| Issue | #5 |
| Published | November 1982 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.60 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Linda Grant (Assistant); Tom DeFalco |
| Notes | 2nd Print Exists |
| Characters | G.I Joe [Flash; Steeler; Grunt]; Cobra [Cobra Troopers] |
| Genre | war |
| Pencils | Don Perlin (?) |
| Inks | Mike Esposito (?) |
| Notes | 2nd Print Exists |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #2; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1; in G.I Joe:A Real Amrican Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #5. |
| Characters | G.I. Joe [Scarlett; Steeler; Breaker; Clutch]; General Flagg; General Austin; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Baroness; Cobra Soldiers (villains)] |
| Synopsis | Cobra learns that the Joes plan on displaying the new MOBAT tank in a New York City parade and try to capture it. |
| Genre | war |
| Script | Larry Hama |
| Pencils | Don Perlin |
| Inks | Jon D'Agostino; Mike Esposito |
| Colors | Stan Goldberg |
| Letters | Jim Novak |
| Reprinted | in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #2; in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #5; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |