▁focused . ▁ ▁D anger ously ▁dest abil ized , ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ' s ▁persona ▁runs ▁the ▁gam ut ▁from ▁friendly ▁char ism atic , ▁to ▁ter r ifying ly ▁soci op ath ic . ▁His ▁charm ▁can ▁tw ist ▁intent ions ▁and ▁mor als , ▁so ▁that ▁his ▁r het or ic ▁actually ▁reads ▁as ▁pla us ible ▁and ▁rel atable ▁to ▁his ▁min ions . ▁Ps y cho anal yst s ▁who ▁have ▁studied ▁his ▁case ▁files , ▁have ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁ingen ious ▁h ust ler ▁with ▁vis ions ▁of ▁grande ur , ▁which ▁makes ▁him ▁all ▁the ▁more ▁dangerous . ▁Most ▁dict ators ▁are ▁ham per ed ▁by ▁pret ending ▁to ▁purs ue ▁a ▁noble ▁cause , ▁but ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁that ▁problem . ▁He ▁hopes ▁to ▁f ray ▁the ▁fabric ▁of ▁society , ▁using ▁terror ism , ▁ty ran ny , ▁and ▁economic ▁sla very , ▁to ▁up root ▁the ▁existing ▁power ▁structures ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁writer ▁Larry ▁H ama , ▁who ▁en vision ed ▁the ▁character ▁as ▁" be ing ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁voice ," ▁and ▁drew ▁insp iration ▁from ▁famous ▁conserv ative ▁p und it ▁William ▁F . ▁Buck ley . ▁ ▁To ys ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁as ▁a ▁mail - in ▁figure ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁W ear ing ▁a ▁light ▁blue ▁uniform ▁and ▁his ▁signature ▁battle ▁hel met ,