The Destro clan has designed and sold weapons for centuries, and Destro is the faceless power behind their current incarnation—M.
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35 Facts About Destro
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Destro was an early investor in Macau and has other potentially lucrative speculative real estate holdings in developing areas of the world.
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Destro wears a mask forged from beryllium steel, a tradition dating back to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, when an ancestor of his was caught by Cromwell's men in the act of selling weapons to both sides.
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Destro wears on a neck chain his family crest bearing an ancient Scottish emblem symbolizing absolute power.
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Destro was first released as an action figure in 1983, as a part of the second series of 3.
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Destro was included in the 1993 series, packaged with a removable helmet that revealed his face underneath.
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Destro was included in the inaugural Cobra set, along with Cobra Commander, Baroness, Storm Shadow, and a Cobra Trooper.
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Joe and Cobra, Destro is nonetheless made a target by Cobra Commander II, and Castle Destro is assaulted by Cobra.
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Destro reveals that not only was he in Southeast Asia that day with his father, but that Snake Eyes was innocent of killing her brother Eugene.
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Destro tries to give his thanks for the rescue, but is silently rebuffed by Snake Eyes, who resents having been put in such a position.
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When James begins to recover from the illness, Destro injects him with an experimental nanite technology, which keeps him incapacitated.
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Destro then arranges for the Cobra Commander to learn of the nanites' existence.
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Manipulating all the members of Cobra, Destro unleashes the nanites on the United States, very nearly taking over.
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Back in control, Destro is forced to make restitution to Cobra for his son's transgressions.
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Now operating from a submarine, Destro has become embittered and distant from both his son Alex, and Wraith, who somehow avoided boarding the Night Raven before its explosion.
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Destro is highly manipulative, not just using Action Force in his schemes but trying to manipulate Cobra Commander; he believes Cobra can win in the long term, but that the Commander is too excessive and, if not subtly controlled, will go too far and cause the Great Powers of the world to wipe Cobra out.
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Destro is not afraid to say what is on his mind and even physically assaults him in some cases.
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Destro is the creator of such technological super weapons as the Weather Dominator.
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Destro has created some organic implements of destruction such as the Creeper Vine, as seen in The Revenge of Cobra miniseries.
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Furthermore, while Cobra Commander was generally portrayed as a bungler, Destro was both a more serious and more competent villain.
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Origin of Destro's mask is given in the first-season episode "Skeletons in the Closet".
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In season two, having grown tired of Cobra Commander's failures, Destro joins Doctor Mindbender and Tomax and Xamot in an attempt to create a new leader.
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Joe, Destro has survived the events of the movie and is Serpentor's right-hand man.
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Once he has returned, Cobra Commander contacts Destro, who informs the Commander he will join him again if he is able to overthrow Serpentor.
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Destro is forced to "dump" Zarana by the Baroness, which he does, literally, through a trap door.
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Destro is shown to be on friendly terms with the Baroness, though the extent of their relationship remains unclear.
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Destro tells Baroness that the Joes ended up in his castle.
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When Baroness arrived, Destro has a royal repast with Baroness before they see the Bio-Dag.
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Destro then speaks over the speakers as he activates the Battle Android Troopers and proposes a partnership to Baroness.
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Destro then has his troops hold their fire and have the other Joes imprisoned in the dungeon.
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Destro manages to carrying a weakened Baroness away as the castle ends up exploding.
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Destro tells Baroness that he will take full responsibility on what the Joes did to the Bio-Dag.
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Destro is the primary antagonist for most of the movie, but by the end of the film, McCullen is severely burned as Rex Lewis takes control of the organization, with the familiar Cobra logo on the side of his personal sub.
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Destro appears in the sequel, having been transferred with Cobra Commander from the USS Flagg to a high-security German prison and put into stasis.
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