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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published December 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Defalco
Notes 2nd Print Exists (Pictured; Many 2nd Prints have a higher price of $0.75 and a black Spider-Man face in the logo box).

Cover Details

Characters G.I.Joe [Stalker; Scarlett; Steeler; Flash; Breaker; Grunt]; Oktober Guard [Schrage; Lt. Daina; Horror Show; Stormavik; Col. Brekhov]; Cobra Commander (helmet only looking at Joes/ Oktober Guard- split image)
Genre war
Pencils Mike Vosburg (?)
Inks Jack Abel (?)
Notes 2nd Print Exists (Pictured; Many 2nd Prints have a higher price of $0.75 and a black Spider-Man face in the logo box).
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Yearbook (Marvel, 1985 series) #2; in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #3; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1; in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Hasbro, 2005 series) #6

22 page G.I. Joe story "To Fail is to Conquer...To Succeed is to Die!"

Characters G.I. Joe [Hawk; Scarlett; Clutch; Steeler; Stalker; Grand Slam; Breaker; Flash; Zap]; Oktober Guard (1st appearances for all) [Col. Brekhov; Schrage; Horror Show; Stormavik; Lt. Daina]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Cobra Soldiers (villains)]
Synopsis The Joes are sent in to Afghanistan to retrieve tech from a downed experimental plane when they come up against the Oktober Guard bent on the same goal. Cobra attempts to steal the equipment for themselves and runs across both teams. To be continued...
Genre war
Script Herb Trimpe (Plot); Larry Hama
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Jim Novak
Notes story concludes next issue. first Joe story to carry over into more than a single issue as the first few were self-contained stories.
Reprinted in G.I. Joe Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1986 series) #3; in G.I. Joe (Marvel, 2002 series) #1