Cold Slither

After Cobra is disbanded, Destro invents a "subliminal enslavement program" to bend the will of the population to Cobra's way of thinking. Zartan and the Dreadnoks form a rock band called "Cold Slither" to perform music with subliminal messages as part of Cobra taking control of the minds of the masses. But Breaker, Footloose, and Shipwreck get caught up in the music and go to their concert, forcing the Joes to pursue them and put a stop to Cobra.

"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.

1. Sunbow Season 1 daily run (1985). 55 episodes aired Monday through Friday in afternoon syndication, September to December 1985.
2. Production code: 600-55
3. Studio: Marvel Productions / Sunbow Productions / Toei Doga
4. Originally aired: December 2, 1985 in afternoon syndication.