Cobra (comics) - James Lardner

James Lardner

A few months after his brother Amos Lardner disappeared, James Lardner joined the CIA where he met Marc Spector a.k.a. Moon Knight. When Marc asked about James' brother Amos, James never talked about him. Three years later, James sought vengeance upon those who were involved with Operation: Cobra. Upon blaming Marc Spector, he launched a grenade at Marc's mansion yet Marc survived. James later launched a grenade at Ravencrag Asylum. Meanwhile, Marc received Amos Lardner's corpse and went to Ravencrag to see if there was a connection. Marc Spector was present when James Lardner attacked. Marc changed into Moon Knight and went after James Lardner who used a gas grenade to escape. When in Paris, James went after Charles LeBlanc who was the head of Operation: Cobra. Marc Spector also investigated Charles LeBlanc and encountered James Lardner. Marc Spector pursued James Lardner in a high-speed chase where and were knocked unconscious upon colliding. The agents that worked for Operation: Cobra managed to capture James and Marc only for Marc to escape. James however became the successful test subject that was dubbed Cobra. The next night when Moon Knight went to investigate Charles LeBlanc, Operation: Cobra sent Cobra to dispose of Moon Knight. Moon Knight had a hard time fighting off Cobra until he spotted Charles LeBlanc using his remote control and shot a dart at it. The dart shorted out the remote control causing Cobra to go berserk. Charles LeBlanc escaped to his car and started to drive off only for Moon Knight to fire another dart at one of the tires which caused the car to swerve and catch on fire upon colliding with a tree. When Cobra wanted seek vengeance and started to lift the front part of Charles LeBlanc's car into the air, it explodes enough to kill Cobra and Charles LeBlanc.