Comics #3

A C.L.A.W. jetpack soars towards Destro's mountain castle, carrying Storm Shadow, who is holding onto a wrapped-up prisoner. It lands in Cobra Commander's throne room, and Storm Shadow cuts open the prisoner's wrapping, revealing it to be Scarlett. A surprised Cobra Commander orders her to be placed in the dungeon. Far outside, a C-130 cargo plane flies towards the castle in the moonlight. The rear cargo ramp opens to reveal Snake Eyes, who jumps from it, parachuting for the castle. Meanwhile, Storm Shadow attempts to show affection to Scarlett. She quickly bites him, prompting him to leave her alone in the dungeon.
Destro is in his chambers longing for the Baroness, but also studying the radar. It reveals that an aircraft just flew by, but states successful airborne insertion to the castle is almost impossible. Nevertheless, Snake Eyes successfully lands undetected. Scarlett pulls a clip from her hair, and frees herself from her chains. Storm Shadow returns to the dungeon only to be ambushed by Scarlett, who quickly escapes. Snake Eyes stealthfully wipes out Cobra guards on the roof, sending one falling by Destro's window. Destro promptly gathers troops to find the intruder. A wounded troop on the roof points the Cobras to the other side of the castle. Once they are out of site, the troop pulls off his uniform, revealing himself to be Snake Eyes in disguise.
Storm Shadow calls forth his three red ninja warriors. Scarlett steals a C.L.A.W. jetpack from Cobra troops. Storm Shadow's ninjas attempt to ambush Snake Eyes, who quickly defeats them, using both martial arts and even a grenade. As Scarlett flies off to escape, she sees Storm Shadow throwing a sword at Snake Eyes. She quickly lands in front of her fellow Joe to take the sword instead. But Snake Eyes reaches around her, claps his hands together, catching the sword and flings it away. The Joes fly off to their freedom, but as they leave, it is shown that Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow both share a similar tattoo on their right forearms.

Different sets of Joe team members are repairing the badly damaged Pit. Gung-Ho is able to avoid a major collapse by hammer a support column into place with his bare fists, Torpedo stops a leak, Cover Girl & Snow Job clean the kitchen and Hawk reveals plans for the new and improved Pit.
In Springfield, Cobra Commander is shooting targets, as Destro asks why the prototype Cobra Tanksmasher, soon to be called the Rattler, is being sent on a mission. Cobra Commander has learned about the funeral of General Flagg and he plans to wipe out the entire Joe force in one attack.
In Switzerland, Major Bludd brings the badly burned Baroness to the Bern Institute of Reconstructive Surgery. She is introduced to Dr. Hundtkinder, who will be doing the surgeries to repair her face and body after being blown up in a HISS tank accident that gave her burns over 80% of her body.
Snake-Eyes, having returned from rescuing Scarlett, collects Kwinn's dead body, along with several mementos and flies them, with help from Wild Bill, to a beautiful spot along the ocean, where Snake-Eyes puts the body and the mementos in a kayak and pushes it out to sea.
At the same time, in Potter's Field New York, Dr. Venom is buried with the winos and John Doe's of New York City.
At Arlington National Cemetery, the entire GI Joe team is assembled and in dress uniform for the burial of General Flagg. After the process and as the body is about to be lowered into the ground, a Cobra Rattler comes screaming at them with its missiles armed. Stalker grabs the flag from the coffin and runs for cover as do the rest of the Joes. Out of nowhere the Rattler is riddled with bullets and crashes. On the nearby hillside is Duke and Roadblock, the new top sergeant and heavy machine gunner, who have just shot down the Rattler and saved all of the Joes.

The Joe team has found Major Bludd and the Baroness hiding out in a small mountain town along the Italian/Swiss border. Snow Job keeps track of them in their hotel from the mountains. Duke and Roadblock watch them from a restaurant across the street. Roadblock is appalled at the chef's sorbet citron. Clutch and Cover Girl stand ready in a Porsche parked nearby. Major Bludd walks out and catches a cab. Clutch and Cover Girl follow him to a telegraph office, where Bludd makes a call to Cobra Commander. The Major threatens to tell Destro of the Commander's plot to kill him unless he is paid two million dollars in a gucci suitcase. He insists that it be paid to him, in Italy, by the Commander himself. The furious Cobra leader is forced to comply. At the Bern Institute of Reconstructive Surgery, the Baroness appears with a new face, and a new costume.
The Joes follow the two Cobras to Lucca, Italy. Roadblock is much more impressed with the cooking in this Italian town. Due to the town's annual costume festival, Cobra Commander and his bodyguard walk right by the Joes, looking rather indistinct. Major Bludd and the Baroness drive to the town, their henchmen locked in a car-chase shootout with Clutch and Cover Girl. Duke and Roadblock attack them as they drive in, but they escape to meet with Cobra Commander. The Commander's guard reveals himself to be Storm Shadow in disguise, who easily wipes out Bludd's henchmen. The Cobras threaten each other, with Storm Shadow holding a sword at Major Bludd, and the Baroness holding a gun at Cobra Commander. The Joes attack, but the Baroness and Commander escape in a limousine. Storm Shadow and the Major escape on a parade float, and the Joes follow in the Porsche and a VAMP. The chase goes along the mountain road, but with some crazy downhill driving by Clutch, the Joes cut-off the limousine. Nevertheless, three of the Cobras escape on the parade float, abandoning Cobra Commander. The story ends with him standing between Clutch and Roadblock with his hands in the air.

A group of Joes guarding Cobra Commander have parachuted onto a park range in the Rocky Mountains. They have their supplies dropped to them from a C-130 cargo plain. These supplies come in large crates, one marked as the pre-fab fortress, the other unmarked. Cobra Commander does not see how any sort of protection can be supplied at this site. Duke reassures him that after the Commander helps them put together the fortress, they will be just fine.
Major Bludd and the Baroness return to Cobra's headquarters. Destro realizes that if they are to take control of Cobra, both the Commander and the unquestionably loyal Storm Shadow must die. Major Bludd reveals that he planted a homing device on Storm Shadow's sword handle, and the Baroness plans to send Wild Weasel and Firefly to go kill him. However, the ninja is already on his way to rescue Cobra Commander. By calculating the C-130 cargo plane's flight range, and using Cobra spy satellites, Storm Shadow has found the Commander in the Rocky Mountains.
At the pre-fab fortress, Cobra Commander reveals some of his helmet's features. These include an opening straw hole to drink from, and a lining of plastic explosive. He does not reveal the short-range radio receiver built into it, which keeps him in contact with Storm Shadow. The cobra ninja tells the Commander that he is on his way, and to have the Joes take him outside for some "fresh air." The Joes grant his request, only to be ambushed by Storm Shadow flying a C.L.A.W. He carries the Commander away, but the jetpack is damaged by Roadblock's fine shooting. The Cobras must land, since the C.L.A.W. only has enough fuel left to carry one person back to the Cobra cargo plane. Storm Shadow is left to fend for himself. Duke reveals the unmarked crate to be holding a Sky Hawk, and takes off after the C.L.A.W. Gung-Ho and Roadblock go after the ninja, but Gung-Ho gets slashed in the process. Roadblock manages to beat up Storm Shadow. Two F.A.N.G. helicopters are launched from the Cobra cargo plane flying overhead. They are easily taken out by the Sky Hawk. However, the C.L.A.W. makes it back up to the cargo plane, and the Sky Hawk does not have enough ammo left to stop it. The Joes find a mailing receipt on Storm Shadow, addressed to Chokoloskee, Florida. Unknown the Joes, Wild Weasel and Firefly have followed Storm Shadow's homing beacon to Chokoloskee, mailed specifically to the lair of Zartan.

The story opens with Storm Shadow being boated out to Alcatraz, where he is to be held prisoner. Of course, he doesn't plan to stay. The plot then moves to the Florida Everglades, where the Commander, Destro and the Baroness are on their way to meet Zartan. They discover that his headquarters is a super-high-tech structure, made out to look like a run-down junky shack in the swamp, via holograms. In the Gulf of Mexico, G.I. Jane, the Joe freighter, is hauling a group of Joes out to the Everglades. Here we meet some new Joes. Their mission is to discover the place that Storm Shadow sent mail to last issue. In the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Gung-Ho notices that Snake Eyes has the same tattoo that Storm Shadow has. This alerts command that there's a link between the Joe commando and the Cobra ninja. The Joes at Alcatraz go to twice the alert.
At his headquarters, Zartan shows the Cobras that Storm Shadow mailed him the tracking device that Major Bludd had put on his sword. The Dreadnoks who are manning the radar then notice some low-flying aircraft nearing the base. Firefly and Wild Weasel are sent out to stop the intruders. A squad of Joes disembark from the Dragonflies into the swamp, Tripwire face-first. They are immediately attacked by a Cobra Water Moccasin. When things look grim, a Joe S.H.A.R.C., piloted by Deep-Six, leaps from the water and makes short work of the Cobras.
Zartan is asked to prove his loyalty to Cobra and stop the Joe intruders himself. At Alcatraz, the Joes go to check on Storm Shadow and find an empty cell. Meanwhile, Junkyard starts barking and runs off into the swamp, and the Joes follow him to find that he has treed Firefly and Wild Weasel! Almost as soon as the Cobras are taken into custody, Junkyard goes running off in a craze again. Deep-Six has returned to the Jane, and Wild Bill is dead-set on congratulating him. However, the S.H.A.R.C. pilot flat-out ignores him, making the Dragonfly pilot nearly start cussing and swinging fists. Zartan has walked to his back door only to see Junkyard sitting outside, looking at him with cute curiosity. Zartan pulls out his pistol and aims it at the Joe dog.

There are two separate storylines in this comic, one involving a chase in the Florida Everglades and the discovery of Zartan's lair, and the other, the Origin of Snake Eyes.
Not much happens with the Everglades story. It provides comic relief between the more serious story of Snake-Eyes' origin. Firefly and Wild Weasel escape from Mutt, Torpedo and Tripwire, who chase after, attempting to recapture them.
Junkyard leads Destro, Baroness, Zartan, and Cobra Commander after the Joes. Or so they think. Junkyard actually leads the Cobras into a pit of quicksand, which they fall into.
As for the Origin of Snake Eyes, this story occupies much of the comic. Hawk and Scarlett research the meaning of the tattoo that is on both Storm Shadow's and Snake-Eyes' arms, the I-Ching. But they fail to comprehend its meaning. Stalker says that he had seen that tattoo before as well. He begins the story of Snake-Eyes.
Stalker was the leader of a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) unit in Vietnam. On one mission, they lost three of the six members. Stalker, Snake-Eyes, and Tommy, with the unpronounceable last name, were the surviving three. Tommy and Snake-Eyes were really close. Tommy always tried to talk Snake-Eyes into joining the "family business" back in Japan after the war.
As they were getting extracted by helicopter, they were ambushed. Snake-Eyes was wounded. Tommy went back and carried Snake-Eyes to the helicopter amid heavy Viet Cong fire. As Tommy was pulling Snake-Eyes on board the chopper, that is when Stalker said he first saw that tattoo. He saw it on Tommy's arm. Afterward, Stalker called the Records Division and found that Tommy's unpronounceable last name translated directly into English as Storm Shadow.
Snake-Eyes got sent home because of his wounds, but no one was there to meet him at the airport. Hawk, who was just a junior officer at the time, was sent to retrieve him and tell him that his mother, father, and twin sister had been killed by a drunk driver.
With nothing left for Snake-Eyes, he went to Japan to take Tommy up on his offer to join the "family business". This "business" turned out to be a ninja clan. The Hard Master, Tommy's uncle, was the "chairman of the board". The Soft Master, Tommy's other uncle, was "vice-president in charge of finance". And Tommy (Storm Shadow) was called the Young Master.
Snake-Eyes undertook the training to become a ninja and excelled. He was eventually allowed to get his arm tattooed with the I-Ching, the symbol of the family. In fact Snake-Eyes became so good, that the Hard Master was going to name Snake-Eyes as the heir to the family business instead of Storm Shadow.
When the Hard Master was assassinated, Storm Shadow fled the family compound and became the obvious suspect. It was revealed that the Hard Master had actually been imitating Snake-Eyes' heartbeat and breathing in a process called "Donning the Chameleon's Mantle". So that meant that Snake-Eyes was the actual target. This made Storm Shadow even more of a suspect because it was assumed that he became jealous of Snake-Eyes and wanted to kill him.
And that is where Part 1 of the Origin of Snake-Eyes ends.

Destro has stopped Zartan from shooting Junkyard. He wants to see why a dog is alone out in a swamp and staring out into the trees. The Joe team is out in those trees, angry that Junkyard is giving them away.
In Spanish Harlem, New York City, a young boy walks into a small oriental restaurant and pulls out a gun. The owner, an old Japanese man, plays along with the boy, and calmly yet quickly grabs the gun, drops out the magazine and tosses the boy $50. He claims that he likes to buy empty pistols. The man drops the gun into a box of pistols that he has collected over the years. The whole time, Snake Eyes has been inside the restaurant in disguise, holding onto an uzi.
At Joe Headquarters, Hawk and Scarlett have been trying to figure out what the tattoo that Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow share means. Stalker enters to tell them of his experience in Vietnam with the two soldiers. The Cobra ninja was then known as "Tommy," and he and Snake Eyes were strong friends. Tommy talked a lot, but Snake Eyes mostly thought of his family, especially his twin sister. One day during a helicopter pick-up, the group of Army L.R.R.P.s was ambushed, and when Snake-Eyes was wounded, Tommy went back and saved his life, carrying his wounded body through a bullet barrage.
In Florida, the Cobras have decided to search the swamp for any Joes. Junkyard leads the Cobras along. Firefly and Wild Weasel have since escaped from where the Joes left them.
Hawk tells of his first meeting with Snake-Eyes. He explains that when everyone came back from Vietnam, no one was at the airport to greet Snake-Eyes. Hawk had to deliver the news that Snake-Eyes' family had recently been killed in a car crash. Back in Spanish Harlem, the old man starts a historic tale about Snake-Eyes. The future Joe had gone to Japan, following his friend Tommy, and met his family. Its members included the old man, known as the "Soft Master," the man's elder brother and leader, the "Hard Master," and Storm Shadow, called the "Young Master." There, Snake-Eyes went through the vigorous training to become a ninja. He became superior in most skills, but the Young Master was still superior with the bow. He could even shoot squirrels on the opposite side of a wall with an arrow. Storm Shadow's violent ways became abhorrent to Snake-Eyes, and their friendship weakened. One day Snake-Eyes was training with the Hard Master on ways to impersonate people through a way of changing breathing patterns and heart beat, called "Mantle of the Chameleon." While he was impersonating Snake Eyes, an arrow flew through the wall, killing him. As he died, he claimed that Storm Shadow was innocent, yet all evidence pointed to him. The future Cobra even fled the family business.
In Florida, the Cobras continued to follow Junkyard through the swamp right into a quicksand pit!

The two storylines from #26, the chase in the Everglades and the story of Snake-Eyes, are continued.
When we last left Destro, Baroness, Zartan, and Cobra Commander, Junkyard had led them into a pit of quicksand. They are eventually able to get out and continue the pursuit of Torpedo, Tripwire, and Mutt, who were in turn chasing after their escaped prisoners, Firefly and Wild Weasel.
Firefly builds a trap to ensnare his pursuers, only to have Junkyard set it off. The Cobras eventually group back together and continue to chase the Joes, only to find out that they have disappeared into the swamp.
That is when Zartan utters his line, "Time to call out the Dreadnoks".
As the story of Snake-Eyes' background continues, Hawk reveals that after he told Snake-Eyes about his family's death, he hadn't heard from him for six years. When he and Stalker were putting the GI Joe team together, they decided to track Snake-Eyes down.
They found that he had retired to the seclusion of a cabin in the High Sierras and was living with his pet wolf, Timber. They talked him into coming with them and joining the GI Joe team.
Scarlett first met Snake-Eyes when the three returned to headquarters. She was putting the new recruits through their paces in hand-to-hand combat drills. When she fought Snake-Eyes, she could tell how good he was, because he let her win. He was so good, he didn't have anything to prove.
Scarlett and Snake-Eyes became friends, more than friends in Scarlett's mind. She was slowly falling in love with him.
Then months later, the GI Joe team was training on a desert mission. The team was split into two helicopters. The choppers were flying low and kicking up alot of sand. One of the choppers got sand sucked into its intake and the engine stalled. The helicopter lost control and hit the other with its main rotor. This ignited the fuel tank. The resulting explosion hit Snake-Eyes directly in the face and throat. The wounds were so great that his face was permanently scarred and he could no longer speak.
Now the story of Snake-Eyes having been told, we are taken back to the present where he is talking to the Soft Master in New York. The Soft Master reveals that he is investigating the death of the Hard Master (#26). He wants to know why the Hard Master denied until his death that the killer was Storm Shadow, despite evidence to the contrary. One bit of evidence is the killing arrow, which came from Storm Shadow's personal supply.
As he is telling this to Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow crashes through the window and takes the arrow from the Soft Master. Thus starts a foot chase of Storm Shadow by Snake-Eyes through the streets of New York. The chase ends in a face-off with knives on top of a subway car speeding along its rails. Storm Shadow, whose back is to the oncoming tunnel, tells Snake-Eyes, that he loves him like a brother, but won't let him stop him (Storm Shadow) from doing what he has to do, he will kill him if necessary. Snake-Eyes dives back, bringing Storm Shadow with him and saving his life.
Storm Shadow realizes that Snake-Eyes saved him, so he tells him what his important task is. He reveals that the only reason he is a member of Cobra is because he knows that someone in Cobra was the actual killer of the Hard Master. He has spent years working his way up in Cobra to find out his identity.

