Johnson unconsciously lifted his right arm as if he had a gun, and shot a ray out of his hand, killing Vaiken. Johnson started to explain to the driver that he looked like Vaiken, thus making Vaiken think he knew something about Cobra. He recognized the driver, who looked identical to Captain Vaiken. On Johnson's way back home, he crashed into a speeding car. After Johnson described his dream, the woman corrected him, saying that it should have been about being the king of Harlem. When the dream ended, a woman asked Johnson how the dream was. Vaiken distributed Cobra's picture to all every other pirate, making him a wanted man. After a battle with the the pirate guild, Johnson allowed the leader, Captain Vaiken, to escape. Cobra wielded the 'Psychogun' to fight monsters from other planets and the Pirate Guild. In his dream, Johnson as 'Cobra' explored space with his partner Lady Armaroid. Johnson asked to be the king of Harlem, surrounded by beautiful women, and commanding a battlestar. Company), a company that enables their customers to experience a dream as if it were real.

Ben suggested that Johnson go to the Trip Movie Corporation (T.M.

Johnson, a worker for a futuristic trading company, was awakened on a Sunday morning by his robotic maid, Ben. The series has received mixed reviews from critics.

The full series was published in France by Dybex and later Taifu Comics, in Sweden by Epix Förlag, and in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing. In 1990 Viz Media published portions of the manga for the United States in twelve 48-page volumes. The manga later served as the basis for a feature-length film adaptation, a 31-episode anime series retelling the film's story, and two original video animations. The Cobra manga led to nine sequel series, as well as one-shots serialized in Super Jump and Monthly Comic Flapper. Later in his adventures, Cobra meets the Royal sisters whose map-tattoos lead to treasure. Cobra gradually regains his memories and unites with his old partner Lady Armaroid and his ship Tortuga. Cobra surgically alters his face and erases his own memory to hide from his enemies. The series follows the adventures of a man known as Cobra, who lived an ordinary life until his enemies began to hunt him down. The individual chapters were collected and published in 18 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. The serialized form of Cobra originally appeared the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump during 1978–1984. Cobra ( コブラ Kobura ?, sometimes stylized COBRA) is a space-opera manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa of the Black Sheep studio.

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