(December 1982)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; monthly series
Issue Notes
2nd Print Exists (Pictured; Many 2nd Prints have a higher price of $0.75 and a black Spider-Man face in the logo box). UPC 0714860206412
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #6 (June 1988)
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Vosburg (?)
- Inks:
- Jack Abel (?)
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- G.I.Joe [Stalker; Scarlett; Steeler; Flash; Breaker; Grunt]; Oktober Guard [Schrage; Lt. Daina; Horror Show; Stormavik; Col. Brekhov]; Cobra Commander (helmet only looking at Joes/ Oktober Guard- split image)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (March 1986)
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (April 1987)
- in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #6 (June 1988)
- in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 ([April] 2002) which is reprinted
- in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #6
To Fail is to Conquer...To Succeed is to Die!
G.I. Joe / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Herb Trimpe (plot); Larry Hama (script)
- Pencils:
- Herb Trimpe
- Inks:
- Jack Abel
- Colors:
- Christie Scheele
- Letters:
- Jim Novak
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- G.I. Joe [Hawk; Scarlett; Clutch; Steeler; Stalker; Grand Slam; Breaker; Flash; Zap]; Oktober Guard [Col. Brekhov (first appearance); Schrage (first appearance); Horror Show (first appearance); Stormavik (first appearance); Lt. Daina (first appearance)]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Cobra Soldiers (villains)]
- Synopsis:
- The Joes are sent in to Afghanistan to retrieve tech from a downed experimental plane when they come up against the Oktober Guard bent on the same goal. Cobra attempts to steal the equipment for themselves and runs across both teams. To be continued...
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (April 1987)
- in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 ([April] 2002)
Indexer Notes
story concludes next issue. first Joe story to carry over into more than a single issue as the first few were self-contained stories.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Kevin C
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- john cruz
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Derek Reinhard
- Terry Watkins
- Jerry Hillegas
- Gary Berg
- Karl Wilcox
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