In the Florida Everglades, the Cobra big wigs, thoroughly angry at Junkyard for leading them into quicksand, manage to pull themselves out. The Joe team is desperate to recapture Firefly and Wild Weasel. The two Cobras, however, have set up a nasty tiger trap to finish off anybody coming up the swamp trail. Junkyard runs by his Joe masters, zipping down that trail, setting off the trap. The Cobra saboteur and pilot run to see what they've caught.
At the Pit, Hawk continues with his stories about Snake-Eyes. He recalls the day he and Stalker went up to Snake-Eyes' mountain cabin to recruit him for the G.I. Joe team. They found him out catching rabbits bare handed. Scarlett then starts her tale of how she first met Snake-Eyes. She was fascinated by the master soldier, and wanted to know more about him. A friendship grew. Months later, flying by helicopters to a hostage rescue, she recalls how the Huey she and Snake-Eyes were in had a tail-rotor stall. As the helicopter spun towards the ground, she was snagged to the chopper door. Snake-Eyes went to help her, but the Huey was hit by the rotors of another aircraft. The aviation gas exploded, causing a stream of burning vapor to slam into Snake-Eyes' face. The two Joes survived the crash, but Snake-Eyes' face was ravaged, and his mouth could only open and close in complete silence.
Back in Florida, Firefly and Wild Weasel discover that Junkyard had set off their tiger trap, but escaped unscathed. They are then immediately ambushed by the Joe team, who are then immediately ambushed by the team of Cobra leaders. In New York City, Snake-Eyes is still at the restaurant of the Soft-Master. Storm Shadow attacks through the window, escaping the Joe commando's bullet barrage via the cellar passage. Snake-Eyes takes off in a foot chase down the streets of the Big Apple. At the Pit, Scarlett hears the police report of a fight between a masked man with an uzi and a ninja in white. She immediately leaves to go try and help. Storm Shadow, meanwhile, has jumped on top of a passenger train, with Snake-Eyes close behind. The train nears a tunnel, but the white ninja's back is turned to it. Snake-Eyes allows Storm Shadow to leap at him, moving him out of danger from the upcoming tunnel, saving his life. The cobra ninja realizes that his former friend has repaid his life debt to him, and leaves in peace. Before he goes, he tells the Joe commando that he did not kill the Hard-Master. Someone working for Cobra was the murderer. That is why he joined Cobra, so he could learn who the assassin was, and someday avenge his uncle's death.

In the Gulf of Mexico, the Joe team of Torpedo, Trip-Wire, Mutt and Junkyard return to the Joe freighter, G.I. Jane. Duke and Roadblock are flown in by Dragonfly to lead the attack on the Cobra base in the Everglades. At that base, Zartan and his Dreadnoks decide to abandon Cobra Commander and head north. Destro and the Baroness ride a Water Moccasin out to where the Baroness has had Cobra supplies delivered. These supplies include a squadron of Rattlers. In their car at a railroad crossing, two policemen sit and wait for a train to pass. (These authorities look disturbingly like Laurel and Hardy.) They notice an army man riding atop a train car. He asks them if they know where route 56 is. They say that they're sitting on it, causing the soldier, Breaker of the Joe team, to call out to Steeler and bang on the roof. This alerts the MOBAT tank secretly riding in that cart to come crashing out onto the road, scraping the police cruiser's side. The infuriated police chief orders a pursuit of the Joe tank. Back on the Jane, a group of Joes hop onto the WHALE and roar out onto the ocean, heading for the Everglades.
The Cobra Rattlers have since taken off, but the Baroness decides to not join the conflict and instead heads north to Springfield to prepare a triumphant return for the Commander. In truth, she will go directly to Major Bludd's cell, and ask him how badly he wants his freedom. At Zartan's lair, Firefly discovers that a section of Zartan's radar control board includes remote controls for a robot army of Cobra troopers and HISS tanks. Cobra Commander takes the controls and sends the android army against the approaching MOBAT. The police chief even joins the fight. Rattlers flown by Destro and Wild Weasel also enter the fray. The Joes realize that the Rattlers use infa-red detectors to target with, and that by hiding in the trees and cooling down the tank's engine, they won't be seen. The Rattlers lose track of the Joes, but destroy the police cruiser. The policemen run off like crazy. The WHALE then arrives at the scene, and gets strafed by a rattler, wounding Deep-Six. The Joes manage to shoot down Destro's Rattler, and the battle ends.
Cobra Commander gets picked up by Wild Weasel, and Firefly and Destro are left to get out on their own. Neither one of them is happy.

The WHALE is at a dock in Ehrlinger's Cove on the gulf coast of Florida. There the Joes plan to do some repair work on it. The citizens on the docks try to make fun of the army men and their broken boat. Roadblock carries an armor-plated panel to the end of the dock, with three young pranksters hanging on the end of it! In the Everglades, Firefly and Destro plan to return to Cobra headquarters and get revenge on Cobra Commander, who abandoned them there last issue. In Springfield, Cobra Commander has returned to a cheering crowd and parade, the people not knowing of his failure in Florida. One person, the boy Billy, plans to have his revenge on Cobra Commander for what he did to his father and the boy himself. At a giant rally that night, Cobra Commander reveals the Crimson Guardsman. They are highly trained soldiers that are young, intelligent and seemingly good citizens. They will have normal looking families and acquire jobs in business and politics, but the whole time working undercover for Cobra!
Back in Florida, Destro and Firefly have made their way to Ehrinlger's Cove. They plan to steal the WHALE from the Joes, who have just about finished repairing it. They jump on the hovercraft from behind, surprising Cutter who tries to knock out Destro with a hard left-handed punch. He breaks his hand on Destro's polished beryllium steel facemask, and is easily defeated. Firefly mans a machine gun turret and opens fire on the Joes at the end of the dock. They use the armored panel that Roadblock was working on for cover. Destro mans the controls and drives the WHALE away. Luckily, Wild Bill was just arriving with repair supplies on the Dragonfly. He drops the supplies and Duke jumps into the cockpit and starts chasing after the WHALE. Cutter and Roadblock hop into a fishing boat and head out for the Joe freighter, G.I. Jane. In the chase, the Laurel and Hardy-like policemen from last issue are walking down the interstate, and get knocked off by the WHALE. Cutter arrives at the Jane, and drives it towards the docks at high speed. He then activates the hydrofoils on the Jane and shoots across the docks and over land, passing right over the two policemen, who pretend that they saw nothing. Destro shoots the Dragonfly with his wrist rockets. Wild Bill manages to land it on the G.I. Jane. Destro and Firefly then secretly escape from the WHALE by floating away in a couple of emptied depth charges.
The WHALE is brought on board the Jane, but carrying a bomb that the Cobras left behind. Trip-Wire jumps onto it, since he sees nowhere to put the bomb, and no time to defuse it. Roadblock grabs it from the Joe and hurls it through a ventilation shaft where it flies out overboard and explodes. The Joes have totally lost Destro and Firefly, who continue their escape in a stolen fishing boat. They plan to head to Springfield.

Zartan and the Dreadnoks have been keeping watch at McGuire Field, and see a Joe Dragonfly land. Zartan uses his holograms to disguise himself as Hawk to see first-hand if the landing Dragonfly was the one that attacked them in Florida. After talking to the deceived Wild Bill and Doc, he is sure of it. He informs Cobra Commander, who becomes convinced that Mcquire must be where Joe headquarters is.
On Staten Island, the Crimson Guardsman "Smith", actually Fred I, has established a home right next to Fort Wadsworth to see if it is the Joe headquarters. He brings his family with him, which includes his son Sean and daughter Heather.
When Doc and the injured Joes arrive at the Pit, and see Hawk there. They realize that the person they saw at McGuire Field couldn't have been the real Hawk. Someone was trying to deceive them.
Using "Arbco Circus" trucks, Cobra arrives at McGuire field, and unloads their weaponry, planning to wait until late night to attack. In Springfield, the Baroness and Major Bludd find Billy digging through secret files. The Baroness knows how much Billy hates the Commander for what he did to Billy's father and the torture Billy received in Dr. Venom's dungeon. She realizes that maybe Billy can help them betray Cobra Commander. Crimson Guardsman Smith is told to abandon his Fort Wadsworth spy post, since Cobra thinks they already found Joe headuarters. This infuriates him, causing him to miss seeing all the Joe vehicles drive right by his house, heading for McGuire Field.
At McGuire Field, the Dreadnoks, tired of waiting for Cobra to attack, decide to have a little fun and start tearing apart aircraft parked at the base. Buzzer accidentally causes an F-14 to explode, alerting the base of hostile presence. Seeing his cover is blown, Cobra Commander orders the attack, but the Joes arrive just in time to chase them onto the field. The Cobras get blown apart from behind. Cobra retreats rather quickly.
Destro and Firefly have made it to New York in their stolen fishing boat, and plan to have their revenge on Cobra Commander when he least expects it.

Comics #2

The Joes are in a complex battle in Alaska and have ambushed a Cobra column of tanks. The Cobra's returned fire and destroyed all of the Joe team's heavy hardware causing many injuries. The Joe team is now pinned down by a small force as the main body of the Cobra column moves on to its next objective, oil pipeline pumping station #1.
New Joe member Wild Bill brings in reinforcements and will help evacuate the injured Joes. As Doc, Snow Job and Gung-Ho unload supplies; the injured Steeler, Breaker, Short Fuse, and Grand Slam are loaded into the helicopter. As Wild Bill takes off to the Joe base camp, Hawk leads Snake-Eyes, Rock 'n' Roll, Gung-Ho, Snow Job and Doc on a mission catch up with the remainder of the Cobra column at the pumping station #1.
In Springfield, Cobra Commander has dispatched his new specialist, actually a Cobra field general, to lead the troops in gaining plutonium from a nuclear plant in Alaska. This specialist is actually Destro, although his name isn't given, nor is his head ever shown. As Cobra Commander introduces the specialist to the Baroness her response is �We've already met�, much to his surprise.
The Joe team arrives at pumping station #1. The main part of the Cobra column, now lead by the Specialist, has moved off toward their primary objective, a nuclear power plant. A small group of Cobras have been left behind to load plague toxin canisters. These canisters are to be loaded into the oil pipeline that is connected to pumping station #1. Hawk leads the assault on the pumping station, during the attack they rupture several of the plague toxin canisters, causing them all to be infected and giving them only six hours left to live, unless they get the antidote from the specialist.
So Snow Job, Doc and Snake-Eyes then take off to catch up with the main Cobra column at the nuclear power plant. As Gung-Ho, Hawk and Rock 'n' Roll secure pumping station #1.
The specialist has stolen plutonium from the nuclear planet and has moved on to pumping station #2.
Some additional air support comes when Wild Bill drops another new Joe, Airborne, to help Snake-Eyes. Then he and Zap move onto pumping station #2 where the specialist has set up a plan to send the stolen plutonium through the pipeline to pumping station #3 for further extraction out of Alaska. Wild Bill is able to stop this plan, and Doc retrieves the antidote from the specialist as he escapes.
The plutonium is recovered at pumping station #3 and all the Joes are injected with the antidote, all surviving to fight another day.

This issue opens with Scarlett, Clutch and Breaker in the VAMP chasing down Cobra operatives in a van carrying MX Missile guidance chips in a van with the business front of Naja Hanna Video Corp through the streets of San Francisco. The chase continues through the streets with exchange of gunfire between the Joes and the Cobra operatives. An unsuspecting civilian, in his car, haphazardly places himself in the path of the oncoming Cobra van subsequently has his car ripped to shreds as the van then the VAMP tear right through it. After continuing the chase a few more blocks, another unsuspecting motorist falls victim to the same fate as the last. An elderly couple is arguing in their vehicle when they comment on a "backfire" which is actually gunfire as the Joes and Cobras approach them. The driver of the van realizes that the car is not going to move in time, the elderly couple bails out as the van struck them dead-on destroying both vehicles, killing all but one of the Cobra operatives, Scarface. Scarface makes a break for it after leaping from the moving van. Scarlett spots Scarface and Breaker gives chase until he finally catches up with Scarface around the corner on a pier. Scarface breaks loose striking Breaker with his briefcase. Breaker falls backward into a couple of bikers who proceed to beat the daylights out of Breaker. Scarlett and Clutch show up and Scarlett attends to Breaker as she warns the bikers to back off. Not heeding her warning, she fires a precise shot at one of the biker's earrings breaking it off, and of course, they do back away. Clutch continues to chase Scarface commenting about CC being upset about the loss of the computer chips in the exploded van. Scarface retorts asking Clutch if he really thinks that this is all about computer chips. Scarface stops, turns and fires his pistol at Clutch who takes a graze wound to his left knee. The three Joes regroup and inspect the rubble from the van explosion discovering that pieces of the crates that held the computer chips have an address for the Naja Hanna Corporation on the side, with the package going to the attention of a Senor K. Winn, in South America. Breaker comments on the oddity of having missile guidance chips hidden in video game circuits.
Meanwhile in Washington D.C., General Flagg and Hawk are meeting and comment to each other about the state of the world regarding computer chips and how spies are flocking to the Silicon Valley in search of new technology to steal. General Flagg directs a man to bring up on the computer screen a video feed from San Francisco. The video shows pieces of the packing crate the Joes had found in California. Gen. Flagg states that it had stolen computer chips in it and was on its way to South America. Hawk says that Sierra Gordo (location on packing crate) could get hostile in the near future and recommends a four-man team to check it out. Hawk selects Breaker, Stalker, Gung Ho and Snake Eyes. The soldier manning the computer station also points out that the word Naja Hanna means king cobra in Hindi.
The very next day in the town of Rio Lindo located in Sierra Gordo, Stalker and Breaker undercover track down the location of the Naja Hanna Corp.; they walk up and knock on the door while from a distance Snake Eyes and Gung Ho keep watch as backup. As the door opens up, who should answer but none other than Dr. Venom. Stalker tries to solicit some "video games" for money and Dr. Venom accepts him in. Through the binoculars Snake Eyes recognizes Dr. Venom and has a flashback of when he was in Springfield (GIJoe #10) and Dr. Venom subjected him to the brainwave scanner. Snake Eyes immediately leaps from the tree and starts toward the little town. Gung Ho, taken by surprise at Snake Eyes' actions takes off after him. As they run into town Gung Ho accidentally runs into a man wearing a serape who after falls down, is recognized as Scarface. Scarface runs away and Snake Eyes keeps Gung Ho from giving chase. Inside the house, Dr. Venom tells Stalker that he cannot sell him any video games for lack of "inventory". Stalker, not buying into it, all but gives up his cover by saying that he knows for sure that there was a shipment received there less than a month ago. Dr. Venom finds it interesting that Stalker would have that information and says that the only way Stalker could know is if he was working for Cobra of GIJoe, and Dr. Venom was sure that Stalker wasn't a Cobra employee, he snaps his fingers, which brings out Cobra troops out of the closet. Breaker and Stalker take cover behind a felled table and begin to exchange fire with the Cobras. Dr. Venom calls for a heavy machine gun, and just as the machine gunners come down the hallway, Snake Eyes leaps out a kills the gunners. Gung Ho comes in through the back door forcing Cobra to surrender. As they proceed out, Kwinn the Eskimo enters and disarms Gung Ho, Stalker and Breaker by firing his .30 cal Browning machine gun. Having chosen not to disarm Snake Eyes he comments on Snake Eyes' hesitation to shoot him due to the fact that Kwinn spared Snake Eyes' life in the arctic back in GIJoe #2, and comments on the fact that Kwinn didn't disarm Snake Eyes due to the fact that he knows that Snake Eyes' Uzi is out of ammunition. Snake Eyes surrenders his weapon.
Breaker, Stalker and Gung Ho are bound and taken to a boat. Snake Eyes is bound and placed inside the house after Dr. Venom takes revenge on him by pistol-whipping Snake Eyes. Kwinn stops Venom asking him how he questions someone who cannot speak. A Cobra troop checks Snake Eyes and says that his pulse and respirations have stopped. The house is lit on fire and the boat with their Joe prisoners departs along with Venom and Kwinn. The fire is intended to destroy the records of the Naja Hanna Corp as well as Snake Eyes. Venom reminisces about the smoke rising from an Asian temple as he watches the house burn commenting that it looked similar to the temple that Snake Eyes studied in, including studies of how to control breathing and heartbeat. Dr. Venom cries out "He Lives".
Snake Eyes, on fire, manages to kick his way out of the burning house and runs towards the water with a group of locals looking on in awe. He dives into the water, and never surfaces. On the boat Kwinn states that once the chips are loaded onto the plane his contract with Cobra will cease. At the stern of the boat, the bound Joes use the rats on the boat to chew through their ropes after having coated them with Breaker's chewing gum. Down the river, a boat sputters along only to have the operator astonished when a burned up Snake Eyes climbs aboard and commandeers his boat. Shift scenes to a Cobra bunker built on a small atoll in the middle of the river with a seaplane docked outside. Inside, the Baroness scolds Dr. Venom for not ensuring that Snake Eyes was killed. Venom boasts about the inaccessibility of the bunker claiming that no one could penetrate least not a burned up Snake Eyes, if he even survived. Only three guards were left behind to watch the Joes. Snake Eyes swims up behind the pier and takes out one of the Cobra guards. Gung Ho breaks free of his ropes and takes out the other two. Snake Eyes instructs the other Joes to take the boat and escape with the chips while he handles those in the bunker.
Inside, Dr. Venom reveals the true cargo and the true reason for the smuggling. Dr. Venom and Cobra had been developing a serum at a research station down the river to go hand in hand with the virus that was smuggled from San Francisco by Scarface. Venom comments on the consequences of mixing the serum and the virus, when Kwinn has them quiet down as Snake Eyes sneaks up immediately behind the front door. Kwinn turns and fires his .30 Cal outside the view window in the door. Kwinn sees that the Joes are escaping with the boat. Baroness and Scarface get into the seaplane and to pursue the Joes and they take the serum and virus with them. The Joes attempt to shoot down the plane but are forced to abandon ship as the Baroness drops air-to-ground missile on them and destroys the boat. As Venom exits the bunker, Snake Eyes attacks him and begins to beat him without mercy. Kwinn hesitates to help Venom as he states that now that his contract has been fulfilled, and the virus/serum are safely away, why should he help Venom who just seconds ago emerged from the bunker pointing a pistol at Kwinn's back. Baroness comments on how Dr. Venom is expendable as she turns towards the bunker and drops another bomb. Kwinn forces Snake Eyes and Dr. Venom into the bunker just seconds before it hits. The explosion leads Stalker, Gung Ho and Breaker to believe that Snake Eyes, Kwinn and Dr. Venom were killed.

