- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (original cover); Agustín Padilla (credited)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (original cover); Agustín Padilla (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (original cover); James Brown
- Letters
- Robbie Robbins
- Editing
- Andy Schmidt (credited) (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- G. I. Joe is gone! Now begins the reign of Cobra!!!
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- Cobra Commander; G.I Joe [Steeler; Scarlett; Zap; Flash; Stalker; Grunt]
- Reprints
The character, Cobra Commander, is depicted tearing through the cover of G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #1.
- Script
- Larry Hama (credited)
- Pencils
- S. L. Gallant (credited)
- Inks
- Gary Erskine (credited)
- Colors
- James Brown (credited as J. Brown)
- Letters
- Shawn Lee (credited)
- Editing
- Carlos Guzman (credited) (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the basement of the wax museum in Broca Beach.
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- G.I.Joe [Duke; Snake-Eyes (freed this issue); Psyche-Out; Stalker; Mainframe; Spirit (as Spirit Iron-Knife); Sneak Peek; Ace]; Storm Shadow; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Dr. Mindbender; Baroness (freed this issue); Destro; Dreadnoks [Zartan; Ripper; Buzzer; Torch; Thrasher]; Tele-Vipers; B.A.T.S. (Battle Android Troopers); Billy (controlled by the late Dr. Venom via his brainwave scanner); Cobra troopers; Gyro-Viper]
- Synopsis
- Cobra Commander ok's the attack on PIT III by Dr. Mindbender as a diversion while Destro and the Dreadnoks free the Baroness, as Spirit falls(?) to stop a lone B.A.T. armed w/explosives set to blow up the PIT. Snake-Eyes is freed from the late Dr. Venom's control by Storm Shadow using the Arashikage mindset, returning his sword brother back to normal (Snake-Eyes failing his own attempt last issue by way of Venom's actions inside his mind via the scanner), but Billy is still under Venom's influence.
- Reprints
story continued from last issue (#163); continues next issue (#165).