Set Description:
CGC G.I. Joe Comics that I own.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 1 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 1 Signature |
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CGC |
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1426411009
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Owner Comments
June, 1982
"Operation: Lady Doomsday"
Larry Hama - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Bob McLeod - Inker
Herb Trimpe & Bob McLeod - Cover Artists
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Jim Novak - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Operation: Lady Doomsday:Dr. Burkhart, a nuclear physicist formerly of the "Doomsday Project," considered a traitor by many for her outspoken critique of both the Project and the U.S. government, is kidnapped by the terrorist organization Cobra Command while being transported to testify before Congress. Cobra threatens to kill her if a rescue is attempted, but the government cannot afford to let Cobra extract the secrets Dr. Burkhart knows. G.I. Joe is sent to Cobra's stronghold on a small, thinly-populated Caribbean island to effect the rescue. They successfully penetrate the outer defenses and make their way to the Spanish fort where Cobra Commander is holed up with Dr. Burkhart. On the way, they discover that Cobra has slaughtered the island's civilian population in an act of shear malice. Snake-Eyes and Scarlett confront Cobra Commander and rescue Dr. Burkhart, just as the rest of the team arrives in the fort. Burkhart explains that she was the bait for a trap and that the fort is wired to explode within minutes. The team escapes with moments to spare in a Cobra helicopter. Burkhart thanks her rescuers and realizes that "somewhere in the Pentagon... there are people who care." In the confusion, Cobra Commander and the Baroness escape to their "true headquarters," foreshadowing more trouble for the Joes...Hot Potato:Scarlett, Snake-Eyes, and Rock 'N Roll must transport a tape out of the Cobra-funded Colonel Sharif's emirate. The safety of the team members takes a back seat to the safety of the tape. When Scarlett is injured, she orders the others to continue without her, but Snake-Eyes turns back for her. Upon delivering the tape to Hawk, Stalker, and Clutch, Rock 'N Roll goes back for them and is closely followed by Hawk and Clutch. Together they rescue the others, while Stalker transports the tape to safety
Notes:
- Signed by: Larry Hama on 09/23/2016
- First G.I. Joe comic. This issue's corner cover art is a picture of Grunt. It is the same art used, with few exceptions, for the first hundred issues. Issue also included numerous personnel profiles, HQ diagram, and vehicle profiles. This issue was also released as a 13 1/4 by 10 inch Marvel Special Treasury Edition in 1982 with the same content and a slightly modified cover.
- Operation: Lady Doomsday - First appearance of Dr. Adele Burkhart. A computer read-out shows the faces and code names of all 13 original Joes, plus a 14th face obscured by a character's hand with the code-name "Shooter." This is a joke referring to the fact that Jim Shooter was editor-in-chief of Marvel at the time. This story is reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook No. 1 (March 1985).
- Hot Potato - This story features the first reference to Snake-Eyes' "feelings for Scarlett."
- The Marvel Universe Appendix website and 2006 edition of the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" identify the G.I. Joe & U.S. version of the Transformers continuities as taking place in the designation of Earth-91274, while the profile on Death's Head establishes that the U.K. continuity as taking place in the Earth-120185 reality.
- Includes four pinups by Herb Trimpe and Al Milgrom.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 2 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 2 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
9491431006
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Owner Comments
August, 1982
"Panic At the North Pole"
Larry Hama - Writer
Don Perlin - Penciler
Jack Abel - Inker
Herb Trimpe - Cover Artists
Bob Sharen - Colorist
Jim Novak - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Near the North Pole, a U.S. Army unit finds an American research station nearly destroyed after a "commando-style" raid. The colonel calls generals Flagg and Austin. A Russian research station is nearby, but the generals are afraid to send a recon mission to check out the Russian base. Instead, they choose four Joes into the area. Stalker, Breaker, Scarlett and Snake-Eyes have their leave interrupted.
Flagg flies with the Joes to the North Pole to brief them. They parachute in to watch the Russian base from a hidden camp. An eskimo arrives on a dogsled with a machine gun. He walks inside the base, then returns a few minutes later and leaves the base. The Joes find the base is full of dead Russians -- frozen to death -- and records are missing, as is a key component to a ultra low-frequency modulator that affects human brain waves. Snake-Eyes discovers a bomb and the Joes escape just before it explodes. The joes take off after the eskimo until Breaker receives a "teleprinter" print-out. The file identifies the eskimo as Kwinn: a mercenary who is extremely honest, but will reveal nothing about his employers.