In Sierra Gordo, Gung-Ho, Stalker & Breaker just witnessed a bunker that Snake-Eyes, Dr. Venom & Kwinn were in get blown away by the Baroness. In her plane, she has Scarface, a Cobra agent, who is carrying a briefcase with very high priority information for Cobra Commander. She is ordered to return to base before she can finish off the rest of the Joes.
As Gung-Ho and Breaker clear the river they were hiding in with Stalker, a crocodile attacks Stalker. He is able to kill the crocodile but not before it causes some serious damage to his leg. Gung-Ho then goes off to get help for Stalker as Breaker stays behind to protect him. Gung-Ho catches a ride to a radio station where he is able to contact Hawk at The Pit and requests extraction.
A group of local Sierra Gordo mercenaries are patrolling the forest near Stalker and Breaker. They were able to set up some defenses and are prepared for the rebels. Who are waiting to see what happens with the Joes.
In Springfield, the Baroness has arrived with Scarface, she confesses to Cobra Commander that she suspects he is hiding something. Destro explains to the Baroness that Scarface was working under a hypnotic trance, and that the briefcase he was holding contained no important information, in fact the information was intended to be captured by GI Joe and divert them away from Cobra's real goal. But since that plot failed, the back up plan of planting fake documents with a micro-dot included where the GI Joe team can discover them is successful as Breaker discovers them in Sierra Gordo.
Hawk receives the message from Gung-Ho, and gathers a team to go rescue them. That team of Scarlett, Grunt, Rock 'n' Roll with Hawk as the pilot, parachute into the airport to control the runaway for an escape. Doc and Torpedo are dropped into the area where the bunker that Snake-Eyes is in used to be. Scarlett is informed that Snake-Eyes is killed.
Torpedo dives into the river to discover the bunker that Snake-Eyes is in is still intact, he knocks on the door, but is diverted by Doc to join up with the rest of the team. Gung-Ho has returned just in time to save Stalker and Breaker from the approaching mercenaries. They all jump on with Gung-Ho who then takes the team to the airport.
At the airport, Scarlett, Rock 'n' Roll & Grunt have secured the control tower and hold the landing strip. As additional mercenaries head to the airport, Gung-Ho driving the rest of the team to their extraction point, collects Scarlett and her team. Hawk who has been circling in a plane, lands to pick up the entire Joe team, missing one member, Snake-Eyes. The Joes now have new documents (fake ones) about Cobra.
At the bottom of the river inside the bunker, someone is tapping in response to Torpedo's knocking.

Snake Eyes, Kwinn and Dr. Venom are still trapped in the under-water bunker in Sierra Gordo. They soon realize that although they don't trust each other, if they don't work together, none of them will get out alive. In G.I. Joe Headquarters, the Joes have been studying the micro-dot map Stalker found in Sierra Gordo. It turns out to be a map to Springfield, Vermont, a name that keeps popping up in dealings with Cobra. Hawk suspects it could be the Cobra home base.
In Cobra Headquarters, Destro reveals that he had Scar-face make sure that the Joes received the micro-dot map. It is all part of Destro's ploy to have the Commander captured, and then take his place as leader of Cobra.
In Sierra Gordo, Kwinn gets the bunker door open, only to bashed in the head by Dr. Venom and left for dead. Venom and Snake Eyes are soon captured by abandoned Cobra troops. The Joe team jumps into the A.P.C. and heads up to Springfield. Cobra Commander and the Baroness arrive at Arbco Furniture Company, a disguised Cobra laboratory outside of Springfield, to run their tests with Dr. Venom's secret plague toxin. Upon learning the Baroness is with Cobra Commander, Destro panics and realizes that he must save her from the Joes. Much to Scar-face's confusion, he takes a group of Cobra airborne troopers to stop the Joe team before they reach Springfield.
Destro arrives just in time to attack the Joes, Cobra Commander and the Baroness escape in their rocket plane, and Ace destroys Arbco Furniture with his Skystriker. The Joe team didn't accomplish much, and Dr. Venom has a last laugh knowing that the secret toxin Cobra has is worthless to them.

In Sierra Gordo, Dr. Venom & Snake-Eyes have escaped from the underwater bunker they were trapped in. The Eskimo, Kwinn, was left behind in the bunker. Dr. Venom & Snake-Eyes are currently at the rivers edge being held at gun point by a group of mercenaries. As they talk about what to do with Venom & Snake-Eyes, Kwinn rises up from the water to kill all the mercenaries. The uneasy truce between the three enemies is forced to continue until they get out of Sierra Gordo.
At the Sierra Gordo airport, they discover a WW II Lancaster bomber which Dr. Venom can fly. They sneak onto the plane, but as soon as it starts up the airport's mercenaries start to attack and in order to stop them from taking off. After a dramatic take off, in which they lose there landing gear, they head for Florida.
On the plane, Dr. Venom is able to send a Morse coded message to Cobra Headquarters in Springfield. Informing them that he is alive, and on his way to Miami, Florida. He sends this message without Snake-Eyes or Kwinn knowing about it. A Spitfire fighter catches up to them and attacks, in a crazy diving move, the bomber is able to cause the fighter to crash into the ground.
Just after this battle, Dr. Venom almost kills Snake-Eyes by dropping him out of the bomber doors, Kwinn saves Snake-Eyes life. Kwinn is then about to kill Dr. Venom when Snake-Eyes stays his hand. Venom is needed to continue to fly the plane, which is now leaking fuel.
In Springfield, Cobra Commander is informed that Dr. Venom is still alive. In a private moment away from Cobra Commander, Destro expresses his love for the Baroness. In that same conversation he explains his plot to get Cobra Commander captured and take control of Cobra but it hasn't played out as he expected. The Baroness returns his affection but not his love, and refuses to betray the Commander. Meanwhile, Cobra Commander has brought in Major Bludd to help settle the Destro situation.
Back on the Lancaster bomber, Dr. Venom has flown them to Miami Beach, where they crash land. They are all immediately arrested by the local police. Cobra lawyers are waiting at the jail to release Dr. Venom. Snake-Eyes and Kwinn are left behind to rot in jail.

At a GI Joe training exercise, Cover Girl and Tripwire are introduced as the newest Joes, as well as the new missile tank, Wolverine.
At a Cobra dinner, Cobra Commander introduces Major Bludd. Present at the dinner are Destro, Baroness, Dr. Venom and Scarface. Each has their own plan for Cobra as an organization. Destro wants to take over just to prove his love to the Baroness. The Baroness is trying to take advantage of any opportunity that comes her way. Dr. Venom is determined to finish his plague toxin which will cause lots of death. Major Bludd's hired to kill Destro by Cobra Commander. And finally Scarface, who is also in the middle, just wants to get out.
The Joes have figured out Cobra's next plan, that plan is to poison America's money at the US Treasury, by inserting a plague toxin into the ink used to print America's dollar bills. This toxin will kill anyone who touches these bills, millions could die. Hawk tells General Flagg this plan but Flagg has received different information. His information says that Cobra is going to attack the US Capitol, not the US Treasury. The regular military are going to be protecting the US Capitol, and the Joes are left to guard the US Treasury.
As Cobra begins its assault on Washington DC with an apparent air assault, General Flagg calls for all the forces to defend the Capitol. Over at the Treasury, several 18 wheelers pull up. These trucks hold Cobra's high command and additional HISS tanks which are used to attack the Treasury. GI Joe has several members stationed around the Treasury, including Cover Girl and her Wolverine which is hidden inside a garbage truck. Scarface and Dr. Venom with a small force are sent inside the Treasury to put the plague toxin into the ink.
Over at the Capitol, Cobra's air assault turns out to be a fake planes and parachutes. Hawk leaves the Capitol to head to the Treasury where the real assault is happening.
As the battle outside the Treasury heats up. Cobra Commander drives as Destro operates the turret of one HISS tank, and the Baroness drives another with Major Bludd on her HISS tank's turret.
Inside the Treasury, Gung-Ho, Tripwire and Torpedo are fighting Dr. Venom's squad. Dr. Venom places the toxin in the ink and then sets a charge to blow up part of the Treasury as a cover up. As Dr. Venom is escaping he shoots his own men and knocks out Scarface. Gung-Ho goes to secure Scarface who frees himself and runs off, later that night to get on a bus to Coney Island. Tripwire is able to disarm the bomb. The Joe team is able to stop the ink from infecting the bills. Cobra Commander's tank busts through the wall and collects Dr. Venom.
With support from Wild Bill and Airbourne in the Dragonfly helicopter, the Wolverine has been able to take out several HISS tanks. As Cobra Commander and the Baroness drive there tanks parallel to each other in an attempt to destroy the Wolverine. Cobra Commander orders Major Bludd to turn his turret and shoot Destro. The Baroness sees that Major Bludd has now targeted Destro, and in order to save him she crashes the HISS tank she is driving. Major Bludd is able to escape but the Baroness is trapped in the tank as it explodes.
Back on Cobra Commander's tank, he is able to destroy the Wolverine and begins his escape. Destro has just seen his love blown up in a tank. His will to fight is gone. Dr. Venom starts driving and Cobra Commander takes over the turret from Destro. Hawk, Clutch and Scarlett arrive from the Capitol just as the Commander is getting away. Hawk jumps on the HISS tank, he and Destro start fist fighting and Cobra Commander pulls his gun. The Commander has a few moments to decide who he should shoot, Hawk or Destro. He chooses Hawk, and then shoots him three times in the back. Scarlett and Clutch rush to Hawk to see if he is alive.

In Washington DC: Hawk, who has just been shot in the back by Cobra Commander, was wearing a bullet proof vest. His injuries are still pretty severe but he will live. He is loaded onto the Dragonfly helicopter and flown to the nearest hospital.
On the outskirts of Washington DC, Cobra Commander, Dr. Venom and a very distraught Destro are making there escape. Cobra Commander talks to Destro about how the Baroness died. He says that Major Bludd was attempting to kill Destro because he also wanted to win the affections of the Baroness. The truth is that Cobra Commander ordered Major to Bludd to kill Destro, and the Baroness saved his life. Destro believes the Commander's lie and swears to get revenge on Major Bludd.
A small Joe team, lead by Zap, are in pursuit of the Commander's tank with, the new Joe, Ace giving air support in the Sky-Striker.
In Miami, Snake-Eyes and Kwinn have been sitting in jail. Kwinn pulls out a saw that is hidden in the heel of his boot. He is then able to saw through the jails bars and escape with Snake-Eyes. After winning some money and car, Snake-Eyes and Kwinn head to Coney Island to find Scarface. Scarface knows the location of Cobra's headquarters, and that is where they can find Dr. Venom.
On a bus heading out of Washington DC to New York City, Scarface is going to Coney Island. Major Bludd, who has escaped the battle at the Treasury, hijacks the same bus. Stalker and Grand Slam spot Major Bludd on the bus. A shoot out begins between them and Bludd, Scarface stays hidden in his seat, unknown to Major Bludd. Grand Slam gets on board by dramatically busting through the front window. As they are fighting, Bludd sees Scarface sitting in his seat, Grand Slam is able to get the upper hand and knock out Major Bludd, not noticing Scarface.
Back on Cobra Commander's HISS tank, Cobra air support has shown up. Several Fang helicopters, jet fighters and a large transport helicopter come to the rescue. Zap's team is able to take out the Fang's but the Commander, still in his tank, is able to be taken away by the transport helicopter. Ace has an air battle with the Cobra jets; he is able to take two of them out before being hit and having to limp back to the airfield.
At the same hospital that Hawk is at, Major Bludd is brought in by Stalker and Grand Slam. A doctor rushes him in to the emergency room and prevents them from following. The doctor is actually a Cobra agent. As Bludd tries to escape, Hawk, still banged, captures him again. An announcement is made over the speaker that a woman with third degree burns over 80% of her body as just been brought in, this woman is the Baroness. The doctor then calls Cobra Commander and informs him that Hawk is alive, Major Bludd has been captured and that the Baroness is alive.
The Commander then informs Destro about Hawk and Major Bludd, but doesn't tell him about the Baroness. Destro so he can get revenge on Major Bludd, who is now being taken to Joe headquarters, needs to find Scarface. He knows Scarface's hide out is in Coney Island.

The Joes, Destro, and Snake Eyes and Kwinn all head for Coney Island looking for one thing: Scarface. The Joes think it may be a Cobra trap, but a letter from Snake Eyes reassures them that it's not. He'll meet them there. Snake Eyes and Kwinn get there first. All Kwinn wants is to know where Dr. Venom is. Scarface gives him the information, and then Kwinn lets him go. Destro and the Joes fight it out trying to get to Scarface, and Snake Eyes and Kwinn vanish. A car-chase ensues, with Scarface driving a pink Cadillac, Destro driving an ice-cream truck and the Joes in their A.P.C.. Destro captures Scarface, high-jacks a plane and takes off for Libya. The Joes soon follow in their cargo plane.
In Libya, Destro brings Scarface to Dr. Venom, who injects him with his secret time-bomb plague toxin. The Cobra leaders secretly want the Joes to now capture Scarface and take him to their headquarters, where they hope the plague will kill off all of the Joes. In the desert, the Joes find a Cobra vehicle convoy and sneak into it on their V.A.M.P. through a giant cloud of dust. They find Scarface on a H.I.S.S. tank and grab him. After a small skirmish, the Joes escape thinking that they have won, now that they have Scarface. Cobra has no problems with that.

Scar-face warns the Joes of the plague toxin that he is infected with. Hawk believes him, but understands the Cobra plan is more than it seems. Their plan isn't to just wipe out the Joe team with the plague, but to see where in the country an emergency quarantine will take place. That would reveal to them the location of Joe headquarters. Hawk orders the construction of the Joe pre-fab fortress on the surface in the motor pool garage, above the PIT. The prisoners Major Bludd and the Baroness are moved to the surface base. Fake security procedures and quarantine start. The chaplain's assistants are bussed off to California. Cobra sees these procedures happen, and believe they have found Joe headquarters.
As this happens, Snake Eyes and Kwinn find Dr. Venom in his private lab. Before Kwinn can kill him, Cobra arrives and tries to rescue him. Snake Eyes finds S.N.A.K.E. body armor and sees it as the only way to stand up to a swarm of attacking Cobra troops. He puts a suit on, but doesn't realize that it has a mind control function built into it. Snake Eyes unwillingly knocks out Kwinn, and the battle is over.
The Cobra attack force flies towards Joe headquarters, fires missiles, and blows up the motor pool garage. As the smoke clears, the Joe pre-fab fortress is revealed, and the Cobra's are thrilled at finding Joe headquarters. The Joes send out the P.A.C./R.A.T.S. against the H.I.S.S. tanks. Dr. Venom sends in Snake Eyes and Kwinn, both in S.N.A.K.E. armor, to wipe out the P.A.C./R.A.T.S. Kwinn is shot free of his armor, and runs back to kill Dr. Venom. Major Bludd breaks out of his cell, kills General Flagg, escapes with the Baroness and leaves Scar face to die in the Joe base. Before Kwinn can shove a grenade down Venom's throat, he realizes he is doing an evil act of the weasel, and lets him go. Venom shoots Kwinn in the back, and Kwinn drops the grenade he was carrying, which blows up at Dr. Venom's feet. The Cobra's destroy the Joe fortress, and leave thinking they have won, although they never found the PIT.

The story starts out with a bunch of Joes training in a field camp. Clutch is in the lead, because he knows as soon as he's done, he gets to go home for a week's vacation. Even being late for the bus to New Jersey won't stop him: he stops the VAMP right in front of it! When he reaches his home town, his old high school friend Billy Kline picks him up and offers him a stay at his experimental engine factory. The Joe happily accepts, but soon overhears Billy fighting with someone. Feeling concern, Clutch secretly follows Billy to a top secret room in the factory, and runs into Cobra troops! After defeating a few of them, he attempts to rescue Billy, who betrays Clutch and knocks him out.
Clutch awakens later as a prisoner of Cobra. Billy explains that he has to work for Cobra because they are holding his family hostage. The Cobra officer in charge straps an experimental compact jetpack onto the tied-up Clutch and flies him off to his potential demise. Little did he know, the regretful Billy slipped Clutch a knife, which the Joe uses to cut himself free. He later finds an old shop teacher and borrows a heavily armored car from him. He uses this car to crash into Billy's house and rescue his family.
Clutch calls the Joe team in to attack the factory. They easily sneak in, but the Cobra officer escapes with a jetpack. Clutch straps on another jetpack, and after a high-speed dogfight, defeats the Cobra, sending him to a explosive death. After all is said and done, Clutch realizes that he's had all the rest and relaxation that he can stand!

GIJoe comics #1

Operation: Lady Doomsday:
Dr. Burkhart, a nuclear physicist formerly of the "Doomsday Project," considered a traitor by many for her outspoken critique of both the Project and the U.S. government, is kidnapped by the terrorist oragnization Cobra Command while being transported to testify before Congress. Cobra threatens to kill her if a rescue is attempted, but the government cannot afford to let Cobra extract the secrets Dr. Burkhart knows. G.I. Joe is sent to Cobra's stronghold on a small, thinly-populated Caribbean island to effect the rescue. They successfully penetrate the outer defenses and make their way to the Spanish fort where Cobra Commander is holed up with Dr. Burkhart. On the way, they discover that Cobra has slaughtered the island's civilian population in an act of shear malice. Snake-Eyes and Scarlett confront Cobra Commander and rescue Dr. Burkhart, just as the rest of the team arrives in the fort. Burkhart explains that she was the bait for a trap and that the fort is wired to explode within minutes. The team escapes with moments to spare in a Cobra helicopter. Burkhart thanks her rescuers and realizes that "somewhere in the Pentagon... there are people who care." In the confusion, Cobra Commander and the Baroness escape to their "true headquarters," foreshadowing more trouble for the Joes...

