(June 1984)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-03-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860206406
Editing
Linda Grant (credited) (assistant editor); Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #42, with shipping date of 1984-02-21.
This issue is a variant of G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #24 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

G.I. Joe / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Larry Hama
Inks
Mike Zeck
Colors
?

Genre
war; military
Characters
Cobra: Cobra Commander; Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage] (featured)
G.I. Joe: Duke [Conrad S. Hauser]; Grunt [Robert W. Graves]; Roadblock [Marvin F. Hinton]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil credits verified in Back Issue magazine #16

The Commander Escapes! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Russ Heath (credited)
Inks
Russ Heath (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)

Genre
war; military
Characters
Cobra: Baroness (antagonist); Cobra Commander (antagonist); Destro (antagonist); Firefly (antagonist) (introduction); Major Bludd (antagonist); Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage] (antagonist); Wild Weasel (antagonist) (introduction); Zartan (cameo) (introduction)
G.I. Joe: Ace [Brad J. Armbruster] (featured); Duke [Conrad S. Hauser] (featured); Grunt [Robert W. Graves] (featured); Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte] (featured); Roadblock [Marvin F. Hinton] (featured); Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel] (featured); Wild Bill [William S. Hardy] (featured)
Synopsis
The Joes secure the Commander atop a desolate mountain location, but Cobra arrives to rescue him led by Storm Shadow. The Commander escapes, but Storm shadow's captured, as we see the other Cobra hierarchy with new members Firefly and Wild Weasel contacting their new ally Zartan in Florida's swampland.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Synopsis
Letters from Craig Sarver, Patrick Carroll, Susan M.Murrie, Russell Yocum, John Fericano, Anthony Padilla, Scott Yamada, Bill Davis, Carlos de los Rios, Seth Kusher, Tremayne Miller.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. The Commander Escapes!
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Postbox: The Pit!
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