Cobra North

Background
Cobra North is the dedicated Canadian arm of Cobra, formed to foment unrest and bring down America's northern ally. Led by the mysterious Black Ice, Cobra North have taken what many in Cobra believed an easy task and made a mess of it. Defeat has followed defeat; Black Ice's principal lieutenant Shiver was captured shortly after the group was founded and later defected to GI Joe Canada, providing copious amounts of intelligence; their H.A.T.E. (HISS Assault Tank Elite) tanks were badly mauled in a battle with Backstop and his Dead Eye tank; four of the surviving H.A.T.E. tanks were captured by GI Joe Canada; the Joes also thwarted a number of schemes including a biological weapon known as the Osiris Egg, a weather manipulating device called the H.A.A.R.M. was captured and a plan to capture hi-tech computer chips to use in AI-controlled H.A.T.E. tanks was stopped. To say nothing of the ignominy of Shiver infiltrating the Cobra North HQ and stealing the prototype Hailstorm jet and the blueprints from under Black Ice's nose. Unconfirmed intelligence suggests Cobra Commander may be planning to wind up the operation and recall all personnel to Cobra Island.

Key Personnel
Black Ice - commanding officer

Shiver - Former lieutenant, defected to GI Joe Canada

Hazard - Pilot of the Hailstorm jet. Until Shiver stole it.

Chacal Noir - Scavenger who captured the stealth technology used in the H.A.T.E.

Retrofit - Electronics engineer and Black Ice's new #2

Captain Ruin - Intelligence officer.

Stories
Cobra North appears in the following stories:

War of the Red Shadows

Ice War

Background
Cobra North and its characters are the creation of the organisers of the Canadian Joe Con, with the characters appearing as exclusive toys at those events. I.C.E. Queen was created by Ken Davis as the winning entry in the 'Expand the Joe Canuck Universe' contest. I.C.E. Queen was one of two characters to only appear in the strips in the newsletters/convention comics.