Hot Potato:
Scarlett, Snake-Eyes, and Rock 'N Roll must transport a tape out of the Cobra-funded Colonel Sharif's emirate. The safety of the team members takes a back seat to the safety of the tape. When Scarlett is injured, she orders the others to continue without her, but Snake-Eyes turns back for her. Upon delivering the tape to Hawk, Stalker, and Clutch, Rock 'N Roll goes back for them and is closely followed by Hawk and Clutch. Together they rescue the others, while Stalker transports the tape to safety.

Several Joes are called in to investigate an Alaskan research station whose personnel were slaughtered by some unknown enemy. They follow an unknown man to a Russian research station where they discover the scientists there have frozen and the man has wired the station to explode. They learn the man is a freelance special operative named Kwinn and confront him, only to be defeated and lose their weapons. Kwinn then explains that the Russians were trying to beam "fear waves" into the U.S. to induce mass paranoia, but it back-fired and their own paranoia caused them to kill the Americans. When their heater broke down, they were too far gone to fix it, and Kwinn was hired to retrieve data and destroy the evidence. Kwinn goes to deliver the data to the Russians, and the Joes ambush him again, but discover he has added the firing pins from their guns to his weasel skull necklace "as a charm against death by gunfire." Kwinn disagrees with the Russians, but his strong personal convictions insure that he must fulfill the contract. He arrives to the Russians with the news that the Joes are not far behind, but without firing pins. He then tells them that he left his necklace in a cairn "as an offering to the spirits of ice and snow that fear might vanish from the world." Needless to say, the Joes find the necklace, and to some degree, Kwinn's prayer is answered.

We enter the story in the aftermath of a successful mission; the Joes have several Cobra prisoners and a dismantled ten foot robot on their hands. General Flagg orders the Joes to take the robot back to the Pit for safekeeping. They load up the parts, the prisoners and their wounded into three mail trucks.
Cobra Commander hovering somewhere close in a fleet of Cobra transport choppers is informed phase one is complete, as the trucks make their way to the Chaplain's assistant school in Fort Wadsworth.
The truck carrying the robot is taken to the bottom level of the Pit in the computer room and analyzed for activity. Finding none, the Joes adjourn to their normal activities. Clutch Steeler and Breaker go to the canteen and cook up some bacon and eggs, Scarlett and Hawk go above to the motor pool for a social tea, and Flash, Snake Eyes, and Stalker go to the armory. Snake eyes always volunteers to clean all the weapons after every mission.
In the motor pool high above, a guest says she smells bacon and eggs cooking.
Cobra Commander is told that the chemical delay in the robots hand is about to activate. The hand finds the computer system and locks up all the Joes in whatever room they are in. Then it proceeds to rebuild itself.
Steeler, Clutch, and Breaker remove a panel on the wall and Steeler uses brute force to get the door open. Flash and the others realize the safest option is to use a laser rifle on low power to burn through the door. Snake Eyes and Stalker bunk out to preserve oxygen.
Steeler and Breaker follow Clutch's hunch that whatever set off the blast door must be connected to the robot in the computer room. They enter the room to be immediately greeted by a fully assembled and firing robot. They scatter and Clutch improvises a fire bomb using aftershave and a lighter from the latrine. Now on fire the robot continues to advance as the three Joes regroup.
Cobra Commander reveals the robot's true purpose is to get to the open air and transmit a homing beacon so they can attack.
In the motor pool an attendee comments he smells an electrical fire. Hawk blames it on a crosswind from the mess hall and comments it could smell much worse.
Clutch and the others hearing no activity; head to the training area in search of the robot. Breaker points out that they are unarmed. Then the robot rises out of the swimming pool, it submerged itself to put out the fire and now is heading upwards again. It follows them up to the garage level by climbing the elevator cables. Clutch sends the elevator down on top of it but it keeps climbing. Then they chuck a HAL into the elevator shaft but miss as the robot stands on the ledge of the floor beneath them. The robot heads for the stairs and Clutch looks for aluminum foil and paint.
When the robot reaches the garage Steeler tosses the paint on its eyes and it can't see, relying on radar only it doesn't see anything but solid floor and steps into the open hydraulic shaft covered up by the foil and falls six floors down back to the computer level with a very loud noise. The Chaplain's assistants hear it comparing it to a Mack truck falling off a cliff. Hawk chalks up the noise to some weird acoustical phenomenon.
The Cobra choppers are running low on fuel. If they don't get a signal soon they will have to turn back.
Flash, Stalker, and Snake eyes have gotten out of the armory and head to the fight. They find Breaker and the others cleaning up lots of robot pieces when the head sprouts tentacles and proceeds to climb up a shaft. Flash shoots it back down and the head pops open and little spiders crawl out. Stalker smashes one with his rifle butt. Breaker picks it up and finds out it is a mini transmitter and Clutch points out there are eleven more spaces in the head. Then the Joes go on a bug hunt systematically destroying all the bugs but one. Breaker gets the computers back up and running just in time to see that the last one is just inches from the grate in the motor pool.
One of the guests at the tea sees it pop its little head through the grate and makes a fuss. Scarlett tells him they are used to bugs in the motor pool and stomps on it with her heel. The Joes below that are looking up into the grate helplessly are surprised to be showered with bug parts. One of the assistants makes the comment they think they hear cheering below but another attributes it to that acoustical phenomenon Hawk mentioned earlier.
Hawk suggests it may be time for some R and R for the Joes and Scarlett responds "Good idea Hawk, sounds like they're going buggy down there!"

At a remote base in Montana, Vance Wingfield, along with his wife Shary and Captain Carruthers are training new recruits. Their organization is called First Strike. A Cobra funded paramilitary organization that is on a mission to start world war III.
After a full Joe team briefing, Hawk and Grunt are selected, with Snake-Eyes as backup, to infiltrate the group.
Hawk and Grunt are then intermixed with the new recruits. The base is a highly fortified compound that has many families living within its guarded fencing. As Hawk & Grunt go through the training program they scout out the compound, where they discover a B-29, 3 jet fighter Sabres and brand new T-60E tanks.
Wingfield's master plan is to have Captain Carruthers fly the B-29 to Vladivostock, Russia and drop one of the two nuclear bombs that First Strike has control of. This initial bombing is supposed to cause Russia to retaliate with a massive counteract that will leave the US destroyed and allow First Strike to arise from their bunkers to take over the United States. The second nuclear bomb that First Strike has control of is stationed underneath the compound and only Vance Wingfield has the ability to cont! rol its denotation. The back up plan if the bomber fails is to denote the bomb within the compound, thereby killing all of them in the first blast, and causing the US to retaliate against Russia. This plan is described by Wingfield to his top lieutenants as Snake-Eyes listens.
Hawk & Grunt have snuck into the armory where they set off a silent alarm, which interrupts the meeting. Hawk & Grunt are then captured and as they are being lead to their cells, Snake-Eyes frees them. After being informed of the First Strike plan, Hawk goes to take out the B-29 and Grunt & Snake-Eyes go to get Wingfield.
Captain Carruthers takes off in the B-29 carrying the nuclear warhead. Hawk gets in one of the jet fighters and goes after him.
Meanwhile, Snake-Eyes accesses the radio room and notifies the Joe team that they need support.
Hawk catches up to Carruthers's airplane. When Hawk's radio doesn't work he is forced to shoot down Carruthers over the Pacific Ocean without any warning.
Vance Wingfield is aware that the B-29 mission has failed. He then activates the nuclear bomb located within the compound. Several of the families begin to leave, and Wingfield pulls his gun to shoot them for desertion. Vance asks his wife to back him up. She ends up shooting him in the back right in front of her own son.
The rest of the Joe team busts in just as Wingfield is shot. Shary warns them about the warhead and with the countdown already begun, it is up to Zap to disarm the nuclear bomb. In order to disarm the bomb, Zap has to cut the spokes that support the hub. The hub is the way in which the bomb is detonated. Grunt's responsibility is to pull the very heavy hub out and clear after the spokes have been cut. With just a few seconds left and the spokes cut, Grunt is able to pull the hub clear and prevent the denotation. All is safe.

Breaker, Clutch and Steeler are bragging about the M.O.B.A.T.'s (MOtorized BAttle Tank) capabilities to Scarlett. They point out aspects of the MOBAT like the speaker system, tracking gear for the turret, waterproof hatches, submergible capabilities and it all looks just like a regular tank on the outside. This is why General Flagg has the MOBAT in the Armed Forces Parade in New York City. He is planning on showing it off to General Austin and the rest of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
An Army courier is carrying the secret orders from General Flagg to General Austin about the MOBAT's participation in the parade, when Cobra secretly discovers the contents of the orders, and plans an attack to be lead by Cobra Commander and the Baroness.
The MOBAT finds itself mixed in between the Springfield Marching band and a large float of an iceberg. When the band surrounds the unarmed tank and the iceberg opens to capture the tank, Clutch floors it and they make there escape into Central Park with the well armed Cobra band on their heals.. Meanwhile, Gen. Flagg and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including Gen. Austin, are on a viewing stand observing the parade. Gen. Austin is impatient for the MOBAT to arrive for there viewing.
The MOBAT is able to slip from the band enough to hide in one of the ponds in Central Park. As Cobra Commander guides the Cobra band to the waiting tank, they discover that it is sitting inside the middle of the pond. The MOBAT then rises out of the pond and fires a warning shot over there heads. Steeler jumps out and tells them it's a warning shot and they should all surrender, which they do. Breaker is able to pin point where the radio communications to the troops has been coming from and they head towards that location. As the MOBAT, with the captured Cobras, approaches the location of the radio signals, they discover that it is the exact viewing stand that Gen. Flagg & Gen. Austin are watching the parade, Cobra Commander and the Baroness are directly below them. Clutch runs the tank into the grandstand scattering the generals and destroying the Cobra communication stand. As Cobra Commander is making his escape he grazes Gen. Flagg's head with a bullet.
Later in The Pit, Gen. Flagg is getting his head bandaged, and hearing the story of how the unarmed MOBAT team fired the warning shot that captured the Cobras. Breaker pops one of his famous bubble gum bubbles to emphasize the effect that was amplified over there loud speaker system.

The Joe team of Stalker, Scarlett, Steeler, Flash, Clutch & Breaker are sent to Afghanistan to retrieve a crashed Russian spy plane that has fallen into the hands of the Afghan rebels. The Russians and Cobra are both on the hunt for this plane, and GI Joe needs to be the first to be there. After the team departs, Hawk sends out a coded message to Cobra about the spy planes location.
The team and there supplies, along with some vehicles are dropped into Afghanistan. They are met by the local leader of the rebels, Ahmed, who has been working with a CIA agent to get the plane parts boxed up and ready to move. The Joe team is given a RTV (Rough Terrain Vehicle) to transport the plane parts out of Afghanistan to their extraction point in Karachi, Pakistan. The RTV is a lightweight, easily assembled vehicle that is capable of transporting large weights, they also have a VAMP to ride shotgun.
As they proceed to Pakistan, they are being watched by the October Guard. The October Guard is the Russian equivalent of the GI Joe team, a highly trained, specialized fighting force, lead by Colonel Brekhov and including team members Diana, Horror Show, Stormavik, and Schrage. At a point where the Joe team reaches a large canyon, the October Guard attacks. A large and long battle breaks out between the two teams who are evenly matched. As the October Guard nearly gain access to the entrance to the RTV. And the battle shifts from a gun fight to hand to hand combat, they are both caught off guard when a much larger force Cobra arrives to claim the spy plane.

In Afghanistan, the captured Joe team, of Steeler, Breaker, Flash, Stalker, Scarlett & Clutch, and the October Guard, of Colonel Brekhov, Horror Show, Diana, and Stormavik & Schrage has just lost the Russian spy plane parts they have been fighting and transporting over to Cobra Commander. Cobra had the spy plane parts location leaked to them by Hawk.
The teams take out the Cobra troopers that were left behind to kill them. Scarlett reminds them of the orders that if they lose the cargo then they should let it go and call for extraction. Stalker counteracts those orders and says they are going after the spy plane parts. They then form a pact with the October Guard to get the spy planes parts back.
The October Guard and the Joe team then follow a locater transmitter that is on the RTV (Rough Terrain Vehicle) which is carrying the spy plane parts. The transmitter leads them into Iran, where they discover a large Cobra bunker. The teams divide to invade the bunker. One team of Breaker, Steeler & Schrage will enter from the roof. The rest of the Joe team attacks from north leaving the October Guard to advance from the south. Clutch stays behind to protect their get away.
Each group faces its own challenges getting into the bunker; the team on the roof gets electrocuted. The Joe team of Flash, Stalker & Scarlett overcomes several traps on the way into the bunker. Stalker receives a message from Clutch that something has happened to Breaker, and Clutch's message is cut off in mid-sentence when a Cobra trooper attacks him. Stalker, Scarlett & Flash finally reach the hanger that holds the RTV. And the October Guard has already beaten them there; they had held a Cobra soldier hostage and gained access that way. Cobra Commander gets the drop on both teams, again. But this time Clutch, who had disguised himself as a Cobra trooper and gained access, is standing next to Cobra Commander. Clutch hits Cobra Commander over the head, and holds him hostage as the Joe team takes back the RTV.
In order to prevent the Joes from escaping Colonel Brekhov shoots Cobra Commander, who turns out to be a decoy. A major fight between all sides breaks out giving the Joe's the advantage in getting to their vehicles and escaping.
After making there way to Karachi, Pakistan, they met up with Hawk. Hawk informs them that the box they were hauling was scrap metal and not the spy plane parts they thought. The Joe team had been a decoy set up to distract both the October Guard and Cobra from the real extraction of the spy plane parts. Mission accomplished.

Cobra Commander and the Baroness are enroute to the launch location of the Space Shuttle via boat that converts to a submarine. The boat picks up hostile aircraft on the radar and dives below. Elsewhere the Joe team (all of the original team members) is carrying out an undisclosed mission at an even further undisclosed location when Hawk rounds them up and instructs them to get ready for transport to Florida to the Kennedy Space Center to provide security for the new satellite that will be placed into orbit by the space shuttle. The hope is that the new satellite will provide the location and subsequently destroy the suspected underwater network of launch sites that it is believed Cobra is building.
Meanwhile the Cobra sub/ship enters an underwater command base, one of the bases that it is hoped that the satellite will find. Inside CC briefs his officers along with the Baroness about the superiority of his underwater bases and their military invincibility. He further extrapolates that there will soon be bases of this type all over the world threatening every nation on earth. CC explains that in two days they will test fire their first orbital missile and afterwards the satellites will be launched into orbit by the hundreds thus providing positioning for warheads to strike anywhere. CC's deranged delusions really show through when he even comments about taking the first step toward ruling the cosmos itself. The Baroness further explains that the undersea bases are too deep to be attacked from the surface and the laser shields are too sophisticated for detection by conventional means. She also states that the Americans are aware of the bases. CC reminds her that they are however in the dark about the location of the base, and the fact that he is aware that a satellite will be placed into orbit that would be able to locate the base. CC contends that Cobra will attack and destroy the space shuttle that will be carrying the satellite as well as the entire complex. Threatens troops with death even if the fail.
At the Kennedy Space Center, a transport plane is unloading GIJoe personnel and equipment. Some of the Joes joke about going to the beach and having fun. Later, Hawk gives a final briefing indicating the plan of defense. Hawk plans on an inner and outer ring around the shuttle. Inside the inner ring will be Zap, Short Fuze, Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Hawk. The outer ring will consist of a mobile defense unit and will be comprised of Steeler and Grunt in the MOBAT Tank towing the missile launcher (which I believe would be the MMS, however only a glimpse is shown. Rock N Roll will be riding "his bike" which is the RAM cycle. Clutch and 'Ranger' will be in the VAMP towing the laser cannon (HAL) with Grand Slam. Hawk referred to Stalker as the 'Ranger' a few times, which is his title, but later, calls him by his codename, Stalker. Hawk places Stalker in command of the outer ring. Flash and Breaker will be riding with the shuttle for the launch.
The next morning at 0100 hours the shuttle moves along with the gantry on the platform into position for launch. Some of the Joes joke about the pace the shuttle is moving at. At 0700 hours Flash, Breaker and two astronauts board the shuttle for launch, when Stalker breaks in over the radio and calls a red alert indicating to Hawk that Cobra has arrived in force and is attempting a water front landing. At the waterfront, numerous Cobra S.E.A Legs attack craft begin moving along the swamp front at the space center. One of the S.E.A Legs indicates over the radio to CC that they are encountering units that appear to be from GIJoe. CC orders all to be destroyed. Stalker tells Hawk that they are caught in the open and must "advance to the rear". Grand Slam manages to shoot down one of the S.E.A Legs before he jumps to safety as the HAL is destroyed. The Joes begin their retreat with the VAMP and Stalker using the JUMP Jet Pack. CC and the Baroness watch the whole thing from a submarine surfaced outside the skirmish. CC seems to become overconfident with the attack as the Joes retreat and is scolded by the Baroness who alludes to past defeats at the hands of the Joe team. CC refuses to rationalize and continues on with his premature victorious rantings. The VAMP meets up with the MOBAT and Clutch asks Steeler and Grunt where the heck Rock N Roll is. The Joes attempt to hide in the tall grass as the MMS is destroyed as Cobra closes in on them. Steeler immediately swings around the MOBAT and takes out one of the S.E.A Legs, then another. Stalker using the JUMP Jet Pack flies up and drops a grenade in the exhaust vent of one of the S.E.A Legs machines as Steeler destroys another one. Rock N Roll eventually shows up with the RAM cycle and destroys yet another S.E.A Leg machine, commenting about his lateness saying he made a wrong turn at the last alligator.
CC then orders a unit of armor to move forward. Stalker tells Hawk on the radio about the armor and requests reinforcements. Hawk replies to Stalker telling him that he sees what's going on and has deployed the rest of the team. Simultaneously a land torpedo is fired from one of the Cobra armored units destroying the MOBAT ability to drive. The Joes retaliate with the MOBAT utilizing the still capable front cannon and begin to fire on the Cobra armor units. At the same time, Zap and Short Fuze begin firing on the armored units with mortar rounds and bazooka shells. Scarlett appears and dumps a satchel charge into one of the Cobra tanks completely destroying it, while Snake Eyes descends on a Cobra Trooper who is spotting the advancement of the troops, when he is "silently" taken out by Snake Eyes. Baroness, excited, states to CC that the Joes have won, CC not being deterred in the least, fires a wire guided missile at the shuttle itself which is subsequently destroyed. The shuttle begins its liftoff. CC comments about at least there was one Joe burned in the explosion of the missile in close proximity to the shuttle, however, Hawk ducked into a blast shelter and requests a pickup from the rescue chopper. Flash comments to Breaker about the "ride" on their way up into space. Baroness and CC dive into the water with the helicopter commenting that Cobra is indeed still on the attack.
Aboard the rescue chopper Stalker informs Hawk about a large "blip" on the radar screen, when Hawk responds right back with having a visual on the now surfaced Cobra underwater base. The Joes land the helicopter on top of the base and board the base. Just then CC over a loud speaker greets the Joes and would like to see if they would enjoy their second launch of the day. Just then, out from the middle of the base launches a missile on its way to destroy the shuttle. Breaker and Flash are informed of the missiles launch and devise a plan to try to move the shuttle out of the way of the incoming missile. Flash and Breaker are outside the shuttle while the missile hurtles towards them and Breaker wants Flash to come up with some type of plan and quick. Flash positions himself in front of the missile and as the missile passes he accelerates just enough to fly with the missile and tries to adjust the power of his backpack enough to force the missile just a little of course while he holds on. Flash accomplishes this, and the missile barely misses the shuttle. The missile flies out into space a little more then blows up. Breaker starts singing to Flash praises of his accomplishment. Meanwhile down on earth, the Joes are in a heavy firefight with Cobra Troops. Hawk directs Short Fuze to drop in some mortar cover fire while the Joes advance. He succeeds in destroying the tower from which the Cobras were firing. The Joes advance on the complex and begin to overrun the Cobra Troops. CC interrupts the fighting to announce that the entire base has been booby-trapped with explosives and that the Joes do not have enough time to disarm it. Steeler comments that the chopper was destroyed and all they have is the survival kits and life rafts. Hawk directs everyone to get on a raft along with the prisoners who refuse to abandon the ship stating that they would rather die and serve CC to the end. The Joes depart leaving the disillusioned Cobra Troops behind, as they begin to paddle away from the base. The base then explodes. It is then immediately pointed out that CC and the Baroness are approaching the Joes with their combination boat/submarine which also has a plane anchored onto the back of it. CC heads straight for the Joes attempting to run them down when Zap, with the last piece of ordnance, fires at the boat sinking it immediately. The Joes comment on the possibility of that being the last they see of CC, but then, the plane emerges from the water at breakneck speed and the CC and Baroness escape. Stalker and Hawk comment on the possibility of CC always being one step ahead of them as the rest of the Joes comment about where they will be sent next...the Sahara, training in the sea tanks? Who knows?

