G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #165 [Cover A]

(April 2011)

[Shocks and Rockets!!!] (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 Utah, directly above the secret G.I. Joe Headquarters known as "The Pit".

Genre

war; military

Characters

G.I Joe [Snake-Eyes; Ace; Stalker; Tripwire;Tunnel Rat; Spirit Iron-Knife; Duke; Mainframe]; Storm Shadow; Billy (freed from Dr. Venom's control); Kwinn (image inside brainwave scanner); Cobra [Dr. Mindbender; Wild Weasel; Viper trooper; B.A.T.S. (damaged); Dr. Venom (images from brainwave scanner)]

Synopsis

Dr. Mindbender calls for Wild Weasel to do an airstrike on the Pit III, but he's foiled by Ace. Spirit survived his 'sacrifice' vs. the B.A.T. from last issue, as Tunnel Rat and Tripwire search outside the Pit III for any unexploded ordnance during the air battle. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow confront the Dr. Venom-controlled Billy, and free him from Venom's influence by placing him under the scanner, and trapping Venom's virtual consciousness once again inside via an image of Kwinn taking him captive.

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

end of current story arc; next arc begins next issue (#166).

Next Issue (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

IDWords: News from the nerve center of IDW publishing (Table of Contents: 3)

IDW / text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

gives information about upcoming IDW books in April from IDW's Marketing Director Dirk Wood, as well as his own musings for the month.

Dr. Who (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Doctor Who / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Cobra Civil War (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Danger Girl And The Army of Darkness (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Army of Darkness; Danger Girl / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Ghostbusters (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Ghostbusters / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Zombies. Robots. Everything Between... And Under! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Zombies vs. Robots / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)