It's up to a bickering Ambush and Pathfinder to foil COBRA's latest ransom-demand: $50 billion from the UN, or they'll bombard the globe with a gas which turns ordinary people into blindly-obedient zombies.
Night-Creeper, COBRA's Ninja-Commander, is hit on the head and assumes a new identity: Egypt's King Tut. COBRA works this situation to their advantage, until NC complicates the matter by targeting Lady-Jaye as a prospective bride/queen.
When Metal-Head's granny visits, she's under the impression that Cobra is a security agency headed by her grandson. She inadvertently aids them, remaining blissfully unaware even when the Joes break-up Cobra's latest scheme.
Sergeant Slaughter is taken hostage by COBRA, who then challenges the Joes to a football game. This escalates into the usual dog-fight/artillery-fest...while COBRA Commander locks horns with the bouncer at Studio 45, NYC's #1 discotheque.
After the Joes find themselves upstaged and phased out by a mysterious superhero known as Serpent-man, they trip over a plot by COBRA to overthrow the White House.
GI Joe is on edge due to a lack of R&R after Cobra makes their intention to steal portable reactor from them. To relieve the group's tension, Hawk hires a famous comedian actor to visit. However, this is just what Cobra Commander planned.
Cobra Commander, Destro and Metal Head allow themselves to be captured by GI Joe and imprisoned on Alcatraz Island. However, it all turns out to have been a Trojan horse scheme. What dastardly escape plan do they plan to enact?
Cobra has taken over Alcatraz and stolen a prototype submarine that renders most artillery useless. At the same time, Pathfinder meets the supposed "ghost of Alcatraz"
After Pathfinder captures COBRA Commander (a la "The Defiant Ones"), both must negotiate a treacherous jungle...evading not only rescue attempts by the Commander's troops, but also a love-crazed gorilla.