Stalker and Breaker attack a Cobra secret communications house. Breaker is able to access the database and start collecting information from Cobra's computers, just as he begins, Cobra Commander comes on the screen and blows the place up. The Joe team is able to escape.
Some information that Breaker retrieved is usable, based on this partial information Hawk gives Clutch and Scarlett a mission. That mission is to protect State Department diplomat Brian Hassell who is in talks with the Persian Gulf nation of Al-Alawi. Anything that happens to Hassell would disrupt the talks jeopardizing the US influence in the Persian Gulf.
Scarlett and Clutch begin protecting Hassell, who is a Cobra agent. Cobra Commander discovers that the Joes are actually protecting one of his agents and initiates attacks intended to fail. The first attack comes on the beach, then as they escape to a hotel their room is bombed, they escape again in a car to an airport where they board an airplane, this plane has a Cobra pilot, after a fight in the plane, the plane crashes, another car chase begins, and a helicopter drops gas causing Clutch to drive off a bridge.
In London, Snake-Eyes and Stalker visit Derek Sutherland, a weapons and munitions supplier, and question him about Cobra. He gives them an address in Amsterdam, and then reports into Cobra Commander who promptly electrocutes him to death. In Amsterdam, Stalker is locked in a room with a hologram of Cobra Commander, gas is released, and the Commander tells him that Brian Hassell is a Cobra agent scheduled to kill the ambassador, and the irony is GI Joe is escorting him to the meeting. Snake-Eyes blows open the door, saving Stalker. They immediately head off to stop Cobra agent Hassell.
Scarlett, Clutch and Hassell capture the helicopter that bombed them and use it to fly to the meeting in mountains. In route, Hassell pulls a gun and reveals that he is Cobra agent. Clutch and Scarlett are taken prisoner, and the meeting starts with the Ambassador of Al-Alwai. Scarlett is able to escape and skies to the meeting. And just as Hassell has pulled his gun and shot the ambassador, Scarlett busts in to knock him out. The ambassador survives because he was wearing a bullet proof vest. Hassell is taken away.
Cobra Commander gets the message about the failure of assassination attempt his response is "and there will be another game."

In New York City, the Joe team is assaulting a building that is a Cobra stronghold. Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and Zap are staged on the roof. When the Baroness collapses the roof the three of them are plunged into a cell and gassed. This cell is actually the interior of an airplane that then takes off for Springfield.
When Scarlett & Zap wake up they are on solid ground in another cell with a young boy, and Snake-Eyes is missing.
In the water Cobra has put hallucinations drugs, which gives Scarlett and Zap very weird dreams. The boy has figured out a way to fight the drugs by holding the water to a light bulb. Once Scarlett & Zap have a clear head they plan an escape. The guards enter the room to help the boy, they are then knocked out and uniforms taken. They escape out into Springfield looking for Snake-Eyes.
The boy begins to tell them some history of Cobra as they head to wear he is being held. When the "soap people" came to town they brought a pyramid marketing scheme that was based on sales. Slowly, all the town members became involved and profited from the schemes, the resisters simply disappeared as well as kids informed on their parents, secret backrooms where built, garages became storage places for tanks and kids recruited into service for Cobra. The boy is part of a small group of people who are anti-Cobra. Scarlett & Zap are lead to where Snake-Eyes is being held, Video World the town's arcade.
Meanwhile, the entire time Scarlett & Zap have been escaping, Snake-Eyes has been strapped into the brainwave scanner. The brainwave scanner is a machine that reads the brain patterns and projects them to a monitor showing what the individual is thinking. Dr. Venom is in charge, and trying to figure out where the GI Joe base is located. He keeps asking Snake-Eyes where the base is, the brainwave scanner is very painful when a person doesn't cooperate. And Snake-Eyes is completely resisting. In order for Snake-Eyes to prevent himself from giving away the base he begins to think of things from his past. Dr. Venom is able to see these memories and see that Snake-Eyes has lead a very painful life. The series of memories that Snake-Eyes uses to block the brainwave scanner: his first job at a gas station, prom night and his date, the helicopter accident in which his face was burned and lost his voice, the last flight out of Saigon, a newspaper article about a family dying in a flaming car wreck, a funeral, several moments inside the GI Joe base, and finally a hooded ninja in Japan teaching him the Way of the Inner Anvil. Then Snake-Eyes' heart stops and he flat lines on the monitoring equipment. The brainwave scanner has killed him or so Dr. Venom thinks. Snake-Eyes had been trained as a ninja and has the ability to actually slow his heart beat and breath down to the level of appearing dead. As soon as he is free, he wakes up and knocks out Dr. Venom, and escapes up into Video World.
Snake-Eyes timing couldn't have been more perfect, Zap & Scarlett with the boy are being cornered. The boy was recognized as being anti-Cobra. The team reunited now, then makes it way to the airfield, where they capture the same craft that flew them from New York. The pilot takes off and half way through the flight shoots at Snake-Eyes who kills him and destroys some of the aircrafts instruments well returning fire. They fly blind until they are able to parachute out to safety.
The boy had elected to stay in Springfield, his family lived there and he needed to stay and continue to helping to defeat Cobra. Zap & Scarlett promise to bring back help.

