▁hero in , ▁a ▁drug ▁Cob ra ▁de als ▁in . ▁The ▁Cob ra ▁Council ▁are ▁then ▁sla ugh tered ▁by ▁Kra ke ' s ▁agents , ▁giving ▁him ▁full ▁command ▁of ▁Cob ra . ▁Writ ers ▁Ch uck ▁D ixon ▁and ▁Mike ▁Costa ▁have ▁said ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁previous ▁Commander ▁allowed ▁his ▁sub ordinates ▁to ▁" p urs ue ▁their ▁own ▁goals ▁so ▁long ▁as ▁they ▁kick ▁back ▁to ▁him " ▁and ▁was ▁content ▁to ▁" pro fit ▁in vis ibly ", ▁Kra ke ▁" w ants ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁and ▁wants ▁to ▁be ▁powerful , ▁and ▁wants ▁to ▁rule ▁the ▁world ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁super villa iny ▁sense ... ▁With ▁his ▁leadership , ▁Cob ra ▁sh ifts ▁from ▁a ▁s ne ak y , ▁shadow y ▁cab al ▁to ▁an ▁actual ▁military ▁presence ." ▁ ▁G . I . ▁Joe : ▁Orig ins ▁involves ▁a ▁psych otic ▁ex - stock ▁bro ker , ▁who ▁mur ders ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁several ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁officers ▁when ▁his ▁cr imes ▁are ▁discovered . ▁Call ing ▁himself ▁" the ▁Ch im era " ▁and ▁gather ing ▁a ▁milit ia ▁around ▁him , ▁he ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁villa ins ▁that ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁faces . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁he ▁started ▁the ▁sub - prime ▁mort g age ▁crisis ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 0 s . ▁Larry ▁H ama ▁had ▁intended ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁Cob ra ▁Commander , ▁but ▁this ▁idea ▁was ▁dropped ▁with ▁the ▁introduction ▁of