This season began with a third Friedman-penned five-part adventure, "The Pyramid of Darkness" the story sees most of the existing cast from the two previous mini-series held captive by Cobra, while a new assortment of characters (that is, the new 1985 range of toys) thwart Cobra's attempts to surround the Earth with the electricity-negating Pyramid of Darkness.
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Joe was promoted to a full series in 1985, with an initial order for a first season of 55 more episodes (in order to make up the required 65 episodes for syndication). Both mini-series were written by Ron Friedman. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (titled "The Weather Dominator" in later airings ), with a similar plot that involved the Joes and Cobras traveling around the world to recover the scattered fragments of Cobra's new weather-controlling weapon, the Weather Dominator. A second five-part mini-series followed in 1984, G.I. Joe and Cobra's race around the world to acquire the three catalytic elements which power the machine. Device, a powerful matter-transporter, and G.I.
Device" when it re-aired during the series' syndication ). Joe mini-series which aired in 1983 (later known as "The M.A.S.S. The popularity of these commercials led to the production of a five-part G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline in 1982 alongside the Marvel Comics series, it commissioned Marvel Productions to produce a series of fully animated 30-second television commercials which were broadcast in order to promote the comic book series, since advertising regulations for a literary work were more lax than for a direct toy commercial, beginning with an ad for the first issue that aired throughout the Spring of 1982.