The Pyramid of Darkness

INT. UNDERGROUND SPACE LAB
EXT. LAUNCH SITE
FLINT
Talk to me, Lady Jaye. What do you see from your P.O.V.?
LADY JAYE
Nothing serpentine, Flint. So far, the launch looks W.O.C.
FLINT
W.O.C.?
LADY JAYE
Without Cobra.
SHIPWRECK
I think I'm pickin' up enemy readings. Uh-oh. Battle alert! We got snakes in the dirt!
LADY JAYE
Cobra's circled the launch site!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) We've caged quite a bird, Xamot. (T) Yes, Tomax. Now let's take birdie home to (T and X) Cobra.
COBRA COMMANDER
Magnificent! Superb! G. I. Joe is completely disoriented! Their space shuttle will be mine, mine! Mine!
FLINT
Wrong again, chrome cheeks. We've been expecting you! Alpine, Bazooka, it's time for a little reptile rumble!
BAZOOKA
Surprise!
ALPINE
Hey, I didn't lay a glove on you.
XAMOT
I feel what my brother feels.
ALPINE
Terrific. Pass this on!
LADY JAYE
Pitch in, guys. This is one woman who hates to break a launch date.
ALPINE
Get with me, Lady Jaye. Let's cut cables!
COBRA COMMANDER
They must not free the shuttle!
DESTRO (COMM.)
Cobra!
COBRA COMMANDER
Attack, Destro!
DESTRO (O.C.)
Destroy the G. I. Joe marauders before they breach the canopy!
FLINT
Gung-Ho, make buffer face entirely unwelcome!
GUNG-HO
Yo Joe! Let's go!
DESTRO
We're under attack. Take evasive action at once!
ALPINE
Keep that laser cookin', Bazook! We're almost there!
BAZOOKA
Now! Wow!
COBRA COMMANDER
No! G. I. Joe was ready for us! How dare they anticipate my strategy! Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!
COBRA COMMANDER
Wait for me! I'm your leader!
FLINT
Keep kickin' snake! We've got 'em on the run!
LADY JAYE
Watch me change them from Cobras to water rats.
COBRA COMMANDER
No.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
Glad you could join us.
COBRA COMMANDER
Oh, no!
COBRA COMMANDER
Stop surrendering and listen to me! Stand back! My troopers may be cowardly, but I'll never yield!
SHIPWRECK
Sufferin' sushi, what were those?
FLINT
I don't know, but we didn't come this far to lose the Cobra biggies to underwater weirdos. Shipwreck, you and Snake-Eyes lead a detachment into the river, and find Cobra Commander and the Crimson Twins.
EXT. RIVER - UNDERWATER
SHIPWRECK
First they want me to fly, now they want me to dive. The minute they ask me to dance, I'm getting outta this outfit.
POLLY
Faster, sailor! Put the pedal to the metal!
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY
LADY JAYE
Flint, it looks like Destro is playing skyscraper hide-and-seek.
FLINT
We can't let 'im shake us. That nickel noggin bozo is all the Cobra brass we've got.
DESTRO
This is one bozo who won't be got at all.
EXT. RIVER - UNDERWATER
INT. UNDERWATER BASE
COBRA COMMANDER
Water robots, return to the river and attend to G. I. Joe.
COBRA COMMANDER
Our plan is working perfectly, and the poor simpletons don't even know it!
EXT. UNDERWATER BASE
SHIPWRECK
Ahoy mates, get a grip on your tattoos! Yo Joe!
SHIPWRECK
Look out! Man underboard!
SHIPWRECK
Whoa!
ROADBLOCK
That humongous H2O-bot got Shipwreck! Dive, Snake-Eyes! Dive if you want to stay alive!
ROADBLOCK
That big ol' mechanical monster's got him, too! Pull out, Snake-Eyes!
SHIPWRECK (O.C.)
That you, Snake-Eyes? Good. Follow me.
SHIPWRECK
Let's see if this gets us anywhere.
ROADBLOCK
Put it in reverse or it's gonna get worse. Can't hold back! Suction's too strong! Whoa!
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWERS - OFFICE
COBRA COMMANDER
Superb! Your water robots have cleared the area of interlopers, Tomax.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Now all we need do (X) is wait for (T AND X) Destro to join us.
COBRA COMMANDER
Did you hear that, Destro? We're expecting you.
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY
DESTRO
I've only been waiting for your invitation, my dear Cobra Commander. I shall now terminate this little game of fox and hounds by completely outfoxing my pursuers.
FLINT
I'll go after him from the east!
LADY JAYE
I'll go in from the west and we'll squeeze him in the middle.
FLINT
Comin' at ya, Lady Jaye.
LADY JAYE
Ditto on the flipside, Flint.
LADY JAYE
Where did he go?
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWERS - HANGAR
COBRA COMMANDER
Well done, noble Destro. I applaud your performance.
FLINT
Enterprise City's swallowed him up!
LADY JAYE
Yeah, then the city's due for some indigestion.
FLINT
Let's get back to Headquarters.
COBRA COMMANDER
My scheme was even more brilliant than usual! My attack on the space shuttle was merely a diversion to mask our true purpose: the secret planting of a special cargo. Play the tape. There, this part.
COBRA COMMANDER (CONT.)
You see, G. I. Joe forces were so involved with the firefight that no one saw the insertion of the special cargo pod. Magnificent!
DESTRO
And how will the unique and charming cargo inside the pod be activated, Cobra Commander?
COBRA COMMANDER
Why, by Zartan, of course.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Zartan? But (X) how will he get aboard (T and X) the space shuttle?
COBRA COMMANDER
He is already aboard.
EXT. SPACE - EARTH ORBIT
INT. SPACE SHUTTLE - COCKPIT
MUTT
Booster separation complete. Next stop: G. I. Joe Space Station Delta.
DUSTY
Sounds like we hit somethin', but there's nothin' to hit up here is there?
MUTT
Retrorockets kicked in to maintain our course. We must be carryin' extra weight.
BREAKER
I'll check out the cargo bay.
INT. SPACE SHUTTLE - CARGO BAY
EXT. SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
DUKE
Level off, Mutt. You're outta trim. That's better.
INT. SPACE SHUTTLE - COCKPIT
MUTT
Unauthorized cargo's making this pelican hard to park. Sorry.
SCARLETT
Unauthorized cargo? Scarlett here, Mutt. I want you to locate and identify that cargo.
MUTT
Affirmative, Big Red. I think Junkyard just zeroed in on it.
MUTT
When docking's complete, blow off the hatch.
DUSTY
Too much. My first assignment on Delta, and I've got command responsibility.
INT. SPACE SHUTTLE - CARGO BAY
MUTT
Good work. Looks like somebody managed to clip a cargo pod onto the overhead rack.
BREAKER
Reads harmless.
MUTT
Let's get it outta here and make sure.
"SGT. HOPPER"
Dreadnoks, prepare for action.
TORCH
Ready and waitin', Sergeant Hopper, sir.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - HANGAR
MUTT
Whatever's in there, come on out.
SCARLETT
Oh, how adorable. They're so cute.
BREAKER
What's with Junkyard, Mutt?
SCARLETT
These little honeys are harmless.
MUTT
Junkyard doesn't make mistakes, Breaker. Hmmm. There's a card in here.
MUTT (reading)
"These adorable creatures are called 'fatal fluffies.' I'm sure you will enjoy their deadly secrets. Sincerely yours,...the Cobra Commander."
JOES
Cobra Commander? What the heck is he..., Fatal fluffies?, What the heck is goin' on here, etc.
Note: The line seems written for multiple speakers. However, only Clutch's mouth moves, and we hear only Neil Ross's (Dusty's) voice.
SCARLETT
What does he mean, deadly secret?
ZARTAN
What he means is...this!
ZARTAN
Surrender, Joes!
DUKE
What this doesn't look like is good!
INT. UNDERGROUND BASE - AIRLOCK
SHIPWRECK
We're in some kind of airlock between the river and the inside of this structure.
SHIPWRECK
We'll have to swim for it, Snake-Eyes. Bath time, Polly.
POLLY
I'm a parrot, not a duck!
SHIPWRECK
Keep squawkin', and you'll be a gone goose.
INT. SUBWAY TUNNEL
SHIPWRECK
What is this place?
SHIPWRECK
A subway tunnel below Enterprise City's regular subway system. Let's reconnoiter Snake-Eyes, and try not to attract attention. Sure, who'd notice a wet sailor with a parrot and a silent masked man with a timber wolf? I thnk we're in major trouble.
SHIPWRECK
Funny-lookin' commuters on this line. I think we oughta see what they're up to. And here come our rail passes now.
INT. SUBWAY CAR
SHIPWRECK
Uh, nice day, huh? Or nice night. Who cares down here, right? Am I right?
SHIPWRECK
You see, nobody wants to know a subway philosopher. Try to relax and act natural. No, on second thought, hang on and try to enjoy the ride.
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - COMMAND CENTER
FLINT
This hasn't been our finest hour. Cobra Commander, the Crimson Twins, and Destro slipped through our fingers. Shipwreck and Snake-Eyes are missing. And now we can't make contact with the shuttle or space station.
LADY JAYE
Joe code Delta!
ZARTAN
Thank you for responding to my transmission. It has enabled me to lock firing coordinates on your Headquarters. Farewell, meddlers.
EXT. HIDDEN COBRA BASE
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
G. I. Joe Headquarters is in ruins! And we shall not give them time to recover. What those pathetic fools don't know is that the acquisition of Space Station Delta is but the first step in my creation of the most powerful weapon in history: the Pyramid of Darkness.
COBRA COMMANDER
When these control cubes are placed on each of the four corners of the Earth, they will meet with the space station to form this pyramid, beneath which no electrical energy force will function.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Without energy to power its (X) vehicles and factories, or run its (T) military and defense systems, (T and X) the world will crumble beneath our heel.
COBRA COMMANDER
The first control cube is almost completed, and when it and its duplicates are in position, Cobra shall rule forever!
EXT. RUINS OF JOE HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT
LADY JAYE
What do we do now, Flint?
FLINT
I'll form a new unit and set up headquarters in a new location. The rest of you, start rebuilding here. Cobra has bitten us once too often, and we're gonna start biting back.
JOES
Yo Joe!
INT. SUBWAY CAR
SHIPWRECK
I don't know what those cubes are for, but I'm sure they're not dice for a giant crap game.
INT. CUBE FACTORY - ENTRANCE
SNAKELING
Hail, Cobra Commander. The great snake rules forever.
SECURITY ROBOT [Michael Bell]
You may enter.
SHIPWRECK
That's their password!
SHIPWRECK
Hail Cobra Commander. The great snake rules forever.
SECURITY ROBOT
Repeat. Repeat.
SHIPWRECK
Hail Cobra Commander, the great snake rules forever.
SECURITY ROBOT
Intruders! Intruders! Intruders must be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated!
INT. CUBE FACTORY - ENTRANCE
SECURITY ROBOT [Michael Bell]
Intruders must be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated!
SHIPWRECK
Cobra Commander, the great snake, rules forever. Wrong. Hail Cobra Commander! The great snake rules forever!
SHIPWRECK
Hail Cobra Commander! The great snake rules forever!
POLLY
Hail, Cobra Commander. The great snake rules forever. Cobra Commander! The great snake rules forever.
SECURITY ROBOT
Enter and get to work.
SHIPWRECK
All right!
SECURITY ROBOT
Have a nice day.
INT. CUBE FACTORY
INTERCOM
Attention loyal Cobra Thirteen workers. Control cube one is complete and is now being readied for delivery. Finish remaining cubes with renewed vigor.
SNAKELINGS
Cobra!
SHIPWRECK
Better keep Headquarters in touch.
SNAKELING [Chris Latta]
Hey! What do you think you're doing?
SHIPWRECK
Uh, uh, uh, what are we doin'? Uh, uh, well, that's a heck of a question. Uh, you know what we're doin'?
SNAKELING
You're supposed to be earning your pay, Snakeling! Now, get to work!
SHIPWRECK
Oh, yes, sir. Right, sir. Work!
SNAKELING
Stop! Since when are birds and dogs part of Cobra regulations?
SHIPWRECK
Uh, look, you want the parrot and pooch for target practice, they're all yours. Just don't tell Destro who told you to take 'em.
SNAKELING
Uh, Destro owns those animals?
SHIPWRECK
Well, Hitler owned a canary. Atilla the Hun liked goldfish. What can I tell ya? You want Destro's zoo, buddy, you got it.
SNAKELING
Hold it. Get back to work, but take care of these pets.
POLLY
Lovely Polly. Sweet birdie.
SNAKELING
And if he isn't nice to them, you let me know. Now start hauling titanium. Cobra Commander needs the rest of them cubes.
EXT. USS FLAGG - DAY
FLINT (O.C.)
Thanks for letting us establish temporary headquarters on your carrier, Admiral Ledger.
INT. USS FLAGG - BRIDGE
ADM. LEDGER
Temporary is the word to remember, Flint. I run a tight ship, and that doesn't leave much room for visitors, even when they're friendly--but especially when they're female.
LADY JAYE
Women aren't bad luck at sea, Admiral. That's just an old Navy superstition.
ADM. LEDGER
Old Navy is just what I am, ma'am. I've been at sea so long, whales ask me for directions.
ADM. LEDGER
There's something comin' in on Joe frequency.
FLINT
That beeper belongs to Shipwreck.
LADY JAYE
All right! He escaped the water robots.
ADM. LEDGER
I'll punch up a close shot.
FLINT
Destro. Shipwreck must've tagged his operation.
ADM. LEDGER
Projecting Destro's flight coordinates shows him touching down at a cute, volcanic vacation spot known as the Devil's Playground. But it's no place for a lady, Flint.
FLINT
I will need someone to maintain surveillance aboard the carrier.
LADY JAYE
And I'm sure you'll pick the right man for the job.
JOES
Yo Joe!
FLINT
She's not just a lady, Admiral Ledger. She's my teammate. Yo Joe!
EXT. USS FLAGG - FLIGHT DECK
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA
MUTT
It don't figure, Dusty. Why ain't Zartan blastin' more Joe positions on Earth instead o' workin' us like slaves in zero gravity?
BUZZER
Keep workin'! No shirkin'!
DUSTY
Maybe Cobra's got bigger fish to French fry, and maybe this gear's part of their plan.
FATAL FLUFFY
Work! No talking!
DUSTY
Right, handsome! We love to work. As a matter of fact, I even wrote a song about it.
DUSTY (singing)
When you slave for a Cobra, sure is neat
To do your work to a boogie-woogie beat.
Just let your feet tap and move while the prisoners groove
With a "bodio-dodio-reet."
FATAL FLUFFY
Work!
MUTT
All right, already.
DUSTY
We've got to get into the control room and find out what's goin' on here, and then get word back to Earth.
MUTT
Lotsa luck. First you gotta get past those scuzzy fuzzies. Then there's those knuckle-headed Dreadnoks. Even ol' Junkyard would have trouble slippin' through all this security.
DUSTY
I didn't say it'd be easy, Mutt. Wait a minute, I got an idea.
MUTT
What is it?
DUSTY
Shh. Look: the gravity lever.
MUTT
Yeah, so?
DUSTY
So, what if gravity suddenly "falls in" on us, and I mean falls?
MUTT
Yeah, of course. Let me warn the others.
DUSTY
Give me two minutes, then throw the lever back to zero G.
MUTT
Okay. Get crazy.
DUSTY
No more! No more!
FATAL FLUFFY
Get back to work!
DUSTY
I can't take it no more! I need gravity!
TORCH
Gravity!
TORCH
Stop the prisoner! He's escapin'!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - ACCESS TUNNELS
RIPPER
There he is! He's headin' for the control room!
TORCH
Quick! Get him!
DUSTY
I hope Mutt's timin' is perfect.
BUZZER
He's gone crackers!
DUSTY
Yo Joe!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA
MUTT
Hey, lighten up, you guys.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - ACCESS TUNNELS
DUSTY
Good ol' Mutt.
TORCH
He's reached the control room level! C'mon! We'll go down the utility ramp!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA
FATAL FLUFFY
Get back to work!
MUTT
Yes, sir.
FATAL FLUFFY
No!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - UTILITY RAMP
BUZZER
Gravity? Again?
TORCH
Look out below!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
The Pyramid of Darkness is nearing completion, Zartan. Two more parties have left with the control cubes.
DUSTY
Mercy! Have pity on me!
DUKE
Dusty!
DUSTY
Let me rest in gravity!
ZARTAN
Seize the prisoner.
DUKE
You miserable slave driver!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - UTILITY RAMP
TORCH
Can't stop! Stand aside!
BUZZER
Look out!
ZARTAN
That should be enough gravity to satisfy you for quite a while.
DUSTY
Cobra must be up to somethin' big.
ZARTAN
Take the prisoner and your wretched selves out of here at once!
DUSTY
Duke, are you okay?
DUKE
Dusty, get a message back to....
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DAY
DESTRO (O.C.)
Carefully. You must not damage the cube.
DESTRO
Horizontal alignment has been verified. Commence implantation. Three point zero nine minutes down on vertical axis. Slowly, slowly...
DESTRO
Sander.
DESTRO
Maintain cube position!
LADY JAYE (COMM.)
Let's put one cube down the tube!
DESTRO
Nothing must interfere with cube placement! Cobra!
FLINT
All right, we'll just have to go in from the side door.
DESTRO
Cobra! Prepare for ground attack!
FLINT AND LADY JAYE
Yo Joe!
FLINT
Hit the dirt!
FLINT
Pink is your color.
LADY JAYE
Don't laugh, you bum.
FLINT
I don't know what that cube does, but we've got to take it apart before it does it.
INT. CUBE FACTORY
SHIPWRECK
I'm not crazy about the way things are goin', Snake-Eyes. This factory's turnin' out cubes faster than we can figure out what to do.
INTERCOM
Attention. Attention. A message from our glorious leader, Cobra Commander.
POLLY
Up his nose with a fire hose!
SHIPWRECK
Shh.
COBRA COMMANDER
I am pleased with your rapid production of the control cubes. The fourth and final cube must be finished at once, so we do not lose the strategic advantage to our enemy, G. I. Joe! Now back to work, and victory. Cobra!
SNAKELINGS
Cobra!
SHIPWRECK
We gotta scoop the story on those cubes and get travellin'.
INT. CUBE FACTORY - HALLWAY
SHIPWRECK
Hold it. The chief engineer's office. We've hit pay dirt. This'll take a little finesse.
POLLY
Finesse, yeah, finesse!
SHIPWRECK
Batten down your bilge, Polly. We've got work to do.
SHIPWRECK
Bingo. That laser disc programs the assembly line. Everything Headquarters needs to know about those cubes is on this.
COBRA OFFICER [Frank Welker]
Okay, turn around!
SHIPWRECK
Good goin', Timber! Okay, okay, you too, Polly. And speakin' o' goin', we're gone.
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA
BUZZER
Work!
MUTT
I don't know, Dusty. I mean, the fact you used to repair refrigerators doesn't make you an electronics expert.
DUSTY
I'm not sayin' I'm an expert. But I know enough to put this circuit jumper across those communications cables.
MUTT
And then anything Zartan picks up on his monitor will be broadcast out on Joe frequency?
DUSTY
That's the idea, but first we need a diversion.
MUTT
I hope this cable has enough voltage.
DUSTY
I'm sure it'll spark some interest.
FATAL FLUFFY
Hey! You bad!
MUTT
They're as dumb as they are ugly!
FATAL FLUFFIES (repeatedly)
WORK!, NO!, ROAR!, etc.
TORCH
Hey there! Get back to your posts! Come on! Let go!
MUTT
Okay Dusty, do your stuff.
FATAL FLUFFY
Prisoners! Now you pay!
FATAL FLUFFY
You shall pay!
DUSTY
He won't even remember his name after that jolt.
MUTT
That's really gonna do it?
DUSTY
You bet, uh, probably. I hope.
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
The Crimson Twins will soon reach the City of the Dead without interference from G. I. Joe. The cube will soon be in place.
EXT. USS FLAGG - DA
AIRTIGHT (O.C.)
I'm pickin' up somethin' on Joe frequency. It could be from Space Station Delta.
COBRA COMMANDER
Major Bludd is on schedule for the Mountain of Glass, Zartan. There remains but one last link to complete my master plan!
ROADBLOCK
Cobra's got the Delta station. They're plantin' cubes throughout creation. If we don't start retaliation, we're sunk, and that's no bunk!
ADM. LEDGER
Hold on, crew! Roadblock said retaliation, didn't he?
JOES AND CREW
Yeah!
ADM. LEDGER
Well, that's just what we're gonna do! Retaliate!
JOES AND CREW
Yo Joe!
EXT. USS FLAGG - DECK
INT. CARGO PLANE - COCKPIT
AIRTIGHT
You know, Footloose, I think Adm. Ledger showed exceptional judgment in assigning us to head this cube-chasing detachment. You and I are a uniquely capable combination, don't you think?
FOOTLOOSE
Like, makes no never mind to me, Airtight. I'll just mellow out until we hit the City of the Dead.
AIRTIGHT
I'm gonna use this time to double-check my computations on fuel consumption.... Nine point two times five point oh...
ROADBLOCK
