(October 1982)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-06-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Linda Grant (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #13.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Bob Hall (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
war; military
Characters
G.I. Joe: Flash [Anthony S. Gambello]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel]; Scarlett [Shana O'Hara]; Snake-Eyes; Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]; Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski]
3 generic Joes
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #4 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #4 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #4 [Canadian]
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Operation: Wingfield! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Herb Trimpe (credited) (plot); Larry Hama (credited) (script)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited); Jack Abel (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen up, troops!
Genre
war; military
Characters
G.I. Joe: Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey] (featured); Grunt [Robert W. Graves] (featured); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured); Snake-Eyes (featured); Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson] (featured); Zap [Rafael J. Melendez] (featured)
Strike First: Vance Wingfield (antagonist) (introduction)
Strike First soldiers (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis
The Joes infiltrate a paramilitary group that plans on starting World War III with nukes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wingfield and his Strike Force later revisited during the Joes 'Disavowed' continuity in Image Comics (Image, 2001 series) and later Devil's Due Publishing (Devil's Due Publishing, 2004 series) comics runs.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Letters from Daniel L. McClintock, W. Gregg Stamey, Jr., Anthony R. Cardno, Edward Fields, Bert Sharp, Harlan York, Matt Manarino, and Jeremy Burton; includes house ad for Ghost Rider series.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. Operation: Wingfield!
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Postbox: The Pit!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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  • Jim Stangas
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