G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #164 [Cover A]

(March 2011)

[Broken Illusions And Escapes] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Larry Hama (credited)

Pencils

S. L. Gallant (credited)

Inks

Gary Erskine (credited)

Colors

James Brown (credited as J. Brown)

Letters

Shawn Lee (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the basement of the wax museum in Broca Beach.

Genre

war; military

Characters

G.I.Joe [Duke; Snake-Eyes (freed this issue); Psyche-Out; Stalker; Mainframe; Spirit (as Spirit Iron-Knife); Sneak Peek; Ace]; Storm Shadow; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Dr. Mindbender; Baroness (freed this issue); Destro; Dreadnoks [Zartan; Ripper; Buzzer; Torch; Thrasher]; Tele-Vipers; B.A.T.S. (Battle Android Troopers); Billy (controlled by the late Dr. Venom via his brainwave scanner); Cobra troopers; Gyro-Viper]

Synopsis

Cobra Commander ok's the attack on PIT III by Dr. Mindbender as a diversion while Destro and the Dreadnoks free the Baroness, as Spirit falls(?) to stop a lone B.A.T. armed w/explosives set to blow up the PIT. Snake-Eyes is freed from the late Dr. Venom's control by Storm Shadow using the Arashikage mindset, returning his sword brother back to normal (Snake-Eyes failing his own attempt last issue by way of Venom's actions inside his mind via the scanner), but Billy is still under Venom's influence.

Reprints

• in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (IDW, 2011 series) #2 (July 2011)
• in Classic G.I. Joe TPB (IDW, 2009 series) #16 (May 2015)

Indexer Notes

story continued from last issue (#163); continues next issue (#165).

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