You, button your lip and fly this ship, and you, on your toes or I'll mash your nose! You two dingbats never headed a mission before. Well, that's why Adm. Ledger put me in charge. So shape up now, or this goes pow.
AIRTIGHT
Uh, right, Roadblock!
FOOTLOOSE
Y-yes, sir! Right away sir!
AIRTIGHT
We're on our way!
EXT. USS FLAGG
ALPINE
Major Bludd's heading for that charming, frozen confection, that jagged, iced peak called the Mountain of Glass, and we're gonna climb it, Bazook, hand over hand, dangling in space, thousands of feet in the air. Ain't that excitin'?
BAZOOKA
No. Sickenin'.
ALPINE
Why you say that?
BAZOOKA
Fallin'.
ALPINE
Oh, well don't worry. We won't do that part.
INT. CUBE FACTORY - MINESHAFT
SHIPWRECK
This thing's got auxilliary power, but we can't risk the noise until we're farther out.
POLLY
See, saw, Marjorie Daw, Jack will have a new master. And Shipwreck will have a Charlie horse!
SHIPWRECK
Keep it up, Polly, and I'll turn you into a hood ornament!
SHIPWRECK
Timber, help Snake-Eyes pump while I start the engine.
POLLY
Pump! Pump! Put your paws into it!
SHIPWRECK
It won't catch! Come on, you rust covered barnacle!
SHIPWRECK
Thanks, Timber. I owe you a big one.
COBRA OFFICER [Chris Latta]
They can't outrun our Track Reptiles! Take Route F and intercept 'em at Junction Seven!
COBRA OFFICERS
Cobra!
POLLY
Pump iron! Pump iron!
COBRA OFFICER
Ten thousand gold fang shillings to the trooper who brings them in!
SHIPWRECK
Faster, Snake-Eyes, faster!
POLLY
No visitors!
COBRA OFFICER
Cobra!
SHIPWRECK
You antique, metal meatball!
COBRA OFFICER
Run them down! Increase thrust!
SHIPWRECK
Switch ahead! Time to part company, Snake-Eyes!
SHIPWRECK
All right, we did it! We're finally out of...
POLLY
Danger! Save Polly!
SHIPWRECK
Get ready for a little roller coaster ride!
POLLY
One down, one to go!
SHIPWRECK
Hit the brakes!
SHIPWRECK
Let's get outta here. I've been underground so long, I feel like a toadstool.
INT. ENTERPRISE CITY - SUBWAY STATION
SHIPWRECK
Let's stash these uniforms where they belong.
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY - NIGHT
SHIPWRECK
Great. We just went from the sewer up to the toilet.
COL. SLASH [Bill Morey?]
I have them. They're moving into the civilian sector.
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DUSK
DESTRO
Maintain fire until cube placement has been verified! Point five seven zero, vertical, mark!
FLINT
Well, if we can't take the low road...
LADY JAYE
The high road's not a bad idea.
FLINT
Yo Joe!
LADY JAYE
Flint, help!
FLINT
Lady Jaye!
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DUSK
DESTRO
Maintain cover fire. The control cube will soon be locked into position. Then no force on earth can dislodge it.
WILD BILL
What we got here is a semi-standoff. Only Destro can do what he wants, and we can't do diddly! We can't even get to Flint and Lady Jaye. And if that mud doesn't boil 'em, they'll surely and purely drown!
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - MUD PIT
FLINT
It's...it's good to breathe again--even if the quarters are a little cramped.
LADY JAYE
I don't know. I think it's rather cozy.
FLINT
So...where do we go from here. Uh, not us personally, I mean the mission.
LADY JAYE
Why, to the top, naturally.
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DUSK
COBRA
The cube is in place, Destro!
DESTRO
Magnificent.
FLINT
Destro's still at it, but this time, we might have a shot.
INT. ENTERPRISE CITY - PRE-DAWN
POLLY
Polly want a taxi! Get Polly outta here!
SHIPWRECK
I'm not exactly lovin' this either, your beakship. But we don't have a lot of options.
SHIPWRECK
That looks like a nice place to get somethin' to eat, like maybe a broken leg o' lamb.
INT. SNAKE CLUB
SHIPWRECK
Nice quiet place!
SHIPWRECK
Whaddya mean reservation? This ain't no hotel!
DOORKEEPER
Okay, forget that. But I ain't seein' nobody with no parrot and no dog.
SHIPWRECK
Uh,...what parrot? What dog?
DOORKEEPER
Yeah, well I don't see no bird no more, but I still see a dog.
DOORKEEPER
Funny, that little doggie just disappeared! Take any table you want.
SHIPWRECK
Thanks, chump.
EMCEE (on speakers)
And now, the Snake Cafe is proud to present,...
COL. SLASH [Bill Morey?]
Spread out!
EMCEE (on speakers)
...the scintillatin' star, the one, the only...Satin!
SATIN [Ketty Lester] (singing)
The Cobra that got away changed my life one rainy day.
On our first rendezvous, we held hands and I heard him say,
"If you want a romance from me, you're barking up the wrong tree,"
COL. SLASH
As soon as the song ends, grab him.
SATIN (CONT.)
"'Cause Destro has the first call on my life, time, and all.
When he shouts, 'Cobra fight,' I war by day, go by night.
Goodbye, miss, I've got to say." The Cobra that got away.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
POLLY (with squawking)
The Cobra that got away!
SATIN
The Cobra that got away went bye-bye, no more to say.
He stuck me with the bill, but I think of him still....
COL. SLASH
Now!
SATIN
They're coming for you. Stick close to me.
COL. SLASH
The music won't play forever. When it's finished, so are they.
SHIPWRECK
This is no time to be shy, Snake. Move those feet!
SATIN
Unbelievable. Go, baby, go!
COL. SLASH
C'mon, come on!
EXT. HIDDEN COBRA BASE
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
I assigned placement of the first control cube to you, Destro, because I expected you to be quick about it, but all I've received are excuses!
DESTRO
No longer, my esteemed Cobra Commander. The cube is locked into position.
COBRA COMMANDER
Watch out behind you!
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND - DUSK
LADY JAYE
Here's some loose ends to tie you up, Destro!
FLINT
This mine should do the trick.
DESTRO
You must forgive me for being an ungratious host, but the control cube will entertain you in my absence. Cobra!
JOES
Yo Joe!
LADY JAYE
All right! Here comes the cavalry!
INT. SNAKE CLUB
COL. SLASH
Take 'em!
SATIN
One more time!
SATIN
Let's get outta here!
COL. SLASH
After them!
COBRAS
Hey!, What's goin' on?, I can't see!, etc.
COL. SLASH
There! Up there!
DANCER
Don't get fresh with me, ya bum!
COL. SLASH
Cover the exits and the basement! They must be here somewhere!
POLLY
All the world's a stage! --William Shakespeare!
SHIPWRECK
Can it, bird brain. --Shipwreck Delgado.
COL. SLASH
Over there!
SATIN
In here!
SATIN
Okay. Now comes the hard part: you're gonna have to trust me.
EXT. CITY OF THE DEAD - DAY
INT. CITY OF THE DEAD
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Behold, the ancient guardians of the City of the Dead. (X) We must not awaken them from their eternal slumber. (T and X) We'll let the Joes do that for us.
CRIMSON GUARD
G. I. Joe? But they're ignorant of our movements.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Not anymore. They're right behind us. (X) So take cover, (T and X) and await events.
ROADBLOCK
Yo Joe, and here we go. This place looks weird, and that's a fact. What are you gettin', Airtight?
AIRTIGHT
Radioactive and metallic interference from mineral deposits make it impossible to tell if Cobra's already here or on the way.
ROADBLOCK
Well, we can't just sit down and send out for pizza. If that cube's here, we gotta find it. Yo Joe.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) The Joes have unwittingly activated (X) the ancient guardians. (T) And when they've destroyed G. I. Joe, (X) we shall plant our cube (T and X) and be gone.
EXT. MOUNTAIN OF GLASS - DAY
MAJ. BLUDD
Align the control cube and raise it into position! Two five five point seven, vertical, mark!
MAJ. BLUDD
Excellent! Now secure it swiftly!
ALPINE
Look, up there! One of the Cobra cubes! But how are we gonna get up there before Maj. Bludd rains on our parade?
BAZOOKA
Strategy?
ALPINE
Now you're talkin', Bazook. I may even quote you in my memoirs.
ALPINE
Let's send the guys up this way. Then you and I can climb up the cliff face of this mountain and take 'em from behind. Uh-oh.
MAJ. BLUDD
It's the Joes! We must not let them interfere with our work! Cobra!
ALPINE
Of course, your burning question is, how can our guys get up that ice wall. Correct?
BAZOOKA
Right.
ALPINE
Brilliant analysis. Fortunately, I happen to have a brilliant solution.
BAZOOKA
Yodel?
ALPINE
You got it. A good ol' Alpine yodel. (Yodels) Oh, yeah.
ALPINE AND BAZOOKA
Yo Joe!
ALPINE
Take 'em over the crevasse, Tollbooth. Bazooka and I will rendezvous with you from the other side!
TOLLBOOTH
Piece o' cake for the Bridgelayer.
MAJ. BLUDD
Defend the cube at all costs! Cobra!
ALPINE
Now it's up to us. Let's give Major Bludd a nasty surprise.
ALPINE
[Inuit phrase?] and Go, man, go!
ALPINE
Fantastic view, eh, Bazook?
BAZOOKA
Fan...tastic.
INT. COBRA CLUB - DRESSING ROOMS
COL. SLASH
Out of my way. Stand back! They've got to be hiding here somewhere.
INT. COBRA CLUB - SATIN'S DRESSING ROOM
COL. SLASH
All right, where are they?
SATIN
A gentleman would knock before entering a lady's dressing room.
COL. SLASH
Cool it, sister. Where are those guys you were dancing with?
SATIN
How should I know, you maxi-jerk? I have a hard enough time entertaining this sleaze-bag audience without having to answer a buncha stupid questions from the likes of you!
COL. SLASH
But, but, we think those men are agents of G. I. Joe.
SATIN
Then go catch 'em, ya clutz. Now get outta here, or I'll report you to my biggest fan. He buys all my records.
COL. SLASH
Uh, uh, a thousand apologies, Miss Satin. Please say hello to the Cobra Commander next time he's in to see the show. Um, tell him Colonel Slash sends his regards.
SATIN
Get out, Slush!
COL. SLASH
That's Slash!
SATIN
Get out!
COL. SLASH
Thank you!
SATIN
Okay. You guys can come out now.
POLLY
There's no biz like show biz.
SATIN
Now all we've got to do is get out of here before our friends get suspicious and come back.
SHIPWRECK
Look, I don't wanna seem ungrateful, but why are you so good to us? And don't tell me we remind you of your family.
SATIN
Let's just say I have a soft spot in my head for weirdos. Hold on a second.
SATIN
Here, get into these, fast. And no arguments.
SHIPWRECK
You heard the lady, Snake-Eyes. Here, you take the dress.
EXT. MOUNTAIN OF GLASS
MAJ. BLUDD
Keep them pinned down! The control cube is nearly in position! Final alignment coordinates, seven five point nine, vertical, mark!
ALPINE
Careful where you plant your big feet, Bazooka.
ALPINE AND BAZOOKA
Whoa!
MAJ. BLUDD
What? Up there! More Joes!
ALPINE
We gotta go for it now. Yo Joe!
INT. CITY OF THE DEAD
AIRTIGHT
I don't want to seem primitive or superstitous, but I have this disturbing feeling that...
FOOTLOOSE
Tell me, dude. Like, it's like when you're surfin' and you just know this killer wave is sneakin' up behind you, ready to wipe you out.
ROADBLOCK
You guys are gettin' on my nerves with all that fear talk. Nothin' to be afraid of....
ROADBLOCK
Let's lay these ceramic suckers out!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Now that the Joes are preoccupied, (X) we are free to position our control cube (T and X) without interference.
TOMAX
Coordinates nine seven five point six, vertical, mark! ... Xamot!
XAMOT
Tomax!
ROADBLOCK
We're in big trouble!
AIRTIGHT
What do we do?
FOOTLOOSE
Yeah, like, what?
ROADBLOCK
This way!
ROADBLOCK
Two points!
AIRTIGHT
Roadblock! Footloose! Now we got double trouble!
ROADBLOCK
Well, we're just gonna have to take 'em one at a time.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Tomax, watch out! (T) It's the Joes!
ROADBLOCK
Strike!
TOMAX
Xamot, activate the control cube before it's too late!
XAMOT
Right!
TOMAX
I'll handle this buffoon....
AIRTIGHT
Hey, check that out! Each twin feels what happens to the other!
XAMOT
You may have one of us, but you have lost!
ROADBLOCK
What's happenin'
AIRTIGHT
He energized the cube!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA
MUTT
What's goin' on, Dusty? This place is vibratin' like a fifty dollar milkshake?
DUSTY
And they like it, so it can't be good.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
ZARTAN
Savor this moment, Duke. It marks the beginning of your end.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - OPEN AREA
DUSTY
It's completin' the cube energy circuit!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
ROADBLOCK
A beam of darkness! Get back!
XAMOT
I shall return for you, brother Tomax! Have no fear!
ROADBLOCK
Form a unit to babysit the cube. We got this sucker. I'm afraid that he's all we got left to trade.
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND
LADY JAYE
There must be a way to escape! We've got to...huh?
LADY JAYE
The cube's going crazy!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
EXT. DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND
FLINT
Everybody get back!
EXT. MOUNTAIN OF GLASS
MAJ. BLUDD
Hold them off while I make the final adjustments!
TOLLBOOTH
Keep hammerin' at 'em! We've got to get to that cube before we can start diggin' for Alpine and Bazooka!
ALPINE
Man, now I know how a frozen pizza feels. Hey, you hear me, Bazook?
BAZOOKA
Barely.
ALPINE
Well, stop playin' groundhog, buddy. We got a mission to complete.
BAZOOKA
Ouch.
ALPINE
What's the matter, good buddy?
BAZOOKA
Leg hurts.
ALPINE
When you stand or when you move?
BAZOOKA
Both.
ALPINE
Well, then you'll just have to use the Alpine Taxi Service. Come on, get on my back.
STORM SHADOW
So, our enemies survived the avalanche. We must now ensure an end to their good fortune.
SNOW SERPENT
As you command, Storm Shadow.
EXT. RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN OF GLASS
ALPINE
Looks like we got off course. The cube and our guys must be back the other way.
STORM SHADOW
The elements shall see to your destiny, G. I. Joe! The cold of the icy sea will be far kinder to you than Cobra. Farewell!
ALPINE
If those waves hit us, we'll be frozen before you can say TV Dinner!
BAZOOKA
Uh-oh, leopard seals!
ALPINE
If you're gonna get talky on me, I wish you'd find something good to report. Oh no, my weapon froze!
ALPINE
Forget TV Dinners! Let's make a sincere attempt not to be these critters' main course!
EXT. RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN OF GLASS
ALPINE
Let's rock the boat!
COBRA OFFICER
The fools'll capsize, and the leopard seals'll devour them anyway.
BAZOOKA
Stuck.
ALPINE
And out of luck!
QUICK KICK
Row to shore!
BAZOOKA
Look!
QUICK KICK
Got a problem, pilgrim?
STORM SHADOW
You shall learn a harsh lesson.
QUICK KICK
You were saying, teacher?
ALPINE
Don't know the dude, Bazook, but he's got a winning personality.
ALPINE
Thanks for the hand, stranger.
BAZOOKA
And the feet.
QUICK KICK
Good thing I did that reeling-in-the-ice-floe stuff before. It was in a Robert Redford picture, but neither of you is as pretty as he is.
ALPINE
Beauty isn't our strong suit, but fighting Cobra is. You're our kind of snake stomper.
BAZOOKA
Right.
ALPINE
Will you stop jabberin' so's I can sneak a word in? What's your name and your game, my man?
QUICK KICK
The name's Quick Kick. I'm a movie stuntman up here filming a commercial for Frozen Fudgie bars. But my director took off with the equipment and my money. But enough o' my personal problems, sweetheart.
ALPINE
Get down.
EXT. MOUNTAIN OF GLASS
MAJ. BLUDD
Excellent! The control cube is ready. Cobra!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
EXT. MOUNTAIN OF GLASS
ALPINE
Major Bludd's activated the cube!
QUICK KICK
Now is our chance! Come on!
QUICK KICK
Hitchin' rides can be hazardous to our health, but hangin' around here would be fatal!
MAJ. BLUDD
Goodbye, G. I. Joe. Your failure has been most gratifying.
BAZOOKA
Fudgies!
ALPINE
Say what?
BAZOOKA
Fudgies!
QUICK KICK
You mean the candy bars I was plugging?
BAZOOKA
Yup. Got any?
QUICK KICK (singing)
Frozen Fudgies, what a treat!
Lots of chocolate, really sweet!
Full of taffy, raisin, and nuts.
They'll melt in your mouth...and turn to lead in your guts.
ALPINE
Mmm, gross.
BAZOOKA
Mmm, good.
EXT. USS FLAGG - DECK
ADM. LEDGER
Thanks to Roadblock, we've got a prisoner to interrogate.
ROADBLOCK
Let me read him his rights. Here's one right, and here's the other. Now, talk to the man.
TOMAX
Yes, I will speak. The answer is on this insignia. Look closely.
FLINT
No, don't!
ADM. LEDGER
Condition red! Tomax has escaped!
LADY JAYE
There, in the rigging!
FLINT
Break out the rocket boats!
TOMAX
Sorry I can't stay, but I'll drop you each a line!
LADY JAYE
While I tie up a few loose ends, why don't you two tie down that twin termite?
ROADBLOCK
I'm on my way, Lady Jaye!
ROADBLOCK
Let's play catch.
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
XAMOT
Ahh! I'm falling! I'm falling!
COBRA COMMANDER
What hysterical idiocy is this, Xamot? Your feet are firmly on the ground!
EXT. USS FLAGG - DECK
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
XAMOT
A safe landing.
DESTRO
Xamot is reacting to the experience of his twin Tomax. There's a psychic bond between them.
COBRA COMMANDER
What a revolting display.
EXT. USS FLAGG - DECK
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
EXT. USS FLAGG - DECK
FLINT
You're grounded, Tomax.
TOMAX
Thank you for making my pursuit so...physical.
LADY JAYE
What did he mean by that?
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
XAMOT
By treating Tomax roughly, G. I. Joe has enabled me to feel my brother's whereabouts.
XAMOT (CONT.)
There, in the location marked for the fourth and final control cube: the Sea of Lost Souls. I wish to rescue him immediately.
COBRA COMMANDER
Out of the question. Destro and the Baroness are leaving now to plant the last cube and complete the Pyramid of Darkness. Your sentimental expedition could jeopardize their actions!
XAMOT
May I remind you, Extensive Enterprises financed this operation one hundred percent!
COBRA COMMANDER
Why, go. Begin your mission of mercy at once.
XAMOT
Good!
DESTRO
I do not agree with our leader's change of heart.
BARONESS
Has the noble Destro forgotten? Our leader has no heart.
XAMOT
One thing more: You must not activate the fourth cube until I have escaped the G. I. Joe stronghold with Tomax.
COBRA COMMANDER
You have my word, my dear Xamot. I wish you every success. Cobra!
XAMOT
Oh,...Cobra!
COBRA COMMANDER
Destro, you and the Baroness shall activate the fourth cube the instant it is in position.
DESTRO
But the Pyramid of Darkness...
BARONESS
...will doom Tomax and his brother to the same fate as G. I. Joe.
DESTRO
Ah, leaving us with two fewer partners with whom to share the earth. A perfect plan, my beloved Cobra Commander. Perfect!
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY - GATE
SATIN [Ketty Lester]
Raise the gate, honey. We're late for a gig!
COBRA
Save the sweet talk, lady! Nobody gets by us without righteous ID. Let's see your letter of transit, or prepare for air conditionin'!
SATIN
Hey, entertainers don't need a special pass. We're doin' a performance at Cobra Temple for Destro and the Cobra Commander. And if we're late, you better buy insurance.
COBRA
Entertainers, huh? Okay in there, it's showtime! And you better be good! Come on out, or I'm comin' in after ya!
SHIPWRECK
Agitation, friend, that's your scene! Gyration, syncopation, animation, or imagination do not provoke my irritation, but agitation...yuck! With a capital Barf! Let's amuse the man, compadres! Music to soothe the savage beast!
SATIN (singing)
[Note: I cannot make out the words at this point on my video. Any help would be appreciated - Propadeutic, transcriber.]
SATIN
Go for it! Yo ho!
SHIPWRECK
You mean, Yo Joe.
SATIN
Don't get technical. Move!
COBRA
Stop 'em! Blast 'em!
SHIPWRECK
They'll tear us apart!
POLLY
Polly wants bullet-proof feathers!
SHIPWRECK
Way to go, Satin!
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS
ADM. LEDGER (V.O.)
They're heading for the Sea of Lost Souls. It's been a graveyard for ships for a thousand years, and I can get us there in less than two hours.
INT. USS FLAGG - BRIDGE
FLINT
By which time they'll have planted the last cube. We've got to get there first and blow them out of the water. Come on, Lady Jaye.
ADM. LEDGER
We can't let 'em go it alone. Get us there in one hour, max!
