- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited) (plot); Steve Sherman (credited) (plot); Martin Pasko (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited); Pablo Marcos (credited) (alterations)
- Inks
- D. Bruce Berry (credited); Pablo Marcos (credited) (alterations)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- X-587
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Serpent: Etched in man's memory as an awesome symbol of evil -- ever since Eve first tasted the forbidden fruit!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Kobra (intro); Jason Burr (intro); NYPD Lieutenant Perez (intro); Horst Buchner (hitman); Horst Buchner's two associates; many members of the Cobra Cult; The Servitor (alien robot); various New York City police
- Synopsis
- Story establishes the odd, symbiotically-linked relationship between Kobra and his twin brother Jason Burr.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- brothers; cult; first appearance of recurring character(s); giant robot; New York City; NYPD; symbiosis
Art & story originally by Kirby and Steve Sherman. New dialogue was added by Martin Pasko and Pablo Marcos altered Jason Burr and Lieutenant Perez. Carl Gafford is the colorist according to issue #3's letter column.
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration of Kobra and cult)
- Inks
- D. Bruce Berry (illustration of Kobra and cult)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- C-171
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sometimes the genesis of a magazine is pretty clear-cut: an idea, and then the execution of the idea by the team listed in the credits box on page one.
- Feature Logo
- Characters
- Kobra; members of Cobra Cult
- Keywords
- background information; editorial feature
Editorial discussing the genesis of Kobra. Between pages 7 and 8 of previous story.