G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #52 [Direct]

(October 1986)

Snap Decisions (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

Rod Whigham (credited)

Inks

Andy Mushynsky (credited)

Colors

George Roussos (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

war; military

Characters

Cobra: Baroness; Cobra Commander; Destro; Doctor Mindbender; Firefly; Serpentor
Crimson Guard: Tomax; Tomax
Dreadnoks: Buzzer [Richard Blinken-Smythe]; Ripper [Harry Nod]; Thrasher [Bruno LaCrosse]; Torch [Tom Winken]; Zandar; Zarana; Zartan
G.I. Joe: Airtight; Barbecue [Gabriel A. Kelly]; Doc [Carl W. Greer]; Flint [Dashiell R. Faireborn]; Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Heavy Metal [Sherman R. Guderian]; Lady Jaye; Quick Kick [MacArthur S. Ito]; Roadblock [Marvin F. Hinton]; Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel]; Scarlett [Shana O'Hara]; Sgt. Slaughter [Robert Rudolph Remus]; Shipwreck [Hector X. Delgado]; Snake-Eyes; Snow Job [Harlan W. Moore]; Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]; Steeler [Ralph W. Pulaski]; Torpedo [Edward W. Leialoha]; Tripwire [Tormod S. Skoog]; Wild Bill [William S. Hardy]
Storm Shadow [Thomas S. Arashikage]; Cobra [Televiper; Cobra Soldiers; Crimson Guard [Guardsmen]]

Synopsis

Serpentor returns to Cobra Island a hero, and the Commander enlists Zartan and company to impersonate some Joes and kill Serpentor so as to keep his leadership of Cobra secure, which fails. Meanwhile, in the Pit, Storm Shadow reveals how he survived the fatal shots from the Baroness, and asks for his forgiveness, and Snake-Eyes does and gives him the key to his cabin. As Hawk returns and tells the Joes the team's suspended and the Pit's been closed pending the Springfield debacle investigation's outcome, Cobra plans an assault on their headquarters.

Reprints

• in Action Force (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #6/1988 ([desember] 1988)
• in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Rise of Serpentor (IDW, 2022 series) (September 2022)

Indexer Notes

editor's note places pages 1-5 as taking place between the events of issue #50 and #51, and the rest of the story takes place after #51.

The New Universe (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Indexer Notes

Letters from Doug Stringfellow, Eric Reynolds, James Long, Valerin Jones, Steve Goodrich.