(November 1983)

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
1983-07-19
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 (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #29, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-08-09.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
?
Genre
war; military
Characters
Grand Slam [James J. Barney]; Major Bludd
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover credits from reprint in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #6

Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #17 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #17 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #17 [Second Print] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #17 [Canadian]
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Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Basketball] (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
sports
Characters
Scottie

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks on the inside front cover.

Loose Ends (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
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Genre
war; military
Characters
Cobra: Baroness (antagonist); Cobra Commander (antagonist); Doctor Venom (antagonist); Major Bludd (antagonist); Scar-Face (antagonist)
G.I. Joe: Ace [Brad J. Armbruster] (featured); Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey] (featured); Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg] (featured); Cover Girl [Courtney A. Krieger] (featured); Doc [Carl W. Greer] (featured); Flash [Anthony S. Gambello] (featured); Grand Slam [James J. Barney] (featured); Grunt [Robert W. Graves] (featured); Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte] (featured); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured); Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel] (featured); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured); Short-Fuze [Eric W. Friestadt] (featured); Snake-Eyes (featured); Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson] (featured); Zap [Rafael J. Melendez] (featured)
Kwinn; Cobra Soldiers
Synopsis
The Joes go after Cobra for shooting Hawk; Destro is still distraught after losing the Baroness last issue, who is still alive but badly burned. Kwinn and Snake-Eyes escape from jail. Major Bludd is captured by the Joes and taken to the same hospital where Hawk and the Baroness are. Snake-Eyes, Kwinn, Scar-Face, and Destro head for a showdown in Coney Island.
Reprints

¡Buenos Dias! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Synopsis
Letters from Steven Smith, Christopher Ruddy, Scott Kerschenske, David Meicher, Jason Jones, Jonathan Golf, Chris Ratineri, James Toscano Jr., Lance Andrea, David W. Johnston, Ezra Colineo.

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for the Star Frontiers Role Playing Game from TSR Inc.

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. Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Basketball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Loose Ends
    G.I. Joe
  4. 3. ¡Buenos Dias!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Postbox: The Pit!
  6. 5. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
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