XAMOT
Soon, my brother Tomax, you shall be free.
XAMOT
This way, Tomax is here! I can sense his presence.
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS
BARONESS
Guard yourself well, Destro. Now, align the cube and bring us victory.
FLINT
Not so fast, tin top! Yo Joe!
DESTRO
Give them the venom they deserve!
BARONESS
I shall not disappoint you, noble Destro! Cobra!
FLINT
Destro's going down to the cube. Wait!
LADY JAYE
Don't worry. I've been in worse dives.
FLINT
Good luck, Lady Jaye! Yo Joe!
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - UNDERWATER
DESTRO
Welcome, Lady Jaye. Meet my new robotopus.
LADY JAYE
Eyeball this, robotopus!
INT. USS FLAGG - BRIG
XAMOT
Now, release the starflies!
SAILOR
Hey, look at the pretty butterflies!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Brother! (X) Brother, (T) now that we are reunited, (T and X) we cannot fail.
TOMAX
Quickly, before the Pyramid of Darkness is complete!
XAMOT
No need to rush. The Cobra Commander has pledged not to activate the fourth cube until we are safely away.
TOMAX
And you believe him?
TOMAX AND XAMOT
Of course not.
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - UNDERWATER
DESTRO
Too little, too late!
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS
BARONESS
You have done it, darling Destro! You have made us invincible!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
Done. The Pyramid of Darkness is complete at last! Now, no electrical energy force can function unless I permit it. I now hold the destiny of the world in my hands!
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - DARKENED
LADY JAYE
Flint!
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - USS FLAGG - DARKENED
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - DARKENED
FLINT
Power's gone! Going to crash!
FLINT
The Pyramid of Darkness may cancel out modern power sources, but it can't stop the Falcon Glider!
LADY JAYE
Don't forget about me!
FLINT
I couldn't if I tried!
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - USS FLAGG - DARKENED
FLINT
Flint and Lady Jaye reporting for duty, Adm. Ledger.
XAMOT
Cobra Commander's treachery extends to all our friends, brother.
DESTRO
Stroke... Stroke... Stroke. The taste of total victory is sweet, dear Baroness. Almost as sweet as you.
BARONESS
Oh, Destromeo, how gallant!
TOMAX
We are marooned in the darkness.
XAMOT
Not so, Tomax. I've made preparations.
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - DARKENED
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) We ride in style! (X) The time is coming to get a return on our investment. (T) We must signal our agents aboard Space Station Delta (X) to take control of everything.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - ACCESS TUNNELS
TORCH
Ah, there it is, gentleman. The lovely flare we've been waitin' for. It's our turn now!
TORCH
Any objection, Zartan?
ZARTAN
You mercenary traitors! You'll pay for this!
BUZZER
Wrong, Zartan! Our real employers, Tomax and Xamot, are the ones who'll be payin'!
TORCH
That's right! They're payin' us a fortune to take control o' this here space station.
EXT. SEA OF LOST SOULS - USS FLAGG - DARKENED
ADM. LEDGER
I'm afraid we're becalmed.
FLINT
Men sailed the seas before electricity, Admiral.
LADY JAYE
What do you mean, Flint?
FLINT
Mother Nature, Lady Jaye, Mother Nature. We'll harness the power of the wind.
ADM. LEDGER
Yes, wind. But will it work?
FLINT
We'll soon find out.
ADM. LEDGER
Put your backs into it, laddies!
LADY JAYE
It's catching the wind. It worked! Yo Joe!
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY - DAY
SATIN
You're on your own from here. It was more monkeys than a barrel o' laughs, or somethin'. Hasta la vista.
SHIPWRECK
Satin, wait! Why don't you come with us and help with Cobra?
SATIN
I'd like that, sailor man, but I've got my own song to sing. You see, Cobra framed my father for crimes he didn't commit. And dad never recovered. Well, maybe we'll get together again some time. (Singing) The Cobra who got away....
SHIPWRECK
Right, Snake-Eyes. That laser disc has the inside info on those control cubes. We've gotta get it back to Headquarters.
EXT. HIDDEN COBRA BASE - DAY
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
O glorious satisfaction! The Pyramid of Darkness is functional! And when I give my ultimatum to the world, all will grovel at my feet! I wonder if I should bgein with my back to the camera, and then turn suddenly, or would a simple close-up be more dramatic?
TOMAX
Neither, Cobra Commander.
COBRA COMMANDER
What?
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) You are no longer (T) master of this situation. We now control Space Station Delta, (X) the Pyramid of Darkness... (T and X) the whole enchilada.
COBRA COMMANDER
What poppycock is this? Your strutting and boasting is ludicrous.
COBRA COMMANDER
Come in, Zartan. Acquaint these twin nitwits with the facts of life!
TORCH
Sorry, your supreme snakeship, but the twins have it right, and you have it wrong.
COBRA COMMANDER
No! I won't accept this! This is...skullduggery!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) If you wish to remain part of our triumph, (T) you will cooperate fully, (X) or we shall simply remove you entirely. (T and X) Understand?
COBRA COMMANDER
Why of course, noble lads. I would never permit my personal desires to interfere with the greater glory of Cobra. You have my absolute loyalty.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) How comforting. (T) How dependable.
EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
QUICK KICK
I don't know where we're headed, but I don't think I want to go there.
ALPINE
I doubt Maj. Bludd set out to take the shower of a lifetime, so I'm betting there's something behind those falls.
BAZOOKA
Cobra!
ALPINE
Go!
QUICK KICK
Hey, let's make a getaway like the one I did in the martial arts flick, Last Jet to Killer Karate College.
ALPINE
Wonderful notion, Quick Kick, only there's no aircraft within a mile of here. Right, Bazook?
BAZOOKA
Wrong. Closer.
QUICK KICK
Like the fella says, and away we go!
ALPINE
Nothin' like lasers to hasten weary footsteps.
QUICK KICK
When I fly for pay, it's usually to crash into something.
ALPINE
Well, remember, this is a freebie and get us outta here.
BAZOOKA
Made it!
ALPINE
Way to go, Q. K., if you don't mind the initials.
COBRA
Your new initials are M.U.D., and if you can't spell, that means mud. Now get away from those controls.
BAZOOKA
Alpine, help!
ALPINE
Bazook!
QUICK KICK
G forces! Can't move!
ALPINE
Bazooka!
EXT. AIR OVER JUNGLE - DAY
QUICK KICK
G forces! Too hard to move!
ALPINE
Great stunt work, stuntman.
ALPINE
We're goin' down! Any ideas?
QUICK KICK
As a matter of fact, did you notice what the cargo on this crate is? Trubble Bubbles!
QUICK KICK
Joe Headquarters! Let's move it!
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - DARKENED
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - COMMAND CENTER
GUNG-HO
Nuts! You can't run a twentieth-century HQ on first-century technology! This is hopeless! Without the juice it's no use. Huh?
COBRA COMMANDER
Citizens of earth, we have diminished the Pyramid's power enough to address you now.
GUNG-HO
Ah, stick your head in a bucket and rust your face off!
COBRA COMMANDER
And here to present our ultimatum, your new supreme leaders, the Crimson Twins.
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) All governments must surrender to us (X) and Cobra by the end of the day, (T) or we shall intensify the strength of the Pyramid of Darkness.
ACE
Looks like Cobra Commander's havin' a little power failure of his own.
GUNG-HO
We've got less than seven hours.
ACE
What's that noise?
WILD BILL
Sounds like my pappy's ranch at feedin' time.
GUNG-HO
Open the door and give our visitors the famous Joe welcome.
GUNG-HO
We're saved guys! It's the cow cavalry!
WILD BILL
We thought you were done for!
STALKER
If you had to play cowboys and Cobras, couldn't you have done it on horses?
SHIPWRECK
Very hilarious, but when we hit the Pyramid of Darkness, we had to improvise. Do us a favor, Wild Bill. Milk our ponies and bring us a glass.
WILD BILL
Huh?
GUNG-HO
I'll get you both a drink if you've got somethin' for us.
SHIPWRECK
We got a laser disc from a Cobra factory.
GUNG-HO
How do you play a laser disc with candle power?
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
TOMAX AND XAMOT (V.O.)
All life forms will perish.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
TOMAX AND XAMOT (CONT.)
You have only until the end of this day to respond.
TORCH
Bravo! Bravo! It's even better in rerun. Want to see it again?
ZARTAN
Under no circumstances.
TORCH
You don't seem so confident without your precious whistle. Take him away!
MUTT
Dusty, we've got to get control of these Fatal Fluffies.
FATAL FLUFFY
No talking!
TORCH
Well, well. Lyin' down on the job again, are you? Get back in line!
MUTT
The whistle that controls the Fatal Fluffies--Torch has it around his neck. (to Junkyard) See that whistle, Junkyard? Go fetch it!
TORCH
No!
MUTT
Good boy, Junk!
TORCH
Get that whistle!
FATAL FLUFFIES
Roar!, Grr!, Die!, Move! Move or be punished!, etc.
DUSTY
The Fatal Fluffies are goin' crazy!
JOES
Yo Joe!
TORCH
Don't hurt us! It was all Zartan's fault! We was always nice to you, wasn't we?
DUKE
Way to go, guys. Now let's put some yo back in Joe!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
DUSTY (V.O.)
Yo Joe!
EXT. WILDERNESS - EDGE OF PYRAMID
QUICK KICK (O.C.)
I don't think I'm gonna love this part of the picture.
ALPINE (O.C.)
We're losin' power!
QUICK KICK
Get ready to jump!
ALPINE
It's not the jumpin' that worries me. It's the...
BAZOOKA
...landing.
ALPINE
Hey, I distinctly hear the gentle sound of the tables turning.
QUICK KICK
Yeah! Let the sunshine in!
EXT. HIDDEN COBRA BASE - DAY
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
Calamity most foul! Aghhh! No! No! No! Your selfish bungling has permitted the Joes to undo my exquisite Pyramid of Darkness! You twin twerps! I'm back in command now.
COBRA COMMANDER
Come in, Destro, come in!
COBRA COMMANDER
Stop that, Destro! I see you both clearly and I am stunned!
DESTRO
She, uh, she had something in her eye, Cobra Commander.
COBRA COMMANDER
My eye, she did! Now stop going ga-ga and establish a low-altitude Pyramid of Darkness at once!
DESTRO
As you order, Cobra Commander. Cobra!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Excellency, we must also take precautions to guard (X) Cobra Temple (T and X) from a sneak attack.
COBRA COMMANDER
Balderdash! This temple is in no danger, because nobody knows where it is. Now get out of my sight!
EXT. USS FLAGG - DAY
FLINT
We've got to treat this as a temporary victory only, unless you guys at Headquarters have something to make it a little more permanent.
SHIPWRECK
This laser disc Snake-Eyes and I borrowed from Cobra has info on the control cubes. Now that we've got power, I can spin this platter. Let's hope it's a hit. I'll patch the computer's image directly to you, Flint.
COMPUTER
Plans and structural elements of robotic self-defense mechanisms. Details of longitudinal alignments systems.
LADY JAYE
Skip past the general diagrams. What we need to know is whether those cubes are vulnerable.
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - COMMAND CENTER
SHIPWRECK
You got it, Lady.
COMPUTER
...self-destruct mechanism.
SHIPWRECK
Bingo! It's in Cobra Temple.
GUNG-HO
Now all we've gotta do is find that house of serpents before it's too...late.
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - DAY
EXT. USS FLAGG
FLINT
Adm. Ledger, Cobra's rebuilt the Pyramid of Darkness.
EXT. MOUNTAIN PEAK
DESTRO
This low-altitude Pyramid of Darkness will give us the time we need to destroy G. I. Joe.
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
Excellent, Destro. Then we shall win after all! The world will be ours!
EXT. JOE HEADQUARTERS
QUICK KICK
Here we go again!
ALPINE
Headquarters! Bail out!
BAZOOKA
Too late!
ALPINE
Hold on!
INT. JOE HEADQUARTERS - COMMAND CENTER
SHIPWRECK
A Cobra copter!
ALPINE
Sorry to drop in unannounced, but we just happened to fall by the neighborhood.
SHIPWRECK
Well, don't keep us in suspense, Alpine. Why'd you treat us to this open house, and who's the barefooted stranger?
ALPINE
Introducing star of stage and screen, Quick Kick, stuntman extraordinaire.
QUICK KICK
Let me give 'em a quick update. ImetthesetwoguysontheMountainofGlass theywereinrealhotwateroutthereinthecoldbutidrewemaway fromsomeleopardsealssowehitchedaride withMajorBluddtoCobraTempleunderthefallsbutwe...
SHIPWRECK
Hold it! Hold it! Uh, rewind that part about the Cobra Temple.
QUICK KICK
Ewtubsllafehtrednuelpmetarboc otddulbraojamhtiwediradehctihew... I said, Major Bludd gave us a ride to Cobra Temple, but we....
GUNG-HO
You know where Cobra Temple is?
QUICK KICK
Sure. Doesn't everybody?
SHIPWRECK
This is the info we've been waitin' for!
GUNG-HO
The darkness isn't holding.
SHIPWRECK
Then get on the horn and see if you can contact Flint. There's a crack in the Cobra curtain, and we're goin' through it.
JOES
Yo Joe!, Let's go!, etc.
EXT. HIDDEN COBRA BASE - DAY
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
Stabilize the Pyramid! What's taking you so long, Destro? This flickering is intolerable! G. I. Joe must be deprived of energy until we can launch our attack!
EXT. JUNGLE
SHIPWRECK
Come on! We've got just enough power! Keep movin'!
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
COBRA COMMANDER
Cobra soldiers, forward to victory!
EXT. HIDDEN COBRA BASE
COBRAS
Cobra!
COBRA OFFICER
Impossible.
SHIPWRECK
We'll be outta this darkness in a flash! Then, hammer through that temple and put those cubes out of action!
JOES
Yo Joe!
COBRA COMMANDER
G. I. Joe? But how? Take defensive positions, and fight the enemy to oblivion!
COBRA COMMANDER
Unleash the Cobra Dragon! Terminate the Joes!
SHIPWRECK
No strength!
ROADBLOCK
Got to fight...fight...got to...
COBRA COMMANDER
We've won! Won! Won! Wait until the Cobra Dragon is finished with them. Then clean up the mess. I'll be inside writing my victory speech.
ALPINE
Any suggestion?
BAZOOKA
Yodel?
ALPINE
You gotta be kiddin'!
QUICK KICK
Wait! I got an idea!
QUICK KICK
Now yodel.
ALPINE
This is ridiculous.
QUICK KICK
Come on, let's try it.
XAMOT
Look out!
SHIPWRECK
Alpine and his yodeling yokels did it!
JOES
Yo Joe!, Let's go!, Come on!, etc.
INT. COBRA BASE
COBRA COMMANDER
What is happening?
COBRA COMMANDER
Stand and fight, you cowards!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) We are bankrupt here! (T) But elsewhere we have prepared a fine surprise for the Joes!
COBRA COMMANDER
What do you mean surprise? Why am I always the last one to know?
INT. COBRA BASE - CONTROL ROOM
SHIPWRECK
We've got to find the self-destruct mechanism for the cubes! But, where is it?
SHIPWRECK
Polly, you're allowance just went up ten crackers a week!
EXT. MOUNTAIN PEAK
BARONESS
Something's happening!
DESTRO
Brilliant deduction, Baroness!
BARONESS
Don't become hostile with me! We have a relationship!
DESTRO
Silence, woman! I'm losing Pyramid control!
DESTRO
It's self-destructing!
INT. RATTLER COCKPIT
COBRA COMMANDER
I lost my cubes! My wonderful cubes! All gone! Now I'll never rule the world! I hate this job!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(X) Sensors indicate G. I. Joe is pursuing us. (T) But that's impossible, (T and X) absolutely impossible!
COBRA COMMANDER
Well, somebody forget to tell them!
EXT. USS FLAGG
ADM. LEDGER
Ready on flight deck?
JOES
Yo Joe!
XAMOT
We must get to the Enterprise Towers!
COBRA COMMANDER
Yes! Yes, hurry!
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY
FLINT
Looks like Cobra's hunting for a nest, Lady Jaye. Let's make sure they don't get too comfortable.
LADY JAYE
I'm right behind you!
LADY JAYE
Yo Joe!
FLINT
All attack groups, this is Joe Leader. Proceed to Enterprise Towers.
INT. ENTERPRISE TOWERS - HANGAR
COBRA COMMANDER
Stop! Our position is deteriorating! Will you acknowledge me? We must flee and save ourselves!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Relax. (X) We need not retreat. (T) We shall soon activate a weapon which (X) will destroy our enemies (T and X) completely.
COBRA COMMANDER
Weapon?
EXT. ENTERPRISE TOWERS
SHIPWRECK
Enterprise Towers! They're transforming into a gantry and battle rocket! If that ship ever gets up, no force on earth will be able to handle it! We've got to keep it from reaching space.
INT. ROCKET - COCKPIT
COBRA COMMANDER
Brilliant! This huge rocket is invincible! The last laugh shall indeed be best!
EXT. ROCKET
SHIPWRECK
Satin!
SATIN [Ketty Lester]
Need a lift?
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
FLINT (V.O.)
Station Delta, do you see Battle Bird preparing to lift off?
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
DUSTY
We see it, and we don't like it. Duke and the rest of the guys are riggin' a proton beam strong enough to take it out, but they'll need more time.
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CELL
RIPPER
We didn't mean to double-cross you, Zartan.
TORCH
No, never! Nay, nicht, nein, no!
BUZZER
It was those scuzzy wuzzies. They intimidated us!
BUZZER
Oh, thank you, Zartan! Thank you!
ZARTAN
Oh, get up! Get up, you treacherous toadbellies! If Cobra loses, I alone shall seize the reins of power. And I'll need stooges to do my bidding, even second-rate stooges like you. Now, let's get out of here before we're discovered.
TORCH
Oh, you won't regret this.
BUZZER
Right. We love bein' your stooges.
INT. ROCKET - ELEVATOR
SATIN
Ready? We're nearing the upper level.
INT. ROCKET - COCKPIT
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Increasing thrust. (X) Liftoff in ten seconds... (T and X) nine...eight...seven...
SATIN
It's now or never, guys. Yo Joe!
SHIPWRECK
Yeah, right. Yo Joe!
SATIN
This is for messin' with my father!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) G. I. Joe has caught up! (X) Destroy them, brother!
SHIPWRECK
Oh, brother yourself!
SATIN
Hey, steel face is shortin' out his own rocket ship!
EXT. ROCKET (O.C.)
FLINT
Shipwreck, Duke's just about ready for that proton beam, so get outta there and don't drag anchor.
INT. ROCKET - COCKPIT
SHIPWRECK
I suppose this is a bad time to ask you to go out with me?
COBRA COMMANDER
Help, you fools! My face is magnetized to the controls!
EXT. ROCKET
POLLY
Polly wants flight insurance!
INT. ROCKET - COCKPIT
COBRA COMMANDER
I wish you were triplets so I could hit three of you!
EXT. SPACE - EARTH ORBIT
COBRA COMMANDER (CONT., O.C.)
In competent, idiotic, fatheaded nincompoops!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - GARBAGE DISPOSAL
ZARTAN
Get in here! Jettison now, before they fire!
EXT. SPACE - SPACE STATION DELTA
TORCH
Zartan, you put us in the garbage module!
INT. GARBAGE MODULE
TORCH
We'll get you for this, Zartan!
INT. SPACE STATION DELTA - CONTROL ROOM
DUKE
Proton beam is up to speed. Lock on coordinates. Fire!
INT. ROCKET - ESCAPE POD
TOMAX
Hurry, no time left!
EXT. SPACE - ROCKET
JOES (in various locations)
Yay!, Yo Joe!, etc.
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY
SATIN
Yo, Shipwreck!
POLLY
Polly, too! Polly, too!
SHIPWRECK
Cool it, bird. Shipwreck works alone.
INT. SUBWAY CAR
COBRA COMMANDER
Your interference cost me victory!
TOMAX AND XAMOT
We should have taken control sooner.
DESTRO
Your vain denseness destroyed our tactical advantage!
BARONESS
I had everything under control until you imbeciles got pretentious!
COBRA COMMANDER
You pea-brained carbon copies of identical dumbells! You're responible!
EXT. SUBWAY CAR
TOMAX AND XAMOT
(T) Your fault! (X) His fault!
(T) Your fault! (X) His fault!
(T) Your fault! (X) His fault!
EXT. ENTERPRISE CITY
FLINT
Well, Lady Jaye, looks like we won.
LADY JAYE
Right, but now what do we do for thrills and chills?
FLINT
How about dinner at the Joe commissary?
LADY JAYE
What's so dangerous about that?
FLINT
The food!