- Script
- Larry Hama (credited)
- Pencils
- Rod Whigham (credited)
- Inks
- Andy Mushynsky (credited)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere in the Middle East...
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Cobra: Cobra Commander (antagonist) (first appearance new armor)
Crimson Guard: Fred VII (introduction)
G.I. Joe: Dusty [Ronald W. Tadur] (featured) (introduction); Flint [Dashiell R. Faireborn] (featured); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured); Mainframe [Blaine L. Parker] (featured); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured); Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson] (featured)
Billy; Professor Gamal; Rashid (first appearance); Colonel Sharif's soldiers
- Synopsis
- Cobra Commander seeks out a Guardsman (Fred VII) to make Billy whole again once he awakens from his coma, and in the process gains a new set of battle armor from Fred. Meanwhile, Dusty and Mainframe are in the Middle East to gain information about the Terror-Dromes from an active one in Colonel Sharif's control, which they are able to give to the Joes via plans (gained last issue) that contain codewords needed to download the information about them back to the Joes. Billy regains consciousness, but is amnesiac from his injuries.
- Reprints
no letters page this issue due to expansion of story one extra page to 23 pages total.