G.I. Joe #45

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Larry Hama

Pencils

Rod Whigham

Inks

Andy Mushynsky

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

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Genre

guerre (war); militaire (military)

Characters

G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes (first appearance second uniform); Ace; Rip-Cord; Flint; Spirit; Wild Bill; Quick Kick (first appearance); Alpine (first appearance)]; Storm Shadow; General Austin (retires as Joe Commander In Chief); Cobra [Cobra Commander; Zartan; 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 wants 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

• from G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #45 (March 1986)