As part of the 1987 line, Outback didn't really get any TV time. I don't think he really got in the animated movie either, so he got screwed there.
He was in a few issues of the comics. There were a couple of issues where him, Stalker, and another guy were captured by COBRA and Outback's survival skills came in handy. Kind of funny that his code name is Outback and he's not even Australian!
COBRA Commander was obviously the first commander of COBRA, but a few years later along came Serpentor, who was made from the DNA of history's greatest (and most evil) leaders. This was a less successful attempt to create another new leader for COBRA. Like the Penguin on Batman or Dr. Mindbender, he sports a monocle. Monocles, the most evil eyewear ever invented! Besides the monocle he had an attachable thing like a Freddy Krueger or Wolverine claw.
I don't think he ever got on the TV show. Too bad because they could have given him a posh British accent and maybe he could have gotten a cat to stroke while sitting in a leather armchair.
He came with his own little vehicle called the Dictator. It separated into a couple of vehicles too. I think we had that one back in the day. Despite that he was supposed to be a COBRA commander, he never really had the popularity to replace COBRA Commander or Destro. Just a flash in the pan.
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I think we did have that one, too, although I doubt we used him as the leader of Cobra. Outback was another of those odd characters that followed the "what haven't we done yet?" that defined most of the later waves.
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