G.I. Joe
#30
(April 1954)
Ziff-Davis,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Brand
- A Ziff-Davis Comic
- Editing
- Herb Rogoff (credited as Herbert Rogoff) (editor)
[no title indexed]
G.I. Fun / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't I need a hunting licence, Sarge?
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
The One-Sleeved Kimono
G.I. Joe / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Clay Caldwell; Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Shiro (spy); Asako (spy); Mitsui
- Synopsis
- Pvt. Caldwell is framed by two black-marketeers for the killing of a merchant who wanted to withdraw from the black market ring.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Double Feature
The Yardbirds / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pvt. Windy Bragg; Pvt. Whitey Hicks; Sgt. Gruff; Col. Ruppert Fumes; General Halftrack; Mrs. Fumes
- Synopsis
- A new cannon is code named Little Pat for security reasons.
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo is credited to both pencils and ink on The Yardbirds in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but Rudy Lapick is also credited as his personal inker, and the inking is not to be distinguished from other signed DeCarlo/Lapick stories in G.I. Joe.
Clearance Sale
G.I. Joe / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Cpl. "Ready-Money" Reilly; Pvt. Herman Calhoun; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]
- Synopsis
- There wasn't a thing Cpl. Reilly wouldn't do for his buddies, not out of goodness, but for a price.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Seeing Stars
Pvt. Doughfoot / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
- Inks
- Vic Martin (signed as Vic Martin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Pvt. Doughfoot; General
Indexer Notes
Last panel a Statement of Ownership.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- George Carney (credited as G. E. Carney) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Dear Gertrude / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tokyo, Japan...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Sam Cosgrove; Gertrude Cosgrove
Indexer Notes
Not an ordinary Letters page, but a continuing story told by means of letters from a G.I. to wife at home.
Shall We Dance?
Pvt. Dopey / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pvt. Dopey; Sgt. McTuff; General
[no title indexed]
Army Fun / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To Joe with love, Lola
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Sgt. McTuff
Seven's My Point
G.I. Joe / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]; Pvt. Eckersall [Meatball]
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Mulvaney reads about how to win at crap and cards, and now he will prove that education pays.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Sportsman's Paradise
Champion Sales / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A lot of small drawings of what you can buy by mail order for the hunting.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe -
1.
["Don't I need a hunting licence, Sarge?"]
G.I. Fun -
2.
The One-Sleeved Kimono
G.I. Joe -
3.
Double Feature
The Yardbirds -
4.
Clearance Sale
G.I. Joe -
5.
Seeing Stars
Pvt. Doughfoot -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
["Tokyo, Japan..."]
Dear Gertrude -
8.
Shall We Dance?
Pvt. Dopey -
9.
["To Joe with love, Lola"]
Army Fun -
10.
Seven's My Point
G.I. Joe -
11.
Sportsman's Paradise
Champion Sales -
12.
In 10 Minutes of Fun a Day...
Jowett Institute -
13.
Get Prizes...Make Money This Easy Way
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