G.I. Joe
#11
(May 1952)
Ziff-Davis,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-03-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Brand
- A Ziff-Davis Comic
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 99, registration number B356001.
At Last! The New Burgess All-Purpose
Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- The deluxe low-price sprayer that now sprays all types of paints and insecticides, either water or oil based.
For the Love of Benny
G.I. Joe / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Private Joe Burch; Sergeant Mulvaney; Corporal Eddie Silver [Long John Silver]; Captain King; Benny (burro); Colonel McReady
- Synopsis
- An army contains all kinds of men. One was Long John Silver, who lounged all day in his long red woolen underwear.
Yousouff the Terrible Turk
G.I. Joe / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Private Joe Burch; Sergeant Mulvaney; Captain Gavlin; Yousouff (Turkish wrestler)
- Synopsis
- Joe and Sgt. Mulvaney meet a big Turkish wrestler in a new U.N. brigade in Korea.
Indexer Notes
George Tuska is credited to both pencils and ink on G.I. Joe.
Waltzing Mathilda
G.I. Joe / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Private Joe Burch; Sergeant Mulvaney; Corporal Cobber Cullen (Australian); Waltzing Mathilda (kangaroo)
- Synopsis
- A boxing match between Joe and an Australian kangaroo.
Indexer Notes
Bob Powell is credited on pen/ink to G.I. Joe by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and he can be spotted by his heavy lips, big noses and funny faces.
Damon and Pythias
Buddies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt.Harry Hogan; Pvt. Louie Banner
- Synopsis
- The two pals are fighting over the same girl.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Oddities / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ed Silverman
- Pencils
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Inks
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A battery of 155 mm howitzers...
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Synopsis
- Oddities like the average soldier gets taller and the "J" Company was last seen at Little Big Horn.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Shaun Clancy via the paycheck stub Silverman received from the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company (invoice number 8943), which he received $9.00 for the work (14 May 2013).
The Cook Who Won a Battle
text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Pilot Daly; Jersey Joe
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Ed Silverman interview in Alter Ego magazine #120 (TwoMorrows, September 2013).
Medwick the Medic
G.I. Joe / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Private Joe Burch; Sergeant Mulvaney; Sergeant Milton Medwick; PFC Ramin Rattigan
- Synopsis
- Yogi's weirdest practitioner was an American GI called Medwick the Medic.
Indexer Notes
George Olesen is credited to pen/ink on G.I. Joe by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and can be recognized by his lively, almost photographic faces with bushy eyebrows in vertical inklines.
First Came the "B" Bomb
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Inks
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Characters
- President Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- The development of the atomic bomb.
Bladscoe's Buddy
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Sgt. Barney Bladscoe; Pvt. Ryan
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Bladscoe was an experienced soldier, and one day, on a Korean battlefield, a brave dog was to become Bladscoe's buddy.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Snorkel, New Scourge of the Seas
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Synopsis
- The history of the Snorkel, developed by the Nazis.
My Bullet Can Wait
G.I. Joe / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Private Joe Burch; Sergeant Mulvaney; Private Lennie Simpson
- Synopsis
- Many a G.I. believed that somewhere on the battlefield there's a bullet with his name on it. Lennie had his bullet around his neck.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error Tracker.
Flash! Special Sale!
Casa De Joyas / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- This month only all prices slashed. Watches and rings by mail order.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
At Last! The New Burgess All-Purpose
Illinois Merchandise Mart -
2.
For the Love of Benny
G.I. Joe -
3.
Yousouff the Terrible Turk
G.I. Joe -
4.
Waltzing Mathilda
G.I. Joe -
5.
Damon and Pythias
Buddies -
6.
["A battery of 155 mm howitzers..."]
G.I. Oddities -
7.
The Cook Who Won a Battle
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8.
Medwick the Medic
G.I. Joe -
9.
First Came the "B" Bomb
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10.
Bladscoe's Buddy
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11.
The Snorkel, New Scourge of the Seas
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12.
My Bullet Can Wait
G.I. Joe -
13.
Flash! Special Sale!
Casa De Joyas -
14.
Save Your Hair
Comate Laboratories Inc. -
15.
Will You Let Me Prove...
Charles Atlas
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- Alberto Becattini
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Bill Devine
- Merlin Haas
- Jim Van Dore
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