▁the ▁Cob ra ▁Council , ▁and ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁seen ▁since ▁Orig ins ▁# 5 . ▁It ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁specified ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁indeed ▁the ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁that ▁Ch uck les ▁murder ed . ▁ ▁UK ▁continu ities ▁In ▁the ▁UK ▁Battle ▁Action ▁Force ▁com ic , ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁was ▁originally ▁known ▁as ▁Baron ▁Iron blo od , ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Sh adows , ▁a ▁r uth less ▁terror ist ▁organization . ▁The ▁Red ▁Sh adows ▁were ▁leg ions ▁of ▁brain w ashed ▁fan atic ▁soldiers ▁armed ▁with ▁s oph istic ated , ▁high - tech ▁weapons . ▁The ▁group ▁was ▁declared ▁the ▁single ▁greatest ▁threat ▁to ▁world ▁security ▁by ▁the ▁UN , ▁with ▁Iron blo od ▁being ▁l abeled ▁" World ▁En emy ▁# 1 ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁Has bro ▁began ▁moves ▁to ▁market ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁under ▁the ▁Action ▁Force ▁name . ▁This ▁would ▁affect ▁the ▁com ic ▁version ▁of ▁Battle ▁Action ▁Force , ▁as ▁the ▁writers ▁were ▁to ▁get ▁rid ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Sh adows ▁and ▁Baron ▁Iron blo od ▁and ▁replace ▁them ▁with ▁Cob ra ▁and ▁Cob ra ▁Commander . ▁To ▁preserve ▁continu ity ▁within ▁the ▁com ic , ▁the ▁decision ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁transform ▁Baron ▁Iron blo od ▁in ▁to ▁the ▁Action ▁Force ▁version ▁of ▁Cob ra ▁Commander . ▁ ▁The ▁transition ▁came ▁as ▁Baron ▁Iron blo od ▁grew ▁tired ▁of ▁his ▁group ' s ▁fail ures ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁destroy ▁the