(July 1992)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.85 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Hildy Mesnik (Editor); Kevin Kobasic (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; monthly series
Meet Firefly : He Knows Where the Bodies are Buried !
G.I. Joe / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Andrew Wildman (signed)
- Inks:
- Andrew Wildman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Military; Superhero; War
- Characters:
- Firefly; Hard Master (dying; flashback as image off of his mask); Cobra Commander (paying him as flashback image off mask); Arashikage Family portrait (all as one image in flashback off his mask)[Blind Master; Jinx; Snake-Eyes; Storm Shadow; Hard Master; Soft Master; Faceless Master (Firefly)]
Firefly !
G.I. Joe / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Hama
- Pencils:
- Andrew Wildman
- Inks:
- Randy Emberlin
- Colors:
- Bob Sharen
- Letters:
- Rick Parker
Content Information
- Genre:
- Military; Superhero; War
- Characters:
- G.I. Joe [Ninja Force [Storm Shadow; Nunchuk; Dojo; T'Jbang]; Jinx (flashback photo)]; Cobra [Cobra Commander (flashback); Firefly; Slice; Dice; B.A.T.S.; Red Ninjas; Serpentor (as corpse on ice in flashback); Zartan (flashback)]; Hard Master (flashback); Soft Master (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- Firefly's true origin is revealed as we see who the mysterious Red Ninja Warlord was from issue 124, as he gets the drop on both the Joes and Cobra agents by capturing them all and getting ready to brainwash them to his will via a brainwwave scanner. We also learn how he escaped the freighter he was trapped in alongside everyone else in issue #98 by Cobra Commander.
Indexer Notes
story cut to 20 pgs. due to new dossier this issue.
G.I. Joe Dossier
G.I Joe / character profile / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Hama
- Pencils:
- Ron Frenz (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Mitchell (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Military; Superhero; War
- Characters:
- Gung-Ho
- Synopsis:
- character profile on Gung-Ho.
Postbox: The Pit !
G.I. Joe (Postbox: The Pit) / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- comments about previous Joe issues.
Indexer Notes
Larry Hama also explains why he kept Firefly's true origin a secret for so long, using Zartan as a red herring.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Firefly !
G.I. Joe -
2.
G.I. Joe Dossier
G.I Joe -
3.
Postbox: The Pit !
G.I. Joe (Postbox: The Pit)
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- Terry Watkins
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