[b800h]

I was about to opine that this title was an homage to the 2009 GI Joe movie, but then I realised it had been written prior to the film's release. I can only assume that in actual fact, "GI Joe: The rise of COBRA" was in fact an homage to this article.

[HlessClaudesman]

COBRA in production: 29 minutes of imagined glory, 1 minute of ignominious RETREAT!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thbICk05yPk

[jabl]

Maybe it was a homage to the 1980's action movie "Cobra" with Sylvester Stallone.