▁Leg ions " ▁ 5 - pack , ▁and ▁in ▁com ic ▁accurate ▁colors ▁for ▁a ▁Com ic ▁ 2 - Pack . ▁Mir ror ing ▁the ▁v int age ▁line , ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁was ▁released ▁with ▁a ▁h ood ed ▁head ▁sculpt ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁single ▁card ed ▁figures . ▁ ▁A ▁second ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁sculpt , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁Battle ▁Arm or ▁figure , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁Battle ▁Hel met ▁version ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁was ▁rep aint ed ▁in ▁cart oon ▁accurate ▁colors ▁for ▁a ▁second ▁single ▁card ▁release , ▁and ▁the ▁" C ob ra ▁Senior ▁Offic ers " ▁ 3 - Pack . ▁The ▁h ood ed ▁version ▁was ▁rep aint ed ▁for ▁the ▁' C rim son ▁Guard " ▁ 3 - Pack . ▁ ▁Comics ▁ ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁series ▁G . I . ▁Joe : ▁A ▁Real ▁American ▁Hero ▁# 1 ▁( J une ▁ 1 9 8 2 ). ▁ ▁While ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ' s ▁birth ▁name ▁and ▁child hood ▁are ▁unknown , ▁he ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁North ▁American ▁citiz en ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁mid - tw enti eth ▁century . ▁His ▁only ▁known ▁relative , ▁an ▁older ▁brother ▁named ▁Dan , ▁en list ed ▁in ▁the ▁military ▁during ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁and ▁volunte ered ▁for ▁repeated ▁t ours ▁to ▁spare ▁his ▁younger