(August 1984)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; monthly series
Issue Notes
2nd Print Exists (at $0.75); UPC 0714860206408
At Last ! The Strangest Secret of All ! (Subject: Snake-Eyes)
G.I. Joe / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Zeck
- Inks:
- John Beatty
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- Snake-Eyes; Stalker; Storm Shadow; Snake-Eyes's twin sister
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2 (March 1986)
Indexer Notes
Zeck pencils credit confirmed and Beatty inks credit supplied by www.mikezeck.com (15 June 2011). Original indexer listed Larry Hama as penciler & Steve Leialoha as inker.
Snake-Eyes: The Origin
G.I. Joe / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Hama
- Pencils:
- Larry Hama (breakdowns)
- Inks:
- Steve Leialoha (finishes)
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- Rick Parker
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- G.I. Joe [Hawk; Snake-Eyes (Origin); Scarlett; Stalker; Torpedo; Trip-Wire; Mutt; Junkyard];(first appearances- Soft Master; The Hard Master (Death shown in flashback)); Cobra [Cobra Commander; Storm Shadow (Origin); Destro; Baroness; Firefly; Wild-Weasel; Zartan]
- Synopsis:
- The origins of Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow begin, and it's explained how they tie into each other. In the Everglades, the hunters become the hunted as Junkyard starts leading the Cobras right to the Joes, but actually leads them into quicksand. To be continued...
Indexer Notes
continues next issue; Storm Shadow revealed as Snake-Eyes' sword brother from the same ninja clan, real first name is Tommy, and last name in Japanese loosely translates as his Cobra codename, Storm Shadow.
Postbox: The Pit !
G.I. Joe / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- comments about previous Joe issues.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- 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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