(Early November 1988)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except fortnightly June, July and August
On-sale Date
1988-07-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bobbie Chase (editor); James DiGiovanna (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #144.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Wagner (signed)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war; military
Characters
Buzzer [Richard Blinken-Smythe]; Junkyard
Synopsis
Buzzer is chasing Junkyard.
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #79 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 series) #79 [Newsstand]
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Dreadnoks Rule! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Larry Hama
Pencils
Marshall Rogers
Inks
Randy Emberlin
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
war; military
Characters
Dreadnoks: Buzzer [Richard Blinken-Smythe]; Ripper [Harry Nod]; Thrasher [Bruno LaCrosse]; Torch [Tom Winken]; Zandar; Zanzibar [Morgan Teach]; Zarana; Zartan
G.I. Joe: Cover Girl [Courtney A. Krieger]; Cross-Country [Robert M. Blais]; Dial-Tone [Jack S. Morelli]; Junkyard; Law [Christopher M. Lavigne]; Mainframe [Blaine L. Parker]; Mutt [Stanley R. Perlmutter]; Order
Cobra [Viper troopers; Tele-Vipers; Techno-Vipers]; "Sarge"
Synopsis
In New Jersey, the Joes begin surveillance on the Dreadnoks after they had landed at the Cobra Consulate in New York. In between, the Joes surveillance has been scratched at the consulate after a Tele-Viper discovers a hidden bug on one of their satellites at the consulate. The Joes confront the Dreadnoks minus Zartan, Zarana, and Zandar (busy elsewhere at a hotel working one of Cobra's real estate scams) after the Dreadnoks steal a case containing anti-tank missiles from a military convoy, and Junkyard is injured in the process.
Reprints

Pro File: Gregory Wright (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Hector Collazo ? (signed as Hector)
Inks
Hector Collazo ? (signed as Hector)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Gregory Wright

Semper Fi' (Table of Contents: 3)

Semper Fi / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Characters
Whittier family
Synopsis
Meet the Whittier family. For 200 years they've been fighting for corps and country.

The Story of America- and the family that helped forge it.

By: Michael P. Palladino, John Severin, Sam Glanzman, and Andy Kubert

Premiering in August, from Marvel

Indexer Notes

ad replaces letters page due to bi-weekly schedule for this month for this series.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. Dreadnoks Rule!
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. Pro File: Gregory Wright
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Semper Fi'
    Semper Fi
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  • Peter Croome
  • john cruz
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven G. Willis
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