G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #25 [Second Print]
(July 1984)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Linda Grant (credited) (assistant editor); Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No known difference between the covers of the First Print and the Second Print. Only listed in the indicia.
This issue is a variant of G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #25 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
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Zartan! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Frank Springer (credited)
Inks
Mike Gustovich (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Genre
war; military
Characters
Cobra: Baroness (antagonist); Cobra Commander (antagonist); Destro (antagonist); Firefly (antagonist); Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage] (antagonist); Wild Weasel (antagonist); Zartan (antagonist)
Dreadnoks: Buzzer (antagonist) (introduction); Ripper (antagonist) (introduction); Torch (antagonist) (introduction)
G.I. Joe: Airborne [Franklin E. Talltree] (featured); Cutter [Skip A. Stone] (featured) (introduction); Deep-Six [Malcolm R. Willoughby] (featured) (introduction); Duke [Conrad S. Hauser] (featured); Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte] (featured); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured); Junkyard (featured) (introduction); Mutt [Stanley R. Perlmutter] (featured) (introduction); Roadblock [Marvin F. Hinton] (featured); Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel] (featured); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured); Short-Fuze [Eric W. Friestadt] (featured); Snake-Eyes (featured); Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski] (featured); Torpedo [Edward W. Leialoha] (featured); Tripwire [Tormod S. Skoog] (featured); Wild Bill [William S. Hardy] (featured); Zap [Rafael J. Melendez] (featured)
Synopsis
The Joes track Cobra Commander to the Florida Everglades where he is holed up with his Cobra cronies and his new buddy Zartan. Storm Shadow escapes from Alcatraz.
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Indexer Notes

The S.H.A.R.C. [Submersible High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft] is drawn like the cartoon counterpart's first appearance in the first TV miniseries (1983- M.A.S.S. device) for this issue in its first appearance. Of other note: when this issue was transcribed into an animated commercial ad for TV, the correct toy model was used instead which would be featured in later Joe issues as well as in the toy commercial for both the SHARC and Cobra Water Moccasin vehicle.

Price Increase? (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Synopsis
Letters from Stephen G. Schwartz, Charlie Whitehead, Matthew Burns, Tim Rakarich, Thomas Wheeler, Chris Tate, Luis Monteagudo Jr.

Special 1984 Low Price Offer (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. Zartan!
    G.I. Joe
  2. 2. Price Increase?
    Bullpen Bulletins
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Postbox: The Pit!
  4. 4. Special 1984 Low Price Offer
    Marvel Subscriptions
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