- Script
- Herb Trimpe (credited) (plot); Larry Hama (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Abel (credited)
- Colors
- Christie Scheele
- Letters
- Robert Schoolcraft (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bas de L'aviation, New Jersey
- Genre
- guerre (war)
- Characters
- G.I. Joe [Hawk; Scarlett; Clutch; Steeler; Stalker; Grand Slam; Breaker; Flash; Zap]; Oktober Guard [Col. Brekhov (first appearance); Schrage (first appearance); Horror Show (first appearance); Stormavik (first appearance); Lt. Daina (first appearance)]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Cobra Soldiers (villains)]
- Synopsis
- The Joes are sent in to Afghanistan to retrieve tech from a downed experimental plane when they come up against the Oktober Guard bent on the same goal. Cobra attempts to steal the equipment for themselves and runs across both teams. To be continued...
- Reprints
story concludes next issue. first Joe story to carry over into more than a single issue as the first few were self-contained stories.