G.I. Joe Special Missions #16 [Newsstand]
(December 1988)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-08-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486024521 12
Editing
James DiGiovanna (credited) (assistant editor); Bobbie Chase (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #147.
This issue is a variant of G.I. Joe Special Missions (Marvel, 1986 series) #16 [Direct].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Wagner (signed as Wagner)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as McLeod)
Colors
?

Genre
war; military
Characters
G.I. Joe: Ace [Brad J. Armbruster]; Slip-Stream [Gregory B. Boyajian]
Reprints

Tight Circle (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Andy Mushynsky (credited)
Colors
Nel Yomtov (credited)
Letters
Phil Felix (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On Cobra Island...
Genre
war; military
Characters
G.I. Joe: Ace [Brad J. Armbruster]; Ghostrider [Jonas S. Jeffries] (referred to as "Stealth-Pilot"); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy]; Lady Jaye; Mainframe [Blaine L. Parker]; Maverick [Thomas P. Kiley]; Slip-Stream [Gregory B. Boyajian]; Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson]; Wild Bill [William S. Hardy]
Cobra [Cobra Commander; Dr. Mindbender; Zartan; Strato-Viper; Star-Viper]
Synopsis
When Hawk notices some strange activity taking place on Cobra Island, he sends in an aerial recon force to snap pictures of what the snakes are up to. After a heavy dogfight with Cobra forces, the Joes acquire the intel they think they are after, little knowing that this was Cobra Commander's plan all along.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued in G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #81.

Pro File: Mike Rockwitz (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Special Dispatches / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eugene Chong, Matt Mulford, James Rieck, Marc Buxton, Frank Snider, Christopher Georgi and Darrin Wood. Also, includes postage stamp size preview for next issue of G.I. Joe Special Missions and next issue of G.I. Joe.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. Tight Circle
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. Pro File: Mike Rockwitz
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Special Dispatches
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk