as Cobra Commander.

By 1982, Cobra was an international organization. Cobra Commander recruited the terrorist known as the Baroness, who served as his lieutenant. Cobra agents spread through the Third World, using terrorism to subvert foreign governments. One of the G.I. Joe team's earliest missions was to free an American ambassador from Cobra agents working in the middle east. The little South American nation of Sierra Gordo was another of Cobra's earliest victims. Unstable governments became Cobra's playground. While G.I. Joe had once been an anti-terrorist organization, it almost exclusively fought Cobra as time went on. The two groups became bitter enemies. The Joes fought Cobra Commander's schemes to assassinate foreign ambassadors and subvert the government of the United States. Cobra used the confusion of the Cold War to its advantage, fighting not only America's G.I. Joe team, but also the Soviets' October Guard.

For the remainder of the 80's, Cobra was constantly at war with the Joes, nearly losing every battle. During this time, Cobra gained hundreds of troops and needed new commanders all the time. Included were Destro, a Scottish arms dealer, Dr. Mindbender, a scientific genius, Serpentor, a genetically engineered super-human, and Zartan, a master of espionage. Of course, with any "evil" organization, you always find power struggles. The same was true for Cobra, as Cobra Commander continually found himself fighting against Serpentor, Destro, and the Baroness. However, even after several apparent deaths, Cobra Commander was always able to take back his organization.

At the end of the decade, Cobra was apparently destroyed by a unified attack by the United States armed forces. However, Cobra Commander's body was never recovered. Now, following the destruction of the Terrible Trio, he has resurfaced in full force. With full control over his once insubordinate commanders, Cobra Commander has expanded his influence over the universe with the sole purpose of total domination.

Planet Earth

Character	Information
Cobra Commander	Name: Cobra Commander Abilities: None PL: 5,000,000 Max PL: 6,000,000 (Armor) Items: 1st Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Capsule Case, 6 Smoke Capsules, Crimson HISS, Cobra Jet Pack, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Earth Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Throughout history there have been men of evil, who had black souls, twisted corrupt minds, and a cold unrelenting hunger for power. This century, several men of this evil nature have used their twisted, racist, rule-by-fear doctrines to bring thousands of followers flocking to their cause. One such man was Adolf Hitler, the power behind the Third Reich, and villainous genocidal maniac that began World War II. At his height he was the most dangerous and evil man on Earth. Today, there is another. He is known across the universe, his symbol and name stands for evil: Cobra Commander, founder and supreme leader of Cobra.
	Name: Tomax Abilities: None PL: 1,000,000 Max PL: 1,100,000 (Armor) Items: 2nd Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Cobra Jet Pack, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Earth Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Spell out the name Tomax and hold it up to a mirror. It reads Xamot. The same holds true for the actual brothers. Each is the mirror image of the other except for a scar on Xamot's face. Both twins served with the Foreign Legion Paras in Algeria before the officers Putsch. They honed their mercenary skills in the bush wars of Africa and South America. They were too smart to be soldiers forever, so they went to Zurich and became bankers. They quickly found the ins and outs of international finance to be too haphazard for their tastes. They preferred a situation they could control. Cobra was willing to give them access to that control. Now they command legions. But their legions wear three-piece suits and fight their battles in executive board rooms. These then are the most fearsome of the Cobra adversaries. They don't fight with steel and claw, back with muscle and honest sweat... They chase you with paper, wound you with your own laws, and kill you with the money you loaned them.
	Name: Xamot Abilities: None PL: 1,000,000 Max PL: 1,100,000 (Armor) Items: 2nd Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Cobra Jet Pack, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Earth Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Spell out the name Xamot and hold it up to a mirror. It reads Tomax. The same holds true for the actual brothers. Each is the mirror image of the other except for a scar on Xamot's face. Both twins served with the Foreign Legion Paras in Algeria before the officers Putsch. They honed their mercenary skills in the bush wars of Africa and South America. They were too smart to be soldiers forever, so they went to Zurich and became bankers. They quickly found the ins and outs of international finance to be too haphazard for their tastes. They preferred a situation they could control. Cobra was willing to give them access to that control. Now they command legions. But their legions wear three-piece suits and fight their battles in executive board rooms. These then are the most fearsome of the Cobra adversaries. They don't fight with steel and claw, back with muscle and honest sweat... They chase you with paper, wound you with your own laws, and kill you with the money you loaned them.
	Name: Crimson Guard #1 Abilities: None PL: 800,000 Max PL: 840,000 (Armor) Items: 3rd Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Earth Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Crimson Guard #2 Abilities: None PL: 800,000 Max PL: 840,000 (Armor) Items: 3rd Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Earth Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Crimson Guard #3 Abilities: None PL: 800,000 Max PL: 840,000 (Armor) Items: 3rd Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Earth Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes

Planet Namek

Character	Information
Serpentor	Name: Serpentor Abilities: Swordsmanship, Strength Upgrade PL: 3,000,000 Max PL: 4,200,000 (Sword & Armor) Items: Sword (e), 1st Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Capsule Case, 6 Smoke Capsules, Air Chariot, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Namek Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: A secret cabal of Cobra scientists, under the direction of the Interrogator and Destro, combed the tombs, sarcophagi, and relics of the great despots of history to find cells with DNA traces. From these long-dead genetic blueprints they produced a composite clone with the military genius of Napoleon, the ruthlessness of Julius Caesar, the daring of Hannibal, and the fiscal acumen of Attila the Hun...the ultimate Cobra Emperor! A master of political intrigue and a brilliant tactician, he is capable of wrestling power from Cobra Commander for the benefit of the Interrogator and Destro.
	Name: Viper #1 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Namek Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Viper #2 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Namek Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Viper #3 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Namek Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes

