- Script:
- Larry Hama
- Pencils:
- Rod Whigham
- Inks:
- Andy Mushynsky
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- Joe Rosen
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- G.I. Joe [General Hawk; Sgt. Slaughter; Wild Bill; Roadblock; Shipwreck; Flint; Alpine; Heavy Metal; Tollbooth (first appearance); Thunder (first appearance); Cross Country (first appearance)]; Storm Shadow; Cobra [Dreadnoks [Zartan; Zarana; Ripper; Buzzer; Torch; Zandar (first appearance); Thrasher (first appearance)]
- Synopsis:
- Zartan's siblings, Zandar and Zarana, break him out of The Pit disguised as Lady Jaye and an interrogation specialist and go head-to-head with the Joes, succeeding. Meanwhile, General Hawk has an important meeting in Washington at the Pentagon to attend dealing with the Springfield incident last issue.
Thunder and Tollbooth were introduced late into the comic series for some reason, given they already existed as toys for the 1984 and 1985 toyline series respectively.