(March 1986)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860206403
Editing
Don Daley (credited) (assistant editor); Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #45 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

G.I. Joe / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
John Beatty
Colors
?
Genre
war; military
Characters
Ripcord; Zartan
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #45 [Canadian] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #45 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #45 [Newsstand]
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In Search of Candy (Table of Contents: 1)

G.I. Joe / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Rod Whigham (credited)
Inks
Andy Mushynsky (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Genre
war; military
Characters
Cobra: Cobra Commander
Dreadnoks: Zartan
G.I. Joe: Ace [Brad J. Armbruster]; Alpine [Albert M. Pine] (first appearance); Flint [Dashiell R. Faireborn]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Quick Kick [MacArthur S. Ito] (first appearance); Ripcord; Snake-Eyes (first appearance second uniform); Spirit [Charlie Iron-Knife]; Wild Bill [William S. Hardy]
General Austin (retires as Joe Commander In Chief); Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage]; Cobra [Crimson Guard [Professor Appel]; Cobra Soldiers]
Synopsis
Ripcord disobeys orders and parachutes onto Cobra Island looking for info on the missing Candy (Prof. Appel also wanting the same information from the Commander), and in a fight with Zartan, Ripcord is wounded, with Zartan taking his place to fool the Joes who have been sent to retrieve him. Storm Shadow and Snake-Eyes learn that Zartan killed The Hard Master and head to Cobra Island for revenge as Hawk is made Commander In Chief of the G.I. Joe team due to Austin stepping down after his heart attack.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Postbox: The Pit! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Chiles, Chris Wallis, Jeff Kwasney, Andrew Dambough, Robert Vandenberg, Chris Rice, John Dominick Jr.

Dear Santa, (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. In Search of Candy
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Postbox: The Pit!
  4. 3. Dear Santa,
    Bullpen Bulletins
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