G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #13 [Newsstand]

(July 1983)

Scottie in A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Last Plane From Rio Lindo (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

Mike Vosburg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

war; military

Characters

Cobra: Baroness (antagonist); Cobra Commander (antagonist); Destro (antagonist) (in silhouette, unnamed); Doctor Venom (antagonist); Scar-Face (antagonist) (introduction)
G.I. Joe: Breaker [Alvin R. Kibbey] (featured); Doc [Carl W. Greer] (featured); Grunt [Robert W. Graves] (featured); Gung-Ho [Ettienne R. LaFitte] (featured); Hawk [Clayton M. Abernathy] (featured); Rock 'n Roll [Craig S. McConnel] (featured); Scarlett [Shana O'Hara] (featured); Snake-Eyes (featured); Stalker [Lonzo R. Wilkinson] (featured); Torpedo [Edward W. Leialoha] (featured) (introduction)
Kwinn

Synopsis

After the bunker was bombed by Baroness and Scar-Face,sinking it underwater (trapping Snake-Eyes, Kwinn, and Dr. Venom inside), Stalker, Breaker, Gung-Ho call the Joes for pickup from Rio Lindo while the country's under hostile takeover (thinking the three inside dead). The three Joes recover a briefcase left on purpose by the Commander as a ruse to trick the Joes while he continues with his real plan, and are rescued and take the false plans back to headquarters none the wiser of the real plan. The story ends with a familiar Morse Code tap coming from the bunker.

Reprints

• in G.I. Joe (Editions Héritage, 1982 series) #13/14
• in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #5 (August 1987)
• in Super Joe (Marvel Cizgi-Roman Yayinlari, 1988 ? series) #5 (1988)
• in Tales of G.I. Joe (Marvel, 1988 series) #13 (January 1989)
• in Action Force / G.I. Joe (Egmont Kustannus, 1991 series) #8/1993
• in G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection (IDW, 2012 series) #2 (April 2013)

Indexer Notes

Destro appearance as partial silhouette this issue (face mask and missile glove seen). full introduction next issue (#14).

Greetings! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Avalanche] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons; TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Postbox: The Pit! / letters page / 0.9 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Synopsis

Letters from Bud Garris, Chris Williamson, Greg Hobgood, Jonathan Billheimer, Lincoln Rivers, Kenny Poe, Matthew Wyazczelski, Andy Shockley, David Goodwin, Matthew McDonald, Pei-Chi-Chang, Ralph Schrader.

Alpha Flight (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Alpha Flight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page (report information)