▁particularly ▁Dest ro , ▁often ▁bl asted ▁as ▁rid icul ous . ▁The ▁writers ▁later ▁commented ▁that ▁they ▁only ▁found ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ' s ▁person ality ▁when ▁they ▁stopped ▁writing ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁Adolf ▁Hitler - type ▁and ▁started ▁writing ▁him ▁more ▁in ▁the ▁ve in ▁of ▁Y os em ite ▁Sam . ▁ ▁Season ▁ 2 ▁opened ▁with ▁the ▁ 5 - ep is ode ▁mini - series ▁Ar ise , ▁Ser pent or , ▁Ar ise ! ▁in ▁which ▁elements ▁of ▁Cob ra , ▁dis ill usion ed ▁by ▁Cob ra ▁Commander , ▁decide ▁to ▁literally ▁create ▁a ▁new ▁leader ▁to ▁replace ▁him . ▁Act ing ▁as ▁an ▁operation ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁super - s old ier , ▁Cob ra ▁agents ▁are ▁sent ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁to ▁collect ▁DNA ▁samples ▁retrieved ▁from ▁the ▁tomb s ▁of ▁history ' s ▁most ▁not orious ▁desp ots ▁to ▁gen et ically ▁craft ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ' s ▁successor , ▁Ser pent or , ▁who ▁immediately ▁assumes ▁charge ▁of ▁Cob ra ▁and ▁de poses ▁the ▁erst while ▁Commander ▁to ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁" lack ey ." ▁Fort un ately ▁for ▁the ▁Commander , ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁inter fer es ▁with ▁the ▁gene ▁collection ▁to ▁den y ▁Ser pent or ▁the ▁critical ▁inclusion ▁of ▁Sun ▁T zu ' s ▁DNA , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁instead ▁replaced ▁with ▁S gt . ▁S la ugh ter ' s . ▁The ▁substitution ▁makes ▁Ser pent or ▁pr one ▁to ▁imp uls ive ▁fool hard iness ,