Arise, Serpentor, Arise!, Part 2

The Joes set off to protect the tombs. Zarana tricks the Joes into leaving the tomb of the Egyptian General undefended, allowing her to steal the DNA. In Paris, Cobra troops arrive by submarine and the Crimson Twins get into Napoleon's tomb. The Joes are unable to stop Cobra from getting Montezuma's DNA, and the Baroness succeeds in stealing the DNA of Vlad Tepes in Transylvania.

"Now you know. And knowing is half the battle." The Sunbow run closed every episode with a public-service spot delivered by a Joe character, addressing kids on a real-world hazard or virtue. The cartoon's deeper ethic, threaded into the writing across the run, was that Cobra's worldview was based on fear and the Joes' was based on responsibility.

Chris Latta as Cobra Commander

Michael Bell as Duke, Lifeline, Xamot, Blowtorch

Arthur Burghardt as Destro

Morgan Lofting as Baroness

Mary McDonald-Lewis as Lady Jaye, Cover Girl

Bill Ratner as Flint

B.J. Ward as Scarlett

Neil Ross as Shipwreck, Doc, Tomax

Frank Welker as Torch, Wild Weasel, Junkyard, Zandar

Zack Hoffman as Zartan

Charlie Adler as Low-Light

Dick Gautier as Serpentor

1. Sunbow Season 2 daily run (1986). 30 episodes, the final Sunbow-Marvel-Toei run. This was the season that introduced Serpentor (the Cobra Emperor cloned from history's greatest tyrants by Dr. Mindbender) and the Battle Force 2000 sub-team. Followed by G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) which concluded the Sunbow run.
2. Production code: 600-74
3. Studio: Marvel Productions / Sunbow Productions / Toei Doga
4. Originally aired: September 16, 1986 in afternoon syndication.