G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #16 [Newsstand]

(October 1983)

Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Night Attack! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

Mike Vosburg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Andy Yanchus (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

war; military

Characters

Cobra: Baroness (antagonist); Cobra Commander (antagonist); Destro (antagonist); Doctor Venom (antagonist); Major Bludd (antagonist) (introduction); Scar-Face (antagonist)
G.I. Joe: Airborne [Franklin E. Talltree] (featured); Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey] (featured); Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg] (featured); Cover Girl [Courtney A. Krieger] (featured) (introduction); Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte] (featured); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured); Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel] (featured); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured); Torpedo [Edward W. Leialoha] (featured); Tripwire [Tormod S. Skoog] (featured) (introduction); Wild Bill [William S. Hardy] (featured); Zap [Rafael J. Melendez] (featured)
General Flagg; Cobra Soldiers

Synopsis

The Joes try and hold off a night attack by Cobra in Washington, D.C., as Venom poisons the Federal Reserve's money by tainting the ink with his toxin, but fails when the Commander stops him unexpectedly. The Baroness is gravely injured when she crashes her H.I.S.S. tank as Bludd is about to assassinate Destro under the Commander's orders while on its turret, leaving Destro distraught, as Hawk is shot by the Commander as Cobra escapes.

Reprints

• in G.I. Joe (Editions Héritage, 1982 series) #15/16
• in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #16
• in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #6 (October 1987)
• in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #2 (April 2013)

Indexer Notes

Scar-Face is spelled as such because of the original person who used the moniker historically: Al 'Scarface' Capone.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Al Milgrom Quits! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Synopsis

Letters from Nathan Hendrix, Scott Challman, Steve A. Straight, Paul Clayton, Curt Waterman, Bobby Cole, Gary Chartier, Scott L. Riley, Mike Kennedy, Chris Guilbault, Sean Burke, Peter Gould.