G.I. Joe
#40
(August 1955)
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Brand
- A Ziff-Davis Comic
- Editing
- Herbert W. Rogoff
[no title indexed]
Service Laffs / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What does a guy have to do..?
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
The Ugly Duckling
G.I. Joe / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Andy Dugan; Cpl. Carpuccio; Pvt. Jake Vincent
- Synopsis
- To Pvt. Dugan, the little plaster duck was the most priceless gem in all the world.
Indexer Notes
Ernest Schroeder is the main artist on G.I. Joe in '55 and '56, and he is credited for these years to pencils and ink by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He drew "Airboy" and "Heap", and some stories in Hillman's "Tales of Horror". He can best be spotted by his faces that have eyes out of focus in close up, often colored light blue and with very small pupils.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Pvt. Woes / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a story of the Army...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pvt. Wintergreen Woes; Mr. Jarvis Jollyboy
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe's Pen Pals / letters page / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Readers of G.I. Joe are invited...
Indexer Notes
On the last page a drawing of a G.I. reading and a girl posting a letter.
The Little Corporal
G.I. Joe / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Cpl. Reilly; Pvt. Alvin Otis [Ugly Otis]; Lt. Parker
- Synopsis
- Ugly Otis is made a corporal but not for very long.
Indexer Notes
This story has identical artwork to the other G.I. Joe stories in this issue and are all by Schroeder.
[no title indexed]
Dear Gertrude / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tokyo, Japan...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Sam Cosgrove; Gertrude Cosgrove
Indexer Notes
This is a story told in form of letters, not an ordinary Letters Page.
Reilly vs. Reilly
G.I. Joe / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Ccl. Reilly; Pvt. Otis [Ugly Otis]
- Synopsis
- Ready-Money Reilley is buying the "Green Dragon" Night Club to make money.
Indexer Notes
All three stories in this issue are by Schroeder, who is credited to pencils and ink on G.I. Joe in 1955 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Just compare the eyes in close-up view.
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[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe -
1.
["What does a guy have to do..?"]
Service Laffs -
2.
The Ugly Duckling
G.I. Joe -
3.
["Here's a story of the Army..."]
The Adventures of Pvt. Woes -
4.
The Model
Pvt. Dopey -
5.
["Readers of G.I. Joe are invited..."]
G.I. Joe's Pen Pals -
6.
The Little Corporal
G.I. Joe -
7.
Cooked Chicken
Pvt. Bragg -
8.
["Tokyo, Japan..."]
Dear Gertrude -
9.
Reilly vs. Reilly
G.I. Joe -
10.
Free Hollywood Enlargement
Hollywood Film Studios -
11.
["I don't care if you are..."]
Laffs on Parade -
12.
Amazing Offer
Colonial Studios, Inc.
- Steinar Ådland
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
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