, ▁and ▁brought ▁him ▁back ▁to ▁health . ▁There after , ▁the ▁Commander ▁formed ▁an ▁under ground ▁network ▁of ▁loyal ▁agents ▁within ▁Cob ra , ▁and ▁re built ▁his ▁personal ▁fortune ▁and ▁influence . ▁When ▁Doctor ▁Mind b ender ▁went ▁to ▁har vest ▁DNA ▁from ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ' s ▁body ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁leader , ▁he ▁discovered ▁the ▁empty ▁grave , ▁upon ▁which ▁the ▁original ▁Cob ra ▁Commander ▁revealed ▁himself ▁and ▁seized ▁open ▁control ▁of ▁Cob ra . ▁ ▁Hard ened ▁by ▁his ▁" de ath " ▁and ▁bet ray al ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁those ▁he ▁once ▁thought ▁loyal , ▁the ▁res urg ent ▁Commander ▁was ▁even ▁more ▁r uth less ▁than ▁before . ▁His ▁first ▁act ▁was ▁to ▁eliminate ▁those ▁who ▁tried ▁to ▁murder ▁him ▁or ▁came ▁to ▁know ▁of ▁the ▁act ▁subsequently : ▁Fred ▁VII , ▁R apt or , ▁Fire fly , ▁Mind b ender , ▁Z art an , ▁Billy , ▁and ▁numerous ▁un named ▁Cob ra ▁personnel , ▁all ▁of ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁buried ▁alive ▁within ▁a ▁vol cano . ▁Later , ▁he ▁established ▁a ▁brain w ash ing ▁program ▁to ▁comp el ▁alleg iance ▁from ▁those ▁around ▁him , ▁including ▁Dest ro , ▁the ▁Baron ess , ▁Z art an , ▁Storm ▁Sh adow , ▁and ▁Billy . ▁The ▁returned ▁Commander ▁was ▁far ▁more ▁willing ▁to ▁kill , ▁pulling ▁the ▁trigger ▁himself ▁rather ▁than ▁re lying ▁on ▁others ▁to ▁kill ▁for ▁him , ▁as ▁when ▁he ▁murder ed ▁the ▁Bor ov ian