G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero
#1
[Newsstand]
(June 1982)
Marvel,
1982 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860206406
- Editing
- Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 [Direct].
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The ultimate weapon of democracy! Introducing America's sensational new special missions force for the 80's!
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- G.I. Joe: Flash [Anthony S. Gambello]; Grunt [Robert W. Graves]; Scarlett [Shana O'Hara]; Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]; Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski]; Zap [Rafael J. Melendez]
- Reprints
-
in Les Meilleures Aventures Des GI Joe (Editions Héritage, 1985 ? series) #1 -
in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982) - in G.I. Joe (Editions Héritage, 1982 series) #1 (Septembre 1982)
- in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (March 1986)
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 (December 1986)
-
in Comandos em Ação (Editora Globo, 1987 series) #1 (1987) -
in G.I. Joe Heros Sans Frontieres (Sage - Sagédition, 1987 series) #1 (juillet 1987) - in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
-
in G. I. Joe Comandos Heroicos (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1988 series) #1 (Julio 26, 1988) - in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (May 2002)
- in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #1 [Cover A] (2004)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
- in G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #1 Larry Hama Cut (Image, 2023 series) (November 2023)
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G. I. Joe Weapons Profile: HAL
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Grand Slam
- Synopsis
- Information about the Joes then-newest artillery weapon the H.A.L.- Heavy Artillery Laser.
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover
Operation: Lady Doomsday
G.I. Joe / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Larry Hama (credited)
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (credited)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quartered in top-secret armored underground bunkers--
- Genre
- adventure; war; military
- Characters
- Cobra: Baroness (antagonist) (introduction); Cobra Commander (antagonist) (introduction)
G.I. Joe: Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey] (featured) (introduction); Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg] (featured) (introduction); Flash [Anthony S. Gambello] (featured) (introduction); Grand Slam [James J. Barney] (featured) (introduction); Grunt [Robert W. Graves] (featured) (introduction); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured) (introduction); Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel] (featured) (introduction); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured) (introduction); Shooter (cameo) (introduction, name only); Short-Fuze [Eric W. Friestadt] (featured) (introduction); Snake-Eyes (featured) (introduction); Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson] (featured) (introduction); Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski] (featured) (introduction); Zap [Rafael J. Melendez] (featured) (introduction)
Doctor Adele Burkhart (guest) (introduction); General Flagg (cameo) (introduction); General Austin (cameo) (introduction); Gregor (introduction) - Synopsis
- Cobra has captured a prominent nuclear physicist, and the G.I. Joe team is formed to get her back.
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero [25th Anniversary Action Figure Reprint Series] (Hasbro, 2007 series) #1 (June 1982 [Original Release Date])
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe (Editions Héritage, 1982 series) #1 (Septembre 1982)
- in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 (March 1985)
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 (December 1986)
- in G.I. Joe Heros Sans Frontieres (Sage - Sagédition, 1987 series) #1 (juillet 1987)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
-
in Action Force / G.I. Joe (Egmont Kustannus, 1991 series) #1/1993 - in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (May 2002)
- in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #1 (2004)
- in Hundred Penny Press: G.I. Joe: Real American Hero (IDW, 2011 series) #1 (March 2011)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
- in G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #1 Larry Hama Cut (Image, 2023 series) (November 2023) [Hawk speech reinstated as Larry Hama intended.]
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Indexer Notes
Joe character Shooter named as in-house joke for then-EIC Jim Shooter, but later made into real Joe by writer/creator Larry Hama in G.I. Joe Declassified (Devil's Due Publishing, 2006 series) #'s 1-3.
G.I. Joe Classified File: The Pit
G.I. Joe / character profile / 2 pages
- Genre
- war; military
- Synopsis
- Cutaway diagram of then-G.I. Joe headquarters: The Pit (model 1).
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 (March 1985)
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 (December 1986)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
-
in Action Force (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #5/1988 ([november] 1988) - in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
- in G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #1 Larry Hama Cut (Image, 2023 series) (November 2023)
-
...Hot Potato!
G.I. Joe / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Larry Hama (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Perlin (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Abel (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- G.I. Joe: Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel]; Scarlett [Shana O'Hara]; Snake-Eyes; Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]; Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski]
Colonel Sharif; Guardians of Paradise (villains) - Synopsis
- Scarlett and Snake-Eyes are left to fend for themselves in the desert as Rock N Roll is ordered to deliver a sensitive package to Stalker and Clutch waiting to get it back to Hawk. Rock N Roll then returns to save them just as both Scarlett and Snake-Eyes run out of ammo, and all three escape as Stalker and Clutch return to Hawk on a flight back to the States.
- Reprints
-
in Super Joe (Marvel Cizgi-Roman Yayinlari, 1988 ? series) #2 - in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982), #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 (December 1986)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
- in G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #1 Larry Hama Cut (Image, 2023 series) (November 2023)
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G.I. Joe Classified File: Scarlett
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Larry Hama
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- G.I. Joe: Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg]; Scarlett [Shana O'Hara]
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #1 (December 1986)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988) which is reprinted
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
in G.I. Joe Classified File: Breaker
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Larry Hama
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey]
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe Heros Sans Frontieres (Sage - Sagédition, 1987 series) #1 (juillet 1987)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
G.I. Joe Classified File: Flash
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Larry Hama
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Flash [Anthony S. Gambello]
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
G.I. Joe Classified File: Stalker
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Script
- Larry Hama
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #1 (January 1988)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
G.I. Joe Weapons Profile: VAMP
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg]
- Synopsis
- Information about the Joes then-newest vehicle the V.A.M.P- Vehicle Attack Multi-Purpose (Mark 1)
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover
G.I. Joe Weapons Profile: MOBAT
G.I. Joe / character profile / 1 page
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski]
- Synopsis
- Back of book information about the Joe team's then-newest tank, the M.O.B.A.T. - Multi-Ordnance Battle Action Tank.
- Reprints
- in G.I. Joe Special Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
- in G.I. Joe Heros Sans Frontieres (Sage - Sagédition, 1987 series) #1 (juillet 1987)
- in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #1 (September 2012)
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Indexer Notes
back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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["The ultimate weapon of democracy! Introducing America's sensational new special missions force for the 80's!"]
G.I. Joe -
1.
G. I. Joe Weapons Profile: HAL
G.I. Joe -
2.
Operation: Lady Doomsday
G.I. Joe -
3.
G.I. Joe Classified File: The Pit
G.I. Joe -
4.
...Hot Potato!
G.I. Joe -
5.
G.I. Joe Classified File: Scarlett
G.I. Joe -
6.
G.I. Joe Classified File: Breaker
G.I. Joe -
7.
G.I. Joe Classified File: Flash
G.I. Joe -
8.
G.I. Joe Classified File: Stalker
G.I. Joe -
9.
G.I. Joe Weapons Profile: VAMP
G.I. Joe -
10.
G.I. Joe Weapons Profile: MOBAT
G.I. Joe
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