(March 1987)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-11-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Bob Harras (editor); Bobbie Chase (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #106.
This issue has variants:

Side By Side with Destro (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Kim DeMulder
Colors
?
Genre
war; military
Characters
G.I. Joe: Flint [Dashiell R. Faireborn]; Lady Jaye
Destro
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Zeck pencils credit confirmed and DeMulder inks credit supplied by www.mikezeck.com (15 June 2011). Original indexer listed Bob McLeod as inker.

Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #57 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #57 [Newsstand]
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Strange Bedfellows (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Ron Wagner (credited)
Inks
Kim DeMulder (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the hanger deck of the aircraft carrier USS Flagg...
Genre
war; military
Characters
Cobra: Destro (antagonist); Major Bludd (antagonist) (disguised as Destro)
G.I. Joe: Dial-Tone [Jack S. Morelli]; Flash [Anthony S. Gambello]; Flint [Dashiell R. Faireborn]; Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Lady Jaye; Mainframe [Blaine L. Parker]
British S.A.S. [Special Air Services] [Smythe-Barret [Jingles]; Sgt. Day]; Destro's personal army
Synopsis
Destro returns home to Scotland only to find that an imposter has taken his place. Lady Jaye and Flint help Destro reclaim his castle and get the stolen plans for the Terror-Drome, as the imposter and plan carrier is revealed to be none other than Major Bludd, sent there by Serpentor to regain the plans.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

story concluded from last issue (#56).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Postbox: The Pit! / letters page / 0.9 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

top 9/10 of page reserved for letters. Letters from Adam N. Subervi, Chris Eichorn, Matthew Pospisil, Seth Roseman, Jeff Bilafer, Vickie Eggert.

[U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Annual statement of Ownership and Circulation as required by 39 U.S.C. 3685.

Indexer Notes

Annual statement by Marvel for publishing this title. Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 499,151. Single issue nearest to filing date: 534,350.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Side By Side with Destro
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. Strange Bedfellows
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Postbox: The Pit!
  4. 3. [U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation]
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