G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #66 [Direct]

(December 1987)

The Tenth Letter (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

Ron Wagner (credited)

Inks

Randy Emberlin (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beneath the Army Language Center in San Francisco...

Genre

war; military

Characters

G.I. Joe [Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Jinx]; Storm Shadow; Billy; Blind Master; White Clown; Orlovsky (first appearance); Borovian Gulag [Stalker; Snow Job; Quick Kick (all freed); prisoners (freed); Boris (death); Sgt. Orlovsky (death); Corporal Olga (death)]

Synopsis

Snake-Eyes, Scarlett and their ninja pals break the captured Joes out of the gulag in Borovia, as the White Clown wonders what has become of his love, Magda, imprisoned in another gulag somewhere in Borovia. In the gulag where the three Joes were held, Boris is made accountable for his stoolie ways by the other prisoners, and Corporal Olga receives justice from the freed prisoners; Sgt. Orlovsky loses his life to Stalker in a game of life and death of whose rifle has the better shot range while Stalker's escaping.

Reprints

• in Action Force (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #9/1989 ([august] 1989)
• in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #7 (March 2017)
• in G. I. Joe a Real American Hero - Best of Storm Shadow (IDW, 2022 series) (August 2022)

Pro File on: Ralph Macchio (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 John Kinne, Shannon Smith, Buddy Liford, Jimmy Powell, Karsten Brown, Allen Wagner.