Notes:
-Signed by Larry Hama on 10/04/2019
-First Appearance of Kwinn
Quotes:
"Soon, the spirits of snow and ice will devour your souls! That is sad, for you are brave fighters!" -Kwinn
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 3 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 3 |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1116277009
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Owner Comments
September, 1982
"The Trojan Gambit"
Larry Hama - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Jack Abel - Inker
Bob Hall & Al Milgrom - Cover Artists
George Roussos - Colorist
Diana Albers - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The Joes have just completed a mission in which several Cobra personnel were captured and a large robot in pieces were seized. General Flagg ordered the robot to be taken to G.I. Joe headquarters, The Pit, for examination and safeguarding. Once the robot arrives at the Pit, it is taken to one of the sub-levels and scanned for any signs of functionality, to which none is found. It is a trick though, as Cobra Commander used a chemical based delay to trigger reactivation of the robot, at which point it locks security entrances and begins rebuilding itself. The purpose of the robot is to help Cobra discover the location of the base, but in order to do so, the robot must make it to the upper level so that the homing beacon signal can be transmitted. The Joes are locked in various parts of the Pit and use different methods to break free and find out what sealed the security doors which trapped them in different parts of the Pit. As the robot nears the surface of the Pit where the homing beacon signal would be picked up by Cobra, the Joes manage to fool the robot into falling into an open hydraulic shaft causing it to fall six floors down again.
Notes:
-Signed By: Larry Hama on 07/13/2012
-Signed By: Herb Trimpe on 07/13/2012
-Scarlett and Hawk host a Chaplain's Assistants' Social Tea directly above the PIT.
-Cross section view of the Pit.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 4 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 4 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1002657008
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Owner Comments
October, 1982
"Operation: Wingfield!"
Larry Hama - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Jon D'Agostino & Jack Abel - Inkers
Bob Hall & Al Milgrom - Cover Artists
George Roussos - Colorist
Diana Albers - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
First Strike, a paramilitary group funded by Cobra, has a base in Montana that Hawk and Grunt with support from Snake-Eyes infiltrate. First Strike is lead by Vance Wingfield and their mission is to start world war III. They have two nuclear bombs. One is put on a B-29 bomber and flown towards Russia and the other will be detonated here in America. Hawk is able shoot down the B-29 thereby collapsing First Strike's primary plan. The secondary plan is to detonate the second bomb right underneath the compound. Vance Wingfield's wife shoots him in the back just after starting the countdown. The rest of the Joe team invades the compound to support Grunt & Snake-Eyes. Zap & Grunt then disarm the nuclear warhead and save the day.
Notes:
-Signed By: Larry Hama on 11/21/2009
-Snake-Eyes writes his thoughts.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 5 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 5 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1426411012
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Owner Comments
November, 1982
"Tanks" For the Memories
Larry Hama - Writer
Don Perlin - Penciler
Mike Esposito - Inker
Stan Goldberg - Colorist
Jim Novak - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
General Flagg is showing off the MOBAT at a parade in New York City to General Austin. Breaker, Clutch, and Steeler are in the parade as the Springfield Marching band (Cobra) attacks them. They are chased around Central Park and are able to capture the Cobras. They then bring them to the viewing stand were Gen. Flagg & Gen. Austin are staged to watch the parade. The viewing stand is actually a temporary Cobra command center that Cobra Commander and Baroness have been leading the attack on the MOBAT from, directly underneath the generals.
Notes:
-Signed by Larry Hama on 09/23/2016
-General Flagg wounded by Cobra Commander.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 6 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 6 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0971096012
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Owner Comments
December, 1982
"To Fail is to Conquer...To Succeed is to Die!"
Larry Hama - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Jack Abel - Inker
Christie Scheele - Colorist
Jim Novak - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Breaker, Clutch, Steeler, Flash, Scarlett & Stalker are sent into Afghanistan to retrieve a top secret Russian spy craft that crashed there. They are given a new special vehicle, RTV (Rough Terrain Vehicle), to extract this plane. After meeting the local rebels, a CIA agent and collecting the remaining parts of the plane, they begin there journey across Afghanistan. They encounter the Russian equivalent to the GI Joe team, The October Guard. As the two teams fight it out over the plane, Cobra steps in to capture both teams and the plane.
Notes:
-Signed By: Herb Trimpe on 02/06/2009
-First multi-issue story. (Part 1)
-First appearance of the Oktober Guard.
