Episode
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Cobra's Candidate
Overview
Cobra backs a candidate for mayor and uses street thugs to intimidate voters and drum up public sympathy for Cobra's would-be mayor. The gang turns on Cobra when a brother of one of the youths is nearly burned in a fire.
Details
- Series
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 30
- Air date
- 1985-10-11
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Cobra's Candidate is Episode 30 in Season 1 of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It aired on 1985-10-11. The runtime is 30 min.
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