G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #33 [Direct]

(March 1985)

Celebration! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

Frank Springer (credited)

Inks

Andy Mushynsky (credited)

Colors

George Roussos (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

Genre

war; military

Characters

Cobra: Baroness; Cobra Commander; Destro; Firefly; Major Bludd; Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage]; Wild Weasel
Crimson Guard: Fred II
Dreadnoks: Buzzer [Richard Blinken-Smythe]; Ripper [Harry Nod]; Torch [Tom Winken]; Zartan
G.I. Joe: Airborne [Franklin E. Talltree] (featured); Blowtorch [Timothy P. Hanrahan]; Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey]; Clutch [Lance J. Steinberg]; Cover Girl [Courtney A. Krieger]; Deep-Six [Malcolm R. Willoughby]; Duke [Conrad S. Hauser]; Flash [Anthony S. Gambello]; Grunt [Robert W. Graves]; Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Junkyard; Mutt [Stanley R. Perlmutter]; Ripcord; Roadblock [Marvin F. Hinton]; Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel]; Scarlett [Shana O'Hara]; Short-Fuze [Eric W. Friestadt]; Snake-Eyes; Spirit Iron-Knife [Charlie Iron-Knife]; Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]; Wild Bill [William S. Hardy]; Zap [Rafael J. Melendez]
Billy; Bongo the Balloon Bear [Candy Appel] (first appearance); General Austin; Cobra [Cobra Soldiers; H.I.S.S. drivers; Cobra Officers]

Synopsis

Rip-Cord and Blowtorch take Spirit to the mall where they run across Fred II (Spirit believing he is Fred I) having an outing with his new family. Destro shows the Baroness his true face, and stops the plot to have Billy kill Cobra Commander by revealing that Billy is the Commander's son. Eight of the original Joes (except Snake-Eyes) are promoted to administration and Duke becomes full field commander, as Hawk is promoted to Full Commander and the Pit's commanding officer.

Reprints

• in G.I. Joe (Editions Héritage, 1982 series) #33
• in G.I. Joe (Ledafilms SA, 1987 series) #3
• in Action Force (Marvel UK, 1987 series) #25 (22 August 1987) [First 7 pages. Pages reordered. Sequence as follows: 1-4, 7. 5-6], #26 (29 August 1987) [Pages 9-15.], #27 (5 September 1987) [Pages 16-22.]
• in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #12 (October 1988)
• in Classic G.I. Joe TPB (IDW, 2009 series) #4 (July 2009)

Indexer Notes

For some reason, the following Joes were promoted: Hawk, Scarlett, Rock N Roll, Grunt, Flash, Stalker, Short-Fuze, Zap, and Breaker, but Grand Slam was somehow not promoted, even though he was also an original Joe alongside Clutch, also not promoted (writer error?, or just forgotten?).

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Script

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Synopsis

Letters from Robbie Strohmeyer, Jason C. Birk, Paul Frangella, Jason Cameron, Justin Testerman, Jeffrey Barnes, Chris Wiesen, Consuelo Arrendondo, Lance Quipptoed, Edwin Morales, Richard Luke.