-Introduction of Ahmed. (See Special Missions #9)
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 7 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 7 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1596772001
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Owner Comments
January, 1983
"Walls of Death!"
Larry Hama - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Chic Stone - Inker
Christie Scheele - Colorist
Jim Novak - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Cobra has captured both the Joe and October Guard teams as well as the spy plane parts they are fighting over. Both teams escape and form a pact to recapture the plane parts from Cobra. They invade a Cobra bunker, and survive several traps. Both teams meet at the RTV that is holding the parts inside the bunker, and the Joe team is able to escape from Cobra and the October Guard with the RTV. Once they reach the extraction point, they learn that they had been decoys and the spy plane parts were taken out another way.
Notes:
-Signed by Larry Hama on 09/23/2016
-First multi-issue story. (Part 2)
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 8 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 8 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1011230011
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Owner Comments
February, 1983
"Code Name: Sea-Strike!"
Herb Trimpe - Writer
Herb Trimpe - Penciler
Herb Trimpe - Inker
Mike Vosburg - Cover Artist
Christie Scheele - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The Joes have just completed a mission in which several Cobra personnel were captured and The Joes battle strange Cobra robots intent on shooting down the space shuttle.
Notes:
-Signed By: Herb Trimpe on 01/24/2010.
-Shows Cobra Troops in some of their earliest uniforms
-First and only ever sighting of the SEA Legs by Cobra. (A strange mechanical robots with two legs and a command platform.)
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 9 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 9 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2811844011
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Owner Comments
March, 1983
"The Diplomat"
Steven Grant - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Chic Stone - Inker
Mike Vosburg - Cover Artist
Andy Yanchus - Colorist
Janice Chiang - Letterer
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The Joes conduct a raid on a Cobra safehouse, where they find evidence of an assassination attempt against the representatives of the US and Al-alawi. Clutch and Scarlett are tasked with protecting the American diplomat Brian Hassell, while Stalker and Snake-Eyes investigate Cobra's true plans. Along the way, the Joes encounter several attempts on Hassell's life, and Scarlett becomes suspicious of his true intentions. They eventually learn that Hassell is the assassin, and the ambassador is the true target. After a tense ski chase, the Joes manage to stop the assassination and save the ambassador's life. Despite the operation's failure, Cobra Commander is pleased, seeing it as just another game.
Notes:
-Signed By: Larry Hama on 07/22/2023.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 10 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 10 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2680773004
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Owner Comments
April, 1983
"A Nice Little Town Like Ours"
Larry Hama - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Chic Stone - Inker
Christie Scheele - Colorist
Joe Rosen - Letterer
Tom DeFalco - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, and Zap are captured by the Baroness and brought to Springfield, Cobra's headquarters. There Snake-Eyes is subjected to the brainwave scanner that is run by Dr. Venom. Snake-Eyes past is revealed to Dr. Venom in his search for the GI Joe base. Scarlett and Zap are in a prison cell with a little boy, who helps them escape. They collect Snake-Eyes and escape from the town, the boy elects to stay behind.
Notes:
-Signed By: Larry Hama on 11/06/2021
-Springfield Vermont, Cobra's headquarters, first appearance. Brief history of creation Cobra.
-Introduction of Billy, Cobra Commander's son.
-First appearance of Dr. Venom & the brainwave scanner.
-Snake-Eyes use of The Way of the Inner Anvil, a ninja ability to still your breath & heart beat to the semblance of death.
-First hints of Snake-Eyes' complicated past.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 11 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 11 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1426411003
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Owner Comments
May, 1983
"The Pipeline Ploy!"
Larry Hama - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Jon D'Agostino - Inker
Bob Camp - Cover Artist
Christie Scheele - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Denny O'Neil - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
In Alaska, the GI Joe team is fighting against Cobra to protect an oil pipeline. New Joe team members show up to help in the fight. An unseen Cobra specialist (Destro) is trying to steal plutonium from a nuclear power plant. The Joes are able foil him and prevent Cobra from getting such a powerful weapon.
Notes:
- Signed by: Larry Hama on 09/23/2016
- First indication of new characters for the series. Destro is seen in shadow.
- First Appearance: Airborne, Doc, Gung-Ho, Snow Job, Wild Bill & Destro.