Planet Vegita

Character	Information
Destro	Name: James McCullen Destro Abilities: Swordsmanship PL: 2,000,000 Max PL: 2,800,000 (Sword & Armor) Items: Sword (e), 1st Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Capsule Case, 6 Smoke Capsules, HISS II, Cobra Jet Pack, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Vegita Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Destro is the faceless power behind MARS (Military Armaments Research Systems), the largest manufacturer of state-of-the-art weaponry. To Destro, war is man's most natural state: the fittest survive and the greatest technological advances are made. He maintains a luxurious lifestyle around the world. Destro provides high-tech arms to any side able to meet his price and will incite war where it does not exist. He dons his silver battle mask (a family tradition) and enters battle himself, either with Cobra Command (Destro is their major weapons supplier) or against them if it's better for business.
	Name: Star-Viper #1 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Stiletto, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Vegita Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Star-Viper #2 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Stiletto, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Vegita Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Star-Viper #3 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Stiletto, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Vegita Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes

Planet Yardart

Character	Information
Baroness	Name: Baroness Anastasia DeCobray Abilities: None PL: 1,500,000 Max PL: 1,800,000 (Armor) Items: 1st Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Capsule Case, 6 Smoke Capsules, HISS, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Yardart Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: The spoiled offspring of wealthy European aristocrats, the Baroness graduated from student radicalism into international terrorism and finally into the ranks of Cobra. She was severely burned during a Cobra night attack operation and has had extensive plastic surgery. Rumor has it that she is the only one who knows Destro's secret identity.
	Name: Cobra #1 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Yardart Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Cobra #2 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Yardart Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Cobra #3 Abilities: None PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Yardart Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes

Planet Furiza

Character	Information
Dr. Mindbender	Name: Dr. Mindbender Abilities: None PL: 1,250,000 Max PL: 1,500,000 (Armor) Items: 1st Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Scouter, Capsule Case, 6 Smoke Capsules, HISS, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Furiza Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Dr. Mindbender was at one time an excellent orthodontist and a very kind and honest man. Tinkering with electric brainwave stimulation as a means of relieving dental pain, the good doctor made the tragic mistake of experimenting on himself. He underwent a complete personality change and became hateful, deceitful, and vain! Dr. Mindbender abandoned his practice and devoted all his time to perfecting his digital brain-scrambling into a hand-portable weapon system capable of reducing the most strong-willed individual into a cowering wimp.
	Name: Battle Android Trooper #1 Abilities: Android Base System, Strength Upgrade PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Android Forms: None Location: Planet Furiza Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Battle Android Trooper #2 Abilities: Android Base System, Strength Upgrade PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Android Forms: None Location: Planet Furiza Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes
	Name: Battle Android Trooper #3 Abilities: Android Base System, Strength Upgrade PL: 500,000 Max PL: 500,000 Items: Lots of Guns Race: Android Forms: None Location: Planet Furiza Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes

Planet Konack

Character	Information
Zartan	Name: Zartan Abilities: Swordsmanship, Henge PL: 1,000,000 Max PL: 1,400,000 (Sword & Armor) Items: Sword (e), 1st Class Saiya-jin Armor (e), Infiltration Stuff, Stinger, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Konack Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Zartan can alter his skin color at will to blend in with his environment. He is also a master of make-up and disguise, a ventriloquist, a linguist (over 20 languages and dialects), an acrobatic-contortionist, and a practitioner of several mystic martial arts. Very little is known of his background and origins, but most security agencies agree that he must have had European military academy training (probably St. Cyr). Zartan is also the leader of the Dreadnoks, a reprehensible biker gang of mercenaries, vandals, and thieves.
	Name: Buzzer Abilities: None PL: 600,000 Max PL: 600,000 Items: Motorcycle, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Konack Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Not much about Buzzer's past is certain, but he is rumored to have once been Richard Blinken-Smythe (aka Dick Blinken), a sociologist from Cambridge, England who went to Australia to study biker gangs and never came back. It is believed he ended up joining a gang and eventually joined the Dreadnoks. Buzzer's high opinion of himself and his own intelligence often got him into trouble. Buzzer was for a time the informal leader of the Dreadnoks.
	Name: Ripper Abilities: None PL: 600,000 Max PL: 600,000 Items: Motorcycle, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Konack Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Born in Grim Cape, Tasmania, Henry Nod was a delinquent from the time he stole candy from his fellow nursery schoolers. He took up a life of crime and spent most of his life in and out of correctional institutions. Under the name "Ripper", he fell in with biker gangs and joined the Dreadnoks. One of the most simple-minded Dreadnoks, Ripper was also superstitious and very much afraid of Zartan. He was easily pushed around by the other Dreadnoks.
	Name: Torch Abilities: None PL: 600,000 Max PL: 600,000 Items: Motorcycle, Blowtorch, Lots of Guns Race: Human Forms: None Location: Planet Konack Alignment: Evil Current Status: Killing Joes Info: Tom Winken was born in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and was sent to Borstal (reform school) at age fourteen. He escaped and joined the Merchant Marines, where he learned to use an oxy-acetylene cutting torch. "Torch" later joined the Melbourne Maulers motorcycle gang, and eventually joined the Dreadnoks. Torch was probably as intelligent as Buzzer, but didn't share his loud, arrogant attitude.