An Army Of Snakes

The Story of Cobra’s massive, mysterious, and occasionally ridiculous army of troopers. From the classic blue COBRA TROOPER to the deepest corners of COBRA’s bizarre recruitment program, this video dives into the massive, chaotic, and sometimes hilarious world of all the nameless and faceless soldiers who aren’t Vipers. Across decades of GI JOE toys, comics, cartoons, and lore, COBRA assembled an army so huge and so strangely specialized that even Cobra Commander probably needed a spreadsheet to keep track of them. From underwater frogmen to flame-happy arsonists, genetically modified swamp creatures to deep-cover lawyers named Fred, I'm breaking down every wild, underrated, and occasionally unfortunate trooper who kept the Cobra war machine running while the Joes tried to stop them. Strap in—this is the definitive deep dive into the background baddies who made COBRA the most entertainingly unhinged military force in 80s action figure history.