- Baroness and Destro's past are hinted at.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 12 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 12 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
2753844002
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Owner Comments
June, 1983
"Three Strikes for Snake-Eyes"
Larry Hama - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Jon D'Agostino - Inker
Mike Vosburg - Cover Artist
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Joe Rosen - Letterer
Denny O'Neil - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The Joes are chasing a Naja Hanna Video Corp. van in San Francisco, filled with Cobra agents. After they disable the vehicle, a scar-faced Cobra Officer escapes, and they discover the Cobras had video game circuit cards in their possession, marked for shipping to Sierra Gordo. Stalker and Breaker head to the Naja Hanna office in that country, while Snake-Eyes and Gung-Ho serve as backup. Snake-Eyes recognizes Dr. Venom, who tried to extract information from him before, and heads to the office. Gung-Ho follows but bumps into the scarred Cobra from San Francisco. After a fight, the Cobras capture the Joes and take them to the river dock.
Dr. Venom starts to beat Snake-Eyes and leaves him for dead in the burning office. The villagers witness Snake-Eyes, on fire, running out of the building, but he jumps into the river. On the Cobras' boat, Kwinn and Dr. Venom argue, and Kwinn's role in the operation is revealed. The boat reaches an island, where the Baroness awaits them in a bunker. The Joes escape their bonds and take the upper hand against their captors. Snake-Eyes arrives and tells the Joes to leave with the computer chips while he neutralizes the threat. The scarred Cobra Officer is assigned as the courier for a virus that Dr. Venom has developed, and the serum that will mutate it further.
The Baroness and the Officer escape on a sea-plane, but the Joes jump overboard from the boat in time to avoid being blown up. The sea-plane circles back towards the island where it fires another bomb, blowing up the island with Snake-Eyes, Kwinn, and Venom still on it. The Joes swear revenge on the Baroness.
Notes:
-Signed by: Larry Hama on 03/25/2023
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 13 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 13 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1426411010
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Owner Comments
July, 1983
"Last Plane From Rio Lindo"
Larry Hama - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Jon D'Agostino - Inkers
Bob Sharen - Colorist
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Snake-Eyes finds himself trapped in a bunker underneath a river in South America. And that's the good news! The bad news is that his bunker mates are Quinn the Eskimo and the evil Dr. Venom.
Notes:
Signed by: Larry Hama on 09/23/2016
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 14 |
| Item: |
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 14 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1426411013
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Owner Comments
August, 1983
"Destro Attacks"
Larry Hama - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Jon D'Agostino - Inker
Herb Trimpe - Cover Artist
Christie Scheele - Colorist
Joe Rosen - Letterer
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The Joes are under fire when Destro attacks— Destro, the master tactician of Hydra and sure to be the villain of the year. Destro attacks as Kwinn, Dr. Venom, and Snake-Eyes form an uneasy truce to get out of the sunken bunker and escape Sierra Gordo.
Notes:
- Signed by: Larry Hama on 09/23/2016
- This issue is Destro's first full appearance.
- It also establishes his connection with the Baroness.
- Springfield, Vermont is suspected by the Joe team to possibly be Cobra's headquarters.
- Springfield, Vermont, should not be confused with Springfield, the base city of Cobra Headquarters. They are not the same city.
- First appearance of Ace.
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G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 15 |
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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero 15 Signature |
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CGC |
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9491431003
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Owner Comments
September, 1983
"Red-Eye To Miami!"
Larry Hama - Writer
Mike Vosburg - Penciler
Jon D'Agostino - Inker
Mike Vosburg - Cover Artist
Andy Yanchus - Colorist
Rick Parker - Letterer
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
To escape imprisonment, Snake Eyes and his uneasy allies, Dr. Venom and Quinn, steal a plane and take off in a wild aerial getaway. This issue finds Snake-Eyes and Dr.Venom emerging from the sunken bunker in Sierra Gordo, only to be greeted by a cobra hit squad disguised as renegade government troops. They are really pissed off for being stuck in the jungle and they took quite a thrashing in the last issue. We get to see the weasely Dr.Venom at his finest when he tells the troops he could fly them out if they spare him. They notice Kwinn is not present, Venom explains that Kwinn didn't make it out. Why because venom hit him over the head with a wrench. Kwinn comes out of the water slowly( a homage to "Apocolypse Now" and "Missing in Action". He then guns down the cobra troops with his trademark .30 caliber machine gun. Boy that one ammo belt he always carries goes a long way!
Notes:
-Signed by Larry Hama on 10/04/2019
-This issue is Major Bludd’s first full appearance.
Quotes:
"The man who whips a dog will pull his own sled someday..." -Kwinn
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