- Script
- Herb Trimpe (credited) (plot); Larry Hama (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Abel (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Tom DeFalco (credited) (original editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (original editor-in-chief)
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Super Joe (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.
- 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.