Cobra

The Cobra range replaced the Red Shadows as the enemy of Action Force. In the Comic Back story Baron Ironblood turned into Cobra Commander as a means of regrouping after extorting a major ransom from the UN.

The Palitoy Cobra range was released as a single wave, although some products were initially Red Shadow era ones with overstickers on the boxes, both the Hyena and Roboskull initially available were subject to this treatment, and as a result the old Red Wolf and Red Jackal figures lingered on, Red Wolf becoming the last Star Wars figure style jointed figure in the range.

The origins of the personalites were different to those of the GI Joe figures on which they were based.

In the comics

World Enemy Number 1 - The End of Ironblood and the birth of Cobra Commander
Operation Snakebite - Cobra strikes at AF's training base
The Baroness - The origin of the Baroness
Death of the Hawk - Why AF have no Hawks and Cobra have the FANG
Terror of Cobra - Cobra disrupt the World's weather
Gung- Ho - The origin of Gung-Ho
Revenge of the Red Shadows - The Black Major strikes back against Cobra and AF
The Great Cobra Robbery - Cobra hijack a gold shipment
River of Serpents - Cobra take on the AF Hovercraft in China
Operation Stubborn - SAS Force take on Firefly
The Hacienda Hit - Mutt and Junkyard take on Cobra
Death in South America - SAS Force must confront Red Shadows, Cobra and Nazis
Arctic Terror - Cobra at the North Pole
Cobra Gold - Cobra try to hijack another gold shipment
Death Beam - Cobra build a death ray in space
Snake Hunt - Snake Eyes on AF's side hunting down Cobra to stay alive
Storm Shadow - the origins of the ninja
The Scrapyard - AF take on Scrapyard
Venom of Cobra - Z Force take on Cobra, with a spy in their midst
Target: Torpedo - Cobra try to take out Torpedo
Jungle of Doom - Recondo versus Zartan
Snow Job - Snow Job races Cobra and the Russians to recover a NATO spy plane
Shield - AF have to defend Royalty against Cobra Attack
Major Bludd - The origins of Major Bludd
London in Peril - SAS Force and AF battle to free London from Cobra
The New Boy - Cobra plant an Assassin in AF
Death to the Legion - Major Bludd gets his revenge on the Foreign Legion
The Big Battle - AF and Cobra - at War
Operation Australia - Cobra try to kill Recondo
The Ultimate Crime - Cobra attempt to steal all the copies of Battle Action Force
The Curse - An old man curses Cobra Commander
Cobra Victory - Cobra Commander's version of the truth
Hornets Nest - Cobra try to hold the world's oil supply to ransom
Duke's Revenge - Duke tries to take on Cobra Commander alone
School for Snakes - The Black Major strikes to destroy Cobra's future
Manhattan Transfer - Cobra try to take over New York's underworld
The Raid! - Cobra in Training
Project Highball - Cobra attempt to destroy a Communications satellite
Maximum Kill - Cobra tries to wipe out Action Force's leadership
Doom Plague - Only Snow Job can stop Cobra unleashing a plague
Fangs of Cobra - Recruitment Cobra Style 
Storm Shadow - The Black Major is stalked by Storm Shadow
Operation Liberty - Cobra seize a gold mine
Assassin! - Storm Shadow takes on Action Force
The Peace Rocket - Cobra sabotage a manned rocket to Mars

Operation Deep Cover - Operation Deep Cover Part 1 - Cobra's final attempt to destroy Action Force
Sea Wars - Operation Deep Cover Part 2
Battle For the Skies - Operation Deep Cover Part 3
Death in the Everglades - Operation Deep Cover Part 4
Crisis in Space - Operation Deep Cover Part 5
Battleground - The Conclusion of Operation Deep Cover, and the last Action Force Story