Arise, Serpentor, Arise!, Part 5

Serpentor is born and installed as the new Emperor of Cobra, who decide to follow him to victory. Sgt. Slaughter is able to destroy the stolen DNA, but is too late in informing the Joes as Serpentor has successfully taken over Washington D.C., leaving the Joes to try and retake the Capitol from Cobra and the new Emperor.

"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: 600-77
3. Studio: Marvel Productions / Sunbow Productions / Toei Doga
4. Originally aired: September 19, 1986 in afternoon syndication.