G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #88 [Newsstand]

(July 1989)

Python Patrol (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

Tony Salmons (credited)

Inks

Randy Emberlin (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A customs station at the border between Wolkekuckuckland and Darklonia...

Genre

war; military

Characters

G.I. Joe [General Hawk; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Flint; Lady Jaye; Roadblock; Skidmark]; Cobra [Cobra Commander II [Fred VII]; Destro; Baroness; Dr. Mindbender; Darklon (first appearance); Viper troopers]; General Leiderkranz (first appearance); Wolfgang (first appearance)

Synopsis

Hawk, Roadblock, and Skidmark are military advisors to General Leiderkranz in Wolekuckuckland, who has just recently bought some surplus Joe vehicles from the U.S., while Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Flint, and Lady Jaye are undercover trying to figure out who's smuggling weapons across the border from Darklonia (home to Destro's half-brother Darklon) to Wolekuckuckland. Meanwhile, Mindbender tries to sell the idea of selling to Darklon vehicles (from Joe and Cobra surpluses) that are invisible to radar and infrared aka the 'Pythonizing' process alongside Destro, the Baroness, and Fred, which succeeds when they do a trial run across the border and attack the General's forces (although it was only successful because Wolfgang was bribed to turn off the radar system for a few minutes). The attack is repulsed, and Fred, Baroness, and Mindbender are forced to walk back into a nearby village to get home, while Destro and Darklon are safe back in Darklonia.

Reprints

• in Action Force (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #1/1991 ([januar] 1991)

Pro file: Dwayne McDuffie (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

Postbox: The Pit! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

war

Synopsis

comments from previous Joe issues.

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Alexander, Kenny Concepcion and Joe Dobervich.