Cobra-La is an ancient civilization that once ruled the Earth, but retreated to a hideaway in caves in the Himalayas. In the present day it is ruled by Golobulus. It is the main antagonists of the animated film G.I. Joe: The Movie.
History
Origins
The Cobra-La civilization existed on Earth as far back as 160,000 years in the past, and nobody really know where they came from. Some humans at the believed they aliens to be from another planet who colonized the Earth and lived before the advent of humanity, "the children of a horrible, long dead, Old God."
Cobra-La was forced into retreat many millennia ago by the onset of an Ice Age. They awaited the day when they would return to retake the Earth. In order to advance that day Golobulus, the ruler of Cobra-La, selected a young nobleman to go out disguised amongst the humans and raise an army to conquer the planet. The nobleman became Cobra Commander and founded Cobra, but his plans repeatedly failed. Frustrated with this Golobulus implanted a tiny creature into the mind of Dr. Mindbender to give him the idea to genetically create a superior new leader out of the DNA of history's greatest warriors and so Serpentor was born.
Golobulus had developed a spore that would devolve humanoids into mindless animals. In order to activate them he needed the new human machine the Broadcast Energy Transmitter (BET) which could generate and transmit the energy needed. He sent Pythona to Cobra to order them to capture it. In the process Cobra came to the Himalayas and encountered Cobra-La for the first time. Cobra Commander was put on trial for his failings and punished with the spore. The BET was eventually captured by a combined Cobra and Cobra-La attack and Golobulus prepared to put it to use. However G.I. Joe launched an all out attack on Cobra-La and were able to reverse the BET, using it to destroy the spores. Despite putting up heavy resistance, the home of Cobra-La was destroyed and the fate of the civilization was left unknown.
Before the fall, Cobra-La was show to have 40,000 years of history and knowledge of biotechnology, as seen during the second attempt to steal the BET. However, the royal guards did carry metallic scimitars which were undamaged by a standard G.I. Joe laser handgun.
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