- Script
- Larry Hama (credited)
- Pencils
- Rod Whigham (credited); M. D. Bright (credited as Mark Bright); Bob Camp (credited); Larry Hama (credited)
- Inks
- Andy Mushynsky (credited); Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere in the South Atlantic...
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Cobra: Fred II
Crimson Guard: Fred II
G.I. Joe: Cutter [Skip A. Stone] (featured); Deep-Six [Malcolm R. Willoughby] (featured); Doc [Carl W. Greer] (featured); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured); Snake-Eyes (featured); Snow Job [Harlan W. Moore] (featured); Torpedo [Edward W. Leialoha] (featured); Tripwire [Tormod S. Skoog] (featured)
Cobra [Cobra Soldiers; Cobra Officers; Cobra agents (disguised); Air-Vipers]
- Synopsis
- The Joes face two sea battles: one on land, the other in the air, as Cobra protects their secret plan on a small island atoll in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, Fred II and three Cobra agents attempt to capture Scarlett on a Staten Island ferry, not knowing Snake-Eyes is next to her in civilian disguise. The Joes lose their cargo ship, the Jane, to the air battle, as the WHALE wins its land battle, but severely damaged to carry anyone to land. Cutter, however, saved the day by contacting the Joes' aircraft carrier, the Flagg, to pick them up afterwards during the air battle.
- Reprints
First appearance of the Joes' aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Flagg, named after the late General Flagg (end cameo).