Tales of G.I. Joe #6 [Direct]
(June 1988)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1988-02-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Tom DeFalco (original & reprint editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #136.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
?

Genre
war; military
Characters
Stalker; Scarlett; Steeler; Flash; Breaker; Clutch (All as members of G.I. Joe); Brekhow; Schrage; Horrorshow; Stormavik; Daina (All as The Oktober Guard) [October Guard]; Cobra Commander
Reprints

To Fail Is To Conquer...To Succeed Is To Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Herb Trimpe (Plot); Larry Hama
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak

Genre
war; military
Characters
G.I. Joe [Hawk; General Flagg (Mentioned only); Stalker; Scarlett; Steeler; Flash; Breaker; Clutch; Grand Slam; Zap]; Oktober Guard [Brekhow; Schrage; Horrorshow; Stormavik; Daina]; Cobra Commander (Villain); Unnamed tactical air support pilots; Ahmed; CIA Liason; Cobra officers (Soldiers)
Synopsis
The GI. Joe team go to Afghanistan to retrieve a prototype anti-gravity device but COBRA and the Oktober Guard have the same agenda.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story title, "To Fail Is To Conquer...To Succeed Is To Die!" is from an ancient Afghan proverb. The late 1970's-early 1980's video game classic, Space Invaders is mentioned in this story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  2. 1. To Fail Is To Conquer...To Succeed Is To Die!
    G.I. Joe
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Terry Watkins