Cobra South America

Background
During the early 1980s, South America was largely threatened by the Red Shadows, rather than Cobra, but after 1985, Cobra Europe carried out some operations on the continent, whilst Cobra Commander decided to expand global operations, leading to the formation of a South American arm. Lead by a mysterious martial arts master known only as 'Werewolf', the group began to rise to threaten the continent more in the early 1990s, even after Werewolf's own capture by Task Force 282.

In Werewolf's absence, the traitorous TF 282 member Electron, who had taken the name 'Steel Cobra', seized leadership of the organisation, bringing in more mercenaries and psychotic individuals to serve the cause. The group scored some successes with the deaths of Pegasus,Sureshot, Dragon and Triton of the Task Force, but lost members of their own as the paratroopers Black Vulture and Flying Scorpion were killed, and others including Gatilho, Relampago, Pollution, Corrosion, Kangor and Urzor were captured. They were also able to mitigate the capture of the ninja Satan by staging an attack on the Task Force's headquarters to kill him before he could talk. An attempt to seize nuclear fuel rods shortly after that failed.

In 1995, Steel Cobra's right-hand man, Brutus, was killed in an attack by the Red Shadows, whilst Ninja-Ku died fighting Shadow Snake. Recently, the group has been seemingly lying low. For what reason is unknown, but it can't be good for the TF 282 commandos.

Key Personnel
Werewolf - Commander

Ninja-Ku - ninja warrior

Satan - ninja warrior

Gatilho - Python Force sniper

Relampago - Python Force motorcyclist

Steel Cobra - Second commander

Brutus - Steel Cobra's second in command

Black Vulture - paratrooper

Flying Scorpion - paratrooper

Pollution - eco-terrorist

Corrosion - eco-terrorist

Stories
Cobra South America appears in the following stories:

Heroic Commandos

War of the Red Shadows