Zartan's siblings, Zandar and Zarana, break him out of The Pit disguised as Lady Jaye and an interrogation specialist and go head-to-head with the Joes, succeeding. Meanwhile, General Hawk has an important meeting in Washington at the Pentagon to attend dealing with the Springfield incident last issue.
Characters: Dreadnoks [Buzzer [Richard Blinken-Smythe]; Ripper [Harry Nod]; Thrasher [Bruno LaCrosse]; Torch [Tom Winken]; Zandar; Zarana; Zartan]; G.I. Joe [Alpine [Albert M. Pine]; Cross-Country [Robert M. Blais]; Flint [Dashiell R. Faireborn]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Heavy Metal [Sherman R. Guderian]; Roadblock [Marvin F. Hinton]; Sgt. Slaughter [Robert Rudolph Remus]; Shipwreck [Hector X. Delgado]; Thunder [Matthew H. Breckinridge]; Tollbooth [Chuck X. Goren]; Wild Bill [William S. Hardy]]; Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage]
Script: Larry Hama
Pencils: Rod Whigham
Inks: Andy Mushynsky
Colors: George Roussos
Letters: Joe Rosen
