G.I. Joe
#47
(October 1956)
Ziff-Davis,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Brand
- A Ziff-Davis Comic
- Editing
- Herbert W. Rogoff
[no title indexed]
Khaki Capers / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just hit Colonel Smith!
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Man on a Tower
G.I. Joe / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Randy March; Pvt. Alvin Otis [Ugly Otis]; Col. Scoville
- Synopsis
- A psycho patient threatens to jump off a water tower.
Indexer Notes
Schroeder's art can be spotted by faces with eyes often out of focus.
[no title indexed]
Khaki Fun / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It isn't that I want to get away...
- Genre
- humor; military
Blue Monday
G.I. Joe / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Cpl. Reilly [Ready-Money]; Pvt. Otis [Ugly Otis]; Merlin Mullin (inventor)
- Synopsis
- Ready-Money and Otis set up a new car wash.
Indexer Notes
The faces and eyes here are indicative of artwork by Schroeder.
[no title indexed]
Dear Gertrude / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tokyo, Japan...
- Genre
- romance; war
- Characters
- Pvt. Sam Cosgrove; Gertrude Cosgrove
Indexer Notes
This is a story told in form of letters.
[no title indexed]
Army Life / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If that Snodgrass does one more thing...
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Pvt. Snodgrass
A Cup of Coffee
G.I. Joe / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime; romance; war
- Characters
- Sgt. Mulvaney; Linda Carter (waitress); Carl Sheedy (convict)
- Synopsis
- The Sarge stops an escaped convict from killing a waitress.
Indexer Notes
The eyes here are indicative of artwork by Schroeder.
[no title indexed]
Private Jokes / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Please, dear, watch the bumps!
- Genre
- humor; military
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Man on a Tower
G.I. Joe -
1.
["I just hit Colonel Smith!"]
Khaki Capers -
2.
Man on a Tower
G.I. Joe -
3.
["It isn't that I want to get away..."]
Khaki Fun -
4.
"Readers of G.I. Joe are invited..."
G.I. Joe's Pen Pals -
5.
Blue Monday
G.I. Joe -
6.
["Tokyo, Japan..."]
Dear Gertrude -
7.
["If that Snodgrass does one more thing..."]
Army Life -
8.
A Cup of Coffee
G.I. Joe -
9.
["Please, dear, watch the bumps!"]
Private Jokes -
10.
Good Skate
Pvt. Dopey -
11.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
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